Marquette (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Marquette (provincial electoral district).

Marquette was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1871 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1871 following the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Brandon—Souris, Dauphin and Portage—Marquette ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
1st	1870–1872		James S. Lynch	Liberal		Angus McKay	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Robert Cunningham	Liberal
	1874–1874
3rd	1874–1878		Joseph O'Connell Ryan
4th	1878–1878		John A. Macdonald	Conservative
	1878–1878		Joseph O'Connell Ryan	Liberal
5th	1882–1887		Robert Watson
6th	1887–1891
6th	1891–1892
	1892–1896		Nathaniel Boyd	Conservative
8th	1896–1900		William James Roche
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1911
	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Thomas Alexander Crerar
14th	1921–1925			Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Henry Alfred Mullins	Conservative
16th	1926–1930		James Allison Glen	Liberal–Progressive
17th	1930–1935		Henry Alfred Mullins	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		James Allison Glen	Liberal–Progressive
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1948			Liberal
	1948–1949		Stuart Sinclair Garson
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Nick Mandziuk	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		Craig Stewart
29th	1972–1974
30th	1972–1979

Election results

By-election: As a result of Manitoba joining Confederation, 15 July 1870

By-election on 2 March 1871
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James S. Lynch	282
	Conservative	Angus McKay	282

Due to the election being tied, both served in the House of Commons.

By-election: During trial of election petition, 25 August 1874 Ryan was declared the sitting member, as a result of the scrutiny of votes.

By-election on 25 August 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph O'Connell Ryan	351
	Liberal	Robert Cunningham	329

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald	acclaimed
Source(s) Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Marquette

By-election: On Mr. Macdonald being appointed Prime Minister of Canada, 16 October 1878. Macdonald chose to run in another riding in his ministerial by-election.

By-election on 30 November 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph O'Connell Ryan	acclaimed

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Watson	1,074
	Conservative	E. McDonald	886

By-election: On Mr. Watson's resignation

By-election on 15 July 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BOYD, Nathaniel	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROCHE, W.J.	1,533
	Liberal	ASHDOWN, J.H.	1,466
	Patrons of Industry	MARSHALL, G.A.J.A.	472

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROCHE, William James	2,809
	Liberal	THOMPSON, J.W.	2,387

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROCHE, W.J.	2,594
	Liberal	HEAD, Sampson Leslie	2,521

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROCHE, William James	3,285
	Liberal	JACKSON, Malcolm Bruce	2,715

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROCHE, William James	3,409
	Liberal	GRIERSON, George Allison	3,283

By-election: On Mr. Roche being appointed Secretary of State for Canada, 10 October 1911

By-election on 27 October 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROCHE, Hon. W.J.	acclaimed

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	CRERAR, Hon. Thomas Alexander	8,672
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	HAMILTON, Frederick Charles	1,152

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	CRERAR, Hon. Thomas Alexander	9,873
	Independent	DYER, Hugh Marshall	4,307
	Liberal	STUBBS, Lewis St. George	553

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MULLINS, Henry Alfred	4,219
	Progressive	STEVENSON, Charles Stuart	4,084
	Liberal	IVERACH, William	1,665

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Progressive	GLEN, James Allison	7,327
	Conservative	MULLINS, Henry Alfred	6,235

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MULLINS, Henry Alfred	8,663
	Liberal–Progressive	GLEN, James Allison	5,979

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Progressive	GLEN, James Allison	6,850
	Conservative	PEDEN, Robert	5,010
	Co-operative Commonwealth	BROWN, John Brownlee	3,877

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Progressive	GLEN, James Allison	7,027
	Independent	EWBANK, James Wilson	5,259
	National Government	PEDEN, Robert	4,545

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GLEN, Hon. James Allison	6,367
	Co-operative Commonwealth	EWBANK, James Wilson	5,098
	Progressive Conservative	WEBB, Alfred Oliver	5,062

By-election: On Mr. Glen's resignation, 4 November 1948

By-election on 20 December 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GARSON, Hon. Stuart Sinclair	7,421
	Co-operative Commonwealth	KEATING, Bessie	2,974

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GARSON, Hon. Stuart Sinclair	10,144
	Progressive Conservative	JACKSON, James	4,016
	Co-operative Commonwealth	KEATING, Bessie	2,984

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GARSON, Hon. Stuart Sinclair	9,900
	Progressive Conservative	BATES, Ernest Arthur	4,676
	Social Credit	CLINK, David Lyall	3,509

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MANDZIUK, Nicholas	9,695
	Liberal	GARSON, Stuart Sinclair	7,190
	Social Credit	NEVIN, William	3,959
	Co-operative Commonwealth	BATTERS, Melvin James	1,288

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MANDZIUK, Nicholas	14,748
	Liberal	KINNEY, David Arthur	5,598
	Co-operative Commonwealth	SOTAS, Michael J.	1,572
	Social Credit	NEVIN, William	993

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MANDZIUK, Nick	11,366
	Liberal	HUSTON, Harris	6,494
	Social Credit	MCKEAND, Jim	2,256
	New Democratic	BARBER, Stuart	1,553

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MANDZIUK, Nick	11,729
	Liberal	HUSTON, Harris	6,709
	Social Credit	DONOVAN, Walter	2,036
	New Democratic	SOTAS, Michael J.	981

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MANDZIUK, Nick	10,613
	Liberal	USICK, Rudy	6,424
	New Democratic	ANTONATION, Michael S.	1,724
	Social Credit	MCKEAND, J.D.	1,623

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	STEWART, Craig	12,706
	Liberal	CLEMENT, Rod	9,183
	New Democratic	ANTONATION, Michael S.	3,651
	Independent	DONOVAN, Walter	593

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	STEWART, Craig	16,155
	New Democratic	HOUSTON, Ken	4,917
	Liberal	LACHTER, Sidney N.	4,572

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	STEWART, Craig	15,933
	Liberal	LYTLE, Allan	4,498
	New Democratic	LELOND, Maude A.	3,094
	Independent	MORRISON, Kenneth B.	286

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history for Marquette (1871–1976) from the Library of Parliament