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	Candidate	Party	Votes
Beautiful Plains	John Crawford (1856-1928)	Government	327
	John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)	Opposition	303
Birtle	Charles Julius Mickle (1848-1919)	Government	Acclaim
Brandon City	James Allan Smart (1858-1942)	Government	340
	Charles Cliffe (1842-1931)	Opposition	280
Carillon	Martin Jerome (1849-1936)	Government	126
	Paul Chenard	Independent	99
Cartier	Thomas Fraser Gelley (1860-1939)	Government	271
	Joseph Hamelin	Opposition	123
Cypress	Ernest Jameson Wood (1862-?)	Opposition	191
	Robert Schuyler Thompson (1844-1930)	Government	138
	F. Burnett	Government	134
Dennis	Daniel McLean [MacLean] (1854-1908)	Government	411
	Adam Gerrond McDougall (1836-1907)	Opposition	307
Dufferin	Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	Independent	Acclaim
Emerson	James Thomson (1854-?)	Government	222
	Charles Stanford Douglas (1852-1917)	Opposition	208
Kildonan	John Norquay (1841-1889)	Opposition	305
	Duncan MacArthur (1840-1907)	Government	303
Killarney	Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)	Government	Acclaim
Lakeside	Kenneth McKenzie [Mackenzie] (1822-1911)	Government	324
	A. A. McLennan	Opposition	246
Lansdowne	Edward Dickson (1854-1903)	Government	361
	Samuel Hanna	Opposition	273
La Verendrye	William Lagimodiere (1859-1930)	Government	240
	L. G. Gagnon	Government	179
Lorne	Robert George O'Malley (1857-1938)	Opposition	314
	John Alexander MacDonell (1854-1912)	Government	273
Manitou	William James Winram (1838-1891)	Government	Acclaim
Minnedosa	John Daniel Gillies (1856-1930)	Opposition	248
	Robert Hill Myers (1856-1921)	Government	227
	S. L. Hend	Government	219
Morden	Alexander Lawrence (1846-1899)	Government	Acclaim
Morris	Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)	Government	Acclaim
Mountain	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	Government	Acclaim
Norfolk	Samuel Jacob Thompson (1845-1909)	Government	345
	Thomas Walter Gilbert (1850-1890)	Opposition	309
North Brandon	Clifford Sifton (1861-1929)	Government	335
	William Alexander Macdonald (1860-1946)	Opposition	293
Portage la Prairie	Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Martin (1852-1923)	Government	Acclaim
Rockwood	Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)	Government	356
	J. B. Rutherford	Opposition	258
Rosenfeldt	Enoch Winkler (1852-1928)	Government	106
	William Hespeler (1830-1921)	Independent	58
Russell	James Fisher (1840-1927)	Government	346
	John Butternut Fraser	Opposition	91
St. Andrews	Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)	Government	Acclaim
St. Boniface	Roger Marion (1846-1920)	Opposition	182
	Joseph Ernest Cyr (1854-1929)	Government	168
Shoal Lake	James Harrower (1833-1892)	Government	278
	James Claridge	Opposition	217
Souris	Archibald McIntyre Campbell (1851-1935)	Government	374
	James Peterkin Alexander (1835-1912)	Opposition	356
South Brandon	Herbert Clement Graham (1856-1934)	Government	324
	John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer (1848-1914)	Opposition	306
Springfield	Thomas Henry Smith (1848-1919)	Government	Acclaim
Turtle Mountain	John Hettle (1842-1897)	Government	302
	Frederick Laurence Schaffner (1855-1935)	Opposition	233
Westbourne	Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)	Government	192
	William McKelvey	Opposition	126
Winnipeg Centre	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	Isaac Campbell (1853-1929)	Government	693
	Gilbert McMicken (1813-1891)	Opposition	450
Woodlands	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: 3 March 2020