Summary
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
- 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.
See also List of Manitoba general elections