Manitoba general election, 1907
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Manitoba's general election of March 7, 1907 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 of the Province of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada
Canada
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.

The result was a third consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

, led by premier
Premier of Manitoba
The Premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. Until the early 1970s, the title "Prime Minister of Manitoba" was used frequently. Afterwards, the word Premier, derived from the French...

 Rodmond Palen Roblin
Rodmond Palen Roblin
Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin, KCMG was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada .Roblin was born in the town of Sophiasburgh, in Prince Edward County, Canada West . The Roblin family were descended from Dutch American Loyalist farmers Philip and Elizabeth Roblin from Smith's Cove in Orange...

. Roblin's electoral machine won 28 seats, against 13 for the opposition Manitoba Liberal Party
Manitoba Liberal Party
The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

 under new leader Edward Brown
Edward Brown (Manitoba politician)
Edward Brown was a Manitoba politician. He served briefly as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party , and was later a cabinet minister in Tobias C. Norris's government ....

.

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular Vote
1910
Manitoba general election, 1910
Manitoba's general election of July 11, 1910 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a fourth consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by premier Rodmond Palen Roblin. Roblin's electoral machine won...

Elected % Change # % % Change
Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

Rodmond P. Roblin
    28   31067 50.57  
Liberal
Manitoba Liberal Party
The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

Edward Brown
Edward Brown (Manitoba politician)
Edward Brown was a Manitoba politician. He served briefly as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party , and was later a cabinet minister in Tobias C. Norris's government ....

    13   29426 47.90  
Labour
Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (I)
Before World War I, there were at least two organizations in Winnipeg calling themselves the Independent Labour Party. The first of these was set up by British trade unionists in 1895, and collapsed soon thereafter....

    0   939 1.53  
Total     41     100%  

Constituency Results

Arthur:
  • John Williams
    John Williams (Manitoba politician)
    John Williams was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, and again from 1914 to 1922. Williams was a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party, and briefly served as a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C...

     (L) 536
  • Amos M. Lyle (C) 533


Assiniboia:
  • Aime Benard
    Aimé Bénard
    Aimé Bénard was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as interim leader of the provincial Conservatives in 1915, and was later appointed to the Canadian Senate....

     (C) 550
  • (x)Joseph H. Prefontaine (L) 311


Avondale:
  • (x)James Argue
    James Argue
    James Henthorne Argue was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1914, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 590
  • W.H.B. Hill (L) 451


Beautiful Plains:
  • (x)James H. Howden
    James H. Howden
    James Henry Howden was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a member of the Conservative Party from 1903 to 1915, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin....

     (C) 791
  • Alexander Dunlop (L) 679


Birtle:
  • (x)Charles Mickle
    Charles Mickle
    Charles Julius Mickle was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a provincial cabinet minister for three years, and on two occasions served as the leader of the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.Mickle trained as a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar in 1872...

     (L) 617
  • Thomas Thompson (C) 380


Brandon City:
  • (x)Stanley McInnis
    Stanley McInnis
    Stanley William McInnis was a Canadian dentist and politician in Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1907 as a member of the Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond Palen Roblin.McInnis was born in Saint John, New...

     (C) 1210
  • J.W. Fleming (L) 1081


Carillon
Carillon (Manitoba riding)
Carillon is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada.It was established for the 1886 provincial election, and eliminated with the 1969 election. The constituency was predominantly francophone...

:
  • (x)Albert Prefontaine
    Albert Prefontaine
    Albert Préfontaine was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Manitoba Conservatives in the late 1910s, and was subsequently a member of the United Farmers of Manitoba....

     (C) 423
  • Mastai Gervais (L) 318


Cypress:
  • (x)George Steel (C) 783
  • Adam Forbes (L) 672


Dauphin:
  • John A. Campbell
    John A. Campbell (Manitoba politician)
    John Archibald Campbell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party....

     (L) 830
  • James G. Harvey
    James G. Harvey
    James Graham Harvey was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 709


Deloraine:
  • Robert Thornton (L) 602
  • (x)Edward Briggs (C) 561


Dufferin:
  • (x)Rodmond Palen Roblin
    Rodmond Palen Roblin
    Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin, KCMG was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada .Roblin was born in the town of Sophiasburgh, in Prince Edward County, Canada West . The Roblin family were descended from Dutch American Loyalist farmers Philip and Elizabeth Roblin from Smith's Cove in Orange...

     (C) 931
  • Edward August
    Edward August
    Edward Arthur August was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party....

     (L) 760


Emerson:
  • George Walton
    George Walton (Manitoba politician)
    George Walton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party....

