The 1903 Manitoba general election was held on July 20, 1903, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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. The result was a second consecutive majority government for the

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, now led by

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. Roblin's electoral machine won a landslide thirty-two seats, while the opposition

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under former premier

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won only eight. The

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also contested two constituencies, winning none. Although the parties' relative seat counts gave the impression of a major victory for Conservatives, the candidates of that party actually received less than half the votes, and only 2000 more votes (just four percent) than the Liberals. Proportionally to votes cast, of the Legislature's 40 seats, 20 should have gone to the Conservatives, 18 to Liberals and two seats to Labour and other "third party" candidates.Proportional Representation Review, Dec. 1903

Results

Constituency Results

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: *(x) Allen Thompson (C) 547 *

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(L) 499 Assiniboia: *

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(L) 415 *Charles Caron (C) 398 Avondale: *(x) James Argue (C) 641 *Cornelius Miller (L) 435 Beautiful Plains: *(x) John Andrew Davidson (C) 838 *James McRae (L) 710 Birtle: *(x) Charles Mickle (L) 584 *John Leich (C) 293 Brandon City: *(x)

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: * Albert Prefontaine (C) 399 *Arthur Hebert (L) 308

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: *(x) George Steel (LC) 855 *William Little (L) 756 Dauphin: * John Gunne (C) 797 * John A. Campbell (L) 656 Deloraine: * Edward Briggs (C) 457 *H.L. Montgomery (Proh) 437 *George Patterson (L) 429 Dufferin: *(x)

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: * David Wilson (C) 829 *(x)Thomas Morton (L) 693 Hamiota: * David Jackson (L) 762 *(x) William Ferguson (C) 740

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(L) 718 *(x) Orton Grain (C) 713

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: *(x) George Lawrence (C) 713 *Reuben Cross (Proh) 299 *G.B. Monteith (L) 282

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: * Edwin Lynch (C) 537 *William Fulton (L) 469 Lansdowne: *

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(L) 899 La Verendrye: *(x) William Lagimodiere (L) 348 *

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(C) 337 Manitou: *(x) Robert Rogers (C) 923 *Donald Campbell (L) 548 Minnedosa: * William B. Waddell (C) 751 * Neil Cameron (L) 670 Morden: *(x)

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: *(x) Robert Lyons (C) 941 *J.D. Hunt (L) 753 Portage la Prairie: *(x)

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(L) 355 *H.P. Hansen (C) 284 *Hermann Dirks (Ind) 148 Rockwood: *(x)

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: * Horace Chevrier (L) 593 *(x) Joseph Bernier (C) 592 South Brandon: *

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(Ind) 193 Swan River: *

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(C) 1276 *J.A. McArthur (L) 1123 *William Scott (Winnipeg Labor Party) 422 Winnipeg North: * Sampson Walker (C) 1106 *J.W. Cockburn (L) 1057 *Robert Thoms (Winnipeg Labor Party) 591 Winnipeg South: *(x) James Gordon (C) 1807 *John D. Cameron (L) 1633

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