Winnipeg West (provincial Electoral District)
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Winnipeg West is an historical provincial electoral division in
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. It was created for the 1907 provincial election, and eliminated with the 1914 provincial election. The constituency was created to provide the city of
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with a fourth seat in the legislative assembly. Previously, the city had been represented by Winnipeg North,
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and Winnipeg South. Winnipeg West's only representative was Thomas Herman Johnson, who sat with the opposition Liberal Party. After the Liberal formed government in 1915, Johnson became a prominent cabinet minister. The constituency was eliminated in 1914, when Winnipeg's other three seats were redistributed and restructured as two-member constituencies.


Members of the Legislative Assembly for Winnipeg West

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