Winnipeg Centre member of the Liberal Party of Canada. "Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election." "Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election." "Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election." Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg Centre () is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997. This riding was originally created in 1914 from Winnipeg and Selkirk ridings. In 1924, it was abolished, and
John Arbuthnot (Canadian politician) from 1901 to 1903. In 1907 he left Winnipeg for British Columbia and remained in that province until his death in 1931. The City of Winnipeg named Arbuthnot Street in his honour. John Arbuthnot (Canadian politician) John Arbuthnot (7 January 1861 – 18 September 1931) was a Canadian politician serving as an alderman and the 19th Mayor of Winnipeg. Arbuthnot worked in the railway industry in his early career, building tracks for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Ontario. He then moved to Rat Portage, Ontario to work at the Western Lumber Company. He established his own lumber business after moving