Manitoba general election, 1927
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Manitoba's general election of 28 June 1927 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 of the Province of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada.

This was the first election in Manitoba history to elect members through a single transferable ballot in all constituencies. Ten candidates were elected in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, while every other constituency returned members by instant runoff voting.

The result was a second consecutive victory for the Progressive Party of Manitoba
Progressive Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Party of Manitoba, Canada, was a political party that developed from the United Farmers of Manitoba, an agrarian movement that became politically active following World War I...

, which was supported by the United Farmers of Manitoba. The Progressives, led by Premier
Premier of Manitoba
The Premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. Until the early 1970s, the title "Prime Minister of Manitoba" was used frequently. Afterwards, the word Premier, derived from the French...

 John Bracken
John Bracken
John Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....

, won twenty-nine seats out of fifty-five to win their second majority government
Majority government
A majority government is when the governing party has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system. This is as opposed to a minority government, where even the largest party wins only a plurality of seats and thus must constantly bargain for support from...

. During the campaign, the Progressives stressed that they were not a party in the traditional sense and promised "A business (not a party) government". Many Progressive candidates simply described themselves as Bracken supporters.

The Conservatives won fifteen seats under the leadership of Fawcett Taylor, an improvement from seven in the election of 1922
Manitoba general election, 1922
Manitoba's general election of July 18, 1922 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.As in the previous election of 1920, the city of Winnipeg elected ten members by the single transferable ballot...

. This election re-established the Conservatives as the leading opposition party in Manitoba, and made the party a credible challenger for government in the next election.

The Manitoba Liberal Party
Manitoba Liberal Party
The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

 was unable to regain the support it lost to the Progressive Party in the previous election. The Liberals won seven seats under the new leadership of Hugh Robson
Hugh Robson
Hugh Amos Robson was a politician and judge in Manitoba. He briefly served as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party in the 1920s.-Career:...

, down one from their 1922 total. After the election, many senior Liberals began to work for an electoral alliance with the Progressives. Robson, who opposed this plan, was persuaded to resign as leader in 1930. The alliance was formalized in 1932.

The Independent Labour Party
Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (II)
Prior to 1920, there were a number of groups in Winnipeg which called themselves the "Independent Labour Party". For information on these groups, see Independent Labour Party ....

 fell to three seats, down from six in the previous election. All three members, including party leader John Queen
John Queen
John Queen was a Manitoba politician, and the second parliamentary leader of that province's Independent Labour Party...

, were elected in the city of Winnipeg.

Independent candidate John Edmison was also re-elected in Brandon
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...

. Jacob Penner
Jacob Penner
Jacob Penner was a popular socialist politician in Canada. Penner was born and raised in a Mennonite family in Russia and emigrated to Winnipeg in 1904. In 1908, he met his wife Rose Shapack, a Jewish Russian immigrant, during an address by Emma Goldman at the Winnipeg Radical Club...

 ran in Winnipeg as a Communist candidate, but was not successful.

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular Vote
1922
Manitoba general election, 1922
Manitoba's general election of July 18, 1922 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.As in the previous election of 1920, the city of Winnipeg elected ten members by the single transferable ballot...

Elected % Change # % % Change
Progressive
Progressive Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Party of Manitoba, Canada, was a political party that developed from the United Farmers of Manitoba, an agrarian movement that became politically active following World War I...

John Bracken
John Bracken
John Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....

    29     32.4%  
Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

Fawcett Taylor
    15     27.2%  
Liberal
Manitoba Liberal Party
The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

Hugh Robson
Hugh Robson
Hugh Amos Robson was a politician and judge in Manitoba. He briefly served as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party in the 1920s.-Career:...

    7     20.7%  
Independent Labour
Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (II)
Prior to 1920, there were a number of groups in Winnipeg which called themselves the "Independent Labour Party". For information on these groups, see Independent Labour Party ....

John Queen
John Queen
John Queen was a Manitoba politician, and the second parliamentary leader of that province's Independent Labour Party...

