Arthur (electoral district)

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Arthur is a former provincial electoral district of Manitoba, Canada. It was created in 1903,<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>"Arthur-Virden." CBC News. August 3, 2011. Retrieved 2023-10-14.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The riding was located in the province's southwestern tip, and was primarily agrarian.Template:Citation needed From 1953 until its abolition, it was a safe seat for the Progressive Conservative Party.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Name<ref name=":0" /> 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<ref name=":1" /><ref>https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/hansard/34th_2nd/hansardpdf/4.pdf. p. 73.</ref> PC 1977 1990

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