Souris was a federal electoral district in the province of Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1953.

This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Brandon and Lisgar ridings.

In 1952, the constituency was merged with the constituency of Brandon to form the district of Brandon—Souris.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• 1904-1917: Frederick Laurence Schaffner - Conservative Party of Canada
• 1917-1921: Albert Ernest Finley - Unionist Party
• 1921-1930: James Steedsman - Progressive Party of Canada
• 1930-1935: Errick French Willis - Progressive Conservative
• 1935-1940: George William McDonald - Progressive Conservative
• 1940-1952: James Arthur Ross - National Government (1940-1945), Progressive Conservative (1945-1952)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Arthur Ross	6,108
	Liberal	Edward Ingo Dow	5,495
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Thomas Watson	1,083

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Arthur Ross	6,177
	Liberal	Thomas Matthew McIlwraith	2,640
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roderick Guy Craven	1,838

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Government	James Arthur Ross	4,991
	Liberal	George William McDonald	4,861
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex H. Parkes	1,370

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Progressive	George William McDonald	4,504
	Conservative	Errick French Willis	4,501
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex H. Parkes	953
	Reconstruction	William Humboldt Clandenning	631

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Errick French Willis	6,252
	Progressive	James Steedsman	5,780

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Steedsman	6,105
	Conservative	Errick French Willis	4,946

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Steedsman	3,509
	Conservative	William Willson	3,258
	Liberal	John Williams	1,563

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Steedsman	7,380
	Conservative	Richard Gardiner Willis	3,714

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Albert Ernest Finley	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Laurence Schaffner	3,150
	Liberal	Archibald McIntyre Campbell	3,086

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Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
Frederick Laurence Schaffner	3,310
	Liberal	Archibald McIntyre Campbell	2,429

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Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
Frederick Laurence Schaffner	3,123
	Liberal	George Paterson	2,603

[edit] See also

• Brandon—Souris
• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Souris (1903–1952) from the Library of Parliament