Neepawa (electoral district)
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Neepawa was a federal electoral district
in Manitoba
, Canada
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
from 1917 to 1949.
This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Dauphin and Portage La Prairie
ridings.
It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Brandon
, Dauphin, Marquette
and Portage—Neepawa
ridings.
:
|DAVIS, Fred Langdon ||align=right|5,102
|-
|MCGREGOR, Albert Daniel ||align=right|2,046
|-
|MILNE, Robert ||align=right|7,876
|-
|ROSS, Hugh Robert ||align=right|2,147
|-
|MURPHY, Thomas Gerow ||align=right|3,461
|-
|MILNE, Robert ||align=right|3,332
|-
|BROADFOOT, Peter ||align=right|1,809
|-
|MILNE, Robert ||align=right|6,293
|-
|MURPHY, Thomas Gerow ||align=right|4,495
|-
|MURPHY, Thomas Gerow ||align=right|5,638
|-
|MILNE, Robert ||align=right|5,161
By-election: On Mr. Murphy's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 August 1930
|-
|MURPHY, Hon. Thomas Gerow ||align=right|acclaimed
|-
|MACKENZIE, Frederick Donald ||align=right|5,968
|-
|MURPHY, Hon. Thomas Gerow ||align=right|4,582
|-
|MARTIN, John Roy ||align=right|1,091
|-
|BEATTIE, Samuel Henry Sinclair ||align=right|1,015
|-
|MACKENZIE, Frederick Donald ||align=right|6,724
|-
|MURPHY, Hon. Thomas Gerow ||align=right|4,865
|-
|DUFFY, John Hazelett ||align=right|2,208
|-
|BRACKEN, John ||align=right|6,497
|-
|MACKENZIE, Frederick Donald ||align=right|4,624
|-
|WOOD, James Henry ||align=right|2,848
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 Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1917 to 1949.
This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Dauphin and Portage La Prairie
Portage la Prairie (electoral district)
Portage la Prairie was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949.This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Macdonald riding....
ridings.
It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Brandon
Brandon (electoral district)
Brandon was a federal electoral district in the province of Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1896 to 1953.It was created in 1892 from parts of Marquette and Selkirk ridings....
, Dauphin, 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 Portage—Neepawa
Portage—Neepawa
Portage—Neepawa was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Macdonald, Neepawa and Portage La Prairie ridings....
ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of ParliamentMember 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,...
:
- Fred Langdon DavisFred Langdon DavisFrederick Langdon "Fred" Davis was a lawyer and political figure in Manitoba, Canada. He represented Neepawa in the Canadian House of Commons as a Unionist member....
, UnionistUnionist 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....
(1917-1921) - Robert MilneRobert Milne (Canadian politician)Robert Milne was a farmer who was sat in Canadian House of Commons during the 1920s as a Progressive Party MP.Milne attended Manitoba Agricultural College before becoming a farmer in Mekiwin...
, ProgressiveProgressive Party of CanadaThe 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...
(1921-1925) - Thomas Gerow MurphyThomas Gerow MurphyThomas Gerow Murphy, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Northumberland County, Ontario, he was a pharmacist before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Manitoba riding of Neepawa in the 1925 federal election. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1926 election by...
, ConservativeConservative 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...
(1925-1926) - Robert Milne, Progressive (1926-1930)
- Thomas Gerow Murphy, Conservative (1930-1935)
- Frederick Donald MackenzieFrederick Donald MacKenzieFrederick Donald MacKenzie, was a soldier, teacher and Member of Parliament in Canada.Mackenzie was born in Presqu’ile, Ontario and was educated at Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute and Queen’s University where he earned a bachelor of arts.He served during World War I with the Queen’s...
, LiberalLiberal Party of CanadaThe 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...
(1935-1945) - John BrackenJohn BrackenJohn Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....
, Progressive ConservativeProgressive Conservative Party of CanadaThe 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....
(1945-1949)
Election results
|-|DAVIS, Fred Langdon ||align=right|5,102
|-
|MCGREGOR, Albert Daniel ||align=right|2,046
|-
|MILNE, Robert ||align=right|7,876
|-
|ROSS, Hugh Robert ||align=right|2,147
|-
|MURPHY, Thomas Gerow ||align=right|3,461
|-
|MILNE, Robert ||align=right|3,332
|-
|BROADFOOT, Peter ||align=right|1,809
|-
|MILNE, Robert ||align=right|6,293
|-
|MURPHY, Thomas Gerow ||align=right|4,495
|-
|MURPHY, Thomas Gerow ||align=right|5,638
|-
|MILNE, Robert ||align=right|5,161
By-election: On Mr. Murphy's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 August 1930
|-
|MURPHY, Hon. Thomas Gerow ||align=right|acclaimed
|-
|MACKENZIE, Frederick Donald ||align=right|5,968
|-
|MURPHY, Hon. Thomas Gerow ||align=right|4,582
|-
|MARTIN, John Roy ||align=right|1,091
|-
|BEATTIE, Samuel Henry Sinclair ||align=right|1,015
|-
|MACKENZIE, Frederick Donald ||align=right|6,724
|-
|MURPHY, Hon. Thomas Gerow ||align=right|4,865
|-
|DUFFY, John Hazelett ||align=right|2,208
|-
|BRACKEN, John ||align=right|6,497
|-
|MACKENZIE, Frederick Donald ||align=right|4,624
|-
|WOOD, James Henry ||align=right|2,848
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Riding history for Neepawa (1914–1947) from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...