Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1915)

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The Manitoba general election of 1915 was held on 6 August. The results were as follows:

Party

Leader

Votes

Seats

Liberal

Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)

64,363

41

Conservative

James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)

38,623

5

Independent

-

10,076

0

Labour

?

3,825

1

Totals

116,887

47

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency

Returning Officer

Candidate

Party

Votes

Arthur

Robert Dougall(?)

John Williams (1860-1931)

Liberal

815

William Staples Kenner

Conservative

632

Assiniboia

Dugald C. McColl

John W. Wilton (1879-1942)

Liberal

828

William Dowell Bayley (1879-1955)

Labour

773

John Thomas Haig (1877-1962)

Conservative

590

Beautiful Plains

J. D. McInnes

William Robertson Wood (1874-1947)

Liberal

1,115

James Henry Irwin

Conservative

918

Birtle

Mervyn Clemens Markle

George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)

Liberal

873

Stephen Arnold

Conservative

422

Brandon

Thomas Harkness

Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)

Liberal

1,914

James Albert Manning Aikins (1851-1929)

Conservative

1,213

Carillon

Cyriac Catellier

Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)

Conservative

629

Thomas Boniface Molloy (1878-1948)

Liberal

605

Cypress

Adam Forbes

Andrew Watson Myles (1884-1970)

Liberal

851

George Steel (1858-1940)

Conservative

789

Dauphin

James Hume

William James Harrington (1871-1941)

Liberal

739

William Buchanan (1865-1944)

Conservative

637

James M. McQuay

Independent

233

Deloraine

John H. Urie

Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)

Liberal

1,146

John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)

Conservative

851

Dufferin

Roland H. B. North

Edward Arthur “Eddie” August (1860-1935)

Liberal

1,134

Andrew Sterratt Argue

Conservative

848

Elmwood

C. G. Fieldhouse

Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)

Liberal

2,319

Donald Munro

Conservative

866

Emerson

Charles Aime

John David Baskerville (1857-1926)

Liberal

1,181

Garnet Coulter (1882-1975)

Conservative

460

Gilbert Plains

J. W. Robertson

William Blain Findlater (1871-1962)

Liberal

1,383

Samuel Hughes (1873-1940)

Conservative

792

Gimli

Stephen Thorson

Taras Dmytro Ferley (1882-1947)

Liberal

1,172

Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872-1949)

Conservative

562

Gladstone

Oliver J. Baxter

James William Armstrong (1860-1928)

Liberal

1,154

Asberry Singleton

Conservative

484

Glenwood

W. J. Merrell

James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)

Liberal

1,091

John Perdue

Conservative

636

Hamiota

George M. Greig

John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)

Liberal

1,063

James Moss Fraser

Conservative

596

Iberville

Rupert Taylor

Aime Benard (1873-1938)

Conservative

527

James Hunter Black

Liberal

400

Kildonan and St. Andrews

William S. Young

George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)

Liberal

1,295

Richard Sanders

Conservative

754

Killarney

W. J. Schnarr

Samuel Melville Hayden (1858-1934)

Liberal

779

George Lawrence (1857-1924)

Conservative

656

Lakeside

William Fulton

Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)

Liberal

863

John James Garland (1873-1925)

Conservative

700

Lansdowne

Robert Edward McCaw

Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)

Liberal

1,334

William John Lundy

Conservative

592

La Verendrye

Mastaix(?) Duguay

Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)

Liberal

713

Jean Baptiste Lauzon (1858-1944)

Conservative

558

Manitou

Alexander A. Jopp

George Thomas Armstrong (1881-1941)

Liberal

1,090

William Henry Sharpe (1868-1942)

Conservative

1,006

Minnedosa

Robert J. Davidson

George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)

Liberal

1,173

James R. Muir

Conservative

654

Morden and Rhineland

George E. Mowbray

Valentine Winkler (1864-1920)

Liberal

1,180

William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)

Conservative

712

Morris

Andrew Dryden

Jacques Parent (1862-1918)

Conservative

740

William Molloy (1877-1917)

Liberal

683

Mountain

John A. Johnson

James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)

Liberal

1,331

John Thomas Dale

Conservative

419

Norfolk

Cyrus Turner

John Graham (1864-1951)

Liberal

933

Robert Fern Lyons (1856-1926)

Conservative

770

Portage la Prairie

Robert Henry Home (1862-1944)

Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)

Liberal

1,065

Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)

Conservative

807

Roblin

F. G. Richardson

Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)

Conservative

714

William Angus (1874-1925)

Liberal

609

Rockwood

John Henry Slater

Arthur John Lobb (1871-1928)

Liberal

1,275

Thomas Scott

Conservative

639

Russell

Adam R. McIntyre

William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)

Liberal

1,033

James Powell Laycock

Conservative

614

St. Boniface

Edmond Marcien Beaudry

Joseph Pierre Dumas (1875-1950)

Liberal

921

Joseph Alexandre Beaupre (1885-?)

Conservative

790

John Power Howden (1879-1959)

Independent

640

St. Clements

Edgar C. Goulding

Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)

Liberal

1,014

Thomas Hay (1872-1939)

Conservative

489

St. George

Alexander A. Campbell

Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)

Liberal

1,291

Paul Reykdal

Conservative

831

Ste. Rose

Robert Ramsay

Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)

Conservative

443

Zatque H. Rheaume

Liberal

414

Albert McLeod

Independent

266

Swan River

Edward J. Darroch

William Henry Sims (1872-1955)

Liberal

626

Daniel Duncan McDonald (1865-1945)

Independent

414

The Pas

George McLelland

Edward Brown (1865-1947)

Liberal

Acclaim

Turtle Mountain

Duncan Henderson

George William McDonald (1875-1950)

Liberal

687

James Johnson (1855-1929)

Conservative

651

Virden

Christopher J. Bell

George Clingan (1868-1944)

Liberal

1,181

Reginald A. Knight

Conservative

772

Winnipeg North A

Thomas Morton

Robert Newton Lowery (1882-1962)

Liberal

2,443

Arthur Beech (1876-1948)

Labour

2,248

Joseph Patrick Foley (1878-1928)

Conservative

1,490

Winnipeg North B

Thomas Morton

Richard Arthur “Dickie” Rigg (1872-1964)

Labour

2,494

Solomon Hart Green (1885-1969)

Liberal

2,263

Elias R. Levinson (1879-1920)

Conservative

1,248

Winnipeg Centre A

James Ignatius Morkin (1882-1971)

Thomas Herman Johnson [Tómas Hermann Jónsson] (1870-1927)

Liberal

6,623

Andrew James Norquay (1872-1961)

Conservative

2,303

Winnipeg Centre B

James Ignatius Morkin (1882-1971)

Frederick John “Fred” Dixon (1881-1931)

Liberal

6,443

Hannes Marino Hannesson (1884-1958)

Conservative

2,048

George Armstrong (1870-1956)

Labour

804

Winnipeg South A

Fletcher A. Macdonald

Albert Blellock Hudson (1875-1947)

Liberal

5,986

William J. Boyd (1862-1943)

Conservative

2,011

Winnipeg South B

Fletcher A. Macdonald

William Linton Parrish (1860-1949)

Liberal

5,635

Lendrum McMeans (1859-1941)

Conservative

2,303

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1916-1918)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1916-1920)

Sources:

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

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 September 2023