Arthur is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1903,[1] and was eliminated by redistribution in 1989, when its territory was combined with that of the neighbouring Virden riding to create the new constituency of Arthur-Virden.[2][3]
The riding was located in the province's southwestern tip, and was primarily agrarian.[citation needed] From 1953 until its abolition, it was a safe seat for the Progressive Conservative Party.[1][4]
Name[1] | Party | Took office | Left office |
---|---|---|---|
Allen Thompson | Cons | 1903 | 1907 |
John Williams | Lib | 1907 | 1910 |
Amos Lyle | Cons | 1910 | 1914 |
John Williams | Lib | 1914 | 1922 |
Duncan McLeod | Prog | 1922 | 1932 |
Lib-Prog | 1932 | 1936 | |
John Pitt | Lib-Prog | 1936 | 1953 |
J. Arthur Ross | PC | 1953 | 1958 |
John Cobb | PC | 1958 | 1962 |
J. Douglas Watt | PC | 1962 | 1977 |
James Downey[4][5] | PC | 1977 | 1990 |