St. Vital (electoral district)

St. Vital (French: Saint-Vital) is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

St. Vital

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Jamie Moses New Democratic
District created	1957
First contested	1958
Last contested	2019

Historical riding

The original St. Vital riding was established at the time of the province's creation in 1870, as one of twelve "francophone" constituencies. It was eliminated in 1879, after a redistribution process which reduced the level of francophone representation in the province.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
André Beauchemin	Government/French Party	1870	1874
Joseph Lemay	Government/French Party	1874	1878
Maxime Goulet	Government/French Party	1878	1879
	Opposition/French Party	1878	1879

Current riding

The modern St. Vital riding was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the southeastern section of the City of Winnipeg.

St. Vital is bordered to the east by St. Boniface and Southdale, to the south by Riel, to the north by St. Boniface and to the west by Riel, Lord Roberts and Fort Garry.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,255. Its character is mostly middle-class, although 28% of the riding's residents are categorized as low income. In 1999, the average family income was $44,868, and the unemployment rate was 7.90%. Ten per cent of the riding's residents are francophone, and 7% are aboriginal. Almost half the riding's dwellings are rental units.

The service sector accounts for 16% of St. Vital's industry, with a further 13% in the retail trade.

St. Vital was represented by members of the Progressive Conservative party from 1958 to 1971. Since then, it has generally been represented by members of the Manitoba New Democratic Party (NDP), although the Liberals held the seat for one term from 1988–1990, and the Progressive Conservatives for two terms from 1990-1999.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Fred Groves	PC	1958	1966
Donald Craik	PC	1966	1969
Jack Hardy	PC	1969	1971
Jim Walding	NDP	1971	1988
Bob Rose	Lib	1988	1990
Shirley Render	PC	1990	1999
Nancy Allan	NDP	1999	2016
Colleen Mayer	PC	2016	2019
Jamie Moses	NDP	2019	Present

Electoral results

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jamie Moses	4,081	44.44	+10.1	$19,491.65
	Progressive Conservative	Colleen Mayer	3,211	34.96	-7.8	$49,161.66
	Liberal	Jeffrey Anderson	1,271	13.84	-2.8	$16,801.57
	Green	Elizabeth Dickson	499	5.43	-0.9	$0.00
	Independent	Baljeet Sharma	62	0.68		$790.06
	Manitoba First	David Sutherland	60	0.65		$1,210.90
Total valid votes			9,184	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				63.7
Eligible voters
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+9.0

2016 provincial election redistributed results[1]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	42.8
	New Democratic	34.3
	Liberal	16.6
	Green	6.3

2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Colleen Mayer	3,229	39.63	+5.23	$24,705.52
	New Democratic	Jamie Moses	2,831	34.74	-25.34	$26,333.60
	Liberal	Bryan Van Wilgenburg	1,296	15.90	+10.39	$6,849.49
	Green	Kelly Whelan-Enns	791	9.70	+9.70	$50.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			8,147	98.69	-	$43,267.00
Rejected and declined votes			108	1.31
Turnout			8,255	63.97
Registered voters			12,905
Source: Elections Manitoba[2][3][4]

2011 Manitoba general election: St. Vital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nancy Allan	5,023	60.08	−1.66	$20,791.20
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Brown	2,876	34.40	+10.99	$25,083.94
	Liberal	Harry Wolbert	461	5.51	−4.85	$902.02
Total valid votes			8,360	99.53
Rejected and declined votes			39	0.46
Turnout			8,399	60.35
Registered voters			13,918
Majority			2,147	25.68
Source: Elections Manitoba[5]

2007 Manitoba general election: St. Vital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nancy Allan	4,611	61.74	−1.79	$16,126.19
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Cooper	1,754	23.41	−0.41	$16,686.95
	Liberal	Harry Wolbert	776	10.36	+0.19	$4,889.96
	Green	Kristine Koster	351	4.68	+2.10	$248.50
Total valid votes			7,492	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			25
Turnout			7,517	58.46	+6.30
Registered voters			12,859

