Winnipeg was a provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada, which was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. This district covered the whole city of Winnipeg. The district was existed in two different periods -- 1870-1883 and 1920-1949.
From 1870 to 1883, the district of Winnipeg returned 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, Winnipeg 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 of Winnipeg came back into use, this time as a multiple member district. The district returned ten members to the legislature who were all elected citywide through Single transferable vote form of proportional representation.Patrick Boyer, Direct Democracy in Canada: The History and Future of Referendums. Dundurn Press, 1996. . p. 95.
The district of Winnipeg existed 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 elected four members through the continued use of STV. This was the case until 1955, when the Winnipeg districts were divided into single-member districts with the member in each elected through First-past-the-post voting.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (1870–1883) Name Party Took office Left office Donald Smith Government 1870 1873 Robert Davis Opposition 1873 1878Thomas Scott Opposition 1878 1879 Conservative 1878 1882
Elected MLAs: 10-member period (1920–1949) Name Party 1920* 1922 1927 1932 1936 1941 1945George ArmstrongSocialist PartyPaul BardalLiberal-ProgressiveJames Alexander BarryConservativeDuncan CameronLiberalRichard CraigUnited FarmersFred Dixon*Dominion Labour (DLP)John K. DownesIndependentWilliam Sanford EvansConservativeSeymour FarmerIndependent Labour PartyMorris GrayCCFJohn Thomas HaigConservativeMarcus HymanIndependent Labour PartyWilliam IvensLabour (DLP/ILP)Robert JacobLiberalThomas Herman JohnsonLiberalBill KardashCommunist Anti-coalitionHuntly KetchenConservativeStephen KrawchykIndependent CoalitionJames LitterickCommunistWilliam MajorProgressiveRalph MaybankLiberal-ProgressiveJohn Stewart McDiarmidLiberal-ProgressiveEdward William MontgomeryProgressiveJohn QueenSocial Democrat/ILPHugh RobsonLiberalEdith RogersLiberalWilliam ScrabaLiberal-ProgressiveCharles Rhodes SmithLiberal-ProgressiveLloyd StinsonCCFJohn StovelLiberalLewis StubbsIndependentDonovan SwailesCCFGunnar ThorvaldsonConservativeWilliam TobiasConservativeWilliam J. TupperConservativeRalph WebbConservative 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
1870
1874 by-election
1874
1878
1879
1880 by-election
See also List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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