Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1886)

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The Manitoba general election of 1886 was held on 9 December. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Conservative	John Norquay (1841-1889)	10,844	19
Liberal	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	10,305	14
Independent	-	442	2
Totals		21,591	35

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Assiniboia	Alexander “Sandy” Murray (1839-1913)	Conservative	149
	James McKenzie Ross	Liberal	89
Beautiful Plains	John Crawford (1856-1928)	Liberal	302
	John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)	Conservative	272
Brandon East	James Allan Smart (1858-1942)	Liberal	580
	George Winters	Conservative	521
Brandon West	John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer (1848-1914)	Conservative	441
	John Wright Sifton (1833-1912)	Liberal	427
Carillon	Roger Marion (1846-1920)	Conservative	118
	Martin Jerome (1849-1936)	Liberal	75
Cartier	Thomas Fraser Gelley (1860-1939)	Independent	Acclaim
Cypress	Robert Schuyler Thompson (1844-1930)	Liberal	248
	J. A. F. Andrews	Conservative	247
Dennis	Daniel McLean [MacLean] (1854-1908)	Liberal	510
	Thomas Routledge (1857-1893)	Conservative	394
Dufferin North	David Henry Wilson (1855-1926)	Conservative	360
	Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	Liberal	355
Dufferin South	William James Winram (1838-1891)	Liberal	368
	Ferris Bolton (1853-1937)	Conservative	261
Emerson	Charles Stanford Douglas (1852-1917)	Conservative	317
	Samuel Clarke Biggs (1851-1911)	Liberal	192
Kildonan and St. Paul	John McBeth [Macbeth] (1854-1897)	Conservative	194
	John Sutherland (1837-1922)	Liberal	159
Lakeside	Kenneth McKenzie [Mackenzie] (1822-1911)	Liberal	323
	Isaiah Mawhinney (1830-1913)	Conservative	312
La Verendrye	James Emile Pierre Prendergast (1858-1945)	Conservative	208
	L. G. Gagnon	Liberal	191
Lorne	John Alexander MacDonell (1854-1912)	Liberal	281
	H. Pentland	Conservative	277
Minnedosa East	John Daniel Gillies (1856-1930)	Conservative	278
	John Crerar (1848-1933)	Liberal	261
Minnedosa West	David Howard Harrison (1843-1905)	Conservative	244
	James W. Shanks	Liberal	179
Morris	Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)	Liberal	249
	Henry James Tennant (1839-1913)	Conservative	170
	William Osborne Smith (1831-1887)	Independent	144
Mountain	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	Liberal	385
	Robert Rogers (1864-1936)	Conservative	370
Norfolk	Samuel Jacob Thompson (1845-1909)	Liberal	316
	Thomas Walter Gilbert (1850-1890)	Conservative	290
Portage la Prairie	Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Martin (1852-1923)	Liberal	358
	William Patterson Smith (1850-1937)	Conservative	343
Rockwood	Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)	Liberal	243
	Nathaniel Francis Hagel (1846-1915)	Conservative	227
Russell	Edward Phillip “E. P.” Leacock (1853-1927)	Conservative	228
	James Fisher (1840-1927)	Liberal	220
St. Andrews	John Norquay (1841-1889)	Conservative	342
	Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)	Liberal	273
St. Boniface	Alphonse Alfred Clement LaRivière (1842-1925)	Conservative	Acclaim
St. Clements	David Glass (1829-1906)	Independent	151
	Robert Hay (1838-1913)	Conservative	147
	W. J. Robinson	Liberal	60
St. Francois Xavier	Joseph Burke (1853-?)	Conservative	Acclaim
Shoal Lake	Charles Edward Hamilton (1844-1919)	Conservative	500
	Robert Nelson (1830-1912)	Liberal	400
Souris	James Peterkin Alexander (1835-1912)	Conservative	235
	A. M. Livingstone	Liberal	215
Springfield	Thomas Henry Smith (1848-1919)	Conservative	204
	J. B. McArthur	Liberal	195
Turtle Mountain	Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)	Liberal	503
	George Morton (1821-1891)	Conservative	378
Westbourne	Corydon Partlow Brown (1848-1891)	Conservative	244
	Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)	Liberal	183
Winnipeg North	Edward Lancaster Drewry (1851-1940)	Conservative	1,377
	Elias George Conklin (1845-1901)	Liberal	1,154
Winnipeg South	William Fisher Luxton (1844-1907)	Liberal	1,012
	William Bain Scarth (1837-1902)	Conservative	973
Woodlands	John Moore Robinson (1855-1934)	Conservative	167
	William Wagner (1820-1901)	Independent	128
	Mark Fortune (1847-1912)	Liberal	74

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1886-1888)

Sources:

“The elections,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 December 1886, page 1.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 September 2019