Gladstone (electoral district)

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Gladstone is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1879 in what was then the province's western tip, with the expansion of the province's western boundary, and eliminated by redistribution in 1881. It was re-established in 1903 (primarily from the old riding of Westbourne) and was not abolished again until 1999.

The Gladstone riding was primarily rural, and its MLAs, regardless of party affiliation, were generally regarded as representatives of the farming community. The Manitoba Liberal Party dominated until that party lost most of its rural base in 1969; after this, it was effectively safe for the Progressive Conservative Party.

MLA William Morton was re-elected by acclamation in every provincial election from 1941 to 1953.

List of provincial representatives

NamePartyTook officeLeft office
Corydon Brown Governing Coalition/Liberal 18791883
David Wilson Cons 19031907
James Armstrong Lib 19071922
Albert McGregor Prog 19221927
William Morton Prog 19271932
Lib-Prog 19321958
Nelson Shoemaker Lib-Prog 19581961
Lib 19611969
James Ferguson PC 19691981
Charlotte Oleson PC 19811990
Denis Rocan PC 19901999

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