Brandon (electoral district)

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Brandon was a federal electoral district in the province of Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1896 to 1953.

It was created in 1892 from parts of Marquette and Selkirk ridings.

In 1952, the constituency was merged with the constituency of Souris to form the district of Brandon—Souris.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

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By-election: On the death of Mr. Matthews' on 24 November 1950

By-election on 25 June 1951
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Walter Dinsdale 11,124
     Liberal J.W. Grant MacEwan 8,371


Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal James Ewen Matthews 11,263
     Progressive Conservative John Bracken 7,150
     Independent Dwight Lyman Jackson 1,964


Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal James Ewen Matthews 6,870
     Progressive Conservative Frederick Henry Young 5,621
     Co-operative Commonwealth Alexander MacDonald Brown 5,294
     Labour-Progressive Albert Edward Smith 497


Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal James Ewen Matthews 8,908
     National Government John William McLeod Thompson 6,168
     Co-operative Commonwealth James Henry Wood 2,609

By-election: On the death of Mr. Beaubier on 1 September 1938

By-election on 14 November 1938
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal James Ewen Matthews 6,583
     Conservative George Baubier 5,600
     Co-operative Commonwealth James Henry Wood 3,577


Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative David Wilson Beaubier 6,575
     Liberal James Ewen Matthews 6,368
     Co-operative Commonwealth James Henry Wood 3,396
     Reconstruction Cecil Evadne Leech 556


Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative David Wilson Beaubier 8,512
     Liberal Thomas Alexander Crerar 6,457
     Labour Beatrice Alice Brigden 1,331

By-election: On the appointment of Mr. Forke to the senate on 30 December 1929

By-election on 5 February 1930
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Thomas Alexander Crerar Acclaimed

By-election: On the appointment of Mr. Forke as Minister of Immigration and Colonization on 5 October 1926

By-election on 2 November 1926
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal-Progressive Robert Forke Acclaimed


Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal-Progressive Robert Forke 8,267
     Conservative David Wilson Beaubier 7,101


Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Robert Forke 6,411
     Conservative David Wilson Beaubier 5,428


Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Robert Forke 9,596
     Conservative Charles Edmund Ivens 4,067
     Liberal Frederick Charles Cox 404


Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
     Government Howard Primrose Whidden 11,465
     Opposition Hugh Savigny Patterson 1,329


Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative James Albert Manning Aikins 4,436
     Liberal Alfred Edward Hill 3,570


Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Clifford Sifton 3,567
     Conservative Thomas Mayne Daly 3,498
     Independent Benjamin D'Arcy Wallace 100


Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Clifford Sifton 3,625
     Independent R.L. Richardson 2,804


Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Clifford Sifton 5,011
     Conservative Hugh John MacDonald 4,342

By-election: Mr McCarthy elected to sit for Simcoe North on 25 August 1896

By-election on 27 November 1896
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Clifford Sifton Acclaimed


Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
     McCarthyite D'Alton McCarthy 3,073
     Conservative W.A. McDonald 2,738
     Patrons of Industry W. Postlethwaite 1,102

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