     (L) 582
  • (x)David H. McFadden (C) 477


Gilbert Plains:
  • (x)Glenlyon Campbell
    Glenlyon Campbell
    Glenlyon Archibald Campbell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 to 1908, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911. Campbell was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.Campbell was born at Fort Pelly, in what was...

     (C) accl.


Gimli:
  • Sigtryggur Jonasson
    Sigtryggur Jonasson
    Sigtryggur Jonasson was a community leader and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He played a major part in establishing the Icelandic community in Manitoba...

     (L) 621
  • (x)Baldwin Baldwinson
    Baldwin Baldwinson
    Baldwin Larus Baldwinson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1907 and from 1910 to 1913, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 465


Gladstone:
  • James Armstrong (L) 743
  • (x)David Wilson (C) 682


Hamiota:
  • William Ferguson
    William Ferguson (Manitoba politician)
    William Ferguson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1903 and from 1907 to 1914, as a member of the Conservative Party.Ferguson was a farmer, and lived in Hamiota during his political career...

     (C) 737
  • M.B. Jackson (L) 636


Kildonan and St. Andrews:
  • Orton Grain
    Orton Grain
    Orton Irwin Grain was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1903, and again from 1907 to 1913....

     (C) 792
  • (x)M.J. O'Donohoe (L) 751


Killarney:
  • (x)George Lawrence
    George Lawrence (politician)
    George Lawrence was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1915 as a member of the Conservative Party, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P...

     (C) 642
  • R.L. Richardson (L) 486


Lakeside:
  • (x)Edwin Lynch (C) 460
  • Peter McArthur (L) 433


Lansdowne:
  • Tobias C. Norris (L) 859
  • (x)Harvey E. Hicks (C) 763


La Verendrye:
  • Jean Lauzon (C) 361
  • (x)William Lagimodiere (L) 338


Manitou:
  • (x)Robert Rogers (C) 832
  • G.E. Davidson (L) 512


Minnedosa:
  • (x)William B. Waddell
    William B. Waddell (Manitoba politician)
    William B. Waddell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 to 1910, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 792
  • E.W. Pearson (L) 626


Morden:
  • Benjamin McConnell
    Benjamin McConnell
    Benjamin James McConnell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1914, as a member of the Liberal Party....

     (L) 544
  • (x)George Ashdown (C) 454


Morris:
  • (x)Colin H. Campbell
    Colin H. Campbell
    Colin H. Campbell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative from 1899 to 1914, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Hugh John Macdonald and Rodmond Palen Roblin.Campbell was a barrister, and ran a practice in Winnipeg...

     (C) 525
  • John Molloy (L) 524


Mountain:
  • James Baird (L) 1031
  • (x)Daniel A. McIntyre (C) 598


Norfolk:
  • (x)Robert Lyons (C) 799
  • William Walker (L) 646


Portage la Prairie:
  • (x)Hugh Armstrong
    Hugh Armstrong
    Hugh Armstrong was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1892 to 1896 and from 1902 to 1915, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin...

     (C) 868
  • Edward Brown
    Edward Brown (Manitoba politician)
    Edward Brown was a Manitoba politician. He served briefly as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party , and was later a cabinet minister in Tobias C. Norris's government ....

     (L) 645


Rhineland:
  • (x)Valentine Winkler
    Valentine Winkler
    Valentine Winkler was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal from 1892 to 1900, and again from 1900 to 1920. Winkler was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris...

     (L) 364
  • Cor. Bergman (C) 321


Rockwood:
  • (x)Isaac Riley
    Isaac Riley
    Isaac Riley was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1915 as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 676
  • Ira Stratton (L) 620


Russell:
  • Angus Bonnycastle
    Angus Bonnycastle
    Angus Lorne Bonnycastle was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1911, as a member of the Conservative Party...

     (C) 605
  • T.A. Wright (L) 596


St. Boniface:
  • Joseph Bernier
    Joseph Bernier
    Joseph Bernier was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on four occasions between 1900 and 1932. Bernier was a member of the Conservative Party, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin. His father, Thomas A. Bernier,...

     (C) 749
  • (x)Horace Chevrier (L) 688


South Brandon:
  • (x)Alfred Carroll
    Alfred Carroll
    Alfred H. Carroll was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 to 1914, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 418
  • James Roddick (L) 409


Springfield:
  • Donald Ross (L) 540
  • John Little (C) 359


Swan River:
  • (x)James Robson (C) 387
  • J.P. Jones (L) 348


Turtle Mountain:
  • (x)James Johnson
    James Johnson (Manitoba politician)
    James Johnson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1897 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party...

