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The Manitoba general election of 1920 was held on 29 June. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)
50,422
20
Labour
?
25,397
11
Conservative
Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)
26,517
10
Farmer
?
20,299
9
Independent
-
17,008
5
Totals
139,643
55
This was the first provincial election in Manitoba where proportional voting was used to select ten members for the Winnipeg constituency, wherein all those candidates receiving more votes than the quota (4,312 votes) would be elected and their unneeded votes would be apportioned to other candidates based on preferences declared by voters at the polling stations.
The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency
Returning Officer
Candidate
Party
Votes
Arthur
John Alexander Russell
John Williams (1860-1931)
891
Duncan Lloyd McLeod (1874-1935)
Conservative
881
Assiniboia
Harold Mitchell Cawker (1888-1957)
William Dowell Bayley (1879-1955)
Labour
2,054
John W. Wilton (1879-1942)
Independent
1,941
Beautiful Plains
George A. Baker
George Little (1858-1940)
Farmer
Acclaim
Birtle
Mervyn Clemens Markle
George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)
995
Samuel Larcombe (1852-1937)
Farmer
861
Brandon
W. J. McComb
Albert Edward Smith (1870-1947)
Labour
2,007
Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)
1,403
James Kirkcaldy (1866-1957)
Conservative
1,245
Carillon
George Champagne
Maurice Duprey (1873-1945)
Farmer
973
Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)
Conservative
925
Cypress
Samuel Bertrand McLachlan
William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)
Conservative
1,487
Andrew Watson Myles (1884-1970)
1,319
Dauphin
Enoch B. Armstrong
George Hastings Palmer (1881-1947)
Labour
1,466
William James Harrington (1871-1941)
1,044
Deloraine
John A. Morrison
Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)
1,503
John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)
Conservative
1,188
Dufferin
Roland H. B. North
Edward Arthur “Eddie” August (1860-1935)
1,478
Alexander Morrison (1851-1930)
Conservative
1,401
Emerson
James Dowswell
Dymtro Yakimischak (1888-1958)
Farmer
989
Roy Whitman
Conservative
925
John David Baskerville (1857-1926)
756
Ethelbert
Bertrand Skaife
Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)
Independent
1,271
Ernest A. Marcroft
Farmer
684
James Guiszdaski
110
Fairford
Alexander Campbell
Albert Walmsley Kirvan (1870-1952)
241
G. G. Serkan
240
O. Calverly
Independent
236
A. F. Carpenter
Independent
137
J. Matheson
Independent
121
Fisher
Ernest Bouchard
Henry Liddell Mabb (1872-1961)
Independent Farmer
443
Jaroslaw William Arsenych (1889-1953)
362
A. J. Gamache
214
Gilbert Plains
Frank W. Betts
William Blain Findlater (1871-1962)
735
Robert J. Dalgleish
Independent
715
Gimli
Martin Keller
Gudmundur Fjeldsted (1872-1961)
Farmer
1,359
Taras Dmytro Ferley (1882-1947)
1,242
Gladstone
Albert Edward Clayton
James William Armstrong (1860-1928)
1,327
Wesley Lobb
Farmer
1,147
Glenwood
Wilfred Herbert Hicks
William Robson (1864-1941)
Conservative
1,149
James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)
1,145
Hamiota
George S. Anderson
John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)
1,109
William Ferguson (1862-1936)
Conservative
762
Iberville
Samuel T. Smith
Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)
Independent
Acclaim
Kildonan and St. Andrews
Edwin Percy Hickes
Charles Albert Tanner (1887-1970)
Labour
1,184
David Morrison
876
T. McConnell
Farmer
852
Killarney
Thomas Hill
Samuel Fletcher (1858-1950)
Farmer
1,072
Samuel Melville Hayden (1858-1934)
676
Lakeside
Hugh McKay
Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)
1,104
Edwin Herbert Muir (1868-1954)
Conservative
1,081
Lansdowne
William George Speers
Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)
1,752
Harvey Elgin Hicks (1865-1940)
Conservative
914
La Verendrye
Max Champagne
Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)
Independent
1,023
L. R. Magnum
Farmer
709
Manitou
Charles Herbert Vrooman
John Sutherland Ridley (1882-1934)
Conservative
1,185
George Compton (1872-1950)
Farmer
926
George Thomas Armstrong (1881-1941)
901
Minnedosa
Robert J. Davidson
George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)
1,236
W. T. Bielby
Farmer
952
Morden and Rhineland
Robert Livingstone
John Hugh Kennedy (1867-1927)
Conservative
814
Howard Waldemar Winkler (1891-1970)
752
Morris
Harold “Harry” Grills (1870-1954)
