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Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1914)

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The Manitoba general election of 1914 was held on 10 July. The results were as follows:

Party

Leader

Votes

Seats

Conservative

Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)

68,352

28

Liberal

Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)

62,798

21

Labour

?

7,143

0

Independent

-

8,511

0

Totals

146,804

49

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency

Candidate

Party

Votes

Arthur

John Williams (1860-1931)

Liberal

766

Amos Moore Lyle (1865-1943)

Conservative

700

Assiniboia

John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)

Conservative

1,239

John W. Wilton (1879-1942)

Liberal

965

William J. Bartlett

Labour

501

Beautiful Plains

James Henry Howden (1860-1938)

Conservative

1,100

William Robertson Wood (1874-1947)

Liberal

1,060

Birtle

George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)

Liberal

892

William Murdoch Taylor (1858-?)

Conservative

583

Brandon

George Robson Coldwell (1858-1924)

Conservative

1,897

Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)

Liberal

1,734

Carillon

Thomas Boniface Molloy (1878-1948)

Liberal

659

Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)

Conservative

652

Churchill & Nelson

George Raymond Ray (c1867-?)

Conservative

Acclaim

Cypress

George Steel (1858-1940)

Conservative

852

James Christie

Liberal

836

Dauphin

William Buchanan (1865-1944)

Conservative

1,026

John Seale

Liberal

710

Deloraine

Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)

Liberal

1,127

John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)

Conservative

923

Dufferin

Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)

Conservative

1,204

Edward Arthur “Eddie” August (1860-1935)

Liberal

1,065

Elmwood

Harry Don Mewhirter (1874-1957)

Conservative

1,901

Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)

Liberal

1,537

Robert Sinclair Ward

Labour

508

Emerson

David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)

Conservative

1,032

George Walton (1854-1925)

Liberal

986

Gilbert Plains

Samuel Hughes (1873-1940)

Conservative

1,471

George Darling Shortreed (1870-1940)

Liberal

996

Gimli

Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1949)

Conservative

1,045

Einar Sigurjon Jonasson (1887-1935)

Liberal

461

Taras Dmytro Ferley (1882-1947)

Labour

264

Gladstone

James William Armstrong (1860-1928)

Liberal

1,239

Asberry Singleton

Conservative

943

Glenwood

James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)

Liberal

1,078

Ainslie Lunham Young (1868-1938)

Conservative

906

Grand Rapids (* held 17 August 1914)

Hugh Armstrong (1858-1926)

Conservative

271

Arthur LaRose (1866-1949)

Liberal

12

Hamiota

John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)

Liberal

1,134

William Ferguson (1862-1936)

Conservative

736

Iberville

Aime Benard (1873-1938)

Conservative

Acclaim

Kildonan and St. Andrews

Walter Humphries Montague (1857-1915)

Conservative

1,086

George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)

Liberal

1,083

Killarney

George Lawrence (1857-1924)

Conservative

758

Samuel Melville Hayden (1858-1934)

Liberal

691

Lakeside

John James Garland (1873-1925)

Conservative

839

Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)

Liberal

825

Lansdowne

Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)

Liberal

1,371

William John Cundy

Conservative

927

La Verendrye

Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)

Conservative

778

Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)

Liberal

550

Manitou

James Morrow (1856-1949)

Conservative

1,099

Isaac Herbert Davidson (1876-1944)

Liberal

1,029

Minnedosa

George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)

Liberal

1,174

William Bramwell Waddell (1857-1942)

Conservative

965

Morden and Rhineland

Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)

Liberal

1,073

William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)

Conservative

941

Morris

Jacques Parent (1862-1918)

Conservative

920

William Molloy (1877-1917)

Liberal

658

Mountain

James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)

Liberal

1,200

John Thomas Dale

Conservative

516

Arthur Dunbar Craig

?

306

Norfolk

John Graham (1864-1951)

Liberal

911

Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)

Conservative

843

Portage la Prairie

Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)

Liberal

1,027

Hugh Armstrong (1858-1926)

Conservative

1,020

Roblin

Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)

Conservative

802

Thomas McLennan

Liberal

571

Rockwood

Isaac Riley (1853-1926)

Conservative

1,103

Arthur John Cobb

Liberal

1,044

Russell

Donald Cromwell McDonald (1879-1917)

Liberal

892

Edward Graham

Conservative

862

St. Boniface

Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)

Conservative

1,603

Louis Alfred Delorme (1879-?)

Liberal

1,259

St. Clements

Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)

Liberal

1,025

Thomas Hay (1872-1939)

Conservative

887

St. George

Edmund Landor Taylor (1860-1934)

Conservative

1,177

Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)

Liberal

1,112

Ste. Rose

Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)

Conservative

596

John Archibald “Jack” Campbell (1872-1963)

Liberal

536

Swan River

William Henry Sims (1872-1955)

Liberal

594

William J. Stewart

Conservative

561

The Pas

Robert Dick Orok (1878-1958)

Conservative

Acclaim

Turtle Mountain

James Johnson (1855-1929)

Conservative

707

George William McDonald (1875-1950)

Liberal

645

Virden

George Clingan (1868-1944)

Liberal

1,135

Harvey Cathcart Simpson (1862-1928)

Conservative

1,050

Winnipeg North A

Joseph Patrick Foley (1878-1928)

Conservative

3,135

James Willoughby

Liberal

2,816

Arthur Beech (1876-1948)

Labour

1,921

Winnipeg North B

Daniel McLean (1868-1950)

Conservative

3,268

Robert Newton Lowery (1882-1962)

Liberal

2,645

Herman Saltzman (?-?)

Labour

2,068

Winnipeg Centre A

Thomas Herman Johnson [Tómas Hermann Jónsson] (1870-1927)

Liberal

7,998

Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)

Conservative

6,948

William H. “Bill” Hoop (1876-1928)

Labour

953

Winnipeg Centre B

Frederick John “Fred” Dixon (1881-1931)

Liberal

8,205

Frederick Joseph Gustin McArthur (1874-1934)

Conservative

6,692

George Armstrong (1870-1956)

Labour

928

Winnipeg South A

Albert Blellock Hudson (1875-1947)

Liberal

5,861

Lendrum McMeans (1859-1941)

Conservative

4,863

Winnipeg South B

William Linton Parrish (1860-1949)

Liberal

5,812

Henry Walter Whitla (1874-1956)

Conservative

4,902

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1914-1915)

Sources:

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

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This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 January 2022

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