Birtle-Russell

Birtle-Russell is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada.

Birtle-Russell was established in 1957, created by the first Independent Boundaries Commission in Manitoba. It was located in the western part of the province, on the border with Saskatchewan.^[1] It included the area around the towns of Birtle and Russell. Political power in the area shifted between the Progressive Conservatives and the Liberal-Progressives and Liberals until 1969. When the New Democratic Party first came to office the area became a Progressive Conservative stronghold.

Provincial representatives

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
	Rod Clement	Liberal-Progressive	1949 (In the riding of Russell)	1959
	Robert Smellie	Progressive Conservative	1959	1966
	Rod Clement	Liberal	1966	1968
	Harry Graham	Progressive Conservative	1969	1986 (From 1981-1986 representing Virden)

References

1. Winnipeg Free Press, 13 February 1969, p. 15.