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 Conservative Party of Manitoba, 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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: *(incumbent) Allen Thompson (C) 547 *

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(L) 499

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(L) 415 *Charles Caron (C) 398 Avondale: *(incumbent) James Argue (C) 641 *Cornelius Miller (L) 435 Beautiful Plains: *(incumbent) John Andrew Davidson (C) 838 *James McRae (L) 710 Birtle: *(incumbent)

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(L) 584 *John Leich (C) 293 Brandon City: *(incumbent) Stanley McInnis (C) 765 *Alexander Fraser (L) 723

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

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: *(incumbent) 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: *(incumbent)

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(L) 417 *W.R. Mulock (Proh) 77 Gilbert Plains: *

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: * David Wilson (C) 829 *(incumbent)Thomas Morton (L) 693 Hamiota: *

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(L) 762 *(incumbent) William Ferguson (C) 740 Kildonan and St. Andrews: * Martin O'Donohoe (L) 718 *(incumbent) Orton Grain (C) 713

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: *(incumbent) George Lawrence (C) 713 *Reuben Cross (Proh) 299 *G.B. Monteith (L) 282 Lakeside: * Edwin Lynch (C) 537 *William Fulton (L) 469 Lansdowne: * Harvey Hicks (C) 915 *(incumbent)

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(L) 899 La Verendrye: *(incumbent) William Lagimodiere (L) 348 * Jean Lauzon (C) 337

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

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: *(incumbent) John Ruddell (C) 616 *G.H. Bradshaw (L) 528

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: *(incumbent) Colin H. Campbell (C) 620 *Napoleon Comeault (L) 500

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(L) 911 * Daniel A. McIntyre (C) 567 *M. Wilson (Ind) 254

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: *(incumbent) Robert Lyons (C) 941 *J.D. Hunt (L) 753

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: *(incumbent) Hugh Armstrong (C) 742 * Edward Brown (L) 711

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: *(incumbent) Valentine Winkler (L) 355 *H.P. Hansen (C) 284 *Hermann Dirks (Ind) 148 Rockwood: *(incumbent) Isaac Riley (C) 616 *Alexander Leonard (L) 516 Russell: * W.J. Doig (L) 475 *

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(L) 593 *(incumbent)

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(C) 592 South Brandon: * Alfred Carroll (C) 508 *John Watson (L) 496 Springfield: * William Henry Corbett (C) 353 *(incumbent)

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(L) 245 * Donald Ross (Ind) 193 Swan River: *

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(C) 503 *A.J. Cotton (L) 272 Turtle Mountain: *(incumbent) James Johnson (C) 741 *J.S. McEwan (L) 475 *J.F. Hunter (Proh) 142 Virden: * John Agnew (C) 674 *F.W. Clinigan (L) 649

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Thomas Taylor Thomas Taylor may refer to: Military *Thomas H. Taylor (1825–1901), Confederate States Army colonel *Thomas Happer Taylor (1934–2017), U.S. Army officer; military historian and author; triathlete *Thomas Taylor (Medal of Honor) (born 1834), Am ...

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: * Sampson Walker (C) 1106 *J.W. Cockburn (L) 1057 *Robert Thoms (Winnipeg Labor Party) 591

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: *(incumbent) James Gordon (C) 1807 *John D. Cameron (L) 1633

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