Portage la Prairie (electoral district)

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.

It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Norquay, Portage—Neepawa and Selkirk ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

#John Crawford, Liberal (1904-1908)
#Arthur Meighen, Conservative (1908-1921)
#Harry Leader, Progressive (1921-1925)
#Arthur Meighen, Conservative (1925-1926)
#Ewen Alexander McPherson, Liberal (1926-1930)
#William Herbert Burns, Conservative (1930-1935)
#Harry Leader, Liberal (1935-1946)
#Calvert Charlton Miller, Progressive Conservative (1946-1949)

Election results

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CRAWFORD, John ||align=right|3,048
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BOYD, Nathaniel ||align=right|2,663

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MEIGHEN, Arthur ||align=right|3,144
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CRAWFORD, John ||align=right|2,894

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MEIGHEN, Arthur ||align=right|3,267
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PATERSON, Robert ||align=right|2,592

By-election: On Mr. Meighen being appointed Solicitor General, 26 June 1913

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MEIGHEN, Hon. Arthur ||align=right|acclaimed

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MEIGHEN, Hon. Arthur ||align=right|4,611
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SHIRTLIFF, Frederick ||align=right|976

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LEADER, Harry ||align=right|4,314
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MEIGHEN, Right Hon. Arthur ||align=right|4,137
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BANNERMAN, Alexander Melville ||align=right|139

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MEIGHEN, Rt. Hon. Arthur ||align=right|5,817
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LEADER, Harry ||align=right|4,966

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MCPHERSON, Ewen Alexander ||align=right| 6,394
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MEIGHEN, Right Hon. Arthur ||align=right| 5,966

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BURNS, William Herbert ||align=right|6,372
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MCPHERSON, Ewen Alexander ||align=right| 6,230

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LEADER, Harry ||align=right|5,516
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BURNS, William Herbert ||align=right|4,043
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METCALFE, Wilfred ||align=right|1,375

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LEADER, Harry ||align=right|7,442
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JONES, George Herbert ||align=right|4,835

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LEADER, Harry ||align=right|5,457
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MCCALLISTER, Allen ||align=right|3,592
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OGLETREE, Charles Francis ||align=right|2,306
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BAILEY, Charles Eric ||align=right|857

By-election: On Mr. Leader's death, 9 May 1946

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MILLER, Calvert Charlton ||align=right|4,805
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WOOD, Jaffray Smith ||align=right|4,137
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COULTHARD, Sidney ||align=right|2,821

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=559 Riding history for Portage la Prairie (1903–1947) from the] Library of Parliament


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