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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 January 2022