MHS Archives: Events in Manitoba History

Events in Manitoba HistoryLink to:
Anniversaries | Commissions | Federal Elections | Provincial Elections | Provincial Referenda | Treaties | Winnipeg Elections | Miscellaneous | Sources

This is a collection of information about events in the history of Manitoba, including data from federal, provincial, and municipal elections and referendums, treaties, and more.

Anniversaries

Manitoba Centenary (1970)

Commissions

Commission on Construction of the Legislative Building (1915)

Commission on Status and Salaries of Teachers (1919)

Commission on Drainage (1919-1921)

Commission on Manitoba Pool Elevators (1931)

Commission on Drainage (1935-1936)

Commission on Education (1957-1959)

Commission on School Division Boundaries (1958-1959)

Commission on Manitoba Electoral Boundaries (1965)

Commission on Education (1991-1993)

Federal Elections

Federal By-Elections (1871)

Federal General Election (20 July 1872)

Federal General Election (22 January 1874)

Federal By-Elections (1874-1875)

Federal General Election (17 September 1878)

Federal By-Elections (1878-1880)

Federal General Election (20 June 1882)

Federal General Election (22 February 1887)

Federal By-Election (1889)

Federal General Election (5 March 1891)

Federal By-Elections (1892-1893)

Federal General Election (23 June 1896)

Federal By-Elections (1896-1900)

Federal General Election (7 November 1900)

Federal By-Election (1902)

Federal General Election (3 November 1904)

Federal General Election (26 October 1908)

Federal General Election (21 September 1911)

Federal By-Elections (1911-1914)

Federal General Election (17 December 1917)

Federal General Election (6 December 1921)

Federal By-Election (1923)

Federal General Election (29 October 1925)

Federal General Election (14 September 1926)

Federal By-Elections (1926-1930)

Federal General Election (28 July 1930)

Federal By-Election (1930)

Federal General Election (14 October 1935)

Federal By-Election (1938)

Federal General Election (26 March 1940)

Federal By-Elections (1942-1943)

Federal General Election (11 June 1945)

Federal By-Elections (1946-1948)

Federal General Election (27 June 1949)

Federal By-Elections (1951)

Federal General Election (10 August 1953)

Federal By-Election (1954)

Federal General Election (10 June 1957)

Federal General Election (31 March 1958)

Federal By-Election (1958)

Federal General Election (18 June 1962)

Federal General Election (8 April 1963)

Federal General Election (8 November 1965)

Federal General Election (25 June 1968)

Federal By-Elections (1970)

Federal General Election (30 October 1972)

Federal General Election (8 July 1974)

Federal By-Election (16 October 1978)

Federal General Election (22 May 1979)

Federal General Election (18 February 1980)

Federal By-Election (24 May 1983)

Federal General Election (4 September 1984)

Federal General Election (21 November 1988)

Federal General Election (25 October 1993)

Federal General Election (2 June 1997)

Federal General Election (27 November 2000)

Federal By-Election (2002)

Federal General Election (28 June 2004)

Federal General Election (23 January 2006)

Federal General Election (14 October 2008)

Federal By-Election (2010)

Federal General Election (2 May 2011)

Federal By-Elections (2013)

Federal General Election (19 October 2015)

Federal General Election (21 October 2019)

Federal General Election (20 October 2021)

Federal By-Elections (2023)

Federal By-Elections (2024)

Provincial Elections

Proportional Voting (1920-1957)

Single-Digit Victories in Provincial Elections (1870-2019)

Provincial Election (27 December 1870)

Provincial By-Elections (1874)

Provincial Election (23 and 30 December 1874)

Provincial By-Elections (1875-1877)

Provincial Election (18 December 1878)

Provincial By-Elections (1879)

Provincial Election (16 December 1879)

Provincial By-Elections (1880-1882)

Provincial Election (23 January 1883)

Provincial By-Elections (1883-1885)

Provincial Election (9 December 1886)

