- Saint Boniface (electoral district)
Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Saint Boniface
province = Manitoba
caption = Saint Boniface in relation to other federal electoral districts in Winnipeg
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 46009
fed-created = 1924
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1925
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Raymond Simard
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 84473
demo-electors = 64058
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 66
demo-cd =Winnipeg
demo-csd =Winnipeg Saint Boniface (French: "Saint-Boniface") is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the
Canadian House of Commons since 1925. It is located inWinnipeg ,Manitoba ,Canada .In 1996, its English name was changed from "St. Boniface" to "Saint Boniface".
The district covers roughly the southern portion of the city of
Winnipeg ,Manitoba , east of the Red River. In particular, it contains theFranco-Manitobain community of Saint Boniface and roughly the northern two-thirds of the community of St. Vital. The riding (as federal electoral districts are called in Canada) has a sizeable French population (16% according to the last census) and is considered a Liberal Party stronghold. It is the only riding in Western Canada that regularly elects francophone candidates to parliament.There exists also a provincial electoral district of a similar name (St. Boniface) within Manitoba.
Name changes
The federal riding's name has undergone various changes since its creation in 1924.
Members of Parliament
The riding has elected the following
Members of Parliament :Election results
See also
* St. Boniface (provincial electoral district)
*List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=698 Riding history for St. Boniface (1924–1947) from the]
Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1252 Riding history for St. Boniface (1947–1952) from the]Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1253 Riding history for St. Boniface (1952–1996) from the]Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1055 Riding history for Saint Boniface (1996 - ) from the]Library of Parliament
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/maps/C46009.pdf Detailed riding map of Saint Boniface] from Elections Canada
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