The 1910 Manitoba general election was held on July 11, 1910 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.
The result was a fourth consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by premier Rodmond Roblin. Roblin's electoral machine won 28 seats, against 13 for the opposition Manitoba Liberal Party under new leader Tobias Norris.
The Manitoba Labour Party ran a single candidate: Fred Dixon, who was almost elected in Winnipeg Centre with unofficial support from the Liberal Party. Many believe that Dixon was defeated by the Socialist Party's decision to field a candidate against him. The Socialists ran two other candidates in Winnipeg, and both were defeated.
All the members were elected through First-past-the-post voting in single member districts. This was the last election to be conducted that way in Manitoba for 48 years. The next 11 elections involved the election of some MLAs in multi-member districts.Parliamentary Guides
Results PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular Vote1907Elected% Change#%Change (pp) Conservative Rodmond Roblin 41 28 28 050.8+0.2 Liberal Tobias Norris 39 13 13044.2-3.7Labour 10002.6+1.1Socialist 3N/A0N/A1.6N/AIndependent 20006140.8-2.3 Total 41 41 100
Riding results (incumbent) or boldface denotes incumbent.
Arthur: Amos Lyle (C) 777 (incumbent)John Williams (L) 602
Assiniboia: (incumbent)Aime Benard (C) 924 R.A. Bonnar (L[?]) 322 John Colvin (Ind-L-Lab) 66
Avondale: (incumbent)James Argue (C) 708 J. Madill (L) 626
Beautiful Plains: (incumbent)James H. Howden (C) accl.
Birtle: (incumbent)George Malcolm (L) 758 E. Graham (C) 648
Brandon City: (incumbent)George Coldwell (C) 1402 S.H. McKay (L) 1150
Carillon: (incumbent)Albert Prefontaine (C) 619 Horace Chevrier (L) 544
Cypress: (incumbent)George Steel (C) 875 F.H. Mitchell (L) 699
Dauphin: James G. Harvey (C) 1107 (incumbent)John A. Campbell (L) 1054
Deloraine: John C.W. Reid (C) 743 (incumbent)Robert S. Thornton (L) 737
Dufferin: (incumbent)Rodmond Roblin (C) 1267 W.F. Osborne (L) 811
Emerson: David McFadden (C) 766 (incumbent)George Walton (L) 757
Gilbert Plains: Sam Hughes (C) 970 W. Shaw (L) 865
Gimli: Baldwin Baldwinson (C) 900 Wilhelm Paulson (L) 450 X.J. Solmundson (Ind) 287
Gladstone: (incumbent)James W. Armstrong (L) 957 W. McKelvey (C) 777
Hamiota: (incumbent)William Ferguson (C) 848 E. Henry (L) 751
Kildonan and St. Andrews: (incumbent)Orton Grain (C) 1131 A.R. Bredin (L) 1043
Killarney: (incumbent)George Lawrence (C) 726 G. Robinson (L) 519
Lakeside: Charles Duncan McPherson (L) 570 (incumbent)Edwin D. Lynch (C) 502
Lansdowne: (incumbent)Tobias Norris (L) 1196 W. Fenwick (C) 944
La Veredrye: William Molloy (L) 439 (incumbent)Jean-Baptiste Lauzon (C) 430
Manitou: (incumbent)Robert Rogers (C) 1065 J.E. Gayton (L) 610
Minnedosa: John Thompson (L) 971 (incumbent)William B. Waddell (C) 937
Morden: (incumbent)Benjamin McConnell (L) 630 J.A. Hobbs (C) 586
Morris: (incumbent)Colin Campbell (C) 746 R.L. Ross (L) 573
Mountain: (incumbent)James Bryson Baird (L) 1086 E.L. Taylor (C) 804
Norfolk: (incumbent)Robert Lyons (C) 822 Frank Avery (L) 647
Portage la Prairie: (incumbent)Hugh Armstrong (C) 912 Ewan McPherson (L) 711
Rhineland: (incumbent)Valentine Winkler (L) 520 Hugh McGavin (C) 387
Rockwood: (incumbent)Isaac Riley (C) 792 Ira Stratton (L) 738
Russell: (incumbent)Angus Bonnycastle (C) 900 W.V. Valens (L) 892
South Brandon: (incumbent)Alfred Carroll (C) 535 E.H. Dewart (L) 525
Springfield: (incumbent)Donald A. Ross (L) 807 C.P. Fullerton (C) 661
Swan River: Daniel D. McDonald (L) 465 (incumbent)James W. Robson (C) 436
St. Boniface: (incumbent)Joseph Bernier (C) 1022 A. Dubuc (L) 760
Turtle Mountain: (incumbent)James Johnson (C) 742 W. Hanley (L) 580
Virden: (incumbent)Harvey Simpson (C) 985 D. McDonald (L) 800
Winnipeg Centre:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Conservative(incumbent)Thomas Taylor2,01249.68% LabourFred Dixon1,93947.88% SocialistW.S. Cummings992.44%Total valid votes4,050100.00%Turnout76.4%
Winnipeg North: Solomon Hart Green (L) 2175 (incumbent)John F. Mitchell (C) 1555 Ed. Fulcher (SPC) 892
Winnipeg South: Lendrum McMeans (C) 2545 Edward Brown (L) 2496
Winnipeg West: (incumbent)Thomas Herman Johnson (L) 2578 A.J. Andrews (C) 2538 George Armstrong (SPC) 246
Post-election changes Russell (res. Angus Bonnycastle, 1911), February 4, 1911: Frederic Newton (C) 916 William Valens (L) 651
Killarney (George Lawrence appointed to cabinet, October 11, 1911), October 23, 1911: George Lawrence (C) accl.
Manitou (res. Robert Rogers, October 10, 1911), October 31, 1911: James Morrow (C) accl.
The Pas (new constituency), October 12, 1912: Robert Orok (C) accl.
Gimli (res. Baldwin Baldwinson, 1913), May 12, 1913: Edmund Taylor (C) 1674 A. Eggerston (L) 832
St. Boniface (Joseph Bernier appointed to cabinet, 1913), May 22, 1913: Joseph Bernier (C) accl.
Kildonan and St. Andrews (res. Orton Grain, 1913), November 29, 1913: Walter Humphries Montague (C) 1123 A.N. Bredin (L) 753
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