Neepawa (electoral district)

Neepawa
Manitoba electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1914
District abolished 1947
First contested 1917
Last contested 1945

Neepawa was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1949.

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Dauphin and Portage la Prairie ridings.

It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Brandon, Dauphin, Marquette and Portage—Neepawa ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. Fred Langdon Davis, Unionist (1917–1921)
  2. Robert Milne, Progressive (1921–1925)
  3. Thomas Gerow Murphy, Conservative (1925–1926)
  4. Robert Milne, Progressive (1926–1930)
  5. Thomas Gerow Murphy, Conservative (1930–1935)
  6. Frederick Donald Mackenzie, Liberal (1935–1945)
  7. John Bracken, Progressive Conservative (1945–1949)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist)DAVIS, Fred Langdon 5,102
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)MCGREGOR, Albert Daniel 2,046
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
ProgressiveMILNE, Robert 7,876
ConservativeROSS, Hugh Robert 2,147
Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeMURPHY, Thomas Gerow 3,461
ProgressiveMILNE, Robert 3,332
LiberalBROADFOOT, Peter 1,809
Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
ProgressiveMILNE, Robert 6,293
ConservativeMURPHY, Thomas Gerow 4,495
Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeMURPHY, Thomas Gerow 5,638
ProgressiveMILNE, Robert 5,161

By-election: On Mr. Murphy's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 August 1930

Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeMURPHY, Hon. Thomas Gerow acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMACKENZIE, Frederick Donald 5,968
ConservativeMURPHY, Hon. Thomas Gerow 4,582
ReconstructionMARTIN, John Roy 1,091
Co-operative CommonwealthBEATTIE, Samuel Henry Sinclair 1,015
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMACKENZIE, Frederick Donald 6,724
National GovernmentMURPHY, Hon. Thomas Gerow 4,865
New DemocracyDUFFY, John Hazelett 2,208
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeBRACKEN, John 6,497
LiberalMACKENZIE, Frederick Donald 4,624
Co-operative CommonwealthWOOD, James Henry 2,848

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