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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
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
Returning Officer
Candidate
Party
Votes
Arthur
John Heurs(?)
Duncan Lloyd McLeod (1874-1935)
1,226
Arthur Ross
Conservative
902
Assiniboia
Thomas Sharp
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)
659
Alex S. Peldron
Progressive
471
Beautiful Plains
Thomas H. Drayson
Adalbert James Moses Poole (1881-1970)
Progressive
1549
Ernest Harold Whelpley (1890-1960)
Conservative
1153
Stanley H. Kerr
511
Birtle
Charles M. McAree
John William Pratt (1894-1973)
Progressive
1,215
Albert J. McLeod
1,071
Alfred Stephen Arnold (1865-1936)
Conservative
635
Brandon City
W. L. McGregor
John Henry Edmison (1875-1932)
Independent
3,526
William Hill
Labour
1,288
Henry William “Harry” Cater (1869-1945)
Progressive
489
Carillon
Paul Chenard
Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)
Progressive
1,604
Thomas Boniface Molloy (1878-1948)
458
Cypress
J. D. Scott
William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)
Conservative
1,320
Andrew Moore
Progressive
1,189
Joe F. Davidson
311
Dauphin
John Seale
Robert George Ferguson (1866-1957)
Conservative
1,350
George Hastings Palmer (1881-1947)
Progressive
1,064
Archibald Esplen (1864-1933)
647
Deloraine
W. A. Franklin
Hugh McKenzie (1870-1957)
Progressive
1,299
Arthur Thomas Hainsworth (1872-1934)
Conservative
1,147
Peter Spence
369
Dufferin
Thomas Wood
John Alfred Munn (1882-1942)
Progressive
1,790
A. E. Shewfelt
Conservative
1,047
Gavin Allan Hall (1898-1948)
307
Emerson
Samuel Gibson
Robert Franklin Curran (1883-1958)
Progressive
975
Herbert Henry Wright (1880-1944)
787
J. Kulachkowsky
Independent
637
Dymtro Yakimischak (1888-1958)
Independent
371
R. Whitman
Conservative
313
P. Tanchuk
Independent
0
Ethelbert
R. R. Kennedy
Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)
Progressive
1,302
Peter Melnyk
Independent
917
Fairford
Trevor B. Bornford
Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)
Progressive
501
Albert Walmsley Kirvan (1870-1952)
416
Richard Hamilton Francis
Conservative
296
Fisher
Alfred Hopgood
Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)
Progressive
754
Henry Liddell Mabb (1872-1960)
Conservative
310
George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)
179
Elias Ciupak (1883-1965)
Independent
12
Gilbert Plains
Henry Bell
Arthur Ritchie Berry (1880-1943)
Progressive
1,021
Samuel Hughes (1873-1940)
Conservative
592
J. G. Vance
315
Gimli
G. O. Einarsson
Ingimar Ingaldson (1888-1934)
Progressive
1,231
Einar Sigurjon Jonasson (1887-1935)
1,038
Michael Rojeski (1884-1965)
Independent
619
Nicholas Boychuk
Independent
238
Gisli Sigmundson
Conservative
199
Dmytro Derhak
Independent
49
Gladstone
Roy Christopher Fahrni (1884-1958)
William Morton (1884-1958)
Progressive
1,311
John Foster
Independent
624
Glenwood
W. W. Hicks
James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)
1,217
Samuel Henry Forrest (1873-1963)
Progressive
850
Frederick A. Cross
Conservative
544
Hamiota
J. H. Shier
Thomas Wolstenholme (1870-1952)
Progressive
1,086
William Edward Warren
Conservative
520
William Braid
462
Iberville
Charles A. Prefontaine
Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)
Progressive
Acclaim
Kildonan and St. Andrews
Frank S. Gibbs
James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)
Conservative
1,530
Walter Henry Gabriel “Harry” Gibbs (1872-1952)
1,456
Charles Albert Tanner (1887-1970)
Progressive
1,134
Killarney
George Campbell
John Bell Laughlin (1879-1941)
Conservative
1,189
Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)
Progressive
934
Lakeside
N. M. Stewart
Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)
Progressive
1,442
John Pigott “Jack” Bend (1883-1969)
Conservative
1,274
Lansdowne
John M. Allan
Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)
1,947
Ellis David Alder (1897-1977)
Conservative
550
