Manitoba general election, 1910
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Manitoba's general election of July 11, 1910 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
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

.

The result was a fourth 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 Tobias C. Norris.

The Manitoba Labour Party
Manitoba Labour Party
The Manitoba Labour Party was a reformist, non-Marxist labour party in Manitoba, Canada. It was created in early May 1910 as a successor to the province's second Independent Labour Party . Former Member of Parliament A.W. Puttee was a leading MLP organizer...

 ran a single candidate: Fred Dixon
Fred Dixon
Fred Dixon was a Manitoba politician, and was for several years the dominant figure in the province's mainstream labour movement.Born in Englefield, England, Dixon was not a socialist...

, who was almost elected in Winnipeg Centre with unofficial support from the Liberal Party. Many believe that Dixon was defeated by the Socialist Party
Socialist Party of Canada (in Manitoba)
The Socialist Party of Canada was a revolutionary Marxist organization, founded in 1904 as a merger of the Socialist Party of British Columbia and related groups in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada....

's decision to field a candidate against him. The Socialists ran two other candidates in Winnipeg, and both were defeated.

Results

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Party Party Leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular Vote
1910 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   38046 50.7  
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 :...

Tobias C. Norris
    13   35353 47.1  
Labour
Manitoba Labour Party
The Manitoba Labour Party was a reformist, non-Marxist labour party in Manitoba, Canada. It was created in early May 1910 as a successor to the province's second Independent Labour Party . Former Member of Parliament A.W. Puttee was a leading MLP organizer...

1   0   1939  
Socialist
Socialist Party of Canada (in Manitoba)
The Socialist Party of Canada was a revolutionary Marxist organization, founded in 1904 as a merger of the Socialist Party of British Columbia and related groups in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada....

    0   1237 1.6  
Independent     0   287 0.4  
Total     41     100  

Riding Results

(x) or boldface denotes incumbent.

Arthur:
  • Amos Lyle
    Amos Lyle
    Amos Moore Lyle was a politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 777
  • (x)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) 602


Assiniboia:
  • (x)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) 924
  • R.A. Bonnar (L[?]) 322
  • John Colvin (Ind-L-Lab) 66


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) 708
  • J. Madill (L) 626


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) accl.


Birtle:
  • (x)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) 758
  • E. Graham (C) 648


Brandon City:
  • (x)George Coldwell (C) 1402
  • S.H. McKay (L) 1150


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) 619
  • H. Chevrier (L) 544


Cypress:
  • (x)George Steel (C) 875
  • F.H. Mitchell (L) 699


Dauphin:
  • 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) 1107
  • (x)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) 1054


Deloraine:
  • John C.W. Reid (C) 743
  • (x)Robert S. Thornton (L) 737


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) 1267
  • W.F. Osborne (L) 811


Emerson:
  • David McFadden (C) 766
  • (x)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) 757


Gilbert Plains:
  • Sam Hughes
    Sam Hughes (Manitoba politician)
    Sam Hughes was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 970
  • W. Shaw (L) 865


Gimli:
  • 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) 900
  • W.H. Paulson (L) 450
  • X.J. Solmundson (Ind) 287


Gladstone:
  • (x)James W. Armstrong (L) 957
  • W. McKelvey (C) 777


Hamiota:
  • (x)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) 848
  • E. Henry (L) 751


Kildonan and St. Andrews:
  • (x)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) 1131
  • A.R. Bredin (L) 1043


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) 726
  • G. Robinson (L) 519


Lakeside:
  • Charles Duncan McPherson
    Charles Duncan McPherson
    Col. Charles Duncan McPherson was a soldier and politician from Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914, and again from 1915 to 1922. McPherson was a Liberal, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris.McPherson was born...

     (L) 570
  • (x)Edwin D. Lynch
    Edwin D. Lynch
    Edwin D. Lynch 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) 502


Lansdowne:
  • (x)Tobias C. Norris (L) 1196
  • W. Fenwick (C) 944


La Veredrye:
  • William Molloy (L) 439
  • (x)Jean-Baptiste Lauzon
    Jean-Baptiste Lauzon
    Jean-Baptiste Lauzon was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on three occasions: from 1897 to 1899, from 1907 to 1910, and from 1914 to 1915. Lauzon was a member of the Conservative Party.Lauzon was born on March 15, 1858, in Pointe Claire, Canada...

