Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1899)

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The Manitoba general election of 1899 was held on 7 December. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Conservative	Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)	20,474	23
Liberal	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	23,302	17
Other	?	2,957	0
Independent	-	343	0
Totals		47,076	40

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Avondale	James Henthorne Argue (1848-1927)	Conservative	589
	Thomas Dickie (1860-1935)	Liberal	512
Beautiful Plains	Robert Crosby Ennis (1859-1925)	Liberal	800
	John Andrew Davidson (1852-1903)	Conservative	710
Birtle	Charles Julius Mickle (1848-1919)	Liberal	602
	William Howard	Conservative	425
Brandon City	Stanley William McInnis (1865-1907)	Conservative	569
	Charles Adams (1858-1931)	Liberal	561
Carillon	Martin Jerome (1849-1936)	Liberal	337
	Roger Marion (1846-1920)	Conservative	241
Cypress	George Steel (1858-1940)	Conservative	671
	Alfred Doig (1856-1939)	Liberal	573
	J. K. McLennan	Independent	198
Dauphin	Theodore Arthur Burrows (1857-1929)	Liberal	1,203
	Robert Hunt (1857-1934)	Conservative	779
Deloraine	Charles Alexander Young (1855-1928)	Liberal	624
	Edward Kerr	Conservative	536
Emerson	David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)	Conservative	459
	Robert Hamilton (1842-1911)	Liberal	345
Gimli	Baldwin Larus Baldwinson (1856-1936)	Conservative	331
	Sigtryggur Jónasson (1852-1942)	Liberal	323
Kildonan and St. Andrews	Orton Irwin Grain (1863-1930)	Conservative	830
	D. F. Reid	Liberal	553
Killarney	George Lawrence (1857-1924)	Conservative	788
	Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)	Liberal	648
Lakeside	James McKenzie (1854-1936)	Liberal	409
	Edwin David Lynch (1860-1941)	Conservative	383
Lansdowne	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	Liberal	672
	A. Fenwick	Conservative	640
La Verendrye	William Lagimodiere (1859-1930)	Liberal	370
	Théophile Paré (1850-1926)	Conservative	287
Lorne	James Riddell (1850-1926)	Liberal	769
	S. Umphrey	Conservative	711
Manitou	Robert Rogers (1864-1936)	Conservative	577
	John Livingstone Brown (1867-1953)	Liberal	549
	J. Woods	Independent	56
Minnedosa	Robert Hill Myers (1856-1921)	Liberal	694
	Thomas Henry Jackson (1854-1929)	Conservative	490
Morden	John Henry Ruddell (1859-1906)	Conservative	553
	D. W. McMillan	Liberal	529
Morris	Colin Howell Campbell (1859-1914)	Conservative	828
	Stewart Mulvey (1834-1908)	Liberal	640
Mountain	Thomas Greenway (1838-1908)	Liberal	556
	James Thomas Gordon (1858-1919)	Conservative	428
	S. Percival	Independent	89
Norfolk	Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)	Conservative	796
	John Genie Barron (1850-1926)	Liberal	728
North Brandon	Thomas E. Greenwood (1859-1934)	Conservative	445
	Alexander Cumming Fraser (1849-1944)	Liberal	428
Portage la Prairie	William Garland (1856-1901)	Conservative	640
	Robert Watson (1853-1929)	Liberal	477
Rhineland	Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)	Liberal	271
	W. G. Potter	Conservative	152
Rockwood	Isaac Riley (1853-1926)	Conservative	538
	Samuel Jacob Jackson (1848-1942)	Liberal	473
Rosenfeldt	William Hespeler (1830-1921)	Conservative	257
	Enoch Winkler (1852-1928)	Liberal	240
Russell	Henry Alfred Mullins (1861-1952)	Conservative	466
	John Crerar (1848-1933)	Liberal	431
St. Boniface	Simon Amable Damien Bertrand (1849-1943)	Liberal	393
	Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)	Conservative	368
Saskatchewan	William Ferguson (1862-1936)	Conservative	547
	John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)	Liberal	534
Souris	Allen Edwin Thompson (1855-1910)	Conservative	412
	Archibald McIntyre Campbell (1851-1935)	Liberal	404
South Brandon	Frank Oliver Fowler (1861-1945)	Liberal	510
	William Henderson (1859-1921)	Conservative	455
Springfield	Thomas Henry Smith (1848-1919)	Liberal	406
	Elisha Frederick Hutchings (1855-1930)	Conservative	373
Turtle Mountain	James Johnson (1855-1929)	Conservative	753
	James Sinclair Reekie (1857-1942)	Liberal	562
Virden	James Cathcart Simpson (1852-1930)	Conservative	593
	William James Kennedy (1857-1912)	Liberal	559
Westbourne	Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)	Liberal	603
	David Wilson (1858-1927)	Conservative	465
Winnipeg Centre	Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933)	Liberal	1,364
	Alfred Joseph Andrews (1865-1950)	Conservative	1,249
Winnipeg North	William Johnston Neilson (1854-1903)	Conservative	1,247
	Peter Campbell McIntyre (1854-1920)	Liberal	1,018
Winnipeg South	Hugh John Macdonald (1850-1929)	Conservative	1,283
	John Donald Cameron (1858-1923)	Liberal	1,223
Woodlands	Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	Conservative	563
	Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)	Liberal	407

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1900-1902)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Tenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1900-1903)

Sources:

“Result of the elections,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 December 1899, page 1.

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: 12 April 2022