Portage—Neepawa 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

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 1949 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1947 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....

, Neepawa

Neepawa (electoral district)

Neepawa was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1949.This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Dauphin and Portage La Prairie ridings....

 and 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....

 ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Dauphin, Lisgar

Lisgar (electoral district)

Lisgarwas a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1988. This riding was created following the admission of Manitoba into the Canadian Confederation in 1870....

, Marquette

Marquette (electoral district)

Marquette 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 following the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870....

, Portage

Portage (electoral district)

Portage was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Lisgar, Portage—Neepawa, Selkirk, Springfield, and St...

 and Winnipeg South Centre

Winnipeg South Centre

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 ridings.

Election results

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|WEIR, William Gilbert

William Gilbert Weir

William Gilbert Weir was a Canadian politician and was the longest serving Liberal-Progressive Member of Parliament in Canadian history sitting in the Canadian House of Commons for 27 years....

 ||align=right|9,192
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|NELSON, Harold Alexander ||align=right|6,819
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|MATTHEWS, Albert Clifford ||align=right|2,269
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|WEIR, William Gilbert

William Gilbert Weir

William Gilbert Weir was a Canadian politician and was the longest serving Liberal-Progressive Member of Parliament in Canadian history sitting in the Canadian House of Commons for 27 years....

 ||align=right|8,958
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|COWAN, Jim ||align=right|5,604
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|COLLVER, Hugh Roy ||align=right|3,223
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|FAIRFIELD, George Clark ||align=right| 9,248
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|WEIR, William Gilbert

William Gilbert Weir

William Gilbert Weir was a Canadian politician and was the longest serving Liberal-Progressive Member of Parliament in Canadian history sitting in the Canadian House of Commons for 27 years....

 ||align=right|6,407
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|MCKINNON, Charles John ||align=right|4,247
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|SMEE, Edgar Edward ||align=right| 1,630
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|FAIRFIELD, George C. ||align=right| 15,304
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|HENDERSON, Harold Lloyd ||align=right|6,434
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|COULTHARD, Sidney ||align=right|1,598
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|ENNS, Siegfried J. ||align=right|11,125
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|SHUTTLEWORTH, C. Lemington ||align=right|7,615
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|DUNCAN, Douglas Alfred ||align=right|2,285
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|HUGHES, Richard D. ||align=right|1,425
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|HENDERSON, Harold Lloyd ||align=right|1,144
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|ENNS, Sig J. ||align=right|12,532
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|BRADLEY, William H. ||align=right|8,398
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|BARNETT, Sybil ||align=right|1,551
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|TURNER, Charles R. ||align=right| 1,484
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|HENDERSON, Harold Lloyd ||align=right|826
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|ENNS, Sig J. ||align=right|13,043
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|HYDE, W. Fred L. ||align=right|8,260
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|NORMAN, Charles ||align=right| 2,896
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|TURNER, Charles R. ||align=right| 1,060

See also

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

External links

• Riding history for Portage—Neepawa (1947–1966) from the Library of Parliament
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