Winnipeg North (provincial electoral district)

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This article is about an historical electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. For the current federal riding, see Winnipeg North.

Winnipeg North was a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It 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.

Winnipeg North was re-established for the elections of 1949 and 1953 as a four-member constituency. In 1958, it was divided into several single-member constituencies.

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[edit] Winnipeg North (original constituency)

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

In the early 20th century, Winnipeg North became known for its large working-class and immigrant communities. Many electors were recent immigrants from Eastern Europe, who profoundly changed the area's political character.

Solomon Hart Green, elected in 1910, was the first Jewish Canadian to serve in a Canadian provincial legislature. Richard Rigg, returned in 1915 for Winnipeg North "B", was the first Social Democrat elected in Manitoba.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg North

  Name Party Took Office Left Office
     Elias Conklin
Liberal 1883 1886
     Edward Drewry
Conservative 1886 1888
     Lyman Jones
Liberal 1888 1892
     Peter McIntyre
Liberal 1892 1899
     William Neilson
Conservative 1899 1903
     Sampson Walker
Conservative 1903 1907
     John F. Mitchell
Conservative 1907 1910
     Solomon Hart Green
Liberal 1910 1914

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg North "A"

  Name Party Took Office Left Office
     Joseph P. Foley
Conservative 1914 1915
     Robert Newton Lowery
Liberal 1915 1920

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg North "B"

  Name Party Took Office Left Office
     Daniel McLean
Conservative 1914 1915
     Richard Rigg
Social Democrat 1915 1917
     Robert Jacob
Unionist-Liberal 1917 1920

[edit] Winnipeg North (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.

Winnipeg North had very prominent Jewish and Ukrainian communities in this period, and was by far the most left-wing section of the city. William A. Kardash, Manitoba's only Communist Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), was returned for Winnipeg North in both 1949 and 1953. The socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation was the area's dominant party, and returned two members in both elections.

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

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

  Name Party Took Office Left Office
     Morris A. Gray
CCF 1949 1958
     John Hawryluk
CCF 1949 1958
     William A. Kardash
Communist 1949 1958
     Frank Chester
Liberal-Progressive 1949 1953
     Alexander Turk
Liberal-Progressive 1953 1958