# Winnipeg (provincial electoral district)

Winnipeg was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Consisting of the city of Winnipeg, the district originally existed from 1870 to 1883, returning a single member to the assembly. The district was named Winnipeg and St. John for the election of 1870 only, and Winnipeg thereafter.
In 1883, it was divided into the new districts of Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South; a third district of Winnipeg Centre was created in 1888.
In 1920, the district was reconstituted as a multiple member district covering the whole city of Winnipeg. This city-wide district returned ten members to the legislature who were all elected citywide through Single transferable vote form of proportional representation.
The district existed in this form until 1949, when the district was divided into three districts, Winnipeg North, South and Centre, with small parts going to Kildonan-Transcona and Iberville. Each of the three districts four members through the continued use of STV. This was the case until 1955, when all districts in the province were changed to single-member districts with the member to be elected through First-past-the-post voting in the ensuring election.

## List of representatives (1870-1883)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office |
| Donald Smith | Government | 1870 | 1873 |
| Robert Davis | Opposition | 1873 | 1878 |
| Thomas Scott | Opposition | 1878 | 1879 |
| Conservative | 1878 | 1882 |

## Elected MLAs: 10-member period (1920-1949)

| Name | Party | 1920* | 1922 | 1927 | 1932 | 1936 | 1941 | 1945 |
| George Armstrong | Socialist Party | Y | | | | | | |
| Paul Bardal | Liberal-Progressive | | | | | | Y | |
| James Alexander Barry | Conservative | | | | | Y | | |
| Duncan Cameron | Liberal | Y | | | | | | |
| Richard Craig | United Farmers | | Y | | | | | |
| Fred Dixon* | Dominion Labour (DLP) | Y | Y | | | | | |
| John K. Downes | Independent | | Y | | | | | |
| William Sanford Evans | Conservative | | Y | Y | Y | | | |
| Seymour Farmer | Independent Labour Party | | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Morris Gray | CCF | | | | | | Y | Y |
| John Thomas Haig | Conservative | Y | Y | Y | Y | | | |
| Marcus Hyman | Independent Labour Party | | | | Y | Y | | |
| William Ivens | Labour (DLP/ILP) | Y | Y | Y | Y | | | |
| Robert Jacob | Liberal | | Y | | | | | |
| Thomas Herman Johnson | Liberal | Y | | | | | | |
| Bill Kardash | Communist Anti-coalition | | | | | | Y | Y |
| Huntly Ketchen | Conservative | | | | Y | Y | Y | |
| Stephen Krawchyk | Independent Coalition | | | | | | Y | |
| James Litterick | Communist | | | | | Y | | |
| William Major | Progressive | | | Y | Y | Y | | |
| Ralph Maybank | Liberal-Progressive | | | | Y | | | |
| John Stewart McDiarmid | Liberal-Progressive | | | | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Edward William Montgomery | Progressive | | | Y | | | | |
| John Queen | Social Democrat/ILP | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | | |
| Hugh Robson | Liberal | | | Y | | | | |
| Edith Rogers | Liberal | Y | Y | Y | | | | |
| William Scraba | Liberal-Progressive | | | | | | | Y |
| Charles Rhodes Smith | Liberal-Progressive | | | | | | Y | Y |
| Lloyd Stinson | CCF | | | | | | | Y |
| John Stovel | Liberal | Y | | | | | | |
| Lewis Stubbs | Independent | | | | | Y | Y | Y |
| Donovan Swailes | CCF | | | | | | | Y |
| Gunnar Thorvaldson | Conservative | | | | | | Y | Y |
| William Tobias | Conservative | | | Y | | | | |
| William J. Tupper | Conservative | Y | | | | | | |
| Ralph Webb | Conservative | | | | | Y | | |
* Dixon resigned in 1923. seat left empty until next election.
* The 1920 vote count process is explained in full in 1920 Manitoba general election.

## Election results
### 1870

1870 Manitoba general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Government | Donald Smith | 70 | 52.63 |
| | Opposition | John Christian Schultz | 63 | 47.37 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 133 | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | N/A | – |
| Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. |||||||

### 1874 by-election

Manitoba provincial by-election, 1874 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Opposition | Robert Atkinson Davis | Acclaimed | – | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | | – | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | – |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2000 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. |||||||

### 1874

1874 Manitoba general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Government | Robert Atkinson Davis | 198 | 51.97 | – |
| | Undeclared | Thomas Scott | 183 | 48.03 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 381 | – | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | 599 | 63.61 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2000 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. |||||||

### 1878

1878 Manitoba general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Undeclared | Thomas Scott | 273 | 93.49 | 45.46 |
| | Undeclared | W. A. Loucks | 19 | 6.51 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 292 | – | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | 1,226 | 23.82 | – |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2004 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. |||||||

### 1879

1879 Manitoba general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Scott | 387 | 54.66 | -38.83 |
| | Undeclared | Daniel Hunter McMillan | 321 | 45.34 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 708 | – | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | N/A | – |
| Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | – |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2005 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. |||||||

### 1880 by-election

Manitoba provincial by-election, 1880 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unknown | Daniel Hunter McMillan | 437 | 61.38 | 16.04 |
| | Unknown | Hector Mansfield Howell | 146 | 20.51 | – |
| | Unknown | D. B. Woodworth | 129 | 18.12 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 712 | – | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | – |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2008 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. |||||||