1914 Manitoba general election

none September 2023 1914 Manitoba general election Manitoba 1870 parliamentary 1910 Manitoba general election 1910 elected members 1915 Manitoba general election 14th Manitoba Legislature 1915 July 10, 1914 49 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 25 Rodmond_Palen_Roblin.jpg MB PC nohash Rodmond Roblin 1899 Conservative Dufferin 28 28 0 46.6% 4.2pp Tobias Crawford Norris.jpg x150px MB Liberal nohash Tobias Norris 1910 MB Liberal name Lansdowne 13 20 7 42.8% 1.4pp Premier Premier after election Rodmond Roblin MB Conservative name Rodmond Roblin MB Conservative name The 1914 Manitoba general election was held on July 10, 1914 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The result was a fifth consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party, led by premier Rodmond Roblin. The result, however, was much closer than in the previous general elections of 1903, 1907 and 1910. Former Conservative leader Hugh John Macdonald believed that the party was hurt by its 1912 amendments to the Manitoba education code. Although Education Minister George R. Coldwell 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 Manitoba Pageant: My Dear Campbell 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 under Tobias Norris. Independent candidate Fred Dixon 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 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 was held, which the Liberals won in a landslide. Electoral system In this election Manitoba used a mixture of multi-member districts and single-member districts. Two MLAs were elected in each of the multi-member districts - Winnipeg North, Winnipeg South and Winnipeg Centre. In each district, each member was elected in a separate contest through First past the post. In each single-member district the member was elected through First past the post. Results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsResults Summaries 1870 to 1995 https://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Results/Elections1870to1995 Elections Manitoba 2026-06-22Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1914) https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/events/provincialelection1914.shtml Manitoba Historical Society Archives 2026-06-22Popular vote1910Elected% Change#%% Change MB Conservative (historical) row Conservative Rodmond Roblin  2828 -68,35246.6  MB Liberal row Liberal Tobias Norris  1320+53.8%62,79842.8  MB Independent rowIndependent  -1-8,5115.8  MB Independent row Labour  -0-7,1434.8  Total  4149+19.5%146,804100  The appearance of "third party" candidates presaged later developments when farmers and workers in such bodies as Independent Labour Party, the CCF and the NDP would play larger role in elections. Note two Labour Representation League candidates, in Assiniboia and Elmwood, and candidacy of Ferley (later ILP councillor on Winnipeg city council) in Mountain,Grain Growers Guide, March 4, 1914 as well as the successful campaign of Independent (Labour) candidate Fred Dixon, who would serve nine years as MLA. Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative MB PC 46.56 Liberal MB Liberal 42.77 Others MB Independent 10.67Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Conservative MB PC 57.14 Liberal MB Liberal 40.82 Others MB Independent 2.04 Riding results Arthur: John Williams (L) 766 (incumbent)Amos Lyle (C) 700 Assiniboia: John Thomas Haig (C) 1239 John W. Wilton (L) 965 W.J. Bartlett (Labour Representation Committee) 501 Beautiful Plains: (incumbent)James H. Howden (C) 1102 William R. Wood (L) 1070 Birtle: (incumbent)George J.H. Malcolm (L) 892 