Birtle-Russell

Birtle-Russell is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada.

Birtle-Russell was established in 1957, created by the first Independent Boundaries Commission in Manitoba. It was located in the western part of the province, on the border with Saskatchewan.[1] It included the area around the towns of Birtle and Russell. Political power in the area shifted between the Progressive Conservatives and the Liberal-Progressives and Liberals until 1969. When the New Democratic Party first came to office the area became a Progressive Conservative stronghold.

Provincial representatives

  Name Party Took Office Left Office
     Rod Clement
Liberal-Progressive 1949 (In the riding of Russell) 1959
     Robert Smellie
Progressive Conservative 1959 1966
     Rod Clement
Liberal 1966 1968
     Harry Graham
Progressive Conservative 1969 1986 (From 1981-1986 representing Virden)

References

  1. Winnipeg Free Press, 13 February 1969, p. 15.