1903 Manitoba general election

none September 2023 November 2021 The 1903 Manitoba general election was held on July 20, 1903, 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 Roblin. Roblin's electoral machine won a landslide thirty-two seats, while the opposition Manitoba Liberal Party under former premier Thomas Greenway won only eight. The Winnipeg Labour Party also contested two constituencies, winning none. Although the parties' relative seat counts gave the impression of a major victory for Conservatives, the candidates of that party actually received less than half the votes, and only 2000 more votes (just four per cent) than the Liberals. Proportionally to votes cast, of the Legislature's 40 seats, 20 should have gone to the Conservatives, 18 to Liberals and two seats to Labour and other "third party" candidates.Proportional Representation Review, Dec. 1903 Results PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular Vote1899Elected% Change#%% Change MB Conservative (historical) row Conservative Rodmond Roblin39  31  26,07448.98%  MB Conservative (historical) row Liberal-Conservative Rodmond Roblin1  1  8551.61%  MB Liberal row Liberal Thomas Greenway40  8  23,74044.60%  MB Labour rowLabour2  0 1,0131.90%  MB Independent rowProhibition4  0 9551.79%  MB Independent rowIndependents3  0 5951.12%  Total89  40 53,232100%  Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative MB PC 50.59 Liberal MB Liberal 44.60 Others MB Independent 4.81Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative MB PC 80.00 Liberal MB Liberal 20.00 Constituency Results Arthur: (incumbent)Allen Thompson (C) 547 John Williams (L) 499 Assiniboia: Joseph Prefontaine (L) 415 Charles Caron (C) 398 Avondale: (incumbent)James Argue (C) 641 Cornelius Miller (L) 435 Beautiful Plains: (incumbent)John Andrew Davidson (C) 838 James McRae (L) 710 Birtle: (incumbent)Charles Mickle (L) 584 John Leich (C) 293 Brandon City: (incumbent)Stanley McInnis (C) 765 Alexander Fraser (L) 723 Carillon: Albert Prefontaine (C) 399 Arthur Hebert (L) 308 Cypress: (incumbent)George Steel (LC) 855 William Little (L) 756 Dauphin: John Gunne (C) 797 John A. Campbell (L) 656 Deloraine: Edward Briggs (C) 457 H.L. Montgomery (Proh) 437 George Patterson (L) 429 Dufferin: (incumbent)Rodmond Roblin (C) 1150 (incumbent)James Riddell (L) 731 Emerson: (incumbent)David H. McFadden (C) 436 George Walton (L) 417 W.R. Mulock (Proh) 77 Gilbert Plains: Glenlyon Campbell (C) 598 Thomas Young (L) 396 Gimli: (incumbent)Baldwin Baldwinson (C) accl. Gladstone: David Wilson (C) 829 (incumbent)Thomas Morton (L) 693 Hamiota: David Jackson (L) 762 (incumbent)William Ferguson (C) 740 Kildonan and St. Andrews: Martin O'Donohoe (L) 718 (incumbent)Orton Grain (C) 713 Killarney: (incumbent)George Lawrence (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 (incumbent)Tobias Norris (L) 899 La Verendrye: (incumbent)William Lagimodiere (L) 348 Jean Lauzon (C) 337 Manitou: (incumbent)Robert Rogers (C) 923 Donald Campbell (L) 548 Minnedosa: William B. Waddell (C) 751 Neil Cameron (L) 670 Morden: (incumbent)John Ruddell (C) 616 G.H. Bradshaw (L) 528 Morris: (incumbent)Colin H. Campbell (C) 620 Napoleon Comeault (L) 500 Mountain: (incumbent)Thomas Greenway (L) 911 Daniel A. McIntyre (C) 567 M. Wilson (Ind) 254 Norfolk: (incumbent)Robert Lyons (C) 941 J.D. Hunt (L) 753 Portage la Prairie: (incumbent)Hugh Armstrong (C) 742 Edward Brown (L) 711 Rhineland: (incumbent)Valentine Winkler (L) 355 H.P. Hansen (C) 284 Hermann Dirks (Ind) 148 Rockwood: (incumbent)Isaac Riley (C) 616 Alexander Leonard (L) 516 Russell: W.J. Doig (L) 475 Angus Bonnycastle (C) 351 St. Boniface: Horace Chevrier (L) 593 (incumbent)Joseph Bernier (C) 592 South Brandon: Alfred Carroll (C) 508 John Watson (L) 496 Springfield: William Henry Corbett (C) 353 (incumbent)Thomas H. Smith (L) 245 Donald Ross (Ind) 193 Swan River: James Wells Robson (C) 503 A.J. Cotton (L) 272 Turtle Mountain: (incumbent)James Johnson (C) 741 J.S. McEwan (L) 475 J.F. Hunter (Proh) 142 Virden: John Agnew (C) 674 F.W. Clinigan (L) 649 Winnipeg Centre: (incumbent)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: (incumbent)James Gordon (C) 1807 John D. Cameron (L) 1633 References 1903 Category:1903 elections in Canada Category:1903 in Manitoba Category:July 1903 in Canada