Roblin-Russell is a former provincial electoral division in the

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. It was created by redistribution in 1979 (with considerable territory from the former riding of Roblin), and was abolished in 1999. Roblin-Russell was located in southwestern Manitoba. It bordered

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to the south, Minnedosa and Dauphin to the east, Swan River to the north, and the province of

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to the west. Roblin and Russell were the two largest communities in the riding, which also contained much rural territory. The riding was initially a Progressive Conservative/

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marginal, but was generally safe for the Tories in the 1990s. When it was abolished, its territory was divided into the new ridings of Russell and

Dauphin-Roblin Dauphin is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally created in 1881 with the expansion of the province's western boundary, eliminated in 1886, re-established in 1892, and finally abolished in 1999. ...

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Wally McKenzie James Wallace McKenzie (June 16, 1914 in Plenty, Saskatchewan – September 11, 1999) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1986. McKenzie was the s ...

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Len Derkach Leonard "Len" Derkach (born January 21, 1945) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon, and was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1986 to 2011. The son of Nicholas Derkach a ...

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