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St. Johns is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since 1958. It is located in the north-end of Winnipeg. The constituency is bordered by Kildonan to the north and west, Burrows to the west, Elmwood to the east, and Point Douglas to the south.

St. Johns

Manitoba electoral district
Location in Winnipeg
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Nahanni Fontaine New Democratic
District created	1957
First contested	1958
Last contested	2019

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,023. The average family income in 1999 was $40,443, with an unemployment rate of 10.90%. Over 35% of the riding's residents are categorized as low-income.

St. Johns has a diverse population. Ten per cent of the riding's residents listed Ukrainian as their ethnic origin in 1999, with a further 6% Polish and 5% Jewish. Twelve per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal. Manufacturing jobs accounted for 18% of the riding's industry, with a further 15% in services.

Since its creation, St. Johns has been represented by members of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP). It is considered safe for the party. The current MLA is Nahanni Fontaine, who was elected in the Manitoba general election, 2016.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following MLAs:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Winnipeg North
22nd	1958-1959		David Orlikow	CCF
23rd	1959-1961
	1961-1962			New Democratic Party
24th	1962-1966		Saul Cherniack	New Democratic Party
25th	1966-1969
26th	1969-1973
27th	1973-1977
28th	1977-1981
29th	1981-1986		Don Malinowski	New Democratic Party
30th	1986-1988		Judy Wasylycia-Leis	New Democratic Party
31st	1988-1990
32nd	1990-1993
	1993-1995		Gord Mackintosh	New Democratic Party
33rd	1995-1999
34th	1999-2003
35th	2003-2007
36th	2007-2011
37th	2011-2016
38th	2016–2019		Nahanni Fontaine	New Democratic Party
39th	2019–present

Electoral history

v t e 1981 Manitoba general election: St. Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Donald Malinowski	4,004	56.99
	Progressive Conservative	Don Cilinsky	1,785	25.41
	Liberal	Henry Kowlowski	674	9.59
	Progressive	Bernie Bellan	446	6.35
	Communist	William Cecil Ross	117	1.67
Total valid votes			7,026
Rejected ballots			70
Turnout			7,096	67.18
Electors on the lists			10,562

v t e Manitoba provincial by-election, September 21, 1993: St. Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	3,232	67.11
	Liberal	Naty Yankech	878	18.23
	Progressive Conservative	June Robertson	465	9.66
	Progressive	Neil Schipper	241	5.00
Total valid votes			4,816	100
Rejected and declined ballots			34
Turnout			4,850	44.48
Electors on the lists			10,903

v t e 1999 Manitoba general election: St. Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	5,776	71.57		$22,442.00
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Larkin	1,635	20.3		$14,847.38
	Liberal	Patrick Fontaine	607	7.53	–	$5,400.00
Total valid votes			8,008	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			43
Turnout			8,056	65.1
Registered voters			12,374

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v t e 2003 Manitoba general election: St. Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	4,224	72.40	+0.83	$13,571.43
	Liberal	Ed Kolodziej	745	12.77	+5.24	$4041.92
	Progressive Conservative	E. Ray Garnett	612	10.49	−9.81	$967.69
	Green	Alon Weinberg	221	3.79	+3.79	$532.73
	Libertarian	Chris Buors	32	0.55	+0.55	$0.00
Total valid votes			5,834	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			43
Turnout			5,877	47.72
Registered voters			12,315

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v t e 2007 Manitoba general election: St. Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	4,223	68.59	−3.81	$22,084.23
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Hooper	1,018	16.53	+6.04	$7,896.80
	Liberal	Selina Sapong-Beiber	604	9.81	−2.96	$4,981.08
	Green	Dawn Carey	291	4.72	−0.93	$39.55
Total valid votes			6,136	99.67
Rejected and declined votes			21
Turnout			6,157	51.44	+3.72
Registered voters			11,969

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v t e 2011 Manitoba general election: St. Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gord Mackintosh	4,157	65.55	−3.04	$21,376.44
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Larkin	1,405	22.15	+5.62	$6,754.40
	Green	Alon David Weinberg	392	6.18	+1.46	$454.35
	Liberal	Trevor Mueller	348	5.49	−4.32	$3,058.48
Total valid votes			6,302
Rejected and declined votes			40
Turnout			6,342	48.34
Registered voters			13,119
Source: Elections Manitoba[4]

v t e 2016 Manitoba general election: St. Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nahanni Fontaine	2,358	37.05	-28.05	$28,122.25
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Judt	1,869	29.37	+7.22	$9,267.93
	Liberal	Noel Bernier	1,465	23.02	+17.53	$19,281.67
	Green	Elizabeth Puchailo	671	10.54	+4.36	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			6,363	100.0		$40,783.00
Declined and rejected ballots			93	–	–
Turnout			6,456	51.43	–
Eligible voters			12,554
Source: Elections Manitoba[5][6][7]

2019 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Nahanni Fontaine	3,526	51.2	+14.15	$10,974.72
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Larkin	1,665	24.2	-5.17	$521.28
	Liberal	Eddie Calisto-Tavares	1,092	15.9	-7.12	$518.13
	Green	Joshua McNeil	601	8.7	-1.84	$0.00
Total valid votes				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

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