Mountain is a former provincial electoral division in

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. It was created for the 1879 provincial election, and was abolished shortly before the 1958 election. Mountain was located in southwestern Manitoba, near

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. The constituency was mostly rural, and included communities such as

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and Argyles. Premier

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once referred to the division's name as "curious", given that it marked by "the gentle landscape of the Pembina escarpment". Several prominent Manitoba politicians represented Mountain, including Charles Cannon,

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and Premier

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. 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

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and its successor, the Liberal-Progressive Party.''Winnipeg Free Press'', 28 June 1955, pp. 1, 4. But an effort was made to put forward an Independent third-party candidate in 1914.Grain Growers Guide, March 4, 1914, p. 27 In 1955, Mountain's population was estimated to be about 50% Anglo-Saxon, 33% French Canadian, and 16.5%

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Provincial representatives

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mountain (Electoral District) Former provincial electoral districts of Manitoba