St. Andrews (electoral division)

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St. Andrews is an historical provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It existed on two separate occasions, and was located to the immediate north of Winnipeg, the capital city.

1 St. Andrews (original constituency)
2 St. Andrews (re-established constituency)
- 2.1 Members of the Legislative Assembly for St. Andrews (1949-1958)

[edit] St. Andrews (original constituency)

When Manitoba joined Canadian Confederation in 1870, the St. Andrews region of the province was given two seats: St. Andrews North and St. Andrews South. It was consolidated into a single constituency following redistribution in 1879. In 1899, it was merged with the Kildonan constituency and Kildonan and St. Andrews.

The St. Andrews electoral division was initially dominated by anglophone "old settlers", who had resided in the Red River territory before it was incorporated as a province. Many of the old settlers were known as "mixed-bloods", referring to persons of British and aboriginal descent (the term was not considered offensive at the time). John Norquay, a "mixed-blood" leader who served as Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887, represented St. Andrews in the provincial legislature for many years. Alfred Boyd, who is sometimes lists as Manitoba's first premier, also represented a St. Andrews constituency from 1870 to 1874.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly for St. Andrews North

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Alfred Boyd	Government Supporter	1870	1874
John Gunn	Independent	1874	1875
	Government Supporter	1875	1879

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly for St. Andrews South

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Thomas Hay	Opposition/Liberal	1870	1874
	Government Supporter/Liberal	1874	1874
John Norquay	Opposition/Conservative	1874	1875
	Government Supporter/Conservative	1875	1879

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly for St. Andrews

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
John Norquay	Government Supporter/Conservative	1879	1888
Frederick Colcleugh	Liberal	1888	1896
Sigtryggur Jonasson	Liberal	1888	1896

[edit] St. Andrews (re-established constituency)

St. Andrews was re-established for the 1949 provincial election, when Kildonan and St. Andrews was eliminated through redistribution. It was eliminated a second time in 1958.

The re-established constituency's first representative was James McLenaghen, who was a Progressive Conservative cabinet minister in a coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressives. McLenaghen was a prominent defender of the coalition within his party, and his death in 1950 hastened its dissolution. He was replaced by Thomas Hillhouse of the Liberal-Progressives.