# Brandon (electoral district)

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

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
* 1896: D'Alton McCarthy - McCarthyite
* 1896-1911: Sir Clifford Sifton - Liberal
* 1911-1917: James Albert Manning Aikins - Conservative Party of Canada
* 1917-1921: Howard P. Whidden - Unionist Party
* 1921-1930: Robert Forke - Progressive Party of Canada (1921–1926), Liberal-Progressive (1926–1930)
* 1930: Thomas Alexander Crerar - Liberal
* 1930-1938: David Wilson Beaubier - Conservative Party of Canada
* 1938-1950: James Ewen Matthews - Liberal
* 1951-1952: Walter Dinsdale - Progressive Conservative

## Election results

By-election: On the death of Mr. Matthews' on 24 November 1950
By-election on 25 June 1951 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Progressive Conservative | Walter Dinsdale | 11,124 |
| | Liberal | J.W. Grant MacEwan | 8,371 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | James Ewen Matthews | 11,263 |
| Progressive Conservative | John Bracken | 7,150 |
| Independent | Dwight Lyman Jackson | 1,964 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | James Ewen Matthews | 6,870 |
| Progressive Conservative | Frederick Henry Young | 5,621 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alexander MacDonald Brown | 5,294 |
| Labor–Progressive | Albert Edward Smith | 497 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| 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 | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Progressive | Robert Forke | Acclaimed |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Progressive | Robert Forke | 8,267 |
| | Conservative | David Wilson Beaubier | 7,101 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Progressive | Robert Forke | 6,411 |
| | Conservative | David Wilson Beaubier | 5,428 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive | Robert Forke | 9,596 |
| Conservative | Charles Edmund Ivens | 4,067 |
| Liberal | Frederick Charles Cox | 404 |
1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Government (Unionist) | Howard Primrose Whidden | 11,465 |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Hugh Savigny Patterson | 1,329 |
1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Albert Manning Aikins | 4,436 |
| | Liberal | Alfred Edward Hill | 3,570 |
1908 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Clifford Sifton | 3,567 |
| Conservative | Thomas Mayne Daly | 3,498 |
| Independent | Benjamin D'Arcy Wallace | 100 |
1904 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Clifford Sifton | 3,625 |
| | Independent | R.L. Richardson | 2,804 |
1904 Canadian federal election :
| 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Clifford Sifton | Acclaimed |
1896 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| McCarthyite | D'Alton McCarthy | 3,073 |
| Conservative | W.A. McDonald | 2,738 |
| Patrons of Industry | W. Postlethwaite | 1,102 |