Virden (electoral district)
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Virden is a former provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada. It was created by redistribution in 1903,Template:Citation needed and was eliminated in 1989, when its territory was combined with Arthur to create Arthur-Virden.<ref>"Arthur-Virden." CBC News. August 3, 2011. Retrieved 2023-10-14.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Virden was located in southwestern Manitoba, along the border with Saskatchewan to its west, and bordered to the south by the Arthur constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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Party | Took office | Left office |
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| James Simpson | Cons | 1899 | 1903 | ||
| John Agnew | Cons | 1903 | 1908 | ||
| Harvey Simpson | Cons | 1909 | 1914 | ||
| George Clingan | Lib | 1914 | 1922 | ||
| Robert Mooney | Prog | 1922 | 1932 | ||
| Lib-Prog | 1932 | 1953 | |||
| John Thompson | PC | 1953 | 1962 | ||
| Donald McGregor | PC | 1962 | 1981 | ||
| Harry Graham | PC | 1981 | 1986 | ||
| Glen Findlay | PC | 1986 | 1990 |