Winnipeg (provincial electoral district)

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. 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)[edit]

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)[edit]

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.

The 1920 vote count process is explained in full in 1920 Manitoba general election.

Election results[edit]

1870[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

[boyer-1] Patrick Boyer, Direct Democracy in Canada: The History and Future of Referendums. Dundurn Press, 1996. ISBN 9781459718845. p. 95.

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