Editing Point Douglas (section)

==History==

The division was created by redistribution for the [[1969 Manitoba general election|1969 provincial election]], eliminated in 1978 into [[Burrows (electoral district)|Burrows]], [[Logan (electoral district)|Logan]] and [[St. Johns (electoral district)|St. Johns]].  It was re-established in 1989 from parts of [[Burrows (electoral district)|Burrows]], [[Logan (electoral district)|Logan]], [[St. Johns (electoral district)|St. Johns]] and a small part of [[Sevenoaks (electoral district)|Sevenoaks]]. It is located in north-central [[Winnipeg]], and includes the Point Douglas neighbourhood.

Point Douglas is bordered to the east by [[St. Boniface (provincial electoral district)|St. Boniface]] and [[Elmwood (electoral district)|Elmwood]], to the south by [[Logan (electoral district)|Logan]], to the north by St. Johns, and to the west by Burrows, [[Wellington (Manitoba provincial electoral district)|Wellington]] and [[Minto (Manitoba riding)|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, 5th Earl of Selkirk|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.<ref>[http://www.billblaikie.ca/ndp.php/209/ART419235d4a1f46 Bill Blaikie, Address to the Premier's Dinner], 29 October 2004.</ref>

The [[Manitoba New Democratic Party]] has won every election in the constituency.