Provincial By-Elections (1888)

Provincial Election (11 July 1888)

Provincial By-Elections (1889-1892)

Provincial Election (23 July 1892)

Provincial By-Elections (1893-1894)

Provincial Election (15 January 1896)

Provincial By-Elections (1896-1897)

Provincial Election (7 December 1899)

Provincial By-Elections (1900-1902)

Provincial Election (20 July 1903)

Provincial By-Elections (1903-1906)

Provincial Election (7 March 1907)

Provincial By-Elections (1907-1909)

Provincial Election (11 July 1910)

Provincial By-Elections (1911-1913)

Provincial Election (10 July 1914)

Provincial Election (6 August 1915)

Provincial By-Elections (1916-1918)

Provincial Election (29 June 1920)

Provincial By-Elections (1920-1921)

Provincial Election (18 July 1922)

Provincial By-Elections (1922-1925)

Provincial Election (28 June 1927)

Provincial By-Elections (1928-1930)

Provincial Election (16 June 1932)

Provincial By-Elections (1933-1935)

Provincial Election (27 July 1936)

Provincial Election (22 April 1941)

Provincial By-Elections (1943)

Provincial Election (15 October 1945)

Manitoba War Services Election (1946)

Provincial By-Elections (1948)

Provincial Election (10 November 1949)

Provincial By-Elections (1950-1952)

Provincial Election (8 June 1953)

Provincial By-Elections (1955-1957)

Provincial Election (16 June 1958)

Provincial Election (14 May 1959)

Provincial By-Elections (1959-1960)

Provincial Election (14 December 1962)

Provincial By-Elections (1964)

Provincial Election (23 June 1966)

Provincial By-Elections (1968-1969)

Provincial Election (25 June 1969)

Provincial By-Elections (1971)

Provincial Election (28 June 1973)

Provincial By-Elections (1974-1976)

Provincial Election (11 October 1977)

Provincial By-Elections (1979)

Provincial Election (17 November 1981)

Provincial By-Elections (1984-1985)

Provincial Election (18 March 1986)

Provincial Election (26 April 1988)

Provincial Election (11 September 1990)

Provincial By-Elections (1992-1993)

Provincial Election (25 April 1995)

Provincial By-Elections (1997-1998)

Provincial Election (21 September 1999)

Provincial By-Elections (2000-2002)

Provincial Election (3 June 2003)

Provincial By-Elections (2004-2005)

Provincial Election (22 May 2007)

Provincial By-Elections (2009-2010)

Provincial Election (4 October 2011)

Provincial By-Elections (2012-2015)

Provincial Election (19 April 2016)

Provincial By-Elections (2017-2018)

Provincial Election (10 September 2019)

Provincial By-Elections (2022)

Provincial Election (3 October 2023)

Provincial By-Elections (2024)

Provincial Referenda

Referendum on Prohibition (1892)

Referendum on Prohibition (1902)

Referendum on Prohibition (1916)

Referendum on Manitoba Temperance Act Amendment (1923)

Treaties

Treaty 1 (August 1871)

Treaty 2 (August 1871)

Treaty 3 (October 1873)

Treaty 4 (September 1874)

Treaty 5 (1875-1876)

Winnipeg Elections

Municipal Election (9 December 1902)

Municipal Election (8 December 1903)

Municipal Election (13 December 1904)

Miscellaneous

Battle of Seven Oaks (19 June 1816)

Brandon Ultimatum (1 May 1922)

Elmer the Safety Elephant

Empire Day

Louis Riel and his Councillors (June 1870)

Peace Day in Winnipeg (19 July 1919)

Rural Electrification

Rural School Consolidation (1905-1967)

School Divisions (1959)

School Divisions (2001)

Winnipeg Core Area Initiative (1981-1991)

Winnipeg Theatre Fire (23 December 1926)

See also:

MHS Archives: Manitoba Time Line

Sources:

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 November 2024