1910 Manitoba general election

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
Party Party Leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1907 Elected % Change # % % Change
  Conservative Rodmond Roblin   28 28   38046 50.7  
  Liberal Tobias Norris   13 13   35353 47.1  
  Labour 1 0 0   1939  
  Socialist     0   1237 1.6  
  Independent     0   287 0.4  
Total   41 41     100  
Popular vote
Conservative
 
 49.50%
Liberal
 
 46.00%
Others
 
 4.50%
Seats summary
Conservative
 
 68.29%
Liberal
 
 31.71%

Riding results

(incumbent) or boldface denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

  • (incumbent)Aime Benard (C) 924
  • R.A. Bonnar (L[?]) 322
  • John Colvin (Ind-L-Lab) 66

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:

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative (incumbent)Thomas Taylor 2,012 49.68%
  Labour Fred Dixon 1,939 47.88%
  Socialist W.S. Cummings 99 2.44%
Total valid votes 4,050 100.00%
Turnout 76.4%

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:

Notes and references
  1. Parliamentary Guides

Further reading
  • Hopkins, J. Castell (1911). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1910. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
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