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2003 Manitoba general election: St. Vital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nancy Allan	4,409	63.43	+12.52	$12,969.78
	Progressive Conservative	Kirsty Reilly	1,656	23.82	-12.27	$3,931.49
	Liberal	Justin Beaudry	707	10.17	-0.55	$1,713.63
	Green	Nelson Morrison	179	2.58		$53.60
Total valid votes			6,951	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			43
Turnout			6,994	52.16
Registered voters			13,409

1999 Manitoba general election: St. Vital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nancy Allan	5,298	50.91	+16.29	$24,796.00
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Render	3,699	36.09	-5.38	$30,635.47
	Liberal	Lynn Clark	1,099	10.72	-13.19	$10,303.82
	Manitoba	Brian Hanslip	188	1.83		$846.32
Total valid votes			10,204	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			46
Turnout			10,250	74.04
Registered voters			13,844

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1995 Manitoba general election: St. Vital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Render	4,021	41.47
	New Democratic	Sig Laser	3,357	34.62
	Liberal	Tim Ryan	2,319	23.91

1988 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Rose	4,431	42.22	+27.16
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Herriot	3,614	34.43	-5.19
	New Democratic	Gerri Unwin	2,282	21.74	-23.59
	Western Independence	Katharina Cameron	123	1.17	n/a
	Libertarian	Trevor Wiebe	46	0.44	n/a
Total valid votes			10,496	100.00	-
Rejected ballots			18	–	–
Turnout			10,514	79.08
Eligible voters			13,296
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+25.37
Source: Elections Manitoba[8]

1986 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Walding	4,430	45.32	−7.48
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Herriot	3,872	39.62	−1.02
	Liberal	Walter Pederson	1,472	15.06	+8.50
Turnout			9,805	73.81	−6.80
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.23
Source: Elections Manitoba[9]

1981 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Walding	5,504	52.80	+11.18
	Progressive Conservative	John Robertson	4,236	40.64	+4.69
	Liberal	Gord Patterson	684	6.56	-15.87
Total valid votes			10,424	100.00
Rejected votes			34
Turnout			10,458	80.61
Electors on the lists			12,974
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.24

1977 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Walding	3,924	41.62	+2.37
	Progressive Conservative	Gil Shaw	3,390	35.95	+13.38
	Liberal	Eddie Coutu	2,115	22.43	−15.75
Total valid votes			9,429	100.00
Rejected votes			18
Turnout			9,447	84.70	−1.14
Electors on the lists			11,154
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-5.50

17.80

1973 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Walding	3,870	39.25	+3.56
	Liberal	Dan Kennedy	3,765	38.18	+9.87
	Progressive Conservative	John Gee	2,225	22.57	−13.44
Total valid votes			9,860	100.00
Rejected votes			51
Turnout			9,911	85.84
Electors on the lists			11,546
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.15

Manitoba provincial by-election, April 5, 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Walding	3,378	35.94	+0.25
	Liberal	Dan Kennedy	3,083	32.80	+4.49
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Pratt	2,925	31.12	−4.89
	Independent	Sam Bordman	13	0.14
Total valid votes			9,399	100
Rejected and declined ballots			10
Turnout			9,409	83.05	+15.01
Electors on the lists			11,329
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+2.57

1969 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Hardy	2,587	36.01
	New Democratic	Jim Walding	2,564	35.69
	Liberal	Joe Stangl	2,034	28.31
Total valid votes			7,185	100.00
Rejected votes			39
Turnout			7,224	68.04
Electors on the lists			10,617
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries for St. Vital highlighted in red

References

1. Marcoux, Jacques (2019-08-27). "New Manitoba election boundaries give upper hand to Progressive Conservatives, CBC News analysis finds". CBC. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
2. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
3. "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
4. "Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
5. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
6. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/39_division_results/39_stvital_summary_results.html - 2007 results
7. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/apps/results/37gen/pbp.asp?ED=46 - 1999 Results
8. "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
9. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-11-28.