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	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Williams (1860-1931)	Liberal	891
	Duncan Lloyd McLeod (1874-1935)	Conservative	881
Assiniboia	William Dowell Bayley (1879-1955)	Labour	2,054
	John W. Wilton (1879-1942)	Independent	1,941
Beautiful Plains	George Little (1858-1940)	Farmer	Acclaim
Birtle	George John Huntley Malcolm (1865-1930)	Liberal	995
	Samuel Larcombe (1852-1937)	Farmer	861
Brandon	Albert Edward Smith (1870-1947)	Labour	2,007
	Stephen Emmett Clement (1867-1947)	Liberal	1,403
	James Kirkcaldy (1866-1957)	Conservative	1,245
Carillon	Maurice Duprey (1873-1945)	Farmer	973
	Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	Conservative	925
Cypress	William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)	Conservative	1,487
	Andrew Watson Myles (1884-1970)	Liberal	1,319
Dauphin	George Hastings Palmer (1881-1947)	Labour	1,466
	William James Harrington (1871-1941)	Liberal	1,044
Deloraine	Robert Stirton Thornton (1863-1936)	Liberal	1,503
	John Christie Walker Reid (1871-1942)	Conservative	1,188
Dufferin	Edward Arthur “Eddie” August (1860-1935)	Liberal	1,478
	Alexander Morrison (1851-1930)	Conservative	1,401
Emerson	Dymtro Yakimischak (1888-1958)	Farmer	989
	Roy Whitman	Conservative	925
	John David Baskerville (1857-1926)	Liberal	756
Ethelbert	Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Independent	1,271
	Ernest A. Marcroft	Farmer	684
	James Guiszdaski	Liberal	110
Fairford	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	Henry Liddell Mabb (1872-1961)	Independent Farmer	443
	Jaroslaw William Arsenych (1889-1953)	Liberal	362
	A. J. Gamache	Liberal	214
Gilbert Plains	William Blain Findlater (1871-1962)	Liberal	735
	Robert J. Dalgleish	Independent	715
Gimli	Gudmundur Fjeldsted (1872-1961)	Farmer	1,359
	Taras Dmytro Ferley (1882-1947)	Liberal	1,242
Gladstone	James William Armstrong (1860-1928)	Liberal	1,327
	Wesley Lobb	Farmer	1,147
Glenwood	William Robson (1864-1941)	Conservative	1,149
	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal	1,145
Hamiota	John Henry McConnell (1862-1944)	Liberal	1,109
	William Ferguson (1862-1936)	Conservative	762
Iberville	Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)	Independent	Acclaim
Kildonan and St. Andrews	Charles Albert Tanner (1887-1970)	Labour	1,184
	David Morrison	Liberal	876
	T. McConnell	Farmer	852
Killarney	Samuel Fletcher (1858-1950)	Farmer	1,072
	Samuel Melville Hayden (1858-1934)	Liberal	676
Lakeside	Charles Duncan McPherson (1877-1970)	Liberal	1,104
	Edwin Herbert Muir (1868-1954)	Conservative	1,081
Lansdowne	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	Liberal	1,752
	Harvey Elgin Hicks (1865-1940)	Conservative	914
La Verendrye	Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)	Independent	1,023
	L. R. Magnum	Farmer	709
Manitou	John Sutherland Ridley (1882-1934)	Conservative	1,185
	George Compton (1872-1950)	Farmer	926
	George Thomas Armstrong (1881-1941)	Liberal	901
Minnedosa	George Allison Grierson (1867-1931)	Liberal	1,236
	W. T. Bielby	Farmer	952
Morden and Rhineland	John Hugh Kennedy (1867-1927)	Conservative	814
	Howard Waldemar Winkler (1891-1970)	Liberal	752
Morris	William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)	Farmer	930
	Alexandre “Buffalo” Ayotte (1859-1932)	Farmer	765
	Fred J. Last	Independent	251
Mountain	James Bryson Baird (1859-1939)	Liberal	1,304
	Andrew Young	Farmer	1,178
Norfolk	Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)	Conservative	1,090
	John Graham (1864-1951)	Liberal	883
	John H. Wright	Farmer	503
Portage la Prairie	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)	Conservative	1,306
	Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)	Liberal	1,019
Roblin	Henry Robson Richardson (1879-1966)	Farmer	991
	Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)	Conservative	887
Rockwood	William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)	Farmer	978
	Arthur John Lobb (1871-1928)	Liberal	977
	Thomas Scott	Conservative	638
Ruperts Land	John Morrison (1868-1930)	Independent	Acclaim
Russell	William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)	Liberal	1,274
	R. J. Brown	Farmer	642
	Albert G. Lanigan (1864-1932)	Independent	593
St. Boniface	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	Matthew James Stanbridge (1876-1939)	Labour	977
	Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)	Liberal	850
	H. McLennan	Farmer	445
St. George	Albert Edward Kristjansson (1877-1974)	Labour	901
	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal	784
Ste. Rose	Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)	Conservative	878
	D. J. Hill	Liberal	745
	T. H. Rheaume	Liberal	488
Springfield	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	Robert William Emmond (1869-1935)	Farmer	1,163
	William Henry Sims (1872-1955)	Liberal	544
The Pas	Edward Brown (1865-1947)	Liberal	560
	Allan Norgrove	Labour	126
Turtle Mountain	George William McDonald (1875-1950)	Liberal	1,020
	Richard Gardiner Willis (1865-1929)	Conservative	1,001
Virden	George Clingan (1868-1944)	Liberal	1,313
	Reginald Arthur Knight	Farmer	1,022
Winnipeg (* elected)	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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 June 2022