The 1907 Manitoba general election was held on March 7, 1907 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.
The result was a third 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 Edward Brown.
Results
PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular Vote1903Elected% Change#%% Change Conservative Rodmond Roblin 32 28 3106750.57 Liberal Edward Brown 8 13 2942647.90 Labour 0 0 9391.53 Total 40 41 100%
Constituency results
Arthur: John Williams (L) 536 Amos Lyle (C) 533
Assiniboia: Aime Benard (C) 550 (incumbent)Joseph H. Prefontaine (L) 311
Avondale: (incumbent)James Argue (C) 590 W.H.B. Hill (L) 451
Beautiful Plains: (incumbent)James H. Howden (C) 791 Alexander Dunlop (L) 679
Birtle: (incumbent)Charles Mickle (L) 617 Thomas Thompson (C) 380
Brandon City: (incumbent)Stanley McInnis (C) 1210 J.W. Fleming (L) 1081
Carillon: (incumbent)Albert Prefontaine (C) 423 Mastai Gervais (L) 318
Cypress: (incumbent)George Steel (C) 783 Adam Forbes (L) 672
Dauphin: John A. Campbell (L) 830 James G. Harvey (C) 709
Deloraine: Robert Thornton (L) 602 (incumbent)Edward Briggs (C) 561
Dufferin: (incumbent)Rodmond Roblin (C) 931 Edward August (L) 760
Emerson: George Walton (L) 582 (incumbent)David H. McFadden (C) 477
Gilbert Plains: (incumbent)Glenlyon Campbell (C) accl.
Gimli: Sigtryggur Jonasson (L) 621 (incumbent)Baldwin Baldwinson (C) 465
Gladstone: James Armstrong (L) 743 (incumbent)David Wilson (C) 682
Hamiota: William Ferguson (C) 737 M.B. Jackson (L) 636
Kildonan and St. Andrews: Orton Grain (C) 792 (incumbent)Martin O'Donohoe (L) 751
Killarney: (incumbent)George Lawrence (C) 642 R.L. Richardson (L) 486
Lakeside: (incumbent)Edwin Lynch (C) 460 Peter McArthur (L) 433
Lansdowne: Tobias Norris (L) 859 (incumbent)Harvey E. Hicks (C) 763
La Verendrye: Jean Lauzon (C) 361 (incumbent)William Lagimodiere (L) 338
Manitou: (incumbent)Robert Rogers (C) 832 G.E. Davidson (L) 512
Minnedosa: (incumbent)William B. Waddell (C) 792 E.W. Pearson (L) 626
Morden: Benjamin McConnell (L) 544 (incumbent)George Ashdown (C) 454
Morris: (incumbent)Colin H. Campbell (C) 525 John Molloy (L) 524
Mountain: James Baird (L) 1031 (incumbent)Daniel A. McIntyre (C) 598
Norfolk: (incumbent)Robert Lyons (C) 799 William Walker (L) 646
Portage la Prairie: (incumbent)Hugh Armstrong (C) 868 Edward Brown (L) 645
Rhineland: (incumbent)Valentine Winkler (L) 364 Cor. Bergman (C) 321
Rockwood: (incumbent)Isaac Riley (C) 676 Ira Stratton (L) 620
Russell: Angus Bonnycastle (C) 605 T.A. Wright (L) 596
St. Boniface: Joseph Bernier (C) 749 (incumbent)Horace Chevrier (L) 688
South Brandon: (incumbent)Alfred Carroll (C) 418 James Roddick (L) 409
Springfield: Donald Ross (L) 540 John Little (C) 359
Swan River: (incumbent)James Robson (C) 387 J.P. Jones (L) 348
Turtle Mountain: (incumbent)James Johnson (C) 649 John Morrow (L) 462
Virden: (incumbent)John Agnew (C) 730 John Rattray (L) 645
Winnipeg Centre: (incumbent)Thomas Taylor (C) 2314 J.A MacArthur (L) 2047
Winnipeg North: John F. Mitchell (C) 2244 Alex. MacDonald (L) 1874
Winnipeg South: (incumbent)James Gordon (C) 2122 Benjamin Elswood Chaffey (L) 1988
Winnipeg West: Thomas Herman Johnson (L) 2011 Thomas Sharpe (C) 1785 Kempton McKim (ILP) 939
Post-election changes
Beautiful Plains (James H. Howden appointed to cabinet, March 16, 1907), March 26, 1907: James H. Howden (C) accl.
Brandon City (Stanley McInnis appointed to cabinet, June 26, 1907), July 16, 1907: Stanley McInnis (C) accl.
Brandon City (dec. Stanley McInnis, November 4, 1907), November 25, 1907: George Coldwell (C) accl.
Gilbert Plains (res. Glenlyon Campbell, 1908), November 17, 1908: Duncan Cameron (C) 894 A.D. Cummings (L) 855
Portage la Prairie (Hugh Armstrong to cabinet, November 19, 1908), November 30, 1908: Hugh Armstrong (C) accl.
Virden (dec. John Agnew, November 9, 1908), January 9, 1909: Harvey Simpson (C) +206 Robert Forke (L)
Birtle (res. Charles Mickle, 1909), November 27, 1909: George Malcolm (L/Grain Grower's) elected
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