Nelson was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1917 to 1935. It covered northern Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Canada

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, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations

First Nations

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 reserves

Indian reserve

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The riding was created in 1914 from parts of Dauphin riding. When Nelson was abolished in 1933, its entire area was transferred into the new riding of Churchill

Churchill (electoral district)

Churchill is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It covers northern Manitoba, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations reserves...

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons

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• 1917-1921: John Archibald Campbell - Unionist
  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: Thomas William Bird
  Thomas William Bird
  Thomas William Bird was a politician and clergyman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1921 as a Member of the Progressive Party to represent the riding of Nelson. He was re-elected in 1925 and again in 1926 then defeated in 1930. He died a natural death late in his life....
  
   - Progressive
  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...
  
  
• 1930-1935: Bernard Stitt - Conservative

Election results

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|CAMPBELL, John Archibald
|align="right"| acclaimed
|-

|BIRD, Thomas William
|align="right"|2,814
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|ROTHWELL, Benjamin Edward
|align="right"| 1,319
|-

|BIRD, Thomas William
|align="right"|2,485
|-

|MYERS, Joseph
|align="right"| 2,143
|-

|BIRD, Thomas William
|align="right"| 3,042
|-

|MYERS, Joseph
|align="right"|2,632
|-

|STITT, Bernard Munroe
|align="right"| 4,741
|-

|BIRD, Thomas William
|align="right"| 4,067

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Nelson (1914–1933) from the Library of Parliament
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