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The Manitoba provincial election of 1883 was held on 23 January. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Conservative
John Norquay (1841-1889)
5,393
19
?
4,464
10
Independent
-
?
1
Totals
9,857
30
The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency
Returning Officer
Candidate
Party
Votes
Assiniboia
W. F. Lane
Alexander “Sandy” Murray (1839-1913)
Conservative
95
James Cunningham (1823-1915)
37
Birtle
Charles Arkoll Boulton (1841-1899)
Edward Phillip “E. P.” Leacock (1853-1927)
Conservative
251
Robert Nelson (1830-1912)
242
Brandon
Martin McDonald
Joseph Edward Woodworth (1837-1889)
Conservative
859
John Wright Sifton (1833-1912)
681
Baie St. Paul
Felix Chenier (1843-1910)
Edward Lewis Fairbanks (1850-1924)
Conservative
Acclaim
Burnside
Elias Brown
Isaiah Mawhinney (1830-1913)
Conservative
185
John Smith (1817-1889)
124
Cartier
George Roy
Joseph Lecomte (1850-1938)
Conservative
153
John Hargrave
Conservative
67
J. W. Parker
15
Dauphin
Marmaduke H. Fieldhouse (1845-1911)
John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)
Conservative
Acclaim
Dufferin North
Herbert Inman
David Henry Wilson (1855-1926)
Conservative
304
Henry Landerkin (c1841-1917)
201
Dufferin South
Chris F. Collins
William James Winram (1838-1891)
155
John Stewart
Conservative
112
Emerson
William Hill Nash (1846-1917)
Frederick Ernest Burnham (1847-?)
178
Robert S. Chalmers
Conservative
168
High Bluff
A. T. Abbey
William Crawford (1847-1897)
Conservative
68
H. J. Fox Rose
66
Kildonan
Augustus Mills
Alexander MacBeth Sutherland (1849-1884)
Conservative
100
John Sutherland (1837-1922)
75
La Verendrye
Théophile Paré (1850-1926)
Maxime Goulet (1855-1932)
Independent
181
Louis Arthur Prud’Homme (1853-1941)
Conservative
173
Minnedosa
E. A. Brisbois
David Howard Harrison (1843-1905)
Conservative
495
David Glass (1829-1906)
428
Morris
George Henry Ham (1847-1926)
Henry James Tennant (1839-1913)
Conservative
204
Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)
138
G. C. Wilde
Conservative
134
Mountain
John M. Fraser
Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)
330
John Norquay (1841-1889)
Conservative
244
Norfolk
William Cooper
Charles Hay (1843-1924)
110
W. R. Ross
Conservative
65
Portage la Prairie
John James Setter
Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Martin (1852-1923)
315
William Ross Black (1855-1919)
Conservative
304
Edward Henry George Gunson Hay (1840-1918)
2
Rockwood
?
Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)
250
James Andrew Miller (1839-1886)
Conservative
74
Ste. Agathe
Paul Chenard
Alexander Kittson (1853-1883)
Conservative
Acclaim
St. Andrews
John Macdougall
John Norquay (1841-1889)
Conservative
Acclaim
St. Boniface
J. E. Dubord
Alphonse Alfred Clement LaRivière (1842-1925)
Conservative
97
Edward Richard
44
St. Clements
Joseph Williams
John Beresford Allan (1841-1927)
Conservative
94
John Gunn (1826-?)
78
St. Francois Xavier
Andrew Bourke (1832-1899)
Edward Francis Gigot (1847-1928)
Conservative
72
Daniel Carey (1829-1890)
36
Springfield
William Goodridge
John Hedley Bell (1840-1897)
169
Charles Bruce Edie (1842-1888)
Conservative
162
Turtle Mountain
John L. Nelson
Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)
232
James Peterkin Alexander (1835-1912)
Conservative
145
Westbourne
John Mason
Corydon Partlow Brown (1848-1891)
Conservative
Acclaim
Winnipeg North
William John Ptolemy (1850-1920)
Elias George Conklin (1845-1901)
299
Albert Monkman (1850-1918)
Conservative
218
Winnipeg South
James Henderson
Albert Clements Killam (1849-1908)
259
Charles Richard Tuttle (1848-?)
Conservative
196
Woodlands
Copland Cowlard
William Wagner (1820-1901)
Conservative
136
Francis Wesley Lipsett (1850-1889)
Conservative
37
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1883-1886)
“The campaign,” Manitoba Free Press, 22 January 1883, page 2.
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
