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Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1872)

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Canadian Federal By-Election (1871) | Canadian Federal Election (1874)

The Canadian federal election of 1872 was held on 20 July. The results were as follows:

Riding

Candidate

Party

Votes

Lisgar

John Christian Schultz (1840-1896)

Conservative

273

Edward Henry George Gunson Hay (1840-1918)

Unknown

128

Marquette

Robert Cunningham (1836-1874)

Liberal

393

John Norquay (1841-1889)

Conservative

115

James Spencer Lynch (1841-1894)

Liberal

71

P. Breland

Unknown

5

Provencher

George-Étienne Cartier (1814-1873)

Liberal-Conservative

Acclaimed

Selkirk

Donald Alexander Smith (1820-1914)

Independent Conservative

258

A. E. Wilson

Unknown

62

Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)

Unknown

0

J. Sutherland

Unknown

0

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Second Canadian Parliament (1872-1873)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 25 October 2017
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