Mountain (electoral district)

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Mountain is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It was created for the 1879 provincial election, and was abolished shortly before the 1958 election.

Mountain was located in southwestern Manitoba, near Portage la Prairie. The constituency was mostly rural, and included communities such as Baldur and Argyles. Premier Dufferin Roblin once referred to the division's name as "curious", given that it marked by "the gentle landscape of the Pembina escarpment". [1]

Several prominent Manitoba politicians represented Mountain, including Charles Cannon, Ivan Schultz and Premier Thomas Greenway. The constituency was shaped like an "L" in the nineteenth century, and was sometimes called "Greenway's armchair". For most of its history, Mountain was considered safe for the Manitoba Liberal Party and its successor, the Liberal-Progressive Party. [2] But an effort was made to put forward an Independent third-party candidate in 1914. [3]

In 1955, Mountain's population was estimated to be about 50% Anglo-Saxon, 33% French Canadian, and 16.5% Flemish. [2]

Provincial representatives

 Name PartyTook officeLeft office
  Thomas Greenway
Independent Conservative18791882
  Liberal 18821904
  Daniel A. McIntyre
Conservative 19051907
  James Bryson Baird
Liberal 19071922
  Charles Cannon
Progressive 19221927
  Irving Cleghorn
Liberal 19271930
  Ivan Schultz
Liberal 19301932
  Liberal–Progressive 19321955
  Walter Clark
Liberal–Progressive 19551958

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References

  1. Dufferin Roblin, Speaking For Myself, (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press), 2001, p. 70.
  2. 1 2 Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1955, pp. 1, 4.
  3. Grain Growers Guide, March 4, 1914, p. 27