Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1927)

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The Manitoba general election of 1927 was held on 28 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive	John Bracken (1883-1969)	52,805	29
Conservative	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)	44,320	15
Liberal	Hugh Amos Robson (1871-1945)	33,852	7
Labour	John Queen (1882-1946)	17,133	3
Independent	-	15,102	1
Totals		163,212	55

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Duncan Lloyd McLeod (1874-1935)	Liberal	1,226
	Arthur Ross	Conservative	902
Assiniboia	Joseph Henry Cotter (1872-1937)	Conservative	1,963
	Robert Boyd “R. B.” Russell (1888-1964)	Labour	1,535
	Charles Leonard Richardson (1884-1939)	Independent Progressive	668
	Andrew Watson Myles (1884-1970)	Liberal	659
	Alex S. Peldron	Progressive	471
Beautiful Plains	Adalbert James Moses Poole (1881-1970)	Progressive	1549
	Ernest Harold Whelpley (1890-1960)	Conservative	1153
	Stanley H. Kerr	Liberal	511
Birtle	John William Pratt (1894-1973)	Progressive	1,215
	Albert J. McLeod	Liberal	1,071
	Alfred Stephen Arnold (1865-1936)	Conservative	635
Brandon City	John Henry Edmison (1875-1932)	Independent	3,526
	William Hill	Labour	1,288
	Henry William “Harry” Cater (1869-1945)	Progressive	489
Carillon	Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	Progressive	1,604
	Thomas Boniface Molloy (1878-1948)	Liberal	458
Cypress	William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)	Conservative	1,320
	Andrew Moore	Progressive	1,189
	J. F. Dandson	Liberal	311
Dauphin	Robert George Ferguson (1866-1957)	Conservative	1,350
	George Hastings Palmer (1881-1947)	Progressive	1,064
	Archibald Esplen (1864-1933)	Liberal	647
Deloraine	Hugh McKenzie (1870-1957)	Progressive	1,299
	A. T. Hainsworth	Conservative	1,147
	Peter Spence	Liberal	369
Dufferin	John Alfred Munn (1882-1942)	Progressive	1,790
	A. E. Shewfelt	Conservative	1,047
	Gavin Allan Hall (1898-1948)	Liberal	307
Emerson	Robert Franklin Curran (1883-1958)	Progressive	975
	Herbert Henry Wright (1880-1944)	Liberal	787
	J. Kulackowsky	Independent	637
	Dymtro Yakimischak (1888-1958)	Independent	371
	R. Whitman	Conservative	313
	P. Tanchuk	Independent	0
Ethelbert	Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Progressive	1,302
	Peter Melnyk	Independent	917
Fairford	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Progressive	501
	Albert Walmsley Kirvan (1870-1952)	Liberal	416
	R. H. Francis	Conservative	296
Fisher	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Progressive	754
	Henry Liddell Mabb (1872-1960)	Conservative	310
	George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)	Liberal	179
	Charles Cinpak	Independent	12
Gilbert Plains	Arthur Ritchie Berry (1880-1943)	Progressive	1,021
	Samuel Hughes (1873-1940)	Conservative	592
	J. G. Vance	Liberal	315
Gimli	Ingimar Ingaldson (1888-1934)	Progressive	1,231
	Einar Sigurjon Jonasson (1887-1935)	Liberal	1,038
	Michael Rojeski (1884-1965)	Independent	619
	Nicholas Boychuk	Independent	238
	Gisli Sigmundson	Conservative	199
	Dmytro Derhak	Independent	49
Gladstone	William Morton (1884-1958)	Progressive	1,311
	John Foster	Independent	624
Glenwood	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal	1,217
	Samuel Henry Forrest (1873-1963)	Progressive	850
	Frederick A. Cross	Conservative	544
Hamiota	Thomas Wolstenholme (1870-1952)	Progressive	1,086
	William Edward Warren	Conservative	520
	William Braid	Liberal	462
Iberville	Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)	Progressive	Acclaim
Kildonan and St. Andrews	James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)	Conservative	1,530
	Walter Henry Gabriel “Harry” Gibbs (1872-1952)	Liberal	1,456
	Charles Albert Tanner (1887-1970)	Progressive	1,134
Killarney	John Bell Laughlin (1879-1941)	Conservative	1,189
	Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)	Progressive	934
Lakeside	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Progressive	1,442
	John Pigott “Jack” Bend (1883-1969)	Conservative	1,274
Lansdowne	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	Liberal	1,947
	Ellis David Alder (1897-1977)	Conservative	550
La Verendrye	Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)	Progressive	1,074
	J. Napoleon Landry	Liberal	581
	Dr. Paul Royal	Conservative	440
