winnipeg north centre

Winnipeg North Centre is a riding or electoral district that elects a Member of Parliament to the Canadian House of Commons. It is a largely working class riding in Winnipeg, Manitoba and has traditionally had a large Jewish and immigrant population. The riding was created in 1924 and was first used for the 1925 Canadian election when it elected J.S. Woodsworth of the Independent Labour Party as its first MP. Woodsworth had previously represented WInnipeg Centre since the 1921 Canadian election. In 1932, Woodsworth became the leader of the newly created Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and he held the seat for the party through the 1935 and 1940 Canadian elections until his death in 1942. A by-election held that year was won by Stanley Knowles of the CCF. Knowles held the seat until the 1958 Canadian election that returned a landslide for John George Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservatives and elected Tory John MacLean in Winnipeg North Centre. Out of parliament, Knowles went to work for the Canadian Labour Congress and played a leading role in creating the alliance between the CLC and the CCF that led to the creation of the New Democratic Party of Canada in 1961. Knowles won Winnipeg North Centre for the NDP in the 1962 Canadian election and held the riding until his retirement in 1984. In the 1984 Canadian election, the riding stayed in NDP hands with the election of Cyril Keeper. The NDP lost the riding in the 1988 Canadian election, however when David Walker of the Liberal Party of Canada took the seat. Walker was re-elected in the 1993 Canadian election but in the 1997 Canadian election the NDP retook the riding with Pat Martin becoming MP. Martin remains the MP for Winnipeg North Centre to this day having retained the seat through the 2000 and 2004 Canadian elections.

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