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St. Andrews is an historical provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It existed on two separate occasions, and was located to the immediate north of Winnipeg, the capital city.
When Manitoba joined Canadian Confederation in 1870, the St. Andrews region of the province was given two seats: St. Andrews North and St. Andrews South. It was consolidated into a single constituency following redistribution in 1879. In 1899, it was merged with the Kildonan constituency and Kildonan and St. Andrews.
The St. Andrews electoral division was initially dominated by anglophone "old settlers", who had resided in the Red River territory before it was incorporated as a province. Many of the old settlers were known as "mixed-bloods", referring to persons of British and aboriginal descent (the term was not considered offensive at the time). John Norquay, a "mixed-blood" leader who served as Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887, represented St. Andrews in the provincial legislature for many years. Alfred Boyd, who is sometimes lists as Manitoba's first premier, also represented a St. Andrews constituency from 1870 to 1874.
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Boyd | Government Supporter | 1870 | 1874 | |
| John Gunn | Independent | 1874 | 1875 | |
| Government Supporter | 1875 | 1879 |
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Hay | Opposition/Liberal | 1870 | 1874 | |
| Government Supporter/Liberal | 1874 | 1874 | ||
| John Norquay | Opposition/Conservative | 1874 | 1875 | |
| Government Supporter/Conservative | 1875 | 1879 |
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Norquay | Government Supporter/Conservative | 1879 | 1888 | |
| Frederick Colcleugh | Liberal | 1888 | 1896 | |
| Sigtryggur Jonasson | Liberal | 1888 | 1896 |
St. Andrews was re-established for the 1949 provincial election, when Kildonan and St. Andrews was eliminated through redistribution. It was eliminated a second time in 1958.
The re-established constituency's first representative was James McLenaghen, who was a Progressive Conservative cabinet minister in a coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressives. McLenaghen was a prominent defender of the coalition within his party, and his death in 1950 hastened its dissolution. He was replaced by Thomas Hillhouse of the Liberal-Progressives.
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McLenaghen | Progressive Conservative | 1949 | 1950 | |
| Thomas Hillhouse | Liberal–Progressive | 1950 | 1958 |
| 1879 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John Norquay | Acclaimed | – | |||||
| Total valid votes | – | – | ||||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1883 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Norquay | Acclaimed | – | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | – | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1886 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Norquay | 342 | 55.61 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Frederick Colcleugh | 273 | 44.39 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 615 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 915 | 67.21 | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1888 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Frederick Colcleugh | Acclaimed | – | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | – | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1892 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Frederick Colcleugh | 352 | 56.23 | – | ||||
| Conservative | Baldwin Baldwinson | 274 | 43.77 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 626 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 954 | 65.62 | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1896 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sigtryggur Jonasson | 447 | 54.85 | -1.38 | ||||
| Conservative | Baldwin Baldwinson | 368 | 45.15 | 1.38 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 815 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 1,306 | 62.40 | -3.21 | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1949 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James McLenaghen | 3,458 | 67.67 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William E. Gordon | 1,652 | 32.33 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,110 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 102 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 7,661 | 68.03 | 5.63 | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, October 24, 1950 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Thomas P. Hillhouse | 2,138 | 46.14 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William E. Gordon | 1,309 | 28.25 | – | ||||
| Unknown | John Veitch | 1,187 | 25.62 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,634 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1953 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Thomas P. Hillhouse | 2,938 | 57.14 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Hedley Robson | 1,366 | 26.57 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ernest Draffin | 838 | 16.30 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,142 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 93 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 8,044 | 65.08 | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1870 Manitoba general election : St. Andrews North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Government | Alfred Boyd | 58 | 67.44 | |||||
| Government | Donald Gunn | 28 | 32.56 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 86 | – | ||||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1874 Manitoba general election : St. Andrews North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Undeclared | John Gunn | 83 | 69.75 | – | ||||
| Undeclared | Alex McPherson | 36 | 30.25 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 119 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 158 | 75.32 | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1878 Manitoba general election : St. Andrews North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Undeclared | John Gunn | 69 | 54.33 | -45.67 | ||||
| Undeclared | Edward Hay | 58 | 45.67 | -54.33 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 127 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 198 | 64.14 | -11.18 | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1870 Manitoba general election : St. Andrews South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Opposition | Edward Hay | 38 | 44.19 | |||||
| Government | Thomas Sinclair | 28 | 32.56 | |||||
| Government | John Gunn | 20 | 23.26 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 86 | – | ||||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | ||||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1874 Manitoba general election : St. Andrews South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Government | John Norquay | 67 | 66.34 | 10.52 | ||||
| Undeclared | Edward Hay | 34 | 33.66 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 101 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 140 | 72.14 | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, March 13, 1875: St. Andrews South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Government | John Norquay | Acclaimed | – | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | – | – | ||||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | N/A | – | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
| 1878 Manitoba general election : St. Andrews South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Government | John Norquay | 62 | 53.45 | – | ||||
| Undeclared | John Beresford Allan | 54 | 46.55 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 116 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 142 | 81.69 | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. | ||||||||
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