Morris (electoral district)

Morris is a former provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1879 and named after the town and municipality of Morris, which in turn are named after Alexander Morris, who served as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1872 to 1877.

Following the redistribution of Manitoba electoral districts in 2011, the riding was bordered to the south by Emerson, to the north by Lakeside, to the west by Midland and Portage la Prairie, and to the east by Steinbach, Dawson Trail, Assiniboia, Kirkfield Park, and Charleswood.

The largest communities in the riding were Morris, Niverville, and La Salle. Other communities included Elie, Oak Bluff, Sanford, Starbuck, Ste. Agathe, St. Eustache, and St. Francois Xavier.

In 1999, the average family income was $53,719, and the unemployment rate was 3.90%. Agriculture accounted for 23% of the riding's industry, followed by the retail trade at 10%. Eighteen per cent of Morris's residents were of German background, and a further 17% were French. The riding had the third-highest percentage of Francophones in Manitoba.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba represented Morris from 1954 to 2019, and the riding was generally regarded as safe for the party.

The Morris riding was eliminated ahead of the 2019 Manitoba general election and its territory was redistributed to the Midland, La Verendrye, and newly-formed Springfield-Ritchot ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Name	Party	Took office	Left office
Joseph Taillefer	Independent, probably pro-Government	1879	1883
Henry Tennant	Cons	1883	1886
Alphonse Martin	Lib	1886	1891
	Independent/Opposition	1891	1896
Stewart Mulvey	Lib	1896	1899
Colin Campbell	Cons	1899	1913
Jacques Parent	Cons	1914	1918
William Clubb	Farmer	1920	1922
	UFM	1922	1932
	Lib-Prog	1932	1941
John Dryden	Independent, pro-coalition	1941	1945
	Lib-Prog	1945	1949
Harry Shewman	Independent, pro-coalition	1949	1950
	Independent	1950	1954(?)
	PC	1954(?)	1968
Warner Jorgenson	PC	1969	1981
Clayton Manness	PC	1981	1995
Frank Pitura	PC	1995	2003
Mavis Taillieu	PC	2003	2013
Shannon Martin	PC	2014	2019

Election results

1879

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1883

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1886

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1888

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1892

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1896

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1899

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1900 by-election

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1903

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1907

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1910

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1914

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1915

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1920

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1922

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1927

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1929 by-election

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1932

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1936

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1941

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1945

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1949

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1953

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1958

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1959

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1962

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1973

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1977

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1981

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1988

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1990

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1995

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2003

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2014 by-election

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Previous boundaries

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The 1998–2011 boundaries of the Morris electoral district highlighted in red.

See also

• List of Manitoba provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

• Elections Manitoba - Historical Summary