    3     10.5%  
Communist
           
Independent     1        
Total     55     100%  

Results by electoral division

Arthur:
  • (x)Duncan McLeod (P) 1226
  • J. Arthur Ross
    J. Arthur Ross
    James Arthur Ross was a Manitoba politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons for thirteen years, and was a candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in 1953....

     (C) 902


Assiniboia:

First Count
  • Joseph Cotter
    Joseph Cotter
    Joseph Henry Cotter was a Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932. He was a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 1380
  • Robert B. Russell
    Robert B. Russell
    Robert Boyd Russell was a labour organizer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a prominent figure in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, and was later the leader of Winnipeg's One Big Union....

     (ILP) 1320
  • Charles L. Richardson (Ind P) 566
  • Andrew W. Myles (L) 520
  • Alexander S. Pildrum (P) 471


Pildrum was eliminated after the first count. Richardson and Myles were eliminated after the second count, with 668 and 659 votes respectively.

Third Count
  • Joseph Cotter (C) 1963
  • Robert B. Russell (ILP) 1535


Beautiful Plains:

First Count
  • Adalbert J.M. Poole (P) 1360
  • Ernest H. Whelpley (C) 965
  • Stanley H. Kerr (L) 511


Kerr was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Adalbert J.M. Poole (P) 1549
  • Ernest H. Whelpley (C) 1153


Birtle:

First Count
  • John Pratt (P) 1134
  • Albert J. McLeod (L) 742
  • Alfred S. Arnold (C) 635


Arnold was eliminated.

Second Count
  • John Pratt (P) 1215
  • Albert J. McLeod (L) 1071


Brandon City:
  • (x)John H. Edmison
    John H. Edmison
    John H. Edmison was a doctor and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1932.Edmison had a professional medical degree, and worked as a physician....

     (Ind) 3526
  • William Hill (ILP) 1288
  • Harry William Cater (P) 489


Carillon
Carillon (Manitoba riding)
Carillon is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada.It was established for the 1886 provincial election, and eliminated with the 1969 election. The constituency was predominantly francophone...

:
  • (x)Albert Prefontaine
    Albert Prefontaine
    Albert Préfontaine was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Manitoba Conservatives in the late 1910s, and was subsequently a member of the United Farmers of Manitoba....

     (P) 1604
  • Thomas Molloy
    Thomas B. Molloy
    Thomas Boniface Molloy was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1915, as a member of the Liberal Party....

     (L) 458


Cypress:

First Count
  • (x)William Spinks (C) 1235
  • Andrew Moore
    Andrew Moore
    Andrew Moore was an American lawyer and politician from Lexington, Virginia. He rose to the rank of captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, seeing action at Saratoga. After the war he was eventually commissioned a major general in the Virginia militia...

     (P) 1091
  • J.F. Davidson (L) 311


Davidson was eliminated.

Second Count
  • William Spinks (C) 1320
  • Andrew Moore (P) 1189


Dauphin:

First Count
  • Robert Ferguson
    Robert Ferguson (Manitoba politician)
    Robert George Ferguson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 1022
  • George Palmer
    George Hastings Palmer
    George Hastings Palmer was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922.Palmer was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was educated in Yarmouth...

     (P) 920
  • (x)Archibald Esplen
    Archibald Esplen
    Archibald Esplen was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1927, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party.Esplen lived in Dauphin, Manitoba...

     (L) 647


Esplen was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Robert Ferguson (C) 1350
  • George Palmer (P) 1064


Deloraine:

First Count
  • Hugh McKenzie
    Hugh McKenzie (Manitoba politician)
    Hugh McKenzie was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936....

     (P) 1174
  • Arthur T. Hainsworth (C) 1014
  • Peter Spence
    Peter Spence
    Peter Spence is an English journalist and writer. He is perhaps best known for creating and writing the British sitcom To the Manor Born.-Early life:...

