Winnipeg South (provincial electoral district)

Winnipeg South (provincial electoral district)

Winnipeg South was a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada, which existed on two separate occasions.

It was initially created for the 1883 provincial election, and abolished with the 1920 election when Winnipeg became a single ten-member constituency. It was re-established for the elections of 1949 and 1953 as a four-member constituency, and was divided into several single-member constituencies in 1958.

Winnipeg South (original constituency)

The original Winnipeg South constituency was created for the 1883 election, when the Winnipeg constituency was divided into two sections: Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South. It was created a single-member constituency, and remained this way until the 1914 election when it returned two members. From 1914 to 1920, electors were allowed to cast ballots for two seats, which were called "Winnipeg South A" and "Winnipeg South B".

Winnipeg South covered the most affluent and middle-class areas of Winnipeg, and usually supported the winning party in provincial elections. Premier Hugh John Macdonald represented the constituency from 1899 to 1900.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg South

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Albert Killam
Liberal
1883
1885
Charles Hamilton
Conservative
1885
1886
William Luxton
Liberal
1886
1888
Isaac Campbell
Liberal
1888
1891
John Cameron
Liberal
1891
1899
Hugh John Macdonald
Conservative
1899
1900
James T. Gordon
Conservative
1900
1910
Lendrum McMeans
Conservative
1910
1914

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg South "A"

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Albert B. Hudson
Liberal
1914
1915

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg South "B"

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William L. Parrish
Liberal
1914
1920

Winnipeg South (re-established)

The single constituency of Winnipeg was divided into three sections for the 1949 election: Winnipeg North, Winnipeg Centre and Winnipeg South. All three constituencies elected four members to the legislature, with electors choosing members by a single transferable ballot.

By this time, Winnipeg South had become well-established as the most conservative and middle-class section of Winnipeg. It was dominated by the Civic Election Committee at the municipal level, and regularly returned pro-business candidates at the provincial level. The division returned a total of five representatives, all of whom were prominent figures. Liberal-Progressives John Stewart McDiarmid and Ronald Turner served as cabinet ministers in the administration of Douglas Campbell. Dufferin Roblin became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1954 and Premier of Manitoba in 1958, and included Gurney Evans in his cabinet. Lloyd Stinson was Winnipeg South's sole representative from the left, winning election for the socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in both 1949 and 1953. He was named as the Manitoba CCF's leader in 1953.

The constituency was eliminated at the 1958 election, when Manitoba abolished its multi-member seats. Several single-member constituencies were created in its place.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg North (1949-1958)

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John Stewart McDiarmid
Liberal-Progressive
1949
1953
Ronald Turner
Liberal-Progressive
1949
1958
Lloyd Stinson
CCF
1949
1958
Dufferin Roblin
Independent Progressive Conservative
1949
1950
Progressive Conservative
1950
1958
Gurney Evans
Progressive Conservative
1953
1958


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