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The Canadian federal election of 1917 was held on 17 December. The results were as follows:
Riding |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Brandon |
Howard Primrose Whidden (1871-1952) |
Union |
11,465 |
Hugh Savigny Paterson (1855-1936) |
Liberal |
1,329 |
Dauphin |
Robert Cruise (1868-1932) |
Liberal-Union |
Acclamation |
Lisgar |
Ferris Bolton (1853-1937) |
Union |
3,834 |
Ernest Wesley Quinn |
Liberal |
613 |
Macdonald |
Richard Coe Henders (1853-1932) |
Union |
5,327 |
William Henry Walsh (1885-1952) |
Liberal |
1,561 |
Marquette |
Thomas Alexander Crerar (1876-1975) |
Union |
8,672 |
Frederick Charles Hamilton (1871-1949) |
Liberal |
1,152 |
Neepawa |
Frederick Langdon Davis (1867-1951) |
Union |
5,102 |
Albert Daniel McGregor (1870-?) |
Independent |
2,046 |
Nelson |
John Archibald “Jack” Campbell (1872-1963) |
Union |
Acclamation |
Portage la Prairie |
Arthur Meighen (1874-1960) |
Union |
4,611 |
Frederick “Fred” Shirtliffe (1861-1942) |
Liberal |
976 |
Provencher |
John Patrick Molloy (1873-1948) |
Liberal |
2,035 |
Rev. John Robert Johns (c1886-1983) |
Union |
1,850 |
Selkirk |
Thomas Hay (1872-1939) |
Union |
5,860 |
John Evans Adamson (1884-1961) |
Liberal |
3,045 |
Souris |
Albert Ernest Finley (1870-1923) |
Union |
Acclamation |
Springfield |
Robert Lorne Richardson (1860-1921) |
Union |
5,870 |
Guillaume Joseph Charette (1884-1952) |
Liberal |
3,781 |
Winnipeg Centre |
George William Andrews (1869-1943) |
Liberal-Union |
25,580 |
Robert Sinclair Ward |
Labor |
4,650 |
Winnipeg North |
Matthew Robert Blake (1875-1937) |
Union |
9,656 |
Richard Arthur “Dickie” Rigg (1872-1964) |
Labor |
3,472 |
Winnipeg South |
George William Allan (1860-1940) |
Union |
19,031 |
Neil Thomas MacMillan (1877-1931) |
Liberal |
2,516 |
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Thirteenth Canadian Parliament (1917-1921)
Sources:
“Complete details of election,” Manitoba Free Press, 18 December 1917, page 6.
History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Profile revised: 22 October 2017
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