Morris (electoral district) explained

Morris
Province:Manitoba
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1879
Prov-Election-First:1879
Prov-Election-Last:2016
Prov-Rep-Party:PC
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:22664
Demo-Electors:13,782
Demo-Electors-Date:2014
Demo-Cd:Division No. 2, Division No. 3, Division No. 10, Division No. 11,
Demo-Csd:Cartier, Hanover, Headingley, Macdonald, Morris (RM), Morris (Town), Niverville, Ritchot, St. François Xavier
Warning:no

Morris is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1879 and named after the town and municipality of Morris, which in turn are named after Alexander Morris, who served as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1872 to 1877.

Following the redistribution of Manitoba electoral districts in 2011, the riding was bordered to the south by Emerson, to the north by Lakeside, to the west by Midland and Portage la Prairie, and to the east by Steinbach, Dawson Trail, Assiniboia, Kirkfield Park and Charleswood.

The largest communities in the riding were Morris, Niverville, and La Salle. Other communities included Elie, Oak Bluff, Sanford, Starbuck, Ste. Agathe, St. Eustache and St. Francois Xavier.

In 1999, the average family income was $53,719, and the unemployment rate was 3.90%. Agriculture accounted for 23% of the riding's industry, followed by the retail trade at 10%. Eighteen per cent of Morris's residents were of German background, and a further 17% were French. The riding had the third-highest percentage of Francophones in Manitoba.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba represented Morris from 1954 to 2019, and the riding was generally regarded as safe for the party.

The Morris riding was eliminated ahead of the 2019 Manitoba general election and its territory was redistributed to the Midland, La Verendrye, and newly-formed Springfield-Ritchot ridings.

List of provincial representatives

NamePartyTook officeLeft office
Joseph TailleferIndependent, probably pro-Government18791883
Henry TennantCons18831886
Alphonse MartinLib18861891
Independent/Opposition18911896
Stewart MulveyLib18961899
Colin CampbellCons18991913
Jacques ParentCons19141918
William ClubbFarmer19201922
UFM19221932
Lib-Prog19321941
John DrydenIndependent, pro-coalition19411945
Lib-Prog19451949
Harry ShewmanIndependent, pro-coalition19491950
Independent19501954(?)
PC1954(?)1968
Warner JorgensonPC19691981
Clayton MannessPC19811995
Frank PituraPC19952003
Mavis TaillieuPC20032013
Shannon MartinPC20142019

Election results

2016

References

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