Ethelbert (electoral district)

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Ethelbert is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada. It was created for the 1920 provincial election, and abolished with the 1958 election.

Ethelbert was located in Manitoba's mid-northern region, north of Dauphin. It included a large Ukrainian population, and all four of the provincial representatives who were elected for this constituency were of Ukrainian descent. Nicholas Hryhorczuk held Ethelbert for all but five years between 1920 and 1945, and his son Michael N. Hryhorczuk represented it from 1949 until its dissolution. For most of its existence, elections there were deferred until a few weeks after the rest of the province voted due to the logistical difficulty of running a campaign in the north.

After its elimination, parts of Ethelbert came to be included in the new division of Ethelbert Plains.

Provincial representatives

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  Name Party Took office Left office
  Nicholas Hryhorczuk
Independent Farmer 1920 1922
 
Progressive 1922 1932
 
Liberal–Progressive 1932 1936
  William Lisowsky
Social Credit 1936 1941
  Nicholas Hryhorczuk
Liberal–Progressive 1941 1945
  Michael Sawchuk
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation 1945 1949
  Michael N. Hryhorczuk
Liberal–Progressive 1949 1958