Rhineland is a former provincial electoral division in the

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. It was created by redistribution in 1892, and eliminated in 1914, when it merged into the new riding of

Morden and Rhineland Morden and Rhineland is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1949. The district was created by merging the former districts of Morde ...

. It was re-established in 1949, and eliminated again in 1989. As its name implies, Rhineland was home to several

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settlers, many of whom were

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s. It is named after the

Rhineland The Rhineland ( ; ; ; ) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly Middle Rhine, its middle section. It is the main industrial heartland of Germany because of its many factories, and it has historic ties to the Holy ...

region of Germany.

Jacob Froese Jacob M. Froese (November 28, 1917 – June 14, 2003) was a politician in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. He was the province's only Manitoba Social Credit Party, Social Credit MLA between 1959 and 1973, and ...

, the last

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MLA in

history, represented this riding from 1959 until 1973. Rhineland's territory was integrated into the riding of Emerson in 1989.

List of provincial representatives

Election results

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhineland (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba