Mountain is a former provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada. It was created for the 1879 provincial election, and was abolished shortly before the 1958 election.
Mountain was located in southwestern Manitoba, near Portage la Prairie. The constituency was mostly rural, and included communities such as Baldur and Argyles. Premier Dufferin Roblin once referred to the division's name as "curious", given that it marked by "the gentle landscape of the Pembina escarpment".Dufferin Roblin, Speaking For Myself, (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press), 2001, p. 70.
Several prominent Manitoba politicians represented Mountain, including Charles Cannon, Ivan Schultz and Premier Thomas Greenway. The constituency was shaped like an "L" in the nineteenth century, and was sometimes called "Greenway's armchair". For most of its history, Mountain was considered safe for the Manitoba Liberal Party and its successor, the Liberal-Progressive Party.Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1955, pp. 1, 4. But an effort was made to put forward an Independent third-party candidate in 1914.Grain Growers Guide, March 4, 1914, p. 27
In 1955, Mountain's population was estimated to be about 50% Anglo-Saxon, 33% French Canadian, and 16.5% Flemish.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Name PartyTook officeLeft officeThomas Greenway Independent Conservative 1879 1882 Liberal 1882 1904Daniel A. McIntyre Conservative 1905 1907James Bryson Baird Liberal 1907 1922Charles CannonProgressive 1922 1927Irving Cleghorn Liberal 1927 1930Ivan Schultz Liberal 1930 1932 1932 1955Walter Clark 1955 1958
See also List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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