Manitoba's general election of July 10, 1914 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 fifth consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party

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 P. Roblin. The result, however, was much closer than in the previous general elections of 1903

Manitoba general election, 1903

Manitoba's general election of July 20, 1903 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a second consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, now led by Premier Rodmond Palen Roblin...

, 1907

Manitoba general election, 1907

Manitoba's general election of March 7, 1907 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a third consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by premier Rodmond Palen Roblin...

 and 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...

.

Former Conservative leader Hugh John Macdonald

Hugh John Macdonald

Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.-Early...

 believed that the party was hurt by its 1912 amendments to the Manitoba education code. Although Education Minister George R. Coldwell

George R. Coldwell

George Robson Coldwell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1915, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin. Coldwell was a member of the Conservative Party.Coldwell was born in Darlington Township, Durham...

 insisted the amendments were only meant to clarify existing provisions, many voters believed the Roblin government wanted to re-introduce funding for separate Roman Catholic schools.http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/19/mydearcampbell.shtml The government was also weakened by a corruption scandal involving the construction of new legislative buildings.

The Conservatives won twenty-eight seats, against twenty for the 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 Tobias C. Norris. Independent 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...

 was also elected, with support from both the Liberals and the Labour Representation Committee. This election re-established the Liberals as a credible government-in-waiting.

Early in 1915, Roblin's administration was forced to resign from office after a report commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba

The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba is the viceregal representative in Manitoba of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United...

 found his government guilty of corruption in the awarding of contracts for new legislative buildings. Norris's Liberals were called to form a new administration, although they did not hold a majority of seats in the legislature. A new election

Manitoba general election, 1915

Manitoba's general election of August 6, 1915 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election was held only one year after the previous general election of 1914. In that election, the governing Conservatives of premier Rodmond P. Roblin were...

 was held, which the Liberals won in a landslide.

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	28	-	68434	46.9		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	20	+53.8%	61797	42.36		Independent			-	1
Total				41	49	+19.5%	145885	100%

Riding 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) 766
• (x)Amos M. Lyle (C) 700

Assiniboia:

• John Thomas Haig
  John Thomas Haig
  John Thomas Haig, PC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as parliamentary leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in 1921-22....
  
   (C) 1239
• John W. Wilton (L) 965
• W.J. Bartlett (Labour Representation Committee) 501

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) 1102
• William R. Wood (L) 1070

Birtle:

• (x)George J.H. Malcolm (L) 892
• W.M. Taylor (C) 583

Brandon City:

• (x)George R. Coldwell
  George R. Coldwell
  George Robson Coldwell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1915, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin. Coldwell was a member of the Conservative Party.Coldwell was born in Darlington Township, Durham...
  
   (C) 1897
• Stephen Emmett Clement
  Stephen Emmett Clement
  Stephen Emmett Clement was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920 as a member of the Liberal Party. His father, also named Stephen Clement, was a member of the legislature from 1881 to 1882.Clement was born in Cookstown, Ontario, and...
  
   (L) 1734

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...

:

• Thomas B. Molloy
  Thomas B. Molloy
  Thomas Boniface Molloy was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Liberal Party....
  
   (L) 659
• (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) 652

Churchill and Nelson:

• George R. Ray
  George R. Ray
  George Raymond Ray was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....
  
   (C) accl.

Cypress:

• (x)George Steel (C) 852
• James Christie Sr. (L) 836

Dauphin:

• William Buchanan
  William Buchanan
  William Buchanan was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....
  
   (C) 1026
• J. Seale (L) 710

Deloraine:

• Robert S. Thornton (L) 1127
• (x)John C. Walker Reid (C) 923

Dufferin:

• (x)Rodmond P. Roblin (C) 1204
• 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) 1065

Elmwood:

• Harry Mewhirter
  Harry Mewhirter
  Harry Don Mewhirter was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915 as a member of the Conservative Party....
  
   (C) 1901
• Thomas Glendenning Hamilton
  Thomas Glendenning Hamilton
  Thomas Glendenning Hamilton was a Canadian doctor, school board trustee and member of the Manitoba legislature. He is best known however for the thousands of photographs he took during séances held in his home in Winnipeg in the early 1900s...
  
   (L) 1537
• R.S. Ward (Labour Representation Committee/) 508

Emerson:

• (x)David McFadden (C) 1032
• 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) 986

Gilbert Plains:

• (x)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) 1471
• G.D. Shortreed (L) 996

Gimli:

• Sveinn Thorvaldson
  Sveinn Thorvaldson
  Sveinn Thorvaldson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....
  
   (C) 1045
• Einar Jonasson
  Einar Jonasson
  Einar Sigurjon Jonasson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1935, as a member of the Liberal-Progressive Party....
  
   (L) 461
• Taras Dempster Ferley (L-Ind) 264

Gladstone:

• (x)James W. Armstrong (L) 1239
• S. Singleton (C) 943

Glenwood:

• James W. Breakey (L) 1078
• A.L. Young (C) 906

Grand Rapids (17 August):

• 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) 271
• A. la Rose (L) 12

Hamiota:

• John Henry McConnell
  John Henry McConnell
  John Henry McConnell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party....
  
   (L) 1134
• (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) 736

Iberville:

• (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) accl.

