St. Vital (electoral district)

For the neighbourhood of Winnipeg in approximately the same location as this electoral division, see St. Vital, Winnipeg. For the saint, see Saint Vitalis (disambiguation).

St. Vital

Manitoba electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA	Jamie Moses New Democratic
District created	1957
First contested	1958
Last contested	2019

St. Vital (French: Saint-Vital) is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Historical riding

The original St. Vital riding was established at the time of the province's creation in 1870, as one of twelve "francophone" constituencies. It was eliminated in 1879, after a redistribution process which reduced the level of francophone representation in the province.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
André Beauchemin	Government/French Party	1870	1874
Joseph Lemay	Government/French Party	1874	1878
Maxime Goulet	Government/French Party	1878	1879
	Opposition/French Party	1878	1879

Current riding

The modern St. Vital riding was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958. The riding is located in the southeastern section of the City of Winnipeg.

St. Vital is bordered to the east by St. Boniface and Southdale, to the south by Riel, to the north by St. Boniface and to the west by Riel, Lord Roberts and Fort Garry.

The riding's population in 1996 was 20,255. Its character is mostly middle-class, although 28% of the riding's residents are categorized as low income. In 1999, the average family income was $44,868, and the unemployment rate was 7.90%. Ten per cent of the riding's residents are francophone, and 7% are aboriginal. Almost half the riding's dwellings are rental units.

The service sector accounts for 16% of St. Vital's industry, with a further 13% in the retail trade.

St. Vital was represented by members of the Progressive Conservative party from 1958 to 1971. Since then, it has generally been represented by members of the Manitoba New Democratic Party (NDP), although the Liberals held the seat for one term from 1988–1990, and the Progressive Conservatives for two terms from 1990-1999.

List of provincial representatives

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Fred Groves	PC	1958	1966
Donald Craik	PC	1966	1969
Jack Hardy	PC	1969	1971
Jim Walding	NDP	1971	1988
Bob Rose	Lib	1988	1990
Shirley Render	PC	1990	1999
Nancy Allan	NDP	1999	2016
Colleen Mayer	PC	2016	2019
Jamie Moses	NDP	2019	Present

Electoral results

2019 Manitoba general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jamie Moses	4,081	44.44	+10.1
	Progressive Conservative	Colleen Mayer	3,211	34.96	-7.8
	Liberal	Jeffrey Anderson	1,271	13.84	-2.8
	Green	Elizabeth Dickson	499	5.43	-0.9
	Independent	Baljeet Sharma	62	0.68
	Manitoba First	David Sutherland	60	0.65
Total valid votes			9,184	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				63.7
Eligible voters
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+9.0

2016 provincial election redistributed results
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	42.8
	New Democratic	34.3
	Liberal	16.6
	Green	6.3

2016 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Colleen Mayer	3,229	39.63	+5.23	$24,705.52
	New Democratic	Jamie Moses	2,831	34.74	-25.34	$26,333.60
	Liberal	Bryan Van Wilgenburg	1,296	15.90	+10.39	$6,849.49
	Green	Kelly Whelan-Enns	791	9.70	+9.70	$50.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,147	98.69	-	$43,267.00
Rejected and declined votes			108	1.31
Turnout			8,255	63.97
Registered voters			12,905
Source: Elections Manitoba

1995 Manitoba general election: St. Vital
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Render	4,021	41.47
	New Democratic	Sig Laser	3,357	34.62
	Liberal	Tim Ryan	2,319	23.91

1988 Manitoba general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Rose	4,431	42.22	+27.16
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Herriot	3,614	34.43	-5.19
	New Democratic	Gerri Unwin	2,282	21.74	-23.59
	Western Independence	Katharina Cameron	123	1.17	n/a
	Libertarian	Trevor Wiebe	46	0.44	n/a
Total valid votes			10,496	100.00	-
Rejected ballots			18	–	–
Turnout			10,514	79.08
Eligible voters			13,296
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+25.37
Source: Elections Manitoba

Previous boundaries

The 1999-2011 boundaries for St. Vital highlighted in red