Mountain was located in southwestern Manitoba, near Portage la Prairie. The constituency was mostly rural, and included communities such as Baldur and Argyles. PremierDufferin 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 PremierThomas 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]
mountain, electoral, district, mountain, former, provincial, electoral, division, manitoba, canada, created, 1879, provincial, election, abolished, shortly, before, 1958, election, mountain, located, southwestern, manitoba, near, portage, prairie, constituency. 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 Edit Name Party Took Office Left Office Thomas Greenway Independent Conservative 1879 1882 Liberal 1882 1904 Daniel A McIntyre Conservative 1905 1907 James Bryson Baird Liberal 1907 1922 Charles Cannon Progressive 1922 1927 Irving Cleghorn Liberal 1927 1930 Ivan Schultz Liberal 1930 1932 Liberal Progressive 1932 1955 Walter Clark Liberal Progressive 1955 1958References Edit Dufferin Roblin Speaking For Myself Winnipeg University of Manitoba Press 2001 p 70 a b Winnipeg Free Press 28 June 1955 pp 1 4 Grain Growers Guide March 4 1914 p 27 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mountain electoral district amp oldid 1088878677, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