La Verendrye
Geprge Lavack
Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)
Progressive
1,074
J. Napoleon Landry
581
Dr. Paul Royal
Conservative
440
Manitou
John Thomas Carter
Joseph Prospere Lusignan (1876-1967)
Conservative
1,467
George Compton (1872-1950)
Progressive
1,338
Charles A. Jopp
541
Minnedosa
Stewart Crerar
Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)
Conservative
1,595
Norman P. Shuttleworth
Progressive
1,581
Walter Richardson
572
Morden & Rhineland
George Carson
Hugh McGavin (1874-1958)
Conservative
1,252
John Henry Black
Progressive
1,132
Peter Bueckert
518
Morris
A. E. Code
William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)
Progressive
1,663
Walter J. Fulton
285
Mountain
James M. Cruickshanks
Irving Moffat Cleghorn (1863-1929)
1,578
Charles Reginald Cannon (1866-1951)
Progressive
1,494
Norfolk
Joseph L. Cowie
John Muirhead (1877-1954)
Progressive
1,341
Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)
Conservative
1,307
Portage la Prairie
H. J. J. Smith
Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)
Conservative
1,580
Sydney McKay
795
Roblin
Sidney E. Rogers
Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)
Conservative
1,057
H. H. Simpson
Progressive
734
D. Rostocky
270
Rockwood
Miles MacDonald
William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)
Progressive
1,486
Major J. Proctor
Conservative
719
Arthur John Lobb (1871-1928)
474
Michael Slobodianek
Independent
66
Ruperts Land
Oswald Quesnell
Herbert Grahame Beresford (1880-1938)
Progressive
235
Frederick Charles Hamilton (1871-1949)
160
Hyman Yewdall (1879-1947)
Conservative
81
Russell
Norman Braendle
Isaac Bertie Griffiths (1882-1970)
Progressive
1,431
Robert Peden
Conservative
1,311
William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)
932
Basil Lazaruk
Independent
254
St. Boniface
A. L. Monnin
Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)
Conservative
2,646
Louis-Philippe Gagnon
2,618
Marcus Hyman (1883-1938)
Labour
1,469
Narcisse Albert Laurendeau (1882-1945)
Progressive
1,188
St. Clements
William R. Hamilton
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
George Frank Windross
Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)
1,006
Albert Edward Kristjansson (1877-1974)
Progressive
597
Paul Reykdal
Conservative
466
Ste. Rose
R. J. McDonald
Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)
Progressive
1,161
Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)
Conservative
960
Arthur Hurst
358
Springfield
Adam Matheson
Murdoch Mackay (1884-1962)
1,507
Clifford Barclay (1876-1961)
Progressive
1,489
Theodore Stefanik
Conservative
491
Swan River
George Dickerson
Andrew McCleary (c1863-1944)
Progressive
1,347
W. H. C. Hinchliffe
Conservative
1,009
William Henry Sims (1872-1955)
546
The Pas
James Young
John Bracken (1883-1969)
Progressive
582
Stephan Stephansson (1887-1934)
454
Turtle Mountain
Ed Brown
Richard Gardiner Willis (1865-1929)
Conservative
1,167
Duncan Henderson
Progressive
951
Virden
William Macdonald Pineo (1863-1941)
Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)
Progressive
Acclaim
Winnipeg (* elected)
Clarence Victor McArthur (1893-1981)
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) *
4,610
Edith Frances McTavish Rogers (1876-1947) *
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)
2,175
Royal Burritt (1876-1962)
Progressive
1,791
Robert Durward (1885-1970)
Labour
1,691
Walter Jacobson Lindal (1887-1976)
1,669
Ralph Maybank (1890-1965)
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)
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)
Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Ciupak to run in Fisher as independent farmer,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 June 1927.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Hedy Ciupak and Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Assembly of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 November 2024
