1910 Manitoba general election explained

The 1910 Manitoba general election was held on July 11, 1910 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 Roblin. Roblin's electoral machine won 28 seats, against 13 for the opposition Manitoba Liberal Party under new leader Tobias Norris.

The Manitoba Labour Party ran a single candidate: Fred Dixon, who was almost elected in Winnipeg Centre with unofficial support from the Liberal Party. Many believe that Dixon was defeated by the Socialist Party's decision to field a candidate against him. The Socialists ran two other candidates in Winnipeg, and both were defeated.

All the members were elected through First-past-the-post voting in single member districts. This was the last election to be conducted that way in Manitoba for 40 years. The next 11 elections involved the election of some MLAs in multi-member districts.[1]

Results

PartyParty Leader
  1. of
    candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1907Elected% Change%% ChangeRodmond Roblin 2828 3804650.7 Tobias Norris 1313 3535347.1 Labour100 1939 
Socialist  0 12371.6 
Independent  0 2870.4 
Total 4141  100 

Riding results

(incumbent) or boldface denotes incumbent.

Arthur

Assiniboia

Avondale

Beautiful Plains

Birtle

Brandon City

Carillon

Cypress

Dauphin

Deloraine

Dufferin

Emerson

Gilbert Plains

Gimli

Gladstone

Hamiota

Kildonan and St. Andrews

Killarney

Lakeside

Lansdowne

La Veredrye

Manitou

Minnedosa

Morden

Morris

Mountain

Norfolk

Portage la Prairie

Rhineland

Rockwood

Russell

South Brandon

Springfield

Swan River

St. Boniface

Turtle Mountain

Virden

Winnipeg Centre

Winnipeg North

Winnipeg South

Winnipeg West

Post-election changes

Russell (res. Angus Bonnycastle, 1911), February 4, 1911:

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

Manitou (res. Robert Rogers, October 10, 1911), October 31, 1911:

The Pas (new constituency), October 12, 1912:

Gimli (res. Baldwin Baldwinson, 1913), May 12, 1913:

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

Kildonan and St. Andrews (res. Orton Grain, 1913), November 29, 1913:

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Parliamentary Guides