Manitoba votes 2019: St. Boniface riding profile
CBC News | Posted: August 21, 2019 5:26 PM | Last Updated: August 21, 2019
- About the riding
- Voting history
- News stories from St. Boniface
- Meet the candidates
- More riding profiles from CBC Manitoba
The central Winnipeg riding of St. Boniface is one of Manitoba's oldest constituencies, dating back to 1879.
It runs between the Red River and St. Mary's Road in the west and Lagimodière Boulevard in the east. Its northern boundary runs along the CPR Emerson rail line and the CNR Redditt rail line. Its southern boundary runs along the Seine River and Fermor Avenue.
It includes the neighbourhoods of St. Boniface, Norwood and Glenlawn.
The riding's population is 22,765, according to the province's 2018 riding profile (compiled from the 2016 census).
The median age of the riding is slightly older than the overall provincial median, at 40.6 in St. Boniface compared to 38.3 provincewide, according to the 2018 riding profile and the 2016 census. The census found the median household income in the area is $59,293.
More facts about St. Boniface:
- Roughly 14 per cent of residents reported they speak French most often at home on the 2016 census, according to the 2018 riding profile.
- Roughly 17 per cent of residents identified Indigenous, the profile says.
- The median value of a home in the riding is $250,695, the profile says, and roughly 60 per cent of residents reported they own their home.
Voting history
The riding has leaned left in its recent voting history. In 1973, the provincial election result was declared void after the Liberal candidate beat out the NDP by a single vote — 4,301 to 4,300 — leading to a byelection in 1974 secured by the NDP.
- 1974 byelection, 1977, 1981 and 1986 elections: NDP.
- 1988, 1990 and 1995 elections: Liberal.
- 1999 - 2016 (five general elections): NDP.
- 2018 byelection: Liberal.
St. Boniface in the news
Meet the candidates
The nominated candidates for the 2019 election are:
- Simone Fortier (Independent).
- Megan Hoskins (Progressive Conservative).
- Jaclyn Jeanson (Green Party).
- Dougald Lamont (Liberal).
- Laurissa Sims (NDP).
Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure. In St. Boniface, all candidates are official.
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