     (L) 369


Spence was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Hugh McKenzie (P) 1299
  • Arthur T. Hainsworth (C) 1147


Dufferin:
  • John Munn (P) 1790
  • A.E. Shewfelt (C) 1047
  • G.A. Hall (L) 307


Emerson:

First Count
  • Robert Curran (P [Liberal-Progressive]) 793
  • Herbert Henry Wright (L) 652
  • J.K. Kulackowsky (Ind) 449
  • (x)Dmytro Yakimischak
    Dmytro Yakimischak
    Dmytro Yakimischak was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1927....

     (Ind) 364
  • Roy Whitman (C) 313
  • P. Tanchuk (Ind) retired from contest


Whitman was eliminated after the first count. Yakimischak was eliminated after the second count with 371 votes, and Kulackowsky was eliminated after the third count with 637 votes.

Fourth Count
  • Robert Curran (P [Liberal-Progressive]) 975
  • Herbert Henry Wright (L) 787


Ethelbert:
  • (x)Nicholas Hryhorczuk
    Nicholas Hryhorczuk
    Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1936, and again from 1941 to 1945....

     (P [Independent Farmer]) 1302
  • Peter Melnyk (Ind) 917


Fairford:

First Count
  • Stuart Garson
    Stuart Garson
    Stuart Sinclair Garson, was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th Premier of Manitoba from 1943 to 1948, and later became a federal cabinet minister....

     (P) 437
  • (x)Albert W. Kirvan (L) 358
  • A.H. Francis (C) 296


Francis was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Stuart Garson (P) 501
  • (x)Albert W. Kirvan (L) 416


Fisher:
  • (x)Nicholas Bachynsky
    Nicholas Bachynsky
    Nicholas Volodymir Bachynsky was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1958, and was Speaker of the Assembly for most of Douglas Campbell's administration.Bachynsky was educated in Galicia and in Brandon, Manitoba...

     (P) 754
  • Henry L. Mabb (C) 310
  • George Prout
    George Prout
    George Waldron Prout was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party....

     (L) 179
  • Charles Ciupak (Ind) 12


Gilbert Plains:
  • (x)Arthur Berry
    Arthur Berry (Manitoba politician)
    Arthur Ritchie Berry was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1936.Berry was born in Owen Sound, Ontario. He worked as a farmer....

     (P) 1021
  • Samuel Hughes (C) 592
  • J.G. Vance (L) 315


Gimli:

First Count
  • Ingimar Ingaldson
    Ingimar Ingaldson
    Ingmar Ingaldson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Progressive Party....

     (P) 1026
  • Einar Jonasson
    Einar Jonasson
    Einar Sigurjon Jonasson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1935, as a member of the Liberal-Progressive Party....

     (L) 801
  • (x)Michael Rojeski
    Michael Rojeski
    Michael Rojeski was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1927, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party....

     (Ind) 567
  • Nicholas Boychuk (Ind) 230
  • F. Gisli Sigmundson (C) 198
  • Dymtro Derhak (Ind) 49


Derhak was eliminated after the first count. Boychuk and Sigmundson were eliminated after the second count with 238 and 199 votes respectively. Rojeski was eliminated after the third count with 619 votes.

Fourth Count
  • Ingimar Ingaldson (P) 1231
  • Einar Jonasson (L) 1038


Gladstone:
  • William Morton
    William Morton (Manitoba politician)
    William Morton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1958, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell. His father, Thomas Lewis Morton, was a member of the assembly from 1888 to...

     (P) 1311
  • John Foster (Ind [L?]) 624


Glenwood:

First Count
  • (x)James Breakey
    James Breakey
    James Washington Breakey , was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was briefly the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, and was subsequently a supporter of the province's Liberal-Progressive coalition government.After working as a financial agent, Breakey was elected to the Legislative Assembly...

     (L) 1072
  • Sam Forrest
    Sam Forrest
    Sam Forrest is the lead singer and guitarist for Nine Black Alps, a member of The Sorry Kisses and a solo singer-songwriter. Forrest previously played bass in The Halcyon Band....

