Point Douglas

This article is about a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. For the ghost town in Minnesota, see Point Douglas, Minnesota.

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The 2011- boundaries for Point Douglas highlighted in red.

Point Douglas is a part of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, surrounded by a bend in the Red River. It is the namesake of a larger city ward, represented by a member of Winnipeg City Council. With different boundaries, it is also eponymous of a provincial electoral division of Manitoba.

History

The division was created by redistribution for the 1969 provincial election, eliminated in 1978, and re-established in 1989 from parts of Burrows, Logan and St. Johns. It is located in north-central Winnipeg, and includes the Point Douglas neighbourhood.

Point Douglas is bordered to the east by St. Boniface and Elmwood, to the south by Fort Rouge, to the north by St. Johns, and to the west by Burrows, Wellington and Minto. Different parts of the division are included in the federal ridings of Winnipeg Centre and Winnipeg North.

Point Douglas is named after Thomas Douglas, the 5th Earl of Selkirk, who established the Red River Colony in 1812. His namesake, twentieth-century politician Tommy Douglas, also lived in the Point Douglas neighbourhood in the early 1910s.

The Manitoba New Democratic Party has won every election in the constituency. The current Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Point Douglas is Kevin Chief, an Aboriginal candidate who grew up in Point Douglas. Chief is also Minister of Child and Youth Opportunities.

Demographics

Population	19,941 (1996)
Average family income	$24,715 (1999)
Unemployment	25% (1999)
Industries	Manufacturing (25%), Other services (22%) (1999)
Other	Point Douglas has the lowest average family income of any electoral division in the province. Three-quarters of the riding's residences are rented, and 37% of families are single-parent households. The division is ethnically diverse, with significant aboriginal (33%), Filipino (10%) and Ukrainian populations (6%).

Source: 2003 CBC Profile

List of provincial representatives

Name		Party	Took Office	Left Office
	Donald Malinowski	New Democratic Party	1969	1981
	George Hickes	New Democratic Party	1990	2011
	Kevin Chief	New Democratic Party	2011	current

Electoral history

Manitoba general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kevin Chief	3,806	72.88	+6.52	$18,567.73
	Progressive Conservative	John Vernaus	917	17.56	+5.58	$19,915.21
	Liberal	Mary Lou Bourgeois	257	4.92	−9.80	$5,383.65
	Green	Teresa Pun	176	3.37	−1.93	$17.48
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	38	0.73	−0.91	$312.12
Total valid votes			5,194
Rejected and declined votes			28
Turnout			5,222	44.04	+3.88

Manitoba general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Hickes	2,665	66.36	−8.50	$12,892.59
	Liberal	Mary Lou Bourgeois	591	14.72	+0.49	$11,443.44
	Progressive Conservative	Alexa Rosentreter	481	11.98	+3.21	$1,180.30
	Green	Kristen Andrews	213	5.30	–	$84.55
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	66	1.64	−0.49	$373.89
Total valid votes			4,016	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			29
Turnout			4,045	40.16	−0.08
Electors on the lists			10,073

Manitoba general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Hickes	2,877	74.86	+21.52	$10,189.54
	Liberal	Mary Lou Bourgeois	547	14.23	−7.12	$7,991.06
	Progressive Conservative	Wyatt McIntyre	337	8.77	−10.79	$10.68
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	82	2.13		$376.06
Total valid votes			3,843	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			55
Turnout			3,898	40.24	−18.84
Electors on the lists			9,687

Manitoba general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Hickes	3,338	53.34		$21,952.00
	Liberal	Ajay Chopra	1,336	21.35	–	$21,013.00
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Richard	1,224	19.56		$20,221.11
	Independent	Peter Juba	360	5.75		$2,113.33
Total valid votes			6,258	100.00
Rejected and declined ballots			59
Turnout			6,317	59.08
Electors on the lists			10,693

Manitoba general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Hickes	3,095	63.03	$15,378.00
	Liberal	Linda Cantiveros	1,132	23.05	$15,916.74
	Progressive Conservative	Claire Riddle	578	11.77	$13,389.05
	Ind. (First Peoples Party)	Lyle Morrisseau	105	2.14	no report filed
Total valid votes			4,910	100.00
Rejected and discarded ballots			55
Turnout			4,965	58.23
Electors on lists			8,527

Manitoba general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	George Hickes	2,778	54.72
	Liberal	Errol Lewis	1,550	30.53
	Progressive Conservative	Calvin Pompana	575	11.33
	Independent	William Hawryluk	108	2.13
	Independent	Roy Price	66	1.30
Total valid votes			5,077	100.00
Rejected ballots			71
Turnout			5,148	60.92
Electors on lists			8,450

Manitoba general election, 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Donald Malinowski	3,116	63.32
	Progressive Conservative	Margaret Didenko	915	18.59
	Liberal	Don Marks	769	15.63
	Communist	Harold Dyck	62	1.26
	Social Credit	Peter Stevens	59	1.20
Total valid votes			4,921	100.00
Rejected votes			85
Turnout			5,006	61.10
Electors on the lists			8,193

Manitoba general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Donald Malinowski	3,676	65.55
	Independent	Joseph Borowski	1,127	20.10
	Liberal	Lawrence Belanger	569	10.15
	Independent	George Munroe	236	4.21
Total valid votes			5,608	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			100
Turnout			5,708	65.56
Electors on the lists			8,706

Manitoba general election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Donald Malinowski	2,253	52.52
	Progressive Conservative	Slaw Rebchuk	1,088	25.36
	Liberal	Roger Garrity	528	12.31
	Communist	William A. Kardash	421	9.81
Total valid votes			4,290	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			62
Turnout			4,352	46.37
Electors on the lists			9,385

All electoral information is taken from Elections Manitoba. Expenditures refer to individual candidate expenses.

Previous boundaries

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The 1999-2011 boundaries for Point Douglas highlighted in red.