Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1922)

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The Manitoba general election of 1922 was held on 18 July. The results were as follows:

Party

Leader

Votes

Seats

United Farmers of Manitoba / Progressive

John Bracken (1883-1969)

49,767

27

Liberal

Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)

35,225

9

Conservative

?

23,539

8

Labour

Frederick John “Fred” Dixon (1881-1931)

24,188

6

Independent

-

19,055

5

Totals

151,774

55

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency

Returning Officer

Candidate

Party

Votes

Arthur

Frank Kelly

Duncan Lloyd McLeod (1874-1935)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,130

John Williams (1860-1931)

Liberal

777

Assiniboia

John A. Brown

William Dowell Bayley (1879-1955)

Labour

1,844

Charles Leonard Richardson (1884-1939)

United Farmers of Manitoba

999

William Bourke (1863-1943)

Independent

843

John Haddow (1855-1932)

Independent

494

Beautiful Plains

Robert H. Wemyss

George Little (1858-1940)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,534

Richard E. Coad

Conservative

939

James Alexander Dempsey (1867-1938)

Liberal

429

Birtle

Mervyn Clemens Markle

William John Short (1865-1939)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,307

William Iverach (1865-1947)

Liberal

710

Brandon City

David Potter Duncan

John Henry Edmison (1875-1932)

Independent

3,281

Albert Edward Smith (1870-1947)

Labour

2,060

Carillon

Petter Musser

Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,010

Maurice Duprey (1873-1945)

Independent Farmer

694

Cypress

Walter A. Turnbull

William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)

Conservative

1,252

John Alexander Young

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,205

Dauphin

James Norton

Archibald Esplen (1864-1933)

Liberal

825

George Hastings Palmer (1881-1947)

Labour

742

Henry Pears Nicholson (1868-1933)

United Farmers of Manitoba

658

Deloraine

John A. Morrison

Duncan Stuart McLeod (1854-1933)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,012

William Chalmers (1868-?)

Conservative

829

Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)

Liberal

810

Dufferin

Roland H. B. North

William Brown (1870-1943)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,645

Herbert Edward Robson

Independent

1,504

Emerson

James Dowswell

Dymtro Yakimischak (1888-1958)

Independent

998

David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)

Conservative

567

Robert Franklin Curran (1883-1958)

United Farmers of Manitoba

566

H. Stewart

Liberal

435

Ethelbert

Hiram Robert Reid

Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)

United Farmers of Manitoba

Acclaim

Fairford

B. Methusalemson

Albert Walmsley Kirvan (1870-1952)

Liberal

810

Gotthard Lebrecht Maron (1868-1931)

United Farmers of Manitoba

398

Fisher

Ernest Bouchard

Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)

United Farmers of Manitoba

581

Henry Liddell Mabb (1872-1960)

Independent

354

John Garfield Hamilton

Liberal

262

Gilbert Plains

Robert Bedford

Arthur Ritchie Berry (1880-1943)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,034

Horace Priestly Barrett

Independent

499

George Darling Shortreed (1870-1940)

Liberal

317

Gimli

Halldor J. Eastman

Michael Rojeski (1884-1965)

Liberal

1,570

Ingimar Ingaldson (1888-1934)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,310

Elias Grabosky

Conservative

103

Gladstone

Alexander W. Stone

Albert Daniel McGregor (1870-1948)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,527

David Smith (1867-1934)

Liberal

649

Frederick Rhind (1868-1963)

Conservative

387

Glenwood

Thomas Albert Lockhart

James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)

Liberal

1,468

Wellington Geddes Rathwell (1887-1951)

United Farmers of Manitoba

950

Hamiota

George S. Anderson

Thomas Wolstenholme (1870-1952)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,338

John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)

Liberal

935

Iberville

Charles A. Prefontaine

Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)

United Farmers of Manitoba

902

Henry Alfred Mullins (1861-1952)

Liberal

290

Kildonan and St. Andrews

John H. Gunn

Charles Albert Tanner (1887-1970)

Labour

1,453

Fred Larter

Liberal

977

Samuel Henry Summerscales (1872-1941)

United Farmers of Manitoba

828

Killarney

Thomas Hill

Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)

United Farmers of Manitoba

949

Thomas W. Waldon (1867-1947)

Conservative

747

Thomas Henry Buck (1859-1929)

Liberal

394

Lakeside

Hugh McKay

Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,591

Herbert Muir

Conservative

1,101

Lansdowne

James H. Wilkinson

Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)

Liberal

1,680

John Morrison Allen

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,219

La Verendrye

Max Champagne

Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,134

Louis Philippe Roy (1889-1963)

Liberal

694

Manitou

Charles Herbert Vrooman

George Compton (1872-1950)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,049

John Sutherland Ridley (1882-1934)

Conservative

1,018

Joseph B. Lane

Independent

548

Gilbert Ernest Davidson (1868-1949)

Liberal

531

Minnedosa

John McQuarrie

Neil Cameron (1863-1935)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,966

Arthur Wellesley Shaw (1856-1931)

Liberal

1,160

Morden and Rhineland

W. H. Snowden

John Hugh Kennedy (1867-1927)

Conservative

1,297

John Sweet (1861-1942)

United Farmers of Manitoba

960

Morris

Harold “Harry” Grills (1870-1954)

