Many electors were recent immigrants from Eastern Europe, who profoundly changed the area's political character.
Richard Rigg, returned in 1915 for Winnipeg North "B", was the first Social Democrat elected in Manitoba.
Winnipeg North had very prominent Jewish and Ukrainian communities in this period, and was by far the most left-wing section of the city.
Bill Kardash, Manitoba's only Communist Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), was returned for Winnipeg North in both 1949 and 1953.
The socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation was the area's dominant party, and returned two members in both elections.