Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1914)

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The Manitoba general election of 1914 was held on 10 July. The results were as follows:

Party

Leader

Votes

Seats

Conservative

Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)

68,352

28

Liberal

Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)

62,798

21

Labour

?

7,143

0

Independent

-

8,511

0

Totals

146,804

49

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency

Returning Officer

Candidate

Party

Votes

Arthur

Hugh James Archibald

John Williams (1860-1931)

Liberal

766

Amos Moore Lyle (1865-1943)

Conservative

700

Assiniboia

S. B. Richardson

John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)

Conservative

1,239

John W. Wilton (1879-1942)

Liberal

965

William J. Bartlett

Labour

501

Beautiful Plains

J. S. Roe

James Henry Howden (1860-1938)

Conservative

1,100

William Robertson Wood (1874-1947)

Liberal

1,060

Birtle

Frederick W. Wicks

George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)

Liberal

892

William Murdoch Taylor (1858-?)

Conservative

583

Brandon

Peter Middleton (1839-1920)

George Robson Coldwell (1858-1924)

Conservative

1,897

Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)

Liberal

1,734

Carillon

Olivier A. Joubert

Thomas Boniface Molloy (1878-1948)

Liberal

659

Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)

Conservative

652

Churchill and Nelson (held 1 August 1914)

Donald McIntyre

George Raymond Ray (c1867-?)

Conservative

Acclaim

Cypress

C. E. Ford

George Steel (1858-1940)

Conservative

852

James Christie

Liberal

836

Dauphin

R. O. Sparling

William Buchanan (1865-1944)

Conservative

1,026

John Seale

Liberal

710

Deloraine

Harry Hart Buxton

Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)

Liberal

1,127

John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)

Conservative

923

Dufferin

S. P. Hinch

Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)

Conservative

1,204

Edward Arthur “Eddie” August (1860-1935)

Liberal

1,065

Elmwood

William Brett

Harry Don Mewhirter (1874-1957)

Conservative

1,901

Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)

Liberal

1,537

Robert Sinclair Ward

Labour

508

Emerson

John R. Witty

David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)

Conservative

1,032

George Walton (1854-1925)

Liberal

986

Gilbert Plains

Robert Greenaway

Samuel Hughes (1873-1940)

Conservative

1,471

George Darling Shortreed (1870-1940)

Liberal

996

Gimli

Jon Sigvaldason

Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1949)

Conservative

1,045

Einar Sigurjon Jonasson (1887-1935)

Liberal

461

Taras Dmytro Ferley (1882-1947)

Labour

264

Gladstone

P. St. Clair McGregor

James William Armstrong (1860-1928)

Liberal

1,239

Asberry Singleton

Conservative

943

Glenwood

J. Wesley Clark

James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)

Liberal

1,078

Ainslie Lunham Young (1868-1938)

Conservative

906

Grand Rapids (held 17 August 1914)

A. W. Notman

Hugh Armstrong (1858-1926)

Conservative

271

Arthur LaRose (1866-1949)

Liberal

12

Hamiota

?

John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)

Liberal

1,134

William Ferguson (1862-1936)

Conservative

736

Iberville

Frank Ness (1860-1934)

Aime Benard (1873-1938)

Conservative

Acclaim

Kildonan and St. Andrews

Thomas Cassidy

Walter Humphries Montague (1857-1915)

Conservative

1,086

George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)

Liberal

1,083

Killarney

William George Smith

George Lawrence (1857-1924)

Conservative

758

Samuel Melville Hayden (1858-1934)

Liberal

691

Lakeside

Edwin Herbert Muir (1868-1954)

John James Garland (1873-1925)

Conservative

839

Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)

Liberal

825

Lansdowne

E. E. Orr

Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)

Liberal

1,371

William John Cundy

Conservative

927

La Verendrye

Paul Royal

Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)

Conservative

778

Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)

Liberal

550

Manitou

Thomas L. Fargey

James Morrow (1856-1949)

