Arthur is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1903,[1] and was eliminated by redistribution in 1989, when its territory was combined with that of the neighbouring Virden riding to create the new constituency of Arthur-Virden.[2] [3]
The riding was located in the province's southwestern tip, and was primarily agrarian. From 1953 until its abolition, it was a safe seat for the Progressive Conservative Party.[4]
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Thompson | Cons | 1903 | 1907 | |
| John Williams | Lib | 1907 | 1910 | |
| Amos Lyle | Cons | 1910 | 1914 | |
| John Williams | Lib | 1914 | 1922 | |
| Duncan McLeod | Prog | 1922 | 1932 | |
| Lib-Prog | 1932 | 1936 | ||
| John Pitt | Lib-Prog | 1936 | 1953 | |
| J. Arthur Ross | PC | 1953 | 1958 | |
| John Cobb | PC | 1958 | 1962 | |
| J. Douglas Watt | PC | 1962 | 1977 | |
| James Downey[5] | PC | 1977 | 1990 |