     (P) 721
  • Fred Cross (C) 544


Cross was eliminated.

Second Count
  • (x)James Breakey (L) 1217
  • Sam Forest (P) 850


Hamiota:
  • (x)Thomas Wolstenholme
    Thomas Wolstenholme
    Thomas Wolstenholme was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1936.Wolstenholme was born and educated in Manchester, England, and came to Canada in 1889...

     (P) 1086
  • William Edward Warren (C) 520
  • William Braid (L) 462


Iberville:
  • (x)Arthur R. Boivin (P-Ind) accl.


Kildonan and St. Andrews:

First Count
  • James McLenaghen
    James McLenaghen
    James O. McLenaghen was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 until his death, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.McLenaghen was educated in Balderson until 1902, and then in...

     (C) 1387
  • Walter Henry Gabriel Gibbs (L) 1159
  • (x)Charles A. Tanner (P) 1134


Tanner was eliminated.

Second Count
  • James McLenaghen (C) 1530
  • Walter H.G. Gibbs (L) 1456


Killarney:
  • John Laughlin
    John Laughlin
    John Bell Laughlin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative representative from 1927 to 1932, and again from 1936 to 1941. His father, Andrew Laughlin, was also a member of the assembly from 1879 to 1881.The younger Laughlin was...

     (C) 1189
  • (x)Andrew E. Foster (P) 934


Lakeside:
  • (x)Douglas Campbell
    Douglas Lloyd Campbell
    Douglas Lloyd Campbell, OC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the 13th Premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958...

     (P) 1442
  • John P. Bend (C) 1274


Lansdowne:
  • (x)Tobias C. Norris (L) 1947
  • E.D. Alder (C) 550


La Verendrye:
  • (x)Philippe Adjutor Talbot
    Philippe Adjutor Talbot
    Philippe Adjutor Talbot was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1936, and was Speaker of the Assembly from 1923 to 1936....

     (P) 1074
  • J. Napoleon Landry (L) 581
  • Paul Royal (C) 440


Manitou:

First Count
  • Joseph Lusignan
    Joseph Lusignan
    Joseph Prospere Lusignan was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 1330
  • (x)George Compton (P) 1097
  • Charles A. Jopp (L) 541


Jopp was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Joseph Lusignan (C) 1467
  • George Compton (P) 1338


Minnedosa:

First Count
  • Norman W.P. Shuttleworth (P) 1405
  • Earl Rutledge
    Earl Rutledge
    Earl James Rutledge was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1948, initially as a Conservative and later as a Progressive Conservative after the party changed its name.-Biography:Rutledge was educated at Queen's University in Kingston,...

     (C) 1377
  • Walter Cooper Richardson (L) 572


Richardson was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Earl Rutledge (C) 1595
  • Norman W.P. Shuttleworth (P) 1581


Morden and Rhineland:

First Count
  • John Henry Black (P) 1075
  • Hugh McGavin
    Hugh McGavin
    Dr. Hugh James McGavin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 1016
  • Peter Buerckert (L) 518


Buerckert was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Hugh McGavin (C) 1252
  • John Henry Black (P) 1132


Morris:
  • (x)William Clubb
    William Clubb
    William Reid Clubb was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken....

     (P) 1663
  • Walter J. Fulton (L) 285


Mountain:
  • Irving Cleghorn
    Irving Cleghorn
    Irving Moffat Cleghorn was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1930, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party.Cleghorn worked as a medical doctor, and resided in Baldur, Manitoba...

     (L) 1578
  • (x)Charles Cannon (P) 1494


Norfolk:
  • (x)John Muirhead
    John Muirhead
    John Muirhead was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1936.Muirhead was born in Clinton, Ontario, and educated at public schools...

     (P) 1341
  • Reuben J. Waugh (C) 1307


Portage La Prairie:
  • (x)Fawcett Taylor (C) 1580
  • Sydney McKay (L) 795


Roblin:
  • (x)Frederic Newton
    Frederic Newton
    Frederic Young Newton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1911 to 1917, and again from 1922 to 1932. He was a member of the Conservative Party....

