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Macdonald (electoral District)
Macdonald was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1892 to 1949. This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Marquette ridings. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Brandon, Lisgar, Portage—Neepawa, Selkirk and Souris ridings. It consisted of the rural municipalities of South Cypress, South Norfolk, North Norfolk, North Cypress, Langford, Rosedale, Lansdowne, Westbourne and Portage la Prairie, and the towns of Portage la Prairie, Gladstone and Neepawa, and the village of Carberry, together with some unorganised territory lying west of Lake Manitoba and north to the northern boundary of the province of Manitoba. Election results By-election: On election being declared void, 30 March 1897 By-election: On Mr. Staples being appointed Grain Commissioner for Canada, 10 April 1912 By-election: On election being declared void, 10 November 1913 See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In Canadian English it is also colloquially, and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or ''constituency''. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Beginning with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population of 1,342,153 as of 2021. Manitoba has a widely varied landscape, from arctic tundra and the Hudson Bay coastline in the Northern Region, Manitoba, north to dense Boreal forest of Canada, boreal forest, large freshwater List of lakes of Manitoba, lakes, and prairie grassland in the central and Southern Manitoba, southern regions. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have inhabited what is now Manitoba for thousands of years. In the early 17th century, English and French North American fur trade, fur traders began arriving in the area and establishing settlements. The Kingdom of England secured control of the region in 1673 and created a territory named Rupert's Land, which was placed under the administration of the Hudson's Bay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body whose members are known as Member of Parliament (Canada), members of Parliament (MPs). The number of MPs is adjusted periodically in alignment with each decennial Census in Canada, census. Since the 2025 Canadian federal election, 2025 federal election, the number of seats in the House of Commons has been 343. Members are elected plurality voting, by simple plurality ("first-past-the-post" system) in each of the country's Electoral district (Canada), electoral districts, which are colloquially known as ''ridings''. MPs may hold office until Parliament is dissolved and serve for constitutionally limited terms of up to five years after an election. Historically, however, terms have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riding (division)
A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district, particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries. Etymology The word ''riding'' is descended from late Old English or (recorded only in Latin contexts or forms, e.g., , , , with Latin initial ''t'' here representing the Old English letter thorn). It came into Old English as a loanword from Old Norse , meaning a third part (especially of a county) – the original "ridings", in the English counties of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, were in each case a set of three, though once the term was adopted elsewhere it was used for other numbers (compare to farthings). The modern form ''riding'' was the result of the initial ''th'' being absorbed in the final ''th'' or ''t'' of the words ''north'', ''south'', ''east'' and ''west'', by which it was normally preceded. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquette (federal Electoral District)
Marquette was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1871 to 1979. This riding was created in 1871 following the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Brandon—Souris, Dauphin and Portage—Marquette ridings. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament: {, class="wikitable" ! Parliament ! Years ! colspan="2" , Member ! Party ! colspan="2" , Member ! Party , - , bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" , 1st , 1870–1872 , , , James S. Lynch , Liberal , rowspan="1" , , rowspan="1" , Angus McKay , rowspan="1" , Conservative , - Election results By-election: As a result of Manitoba joining Confederation, 15 July 1870 ''Due to the election being tied, both served in the House of Commons.'' By-election: Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon (electoral District)
Brandon was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the provinces and territories of Canada, 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 (federal electoral district), Marquette and Selkirk (federal electoral district), Selkirk Riding (division), ridings. In 1952, the constituency was merged with the constituency of Souris (electoral district), Souris to form the district of Brandon—Souris. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament, members of Parliament: * 1896: D'Alton McCarthy - McCarthyite candidates 1896, McCarthyite * 1896-1911: Sir Clifford Sifton - Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal * 1911-1917: James Albert Manning Aikins - Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Conservative Party of Canada * 1917-1921: Howard P. Whidden - Unionist Party (Canada), Unionist Party * 1921-1930: Robert Forke - Progressive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisgar (electoral District)
Lisgar was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1871 to 1988. This riding was created following the admission of Manitoba into the Canadian Confederation in 1870. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Portage—Interlake, Brandon—Souris, Lisgar—Marquette and Provencher ridings. Election results By-election: As a result of Manitoba joining Confederation, 15 July 1870 By-election: On Mr. Richardson's election being declared void, 20 July 1901 By-election: On Mr. Muir's death, 26 August 1970 See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External links * {{coord missing, Manitoba Former federal electoral districts of Manitoba Canadian federal electoral districts established in 1871 1871 establishments in Manitoba Constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portage—Neepawa
Portage—Neepawa was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Macdonald, Neepawa and Portage la Prairie ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Dauphin, Lisgar, Marquette, Portage, and Winnipeg South Centre ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Portage-Neepawa Former federal electoral districts of Manitoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selkirk (federal Electoral District)
Selkirk was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1871 to 1979. This riding was created in 1871 when the province of Manitoba was created. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Selkirk—Interlake and Winnipeg—Birds Hill ridings. It was recreated in 1987 from parts Selkirk—Interlake, Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg—Birds Hill ridings. For information about that riding, see Selkirk—Red River. This new incarnation was renamed in 1990 to Selkirk—Red River and abolished in 1996. Election results 1871–1882 By-election: On Manitoba joining Confederation, 15 July 1870 By-election: On election being declared void 1882–1896 During this time, the riding was moved from being in the Winnipeg area to the southwestern corner of the province. By-election: On Mr. Daly being appointed Minister of the Interior and Superintendent General of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souris (electoral District)
Souris was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1953. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Brandon (electoral district), Brandon and Lisgar (electoral district), Lisgar Riding (division), ridings. In 1952, the constituency was merged with the constituency of Brandon (electoral district), Brandon to form the district of Brandon—Souris. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament, members of Parliament: * 1904-1917: Frederick Laurence Schaffner - Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Conservative Party of Canada * 1917-1921: Albert Ernest Finley - Unionist Party (Canada), Unionist Party * 1921-1930: James Steedsman - Progressive Party of Canada * 1930-1935: Errick French Willis - Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative * 1935-1940: George W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025. There are four districts established by the ''British North America Act 1867'' that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These districts, however, have undergone territorial changes since their inception. Alberta – 37 seats * Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
