Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1883)

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The Manitoba provincial election of 1883 was held on 23 January. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Conservative	John Norquay (1841-1889)	5,393	19
Liberal	?	4,464	10
Independent	-	?	1
Totals		9,857	30

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Assiniboia	Alexander “Sandy” Murray (1839-1913)	Conservative	95
	James Cunningham (1823-1915)	Liberal	37
Birtle	Edward Phillip “E. P.” Leacock (1853-1927)	Conservative	251
	Robert Nelson (1830-1912)	Liberal	242
Brandon	Joseph Edward Woodworth (1837-1889)	Conservative	859
	John Wright Sifton (1833-1912)	Liberal	681
Baie St. Paul	Edward Lewis Fairbanks (1850-1924)	Conservative	Acclaim
Burnside	Isaiah Mawhinney (1830-1913)	Conservative	185
	John Smith (1817-1889)	Liberal	124
Cartier	Joseph Lecomte (1850-1938)	Conservative	153
	John Hargrave	Conservative	67
	J. W. Parker	Liberal	15
Dauphin	John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)	Conservative	Acclaim
Dufferin North	David Henry Wilson (1855-1926)	Conservative	304
	Henry Landerkin (c1841-1917)	Liberal	201
Dufferin South	William James Winram (1838-1891)	Liberal	155
	John Stewart	Conservative	112
Emerson	Frederick Ernest Burnham (1847-?)	Liberal	178
	Robert S. Chalmers	Conservative	168
High Bluff	William Crawford (1847-1897)	Conservative	68
	H. J. Fox Rose	Liberal	66
Kildonan	Alexander MacBeth Sutherland (1849-1884)	Conservative	100
	John Sutherland (1837-1922)	Liberal	75
La Verendrye	Maxime Goulet (1855-1932)	Independent	181
	Louis Arthur Prud’Homme (1853-1941)	Conservative	173
Minnedosa	David Howard Harrison (1843-1905)	Conservative	495
	David Glass (1829-1906)	Liberal	428
Morris	Henry James Tennant (1839-1913)	Conservative	204
	Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)	Liberal	138
	G. C. Wilde	Conservative	134
Mountain	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	Liberal	330
	John Norquay (1841-1889)	Conservative	244
Norfolk	Charles Hay (1843-1924)	Liberal	110
	W. R. Ross	Conservative	65
Portage la Prairie	Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Martin (1852-1923)	Liberal	315
	William Ross Black (1855-1919)	Conservative	304
	Edward Henry George Gunson Hay (1840-1918)	Liberal	2
Rockwood	Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)	Liberal	250
	James Andrew Miller (1839-1886)	Conservative	74
St. Agathe	Alexander Kittson (1853-1883)	Conservative	Acclaim
St. Andrews	John Norquay (1841-1889)	Conservative	Acclaim
St. Boniface	Alphonse Alfred Clement LaRivière (1842-1925)	Conservative	97
	Edward Richard	Liberal	44
St. Clements	John Beresford Allan (1841-1927)	Conservative	94
	John Gunn (1826-?)	Liberal	78
St. Francois Xavier	Edward Francis Gigot (1847-1928)	Conservative	72
	Daniel Carey (1829-1890)	Liberal	36
Springfield	John Hedley Bell (1840-1897)	Liberal	169
	Charles Bruce Edie (1842-1888)	Conservative	162
Turtle Mountain	Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)	Liberal	232
	James Peterkin Alexander (1835-1912)	Conservative	145
Westbourne	Corydon Partlow Brown (1848-1891)	Conservative	Acclaim
Winnipeg North	Elias George Conklin (1845-1901)	Liberal	299
	Albert Monkman (1850-1918)	Conservative	218
Winnipeg South	Albert Clements Killam (1849-1908)	Liberal	259
	Charles Richard Tuttle (1848-?)	Conservative	196
Woodlands	William Wagner (1820-1901)	Conservative	136
	Francis Wesley Lipsett (1850-1889)	Conservative	37

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1883-1886)

Sources:

“The campaign,” Manitoba Free Press, 22 January 1883, page 2.

Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 October 2018