Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1888)

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The Manitoba general election of 1888 was held on 11 July. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Government (Liberal)	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	9,598	32
Opposition (Conservative)	John Norquay (1841-1889)	5,759	5
Independent	-	1,645	1
Totals		17,002	38

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Beautiful Plains	R. Edwards	John Crawford (1856-1928)	Government	327
		John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)	Opposition	303
Birtle	Robert Wilson	Charles Julius Mickle (1848-1919)	Government	Acclaim
Brandon City	Stephen Clement (1831-1901)	James Allan Smart (1858-1942)	Government	340
		Charles Cliffe (1842-1931)	Opposition	280
Carillon	P. A. Taschereau	Martin Jerome (1849-1936)	Government	126
		Paul Chenard	Independent	99
Cartier	C. H. Pacand	Thomas Fraser Gelley (1860-1939)	Government	271
		Joseph Hamelin	Opposition	123
Cypress	Christian Johnson	Ernest Jameson Wood (1862-?)	Opposition	191
		Robert Schuyler Thompson (1844-1930)	Government	138
		F. Burnett	Government	134
Dennis	Duncan McDonald	Daniel McLean [MacLean] (1854-1908)	Government	411
		Adam Gerrond McDougall (1836-1907)	Opposition	307
Dufferin	James Craddock	Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	Independent	Acclaim
Emerson	George Walton	James Thomson (1854-?)	Government	222
		Charles Stanford Douglas (1852-1917)	Opposition	208
Kildonan	Edmund Marter Wood (1858-1936)	John Norquay (1841-1889)	Opposition	305
		Duncan MacArthur (1840-1907)	Government	303
Killarney	H. M. Sutherland	Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)	Government	Acclaim
Lakeside	William Fulton (1846-1920)	Kenneth McKenzie [Mackenzie] (1822-1911)	Government	324
		A. A. McLennan	Opposition	246
Lansdowne	Robert Chisholm	Edward Dickson (1854-1903)	Government	361
		Samuel Hanna	Opposition	273
La Verendrye	August Zanthew(?)	William Lagimodiere (1859-1930)	Government	240
		L. G. Gagnon	Government	179
Lorne	A. G. Chiston(?)	Robert George O'Malley (1857-1938)	Opposition	314
		John Alexander MacDonell (1854-1912)	Government	273
Manitou	James Stirton	William James Winram (1838-1891)	Government	Acclaim
Minnedosa	James W. Shannon	John Daniel Gillies (1856-1930)	Opposition	248
		Robert Hill Myers (1856-1921)	Government	227
		S. L. Hend	Government	219
Morden	William Connor	Alexander Lawrence (1846-1899)	Government	Acclaim
Morris	R. F. McTavish	Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)	Government	Acclaim
Mountain	George Riddell	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	Government	Acclaim
Norfolk	Robert Logan	Samuel Jacob Thompson (1845-1909)	Government	345
		Thomas Walter Gilbert (1850-1890)	Opposition	309
North Brandon	W. Nichol	Clifford Sifton (1861-1929)	Government	335
		William Alexander Macdonald (1860-1946)	Opposition	293
Portage la Prairie	Matthew Ferriss (1818-1900)	Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Martin (1852-1923)	Government	Acclaim
Rockwood	John Gunn	Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)	Government	356
		J. B. Rutherford	Opposition	258
Rosenfeldt	M. Long	Enoch Winkler (1852-1928)	Government	106
		William Hespeler (1830-1921)	Independent	58
Russell	Thomas Young	James Fisher (1840-1927)	Government	346
		John Butternut Fraser	Opposition	91
St. Andrews	Thomas Partington	Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)	Government	Acclaim
St. Boniface	C. F. Beaudry	Roger Marion (1846-1920)	Opposition	182
		Joseph Ernest Cyr (1854-1929)	Government	168
Shoal Lake	John Underhill	James Harrower (1833-1892)	Government	278
		James Claridge	Opposition	217
Souris	A. D. Wheeler	Archibald McIntyre Campbell (1851-1935)	Government	374
		James Peterkin Alexander (1835-1912)	Opposition	356
South Brandon	S. Townsend	Herbert Clement Graham (1856-1934)	Government	324
		John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer (1848-1914)	Opposition	306
Springfield	William Goodridge	Thomas Henry Smith (1848-1919)	Government	Acclaim
Turtle Mountain	John Morrow	John Hettle (1842-1897)	Government	302
		Frederick Laurence Schaffner (1855-1935)	Opposition	233
Westbourne	Thomas Cory (1835-1920)	Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)	Government	192
		William McKelvey	Opposition	126
Winnipeg Centre	D. Henderson	Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933)	Government	972
		Thomas Gilroy (1848-1905)	Opposition	470
Winnipeg North	?	Lyman Melvin Jones (1843-1917)	Government	848
		Justin Joseph Golden (1844-1931)	Opposition	420
Winnipeg South	James McGregor	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)	Government	693
		Gilbert McMicken (1813-1891)	Opposition	450
Woodlands	Robert Wemyss (1824-1903)	James Emile Pierre Prendergast (1858-1945)	Government	331
		John Moore Robinson (1855-1934)	Opposition	263

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1888-1892)

Sources:

“Buried!,” Manitoba Free Press, 12 July 1888, 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: 2 October 2023