Winnipeg North (provincial electoral district)

Winnipeg North was a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It existed on two separate occasions.

It was initially created for the 1883 provincial election, and abolished with the 1920 election when Winnipeg became a single, ten-member constituency.

Winnipeg North was re-established for the elections of 1949 and 1953 as a four-member constituency. In 1958, it was divided into several single-member constituencies.

Winnipeg North (original constituency)[]

The Winnipeg North constituency was created for the 1883 election, when the original Winnipeg constituency was divided into two sections: Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South. It was a single-member constituency until the 1914 election, when it returned two members. Electors of Winnipeg North were allowed to cast ballots for two seats, which were called "Winnipeg North A" and "Winnipeg North B".

In the early 20th century, Winnipeg North became known for its large working-class and immigrant communities. Many electors were recent immigrants from Eastern Europe, who profoundly changed the area's political character.

Solomon Hart Green, elected in 1910, was the first Jewish Canadian to serve in a Canadian provincial legislature. Richard Rigg, returned in 1915 for Winnipeg North "B", was the first Social Democrat elected in Manitoba.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg North[]

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Elias Conklin	Liberal	1883	1886
Edward Drewry	Conservative	1886	1888
Lyman Jones	Liberal	1888	1892
Peter McIntyre	Liberal	1892	1899
William Neilson	Conservative	1899	1903
Sampson Walker	Conservative	1903	1907
John F. Mitchell	Conservative	1907	1910
Solomon Hart Green	Liberal	1910	1914

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg North "A"[]

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Joseph P. Foley	Conservative	1914	1915
Robert Newton Lowery	Liberal	1915	1920

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg North "B"[]

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Daniel McLean	Conservative	1914	1915
Richard Rigg	Social Democrat	1915	1917
Robert Jacob	Unionist-Liberal	1917	1920

Winnipeg North (re-established)[]

The single constituency of Winnipeg was divided into three sections for the 1949 election: Winnipeg North, Winnipeg Centre and Winnipeg South. All three constituencies elected four members to the legislature, with electors choosing members by a single transferable ballot.

Winnipeg North had very prominent Jewish and Ukrainian communities in this period, and was by far the most left-wing section of the city. Bill Kardash, Manitoba's only Communist Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), was returned for Winnipeg North in both 1949 and 1953. The socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation was the area's dominant party, and returned two members in both elections.

The constituency was eliminated at the 1958 election, when Manitoba abolished its multi-member seats. Several single-member constituencies were created in its place.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg North (1949-1958)[]

Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
Morris Gray	CCF	1949	1958
John Hawryluk	CCF	1949	1958
Bill Kardash	Communist	1949	1958
Frank Chester	Liberal–Progressive	1949	1953
Alexander Turk	Liberal–Progressive	1953	1958