Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1892)

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The Manitoba general election of 1892 was held on 23 July. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Government (Liberal)	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	15,603	28
Opposition (Conservative)	William Alexander Macdonald (1860-1946)	12,832	11
Independent	-	2,666	1
Totals		31,101	40

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Avondale	R. Atkinson	James Harvey Hartney (1848-1924)	Opposition	518
		William Herriot (1843-1927)	Government	366
Beautiful Plains (voided 1894)	Burton W. Bolton	John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)	Opposition	645
		John Crawford (1856-1928)	Government	629
Birtle	John Law	Charles Julius Mickle (1848-1919)	Government	545
		H. M. Power	Opposition	268
Brandon City (voided 1893)	Thomas Harkness	William Alexander Macdonald (1860-1946)	Opposition	669
		James Allan Smart (1858-1942)	Government	657
Carillon	John Dobbin	Martin Jerome (1849-1936)	Government	199
		Thomas Alfred Bernier (1844-1908)	Opposition	173
Cypress	T. C. Forbes	Alfred Doig (1856-1939)	Government	552
		Ernest Jameson Wood (1862-?)	Opposition	549
Dauphin	James Clark	Theodore Arthur Burrows (1857-1929)	Government	317
		Glenlyon Archibald Campbell (1863-1917)	Opposition	308
Deloraine	J. C. R. Wightman	Thomas Henry Kellett (1860-1907)	Opposition	430
		John Renton (1825-1907)	Government	385
Dennis	C. J. Thomson	James Findlay Frame (1841-1923)	Opposition	508
		Daniel McLean [MacLean] (1854-1908)	Government	474
Emerson	George Walton	David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)	Opposition	330
		James Thomson (1854-?)	Government	316
Kildonan	J. J. Gunn	John James Bird (1843-1933)	Government	342
		Nathaniel Francis Hagel (1846-1915)	Opposition	327
Killarney	H. M. Sutherland	Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)	Government	595
		George Lawrence (1857-1924)	Opposition	442
Lakeside	Charles J. Green	John Gunion Rutherford (1857-1923)	Government	424
		J. E. Wallace	Opposition	272
Lansdowne	R. K. Smith	Edward Dickson (1854-1903)	Government	623
		William Jones Helliwell (1849-1922)	Opposition	512
La Verendrye	Charles A. Boxer	Théophile Paré (1850-1926)	Opposition	257
		William Lagimodiere (1859-1930)	Government	227
Lorne	A. C. Kerr	Robert George O'Malley (1857-1938)	Opposition	Acclaim
Manitou	William Hood	Robert Ironside (1854-1910)	Government	448
		James Huston (1845-1922)	Opposition	404
Minnedosa	E. J. Darroch	Robert Hill Myers (1856-1921)	Government	469
		William James Roche (1859-1937)	Opposition	406
Morden	John Sweet (1861-1942)	Thomas Duncan (1849-1910)	Government	400
		Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	Opposition	354
Morris	E. McTavish	Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)	Opposition	465
		Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)	Government	440
Mountain	Christian Johnson	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	Government	599
		Robert Rogers (1864-1936)	Opposition	497
Norfolk	John Logan	Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)	Opposition	644
		Samuel Jacob Thompson (1845-1909)	Government	562
North Brandon	William Currie	Clifford Sifton (1861-1929)	Government	451
		Thomas E. Greenwood (1859-1934)	Opposition	383
Portage la Prairie	E. W. Snider	Robert Watson (1853-1929)	Government	543
		William James Cooper (1860-1913)	Opposition	440
Rhineland	William Reekie	Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)	Government	186
		N. Bowman	Opposition	74
Rockwood	Dougald McEwen	Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)	Government	368
		J. B. Rutherford	Opposition	367
Rosenfeldt	William Rempel	Enoch Winkler (1852-1928)	Government	172
		E. Penner	Opposition	131
Russell	W. S. Crerar	James Fisher (1840-1927)	Independent	Acclaim
St. Andrews	Thomas Partington	Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)	Government	352
		Baldwin Larus Baldwinson (1856-1936)	Opposition	274
St. Boniface	Joseph Ernest Cyr (1854-1929)	James Emile Pierre Prendergast (1858-1945)	Government	313
		Roger Marion (1846-1920)	Opposition	312
Saskatchewan	H. C. Ross	David McNaught (1837-1922)	Government	426
		Alfred Carss	Opposition	342
Souris	A. D. Wheeler	Archibald McIntyre Campbell (1851-1935)	Government	323
		W. H. Stratton	Opposition	255
South Brandon	A. G. Killam	Herbert Clement Graham (1856-1934)	Government	517
		Alexander Reid (1860-1939)	Opposition	282
Springfield	William Goodridge	Thomas Henry Smith (1848-1919)	Government	298
		R. S. Conklin	Opposition	161
Turtle Mountain	William Gordon	John Hettle (1842-1897)	Government	468
		Frederick Laurence Schaffner (1855-1935)	Opposition	408
Westbourne	Thomas Cory (1835-1920)	Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)	Government	Acclaim
Winnipeg Centre	John Williams	Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933)	Government	1,177
		John Julius Winram (1842-1910)	Opposition	533
Winnipeg North	J. B. More	Peter Campbell McIntyre (1854-1920)	Government	840
		George Huestis Campbell (1855-1928)	Opposition	560
Winnipeg South	William Risk	John Donald Cameron (1858-1923)	Government	874
		Daniel Emes Sprague (1848-1924)	Opposition	729
Woodlands	George Main	Hugh Armstrong (1858-1926)	Opposition	Acclaim

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1892-1895)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Prohibition Reference (1892)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1893)

Sources:

“The candidates,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 July 1892, page 4.

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: 1 October 2023