Brandon (electoral district) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Brandon was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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of Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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from 1896 to 1953.

It was created in 1892 from parts of Marquette

Marquette (electoral district)

Marquette was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1979.This riding was created in 1871 following the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870....

and Selkirk

Selkirk (electoral district)

Selkirk was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1979.This riding was created in 1871 when the province of Manitoba was created....

ridings.

In 1952, the constituency was merged with the constituency of Souris

Souris (electoral district)

Souris was a federal electoral district in the province of Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1953.This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Brandon and Lisgar ridings....

to form the district of Brandon—Souris

Brandon—Souris

Brandon—Souris is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.-Demographics:-Geography:The district is in the southwestern corner of the Province of Manitoba...

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

1896: D'Alton McCarthy - McCarthyite
McCarthyite candidates 1896
The McCarthyites were a short-lived anti-Catholic and anti-French-Canadian political movement which contested the 23 June 1896 federal election in Canada.Dalton McCarthy was the only "McCarthyite" to win election, and the movement disbanded in 1898....
1896-1911: Sir Clifford Sifton - Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
1911-1917: James Albert Manning Aikins
James Albert Manning Aikins
Sir James Albert Manning Aikins was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was the leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in the provincial election of 1915, and later served as the province's ninth Lieutenant Governor.Aikins was born in Grahamsville, Peel County, Canada West and educated at...

- Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
1917-1921: Howard Primrose Widden - Unionist Party
Unionist Party (Canada)
The Unionist Party was formed in 1917 by Members of Parliament in Canada who supported the "Union government" formed by Sir Robert Borden during the First World War....
1921-1930: Robert Forke
Robert Forke
Robert Forke, PC was a Canadian politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Brandon in 1921. In 1922, he replaced Thomas Crerar as leader of the Progressive Party of Canada...

- Progressive Party of Canada
Progressive Party of Canada
The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...

(1921-1926), Liberal-Progressive
Liberal-Progressive
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(1926-1930)
1930: Thomas Alexander Crerar - Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
1930-1938: David Wilson Beaubier
David Wilson Beaubier
David Wilson Beaubier was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1930 election as a Member of the historical Conservative Party for the riding of Brandon. He was re-elected in 1935. Beaubier ran in the election of 1925 and 1926 but lost both to Robert Forke...

- Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
1938-1950: James Ewen Matthews
James Ewen Matthews
James Ewen Matthews was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Albany, Prince Edward Island....

- Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
1951-1952: Walter Dinsdale
Walter Dinsdale
Walter Gilbert Dinsdale, PC, DFC was a Canadian politician.Born in Brandon, Manitoba, he graduated from Brandon College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 from McMaster University...

- Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

Election results

By-election: On the death of Mr. Matthews' on 24 November 1950

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|Walter Dinsdale

Walter Dinsdale

Walter Gilbert Dinsdale, PC, DFC was a Canadian politician.Born in Brandon, Manitoba, he graduated from Brandon College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 from McMaster University...

|align="right"| 11,124
|-

|J.W. Grant MacEwan
|align="right"| 8,371
|-

|James Ewen Matthews

James Ewen Matthews

James Ewen Matthews was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Albany, Prince Edward Island....

|align="right"| 11,263
|-

|John Bracken

John Bracken

John Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....

|align="right"| 7,150
|-

|Dwight Lyman Jackson
|align="right"| 1,964
|-

|James Ewen Matthews
|align="right"| 6,870
|-

|Frederick Henry Young
|align="right"| 5,621
|-

|Alexander MacDonald Brown
|align="right"| 5,294
|-

|Albert Edward Smith

Albert Edward Smith

Rev. Albert Edward Smith was a Canadian religious leader and politician. A social gospeller, Smith was for many years a minister in the Canadian Methodist Church before starting his own "People's Church". He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922 as a Labour...

