Portage la Prairie (electoral district)
Encyclopedia
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.
It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Norquay
, Portage—Neepawa
and Selkirk
ridings.
:
|CRAWFORD, John ||align=right|3,048
|-
|BOYD, Nathaniel ||align=right|2,663
|-
|MEIGHEN, Arthur ||align=right|3,144
|-
|CRAWFORD, John ||align=right|2,894
|-
|MEIGHEN, Arthur ||align=right|3,267
|-
|PATERSON, Robert ||align=right|2,592
By-election: On Mr. Meighen being appointed Solicitor General, 26 June 1913
|-
|MEIGHEN, Hon. Arthur ||align=right|acclaimed
|-
|MEIGHEN, Hon. Arthur ||align=right|4,611
|-
|SHIRTLIFF, Frederick ||align=right|976
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|4,314
|-
|MEIGHEN, Right Hon. Arthur ||align=right|4,137
|-
|BANNERMAN, Alexander Melville ||align=right|139
|-
|MEIGHEN, Rt. Hon. Arthur ||align=right|5,817
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|4,966
|-
|MCPHERSON, Ewen Alexander ||align=right| 6,394
|-
|MEIGHEN, Right Hon. Arthur ||align=right| 5,966
|-
|BURNS, William Herbert ||align=right|6,372
|-
|MCPHERSON, Ewen Alexander ||align=right| 6,230
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|5,516
|-
|BURNS, William Herbert ||align=right|4,043
|-
|METCALFE, Wilfred ||align=right|1,375
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|7,442
|-
|JONES, George Herbert ||align=right|4,835
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|5,457
|-
|MCCALLISTER, Allen ||align=right|3,592
|-
|OGLETREE, Charles Francis ||align=right|2,306
|-
|BAILEY, Charles Eric ||align=right|857
By-election: On Mr. Leader's death, 9 May 1946
|-
|MILLER, Calvert Charlton ||align=right|4,805
|-
|WOOD, Jaffray Smith ||align=right|4,137
|-
|COULTHARD, Sidney ||align=right|2,821
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 1904 to 1949.
This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Macdonald
Macdonald (electoral district)
Macdonald was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1892 to 1949.This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Marquette ridings....
riding.
It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Norquay
Norquay (electoral district)
Norquay was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from1949 to 1953.This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Portage La Prairie, Selkirk and Springfield ridings....
, 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
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.
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,...
:
- John CrawfordJohn Crawford (Manitoba politician)John Crawford was a Canadian politician.Born in Kintail, Huron County, Ontario, the son of James Crawford and Catherine McGregor, Crawford received his education in the Port Albert public school, and after spending six years in a flour mill in Port Albert moved to Gladstone, Manitoba...
, 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...
(1904-1908) - Arthur MeighenArthur MeighenArthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...
, 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...
(1908-1921) - Harry LeaderHarry LeaderHarry Leader was a Canadian politician, farmer and cattle breeder.Leader served as a councillor in the township of Burnside, Manitoba from 1906 to 1912 and was reeve from 1912 to 1914 as well as a member of the executive of the Union of Manitoba Municipalities from 1913 to 1914...
, 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) - Arthur Meighen, Conservative (1925-1926)
- Ewen Alexander McPherson, Liberal (1926-1930)
- William Herbert BurnsWilliam Herbert BurnsWilliam Herbert Burns was a Canadian politician and merchant. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the 1930 election to represent the riding of Portage la Prairie. He was defeated in the 1935 election...
, Conservative (1930-1935) - Harry Leader, Liberal (1935-1946)
- Calvert Charlton MillerCalvert Charlton MillerCalvert Charlton Miller, , was a Canadian lawyer, politician and jurist.Miller was born and raised in Portage la Prairie...
, 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....
(1946-1949)
Election results
|-|CRAWFORD, John ||align=right|3,048
|-
|BOYD, Nathaniel ||align=right|2,663
|-
|MEIGHEN, Arthur ||align=right|3,144
|-
|CRAWFORD, John ||align=right|2,894
|-
|MEIGHEN, Arthur ||align=right|3,267
|-
|PATERSON, Robert ||align=right|2,592
By-election: On Mr. Meighen being appointed Solicitor General, 26 June 1913
|-
|MEIGHEN, Hon. Arthur ||align=right|acclaimed
|-
|MEIGHEN, Hon. Arthur ||align=right|4,611
|-
|SHIRTLIFF, Frederick ||align=right|976
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|4,314
|-
|MEIGHEN, Right Hon. Arthur ||align=right|4,137
|-
|BANNERMAN, Alexander Melville ||align=right|139
|-
|MEIGHEN, Rt. Hon. Arthur ||align=right|5,817
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|4,966
|-
|MCPHERSON, Ewen Alexander ||align=right| 6,394
|-
|MEIGHEN, Right Hon. Arthur ||align=right| 5,966
|-
|BURNS, William Herbert ||align=right|6,372
|-
|MCPHERSON, Ewen Alexander ||align=right| 6,230
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|5,516
|-
|BURNS, William Herbert ||align=right|4,043
|-
|METCALFE, Wilfred ||align=right|1,375
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|7,442
|-
|JONES, George Herbert ||align=right|4,835
|-
|LEADER, Harry ||align=right|5,457
|-
|MCCALLISTER, Allen ||align=right|3,592
|-
|OGLETREE, Charles Francis ||align=right|2,306
|-
|BAILEY, Charles Eric ||align=right|857
By-election: On Mr. Leader's death, 9 May 1946
|-
|MILLER, Calvert Charlton ||align=right|4,805
|-
|WOOD, Jaffray Smith ||align=right|4,137
|-
|COULTHARD, Sidney ||align=right|2,821
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Riding history for Portage la Prairie (1903–1947) from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...