Elections Manitoba fired one of its enumerators on Thursday after learning about the person’s criminal background.

It received a complaint that a man knocking on doors in a Winnipeg neighbourhoud is a convicted sex offender.

Elections Manitoba hires enumerators without making applicants go through a criminal background check.

Enumerators are hired to go door-to-door, visiting homes wearing a yellow vest to collect information leading up to this spring's provincial election.

Elections Manitoba hires 3,000 enumerators ahead of every election.

After a resident recognized the person as a convicted sex offender at their door on Wednesday, a complaint was made to Elections Manitoba and warnings were posted on a St. James neighbourhood watch Facebook page run by Frances Matlock.

"He was wearing one of the Elections Manitoba vests," said Matlock. "Even though they're going door-to-door to talk to the adults, kids could potentially be answering the door for their parents."

Elections Manitoba said workers are required to sign an oath that they’re qualified for the job.

Elections Manitoba does not require criminal background checks for the nearly 10,000 employees hired for the upcoming election; a spokesperson said because so many temporary workers are needed to be hired, it wouldn't be feasible to do so.

Matlock said that's not a good enough reason.

"That was slightly alarming,” she said. “I understand there's some jobs that are behind the scenes, they never come into contact with the public, but the ones that are the enumerators – these jobs they're coming into contact with the public and young children."

Elections Manitoba said the worker was fired because no one who's been convicted of an indictable offence within the past five years is allowed to do the job.

The spokesperson said hiring policies for Elections Manitoba are now being reviewed.