     (C) 1057
  • H.H. Simpson (P) 734
  • D. Rostoky (L) 270


Rockwood:
  • (x)William McKinnell
    William McKinnell
    William Clarke McKinnell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1936....

     (P) 1486
  • Major Proctor (C) 719
  • Arthur Lobb
    Arthur Lobb
    Arthur John Lobb was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party....

     (L) 474
  • Michael Slobadianek (Ind) 66


Rupertsland:

First Count
  • Herbert Beresford
    Herbert Beresford
    Herbert Grahame Beresford was a land surveyor and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932....

     (P-Ind) 216
  • Fred C. Hamilton
    Fred C. Hamilton
    Fred C. Hamilton was a Manitoba politician who made two unsuccessful bids for the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party ....

     (L) 145
  • Hyman Udell (C) 81


Udell was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Herbert Beresford (P-Ind) 235
  • Fred C. Hamilton (L) 160


Russell:

First Count
  • (x)Isaac Griffiths
    Isaac Griffiths
    Isaac Bertie Griffiths was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken....

     (P) 1227
  • Robert Peden (C) 936
  • William W.W. Wilson (L) 903
  • Basil Lazaruk (Ind) 254


Lazaruk was eliminated after the first count. Wilson was eliminated after the second count with 932 votes.

Third Count
  • (x)Isaac Griffiths (P) 1431
  • Robert Peden (C) 1311


St. Boniface:

First Count
  • Joseph Bernier
    Joseph Bernier
    Joseph Bernier was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on four occasions between 1900 and 1932. Bernier was a member of the Conservative Party, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin. His father, Thomas A. Bernier,...

     (C) 1990
  • L.P. Gagnon (L) 1790
  • Marcus Hyman
    Marcus Hyman
    Marcus Hyman, M.A., LL.B. was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1938, representing the Independent Labour Party....

     (ILP) 1469
  • H. Laurendeau (P) 1188


The ballot-counting process in this constituency was extremely controversial. Laurendeau was eliminated after the first count, and Hyman was eliminated after the second count. Gagnon was originally declared the winner on the third count by a single vote, but Bernier appealed the decision and was declared elected on recount. The final totals were: Bernier 2646, Gagnon 2618.

St. Clements:
  • Robert Hoey
    Robert Hoey
    Robert Alexander Hoey was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1921 to 1925, served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken.Hoey was born in Enniskillen, County...

     (P) 2146
  • (x)Donald A. Ross
    Donald A. Ross
    Donald Andrew Ross was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1920, and again from 1922 to 1927....

     (Ind) 1436
  • M.J. Stanbridge (Ind) 440


St. George:

First Count
  • (x)Skuli Sigfusson
    Skuli Sigfusson
    Skuli Sigfusson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on three occasions: from 1915 to 1920, 1922 to 1936, and 1941 to 1945....

     (L) 814
  • Albert E. Kristjansson (P) 524
  • Paul Reykdal (C) 466


Reykdal was eliminated.

Second Count
  • (x)Skuli Sigfusson (L) 1006
  • Albert E. Kristjansson (P) 597


Ste. Rose:

First Count
  • Maurice Dane MacCarthy
    Maurice Dane MacCarthy
    Maurice Dane MacCarthy was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1953.MacCarthy was born in Bracebridge, Ontario, and educated in that city. He worked as a farmer...

     (P) 1055
  • (x)Joseph Hamelin
    Joseph Hamelin
    Joseph Hamelin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1927. Hamelin's paternal grandfather, Salomon Hamelin, served in the Legislative Council of Manitoba from 1871 to 1876. His maternal grandfather was legislator Pascal...

     (C) 831
  • Arthur Hurst (L) 358


Hurst was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Maurice Dace MacCarthy (P) 1161
  • Joseph Hamelin (C) 960


Springfield:

First Count
  • (x)Clifford Barclay
    Clifford Barclay
    Clifford Barclay was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1927, and again from 1932 to 1936....

