Winnipeg 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

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

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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 1882 to 1917.

This riding was created in 1882 from parts of 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....

 riding.

It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Winnipeg Centre

Winnipeg Centre

Winnipeg Centre is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997...

, Winnipeg North

Winnipeg North

For information on the historical provincial constituency, see Winnipeg North .Winnipeg North is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917...

 and Winnipeg South

Winnipeg South

Winnipeg South is a Canadian federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1979, and since 1988. It covers the south of the city of Winnipeg...

 ridings.

It consisted of the city of Winnipeg and the municipality of Fort Rouge.

Election results

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|SCOTT, Thomas

Thomas Scott (Manitoba politician)

Thomas Scott was a Canadian military figure, Manitoba Member of the Legislative Assembly, Member of Parliament and the third Mayor of Winnipeg in the 19th century....

 ||align=right|491
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|CONKLIN, E.G. ||align=right|385
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|SMITH, W.O. ||align=right|73
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|SCARTH, W.B.

William Bain Scarth

William Bain Scarth was a Scottish-born businessman and political figure in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada...

 ||align=right|1,754
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|SUTHERLAND, Hugh ||align=right|1,746
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|MACDONALD, H.J.

Hugh John Macdonald

Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.-Early...

 ||align=right|2,131
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|CAMPBELL, Isaac ||align=right|1,622
By-election: On Mr. Macdonald's resignation, 4 May 1893
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|MARTIN, Joseph

Joseph Martin (Canadian politician)

Joseph Martin was a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, British Columbia and the United Kingdom often referred to as "Fighting Joe".-Early life:...

 ||align=right|acclaimed
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|MACDONALD, Hon. Hugh J.

Hugh John Macdonald

Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.-Early...

 ||align=right|2,961
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|MARTIN, Joseph

Joseph Martin (Canadian politician)

Joseph Martin was a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, British Columbia and the United Kingdom often referred to as "Fighting Joe".-Early life:...

 ||align=right|2,835
By-election: On election being declared void, 29 March 1897
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|JAMESON, Richard Willis

Richard Willis Jameson

Richard Willis Jameson was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and 15th Mayor of Winnipeg and as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons....

 ||align=right|2,326
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|TAYLOR, E.L. ||align=right|1,209
By-election: On Mr. Jameson's death, 3 February 1899
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|PUTTEE, A.W. ||align=right|2,431
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|MARTIN, E.D. ||align=right|2,423
|Independent Labour
|PUTTEE, Arthur W. ||align=right|3,441
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|MARTIN, Ed. Daniel ||align=right|2,258
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|BOLE, D.W. ||align=right|4,308
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|EVANS, W.S. ||align=right|4,032
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|PUTTEE, Arthur W. ||align=right|1,290
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|HAGGART, Alexander ||align=right|8,747
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|CAMERON, Douglas C. ||align=right|6,729
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|HOUSTON, John Donald ||align=right|1,977
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|HAGGART, Alexander ||align=right|12,754
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|ASHDOWN, James Henry ||align=right|8,049
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|RIGG, Richard Arthur ||align=right|2,325
By-election: On Mr. Haggart's resignation, 11 October 1911
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|ROGERS, Hon. R. ||align=right|acclaimed

See also

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

External links

• Riding history for Winnipeg (1882–1914) from the Library of Parliament
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