Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1910)

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The Manitoba general election of 1910 was held on 11 July. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Conservative	Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	38,117	28
Liberal	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	33,157	13
Independent	-	2,548	0
Socialist	?	1,237	0
Totals		75,059	41

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Amos Moore Lyle (1865-1943)	Conservative	777
	John Williams (1860-1931)	Liberal	602
Assiniboia	Aime Benard (1873-1938)	Conservative	924
	Robert Andrew Bonnar (1860-1932)	Independent	322
	John Colvin (c1876-1947)	Liberal	66
Avondale	James Henthorne Argue (1848-1927)	Conservative	708
	J. Medill	Liberal	626
Beautiful Plains	James Henry Howden (1860-1938)	Conservative	Acclaim
Birtle	George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)	Liberal	758
	E. Graham	Conservative	648
Brandon City	George Robson Coldwell (1858-1924)	Conservative	1,402
	S. H. McKay	Liberal	1,150
Carillon	Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	Conservative	619
	Horace Chevrier (1875-1935)	Liberal	544
Cypress	George Steel (1858-1940)	Conservative	875
	F. H. Mitchell	Liberal	699
Dauphin	James Graham Harvey (1869-1950)	Conservative	1,107
	John Archibald “Jack” Campbell (1872-1963)	Liberal	1,054
Deloraine	John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)	Conservative	743
	Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)	Liberal	737
Dufferin	Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	Conservative	1,267
	William Frederick Osborne (1873-1950)	Liberal	811
Emerson	David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)	Conservative	766
	George Walton (1854-1925)	Liberal	760
Gilbert Plains	Samuel Hughes (1873-1940)	Conservative	970
	William Shaw	Liberal	865
Gimli	Baldwin Larus Baldwinson (1856-1936)	Conservative	900
	W. H. Paulson	Liberal	450
	J. Solmundson	Independent	287
Gladstone	James William Armstrong (1860-1928)	Liberal	957
	W. McKelvey	Conservative	777
Hamiota	William Ferguson (1862-1936)	Conservative	848
	E. Henry	Liberal	751
Kildonan and St. Andrews	Orton Irwin Grain (1863-1930)	Conservative	1,131
	Albert Ryerson Bredin (1868-1956)	Liberal	1,043
Killarney	George Lawrence (1857-1924)	Conservative	726
	G. Robinson	Liberal	519
Lakeside	Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)	Liberal	570
	Edwin David Lynch (1860-1941)	Conservative	502
Lansdowne	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	Liberal	1,196
	W. Fenwick	Conservative	944
La Verendrye	William Molloy (1877-1917)	Liberal	438
	Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)	Conservative	431
Manitou	Robert Rogers (1864-1936)	Conservative	1,065
	John Edwin Gayton (1849-1923)	Liberal	610
Minnedosa	John W. Thompson (1858-1914)	Liberal	971
	William Bramwell Waddell (1857-1942)	Conservative	937
Morden	Benjamin James McConnell (1861-1923)	Liberal	630
	James Aaron Hobbs (1863-1932)	Conservative	586
Morris	Colin Howell Campbell (1859-1914)	Conservative	746
	Robert Lachlan Ross (1869-1943)	Liberal	573
Mountain	James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)	Liberal	1,086
	Edmund Landor Taylor (1860-1934)	Conservative	814
Norfolk	Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)	Conservative	882
	Frank Avery	Liberal	647
Portage la Prairie	Hugh Armstrong (1858-1926)	Conservative	912
	Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)	Liberal	711
Rhineland	Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)	Liberal	520
	Hugh McGavin (1874-1958)	Conservative	387
Rockwood	Isaac Riley (1853-1926)	Conservative	792
	Ira Stratton (1865-1943)	Liberal	738
Russell	Angus Lorne Bonnycastle (1873-1941)	Conservative	900
	William Valens	Liberal	892
St. Boniface	Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)	Conservative	1,022
	Albert Dubuc	Liberal	760
South Brandon	Alfred Henry Carroll (1846-1924)	Conservative	535
	Edward Hartley Dewart (1861-1926)	Liberal	525
Springfield	Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)	Liberal	807
	Charles Percy Fullerton (1870-1938)	Conservative	661
Swan River	Daniel Duncan McDonald (1865-1945)	Liberal	465
	James Wells Robson (1867-1941)	Conservative	436
Turtle Mountain	James Johnson (1855-1929)	Conservative	742
	William Hanley	Liberal	580
Virden	Harvey Cathcart Simpson (1862-1928)	Conservative	985
	Duncan McDonald (1856-1920)	Liberal	800
Winnipeg Centre	Thomas William Taylor (1852-1924)	Conservative	2,017
	Frederick John “Fred” Dixon (1881-1931)	Labour	1,934
	William S. Cummings	Socialist	99
Winnipeg North	Solomon Hart Green (1885-1969)	Liberal	2,175
	John Fletcher Mitchell (1862-1943)	Conservative	1,555
	Edmund Fulcher (c1885-1972)	Socialist	892
Winnipeg South	Lendrum McMeans (1859-1941)	Conservative	2,548
	Edward Brown (1865-1947)	Liberal	2,497
Winnipeg West	Thomas Herman Johnson [Tómas Hermann Jónsson] (1870-1927)	Liberal	2,578
	Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)	Conservative	2,538
	George Armstrong (1870-1956)	Socialist	246

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1911-1913)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Thirteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1911-1914)

Sources:

“Opposition candidates in coming elections,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 June 1910, page 23.

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: 29 March 2022