Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1896)

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The Manitoba general election of 1896 was held on 15 January. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Government (Liberal)	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	12,734	31
Opposition (Conservative)	?	10,297	5
Patrons of Industry	?	2,098	2
Independent	-	506	2
Totals		25,635	40

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Avondale	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Thomas Dickie (1860-1935)	Government	377
		James Harvey Hartney (1848-1924)	Opposition	283
		Thomas Alfred Martin Hughes (1868-1943)	Independent	169
Beautiful Plains	John Crawford (1856-1928)	William Flowers Sirett (1848-1923)	Patrons of Industry	534
		John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)	Opposition	496
Birtle (held 19 December)	C. Webster	Charles Julius Mickle (1848-1919)	Government	Acclaim
Brandon City	James Duncan McGregor (1860-1935)	Charles Adams (1858-1931)	Government	501
		Andrew Kelly (1852-1930)	Opposition	402
Carillon	John Rougeau	Roger Marion (1846-1920)	Opposition	240
		Martin Jerome (1849-1936)	Government	213
Cypress	T. C. Forbes	Alfred Doig (1856-1939)	Government	498
		A. F. Andrews	Opposition	412
		James Davidson	Patrons of Industry	263
Dauphin	A. Malcolm	Theodore Arthur Burrows (1857-1929)	Government	589
		Glenlyon Archibald Campbell (1863-1917)	Opposition	577
Deloraine	J. A. Mather	Charles Alexander Young (1855-1928)	Government	482
		William Delve Drew (c1844-1916)	Opposition	273
Dennis	J. D. McNiven	Watson Montgomery Crosby (1857-1897)	Patrons of Industry	393
		William James Kennedy (1857-1912)	Government	354
		James Findlay Frame (1841-1923)	Opposition	278
Emerson	D. H. McLean	David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)	Opposition	232
		G. Ross	Patrons of Industry	203
		George Christie (1853-1921)	Government	198
Kildonan	J. Gunn	Hector Sutherland (1852-1927)	Opposition	406
		John James Bird (1844-1933)	Government	377
Killarney	W. J. Schnarr	Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)	Government	583
		N. Clark	Opposition	332
Lakeside	W. F. Smith	John Gunion Rutherford (1857-1923)	Government	Acclaim
Lansdowne	A. Stark	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	Government	591
		J. R. Todd	Opposition	352
La Verendrye	W. Wallace	Théophile Paré (1850-1926)	Opposition	292
		William Lagimodiere (1859-1930)	Government	251
Lorne	G. B. Gordon	James Riddell (1850-1926)	Government	466
		Robert George O'Malley (1857-1938)	Opposition	452
Manitou	W. Hood	John Donald McIntosh (1850-1902)	Government	339
		S. Cruthers	Opposition	261
		Ben Swanson	Patrons of Industry	217
Minnedosa	E. J. Darroch	Robert Hill Myers (1856-1921)	Government	Acclaim
Morden	John Sweet (1861-1942)	Thomas Duncan (1849-1910)	Government	360
		John Taylor Borthwick (1849-1926)	Opposition	324
Morris	E. McTavish	Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)	Government	555
		Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)	Opposition	431
Mountain	C. Johnson	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	Government	Acclaim
Norfolk	W. McMillan	George Rogers (1856-1901)	Government	671
		Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)	Opposition	501
North Brandon	H. Nicholls	Clifford Sifton (1861-1929)	Government	434
		W. J. Sargent	Opposition	190
Portage la Prairie	E. W. Snider	Robert Watson (1853-1929)	Government	425
		William James Cooper (1860-1913)	Opposition	414
Rhineland	P. Uhrich	Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)	Government	229
		Noah Bowman	Opposition	82
Rockwood	Dougald McEwen	Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)	Government	499
		J. M. Toombs	Opposition	449
Rosenfeldt	W. Kempel	Enoch Winkler (1852-1928)	Government	170
		C. Pieper	Opposition	106
Russell	P. Hyde	James Fisher (1840-1927)	Independent	337
		Thomas Almack	Government	315
St. Andrews	Thomas Partington	Sigtryggur Jónasson (1852-1942)	Government	447
		Baldwin Larus Baldwinson (1856-1936)	Opposition	368
St. Boniface	J. N. Senez	James Emile Pierre Prendergast (1858-1945)	Independent	357
		Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)	Opposition	278
Saskatchewan	R. E. McGregor	David McNaught (1837-1922)	Government	369
		William Ferguson (1862-1936)	Opposition	315
		James W. Shanks	Patrons of Industry	107
Souris	H. Cook	Archibald McIntyre Campbell (1851-1935)	Government	Acclaim
South Brandon	Frank Oliver Fowler (1861-1945)	Herbert Clement Graham (1856-1934)	Government	482
		James Hector	Opposition	138
Springfield	W. Goodridge	Thomas Henry Smith (1848-1919)	Government	Acclaim
Turtle Mountain	C. Maguire	John Hettle (1842-1897)	Government	475
		William Miller	Opposition	452
Westbourne	Thomas Cory (1835-1920)	Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)	Government	Acclaim
Winnipeg Centre	D. Henderson	Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933)	Government	Acclaim
Winnipeg North	J. B. More	Peter Campbell McIntyre (1854-1920)	Government	906
		Thomas William Taylor (1852-1924)	Opposition	668
Winnipeg South	John Williams	John Donald Cameron (1858-1923)	Government	Acclaim
Woodlands	C. Coulard(?)	Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	Opposition	560
		George Main	Government	221

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1896-1897)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Ninth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1896-1899)

Sources:

“List of candidates in the field,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 January 1896, page 5.

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