     (C) 649
  • John Morrow (L) 462


Virden:
  • (x)John Agnew
    John Hume Agnew
    John Hume Agnew was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 until his death as a member of the Conservative Party, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond Palen Roblin.Agnew was born in Prince Albert, Canada West ,...

     (C) 730
  • John Rattray
    John Rattray
    John Rattray is a Scottish professional skateboarder. Raised in Aberdeen, Rattray initially turned professional for the British company Blueprint Skateboards. In 2001, he signed with American company Zero Skateboards . He has featured in their videos "Dying to Live" and "New Blood"...

     (L) 645


Winnipeg Centre:
  • (x)Thomas Taylor (C) 2314
  • J.A MacArthur (L) 2047


Winnipeg North:
  • John F. Mitchell
    John F. Mitchell
    John Fletcher Mitchell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1908 to 1910, as a member of the Conservative Party.-Biography:...

     (C) 2244
  • Alex. MacDonald (L) 1874


Winnipeg South:
  • (x)James Gordon (C) 2122
  • Benjamin Elswood Chaffey (L) 1988


Winnipeg West:
  • Thomas Herman Johnson
    Thomas Herman Johnson
    Thomas Herman Johnson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1922, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris. Johnson was a member of the Liberal Party.Johnson was born in Iceland, and moved to...

     (L) 2011
  • Thomas Sharpe
    Thomas Sharpe
    Thomas Sharpe was a Canadian politician, the 20th Mayor of Winnipeg from 1904 to 1906.Sharpe was born in County Sligo, Ireland and worked as a bank clerk in his teens. He moved to Canada in 1885 initially working in Toronto as a pavement contractor, then in 1892 moved to Winnipeg...

     (C) 1785
  • Kempton McKim (ILP) 939

Post-election changes

Beautiful Plains (James H. Howden appointed to cabinet, March 16, 1907), March 26, 1907:
  • James H. Howden
    James H. Howden
    James Henry Howden was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a member of the Conservative Party from 1903 to 1915, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin....

     (C) accl.


Brandon City (Stanley McInnis
Stanley McInnis
Stanley William McInnis was a Canadian dentist and politician in Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1907 as a member of the Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond Palen Roblin.McInnis was born in Saint John, New...

 appointed to cabinet, June 26, 1907), July 16, 1907:
  • Stanley McInnis
    Stanley McInnis
    Stanley William McInnis was a Canadian dentist and politician in Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1907 as a member of the Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond Palen Roblin.McInnis was born in Saint John, New...

     (C) accl.


Brandon City (dec. Stanley McInnis
Stanley McInnis
Stanley William McInnis was a Canadian dentist and politician in Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1907 as a member of the Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond Palen Roblin.McInnis was born in Saint John, New...

, November 4, 1907), November 25, 1907:
  • George Coldwell (C) accl.


Gilbert Plains (res. Glenlyon Campbell
Glenlyon Campbell
Glenlyon Archibald Campbell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 to 1908, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911. Campbell was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.Campbell was born at Fort Pelly, in what was...

, 1908), November 17, 1908:
  • Duncan Cameron
    Duncan Cameron (Manitoba Conservative)
    Duncan Cameron was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1908 to 1910, as an Independent Conservative....

     (C) 894
  • A.D. Cummings (L) 855


Portage la Prairie (Hugh Armstrong
Hugh Armstrong
Hugh Armstrong was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1892 to 1896 and from 1902 to 1915, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin...

 to cabinet, November 19, 1908), November 30, 1908:
  • Hugh Armstrong
    Hugh Armstrong
    Hugh Armstrong was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1892 to 1896 and from 1902 to 1915, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin...

     (C) accl.


Virden (dec. John Agnew
John Hume Agnew
John Hume Agnew was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 until his death as a member of the Conservative Party, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond Palen Roblin.Agnew was born in Prince Albert, Canada West ,...

, November 9, 1908), January 9, 1909:
  • Harvey Simpson
    Harvey Simpson
    Harvey Cathcart Simpson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1909 to 1914, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) +206
  • Robert Forke
    Robert Forke
    Robert Forke, PC was a Canadian politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Brandon in 1921. In 1922, he replaced Thomas Crerar as leader of the Progressive Party of Canada...

     (L)


Birtle (res. Charles Mickle
Charles Mickle
Charles Julius Mickle was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a provincial cabinet minister for three years, and on two occasions served as the leader of the Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.Mickle trained as a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar in 1872...

, 1909), November 27, 1909:
  • George Malcolm
    George Malcolm
    George John Huntley Malcolm was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal from 1909 to 1922, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris....

    (L/Grain Grower’s) elected
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