St. James (provincial electoral district)

St. James is a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada.

Historical riding

The original St. James riding was established at the province's creation in 1870, and lasted until the election of 1879. It was located in what was then a separate community on Winnipeg's periphery.

Historical members of the Legislative Assembly

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Edwin Bourke	Canadian Party/Opposition	1870	1874
	Independent	1874	1878
David Walker	Government/Conservative	1878	1879

Modern riding

The modern St. James riding was created by redistribution in 1957 out of part of Assiniboia, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the western section of Winnipeg.

St. James is bordered on the east by Wellington, Minto and Wolseley, to the south by Tuxedo, to the north by Wellington and Lakeside, and to the west by Assiniboia and Kirkfield Park.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,417. In 1999, the average family income was $47,842, and the unemployment rate was 6.20%. Almost 19% of St. James's population is over 65 years of age, and almost 38% of dwelling units are rented.

The service sector accounts for 15% of St. James's industry, following by government services (14%) and manufacturing (13%).

St. James was a marginal Progressive Conservative/NDP riding for most of its history to 1988. It was won in that year by Liberal Paul Edwards, who was elected leader of his party in 1993. The NDP recaptured the seat in 1995.

Recent boundary changes

The St. James riding underwent a dramatic redistribution in 1999. Previously, the space the riding occupied roughly the same space as the riding of Minto, which was newly created that year and, as of 2019, exists as Notre Dame. In fact, the original plan of the Manitoba Electoral Boundaries Commission in 1999 was to rename St. James as Minto, and create a new riding called King Edward to its immediate west (primarily from the old riding of Sturgeon Creek). Instead, the boundaries legislation passed by the Manitoba legislature in 1999 determined that the new riding would be called St. James.

Although the current riding has some territory in common with its predecessor of the same name, it is probably more accurately regarded as the successor riding to Sturgeon Creek. The NDP captured this seat from the Tories in 1999, and retained it in 2003.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Douglas Stanes	PC	1958	1969
Alvin Mackling	NDP	1969	1973
George Minaker	PC	1973	1981
Alvin Mackling	NDP	1981	1988
Paul Edwards	Lib	1988	1995
MaryAnn Mihychuk	NDP	1995	1999
Bonnie Korzeniowski	NDP	1999	2011
Deanne Crothers	NDP	2011	2016
Scott Johnston	PC	2016	2019
Adrien Sala	NDP	2019

Electoral results

1870

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1874

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1878

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1958

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1959

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1962

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1966

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1969

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1973

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1977

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1981

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1986

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1988

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1990

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1995

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1999

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2003

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2007

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2019

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Party		%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	38.5
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	34.6
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	13.8
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	10.0
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	3.2

Previous boundaries

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The 1999–2011 boundaries for St. James highlighted in red.

See also

• List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts