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	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Williams (1860-1931)	Liberal	766
	Amos Moore Lyle (1865-1943)	Conservative	700
Assiniboia	John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)	Conservative	1,239
	John W. Wilton (1879-1942)	Liberal	965
	William J. Bartlett	Labour	501
Beautiful Plains	James Henry Howden (1860-1938)	Conservative	1,100
	William Robertson Wood (1874-1947)	Liberal	1,060
Birtle	George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)	Liberal	892
	William Murdoch Taylor (1858-?)	Conservative	583
Brandon	George Robson Coldwell (1858-1924)	Conservative	1,897
	Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)	Liberal	1,734
Carillon	Thomas Boniface Molloy (1878-1948)	Liberal	659
	Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	Conservative	652
Churchill and Nelson (held 1 August 1914)	George Raymond Ray (c1867-?)	Conservative	Acclaim
Cypress	George Steel (1858-1940)	Conservative	852
	James Christie	Liberal	836
Dauphin	William Buchanan (1865-1944)	Conservative	1,026
	John Seale	Liberal	710
Deloraine	Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)	Liberal	1,127
	John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)	Conservative	923
Dufferin	Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	Conservative	1,204
	Edward Arthur “Eddie” August (1860-1935)	Liberal	1,065
Elmwood	Harry Don Mewhirter (1874-1957)	Conservative	1,901
	Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)	Liberal	1,537
	Robert Sinclair Ward	Labour	508
Emerson	David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)	Conservative	1,032
	George Walton (1854-1925)	Liberal	986
Gilbert Plains	Samuel Hughes (1873-1940)	Conservative	1,471
	George Darling Shortreed (1870-1940)	Liberal	996
Gimli	Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1949)	Conservative	1,045
	Einar Sigurjon Jonasson (1887-1935)	Liberal	461
	Taras Dmytro Ferley (1882-1947)	Labour	264
Gladstone	James William Armstrong (1860-1928)	Liberal	1,239
	Asberry Singleton	Conservative	943
Glenwood	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal	1,078
	Ainslie Lunham Young (1868-1938)	Conservative	906
Grand Rapids (held 17 August 1914)	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	Aime Benard (1873-1938)	Conservative	Acclaim
Kildonan and St. Andrews	Walter Humphries Montague (1857-1915)	Conservative	1,086
	George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)	Liberal	1,083
Killarney	George Lawrence (1857-1924)	Conservative	758
	Samuel Melville Hayden (1858-1934)	Liberal	691
Lakeside	John James Garland (1873-1925)	Conservative	839
	Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)	Liberal	825
Lansdowne	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	Liberal	1,371
	William John Cundy	Conservative	927
La Verendrye	Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)	Conservative	778
	Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)	Liberal	550
Manitou	James Morrow (1856-1949)	Conservative	1,099
	Isaac Herbert Davidson (1876-1944)	Liberal	1,029
Minnedosa	George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)	Liberal	1,174
	William Bramwell Waddell (1857-1942)	Conservative	965
Morden and Rhineland	Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)	Liberal	1,073
	William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)	Conservative	941
Morris	Jacques Parent (1862-1918)	Conservative	920
	William Molloy (1877-1917)	Liberal	658
Mountain	James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)	Liberal	1,200
	John Thomas Dale	Conservative	516
	Arthur Dunbar Craig	?	306
Norfolk	John Graham (1864-1951)	Liberal	911
	Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)	Conservative	843
Portage la Prairie	Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)	Liberal	1,027
	Hugh Armstrong (1858-1926)	Conservative	1,020
Roblin	Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)	Conservative	802
	Thomas McLennan	Liberal	571
Rockwood	Isaac Riley (1853-1926)	Conservative	1,103
	Arthur John Cobb	Liberal	1,044
Russell	Donald Cromwell McDonald (1879-1917)	Liberal	892
	Edward Graham	Conservative	862
St. Boniface	Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)	Conservative	1,603
	Louis Alfred Delorme (1879-?)	Liberal	1,259
St. Clements	Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)	Liberal	1,025
	Thomas Hay (1872-1939)	Conservative	887
St. George	Edmund Landor Taylor (1860-1934)	Conservative	1,177
	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal	1,112
Ste. Rose	Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)	Conservative	596
	John Archibald “Jack” Campbell (1872-1963)	Liberal	536
Swan River	William Henry Sims (1872-1955)	Liberal	594
	William J. Stewart	Conservative	561
The Pas (held 27 July 1914)	Robert Dick Orok (1878-1958)	Conservative	Acclaim
Turtle Mountain	James Johnson (1855-1929)	Conservative	707
	George William McDonald (1875-1950)	Liberal	645
Virden	George Clingan (1868-1944)	Liberal	1,135
	Harvey Cathcart Simpson (1862-1928)	Conservative	1,050
Winnipeg North A	Joseph Patrick Foley (1878-1928)	Conservative	3,135
	James Willoughby	Liberal	2,816
	Arthur Beech (1876-1948)	Labour	1,921
Winnipeg North B	Daniel McLean (1868-1950)	Conservative	3,268
	Robert Newton Lowery (1882-1962)	Liberal	2,645
	Herman Saltzman (?-?)	Labour	2,068
Winnipeg Centre A	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	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	Albert Blellock Hudson (1875-1947)	Liberal	5,861
	Lendrum McMeans (1859-1941)	Conservative	4,863
Winnipeg South B	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: 13 September 2023