     (P) 1459
  • Murdoch Mackay
    Murdoch Mackay
    Murdoch Mackay was a Manitoba politician. He led the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1931 to 1932, and brought the party into an alliance with John Bracken's Progressives....

     (L) 1389
  • Theo Stefanik (C) 491


Stefanik was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Murdoch Mackay (L) 1507
  • (x)Clifford Barclay (P) 1489


Swan River:

First Count
  • Andrew McCleary
    Andrew McCleary
    Andrew McCleary was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Progressive Party....

     (P) 1213
  • W.H.C. Hinchcliffe (C) 797
  • W.H. Sims (L) 546


Sims was eliminated.

Second Count
  • Andrew McCleary
    Andrew McCleary
    Andrew McCleary was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Progressive Party....

     (P) 1347
  • W.H.C. Hinchcliffe (C) 1009


The Pas:
  • (x)John Bracken
    John Bracken
    John Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....

     (P) 582
  • Stephan Stephansson (L) 454


Turtle Mountain:
  • (x)Richard G. Willis (C) 1167
  • Duncan Henderson (P) 951


Virden:
  • (x)Robert Mooney
    Robert Mooney
    Robert Henry Mooney was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1953.-Early life:...

     (P) accl.


Winnipeg:

First count (quota: 4610)
  • (x)John Thomas Haig
    John Thomas Haig
    John Thomas Haig, PC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as parliamentary leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in 1921-22....

     (C) 5108
  • Hugh Robson
    Hugh Robson
    Hugh Amos Robson was a politician and judge in Manitoba. He briefly served as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party in the 1920s.-Career:...

     (L) 4862
  • (x)William Sanford Evans
    William Sanford Evans
    William Sanford Evans was a Manitoba politician. Between 1933 and 1936, he was the leader of that province's Conservative Party caucus....

     (C) 4551
  • (x)John Queen
    John Queen
    John Queen was a Manitoba politician, and the second parliamentary leader of that province's Independent Labour Party...

     (ILP) 3985
  • William Major (P) 3713
  • (x)Seymour Farmer (ILP) 3497
  • Edward Montgomery (P) 2236
  • (x)John K. Downes
    John K. Downes
    John K. Downes was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1927, as an independent member....

     (Ind [Moderationist]) 2047
  • Jacob Penner
    Jacob Penner
    Jacob Penner was a popular socialist politician in Canada. Penner was born and raised in a Mennonite family in Russia and emigrated to Winnipeg in 1904. In 1908, he met his wife Rose Shapack, a Jewish Russian immigrant, during an address by Emma Goldman at the Winnipeg Radical Club...

     (Comm) 2015
  • William Tobias (C) 1687
  • Royal Burritt (P) 1604
  • (x)Edith Rogers (L) 1582
  • (x)William Ivens
    William Ivens
    William Ivens was a religious and political figure in Manitoba, Canada. He was a leading figure in the Winnipeg General Strike, and subsequently served as a Labour member of the Manitoba legislature from 1920 to 1936....

     (ILP) 1435
  • W.J. Lindal (L) 1362
  • Duncan Cameron
    Duncan Cameron (Manitoba politician)
    Duncan Cameron was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party....

     (L) 1271
  • Max Steinkopf (P) 1241
  • Ralph Maybank
    Ralph Maybank
    H. Ralph Maybank was a politician from Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1935, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1951. Maybank was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.Maybank was born in London, Ontario...