     (C) 430


Manitou:
  • (x)Robert Rogers (C) 1065
  • J.E. Gayton (L) 610


Minnedosa:
  • John Thompson (L) 971
  • (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) 937


Morden:
  • (x)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) 630
  • J.A. Hobbs (C) 586


Morris:
  • (x)Colin Campbell (C) 746
  • R.L. Ross (L) 573


Mountain:
  • (x)James Bryson Baird
    James Bryson Baird
    James Bryson Baird was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1922, and was Speaker of the Assembly from 1916 to 1922. Baird was a member of the Liberal Party....

     (L) 1086
  • E.L. Taylor (C) 804


Norfolk:
  • (x)Robert Lyons (C) 822
  • Frank Avery (L) 647


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) 912
  • Ewan A. McPherson (L) 711


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) 520
  • Hugh McGavin
    Hugh McGavin
    Dr. Hugh James McGavin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 387


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) 792
  • Ira Stratton (L) 738


Russell:
  • (x)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) 900
  • W.V. Valens (L) 892


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) 535
  • E.H. Dewart (L) 525


Springfield:
  • (x)Donald A. Ross
    Donald A. Ross
    Donald Andrew Ross was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1920, and again from 1922 to 1927....

     (L) 807
  • C.P. Fullerton (C) 661


Swan River:
  • Daniel D. McDonald
    Daniel D. McDonald
    Daniel Duncan McDonald was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914, as a member of the Liberal Party....

     (L) 465
  • (x)James W. Robson (C) 436


St. Boniface:
  • (x)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) 1022
  • A. Dubuc (L) 760


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) 742
  • W. Hanley (L) 580


Virden:
  • (x)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) 985
  • D. McDonald (L) 800


Winnipeg Centre:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative (x)Thomas Taylor 2,012 49.68%
Labour Frederick Dixon 1,939 47.88%
Socialist W.S. Cummings 99 2.44%
Total valid votes 4,050 100.00%
Turnout 76.4%


Winnipeg North:
  • Solomon Hart Green
    Solomon Hart Green
    Solomon Hart Green, also known as Solomon Frank was a Jewish politician and rabbi in Manitoba, Canada...

     (L) 2175
  • (x)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) 1555
  • Ed. Fulcher (SPC) 892


Winnipeg South:
  • Lendrum McMeans
    Lendrum McMeans
    Lendrum McMeans was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914, and was later appointed to the Canadian Senate. McMeans was a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 2545
  • 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) 2496


Winnipeg West:
  • (x)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) 2578
  • A.J. Andrews (C) 2538
  • George Armstrong
    George Armstrong (Manitoba politician)
    George Armstrong was a politician and labour activist in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922, and is notable as the only member of the Socialist Party of Canada ever to serve in that institution.Armstrong was born in East York, Ontario, and...

     (SPC) 246

Post-election changes

Russell (res. 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...

, 1911), February 4, 1911:
  • Frederic Newton
    Frederic Newton
    Frederic Young Newton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1911 to 1917, and again from 1922 to 1932. He was a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 916
  • William Valens (L) 651


Killarney (George Lawrence appointed to cabinet, October 11, 1911), October 23, 1911:
  • 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) accl.


Manitou (res. Robert Rogers, October 10, 1911), October 31, 1911:
  • James Morrow
    James Morrow (Manitoba politician)
    James Morrow was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1911 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) accl.


The Pas (new constituency), October 12, 1912:
  • Robert Orok
    Robert Orok
    Robert Dick Orok was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1912 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) accl.


Gimli (res. 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....

, 1913), May 12, 1913:
  • Edmund Taylor
    Edmund L. Taylor
    Edmund Landor Taylor was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1913 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 1674
  • A. Eggerston (L) 832


St. Boniface (Joseph Bernier appointed to cabinet, 1913), May 22, 1913:
  • 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) accl.


Kildonan and St. Andrews (res. 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....

, 1913), November 29, 1913:
  • Walter Humphries Montague
    Walter Humphries Montague
    Walter Humphries Montague, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a federal cabinet minister in the governments of Mackenzie Bowell and Charles Tupper, and subsequently a provincial cabinet minister in the Manitoba government of Rodmond Palen Roblin...

     (C) 1123
  • A.N. Bredin (L) 753
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