Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1915)

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The Manitoba general election of 1915 was held on 6 August. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Liberal	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	64,363	41
Conservative	James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)	38,623	5
Independent	-	10,076	0
Labour	?	3,825	1
Totals		116,887	47

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Williams (1860-1931)	Liberal	815
	William Staples Kenner	Conservative	632
Assiniboia	John W. Wilton (1879-1942)	Liberal	828
	William Dowell Bayley (1879-1955)	Labour	773
	John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)	Conservative	590
Beautiful Plains	William Robertson Wood (1874-1947)	Liberal	1,115
	James Henry Irwin	Conservative	918
Birtle	George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)	Liberal	873
	Stephen Arnold	Conservative	422
Brandon	Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)	Liberal	1,914
	James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)	Conservative	1,213
Carillon	Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	Conservative	629
	Thomas Boniface Molloy (1878-1948)	Liberal	605
Cypress	Andrew Watson Myles (1884-1970)	Liberal	851
	George Steel (1858-1940)	Conservative	789
Dauphin	William James Harrington (1871-1941)	Liberal	739
	William Buchanan (1865-1944)	Conservative	637
	James M. McQuay	Independent	233
Deloraine	Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)	Liberal	1,146
	John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)	Conservative	851
Dufferin	Edward Arthur “Eddie” August (1860-1935)	Liberal	1,134
	Andrew Sterratt Argue	Conservative	848
Elmwood	Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)	Liberal	2,319
	Donald Munro	Conservative	866
Emerson	John David Baskerville (1857-1926)	Liberal	1,181
	Garnet Coulter (1882-1975)	Conservative	460
Gilbert Plains	William Blain Findlater (1871-1962)	Liberal	1,383
	Samuel Hughes (1873-1940)	Conservative	792
Gimli	Taras Dmytro Ferley (1882-1947)	Liberal	1,172
	Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1949)	Conservative	562
Gladstone	James William Armstrong (1860-1928)	Liberal	1,154
	Asberry Singleton	Conservative	484
Glenwood	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal	1,091
	John Perdue	Conservative	636
Hamiota	John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)	Liberal	1,063
	James Moss Fraser	Conservative	596
Iberville	Aime Benard (1873-1938)	Conservative	527
	James Hunter Black	Liberal	400
Kildonan and St. Andrews	George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)	Liberal	1,295
	Richard Sanders	Conservative	754
Killarney	Samuel Melville Hayden (1858-1934)	Liberal	779
	George Lawrence (1857-1924)	Conservative	656
Lakeside	Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)	Liberal	863
	John James Garland (1873-1925)	Conservative	700
Lansdowne	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	Liberal	1,334
	William John Lundy	Conservative	592
La Verendrye	Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)	Liberal	713
	Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)	Conservative	558
Manitou	George Thomas Armstrong (1881-1941)	Liberal	1,090
	William Henry Sharpe (1868-1942)	Conservative	1,006
Minnedosa	George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)	Liberal	1,173
	James R. Muir	Conservative	654
Morden and Rhineland	Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)	Liberal	1,180
	William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)	Conservative	712
Morris	Jacques Parent (1862-1918)	Conservative	740
	William Molloy (1877-1917)	Liberal	683
Mountain	James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)	Liberal	1,331
	John Thomas Dale	Conservative	419
Norfolk	John Graham (1864-1951)	Liberal	933
	Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)	Conservative	770
Portage la Prairie	Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)	Liberal	1,065
	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)	Conservative	807
Roblin	Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)	Conservative	714
	William Angus (1874-1925)	Liberal	609
Rockwood	Arthur John Lobb (1871-1928)	Liberal	1,275
	Thomas Scott	Conservative	639
Russell	William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)	Liberal	1,033
	James Powell Laycock	Conservative	614
St. Boniface	Joseph Pierre Dumas (1875-1950)	Liberal	921
	Joseph Alexandre Beaupre (1885-?)	Conservative	790
	John Power Howden (1879-1959)	Independent	640
St. Clements	Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)	Liberal	1,014
	Thomas Hay (1872-1939)	Conservative	489
St. George	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal	1,291
	Paul Reykdal	Conservative	831
Ste. Rose	Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)	Conservative	443
	Zatque H. Rheaume	Liberal	414
	Albert McLeod	Independent	266
Swan River	William Henry Sims (1872-1955)	Liberal	626
	Daniel Duncan McDonald (1865-1945)	Independent	414
The Pas	Edward Brown (1865-1947)	Liberal	Acclaim
Turtle Mountain	George William McDonald (1875-1950)	Liberal	687
	James Johnson (1855-1929)	Conservative	651
Virden	George Clingan (1868-1944)	Liberal	1,181
	Reginald A. Knight	Conservative	772
Winnipeg North A	Robert Newton Lowery (1882-1962)	Liberal	2,443
	Arthur Beech (1876-1948)	Labour	2,248
	Joseph Patrick Foley (1878-1928)	Conservative	1,490
Winnipeg North B	Richard Arthur “Dickie” Rigg (1872-1964)	Labour	2,494
	Solomon Hart Green (1885-1969)	Liberal	2,263
	Elias R. Levinson (1879-1920)	Conservative	1,248
Winnipeg Centre A	Thomas Herman Johnson [Tómas Hermann Jónsson] (1870-1927)	Liberal	6,623
	Andrew James Norquay (1872-1961)	Conservative	2,303
Winnipeg Centre B	Frederick John “Fred” Dixon (1881-1931)	Liberal	6,443
	Hannes Marino Hannesson (1884-1958)	Conservative	2,048
	George Armstrong (1870-1956)	Labour	804
Winnipeg South A	Albert Blellock Hudson (1875-1947)	Liberal	5,986
	William J. Boyd (1862-1943)	Conservative	2,011
Winnipeg South B	William Linton Parrish (1860-1949)	Liberal	5,635
	Lendrum McMeans (1859-1941)	Conservative	2,303

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1916-1918)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1916-1920)

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: 29 March 2022