Brandon (electoral district)

Former federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada

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

## Members of Parliament

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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 P. Whidden \- 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

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By-election: On the death of Mr. Matthews' on 24 November 1950

By-election on 25 June 1951

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

| Progressive Conservative | Walter Dinsdale | 11,124
| Liberal | J.W. Grant MacEwan | 8,371
1949 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | James Ewen Matthews | 11,263
| Progressive Conservative | John Bracken | 7,150
| Independent | Dwight Lyman Jackson | 1,964
1945 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | James Ewen Matthews | 6,870
| Progressive Conservative | Frederick Henry Young | 5,621
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alexander MacDonald Brown | 5,294
| Labor–Progressive | Albert Edward Smith | 497
1940 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | James Ewen Matthews | 8,908
| National Government | John William McLeod Thompson | 6,168
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Henry Wood | 2,609

By-election: On the death of Mr. Beaubier on 1 September 1938

By-election on 14 November 1938

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

| Liberal | James Ewen Matthews | 6,583
| Conservative | George Baubier | 5,600
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Henry Wood | 3,577
1935 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | David Wilson Beaubier | 6,575
| Liberal | James Ewen Matthews | 6,368
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Henry Wood | 3,396
| Reconstruction | Cecil Evadne Leech | 556
1930 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | David Wilson Beaubier | 8,512
| Liberal | Thomas Alexander Crerar | 6,457
| Labour | Beatrice Alice Brigden | 1,331

By-election: On the appointment of Mr. Forke to the senate on 30 December 1929

By-election on 5 February 1930

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

| Liberal | Thomas Alexander Crerar | Acclaimed

By-election: On the appointment of Mr. Forke as Minister of Immigration and Colonization on 5 October 1926

By-election on 2 November 1926

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

| Liberal–Progressive | Robert Forke | Acclaimed
1926 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal–Progressive | Robert Forke | 8,267
| Conservative | David Wilson Beaubier | 7,101
1925 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive | Robert Forke | 6,411
| Conservative | David Wilson Beaubier | 5,428
1921 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive | Robert Forke | 9,596
| Conservative | Charles Edmund Ivens | 4,067
| Liberal | Frederick Charles Cox | 404
1917 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Government (Unionist) | Howard Primrose Whidden | 11,465
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Hugh Savigny Patterson | 1,329
1911 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | James Albert Manning Aikins | 4,436
| Liberal | Alfred Edward Hill | 3,570
1908 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Clifford Sifton | 3,567
| Conservative | Thomas Mayne Daly | 3,498
| Independent | Benjamin D'Arcy Wallace | 100
1904 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Clifford Sifton | 3,625
| Independent | R.L. Richardson | 2,804
1904 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Clifford Sifton | 5,011
| Conservative | Hugh John Macdonald | 4,342

By-election: Mr McCarthy elected to sit for Simcoe North on 25 August 1896

By-election on 27 November 1896

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

| Liberal | Clifford Sifton | Acclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| McCarthyite | D'Alton McCarthy | 3,073
| Conservative | W.A. McDonald | 2,738
| Patrons of Industry | W. Postlethwaite | 1,102

## See also

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* Brandon—Souris
* List of Canadian electoral districts
* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

## References

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## External links

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* Riding history for Brandon (1892-1952) from the Library of Parliament

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Federal ridings in Manitoba

Conservative|

* Brandon—Souris
* Elmwood—Transcona
* Kildonan—St. Paul
* Portage—Lisgar
* Provencher
* Riding Mountain
* Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Liberal|

* Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
* Saint Boniface—Saint Vital
* Winnipeg North
* Winnipeg South
* Winnipeg South Centre
* Winnipeg West

New Democratic|

* Winnipeg Centre

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