Souris (electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Souris (Saskatchewan electoral district).

Souris was a federal electoral district in the province of Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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.

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)

Election results

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

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

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

1935 Canadian federal election
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

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

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	James Steedsman	6,105
	Conservative	Errick French Willis	4,946

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

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

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Albert Ernest Finley	acclaimed

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

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

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

See also

• Brandon—Souris
• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada