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The Manitoba provincial election of 1870 was held on 27 December. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Government
?
?
?
Opposition
?
?
?
Totals
24
The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency
Returning Officer
Candidate
Party
Votes
Baie St. Paul
?
Joseph Dubuc (1840-1914)
Government
Acclaim
Headingley
?
James Cunningham (1823-1915)
Opposition
32
John Taylor (1834-1925)
Government
31
High Bluff
?
John Norquay (1841-1889)
Government (Conservative)
Acclaim
Kildonan
?
John Sutherland (1837-1922)
Opposition
38
David Matheson
Government
31
Lake Manitoba
?
Angus McKay (1836-1910)
Government (Conservative)
Acclaim
Portage la Prairie
?
Frederick Adolphus Bird (1823-1884)
?
37
John James Weller
?
36
William Garrioch
?
3
Poplar Point
?
David Spence (?-?)
?
26
M. Cook
?
18
George Gunn (1833-1901)
?
14
Ste. Agathe
?
Georges Klyne (1828-1906)
?
19
Alex M?
?
14
St. Andrews North
?
Edward Henry George Gunson Hay (1840-1918)
?
38
Thomas Sinclair
?
28
John Gunn (1825-1898)
?
20
St. Andrews South
?
Alfred Boyd (c1836-1908)
?
58
Donald Gunn (1797-1878)
?
28
Ste. Anne
?
John Henry McTavish (1837-1888)
Conservative
Acclaim
St. Boniface East
?
Louis Schmidt (1844-1935)
?
Acclaim
St. Boniface West
?
Marc Amable Girard (1822-1892)
Conservative
Acclaim
St. Charles
?
Henry Joseph Hynes Clarke (1833-1889)
?
Acclaim
St. Clements
?
Thomas Bunn (1830-1875)
?
39
Charles Begg
?
32
St. Francois Xavier East
?
Pascal Bréland (1811-1896)
?
31
John Bruce
?
18
St. Francois Xavier West
?
Joseph Royal (1837-1902)
?
Acclaim
St. James
?
Edwin Bourke (1836-1915)
?
35
Frederick Edward Molyneux St. John (1838-1904)
?
21
St. Norbert North
?
Joseph Octave Lemay (1829-1892)
?
35
Joseph Genton?
?
9
St. Norbert South
?
Pierre Delorme (1832-1912)
?
50
Joseph Hamelin
?
22
St. Paul
?
Curtis James Bird (1838-1876)
?
38
Hugh Pritchard (1830-1912)
?
37
St. Peters
?
Thomas Howard (1845-1903)
?
75
Joseph Monkman
?
11
St. Vital
?
Andre Beauchemin (1824-1902)
?
Acclaim
Winnipeg & St. John
?
Donald Alexander Smith (1820-1914)
?
70
John Christian Schultz (1840-1896)
?
63
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: First Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1871-1874)
Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1874)
Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 October 2023
