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Cypress (former Manitoba provincial electoral district)

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Cypress is a former provincial electoral division 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.

Provincial representatives

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  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

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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

References

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