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Morris (electoral district)

Morris
Manitoba electoral district
MorrisED2011.jpg
The 2011- boundaries of Morris highlighted in red.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
MLA
 
 
 
Shannon Martin
Progressive Conservative
District created 1879
First contested 1879
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Population (2011) 22,664
Electors (2014) 13,782
Census divisions Division No. 2, Division No. 3, Division No. 10, Division No. 11,
Census subdivisions Cartier, Hanover, Headingley, Macdonald, Morris (RM), Morris (Town), Niverville, Ritchot, St. François Xavier

Morris is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1879, and has existed continuously since that time. The constituency is named after Alexander Morris, who served as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1872 to 1877.

Morris is a rural riding located in the Red River Valley in the south of the province. In is bordered to the south by Emerson, to the north by Lakeside, to the west by Midland and Portage la Prairie, and to the east by Steinbach, Dawson Trail, Assiniboia, Kirkfield Park and Charleswood.

The largest communities in the riding are Morris, Niverville and La Salle. Other communities include Elie, Oak Bluff, Sanford, Starbuck, Ste. Agathe, St. Eustache and St. Francois Xavier


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