St. Boniface

Current MLA: Greg Selinger, NDP (premier of Manitoba)

Riding profile: Located in the central-eastern Winnipeg, the riding has existed since 1879.

Its boundaries roughly correspond with the historical community of St. Boniface, Man., which was a distinct civic jurisdiction before being amalgamated with Winnipeg in 1971.

Its western boundary is the Red River and the northern boundary is the rail line.

The eastern boundary is Lagimodiere Boulevard while the southern boundary includes Elizabeth Road, the Seine River, Blenheim Avenue, Egerton Road, and Harrowby Avenue.

As a result of the 2008 redistribution, the riding expanded southward, incorporating the residential area between Carriere Avenue and Harrowby Avenue.

It also lost a northern portion, the area between the railway and Tyne and Thomas Avenues.

As well, the riding expanded eastward, adding the area between Panet Road and Lagimodiere Boulevard.

Candidates

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Greg Selinger, NDP

• Premier of Manitoba, leader of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.
• Professor of Social Work (earned degree in social work from University of Manitoba).

• Received his master’s degree in public administration at Queens University in Kingston, Ont. and his PhD in London, England, at the London School of Economics.
• In 1989, elected to city council for St. Boniface.
• In 1992, ran for mayor of Winnipeg and came in second place.
• First elected to the Manitoba legislature in 1999.
• Appointed minister of finance in 1999.
• Re-elected in 2003 with almost 75 per cent of the vote in his riding.
• Resigned from cabinet on Sept. 8, 2009, and announced his candidacy for the party leadership. He defeated rival Steve Ashton at a party leadership convention on Oct. 17, 2009.
• Sworn in as premier on Oct. 19, 2009.
• Selinger and his wife, Claudette, have two children.

Brad Gross, Liberal

• Realtor.
• Grew up in St. Boniface.
• Has coached Midget Junior hockey at the AA and AAA levels, intermediate coaching levels.)
• Mayoral candidate in 2010. Placed third out of four candidates.
• Father of two girls.

Frank Clark, PC Party

• Realtor.
• Born and raised in south Winnipeg.
• Coached at the highest levels of local football, softball and basketball.
• Was a manager with Sports Manitoba, responsible for six successful Manitoba Games.
• Married for 45 years, and has three daughters.

Alain Landry, Green Party

• Lifelong resident of St. Boniface.
• Has an education degree from the Université de Saint-Boniface with a major in history.
• Earned a certification in the area of historical preservation and conservation from the University College of Cape-Breton while studying on the site of the Fortress of Louisburg in Nova Scotia.
• Worked in education field since 1992.
• Founder of a committee of “Béliveau Greens” that was established in 2009. The mission of the group is to reduce the amount of waste and energy created by the school’s population.

Results from 2007 provincial election
Candidate	Party	Total votes	Percentage of votes cast
Greg Selinger	NDP	5,090	66.04
Gilbert Laberge	Liberal	1,049	13.61
Jennifer Tarrant	PC Party	993	12.88
Alain Landry	Green	530	6.88
Thane-Dominic Carr	Communist	45	0.58