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 (1845-1923)	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 Lobb (1871-1928)	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: 22 July 2024