Morris (electoral district)

Morris is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. 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.

Morris

Manitoba electoral district
The 2011 boundaries of Morris highlighted in red
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
District created	1879
First contested	1879
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Population (2011)	22,664
Electors (2014)	13,782
Census division(s)	Division No. 2, Division No. 3, Division No. 10, Division No. 11,
Census subdivision(s)	Cartier, Hanover, Headingley, Macdonald, Morris (RM), Morris (Town), Niverville, Ritchot, St. François Xavier

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.

List of provincial representatives

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

2016 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Shannon Martin	6,980	75.45	+5.46
	Liberal	John Falk	1,430	15.45	+4.27
	New Democratic	Mohamed Alli	840	9.08	-3.85
Total valid votes			9,250	100.0
Eligible voters			15,991
Source: Elections Manitoba[1][2]

Manitoba provincial by-election, January 28, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Shannon Martin	2,642	69.99	-4.01	14,889.99
	New Democratic	Dean Harder	488	12.93	-6.44	5,522.35
	Liberal	Jeremy Barber	422	11.18	+4.55	4,504.42
	Independent	Ray Shaw	138	3.66	-	5,556.36
	Green	Alain Landry	85	2.25	-	143.45
Total valid votes			3775
Rejected and declined votes			17
Turnout			3792	27.51
Electors on the lists			13782
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.21

2011 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Mavis Taillieu	5,681	74.00	+17.02	$23,120.64
	New Democratic	Mohamed Alli	1,487	19.37	−13.20	$0.00
	Liberal	Janelle Mailhot	509	6.63	−3.82	$0.00
Total valid votes			7,677
Rejected and declined ballots			42
Turnout			7,719	50.69
Electors on the lists			15,228
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+15.11
Source: Elections Manitoba[3]

^ Change not based on redistributed results

2007 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Mavis Taillieu	4,404	56.98		$20,183.91
	New Democratic	Kevin Stevenson	2,517	32.57		$3,146.85
	Liberal	Michael Sherby	808	10.45	–	$340.30
Total valid votes			7,729	99.22
Rejected and declined ballots			61
Turnout			7,790	54.13
Electors on the lists			14,392

[4]

2003 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Mavis Taillieu	3,996	57.16		$30,319.43
	New Democratic	John Auger	1,588	22.71		$859.97
	Liberal	Michael Van Walleghem	1,407	20.13		$9,781.96
Total valid votes			6,991
Rejected and declined ballots			28
Turnout			7,019	52.56
Electors on the lists			13,355

2003[5]

1999 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Pitura	4,673	53.10	$20,807.00
	Liberal	Herm Martens	2,179	24.76	$9,869.40
	New Democratic	Paul Hagen	1,746	20.41	$2,805.00
	Libertarian	Dennis Rice	107	1.22	$341.37
Total valid votes			8,753	99.40
Rejected and declined ballots			47
Turnout			8,800	52.56
Electors on the lists			13,120

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1995 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Pitura	5,662	60.99
	Liberal	Bill Roth	2,329	25.09
	New Democratic	Glenn Hallick	1,158	12.47
	Libertarian	Dennis Rice	135	1.45
Total valid votes			9,284
Rejected and declined ballots			26
Turnout			9,310	71.05
Electors on the lists			13,104

1990 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Manness	5,353	63.64
	Liberal	Bill Roth	2,036	24.20
	New Democratic	Gary Nelson	721	8.57
	Confederation of Regions	Mark Edmondson	302	3.59
Total valid votes			8,412
Rejected and declined ballots			15
Turnout			8,427	65.77
Electors on the lists			12,812

1988 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Manness	4,578	60.93
	Liberal	Barbara Plas	1,832	24.38
	Confederation of Regions	Raymond Switzer	597	7.95
	New Democratic	Clifford Hodgins	449	4.98
	Independent	Jeffrey Plas	57	0.76
Total valid votes			7,513
Rejected and declined ballots			11
Turnout			7,524	69.24
Electors on the lists			10,867

1986 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Manness	4,378	68.78	-2.77
	New Democratic	Audreen House	1,140	17.91	-10.54
	Liberal	Calvin Knaggs	847	13.31	n/a
Turnout			6,382	59.73	-5.09
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.89
Source: Elections Manitoba[7]

1981 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Manness	4,579	71.55
	New Democratic	Peter Francis	1,821	28.45
Total valid votes			6,400
Rejected and declined ballots			35
Turnout			6,435	64.82
Electors on the lists			9,927

1977 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Warner Jorgenson	4,484	71.55
	New Democratic	Alphonse Lenz	1,152	18.73
	Liberal	Donald Macgillivray	516	8.39
Total valid votes			6,152
Rejected and declined ballots			10
Turnout			6,162	68.84
Electors on the lists			8,951

1973 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Warner Jorgenson	3,650	60.06
	New Democratic	Lawrence Lewco	1,602	26.36
	Liberal	Norm Dashevsky	825	13.58
Total valid votes			6,077
Rejected and declined ballots			25
Turnout			6,102	74.54
Electors on the lists			8,186

1969 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Warner Jorgenson	2,472	53.76
	Liberal	Joseph Legault	1,183	25.73
	New Democratic	William T. Loftus	712	15.48
	Social Credit	Henry Funk	231	5.02
Total valid votes			4,598	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			15
Turnout			4,613	61.20
Electors on the lists			7,537

Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Warner Jorgenson	2,146	65.77		$966.85
	Liberal	Ralph Rasmussen	841	25.77	–	$526.56
	New Democratic	William T. Loftus	276	8.46		$770.61
Total valid votes			3,263	100
Rejected and discarded votes			17
Turnout			3,280	62.07
Electors on the lists			5,284

1966 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Shewman	1,518	47.80
	Liberal	Bruce McKenzie	1,288	40.55
	New Democratic	William T. Loftus	370	11.65
Total valid votes			3,176	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			33
Turnout			3,209	60.83
Electors on the lists			5,275

Previous boundaries

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

References

1. "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
2. "41ST GENERAL ELECTION, APRIL 19, 2016 - OFFICIAL RESULTS". Elections Manitoba. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
3. "Election Returns: 40th General Election". Elections Manitoba. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2007 results
5. http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/PDF_Summary_GE2003.pdf
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-08-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 1999 Results
7. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-11-28.

• Elections Manitoba - Historical Summary