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The Manitoba general election of 1896 was held on 15 January. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Government (Liberal)
Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)
12,734
31
Opposition (Conservative)
?
10,297
5
?
2,098
2
Independent
-
506
2
Totals
25,635
40
The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency
Returning Officer
Candidate
Party
Votes
Avondale
James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)
Thomas Dickie (1860-1935)
Government
377
James Harvey Hartney (1848-1924)
Opposition
283
Thomas Alfred Martin Hughes (1868-1943)
Independent
169
Beautiful Plains
John Crawford (1856-1928)
William Flowers Sirett (1848-1923)
534
John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)
Opposition
496
Birtle
(held 19 December)C. Webster
Charles Julius Mickle (1848-1919)
Government
Acclaim
Brandon City
James Duncan McGregor (1860-1935)
Charles Adams (1858-1931)
Government
501
Andrew Kelly (1852-1930)
Opposition
402
Carillon
John Rougeau
Roger Marion (1846-1920)
Opposition
240
Martin Jerome (1849-1936)
Government
213
Cypress
T. C. Forbes
Alfred Doig (1856-1939)
Government
498
A. F. Andrews
Opposition
412
James Davidson
263
Dauphin
A. Malcolm
Theodore Arthur Burrows (1857-1929)
Government
589
Glenlyon Archibald Campbell (1863-1917)
Opposition
577
Deloraine
J. A. Mather
Charles Alexander Young (1855-1928)
Government
482
William Delve Drew (c1844-1916)
Opposition
273
Dennis
J. D. McNiven
Watson Montgomery Crosby (1857-1897)
393
William James Kennedy (1857-1912)
Government
354
James Findlay Frame (1841-1923)
Opposition
278
Emerson
D. H. McLean
David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)
Opposition
232
G. Ross
203
George Christie (1853-1921)
Government
198
Kildonan
J. Gunn
Hector Sutherland (1852-1927)
Opposition
406
John James Bird (1844-1933)
Government
377
Killarney
W. J. Schnarr
Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)
Government
583
N. Clark
Opposition
332
Lakeside
W. F. Smith
John Gunion Rutherford (1857-1923)
Government
Acclaim
Lansdowne
A. Stark
Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)
Government
591
J. R. Todd
Opposition
352
La Verendrye
W. Wallace
Théophile Paré (1850-1926)
Opposition
292
William Lagimodiere (1859-1930)
Government
251
Lorne
G. B. Gordon
James Riddell (1850-1926)
Government
466
Robert George O'Malley (1857-1938)
Opposition
452
Manitou
W. Hood
John Donald McIntosh (1850-1902)
Government
339
S. Cruthers
Opposition
261
Ben Swanson
217
Minnedosa
E. J. Darroch
Robert Hill Myers (1856-1921)
Government
Acclaim
Morden
John Sweet (1861-1942)
Thomas Duncan (1849-1910)
Government
360
John Taylor Borthwick (1849-1926)
Opposition
324
Morris
E. McTavish
Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)
Government
555
Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)
Opposition
431
Mountain
C. Johnson
Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)
Government
Acclaim
Norfolk
W. McMillan
George Rogers (1856-1901)
Government
671
Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)
Opposition
501
North Brandon
H. Nicholls
Clifford Sifton (1861-1929)
Government
434
W. J. Sargent
Opposition
190
Portage la Prairie
E. W. Snider
Robert Watson (1853-1929)
Government
425
William James Cooper (1860-1913)
Opposition
414
Rhineland
P. Uhrich
Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)
Government
229
Noah Bowman
Opposition
82
Rockwood
Dougald McEwen
Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)
Government
499
J. M. Toombs
Opposition
449
Rosenfeldt
W. Kempel
Enoch Winkler (1852-1928)
Government
170
C. Pieper
Opposition
106
Russell
P. Hyde
James Fisher (1840-1927)
Independent
337
Thomas Almack
Government
315
St. Andrews
Thomas Partington
Sigtryggur Jónasson (1852-1942)
Government
447
Baldwin Larus Baldwinson (1856-1936)
Opposition
368
St. Boniface
J. N. Senez
James Emile Pierre Prendergast (1858-1945)
Independent
357
Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)
Opposition
278
Saskatchewan
R. E. McGregor
David McNaught (1837-1922)
Government
369
William Ferguson (1862-1936)
Opposition
315
James W. Shanks
107
Souris
H. Cook
Archibald McIntyre Campbell (1851-1935)
Government
Acclaim
South Brandon
Frank Oliver Fowler (1861-1945)
Herbert Clement Graham (1856-1934)
Government
482
James Hector
Opposition
138
Springfield
W. Goodridge
Thomas Henry Smith (1848-1919)
Government
Acclaim
Turtle Mountain
C. Maguire
John Hettle (1842-1897)
Government
475
William Miller
Opposition
452
Westbourne
Thomas Cory (1835-1920)
Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)
Government
Acclaim
Winnipeg Centre
D. Henderson
Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933)
Government
Acclaim
Winnipeg North
J. B. More
Peter Campbell McIntyre (1854-1920)
Government
906
Thomas William Taylor (1852-1924)
Opposition
668
Winnipeg South
John Williams
John Donald Cameron (1858-1923)
Government
Acclaim
Woodlands
C. Coulard(?)
Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)
Opposition
560
George Main
Government
221
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1896-1897)
Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Ninth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1896-1899)
“List of candidates in the field,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 January 1896, page 5.
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: 1 October 2023
