Norquay 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 Manitoba

Manitoba

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from1949 to 1953.

This riding was created in 1947 from parts of 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....

, 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....

 and Springfield

Springfield (electoral district)

Springfield was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968.This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Selkirk riding....

 ridings.

It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Dauphin, 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....

 and Selkirk ridings.

Election results

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|WOOD, Robert James ||align=right|8,430
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|PETURSSON, Philip M. ||align=right| 4,776
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|KOSHOWSKI, Walter ||align=right|807

See also

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

External links

• Riding history for Norquay (1947–1952) from the Library of Parliament
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