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The Manitoba provincial election of 1878 was held on 18 December. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Government
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Opposition
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Independent
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Totals
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The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency
Returning Officer
Candidate
Party
Votes
Baie St. Paul
?
Andrew Bourke (1832-?)
?
84
J. F. Garrison
?
72
Burnside
?
Kenneth McKenzie [Mackenzie] (1822-1911)
?
162
William Smith
?
106
Headingley
?
John Taylor (1834-1925)
?
71
William Auld Tait (1826-1900)
?
54
High Bluff
?
John Aldham Kyte Drummond (1847-1913)
?
110
W. J. Ferguson
?
86
Kildonan
?
Alexander MacBeth Sutherland (1849-1884)
?
78
John Sutherland (1837-1922)
?
42
Pembina
?
John Albert Stevenson (1848-1879)
?
111
Julius Frazelle Galbraith (1854-1934)
?
53
J. Morris
?
27
Portage la Prairie
?
James Cowan (1831-1910)
?
Acclaim
Rockwood
?
Thomas Lusted (1841-1904)
?
183
Henry Joseph Hynes Clarke (1833-1889)
?
104
Ste. Agathe
?
Joseph Noel Taillefer (1828-1897)
?
Acclaim
St. Andrews North
?
John Gunn (1825-1898)
?
69
Edward Henry George Gunson Hay (1840-1918)
?
58
St. Andrews South
?
John Norquay (1841-1889)
?
62
John Allan
?
54
Ste. Anne
?
Charles Nolin (1823-1907)
?
92
J. B. Lapointe
?
76
St. Boniface
?
Alphonse Alfred Clement LaRivière (1842-1925)
?
Acclaim
St. Charles
?
Alexander “Sandy” Murray (1839-1913)
?
Acclaim
St. Clements
?
John Wright Sifton (1833-1912)
?
87
Robert Martin Bullock (1846-1930)
?
43
Captain Vaughan
?
24
St. Francois Xavier East
?
Louis Schmidt (1844-1935)
?
36
Maxime Lépine (c1837-1897)
?
32
St. Francois Xavier West
?
Joseph Royal (1837-1902)
?
Acclaim
St. James
?
David Marr Walker (1835-1920)
?
71
W. J. Corrigan
?
22
St. Norbert
?
Pierre Delorme (1832-1912)
?
Acclaim
St. Pauls
?
Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)
?
91
John Harrison O’Donnell (1838-1912)
?
39
W. B. Thibaudeau
?
9
St. Vital
?
Maxime Goulet (1855-1932)
?
83
Alexander Kittson (1853-1883)
?
55
J. Hamelin
?
2
Springfield
?
Arthur Wellington Ross (1846-1901)
?
117
A. D. Irish
?
110
A. Bray
?
31
Westbourne
?
Corydon Partlow Brown (1848-1891)
?
Acclaim
Winnipeg
?
Thomas Scott (1841-1915)
?
273
W. A. Loucks
?
19
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1878-1879)
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
