What to know about the St. James riding for Manitoba's 2023 election

• About the riding
• Voting history
• News stories from St. James
• Meet the candidates
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The central Winnipeg riding of St. James has been around since 1958.

The riding's northern boundary runs along Notre Dame Avenue and the southern end of the rural municipality of Rosser. Its southern boundary runs along Ness Avenue from Moray Street east to Mount Royal Road, where the boundary then extends south.

The Assiniboine River forms the southern boundary from Conway Street to Empress Street, where the riding's boundary then runs north to Portage Avenue.

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Its eastern boundary runs from Portage Avenue north to Notre Dame.

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of St. James, Deer Lodge and Long Plain First Nation's urban reserve.

Its population is 21,320, according to Elections Manitoba's 2023 riding profile (compiled using data from the 2021 census).

The median age in St. James is 38.8, according to the riding profile, virtually the same as the provincial median of 38.4. The median household income in the riding is $78,000, according to the riding profile.

More facts about St. James:

• Almost 30 per cent of residents identified as visible minorities on the 2021 census, according to Election's Manitoba's riding profile.
• Almost 72 per cent of homes in the riding were built before 1961, the profile says.
• The median value of a home in the riding in 2021 was $270,000, according to the riding profile.

Voting history

The riding has been held by the NDP, the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives at different points in the past four decades. It has been held by the NDP since 1995, with the exception of 2016-2019, when Scott Johnston won it for the PCs.

• 1981 and 1986 elections: NDP.
• 1988 and 1990 elections: Liberal.
• 1995 - 2007 elections (four general elections): NDP.
• 2011 election: Deanne Crothers (NDP).
• 2016 election: Scott Johnston (Progressive Conservative).
• 2019 election: Adrien Sala (NDP).

St. James in the news

• Long Plain First Nation opens Winnipeg's 1st urban reserve pot shop
• Thistle Curling Club to merge with Deer Lodge CC, sell its current building
• 'Random and unprovoked' machete attack in St. James sends man to hospital

Meet the candidates

As of Sept. 11, the nominated candidates for the 2023 electionare:

• Tim Diack (Progressive Conservative).
• Adrien Sala (NDP - incumbent).
• Randell Cacayuran (Liberal).

Candidates become official when they meet criteria set out in the province's Elections Act, including providing a statement of disclosure after the election has been called. In St. James, all candidates are official.

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