The 1914 Manitoba general election was held on July 10, 1914 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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, Canada. The result was a fifth consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party, led by

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. The result, however, was much closer than in the previous general elections of

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and

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. Former Conservative leader

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believed that the party was hurt by its 1912 amendments to the Manitoba education code. Although

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George R. Coldwell insisted the amendments were only meant to clarify existing provisions, many voters believed the Roblin government wanted to re-introduce funding for separate Roman Catholic schools. The government was also weakened by a corruption scandal involving the construction of new legislative buildings. The Conservatives won twenty-eight seats, against twenty for the

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under

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. Independent candidate Fred Dixon was also elected, with support from both the Liberals and the Labour Representation Committee. This election re-established the Liberals as a credible government-in-waiting. Early in 1915, Roblin's administration was forced to resign from office after a report commissioned by the

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found his government guilty of corruption in the awarding of contracts for new legislative buildings. Norris's Liberals were called to form a new administration, although they did not hold a majority of seats in the legislature. A new election was held, which the Liberals won in a landslide.

Electoral system

In this election Manitoba used a mixture of multi-member districts and single-member districts. Two MLAs were elected in each of the multi-member districts -

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and

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. In each district, each member was elected in a separate contest through

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. In each single-member district the member was elected through

Results

The appearance of "third party" candidates presaged later developments when farmers and workers in such bodies as Independent Labour Party, the CCF and the NDP would play larger role in elections. Note two Labour Representation League candidates, in Assiniboia and Elmwood, and candidacy of Ferley (later ILP councillor on Winnipeg city council) in Mountain,Grain Growers Guide, March 4, 1914 as well as the successful campaign of Independent (Labour) candidate Fred Dixon, who would serve nine years as MLA.

Riding results

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(L) 766 *(incumbent)

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(C) 1239 * John W. Wilton (L) 965 *W.J. Bartlett (Labour Representation Committee) 501 Beautiful Plains: *(incumbent) James H. Howden (C) 1102 * William R. Wood (L) 1070 Birtle: *(incumbent) George J.H. Malcolm (L) 892 *W.M. Taylor (C) 583 Brandon City: *(incumbent) George R. Coldwell (C) 1897 * Stephen Emmett Clement (L) 1734

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: * Thomas B. Molloy (L) 659 *(incumbent)

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: *(incumbent) George Steel (C) 852 *James Christie Sr. (L) 836 Dauphin: * William Buchanan (C) 1026 *J. Seale (L) 710 Deloraine: * Robert S. Thornton (L) 1127 *(incumbent) John C. Walker Reid (C) 923 Dufferin: *(incumbent)

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(L) 1537 *R.S. Ward (Labour Representation Committee/) 508 Emerson: *(incumbent) David McFadden (C) 1032 *

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(L) 986 Gilbert Plains: *(incumbent)

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(L) 461 *

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(L-Ind) 264

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: *(incumbent) James W. Armstrong (L) 1239 *S. Singleton (C) 943 Glenwood: * James W. Breakey (L) 1078 *A.L. Young (C) 906

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(17 August): * Hugh Armstrong (C) 271 *A. la Rose (L) 12 Hamiota: *

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(L) 1134 *(incumbent) William Ferguson (C) 736 Iberville: *(incumbent) Aime Benard (C) accl. Kildonan & St. Andrews: *(incumbent) Walter Montague (C) 1087 * George Prout (L) 1086

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: *(incumbent) George Lawrence (C) 758 *

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(L) 690 La Verendrye: *

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(C) 778 * Philippe Adjutor Talbot (L) 550 Lakeside: * John J. Garland (C) 838 *(incumbent) Charles D. McPherson (L) 828 Lansdowne: *(incumbent)

(L) 1371 *W.J. Cundy (C) 927

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(L) 1073 *

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: * Jacques Parent (C) 920 *(incumbent) William Molloy (L) 658

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: *(incumbent) James Baird (L) 1200 *John T. Dale (C) 598 *A.D. Craig (Ind) 306 (His grass-roots platform, which included Direct Legislation and

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, described in Grain Growers Guide, May 4, 1914, p. 27)

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: * John Graham (L) 911 *(incumbent) Robert F. Lyons (C) 843

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(L) 1030 *(incumbent) Hugh Armstrong (C) 1020 Roblin: *(incumbent) Frederic Newton (C) 802 *T. McLennan (L) 571 Rockwood: *(incumbent) Isaac Riley (C) 1103 * Arthur Lobb (L) 1044 Russell: * Donald C. McDonald (L) 892 *E. Graham (C) 862

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(L) 1097 Ste. Rose: * Joseph Hamelin (C) 596 * John A. Campbell (L) 536 Swan River: * William H. Sims (L) 594 *W.J. Stewart (C) 561

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(27 July): *(incumbent)

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(L) 645 Virden: *

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(L) 1135 *(incumbent)Harvey C. Simpson (C) 1050

"A": *(incumbent) Thomas Herman Johnson (L) 7998 * A.J. Andrews (C) 6948 *William H. Hoop (SPC) 953

"B": * Fred Dixon (Ind ib-Lab 8205 *F.J.G. McArthur (C) 6692 * George Armstrong (SPC) 928

"A": * Joseph P. Foley (C) 3135 *J. Willoughby (L) 2816 *Arthur Beech (SDP) 1921

"B": * Daniel McLean (C) 3268 * Robert Newton Lowery (L) 2645 *Herman Saltzman (SDP) 2068

"A": * Albert B. Hudson (L) 5861 *(incumbent)

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"B": * William L. Parrish (L) 5812 *Harry W. Whitlaw (C) 4902

Post-election changes

Dufferin (res.

, May 12, 1915)

References

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Electoral system

Results

Riding results

Post-election changes

Further reading

References