Conservative

1,099

Isaac Herbert Davidson (1876-1944)

Liberal

1,029

Minnedosa

A. E. Hole

George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)

Liberal

1,174

William Bramwell Waddell (1857-1942)

Conservative

965

Morden and Rhineland

John Taylor Borthwick (1849-1926)

Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)

Liberal

1,073

William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)

Conservative

941

Morris

John Fletcher Goldsborough (1863-1943)

Jacques Parent (1862-1918)

Conservative

920

William Molloy (1877-1917)

Liberal

658

Mountain

James Coulter

James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)

Liberal

1,200

John Thomas Dale

Conservative

516

Arthur Dunbar Craig

?

306

Norfolk

Timothy Dwight Stickle

John Graham (1864-1951)

Liberal

911

Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)

Conservative

843

Portage la Prairie

Enos Arthur Souch (1863-1934)

Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)

Liberal

1,027

Hugh Armstrong (1858-1926)

Conservative

1,020

Roblin

William Law

Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)

Conservative

802

Thomas McLennan

Liberal

571

Rockwood

John Polson

Isaac Riley (1853-1926)

Conservative

1,103

Arthur John Cobb

Liberal

1,044

Russell

Alex McDonagh

Donald Cromwell McDonald (1879-1917)

Liberal

892

Edward Graham

Conservative

862

St. Boniface

Simeon Joseph Dussault (1878-1946)

Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)

Conservative

1,603

Louis Alfred Delorme (1879-?)

Liberal

1,259

St. Clements

Thomas George William Bunn (1874-1944)

Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)

Liberal

1,025

Thomas Hay (1872-1939)

Conservative

887

St. George

James B. Line

Edmund Landor Taylor (1860-1934)

Conservative

1,177

Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)

Liberal

1,112

Ste. Rose

Joseph Lussier

Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)

Conservative

596

John Archibald “Jack” Campbell (1872-1963)

Liberal

536

Swan River

Robert F. McVeety

William Henry Sims (1872-1955)

Liberal

594

William J. Stewart

Conservative

561

The Pas (held 27 July 1914)

David Clapp

Robert Dick Orok (1878-1958)

Conservative

Acclaim

Turtle Mountain

Robert J. Mount

James Johnson (1855-1929)

Conservative

707

George William McDonald (1875-1950)

Liberal

645

Virden

John Harvey Miller (1851-1922)

George Clingan (1868-1944)

Liberal

1,135

Harvey Cathcart Simpson (1862-1928)

Conservative

1,050

Winnipeg North A

James Munroe (1851-1927)

Joseph Patrick Foley (1878-1928)

Conservative

3,135

James Willoughby

Liberal

2,816

Arthur Beech (1876-1948)

Labour

1,921

Winnipeg North B

James Munroe (1851-1927)

Daniel McLean (1868-1950)

Conservative

3,268

Robert Newton Lowery (1882-1962)

Liberal

2,645

Herman Saltzman (?-?)

Labour

2,068

Winnipeg Centre A

R. S. Shackleford

Thomas Herman Johnson [Tómas Hermann Jónsson] (1870-1927)

Liberal

7,998

Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)

Conservative

6,948

William H. “Bill” Hoop (1876-1928)

Labour

953

Winnipeg Centre B

R. S. Shackleford

Frederick John “Fred” Dixon (1881-1931)

Liberal

8,205

Frederick Joseph Gustin McArthur (1874-1934)

Conservative

6,692

George Armstrong (1870-1956)

Labour

928

Winnipeg South A

C. D. H. MacAlpine

Albert Blellock Hudson (1875-1947)

Liberal

5,861

Lendrum McMeans (1859-1941)

Conservative

4,863

Winnipeg South B

C. D. H. MacAlpine

William Linton Parrish (1860-1949)

Liberal

5,812

Henry Walter Whitla (1874-1956)

Conservative

4,902

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1914-1915)

Sources:

Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 October 2023