St. Norbert (electoral district)

St. Norbert is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

St. Norbert

Manitoba electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created	1979
First contested	1981
Last contested	2016

Historical riding

The original riding of St. Norbert was established at the time of the province's creation in 1870. For the 1870 provincial election, it was divided into two separate ridings: St. Norbert North and St. Norbert South. Subsequently, it was reduced to a single riding.

St. Norbert was a francophone-majority riding. It was eliminated in 1879, at a time when francophone representation in the province was being reduced.

List of provincial representatives (St. Norbert North)

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Joseph Lemay	Government/French Party	1870	1874

List of provincial representatives (St. Norbert South)

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Pierre Delorme	Government/French Party	1870	1874

List of provincial representatives (St. Norbert)

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Joseph Dubuc	Government/French Party	1874	1878
Pierre Delorme	Government/French Party	1878	1879
Pierre Delorme	Opposition/French Party	1879	1879

Most recent riding

It was created by redistribution in 1979, and existed from the provincial election of 1981 until the 2019 Manitoba general election. The riding was located in the southernmost tip of the City of Winnipeg.

St. Norbert was bordered to the east by Seine River, to the south and west by the rural ridings of Dawson Trail and Morris (respectively), and to the north by Riel, Fort Garry and Fort Whyte. The riding's character is suburban.

St. Norbert's population in 1996 was 19,184. In 1999, the average family income was $59,444, and the unemployment rate was 8.20%. The riding is ethnically diverse: 5% of the riding's residents are German, 4% are Chinese, 3% are East Indian and 2% are Italian. Six per cent of the riding's residents are francophone. Almost 28% of the riding's residents have a university degree.

The service sector accounts for 16% of St. Norbert's industry, with a further 15% in the educational services.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Gerry Mercier	PC	1981	1988
John Angus	Lib	1988	1990
Marcel Laurendeau	PC	1990	2003
Marilyn Brick	NDP	2003	2011
Dave Gaudreau	NDP	2011	2016
Jon Reyes	PC	2016	2019

Electoral results

2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jon Reyes	4,673	51.02	+6.43	$36,660.34
	New Democratic	Dave Gaudreau	3,062	33.43	−11.51	$24,532.06
	Liberal	James Bloomfield	1,251	13.66	+3.65	$38,985.78
	Independent	Narinder Kaur Johar	174	0.19		$5,367.70
Total valid votes/Expense limit			9160	98.56		$44,386.00
Total rejected ballots			134	1.44
Turnout			9,294	65.09	+0.84
Eligible voters			14,278
Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2]

2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dave Gaudreau	3,966	44.94	−8.80	25,959.60
	Progressive Conservative	Karen Velthuys	3,935	44.59	+12.65	32,439.47
	Liberal	Marcel Laurendeau	883	10.01	−4.30	31,742.60
Total valid votes			8,784
Rejected and declined votes			41
Turnout			8,825	64.25	−1.20
Registered voters			13,736
Source: Elections Manitoba[3]

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2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Marilyn Brick	4,044	53.74	+9.08	$18,993.62
	Progressive Conservative	Tara Brousseau	2,404	31.94	−5.93	$28,159.72
	Liberal	Wendy Bloomfield	1,077	14.31	+3.58	$19,690.78
Total valid votes			7,525	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			38
Turnout			7,563	65.45
Registered voters			11,555

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2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Marilyn Brick	3,355	48.68	+7.99	$12,670.25
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Laurendeau	2,610	37.87	−8.27	$24,397.23
	Liberal	Jocelyn Greenwood	741	10.75	−3.84	$8,473.22
	Green	Keith Barber	186	2.70	+2.70	$117.06
Total valid votes			6,892	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			36
Turnout			6,928	58.16
Registered voters			11,911

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1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Laurendeau	4,152	46.14	+2.24	$26,724.22
	New Democratic	Marilyn Brick	3,483	38.69	+21.57	$10,804.00
	Liberal	Mohinder Dhillon	1,313	14.59	-25.39	$17,998.46
Total valid votes			8,947	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			52
Turnout			8,999	72.96
Registered voters			12,380

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1995 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Laurendeau	4,699	43.90
	Liberal	Val Thompson	4,172	38.98
	New Democratic	Pat Peters	1,833	17.12

1988 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Angus	6,073	45.91	+
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Mercier	5,695	43.05	-
	New Democratic	Bennetta Benson	1,460	11.04	-
Total valid votes			13,228	100.00	-
Rejected ballots			36	–	–
Turnout			13,264	76.95
Eligible voters			17,237
Source: Elections Manitoba[8]

Previous boundaries

The 1999–2011 boundaries for St. Norbert highlighted in red

References

1. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
2. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
3. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
4. "2011 results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
5. "2007 results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba.
6. "2003 Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba.
7. "1999 Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba.
8. "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved 2 October 2018.