Portage la Prairie (electoral district)

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For the current provincial electoral district, see Portage la Prairie (provincial electoral district).

Portage la Prairie was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949.

This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Macdonald riding.

It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Norquay, Portage—Neepawa and Selkirk ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. John Crawford, Liberal (1904–1908)
  2. Arthur Meighen, Conservative (1908–1921)
  3. Harry Leader, Progressive (1921–1925)
  4. Arthur Meighen, Conservative (1925–1926)
  5. Ewen Alexander McPherson, Liberal (1926–1930)
  6. William Herbert Burns, Conservative (1930–1935)
  7. Harry Leader, Liberal (1935–1946)
  8. Calvert Charlton Miller, Progressive Conservative (1946–1949)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal CRAWFORD, John 3,048
Conservative BOYD, Nathaniel 2,663
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative MEIGHEN, Arthur 3,144
Liberal CRAWFORD, John 2,894
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative MEIGHEN, Arthur 3,267
Liberal PATERSON, Robert 2,592

By-election: On Mr. Meighen being appointed Solicitor General, 26 June 1913

By-election on 19 July 1913
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative MEIGHEN, Hon. Arthur acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist) MEIGHEN, Hon. Arthur 4,611
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) SHIRTLIFF, Frederick 976
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive LEADER, Harry 4,314
Conservative MEIGHEN, Right Hon. Arthur 4,137
Independent BANNERMAN, Alexander Melville 139
Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative MEIGHEN, Rt. Hon. Arthur 5,817
Progressive LEADER, Harry 4,966
Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal MCPHERSON, Ewen Alexander 6,394
Conservative MEIGHEN, Right Hon. Arthur 5,966
Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative BURNS, William Herbert 6,372
Liberal MCPHERSON, Ewen Alexander 6,230
Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal LEADER, Harry 5,516
Conservative BURNS, William Herbert 4,043
Reconstruction METCALFE, Wilfred 1,375
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal LEADER, Harry 7,442
National Government JONES, George Herbert 4,835
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal LEADER, Harry 5,457
Progressive Conservative MCCALLISTER, Allen 3,592
Co-operative Commonwealth OGLETREE, Charles Francis 2,306
Social Credit BAILEY, Charles Eric 857

By-election: On Mr. Leader's death, 9 May 1946

By-election on 21 October 1946
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative MILLER, Calvert Charlton 4,805
Unknown WOOD, Jaffray Smith 4,137
Unknown COULTHARD, Sidney 2,821

See also

External links

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