Winnipeg Centre (provincial Electoral Division) - Winnipeg Centre (original Constituency, 1888-1920)

Winnipeg Centre (original Constituency, 1888-1920)

Winnipeg Centre was created for the 1888 election, when the city of Winnipeg was granted a third seat. It had previously been represented in the legislature by Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South.

Winnipeg Centre was a single-member constituency until the 1914 election, when it returned two members. Electors were allowed to cast ballots for two seats, which were called "Winnipeg Centre A" and "Winnipeg Centre B".

The constituency only returned four representatives in its history, all of whom were prominent figures. Daniel Hunter McMillan was a cabinet minister in Thomas Greenway's government, and later served as the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1911 to 1916. Thomas Taylor, his successor, had served as Mayor of Winnipeg in the 1890s. Thomas Herman Johnson was a prominent minister under Tobias C. Norris.

Fred Dixon, the fourth legislator returned for Winnipeg Centre, was notable as the first labour representative in the legislature. In the elections of 1914 and 1915, he was co-endorsed by the Liberal Party and the Labour Representation Committee.