Winnipeg North Centre was a federal
electoral district in
Manitoba
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, Canada, that was represented by a
Member of Parliament
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(MP) in the
House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004. It is a largely working class riding in
Winnipeg
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and has traditionally had a large
Jewish
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and immigrant population.
The riding was created in 1924 and was first used for the
1925 federal election when it elected
J.S. Woodsworth of the
Independent Labour Party
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as its first MP. Woodsworth had previously represented Winnipeg Centre since the
1921 election. Woodsworth was re-elected there in 1926 and 1930. He held the seat for the party through the
1935 election and
1940 elections until his death in 1942. In 1932, Woodsworth helped found the
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in 1932 and was named its first leader.
After Woodsworth's death in 1942, a
by-election
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held that year was won by
Stanley Knowles
Stanley Howard Knowles (June 18, 1908 – June 9, 1997) was a Canadian parliamentarian. Knowles represented the riding of Winnipeg North Centre from 1942 to 1958 on behalf of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and again from 1 ...
of the CCF. Knowles held the seat until the
1958 election that returned a landslide for
John Diefenbaker
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's
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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From Canadian Confederation in 1867 until 1942, the ...
and elected Tory
John MacLean in Winnipeg North Centre.
Out of parliament, Knowles went to work for the
Canadian Labour Congress, and played a leading role in creating the alliance between the CLC and the CCF that led to the creation of the
New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1961. Knowles won Winnipeg North Centre for the NDP in the
1962 election, and held the riding until his retirement in 1984.
In the
1984 election, the riding stayed in NDP hands with the election of
Cyril Keeper. The NDP lost the riding in the
1988 election, however, when
David Walker of the
Liberal Party of Canada took the seat. Walker was re-elected in the
1993 election.
In the
1997 election, the NDP retook the riding (which since had its name changed to
Winnipeg Centre) with
Pat Martin becoming the MP. Martin retained the seat in the
2000 election.
The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between
Winnipeg North
Winnipeg North (french: Winnipeg-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917. It covers the northern portion of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Geography
The riding includes the ne ...
,
Winnipeg Centre and
Kildonan—St. Paul ridings.
Martin was re-elected to Parliament in Winnipeg Centre riding in the
2004 election.
This riding elected the following
Members of Parliament
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:
Election results
By-election: On Mr. Woodsworth's death, 21 March 1942
See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
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Past Canadian electoral districts
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External links
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Former federal electoral districts of Manitoba