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Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1917)
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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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