BRANDON (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

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

Contents

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

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 Primrose Widden - 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
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|Walter Dinsdale
|align="right"| 11,124
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|J.W. Grant MacEwan
|align="right"| 8,371
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|James Ewen Matthews
|align="right"| 11,263
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|John Bracken
|align="right"| 7,150
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|Dwight Lyman Jackson
|align="right"| 1,964
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|James Ewen Matthews
|align="right"| 6,870
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|Frederick Henry Young
|align="right"| 5,621
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|Alexander MacDonald Brown
|align="right"| 5,294
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|Albert Edward Smith
|align="right"| 497
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|James Ewen Matthews
|align="right"| 8,908
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|John William McLeod Thompson
|align="right"| 6,168
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|James Henry Wood
|align="right"| 2,609
By-election: On the death of Mr. Beaubier on 1 September 1938
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|James Ewen Matthews
|align="right"| 6,583
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|George Baubier
|align="right"| 5,600
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|James Henry Wood
|align="right"| 3,577
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|David Wilson Beaubier
|align="right"| 6,575
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|James Ewen Matthews
|align="right"| 6,368
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|James Henry Wood
|align="right"| 3,396
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|Cecil Evadne Leech
|align="right"| 556
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|David Wilson Beaubier
|align="right"| 8,512
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|Thomas Alexander Crerar
|align="right"| 6,457
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|Beatrice Alice Brigden
|align="right"| 1,331
By-election: On the appointment of Mr. Forke to the senate on 30 December 1929
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|Thomas Alexander Crerar
|align="right"| Acclaimed
By-election: On the appointment of Mr. Forke as Minister of Immigration and Colonization on 5 October 1926
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|Robert Forke
|align="right"| Acclaimed
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|Robert Forke
|align="right"| 8,267
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|David Wilson Beaubier
|align="right"| 7,101
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|Robert Forke
|align="right"| 6,411
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|David Wilson Beaubier
|align="right"| 5,428
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|Robert Forke
|align="right"| 9,596
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|Charles Edmund Ivens
|align="right"| 4,067
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|Frederick Charles Cox
|align="right"| 404
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|Howard Primrose Whidden
|align="right"| 11,465
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|Hugh Savigny Patterson
|align="right"| 1,329
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|James Albert Manning Aikins
|align="right"| 4,436
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|Alfred Edward Hill
|align="right"| 3,570
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|Clifford Sifton
|align="right"| 3,567
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|Thomas Mayne Daly
|align="right"| 3,498
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|Benjamin D'Arcy Wallace
|align="right"| 100
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|Clifford Sifton
|align="right"| 3,625
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|R.L. Richardson
|align="right"| 2,804
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|Clifford Sifton
|align="right"| 5,011
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|Hugh John MacDonald
|align="right"| 4,342
By-election: Mr McCarthy elected to sit for Simcoe North on 25 August 1896
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|Clifford Sifton
|align="right"| Acclaimed
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|D'Alton McCarthy
|align="right"| 3,073
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|W.A. McDonald
|align="right"| 2,738
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|W. Postlethwaite
|align="right"| 1,102

See also

★ Brandon—Souris

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Riding history for Brandon (1892–1952) from the Library of Parliament