Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1896)

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Canadian Federal Election (1891) | Canadian Federal Election (1900)

The Canadian federal election of 1896 was held on 23 June. The results were as follows:

Riding	Candidate	Party	Votes
Brandon	D’Alton McCarthy (1836-1898)	McCarthyite	3,073
	W. A. McDonald	Conservative	2,738
	W. Postlethwaite	Patrons of Industry	1,102
Lisgar	Robert Lorne Richardson (1860-1921)	Liberal	2,657
	Robert Rogers (1864-1936)	Conservative	2,603
Macdonald	Nathaniel Boyd (1853-1941)	Conservative	2,436
	John Gunion Rutherford (1857-1923)	Liberal	2,038
	Charles Braithwaite (1850-1910)	Patrons of Industry	1,259
Marquette	William James Roche (1859-1937)	Conservative	1,533
	James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)	Liberal	1,466
	George Archibald James Alfred Marshall (1850-1936)	Patrons of Industry	472
Provencher	Alphonse Alfred Clement LaRivière (1842-1925)	Conservative	1,476
	George Walton (1854-1925)	Liberal	810
Selkirk	John Alexander MacDonell (1854-1912)	Liberal	1,713
	Hugh Armstrong (1858-1926)	Conservative	1,712
Winnipeg	Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)	Liberal-Conservative	2,961
	Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Martin (1852-1923)	Liberal	2,835

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Eighth Canadian Parliament (1896-1900)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 January 2019