Editing Point Douglas

{{about|a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada|the ghost town in Minnesota|Point Douglas, Minnesota}}
{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name = Point Douglas
| province = Manitoba
| image = Manitoba 2018 Point Douglas.svg
| caption = Location in Winnipeg
|prov-status         = active
| prov-rep             = [[Bernadette Smith]]
| prov-rep-link        = 
| prov-rep-party       = NDP
| prov-rep-party-link  = 
|demo-census-date    = 2016
|demo-pop            = 23320
|prov-created        = 1968
|prov-election-first = 1969
|prov-election-last  = 2023
|demo-electors       = 14186
|demo-electors-date  = 2019
|demo-area           = 7
|demo-cd             = [[Division No. 11, Manitoba|Division No. 11]]
|demo-csd            = [[Winnipeg]]
}}
'''Point Douglas''' is a provincial electoral district in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Canada. It is named for a part of the city that is surrounded by a bend in the [[Red River of the North|Red River]]. The riding covers the neighbourhoods of [[William Whyte, Winnipeg|William Whyte]], [[Dufferin Industrial]], [[North Point Douglas]], [[Lord Selkirk Park]] and [[South Point Douglas]] plus parts of [[St. John's Park, Winnipeg|St. John's Park]], [[St. John's, Winnipeg|St. John's]], [[Inkster-Faraday]], [[Burrows Central]], [[Robertson, Winnipeg|Robertson]], [[Dufferin, Winnipeg|Dufferin]], [[Logan C.P.R.]], [[Civic Centre, Winnipeg|Civic Centre]] and the [[Exchange District, Winnipeg|Exchange District]].  It was also Winnipeg's only government supported red light district.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.1381108 |title=Point Douglas: Winnipeg's 1st and only red light district|year= 2013|journal=CBC News}}</ref>

==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.

==Demographics==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| 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 peoples of Canada|aboriginal]] (33%), [[Filipino Canadian|Filipino]] (10%) and [[Ukrainian Canadian|Ukrainian]] populations (6%).
|}

Source:  [http://www.cbc.ca/manitobavotes2003/riding/029/ 2003 CBC Profile]

==List of provincial representatives==

{| class="wikitable"
! Assembly
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
{{OntMPP NoData|''Riding created from'' [[Burrows (electoral district)|Burrows]], [[St. Johns (electoral district)|St. Johns]], [[Elmwood (electoral district)|Elmwood]], [[Logan (electoral district)|Logan]]  ''and'' [[Winnipeg Centre (provincial electoral district)|Winnipeg Centre]]}}
|-
|[[29th Manitoba Legislature|29th]]
|1969-1973
|rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|MB|NDP|background}}|
|rowspan=3 |[[Donald Malinowski (politician)|Donald Malinowski]]
|rowspan=3 |[[Manitoba New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|-
|[[30th Manitoba Legislature|30th]]
|1973-1977
|-
|[[31st Manitoba Legislature|31st]]
|1977-1981
|-
|align="center" colspan=5|''Riding abolished from 1981-1990''
|-
|[[35th Manitoba Legislature|35th]]
|1990-1995
|rowspan=10 {{Canadian party colour|MB|NDP|background}}|
|rowspan=5 |[[George Hickes (Manitoba politician)|George Hickes]]
|rowspan=10 |[[Manitoba New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|-
|[[36th Manitoba Legislature|36th]]
|1995-1999
|-
|[[37th Manitoba Legislature|37th]]
|1999-2003
|-
|[[38th Manitoba Legislature|38th]]
|2003-2007
|-
|[[39th Manitoba Legislature|39th]]
|2007-2011
|-
|[[40th Manitoba Legislature|40th]]
|2011-2016
|rowspan=2 |[[Kevin Chief]]
|-
|rowspan=2| [[41st Manitoba Legislature|41st]]
|2016-2017
|-
|2017–present
| rowspan=3 | [[Bernadette Smith]]
|-
|[[42nd Manitoba Legislature|42nd]]
| 2019–2023
|-
|[[43rd Manitoba Legislature|43rd]]
| 2023–present
|}

==Electoral history==
===1990 to present===

{{2023 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}
{{2019 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}

{{Canadian election result/top|MB|13 June 2017|Point Douglas|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes|by=yes|reason=Resignation of [[Kevin Chief]]}}
{{CANelec|MB|NDP|[[Bernadette Smith]]|1,568|44.35|-13.46|$35,313.48}}
{{CANelec|MB|Liberal|John Cacayuran|1,006|29.08|+9.62|$19,478.56}}
{{CANelec|MB|PC|Jodi Moskal|562|16.25|-0.27|$35,068.27}}
{{CANelec|MB|Manitoba|Gary Marshall|181|5.23||$5,528.56}}
{{CANelec|MB|Green|Sabrina Koehn Binesi|147|4.25|-0.78|$2,230.86}}
{{CANelec|MB|Communist|Frank Komarniski|27|0.84|-0.34|$9.44}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|3,491|100.00|-|$37,179.00}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected and declines votes|23|0.72|-0.45}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|3,514|32.38|-10.16}}
{{CANelec/total|Electors on the lists|11,207}}
{{CANelec/hold|MB|NDP|-11.54}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Manitoba]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Finance/Candidate_Election_Returns/BE2017PD|title=Election Returns: By-Election|publisher=[[Elections Manitoba]]|date=2017|access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref>}}
{{end}}

{{2016 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}
{{2011 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}
^ Change is not based on redistributed results
{{2007 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}
{{2003 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}
{{1999 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}
^ Change is not based on redistributed results
{{1995 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}
{{1990 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}

===1969 to 1981===
{{1977 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}

{{1973 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}

{{1969 Manitoba general election/Point Douglas}}

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

==Previous boundaries==
[[File:PointDouglas98.png|thumb|none|The 1999-2011 boundaries for Point Douglas highlighted in red.]]

==References==
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[[Category:Manitoba provincial electoral districts]]
[[Category:Politics of Winnipeg]]