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The Manitoba general election of 1888 was held on 11 July. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Government (Liberal)
Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)
9,598
32
Opposition (Conservative)
John Norquay (1841-1889)
5,759
5
Independent
-
1,645
1
Totals
17,002
38
The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency
Returning Officer
Candidate
Party
Votes
Beautiful Plains
R. Edwards
John Crawford (1856-1928)
Government
327
John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)
Opposition
303
Birtle
Robert Wilson
Charles Julius Mickle (1848-1919)
Government
Acclaim
Brandon City
Stephen Clement (1831-1901)
James Allan Smart (1858-1942)
Government
340
Charles Cliffe (1842-1931)
Opposition
280
Carillon
P. A. Taschereau
Martin Jerome (1849-1936)
Government
126
Paul Chenard
Independent
99
Cartier
C. H. Pacand
Thomas Fraser Gelley (1860-1939)
Government
271
Joseph Hamelin
Opposition
123
Cypress
Christian Johnson
Ernest Jameson Wood (1862-?)
Opposition
191
Robert Schuyler Thompson (1844-1930)
Government
138
F. Burnett
Government
134
Dennis
Duncan McDonald
Daniel McLean [MacLean] (1854-1908)
Government
411
Adam Gerrond McDougall (1836-1907)
Opposition
307
Dufferin
James Craddock
Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)
Independent
Acclaim
Emerson
George Walton
James Thomson (1854-?)
Government
222
Charles Stanford Douglas (1852-1917)
Opposition
208
Kildonan
Edmund Marter Wood (1858-1936)
John Norquay (1841-1889)
Opposition
305
Duncan MacArthur (1840-1907)
Government
303
Killarney
H. M. Sutherland
Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)
Government
Acclaim
Lakeside
William Fulton (1846-1920)
Kenneth McKenzie [Mackenzie] (1822-1911)
Government
324
A. A. McLennan
Opposition
246
Lansdowne
Robert Chisholm
Edward Dickson (1854-1903)
Government
361
Samuel Hanna
Opposition
273
La Verendrye
August Zanthew(?)
William Lagimodiere (1859-1930)
Government
240
L. G. Gagnon
Government
179
Lorne
A. G. Chiston(?)
Robert George O'Malley (1857-1938)
Opposition
314
John Alexander MacDonell (1854-1912)
Government
273
Manitou
James Stirton
William James Winram (1838-1891)
Government
Acclaim
Minnedosa
James W. Shannon
John Daniel Gillies (1856-1930)
Opposition
248
Robert Hill Myers (1856-1921)
Government
227
S. L. Hend
Government
219
Morden
William Connor
Alexander Lawrence (1846-1899)
Government
Acclaim
Morris
R. F. McTavish
Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)
Government
Acclaim
Mountain
George Riddell
Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)
Government
Acclaim
Norfolk
Robert Logan
Samuel Jacob Thompson (1845-1909)
Government
345
Thomas Walter Gilbert (1850-1890)
Opposition
309
North Brandon
W. Nichol
Clifford Sifton (1861-1929)
Government
335
William Alexander Macdonald (1860-1946)
Opposition
293
Portage la Prairie
Matthew Ferriss (1818-1900)
Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Martin (1852-1923)
Government
Acclaim
Rockwood
John Gunn
Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)
Government
356
J. B. Rutherford
Opposition
258
Rosenfeldt
M. Long
Enoch Winkler (1852-1928)
Government
106
William Hespeler (1830-1921)
Independent
58
Russell
Thomas Young
James Fisher (1840-1927)
Government
346
John Butternut Fraser
Opposition
91
St. Andrews
Thomas Partington
Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)
Government
Acclaim
St. Boniface
C. F. Beaudry
Roger Marion (1846-1920)
Opposition
182
Joseph Ernest Cyr (1854-1929)
Government
168
Shoal Lake
John Underhill
James Harrower (1833-1892)
Government
278
James Claridge
Opposition
217
Souris
A. D. Wheeler
Archibald McIntyre Campbell (1851-1935)
Government
374
James Peterkin Alexander (1835-1912)
Opposition
356
South Brandon
S. Townsend
Herbert Clement Graham (1856-1934)
Government
324
John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer (1848-1914)
Opposition
306
Springfield
William Goodridge
Thomas Henry Smith (1848-1919)
Government
Acclaim
Turtle Mountain
John Morrow
John Hettle (1842-1897)
Government
302
Frederick Laurence Schaffner (1855-1935)
Opposition
233
Westbourne
Thomas Cory (1835-1920)
Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)
Government
192
William McKelvey
Opposition
126
Winnipeg Centre
D. Henderson
Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933)
Government
972
Thomas Gilroy (1848-1905)
Opposition
470
Winnipeg North
?
Lyman Melvin Jones (1843-1917)
Government
848
Justin Joseph Golden (1844-1931)
Opposition
420
Winnipeg South
James McGregor
Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)
Government
693
Gilbert McMicken (1813-1891)
Opposition
450
Woodlands
Robert Wemyss (1824-1903)
James Emile Pierre Prendergast (1858-1945)
Government
331
John Moore Robinson (1855-1934)
Opposition
263
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1888-1892)
“Buried!,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 July 1888, 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
