Manitoba general election, 1903
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Manitoba's general election of July 20, 1903 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 second 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:...

, now 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 a landslide thirty-two seats, while 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 former premier Thomas Greenway
Thomas Greenway
For the American character actor , see Tom Greenway.Thomas Greenway was a politician, merchant and farmer. He served as the seventh Premier of Manitoba, Canada, from 1888 to 1900...

 won only eight. The Winnipeg Labour Party
Winnipeg Labour Party
The Winnipeg Labour Party was a reformist organization in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, representing labour interests. Founded in 1896, it was based on an earlier Winnipeg organization known as the Independent Labour Party .The party initially received support from both...

 also contested two constituencies.

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
39   31   26,074 48.98%  
Liberal-Conservative
Rodmond P. Roblin
1   1   855 1.61%  
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 :...

Thomas Greenway
Thomas Greenway
For the American character actor , see Tom Greenway.Thomas Greenway was a politician, merchant and farmer. He served as the seventh Premier of Manitoba, Canada, from 1888 to 1900...

40   8   23,740 44.60%  
Labour
Winnipeg Labour Party
The Winnipeg Labour Party was a reformist organization in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, representing labour interests. Founded in 1896, it was based on an earlier Winnipeg organization known as the Independent Labour Party .The party initially received support from both...

2   0   1,013 1.90%  
Prohibition
Prohibitionists in Manitoba (provincial candidates)
In the 1903 provincial election in Manitoba, Canada, four candidates ran as Prohibitionists: H.L. Montgomery, W.R. Mulock, Reuben Cross and J.F. Hunter. None were successful, although Montgomery came within twenty votes of winning in Deloraine....

4   0   955 1.79%  
Independents 3   0   595 1.12%  
Total 89   40   53,232 100%  

Constituency Results

Arthur:
  • (x)Allan Thompson (C) 547
  • 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) 499


Assiniboia:
  • Joseph Prefontaine (L) 415
  • Charles Caron (C) 398


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) 641
  • Cornelius Miller (L) 435


Beautiful Plains:
  • (x)John Andrew Davidson
    John Andrew Davidson
    John Andrew Davidson was a Manitoba politician. He was briefly the leader of Manitoba's Conservative parliamentary caucus in 1894, and later served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Hugh John Macdonald and Rodmond P. Roblin.Davidson was born in Thamesford, Canada West...

     (C) 838
  • James McRae (L) 710


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) 584
  • John Leich (C) 293


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) 765
  • Alexander Fraser
    Alexander Fraser
    Alexander Fraser may refer to:*Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie, died by 1332 AD*Alexander Fraser , soldier and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West*Alexander Fraser Alexander Fraser may refer to:*Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie, died by 1332 AD*Alexander Fraser...

     (L) 723


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...

:
  • 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) 399
  • Arthur Hebert (L) 308


Cypress:
  • (x)George Steel (LC) 855
  • William Little (L) 756


Dauphin:
  • John Gunne (C) 797
  • 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) 656


Deloraine:
  • Edward Briggs (C) 457
  • H.L. Montgomery (Proh) 437
  • George Patterson
    George Patterson
    George Franklin "Paddy" Patterson was a professional ice hockey centre who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League . He was born in Kingston, Ontario....

     (L) 429


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) 1150
  • (x)James Riddell
    James Riddell
    W. James Riddell MBE was a British champion skier and author who was involved in the early days of skiing as a competitive sport and holiday industry...

     (L) 731


Emerson:
  • (x)David H. McFadden (C) 436
  • 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) 417
  • W.R. Mulock (Proh) 77


Gilbert Plains:
  • 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) 598
  • Thomas Young (L) 396


Gimli:
  • (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) accl.


Gladstone:
  • David Wilson (C) 829
  • (x)Thomas Morton (L) 693


Hamiota:
  • David Jackson (L) 762
  • (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) 740


Kildonan and St. Andrews:
  • M.J. O'Donahue (L) 718
  • (x)Orton J. Grain (C) 713


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) 713
  • Reuben Cross (Proh) 299
  • G.B. Monteith (L) 282


Lakeside:
  • Edwin Lynch (C) 537
  • William Fulton (L) 469


Lansdowne:
  • Harvey Hicks (C) 915
  • (x)Tobias C. Norris (L) 899


La Verendrye:
  • (x)William Lagimodiere (L) 348
  • Jean Lauzon (C) 337


Manitou:
  • (x)Robert Rogers (C) 923
  • Donald Campbell (L) 548


Minnedosa:
  • 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) 751
  • Neil Cameron (L) 670


Morden:
  • (x)John Ruddell (C) 616
  • G.H. Bradshaw (L) 528


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) 620
  • Napoleon Comeault (L) 500


Mountain:
  • (x)Thomas Greenway
    Thomas Greenway
    For the American character actor , see Tom Greenway.Thomas Greenway was a politician, merchant and farmer. He served as the seventh Premier of Manitoba, Canada, from 1888 to 1900...

     (L) 911
  • Daniel McIntyre (C) 567
  • M. Wilson (Ind) 254


Norfolk:
  • (x)Robert Lyons (C) 941
  • J.D. Hunt (L) 753


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) 742
  • 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) 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) 355
  • H.P. Hansen (C) 284
  • Hermann Dirks (Ind) 148


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) 616
  • Alexander Leonard (L) 516


Russell:
  • W.J. Doig (L) 475
  • 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) 351


St. Boniface:
  • Horace Chevrier (L) 593
  • (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) 592


South Brandon:
  • 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) 508
  • John Watson (L) 496


Springfield:
  • William Henry Corbett (C) 353
  • (x)Thomas H. Smith
    Thomas H. Smith
    Thomas Henry Smith was an Irish Australian who had a clear role in the origins of Australian football by being one of the first people to introduce school football games to Australian public schools in 1858 and as one of the founders of the Melbourne Football Club.Smith was a founding member and...

     (L) 245
  • Donald Ross (Ind) 193


Swan River:
  • James Wells Robson
    James Wells Robson
    James Wells Robson 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) 503
  • A.J. Cotton (L) 272


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) 741
  • J.S. McEwan (L) 475
  • J.F. Hunter (Proh) 142


Virden:
  • 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) 674
  • F.W. Clinigan (L) 649


Winnipeg Centre:
  • (x)Thomas Taylor (C) 1276
  • J.A. McArthur (L) 1123
  • William Scott (Winnipeg Labor Party) 422


Winnipeg North:
  • Sampson Walker (C) 1106
  • J.W. Cockburn (L) 1057
  • Robert Thoms (Winnipeg Labor Party) 591


Winnipeg South:
  • (x)James Gordon (C) 1807
  • John D. Cameron (L) 1633
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