Events in Manitoba History: Winnipeg Municipal Election (1903)

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The Winnipeg municial election of 1903 was held on 8 December. The results were as follows:

Position

Candidate

Votes

Mayor

Thomas Sharpe (1866-1929)

2,407

John Fletcher Mitchell (1862-1943)

1,404

Robert Barclay (1840-1907)

794

Alderman (Ward 1)

Christopher “Chris” Campbell (1865-1931)

Acclaimed

Alderman (Ward 2)

James Reynolds Wynne (1842-1914)

475

Henry “Harry” Sandison (1861-1942)

434

Alderman (Ward 3)

John William Horne (1855-1917)

513

Albert Robert “Ginger” Snook (1835-1926)

109

Alderman (Ward 4)

Alexander McCharles (1850-?)

665

Albert T. Davidson (c1861-1948)

641

William Scott (?-?)

137

Alderman (Ward 5)

Henry Fry (1859-1933)

?

David Anderson Ritchie (1858-1942)

?

John Coltart (1861-?)

?

Alderman (Ward 6)

Frederick John Charles “Fred” Cox (1860-1939)

306

Benjamin Nicholson (1842-?)

183

Sources:

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

“Some surprises at yesterday’s polls,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 December 1903, page 1.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 July 2020