|align="right"| 497
|-

|James Ewen Matthews
|align="right"| 8,908
|-

|John William McLeod Thompson
|align="right"| 6,168
|-

|James Henry Wood
|align="right"| 2,609
By-election: On the death of Mr. Beaubier on 1 September 1938

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|James Ewen Matthews
|align="right"| 6,583
|-

|George Baubier
|align="right"| 5,600
|-

|James Henry Wood
|align="right"| 3,577
|-

|David Wilson Beaubier

David Wilson Beaubier

David Wilson Beaubier was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1930 election as a Member of the historical Conservative Party for the riding of Brandon. He was re-elected in 1935. Beaubier ran in the election of 1925 and 1926 but lost both to Robert Forke...

|align="right"| 6,575
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|James Ewen Matthews
|align="right"| 6,368
|-

|James Henry Wood
|align="right"| 3,396
|-

|Cecil Evadne Leech
|align="right"| 556
|-

|David Wilson Beaubier
|align="right"| 8,512
|-

|Thomas Alexander Crerar
|align="right"| 6,457
|-

|Beatrice Alice Brigden
|align="right"| 1,331
By-election: On the appointment of Mr. Forke to the senate on 30 December 1929

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|Thomas Alexander Crerar
|align="right"| Acclaimed
By-election: On the appointment of Mr. Forke as Minister of Immigration and Colonization on 5 October 1926

|-

|Robert Forke

Robert Forke

Robert Forke, PC was a Canadian politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Brandon in 1921. In 1922, he replaced Thomas Crerar as leader of the Progressive Party of Canada...

|align="right"| Acclaimed
|-

|Robert Forke
|align="right"| 8,267
|-

|David Wilson Beaubier
|align="right"| 7,101
|-

|Robert Forke
|align="right"| 6,411
|-

|David Wilson Beaubier
|align="right"| 5,428
|-

|Robert Forke
|align="right"| 9,596
|-

|Charles Edmund Ivens
|align="right"| 4,067
|-

|Frederick Charles Cox
|align="right"| 404
|-

|Howard Primrose Whidden
|align="right"| 11,465
|-

|Hugh Savigny Patterson
|align="right"| 1,329
|-

|James Albert Manning Aikins

James Albert Manning Aikins

Sir James Albert Manning Aikins was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was the leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in the provincial election of 1915, and later served as the province's ninth Lieutenant Governor.Aikins was born in Grahamsville, Peel County, Canada West and educated at...

|align="right"| 4,436
|-

|Alfred Edward Hill
|align="right"| 3,570
|-

|Clifford Sifton

Clifford Sifton

Sir Clifford Sifton, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician best known for being Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfrid Laurier...

|align="right"| 3,567
|-

|Thomas Mayne Daly

Thomas Mayne Daly

Thomas Mayne Daly, was a Canadian politician.Born in Stratford, Canada West , the son of Thomas Mayne Daly and Helen McLaren Daly, his father was a member of the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Perth North.He was educated as a lawyer and was called to the Bar of Upper Canada in 1876...

|align="right"| 3,498
|-

|Benjamin D'Arcy Wallace
|align="right"| 100
|-

|Clifford Sifton
|align="right"| 3,625
|-

|R.L. Richardson
|align="right"| 2,804
|-

|Clifford Sifton
|align="right"| 5,011
|-

|Hugh John MacDonald

Hugh John Macdonald

Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.-Early...

|align="right"| 4,342
By-election: Mr McCarthy elected to sit for Simcoe North

Simcoe North

Simcoe North is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was established as a federal riding in 1867. Its population was 119,400 in 2006.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 92.3% White, 5.9% Native Canadian...

William Alexander Macdonald

William Alexander Macdonald was a Manitoba Lawyer and politician. He briefly served as leader of the Manitoba Conservatives during the 1890s....

|align="right"| 2,738
|-

|W. Postlethwaite
|align="right"| 1,102

External links

Riding history for Brandon (1892–1952) from the Library of Parliament
Library of Parliament
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Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

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