Winnipeg South (provincial electoral district)

This article is about an historical electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. For the current federal riding, see Winnipeg South.

Winnipeg South was a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada, which 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. It was re-established for the elections of 1949 and 1953 as a four-member constituency, and was divided into several single-member constituencies in 1958.

Winnipeg South (original constituency)

The original Winnipeg South constituency was created for the 1883 election, when the Winnipeg constituency was divided into two sections: Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South. It was created a single-member constituency, and remained this way until the 1914 election when it returned two members. From 1914 to 1920, electors were allowed to cast ballots for two seats, which were called "Winnipeg South A" and "Winnipeg South B".

Winnipeg South covered the most affluent and middle-class areas of Winnipeg, and usually supported the winning party in provincial elections. Premier Hugh John Macdonald represented the constituency from 1899 to 1900.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg South

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office	Albert Killam	Liberal	1883	1885	Charles Hamilton	Conservative	1885	1886	William Luxton	Liberal	1886	1888	Isaac Campbell	Liberal	1888	1891	John Cameron	Liberal	1891	1899	Hugh John Macdonald	Conservative	1899	1900	James T. Gordon	Conservative	1900	1910	Lendrum McMeans	Conservative	1910	1914

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg South "A"

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office	Albert B. Hudson	Liberal	1914	1915

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg South "B"

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office	William L. Parrish	Liberal	1914	1920

Winnipeg South (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.

By this time, Winnipeg South had become well-established as the most conservative and middle-class section of Winnipeg. It was dominated by the Civic Election Committee at the municipal level, and regularly returned pro-business candidates at the provincial level. The division returned a total of five representatives, all of whom were prominent figures. Liberal-Progressives John Stewart McDiarmid and Ronald Turner served as cabinet ministers in the administration of Douglas Campbell. Dufferin Roblin became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1954 and Premier of Manitoba in 1958, and included Gurney Evans in his cabinet. Lloyd Stinson was Winnipeg South's sole representative from the left, winning election for the socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in both 1949 and 1953. He was named as the Manitoba CCF's leader in 1953.

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	John Stewart McDiarmid	Liberal-Progressive	1949	1953	Ronald Turner	Liberal-Progressive	1949	1958	Lloyd Stinson	CCF	1949	1958	Dufferin Roblin	Independent Progressive Conservative	1949	1950		Progressive Conservative	1950	1958	Gurney Evans	Progressive Conservative	1953	1958