Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1920)

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The Manitoba general election of 1920 was held on 29 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Liberal	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	50,422	20
Labour	?	25,397	11
Conservative	Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	26,517	10
Farmer	?	20,299	9
Independent	-	17,008	5
Totals		139,643	55

This was the first provincial election in Manitoba where proportional voting was used to select ten members for the Winnipeg constituency, wherein all those candidates receiving more votes than the quota (4,312 votes) would be elected and their unneeded votes would be apportioned to other candidates based on preferences declared by voters at the polling stations.

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Alexander Russell	John Williams (1860-1931)	Liberal	891
		Duncan Lloyd McLeod (1874-1935)	Conservative	881
Assiniboia	Harold M. Cawker	William Dowell Bayley (1879-1955)	Labour	2,054
		John W. Wilton (1879-1942)	Independent	1,941
Beautiful Plains	George A. Baker	George Little (1858-1940)	Farmer	Acclaim
Birtle	Mervyn Clemens Markle	George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)	Liberal	995
		Samuel Larcombe (1852-1937)	Farmer	861
Brandon	W. J. McComb	Albert Edward Smith (1870-1947)	Labour	2,007
		Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)	Liberal	1,403
		James Kirkcaldy (1866-1957)	Conservative	1,245
Carillon	George Champagne	Maurice Duprey (1873-1945)	Farmer	973
		Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	Conservative	925
Cypress	Samuel Bertrand McLachlan	William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)	Conservative	1,487
		Andrew Watson Myles (1884-1970)	Liberal	1,319
Dauphin	Enoch B. Armstrong	George Hastings Palmer (1881-1947)	Labour	1,466
		William James Harrington (1871-1941)	Liberal	1,044
Deloraine	John A. Morrison	Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)	Liberal	1,503
		John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)	Conservative	1,188
Dufferin	Roland H. B. North	Edward Arthur “Eddie” August (1860-1935)	Liberal	1,478
		Alexander Morrison (1851-1930)	Conservative	1,401
Emerson	James Dowswell	Dymtro Yakimischak (1888-1958)	Farmer	989
		Roy Whitman	Conservative	925
		John David Baskerville (1857-1926)	Liberal	756
Ethelbert	Bertrand Skaife	Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Independent	1,271
		Ernest A. Marcroft	Farmer	684
		James Guiszdaski	Liberal	110
Fairford	Alexander Campbell	Albert Walmsley Kirvan (1870-1952)	Liberal	241
		G. G. Serkan	Liberal	240
		O. Calverly	Independent	236
		A. F. Carpenter	Independent	137
		J. Matheson	Independent	121
Fisher	Ernest Bouchard	Henry Liddell Mabb (1872-1961)	Independent Farmer	443
		Jaroslaw William Arsenych (1889-1953)	Liberal	362
		A. J. Gamache	Liberal	214
Gilbert Plains	Frank W. Betts	William Blain Findlater (1871-1962)	Liberal	735
		Robert J. Dalgleish	Independent	715
Gimli	Martin Keller	Gudmundur Fjeldsted (1872-1961)	Farmer	1,359
		Taras Dmytro Ferley (1882-1947)	Liberal	1,242
Gladstone	Albert Edward Clayton	James William Armstrong (1860-1928)	Liberal	1,327
		Wesley Lobb	Farmer	1,147
Glenwood	Wilfred Herbert Hicks	William Robson (1864-1941)	Conservative	1,149
		James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal	1,145
Hamiota	George S. Anderson	John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)	Liberal	1,109
		William Ferguson (1862-1936)	Conservative	762
Iberville	Samuel T. Smith	Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)	Independent	Acclaim
Kildonan and St. Andrews	Edwin Percy Hickes	Charles Albert Tanner (1887-1970)	Labour	1,184
		David Morrison	Liberal	876
		T. McConnell	Farmer	852
Killarney	Thomas Hill	Samuel Fletcher (1858-1950)	Farmer	1,072
		Samuel Melville Hayden (1858-1934)	Liberal	676
Lakeside	Hugh McKay	Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)	Liberal	1,104
		Edwin Herbert Muir (1868-1954)	Conservative	1,081
Lansdowne	William George Speers	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	Liberal	1,752
		Harvey Elgin Hicks (1865-1940)	Conservative	914
La Verendrye	Max Champagne	Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)	Independent	1,023
		L. R. Magnum	Farmer	709
Manitou	Charles Herbert Vrooman	John Sutherland Ridley (1882-1934)	Conservative	1,185
		George Compton (1872-1950)	Farmer	926
		George Thomas Armstrong (1881-1941)	Liberal	901
Minnedosa	Robert J. Davidson	George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)	Liberal	1,236
		W. T. Bielby	Farmer	952
Morden and Rhineland	Robert Livingstone	John Hugh Kennedy (1867-1927)	Conservative	814
		Howard Waldemar Winkler (1891-1970)	Liberal	752
Morris	Harold “Harry” Grills (1870-1954)	William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)	Farmer	930
		Alexandre “Buffalo” Ayotte (1859-1932)	Farmer	765
		Fred J. Last	Independent	251
Mountain	John A. Johnson	James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)	Liberal	1,304
		Andrew Young	Farmer	1,178
Norfolk	William Cairns	Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)	Conservative	1,090
		John Graham (1864-1951)	Liberal	883
		John H. Wright	Farmer	503
Portage la Prairie	Harry O. Sutton	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)	Conservative	1,306
		Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)	Liberal	1,019
Roblin	Charles Bryden	Henry Robson Richardson (1879-1966)	Farmer	991
		Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)	Conservative	887
Rockwood	Miles J. MacDonald	William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)	Farmer	978
		Arthur John Lobb (1871-1928)	Liberal	977
		Thomas Scott	Conservative	638
Ruperts Land	E. P. Hicks	John Morrison (1868-1930)	Independent	Acclaim
Russell	John McKay	William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)	Liberal	1,274
		R. J. Brown	Farmer	642
		Albert G. Lanigan (1864-1932)	Independent	593
St. Boniface	Narcisse Jackman	Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)	Conservative	1,434
		John Power Howden (1879-1959)	Liberal	942
		Joseph Pierre Dumas (1875-1950)	Liberal	730
		Christopher R. Rice	Independent	675
		Tony Hoornaert	Independent	404
St. Clements	Murdock Daniel McLean	Matthew James Stanbridge (1876-1939)	Labour	977
		Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)	Liberal	850
		H. McLennan	Farmer	445
St. George	A. De Laronde	Albert Edward Kristjansson (1877-1974)	Labour	901
		Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal	784
Ste. Rose	Francis Henry Randall	Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)	Conservative	878
		D. J. Hill	Liberal	745
		T. H. Rheaume	Liberal	488
Springfield	Andrew Young	Arthur Ernest “Jack” Moore (1881-1950)	Labour	987
		Isaac Cook	Farmer	928
		Edgar Douglass Richmond Bissett (1889-1990)	Liberal	352
		E. R. Dugard	Farmer	123
Swan River	John McGaw(?)	Robert William Emmond (1869-1935)	Farmer	1,163
		William Henry Sims (1872-1955)	Liberal	544
The Pas	H. Frank Stanley	Edward Brown (1865-1947)	Liberal	560
		Allan Norgrove	Labour	126
Turtle Mountain	Charles H. McKinnon	George William McDonald (1875-1950)	Liberal	1,020
		Richard Gardiner Willis (1865-1929)	Conservative	1,001
Virden	John Turnbull	George Clingan (1868-1944)	Liberal	1,313
		Reginald Arthur Knight	Farmer	1,022
Winnipeg (* elected)	Norman L. Monkman	Duncan Cameron (1865-1948) *	Liberal	4,312
		Frederick John “Fred” Dixon (1881-1931) *	Labour	4,312
		John Thomas Haig (1877-1962) *	Conservative	4,312
		William “Bill” Ivens (1878-1957) *	Labour	4,312
		Thomas Herman Johnson (1870-1927) *	Liberal	4,312
		John Queen (1882-1946) *	Labour	4,312
		John Stovel (1858-1923) *	Liberal	4,312
		George Armstrong (1870-1956) *	Labour	4,263
		Edith Frances MacTavish Rogers (1876-1947) *	Liberal	4,010
		William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947) *	Conservative	3,583
		Robert Boyd “R. B.” Russell (1888-1964)	Labour	3,520
		Harriet Snetsinger Dick (1867-1957)	Independent	2,931
		Robert Jacob (1879-1944)	Liberal	2,347
		Malcolm McInnes	Conservative	2,109
		Nelson D. Armstrong	Independent	1,864
		William John Christie (1858-1942)	Conservative	1,726
		William Linton Parrish (1860-1949)	Liberal	1,424
		Samuel Cartwright	Labour	1,384
		Leoni St. Clairze “Leo” Warde (1888-1971)	Independent	1,201
		William Arthur Pritchard (1888-1981)	Labour	1,155
		William Gibbon	Liberal	1,067
		Neil T. Carey	Independent	1,019
		Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)	Liberal	934
		James Lightfoot (1879-1930)	Conservative	862
		Edward Bailey Fisher (1873-1946)	Independent	508
		W. A. James	Labour	475
		Genevieve Elsie Alice Lipsett (1886-1935)	Conservative	461
		Frederick William Law (1883-1960)	Liberal	450
		Albert MacMartin	Conservative	342
		Frederick George “Fred” Tipping (1885-1973)	Labour	313
		Charles Henry Forrester (1856-1923)	Independent	309
		Robert Newton Lowery (1882-1962)	Liberal	284
		Percy V. Torrance	Conservative	282
		George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)	Independent	261
		William Clarence Morden (1878-1930)	Independent	230
		Richard James “Dickie” Johns (1888-1970)	Labour	173
		George H. Lawrence	Conservative	159
		Alice Ann Dean Holling (1867-1955)	Independent	131
		J. O. Turnbull	Conservative	90
		David S. Lyons	Independent	50
		J. H. Gislason	Independent	40

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Proportional Voting (1920-1957)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Sixeenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1921-1922)

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