William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,222

Alexandre “Buffalo” Ayotte (1859-1932)

Liberal

751

Mountain

Clarence Miles Brown

Charles Reginald Cannon (1866-1951)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,580

James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)

Liberal

968

George M. Fraser

Conservative

578

Norfolk

R. H. Swallow

John Muirhead (1877-1954)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,279

Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)

Conservative

1,142

Portage la Prairie

Herbert J. J. Smith

Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)

Conservative

1,436

Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)

Liberal

1,307

Roblin

William James Westwood

Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)

Conservative

1,181

Henry Robson Richardson (1879-1966)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,174

Rockwood

Miles J. MacDonald

William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,374

Harvey Elgin Hicks (1865-1940)

Conservative

706

Robert William Rutherford

Independent

703

Ruperts Land

Alexander Matheson McLeod

Francis Mollison Black (1870-1941)

Liberal

Acclaim

Russell

Alexander S. Crerar

Isaac Bertie Griffiths (1882-1970)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,177

William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)

Liberal

783

Edgar Carnegy de Galinhard

Conservative

741

St. Boniface

Antoine Gingras

Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)

Independent

2,024

Hector Mackenzie Sutherland (1870-1936)

Liberal

1,176

Charles W. Foster

Labour

1,124

St. Clements

Murdock Daniel McLean

Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)

Independent

1,245

Hugh Connolly (1890-1970)

United Farmers of Manitoba

532

Nicolas Kolisnyk

Labour

387

Matthew James Stanbridge (1876-1939)

Labour

352

St. George

William Henry Robinson

Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)

Liberal

1,512

Albert Edward Kristjansson (1877-1974)

United Farmers of Manitoba

860

Ste. Rose

Emile Lussier

Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)

Independent

1,362

Thomas McDonald

United Farmers of Manitoba

1.272

Springfield

Isaac Cook

Clifford Barclay (1876-1961)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,014

William James Black

Liberal

854

Samuel Leonard Henry

Conservative

365

Swan River

John Leslie

Robert William Emmond (1869-1935)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,320

Daniel Hawe

Conservative

548

The Pas (* deferred election on 5 October 1922)

Arthur Larose

John Bracken (1883-1969)

United Farmers of Manitoba

472

Herman Finger (1856-1929)

Independent

118

Peter Cecil Robertson (1872-1954)

Independent

71

R. H. MacNeill

Independent

38

Turtle Mountain

Christopher R. Wood

Richard Gardiner Willis (1865-1929)

Conservative

1,059

Fawcett Wright Ransom (1882-1957)

United Farmers of Manitoba

955

Virden

E. M. Conray

Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)

United Farmers of Manitoba

1,638

George Clingan (1868-1944)

Liberal

961

Winnipeg (* elected)

Donald Robert Campbell MacLean (1885-1931)

John Queen (1882-1946) *

Labour

4,045

Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951) *

Labour

4,036

Frederick John “Fred” Dixon (1881-1931) *

Labour

4,030

John Kensington Downes (1879-1944) *

Independent

4,030

William Sanford Evans (1869-1949) *

Conservative

4,030

John Thomas Haig (1877-1962) *

Conservative

4,030

Robert Jacob (1879-1944) *

Liberal

4,030

William “Bill” Ivens (1878-1957) *

Labour

3,645

Edith Frances McTavish Rogers (1876-1947) *

Liberal

3,485

Richard W. Craig (1877-1966) *

Progressive

3,412

Duncan Cameron (1865-1948)

Liberal

3,041

Thomas Joseph Murray (1875-1954)

Progressive

2,181

George Armstrong (1870-1956)

Labour

2,135

Arthur Sullivan (1881-1957)

Conservative

1,546

George Fisher Chipman (1882-1935)

Progressive

1,467

Walter Harley Trueman (1870-1951)

Liberal

1,323

William Ryde Milton (1871-1959)

Liberal

1,070

Matthew Popovic [Popovitch] (1890-1943)

Labour

1,039

William James Donovan (1875-1949)

Liberal

922

Dr. James Alexander McTavish

Liberal

848

Árni Eggertsson (1873-1942)

Liberal

768

William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)

Conservative

754

Patrick James Henry (1878-?)

Progressive

723

James Winning (1881-1951)

Labour

683

Charles Kenning Newcombe (1877-1944)

Progressive

654

Daniel McLean (1868-1950)

Conservative

612

Samuel Cartwright

Labour

557

Peter McCallum (1882-?)

Progressive

521

Hugh Dysart Cutler

Liberal

489

Mrs. Lily Brown

Conservative

449

Martha Jane Richards Hample (1859-1927)

Progressive

393

Bernard Bronislaw Dubienski (1891-1981)

Independent

364

Archibald Henderson

Labour

282

Allan Livingston Mclean

Liberal

275

Fred Hilson

Independent

175

Fleming Ward Magill

Labour

165

Arthur W. Puttee (1868-1957)

Progressive

150

William Clarence Morden (1878-1930)

Independent

145

James Simpkin (1875-1946)

Labour

140

William Hammond

Labour

112

Mrs. Agnes Munro

Conservative

100

Mrs. Maude McCarthy

Labour

96

Colin L. MacPhail

Independent

39

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Proportional Voting (1920-1957)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1922-1925)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1923-1927)

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: 30 September 2023