William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)
Farmer
930
Alexandre “Buffalo” Ayotte (1859-1932)
Farmer
765
Fred J. Last
Independent
251
Mountain
John A. Johnson
James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)
1,304
Andrew Young
Farmer
1,178
Norfolk
William Cairns
Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)
Conservative
1,090
John Graham (1864-1951)
883
John H. Wright
Farmer
503
Portage la Prairie
Harry O. Sutton
Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)
Conservative
1,306
Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)
1,019
Roblin
Charles Bryden
Henry Robson Richardson (1879-1966)
Farmer
991
Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)
Conservative
887
Rockwood
Miles J. MacDonald
William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)
Farmer
978
Arthur John Lobb (1871-1928)
977
Thomas Scott
Conservative
638
Ruperts Land
E. P. Hicks
John Morrison (1868-1930)
Independent
Acclaim
Russell
John McKay
William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)
1,274
R. J. Brown
Farmer
642
Albert G. Lanigan (1864-1932)
Independent
593
St. Boniface
Narcisse Jackman
Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)
Conservative
1,434
John Power Howden (1879-1959)
942
Joseph Pierre Dumas (1875-1950)
730
Christopher R. Rice
Independent
675
Tony Hoornaert
Independent
404
St. Clements
Murdock Daniel McLean
Matthew James Stanbridge (1876-1939)
Labour
977
Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)
850
H. McLennan
Farmer
445
St. George
A. De Laronde
Albert Edward Kristjansson (1877-1974)
Labour
901
Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)
784
Ste. Rose
Francis Henry Randall
Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)
Conservative
878
D. J. Hill
745
T. H. Rheaume
488
Springfield
Andrew Young
Arthur Ernest “Jack” Moore (1881-1950)
Labour
987
Isaac Cook
Farmer
928
Edgar Douglass Richmond Bissett (1889-1990)
352
E. R. Dugard
Farmer
123
Swan River
John McGaw(?)
Robert William Emmond (1869-1935)
Farmer
1,163
William Henry Sims (1872-1955)
544
The Pas
H. Frank Stanley
Edward Brown (1865-1947)
560
Allan Norgrove
Labour
126
Turtle Mountain
Charles H. McKinnon
George William McDonald (1875-1950)
1,020
Richard Gardiner Willis (1865-1929)
Conservative
1,001
Virden
John Turnbull
George Clingan (1868-1944)
1,313
Reginald Arthur Knight
Farmer
1,022
Winnipeg (* elected)
Norman L. Monkman
Duncan Cameron (1865-1948) *
4,312
Frederick John “Fred” Dixon (1881-1931) *
Labour
4,312
John Thomas Haig (1877-1962) *
Conservative
4,312
William “Bill” Ivens (1878-1957) *
Labour
4,312
Thomas Herman Johnson (1870-1927) *
4,312
John Queen (1882-1946) *
Labour
4,312
John Stovel (1858-1923) *
4,312
George Armstrong (1870-1956) *
Labour
4,263
Edith Frances MacTavish Rogers (1876-1947) *
4,010
William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947) *
Conservative
3,583
Robert Boyd “R. B.” Russell (1888-1964)
Labour
3,520
Harriet Snetsinger Dick (1867-1957)
Independent
2,931
Robert Jacob (1879-1944)
2,347
Malcolm McInnes
Conservative
2,109
Nelson D. Armstrong
Independent
1,864
William John Christie (1858-1942)
Conservative
1,726
William Linton Parrish (1860-1949)
1,424
Samuel Cartwright
Labour
1,384
Leoni St. Clairze “Leo” Warde (1888-1971)
Independent
1,201
William Arthur Pritchard (1888-1981)
Labour
1,155
William Gibbon
1,067
Neil T. Carey
Independent
1,019
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)
934
James Lightfoot (1879-1930)
Conservative
862
Edward Bailey Fisher (1873-1946)
Independent
508
W. A. James
Labour
475
Genevieve Elsie Alice Lipsett (1886-1935)
Conservative
461
Frederick William Law (1883-1960)
450
Albert MacMartin
Conservative
342
Frederick George “Fred” Tipping (1885-1973)
Labour
313
Charles Henry Forrester (1856-1923)
Independent
309
Robert Newton Lowery (1882-1962)
284
Percy V. Torrance
Conservative
282
George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)
Independent
261
William Clarence Morden (1878-1930)
Independent
230
Richard James “Dickie” Johns (1888-1970)
Labour
173
George H. Lawrence
Conservative
159
Alice Ann Dean Holling (1867-1955)
Independent
131
J. O. Turnbull
Conservative
90
David S. Lyons
Independent
50
J. H. Gislason
Independent
40
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: Proportional Voting (1920-1957)
Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Sixeenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1921-1922)
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 January 2024
