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The 1907 Manitoba general election was held on March 7, 1907 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of
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. The result was a third consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by
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Rodmond Roblin Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin (February 15, 1853 – February 16, 1937) was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada. Early life and career Roblin was born in Sophiasburgh, in Prince Edward County, Canada West (later Ontario). The Robl ...
. Roblin's electoral machine won 28 seats, against 13 for the opposition
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under new leader Edward Brown.


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Constituency results

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(L) 536 * Amos Lyle (C) 533
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: * 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
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: *(incumbent) Albert Prefontaine (C) 423 *Mastai Gervais (L) 318
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: *(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 Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin (February 15, 1853 – February 16, 1937) was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada. Early life and career Roblin was born in Sophiasburgh, in Prince Edward County, Canada West (later Ontario). The Robl ...
(C) 931 * Edward August (L) 760 Emerson: *
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(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
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: * 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
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: *(incumbent) George Lawrence (C) 642 *R.L. Richardson (L) 486 Lakeside: *(incumbent) Edwin Lynch (C) 460 *Peter McArthur (L) 433 Lansdowne: *
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(L) 859 *(incumbent)Harvey E. Hicks (C) 763 La Verendrye: * Jean Lauzon (C) 361 *(incumbent) William Lagimodiere (L) 338
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: *(incumbent) Robert Rogers (C) 832 *G.E. Davidson (L) 512 Minnedosa: *(incumbent) William B. Waddell (C) 792 *E.W. Pearson (L) 626
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: * Benjamin McConnell (L) 544 *(incumbent) George Ashdown (C) 454 Morris: *(incumbent) Colin H. Campbell (C) 525 * John Molloy (L) 524
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: * James Baird (L) 1031 *(incumbent) Daniel A. McIntyre (C) 598
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: *(incumbent) Robert Lyons (C) 799 *William Walker (L) 646
Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. In 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Highway (exactly ...
: *(incumbent) Hugh Armstrong (C) 868 * Edward Brown (L) 645
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: *(incumbent) Valentine Winkler (L) 364 *Cor. Bergman (C) 321 Rockwood: *(incumbent) Isaac Riley (C) 676 *Ira Stratton (L) 620 Russell: *
Angus Bonnycastle Angus Lorne Bonnycastle (November 3, 1873 – September 9, 1941) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1911, as a member of the Conservative Party. A member of the Bonnycastle fami ...
(C) 605 *T.A. Wright (L) 596 St. Boniface: *
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(C) 749 *(incumbent)
Horace Chevrier Horace Chevrier (December 15, 1876 – January 12, 1935) was a merchant and political figure in Manitoba. He represented St. Boniface from 1903 to 1907 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal. He was born in Ottawa, the son o ...
(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 Winnipeg Centre () is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997. History This riding was originally created in 1 ...
: *(incumbent) Thomas Taylor (C) 2314 *J.A MacArthur (L) 2047
Winnipeg North Winnipeg North () is a federal electoral district in Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917. It covers the northern portion of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geography The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Jeff ...
: * 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 Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. In 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Highway (exactly ...
( 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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