Manitou	Joseph Prospere Lusignan (1876-1967)	Conservative	1,467
	George Compton (1872-1950)	Progressive	1,338
	Charles A. Jopp	Liberal	541
Minnedosa	Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)	Conservative	1,595
	Norman P. Shuttleworth	Progressive	1,581
	Walter Richardson	Liberal	572
Morden & Rhineland	Hugh McGavin (1874-1958)	Conservative	1,252
	John Henry Black	Progressive	1,132
	Peter Bueckert	Liberal	518
Morris	William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)	Progressive	1,663
	Walter J. Fulton	Liberal	285
Mountain	Irving Moffat Cleghorn (1863-1929)	Liberal	1,578
	Charles Reginald Cannon (1866-1951)	Progressive	1,494
Norfolk	John Muirhead (1877-1954)	Progressive	1,341
	Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)	Conservative	1,307
Portage la Prairie	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)	Conservative	1,580
	Sydney McKay	Liberal	795
Roblin	Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)	Conservative	1,057
	H. H. Simpson	Progressive	734
	D. Rostoky	Liberal	270
Rockwood	William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)	Progressive	1,486
	Major Proctor	Conservative	719
	Arthur John Lobb (1871-1928)	Liberal	474
	Michael Slobodianek	Independent	66
Ruperts Land	Herbert Grahame Beresford (1880-1938)	Progressive	235
	Frederick Charles Hamilton (1871-1949)	Liberal	160
	Hyman Yewdall (1879-1947)	Conservative	81
Russell	Isaac Bertie Griffiths (1882-1970)	Progressive	1,431
	Robert Peden	Conservative	1,311
	William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)	Liberal	932
	Basil Lazaruk	Independent	254
St. Boniface	Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)	Conservative	2,646
	L. P. Gagnon	Liberal	2,618
	Marcus Hyman (1883-1938)	Labour	1,469
	H. Laurendeau	Progressive	1,188
St. Clements	Robert Alexander Hoey (1883-1965)	Progressive	2,146
	Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)	Independent	1,436
	Matthew James Stanbridge (1876-1939)	Independent	440
St. George	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal	1,006
	Albert Edward Kristjansson (1877-1974)	Progressive	597
	Paul Reykdal	Conservative	466
Ste. Rose	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Progressive	1,161
	Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)	Conservative	960
	Arthur Hurst	Liberal	358
Springfield	Murdoch Mackay (1884-1962)	Liberal	1,507
	Clifford Barclay (1876-1961)	Progressive	1,489
	Theodore Stefanik	Conservative	491
Swan River	Andrew McCleary (c1863-1944)	Progressive	1,347
	W. H. C. Hinchliffe	Conservative	1,009
	William Henry Sims (1872-1955)	Liberal	546
The Pas	John Bracken (1883-1969)	Progressive	582
	Stephan Stephansson (1887-1934)	Liberal	454
Turtle Mountain	Richard Gardiner Willis (1865-1929)	Conservative	1,167
	Duncan Henderson	Progressive	951
Virden	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Progressive	Acclaim
Winnipeg (* elected)	William Sanford Evans (1869-1949) *	Conservative	4,610
	Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951) *	Labour	4,610
	John Thomas Haig (1877-1962) *	Conservative	4,610
	William “Bill” Ivens (1878-1957) *	Labour	4,610
	William James Major (1881-1953) *	Progressive	4,610
	John Queen (1882-1946)*	Labour	4,610
	Hugh Amos Robson (1871-1945) *	Liberal	4,610
	Edith Frances McTavish Rogers (1876-1947) *	Liberal	4,610
	William Verner Tobias (1892-1941) *	Conservative	4,186
	Edward William Montgomery (1865-1948) *	Progressive	4,051
	John Kensington Downes (1879-1944)	Independent	3,411
	Theodore Alexander Hunt (1871-1934)	Conservative	2,408
	Jacob Penner (1880-1965)	Communist	2,213
	Duncan Cameron (1865-1948)	Liberal	2,175
	Royal Burritt (1876-1962)	Progressive	1,791
	Robert Durward (1885-1970)	Labour	1,691
	Walter Jacobson Lindal (1887-1976)	Liberal	1,669
	Ralph Maybank (1890-1965)	Liberal	1,410
	Max Steinkopf (1881-1935)	Progressive	1,291
	Arthur Ernest “Jack” Moore (1881-1950)	Independent	1,218
	Robert Alexander Gillespie (1881-1965)	Conservative	1,116
	Sam Cartwright	Labour	1,049
	Francis “Frank” Sedziak (1877-1952)	Independent	861
	John MacLean (1882-1977)	Liberal	792
	W. A. James	Labour	562

See also:

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

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1928-1930)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1927-1932)

Sources:

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 June 2022