Winnipeg (provincial electoral district) returned ten members to the legislature who were all elected citywide under the Hare quota form of single transferable vote. The district existed in this form until 1949, when the city was divided again into the three districts of Winnipeg North, South and Centre, although each of the three districts continued to elect four members by STV until 1958, when all districts in the province reverted to conventional first-past-the-post voting. See also List of Manitoba general elections Winnipeg (provincial electoral district) Winnipeg was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which was represented in the Legislative Assembly
History of Winnipeg and railway connection to St. Paul began the following year, via the Pembina Branch. The Pembina Branch ran on the east side of the Red River and terminated in St. Boniface. From there, passengers and goods were transported across the river to Winnipeg by ferry. The Canadian Pacific Railway completed the first direct rail link from eastern Canada in 1881, when the railway crossed the newly-constructed bridge across the Red River at Point Douglas, the Louise Bridge. The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway opened the door to mass immigration and settlement of Winnipeg and the Canadian Prairies. Today, the