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The Manitoba general election of 1886 was held on 9 December. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Conservative
John Norquay (1841-1889)
10,844
19
Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)
10,305
14
Independent
-
442
2
Totals
21,591
35
The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency
Returning Officer
Candidate
Party
Votes
Assiniboia
?
Alexander “Sandy” Murray (1839-1913)
Conservative
149
James McKenzie Ross
89
Beautiful Plains
Marmaduke H. Fieldhouse (1845-1911)
John Crawford (1856-1928)
302
John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)
Conservative
272
Brandon East
Martin McDonald
James Allan Smart (1858-1942)
580
George Winters
Conservative
521
Brandon West
W. J. Sargeant
John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer (1848-1914)
Conservative
441
John Wright Sifton (1833-1912)
427
Carillon
P. A. Taschereau
Roger Marion (1846-1920)
Conservative
118
Martin Jerome (1849-1936)
75
Cartier
C. H. Pacand
Thomas Fraser Gelley (1860-1939)
Independent
Acclaim
Cypress
George William Playfair (1839-1919)
Robert Schuyler Thompson (1844-1930)
248
J. A. F. Andrews
Conservative
247
Dennis
William Jones Helliwell (1849-1922)
Daniel McLean [MacLean] (1854-1908)
510
Thomas Routledge (1857-1893)
Conservative
394
Dufferin North
S. Humphrey
David Henry Wilson (1855-1926)
Conservative
360
Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)
355
Dufferin South
George Waddingham
William James Winram (1838-1891)
368
Ferris Bolton (1853-1937)
Conservative
261
Emerson
William Hill Nash (1846-1917)
Charles Stanford Douglas (1852-1917)
Conservative
317
Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)
192
Kildonan and St. Paul
Alexander G. Sutherland
John McBeth [Macbeth] (1854-1897)
Conservative
194
John Sutherland (1837-1922)
159
Lakeside
John Aldham Kyte Drummond (1847-1913)
Kenneth McKenzie [Mackenzie] (1822-1911)
323
Isaiah Mawhinney (1830-1913)
Conservative
312
La Verendrye
Auguste Gauthier
James Emile Pierre Prendergast (1858-1945)
Conservative
208
L. G. Gagnon
191
Lorne
A. C. Clouston
John Alexander MacDonell (1854-1912)
281
H. Pentland
Conservative
277
Minnedosa East
W. E. Roche
John Daniel Gillies (1856-1930)
Conservative
278
John Crerar (1848-1933)
261
Minnedosa West
Charles Geekie
David Howard Harrison (1843-1905)
Conservative
244
James W. Shanks
179
Morris
W. W. Musworth(?)
Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)
249
Henry James Tennant (1839-1913)
Conservative
170
William Osborne Smith (1831-1887)
Independent
144
Mountain
H. J. Taylor
Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)
385
Robert Rogers (1864-1936)
Conservative
370
Norfolk
W. R. Black
Samuel Jacob Thompson (1845-1909)
316
Thomas Walter Gilbert (1850-1890)
Conservative
290
Portage la Prairie
H. R. Jolly
Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Martin (1852-1923)
358
William Patterson Smith (1850-1937)
Conservative
343
Rockwood
J. B. Rutherford
Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)
243
Nathaniel Francis Hagel (1846-1915)
Conservative
227
Russell
Edward Field
Edward Phillip “E. P.” Leacock (1853-1927)
Conservative
228
James Fisher (1840-1927)
220
St. Andrews
John Macdougall
John Norquay (1841-1889)
Conservative
342
Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)
273
St. Boniface
F. Pelletier
Alphonse Alfred Clement LaRivière (1842-1925)
Conservative
Acclaim
St. Clements
W. Young
David Glass (1829-1906)
Independent
151
Robert Hay (1838-1913)
Conservative
147
W. J. Robinson
60
St. Francois Xavier
J. G. Fairbanks
Joseph Burke (1853-?)
Conservative
Acclaim
Shoal Lake
William Howard
Charles Edward Hamilton (1844-1919)
Conservative
500
Robert Nelson (1830-1912)
400
Souris
John L. Campbell
James Peterkin Alexander (1835-1912)
Conservative
235
A. M. Livingstone
215
Springfield
William Goodridge
Thomas Henry Smith (1848-1919)
Conservative
204
J. B. McArthur
195
Turtle Mountain
W. Miller
Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)
503
George Morton (1821-1891)
Conservative
378
Westbourne
John Mason
Corydon Partlow Brown (1848-1891)
Conservative
244
Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)
183
Winnipeg North
J. B. More
Edward Lancaster Drewry (1851-1940)
Conservative
1,377
Elias George Conklin (1845-1901)
1,154
Winnipeg South
K. N. L. McDonald
William Fisher Luxton (1844-1907)
1,012
William Bain Scarth (1837-1902)
Conservative
973
Woodlands
Copland Cowlard
John Moore Robinson (1855-1934)
Conservative
167
William Wagner (1820-1901)
Independent
128
Mark Fortune (1847-1912)
74
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1886-1888)
“The elections,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 December 1886, page 1.
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
