Marquette was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was due to be represented in the House of Commons of Canada in 1871 and 1872 and was represented from 1872 to 1979. A tie was declared in the by-election held in 1871. Neither leading candidate was allowed to take the seat in the House of Commons. The disputed election was not resolved prior to the 1872 election.
This riding was created in 1871 following the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870. The seat was first filled in the 1872 election.
It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Brandon—Souris, Dauphin and Portage—Marquette ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
{| class="wikitable"
! Parliament
! Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 1st
| 1870–1872
| |
| James S. Lynch
| Liberal
| rowspan="1" |
| rowspan="1" | Angus McKay
| rowspan="1" | Conservative
|-
Election results
By-election: As a result of Manitoba joining Confederation, 15 July 1870
Due to the election being tied, both served in the House of Commons.
By-election: During trial of election petition, 25 August 1874 Ryan was declared the sitting member, as a result of the scrutiny of votes.
By-election: On Mr. Macdonald being appointed Prime Minister of Canada, 16 October 1878. Macdonald chose to run in another riding in his ministerial by-election.
By-election: On Mr. Watson's resignation
By-election: On Mr. Roche being appointed Secretary of State for Canada, 10 October 1911
By-election: On Mr. Glen's resignation, 4 November 1948
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada