St. Norbert (electoral district)

Coordinates: 49°47′02″N 97°10′48″W / 49.784°N 97.180°W / 49.784; -97.180
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St. Norbert
Manitoba electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created1979
First contested1981
Last contested2016

St. Norbert is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Historical riding[edit]

The original riding of St. Norbert was established at the time of the province's creation in 1870. For the 1870 provincial election, it was divided into two separate ridings: St. Norbert North and St. Norbert South. Subsequently, it was reduced to a single riding.

St. Norbert was a francophone-majority riding. It was eliminated in 1879, at a time when francophone representation in the province was being reduced.

St. Norbert North[edit]

Name Party Took office Left office
Joseph Lemay Government/French Party 1870 1874

St. Norbert South[edit]

Name Party Took office Left office
Pierre Delorme Government/French Party 1870 1874

St. Norbert[edit]

Name Party Took office Left office
Joseph Dubuc Government/French Party 1874 1878
Pierre Delorme Government/French Party 1878 1879
Pierre Delorme Opposition/French Party 1879 1879

Most recent riding[edit]

It was recreated by redistribution in 1979, and was contested at the 1981 Manitoba general election. It was abolished at the redistribution of 2018 and ceased to exist under its old name effective at the 2019 Manitoba general election. The riding was located in the southernmost tip of the City of Winnipeg.

St. Norbert was bordered to the east by Seine River, to the south and west by the rural ridings of Dawson Trail and Morris (respectively), and to the north by Riel, Fort Garry (later Fort Richmond) and Fort Whyte. The riding's character is suburban.

St. Norbert's population in 1996 was 19,184. In 1999, the average family income was $59,444, and the unemployment rate was 8.20%. The riding is ethnically diverse: 5% of the riding's residents are German, 4% are Chinese, 3% are East Indian and 2% are Italian. Six per cent of the riding's residents are francophone. Almost 28% of the riding's residents have a university degree.

The service sector accounts for 16% of St. Norbert's industry, with a further 15% in the educational services.

Name Party Took office Left office
Gerry Mercier PC 1981 1988
John Angus Lib 1988 1990
Marcel Laurendeau PC 1990 2003
Marilyn Brick NDP 2003 2011
Dave Gaudreau NDP 2011 2016
Jon Reyes PC 2016 2019

Electoral results[edit]

1870[edit]

1870 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Government Joseph Lemay 35 79.55%
Undeclared Joseph Genthan 9 20.45%
Total 44
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout N/A
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1870[edit]

1870 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Government Pierre Delorme 50 69.44%
Undeclared Joseph Hamelin 22 30.56%
Total 72
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout N/A
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1874[edit]

1874 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Government Joseph Dubuc 51 62.20%
Undeclared Pierre Delorme 31 37.80%
Total 82
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 115 71.30%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2000 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1878[edit]

1878 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Government Pierre Delorme Acclaimed
Total
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 168
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2004 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1879 by-election[edit]

Manitoba provincial by-election, 1879
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unknown Pierre Delorme Acclaimed
Total
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout N/A
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2005 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1981[edit]

1981 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gerry Mercier 5,728 53.90%
New Democratic Ruth Pear 3,826 36.00%
Liberal Grant Temple 857 8.06%
Progressive Allan Yap 216 2.03%
Total 10,627
Rejected 20
Eligible voters / Turnout 14,409 73.75%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2081 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986[edit]

1986 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gerry Mercier 5,788 50.72% -3.18%
New Democratic Ruth Pear 2,839 24.88% -11.12%
Liberal Mark O’Neill 2,784 24.40% 16.33%
Total 11,411
Rejected 15
Eligible voters / Turnout 16,589 68.79% -4.97%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2084 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1988[edit]

1988 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Angus 6,073 45.91% 21.51%
Progressive Conservative Gerry Mercier 5,695 43.05% -7.67%
New Democratic Bennetta Benson 1,460 11.04% -13.84%
Total 13,228
Rejected 36
Eligible voters / Turnout 17,237 76.74% 7.96%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2085 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1990[edit]

1990 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Marcel Laurendeau 4,502 45.48% 2.43%
Liberal John Angus 4,385 44.30% -1.61%
New Democratic Andrew Sawatsky 1,011 10.21% -0.82%
Total 9,898
Rejected 29
Eligible voters / Turnout 13,501 73.31% -3.43%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2086 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1995[edit]

1995 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Marcel Laurendeau 4,699 43.90% -1.58%
Liberal Val Thompson 4,172 38.98% -5.33%
New Democratic Pat Peters 1,833 17.12% 6.91%
Total 10,704
Rejected 55
Eligible voters / Turnout 14,971 71.50% -1.81%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2089 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1999[edit]

1999 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Marcel Laurendeau 4,152 46.14 +2.24 $26,724.22
New Democratic Marilyn Brick 3,483 38.69 +21.57 $10,804.00
Liberal Mohinder Dhillon 1,313 14.59 -25.39 $17,998.46
Total valid votes 8,947
Rejected and declined votes 52
Turnout 8,999 72.96 0.76%
Registered voters 12,380
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2092 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

2003[edit]

2003 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Marilyn Brick 3,355 48.68 +7.99 $12,670.25
Progressive Conservative Marcel Laurendeau 2,610 37.87 −8.27 $24,397.23
Liberal Jocelyn Greenwood 741 10.75 −3.84 $8,473.22
Green Keith Barber 186 2.70 +2.70 $117.06
Total valid votes 6,892
Rejected 28
Eligible voters / turnout 11,911 57.86 −14.40
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2003). Statement of Votes for the 38th Provincial General Election, June 3, 2003 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

2007[edit]

2007 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Marilyn Brick 4,044 53.74 +9.08 $18,993.62
Progressive Conservative Tara Brousseau 2,404 31.94 −5.93 $28,159.72
Liberal Wendy Bloomfield 1,077 14.31 +3.58 $19,690.78
Total 7,525
Rejected 29
Eligible voters / turnout 11,552 65.14 +7.28
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2007). Statement of Votes for the 39th Provincial General Election, May 22, 2007 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

2011[edit]

2011 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Dave Gaudreau 3,966 45.15 -8.59 $25,959.60
Progressive Conservative Karen Velthuys 3,935 44.80 12.85 $32,439.47
Liberal Marcel Laurendeau 883 10.05 -4.26 $31,742.60
Total valid votes 8,784
Rejected 41
Eligible voters / turnout 13,736 64.25 -1.22
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2011). Statement of Votes for the 40th Provincial General Election, October 4, 2011 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.
"Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

2016[edit]

2016 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Jon Reyes 4,673 51.02 6.22 $36,660.34
New Democratic Dave Gaudreau 3,062 33.43 -11.72 $24,532.06
Liberal James Bloomfield 1,251 13.66 3.60 $38,985.78
Independent Narinder Kaur Johar 174 1.90 $5,367.70
Total valid votes / expense limit 9,160 $44,386.00
Rejected 134
Eligible voters / Turnout 14,278 65.09 0.85
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Statement of Votes for the 41st Provincial General Election, April 19, 2016 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.
"Election Returns: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

Previous boundaries[edit]

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

References[edit]

49°47′02″N 97°10′48″W / 49.784°N 97.180°W / 49.784; -97.180