St. Clements (electoral district)

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St. Clements is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada, which existed on two separate occasions. The original constituency was one of twenty-four established at the province's creation in 1870. It was eliminated through redistribution before the 1888 provincial election, but was restored for the 1914 election. The division was eliminated for the second time by redistribution prior to the 1958 election.

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St. Clements was located to the northeast of Winnipeg. After its elimination, much of its territory was included in the new constituency of Brokenhead.

Provincial representatives

 Name PartyTook officeLeft office
  Thomas Bunn
Government Supporter (probable)18701874
  Thomas Howard
Opposition18741878
  John Sifton
Independent-Liberal18781879
  Edward Hay
Independent-Liberal18791883
  John Allan
Conservative18831886
  David Glass
Independent Conservative18861888
Riding abolished until from 1888–1914
  Donald A. Ross
Liberal-Independent19141920
  Matthew Stanbridge Dominion Labour Party 19201920
  Independent Labour Party 19201922
  Donald A. Ross
Independent19221927
  Robert Hoey Progressive 19271932
  Liberal–Progressive 19321936
  Herbert Sulkers
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation 19361941
  Nicholas Stryk
Liberal–Progressive 19411945
  Wilbert Doneleyko Cooperative Commonwealth Federation 19451949
 Independent Cooperative Commonwealth Federation 19491949
  Nicholas Stryk
Liberal–Progressive 19491950
  Albert Trapp
Liberal–Progressive 19501953
  Stanley Copp
Liberal–Progressive 19531958

Election results

1870

1870 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Undeclared Thomas Bunn 3954.93%
UndeclaredCharles Begg3245.07%
Total71
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / TurnoutN/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

1874 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Undeclared Thomas Howard 6263.92%-36.08%
UndeclaredWilliam Leask3536.08%-63.92%
Total97
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout14965.10%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2000 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1878

1878 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Undeclared John Wright Sifton 8756.49%-43.51%
UndeclaredRobert Martin Bullock4327.92%-72.08%
UndeclaredCaptain Vaughan2415.58%-84.42%
Total154
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout26558.11%-6.99%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2004 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1879

1879 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Undeclared Edward Hay 12045.98%-54.02%
Undeclared John Gunn 8131.03%-68.97%
Liberal John Wright Sifton 6022.99%
Total261
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout261100.00%41.89%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2005 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1883

1883 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Beresford Allan 9454.65%
Liberal John Gunn 7845.35%22.36%
Total172
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / TurnoutN/A
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2009 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1886

1886 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Glass 15142.18%
Conservative Robert Hay14741.06%-13.59%
Liberal W. J. Robinson6016.76%-28.59%
Total358
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout74448.12%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2012 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1914

1914 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Donald A. Ross 1,02553.61%36.85%
Conservative Thomas Hay 88746.39%5.33%
Total1,912
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout2,47977.13%29.01%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2037 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1915

1915 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Donald A. Ross 1,01467.47%13.86%
Conservative Thomas Hay 48932.53%-13.86%
Total1,503
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout2,55358.87%-18.26%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2038 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1920

1920 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Stanbridge 97743.00%
Liberal Donald A. Ross 85037.41%-30.05%
Farmer H. McLennan44519.59%
Total2,272
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout4,39951.65%-7.22%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2042 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1922

1922 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Donald A. Ross 1,24549.48%
United FarmersHugh Connolly53221.14%
Labour Nicolas Kolisnyk38715.38%-27.62%
Labour Matthew Stanbridge 35213.99%-29.01%
Total2,516
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout5,14948.86%-2.78%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2044 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1927

1927 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Robert Hoey 2,14653.36%
Independent Donald A. Ross 1,43635.70%-13.78%
Independent Matthew Stanbridge 44010.94%
Total4,022
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout6,17265.17%16.30%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2047 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1932

1932 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive Robert Hoey 3,65544.70%
Conservative R. J. M. Bate2,28527.95%
Labour T. H. Dunn1,82422.31%
Liberal R. A. Smith4125.04%
Total8,176
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / Turnout11,16173.26%8.09%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2051 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1936

1936 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour Herbert Sulkers 3,81945.97%
Liberal–Progressive Robert Hoey 3,15437.96%-6.74%
Social Credit R. J. M. Bates1,33516.07%
Total8,308
Rejected373
Eligible voters / Turnout12,90164.40%-8.86%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2054 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1941

1941 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive Nicholas Stryk 3,62757.75%19.78%
Co-operative Commonwealth Herbert Sulkers 2,65442.25%
Total6,281
Rejected153
Eligible voters / Turnout14,30543.91%-20.49%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2055 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1945

1945 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Wilbert Doneleyko 3,61544.90%2.65%
Liberal–Progressive Nicholas Stryk 3,39542.17%-15.58%
Labor–Progressive Andrew Bileski1,04112.93%
Total8,051
Rejected86
Eligible voters / Turnout15,07453.41%9.50%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2057 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1949

1949 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive Nicholas Stryk 2,75270.15%27.98%
Independent Wilbert Doneleyko 1,17129.85%
Total3,923
Rejected76
Eligible voters / Turnout10,16138.61%-14.80%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2059 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1950 by-election

Manitoba provincial by-election, 1950
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unknown Albert Trapp 2,72977.03%
UnknownHarry Wasylyk56015.81%
UnknownAndrew Bileski2547.17%
Total3,543
RejectedN/A
Eligible voters / TurnoutN/A
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2061 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1953

1953 Manitoba general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive Stanley Copp 2,82151.43%
Co-operative Commonwealth Edgar E. Smee1,35824.76%
Social Credit Osborne A. Earle93517.05%
Progressive Conservative Walter Hudson Whyte3716.76%
Total5,485
Rejected259
Eligible voters / Turnout9,99154.90%
Source(s)
Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2062 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

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