Cypress (former Manitoba provincial electoral district)

Cypress is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It was located in the south of the province.

Cypress was created for the 1886 provincial election, and abolished with the 1969 election.

Provincial representatives

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
	R.S. Thompson	Liberal	1886	1888
	Ernest Wood	Liberal-Conservative	1888	1892
	Alfred Doig	Liberal	1892	1899
	George Steel	Liberal-Conservative	1888	1907
		Conservative	1907	1915
	Andrew Myles	Liberal	1915	1920
	William Spinks	Conservative	1920	1932
	James Christie	Liberal–Progressive	1932	1953
	Francis Ferg	Liberal–Progressive	1953	1958
	Marcel Boulic	Progressive Conservative	1958	1959
	Thelma Forbes	Progressive Conservative	1959	1969

Election results

1958 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Boulic	2,347	52.12
	Liberal–Progressive	Samuel Burch	1,835	40.75
	Co-operative Commonwealth	G.H. McIntosh	321	7.13
Total valid votes			4,503
Rejected votes			19
Turnout			4,522	68.13
Electors on the lists			6,637

1959 Manitoba general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Boulic	2,951	62.36	+10.24
	Liberal–Progressive	John Leslie Sundell	1,781	37.64	−3.11
Total valid votes			4,732
Rejected votes			27
Turnout			4,759	72.77	+4.64
Electors on the lists			6,540

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