Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1916-1918)

The results of provincial by-elections in this period were as follows:

Constituency

Returning Officer

Date

Candidate

Party

Votes

Iberville

William S. Francis

30 November 1917

Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)

Conservative

Acclaim

Minnedosa

Robert J. Davidson

30 November 1917

George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)

Liberal

Acclaim

Roblin

John D. McLaren

19 November 1917

William James Westwood (1887-1962)

Independent

781

Irwin Lyman Mitchell (1882-1956)

Liberal

591

Ruperts Land

John M. Wanless

16 September 1916

John Morrison (1868-1930)

Liberal

Acclaim

Winnipeg North

Charles F. Mount

15 January 1918

Robert Jacob (1879-1944)

Union

2912

Elias R. Levinson (1879-1920)

Independent

2361

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1915)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1916-1920)

Sources:

“Elected by acclamation,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 December 1917.

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

We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 September 2023