     (L) 1191
  • A.E. Moore (Ind [Moderationist]) 1153
  • Theodore A. Hunt (C) 1075
  • Sam Cartwright (ILP) 999
  • R. Durward (ILP) 993
  • R.A. Gillespie (C) 941
  • F. Sedziak (Ind P) 836
  • J. MacLean (L) 761
  • W.A. James (ILP) 561

  • Second count: Haig surplus
  • Third count: Robson surplus (Evans declared elected)
  • Fourth count: Evans surplus
  • Fifth count: James eliminated
  • Sixth count: MacLean eliminated
  • Seventh count: Sedziak eliminated
  • Eight count: Cartwright eliminated
  • Ninth count: Gillespie eliminated
  • Tenth count: Moore eliminated
  • Eleventh count: Steinkopf eliminated
  • Twelfth count: Maybank eliminated (Queen declared elected)
  • Thirteenth count: Queen surplus
  • Fourteenth count: Lindal eliminated
  • Fifteenth count: Durward eliminated (Farmer declared elected)
  • Sixteenth count: Farmer surplus
  • Seventeenth count: Burritt eliminated (Major declared elected)
  • Eighteenth count: Major surplus
  • Nineteenth count: Cameron eliminated
  • Twentieth count: Penner eliminated

  • Twenty-first count (Hunt eliminated):

  • (x)John Thomas Haig (C) 4610
  • Hugh Robson (L) 4610
  • (x)William Sanford Evans (C) 4610
  • (x)John Queen (ILP) 4610
  • (x)Seymour Farmer (ILP) 4610
  • William Major (P) 4610
  • (x)Edith Rogers (L) 4764
  • (x)William Ivens (ILP) 4007
  • William Tobias (C) 3685
  • Edward Montgomery (P) [number not listed]
  • (x)J.K. Downes (Ind [Moderationist]) 3411


Twenty-second count (final standings of elected candidates):
  • (x)John Haig (C) 4610
  • Hugh Robson (L) 4610
  • (x)William Sanford Evans (C) 4610
  • (x)John Queen (ILP) 4610
  • (x)Seymour Farmer (ILP) 4610
  • William Major (P) 4610
  • (x)Edith Rogers (L) 4610
  • (x)William Ivens (ILP) 4700
  • William Tobias (C) 4114
  • Edward Montgomery (P) 3960

Sources

The first ballot results for Winnipeg and results for all other constituencies are taken from an official Manitoba government publication entitled "Manitoba elections, 1920–1941", cross-referenced with the 1928 Canadian Parliamentary Guide, and an appendix to the Manitoba government's report of the 2003 provincial election.

All ballot results for Winnipeg after the first count are taken from reports in the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper. It is possible that some errors appeared in the original publication.

Post-election changes

Birtle (John Pratt leaves the government side, early in the parliament).

Lansdowne (res. Tobias C. Norris, 1928), 10 November 1928:
  • Donald McKenzie (Liberal/Progressive) 1527
  • Harvey Hicks (C) 1260


Morris (William Clubb
William Clubb
William Reid Clubb was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken....

 to new cabinet post, 18 May 1929), 30 May 1929:
  • William Clubb
    William Clubb
    William Reid Clubb was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken....

     (P) accl.


Turtle Mountain (dec. Richard G. Willis, February 1929), 22 June 1929:
  • Alexander Welch
    Alexander Welch
    Alexander Robert Welch was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1929 to 1945, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken and Stuart Garson....

     (C) 1327
  • W.E. Campbell (P) 995


Winnipeg (res. Hugh Robson
Hugh Robson
Hugh Amos Robson was a politician and judge in Manitoba. He briefly served as leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party in the 1920s.-Career:...

, January 1930)

Mountain (dec. Irving Cleghorn
Irving Cleghorn
Irving Moffat Cleghorn was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1930, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party.Cleghorn worked as a medical doctor, and resided in Baldur, Manitoba...

, 1930), 20 January 1930:
  • Ivan Schultz
    Ivan Schultz
    Ivan Schultz was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1930 to 1955, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.Schultz was educated at Wesley College and...

     (L [endorsed by Progressives]) accl.


The Liberals formed an alliance with the governing Progressives in 1932.

Brandon City (dec. John H. Edmison
John H. Edmison
John H. Edmison was a doctor and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1932.Edmison had a professional medical degree, and worked as a physician....

, 22 March 1932)
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