Cypress (former Manitoba provincial electoral district)
Defunct provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada
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Cypress is a former provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada. It was located in the south of the province.
Cypress was created for the 1886 provincial election, and abolished with the 1969 election.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.S. Thompson |
Liberal | 1886 | 1888 | |
| Ernest Wood |
Liberal-Conservative | 1888 | 1892 | |
| Alfred Doig |
Liberal | 1892 | 1899 | |
| George Steel |
Liberal-Conservative | 1888 | 1907 | |
| Conservative | 1907 | 1915 | ||
| Andrew Myles |
Liberal | 1915 | 1920 | |
| William Spinks |
Conservative | 1920 | 1932 | |
| James Christie |
Liberal–Progressive | 1932 | 1953 | |
| Francis Ferg |
Liberal–Progressive | 1953 | 1958 | |
| Marcel Boulic |
Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 1959 | |
| Thelma Forbes |
Progressive Conservative | 1959 | 1969 |
Election results
| 1958 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Boulic | 2,347 | 52.12 | |||||
| Liberal–Progressive | Samuel Burch | 1,835 | 40.75 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | G.H. McIntosh | 321 | 7.13 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,503 | |||||||
| Rejected votes | 19 | |||||||
| Turnout | 4,522 | 68.13 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 6,637 | |||||||
| 1959 Manitoba general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Boulic | 2,951 | 62.36 | +10.24 | ||||
| Liberal–Progressive | John Leslie Sundell | 1,781 | 37.64 | −3.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,732 | |||||||
| Rejected votes | 27 | |||||||
| Turnout | 4,759 | 72.77 | +4.64 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 6,540 | |||||||