W.M. Taylor (C) 583 Brandon City: (incumbent)George R. Coldwell (C) 1897 Stephen Emmett Clement (L) 1734 Carillon: Thomas B. Molloy (L) 659 (incumbent)Albert Prefontaine (C) 652 Churchill and Nelson: George R. Ray (C) accl. Cypress: (incumbent)George Steel (C) 852 James Christie Sr. (L) 836 Dauphin: William Buchanan (C) 1026 J. Seale (L) 710 Deloraine: Robert S. Thornton (L) 1127 (incumbent)John C. Walker Reid (C) 923 Dufferin: (incumbent)Rodmond Roblin (C) 1204 Edward August (L) 1065 Elmwood: Harry Mewhirter (C) 1901 Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (L) 1537 R.S. Ward (Labour Representation Committee/) 508 Emerson: (incumbent)David McFadden (C) 1032 George Walton (L) 986 Gilbert Plains: (incumbent)Sam Hughes (C) 1471 G.D. Shortreed (L) 996 Gimli: Sveinn Thorvaldson (C) 1045 Einar Jonasson (L) 461 Taras Ferley (L-Ind) 264 Gladstone: (incumbent)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 (C) 271 A. la Rose (L) 12 Hamiota: John Henry McConnell (L) 1134 (incumbent)William Ferguson (C) 736 Iberville: (incumbent)Aime Benard (C) accl. Kildonan & St. Andrews: (incumbent)Walter Montague (C) 1087 George Prout (L) 1086 Killarney: (incumbent)George Lawrence (C) 758 Samuel Hayden (L) 690 La Verendrye: Jean-Baptiste Lauzon (C) 778 Philippe Adjutor Talbot (L) 550 Lakeside: John J. Garland (C) 838 (incumbent)Charles D. McPherson (L) 828 Lansdowne: (incumbent)Tobias Norris (L) 1371 W.J. Cundy (C) 927 Manitou: (incumbent)James Morrow (C) 1099 I.H. Davidson (L) 1029 Minnedosa: George Grierson (L) 1174 William B. Waddell (C) 965 Morden and Rhineland: (incumbent)Valentine Winkler (L) 1073 William Johnston Tupper (C) 941 Morris: Jacques Parent (C) 920 (incumbent)William Molloy (L) 658 Mountain: (incumbent)James Baird (L) 1200 John T. Dale (C) 598 A.D. Craig (Ind) 306 (His grass-roots platform, which included Direct Legislation and Proportional representation, described in Grain Growers Guide, May 4, 1914, p. 27) Norfolk: John Graham (L) 911 (incumbent)Robert F. Lyons (C) 843 Portage la Prairie: Ewan McPherson (L) 1030 (incumbent)Hugh Armstrong (C) 1020 Roblin: (incumbent)Frederic Newton (C) 802 T. McLennan (L) 571 Rockwood: (incumbent)Isaac Riley (C) 1103 Arthur Lobb (L) 1044 Russell: Donald C. McDonald (L) 892 E. Graham (C) 862 St. Boniface: (incumbent)Joseph Bernier (C) 1603 L.A. Delorme (L) 1259 St. Clements: (incumbent)Donald A. Ross (L) 1025 Thomas Hay (C) 887 St. George: (incumbent)Edmund L. Taylor (C) 1198 Skuli Sigfusson (L) 1097 Ste. Rose: Joseph Hamelin (C) 596 John A. Campbell (L) 536 Swan River: William H. Sims (L) 594 W.J. Stewart (C) 561 The Pas (27 July): (incumbent)Robert Orok (C) accl. Turtle Mountain: (incumbent)James Johnson (C) 707 George William McDonald (L) 645 Virden: George Clingan (L) 1135 (incumbent)Harvey C. Simpson (C) 1050 Winnipeg Centre "A": (incumbent)Thomas Herman Johnson (L) 7998 A.J. Andrews (C) 6948 William H. Hoop (SPC) 953 Winnipeg Centre "B": Fred Dixon (Ind [Lib-Lab]) 8205 F.J.G. McArthur (C) 6692 George Armstrong (SPC) 928 Winnipeg North "A": Joseph P. Foley (C) 3135 J. Willoughby (L) 2816 Arthur Beech (SDP) 1921 Winnipeg North "B": Daniel McLean (C) 3268 Robert Newton Lowery (L) 2645 Herman Saltzman (SDP) 2068 Winnipeg South "A": Albert B. Hudson (L) 5861 (incumbent)Lendrum McMeans (C) 4863 Winnipeg South "B": William L. Parrish (L) 5812 Harry W. Whitlaw (C) 4902 Post-election changes Dufferin (res. Rodmond Roblin, May 12, 1915) Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1914 1915 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_f1o7 References Category:1914 elections in Canada 1914 Category:1914 in Manitoba Category:July 1914 in Canada