Winnipeg (provincial electoral district)

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Winnipeg was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Consisting of the city of Winnipeg, the district originally existed from 1870 to 1883, returning a single member to the assembly. The district was named Winnipeg and St. John for the election of 1870 only, and Winnipeg thereafter.

In 1883, it was divided into the new districts of Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South; a third district of Winnipeg Centre was created in 1888.

In 1920, the district was reconstituted as a multiple member district covering the whole city of Winnipeg. This city-wide district returned ten members to the legislature who were all elected citywide through Single transferable vote form of proportional representation.[1]

The district existed in this form until 1949, when the district was divided into three districts, Winnipeg North, South and Centre, with small parts going to Kildonan-Transcona and Iberville. Each of the three districts four members through the continued use of STV. This was the case until 1955, when all districts in the province were changed to single-member districts with the member to be elected through First-past-the-post voting in the ensuring election.[1]

List of representatives (1870-1883)

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Name Party Took office Left office
Donald Smith Government 1870 1873
Robert Davis Opposition 1873 1878
Thomas Scott Opposition 1878 1879
Conservative 1878 1882

Elected MLAs: 10-member period (1920-1949)

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Name Party 1920* 1922 1927 1932 1936 1941 1945
  George Armstrong Socialist Party  Y
  Paul Bardal Liberal-Progressive  Y
  James Alexander Barry Conservative  Y
  Duncan Cameron Liberal  Y
  Richard Craig United Farmers  Y
  Fred Dixon* Dominion Labour (DLP)  Y  Y
  John K. Downes Independent  Y
  William Sanford Evans Conservative  Y  Y  Y
  Seymour Farmer Independent Labour Party  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
  Morris Gray CCF  Y  Y
  John Thomas Haig Conservative  Y  Y  Y  Y
  Marcus Hyman Independent Labour Party  Y  Y
  William Ivens Labour (DLP/ILP)  Y  Y  Y  Y
  Robert Jacob Liberal  Y
  Thomas Herman Johnson Liberal  Y
  Bill Kardash Communist Anti-coalition  Y  Y
  Huntly Ketchen Conservative  Y  Y  Y
  Stephen Krawchyk Independent Coalition  Y
  James Litterick Communist  Y
  William Major Progressive  Y  Y  Y
  Ralph Maybank Liberal-Progressive  Y
  John Stewart McDiarmid Liberal-Progressive  Y  Y  Y  Y
  Edward William Montgomery Progressive  Y
  John Queen Social Democrat/ILP  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
  Hugh Robson Liberal  Y
  Edith Rogers Liberal  Y  Y  Y
  William Scraba Liberal-Progressive  Y
  Charles Rhodes Smith Liberal-Progressive  Y  Y
  Lloyd Stinson CCF  Y
  John Stovel Liberal  Y
  Lewis Stubbs Independent  Y  Y  Y
  Donovan Swailes CCF  Y
  Gunnar Thorvaldson Conservative  Y  Y
  William Tobias Conservative  Y
  William J. Tupper Conservative  Y
  Ralph Webb Conservative  Y
  • Dixon resigned in 1923. seat left empty until next election.

Election results

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1870

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1870 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Government Donald Smith 70 52.63
Opposition John Christian Schultz 63 47.37
Total valid votes 133
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout N/A
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1874 by-election

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Manitoba provincial by-election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Opposition Robert Atkinson Davis Acclaimed
Total valid votes
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout N/A
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2000 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1874

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1874 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Government Robert Atkinson Davis 198 51.97
Undeclared Thomas Scott 183 48.03
Total valid votes 381
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 599 63.61
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2000 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1878

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1878 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Undeclared Thomas Scott 273 93.49 45.46
Undeclared W. A. Loucks 19 6.51
Total valid votes 292
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout 1,226 23.82
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2004 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1879

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1879 Manitoba general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Scott 387 54.66 -38.83
Undeclared Daniel Hunter McMillan 321 45.34
Total valid votes 708
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout N/A
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2005 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1880 by-election

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Manitoba provincial by-election, 1880
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unknown Daniel Hunter McMillan 437 61.38 16.04
Unknown Hector Mansfield Howell 146 20.51
Unknown D. B. Woodworth 129 18.12
Total valid votes 712
Rejected N/A
Eligible voters / Turnout N/A
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2008 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

References

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  1. ^ a b Patrick Boyer, Direct Democracy in Canada: The History and Future of Referendums. Dundurn Press, 1996. ISBN 9781459718845. p. 95.

See also List of Manitoba general elections