Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1927)

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The Manitoba general election of 1927 was held on 28 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive	John Bracken (1883-1969)	52,805	29
Conservative	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)	44,320	15
Liberal	Hugh Amos Robson (1871-1945)	33,852	7
Labour	John Queen (1882-1946)	17,133	3
Independent	-	15,102	1
Totals		163,212	55

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Duncan Lloyd McLeod (1874-1935)	Liberal	1,226
	Arthur Ross	Conservative	902
Assiniboia	Joseph Henry Cotter (1872-1937)	Conservative	1,963
	Robert Boyd “R. B.” Russell (1888-1964)	Labour	1,535
	Charles Leonard Richardson (1884-1939)	Independent Progressive	668
	Andrew Watson Myles (1884-1970)	Liberal	659
	Alex S. Peldron	Progressive	471
Beautiful Plains	Adalbert James Moses Poole (1881-1970)	Progressive	1549
	Ernest Harold Whelpley (1890-1960)	Conservative	1153
	Stanley H. Kerr	Liberal	511
Birtle	John William Pratt (1894-1973)	Progressive	1,215
	Albert J. McLeod	Liberal	1,071
	Alfred Stephen Arnold (1865-1936)	Conservative	635
Brandon City	John Henry Edmison (1875-1932)	Independent	3,526
	William Hill	Labour	1,288
	Henry William “Harry” Cater (1869-1945)	Progressive	489
Carillon	Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	Progressive	1,604
	Thomas Boniface Molloy (1878-1948)	Liberal	458
Cypress	William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)	Conservative	1,320
	Andrew Moore	Progressive	1,189
	J. F. Dandson	Liberal	311
Dauphin	Robert George Ferguson (1866-1957)	Conservative	1,350
	George Hastings Palmer (1881-1947)	Progressive	1,064
	Archibald Esplen (1864-1933)	Liberal	647
Deloraine	Hugh McKenzie (1870-1957)	Progressive	1,299
	A. T. Hainsworth	Conservative	1,147
	Peter Spence	Liberal	369
Dufferin	John Alfred Munn (1882-1942)	Progressive	1,790
	A. E. Shewfelt	Conservative	1,047
	Gavin Allan Hall (1898-1948)	Liberal	307
Emerson	Robert Franklin Curran (1883-1958)	Progressive	975
	Herbert Henry Wright (1880-1944)	Liberal	787
	J. Kulackowsky	Independent	637
	Dymtro Yakimischak (1888-1958)	Independent	371
	R. Whitman	Conservative	313
	P. Tanchuk	Independent	0
Ethelbert	Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Progressive	1,302
	Peter Melnyk	Independent	917
Fairford	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Progressive	501
	Albert Walmsley Kirvan (1870-1952)	Liberal	416
	R. H. Francis	Conservative	296
Fisher	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Progressive	754
	Henry Liddell Mabb (1872-1960)	Conservative	310
	George Waldron Prout (1878-c1980)	Liberal	179
	Charles Cinpak	Independent	12
Gilbert Plains	Arthur Ritchie Berry (1880-1943)	Progressive	1,021
	Samuel Hughes (1873-1940)	Conservative	592
	J. G. Vance	Liberal	315
Gimli	Ingimar Ingaldson (1888-1934)	Progressive	1,231
	Einar Sigurjon Jonasson (1887-1935)	Liberal	1,038
	Michael Rojeski (1884-1965)	Independent	619
	Nicholas Boychuk	Independent	238
	Gisli Sigmundson	Conservative	199
	Dmytro Derhak	Independent	49
Gladstone	William Morton (1884-1958)	Progressive	1,311
	John Foster	Independent	624
Glenwood	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal	1,217
	Samuel Henry Forrest (1873-1963)	Progressive	850
	Frederick A. Cross	Conservative	544
Hamiota	Thomas Wolstenholme (1870-1952)	Progressive	1,086
	William Edward Warren	Conservative	520
	William Braid	Liberal	462
Iberville	Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)	Progressive	Acclaim
Kildonan and St. Andrews	James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)	Conservative	1,530
	Walter Henry Gabriel “Harry” Gibbs (1872-1952)	Liberal	1,456
	Charles Albert Tanner (1887-1970)	Progressive	1,134
Killarney	John Bell Laughlin (1879-1941)	Conservative	1,189
	Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)	Progressive	934
Lakeside	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Progressive	1,442
	John Pigott “Jack” Bend (1883-1969)	Conservative	1,274
Lansdowne	Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)	Liberal	1,947
	Ellis David Alder (1897-1977)	Conservative	550
La Verendrye	Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)	Progressive	1,074
	J. Napoleon Landry	Liberal	581
	Dr. Paul Royal	Conservative	440
Manitou	Joseph Prospere Lusignan (1876-1967)	Conservative	1,467
	George Compton (1872-1950)	Progressive	1,338
	Charles A. Jopp	Liberal	541
Minnedosa	Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)	Conservative	1,595
	Norman P. Shuttleworth	Progressive	1,581
	Walter Richardson	Liberal	572
Morden & Rhineland	Hugh McGavin (1874-1958)	Conservative	1,252
	John Henry Black	Progressive	1,132
	Peter Bueckert	Liberal	518
Morris	William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)	Progressive	1,663
	Walter J. Fulton	Liberal	285
Mountain	Irving Moffat Cleghorn (1863-1929)	Liberal	1,578
	Charles Reginald Cannon (1866-1951)	Progressive	1,494
Norfolk	John Muirhead (1877-1954)	Progressive	1,341
	Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)	Conservative	1,307
Portage la Prairie	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)	Conservative	1,580
	Sydney McKay	Liberal	795
Roblin	Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)	Conservative	1,057
	H. H. Simpson	Progressive	734
	D. Rostoky	Liberal	270
Rockwood	William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)	Progressive	1,486
	Major Proctor	Conservative	719
	Arthur John Lobb (1871-1928)	Liberal	474
	Michael Slobodianek	Independent	66
Ruperts Land	Herbert Grahame Beresford (1880-1938)	Progressive	235
	Frederick Charles Hamilton (1871-1949)	Liberal	160
	Hyman Yewdall (1879-1947)	Conservative	81
Russell	Isaac Bertie Griffiths (1882-1970)	Progressive	1,431
	Robert Peden	Conservative	1,311
	William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)	Liberal	932
	Basil Lazaruk	Independent	254
St. Boniface	Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)	Conservative	2,646
	L. P. Gagnon	Liberal	2,618
	Marcus Hyman (1883-1938)	Labour	1,469
	H. Laurendeau	Progressive	1,188
St. Clements	Robert Alexander Hoey (1883-1965)	Progressive	2,146
	Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)	Independent	1,436
	Matthew James Stanbridge (1876-1939)	Independent	440
St. George	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal	1,006
	Albert Edward Kristjansson (1877-1974)	Progressive	597
	Paul Reykdal	Conservative	466
Ste. Rose	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Progressive	1,161
	Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)	Conservative	960
	Arthur Hurst	Liberal	358
Springfield	Murdoch Mackay (1884-1962)	Liberal	1,507
	Clifford Barclay (1876-1961)	Progressive	1,489
	Theodore Stefanik	Conservative	491
Swan River	Andrew McCleary (c1863-1944)	Progressive	1,347
	W. H. C. Hinchliffe	Conservative	1,009
	William Henry Sims (1872-1955)	Liberal	546
The Pas	John Bracken (1883-1969)	Progressive	582
	Stephan Stephansson (1887-1934)	Liberal	454
Turtle Mountain	Richard Gardiner Willis (1865-1929)	Conservative	1,167
	Duncan Henderson	Progressive	951
Virden	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Progressive	Acclaim
Winnipeg (* elected)	William Sanford Evans (1869-1949) *	Conservative	4,610
	Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951) *	Labour	4,610
	John Thomas Haig (1877-1962) *	Conservative	4,610
	William “Bill” Ivens (1878-1957) *	Labour	4,610
	William James Major (1881-1953) *	Progressive	4,610
	John Queen (1882-1946)*	Labour	4,610
	Hugh Amos Robson (1871-1945) *	Liberal	4,610
	Edith Frances McTavish Rogers (1876-1947) *	Liberal	4,610
	William Verner Tobias (1892-1941) *	Conservative	4,186
	Edward William Montgomery (1865-1948) *	Progressive	4,051
	John Kensington Downes (1879-1944)	Independent	3,411
	Theodore Alexander Hunt (1871-1934)	Conservative	2,408
	Jacob Penner (1880-1965)	Communist	2,213
	Duncan Cameron (1865-1948)	Liberal	2,175
	Royal Burritt (1876-1962)	Progressive	1,791
	Robert Durward (1885-1970)	Labour	1,691
	Walter Jacobson Lindal (1887-1976)	Liberal	1,669
	Ralph Maybank (1890-1965)	Liberal	1,410
	Max Steinkopf (1881-1935)	Progressive	1,291
	Arthur Ernest “Jack” Moore (1881-1950)	Independent	1,218
	Robert Alexander Gillespie (1881-1965)	Conservative	1,116
	Sam Cartwright	Labour	1,049
	Francis “Frank” Sedziak (1877-1952)	Independent	861
	John MacLean (1882-1977)	Liberal	792
	W. A. James	Labour	562

See also:

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

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1928-1930)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1927-1932)

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: 26 June 2022