Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1908)

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The Canadian federal election of 1908 was held on 26 October. The results were as follows:

Riding

Candidate

Party

Votes

Brandon

Clifford Sifton (1861-1929)

Liberal

3,567

Thomas Mayne Daly (1852-1911)

Conservative

3,498

Benjamin D’Arcy Wallace (1861-1936)

Independent

100

Dauphin

Glenlyon Archibald Campbell (1863-1917)

Conservative

3,206

Theodore Arthur Burrows (1857-1929)

Liberal

2,989

Lisgar

William Henry Sharpe (1868-1942)

Conservative

1,765

John Franklin Greenway (1865-1930)

Liberal

1,660

Macdonald

William Davey Staples (1868-1929)

Conservative

2,990

Samuel Jacob Thompson (1845-1909)

Liberal

2,414

Marquette

William James Roche (1859-1937)

Conservative

3,285

Malcolm Bruce Jackson

Liberal

2,715

Portage la Prairie

Arthur Meighen (1874-1960)

Conservative

3,144

John Crawford (1856-1928)

Liberal

2,592

Provencher

John Patrick Molloy (1873-1948)

Liberal

2,719

Alphonse Alfred Clement LaRivière (1842-1925)

Conservative

2,259

Selkirk

George Henry Bradbury (1859-1925)

Conservative

2,874

Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)

Liberal

2,776

Souris

Frederick Laurence Schaffner (1855-1935)

Conservative

3,310

Archibald McIntyre Campbell (1851-1935)

Liberal

2,429

Winnipeg

Alexander Haggart (1848-1927)

Conservative

8,747

Douglas Colin Cameron (1854-1921)

Liberal

6,729

John Donald “Jack” Houston (1856-1921)

Socialist

1,977

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Eleventh Canadian Parliament (1908-1911)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 3 March 2020