Kildonan & St. Andrews:

• (x)Walter Montague (C) 1087
• George Prout
  George Prout
  George Waldron Prout was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party....
  
   (L) 1086

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) 758
• Samuel Hayden
  Samuel Hayden
  Samuel M. Hayden was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party. Hayden resided in Killarney, Manitoba during his political career...
  
   (L) 690

La Verendrye:

• 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) 778
• Philippe Adjutor Talbot
  Philippe Adjutor Talbot
  Philippe Adjutor Talbot was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1936, and was Speaker of the Assembly from 1923 to 1936....
  
   (L) 550

Lakeside:

• John J. Garland
  John J. Garland
  John James Garland was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....
  
   (C) 838
• (x)Charles D. McPherson (L) 828

Lansdowne:

• (x)Tobias C. Norris (L) 1371
• W.J. Cundy (C) 927

Manitou:

• (x)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) 1099
• I.H. Davidson (L) 1029

Minnedosa:

• George Grierson
  George Grierson
  George Allison Grierson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1922, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris. Grierson was a member of the Liberal Party.Grierson was moved in Brantford, Canada West , and was...
  
   (L) 1174
• 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) 965

Morden & 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) 1073
• William Johnston Tupper
  William Johnston Tupper
  William Johnston Tupper, was a politician and office holder in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the province's 12th Lieutenant Governor from 1934 to 1940....
  
   (C) 941

Morris:

• Jacques Parent (C) 920
• (x)William Molloy (L) 658

Mountain:

• (x)James Baird (L) 1200
• John T. Dale (C) 598
• A.D. Craig (Ind) 306

Norfolk:

• John Graham
  John Graham (Manitoba politician)
  John Graham was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party....
  
   (L) 911
• (x)Robert F. Lyons (C) 843

Portage La Prairie:

• Ewan McPherson
  Ewan McPherson
  Ewan Alexander McPherson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1926 to 1930...
  
   (L) 1030
• (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) 1020

Roblin:

• (x)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) 802
• T. McLennan (L) 571

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) 1103
• Arthur J. Lobb (L) 1044

Russell:

• Donald C. McDonald (L) 892
• E. Graham (C) 862

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) 1603
• L.A. Delorme (L) 1259

St. Clements:

• (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) 1025
• Thomas Hay (C) 887

St. George:

• (x)Edmund L. 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) 1198
• Skuli Sigfusson
  Skuli Sigfusson
  Skuli Sigfusson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on three occasions: from 1915 to 1920, 1922 to 1936, and 1941 to 1945....
  
   (L) 1097

Ste. Rose:

• Joseph Hamelin
  Joseph Hamelin
  Joseph Hamelin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1927. Hamelin's paternal grandfather, Salomon Hamelin, served in the Legislative Council of Manitoba from 1871 to 1876. His maternal grandfather was legislator Pascal...
  
   (C) 596
• 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) 536

Swan River:

• William H. Sims (L) 594
• W.J. Stewart (C) 561

The Pas (27 July):

• (x)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.

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) 707
• George William McDonald
  George William McDonald
  George William McDonald was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922 as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party, and later sat in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1940 as a Liberal-Progressive.McDonald was born in Lucknow,...
  
   (L) 645

Virden:

• George Clingan
  George Clingan
  Colonel George Clingan was a soldier and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party....
  
   (L) 1135
• (x)Harvey C. Simpson (C) 1050

Winnipeg Centre “A”:

• (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) 7998
• A.J. Andrews (C) 6948
• William H. Hoop (SPC) 953

Winnipeg Centre “B”:

• Frederick J. Dixon (Ind [Lib-Lab]) 8205
• F.J.G. McArthur (C) 6692
• 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) 928

Winnipeg North “A”:

• Joseph P. Foley
  Joseph P. Foley
  Joseph Patrick Foley was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Conservative Party....
  
   (C) 3135
• J. Willoughby (L) 2816
• Arthur Beech (SDP) 1921

Winnipeg North “B”:

• Daniel McLean
  Daniel McLean
  Lt.-Col. Daniel McLean was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, and later served as the 32nd Mayor of Winnipeg for two years. McLean was a member of the Conservative Party.McLean was born in Halton County, Ontario, and educated at...
  
   (C) 3268
• Robert Newton Lowery
  Robert Newton Lowery
  Robert Newton Lowery was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920 as a member of the Liberal Party....
  
   (L) 2645
• Herman Saltzman (SDP) 2068

Winnipeg South

Winnipeg South (provincial electoral division)

Winnipeg South was a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada, which existed on two separate occasions.It was initially created for the 1883 provincial election, and abolished with the 1920 election when Winnipeg became a single ten-member constituency...

 “A”:

• Albert B. Hudson (L) 5861
• (x)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) 4863

Winnipeg South

Winnipeg South (provincial electoral division)

Winnipeg South was a provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada, which existed on two separate occasions.It was initially created for the 1883 provincial election, and abolished with the 1920 election when Winnipeg became a single ten-member constituency...

 “B”:

• William L. Parrish (L) 5812
• Harry W. Whitlaw (C) 4902

Post-election changes

Dufferin (res. Rodmond P. Roblin, May 12, 1915)