The 1910 Manitoba general election was held on July 11, 1910 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.
The result was a fourth consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by premier Rodmond Roblin. Roblin's electoral machine won 28 seats, against 13 for the opposition Manitoba Liberal Party under new leader Tobias Norris.
The Manitoba Labour Party ran a single candidate: Fred Dixon, who was almost elected in Winnipeg Centre with unofficial support from the Liberal Party. Many believe [who?] that Dixon was defeated by the Socialist Party's decision to field a candidate against him. The Socialists ran two other candidates in Winnipeg, and both were defeated.
All the members were elected through First-past-the-post voting in single member districts. This was the last election to be conducted that way in Manitoba for 40 years. The next 11 elections involved the election of some MLAs in multi-member districts.[1]
Results
| Popular vote |
|---|
|
|
|
| Conservative |
|
49.50% |
| Liberal |
|
46.00% |
| Others |
|
4.50% |
|
| Seats summary |
|---|
|
|
|
| Conservative |
|
68.29% |
| Liberal |
|
31.71% |
|
Riding results
(incumbent) or boldface denotes incumbent.
Arthur:
Assiniboia:
- (incumbent)Aime Benard (C) 924
- R.A. Bonnar (L[?]) 322
- John Colvin (Ind-L-Lab) 66
Avondale:
Beautiful Plains:
Birtle:
Brandon City:
Carillon:
Cypress:
Dauphin:
Deloraine:
Dufferin:
Emerson:
Gilbert Plains:
Gimli:
Gladstone:
Hamiota:
Kildonan and St. Andrews:
Killarney:
Lakeside:
Lansdowne:
La Veredrye:
Manitou:
Minnedosa:
Morden:
Morris:
Mountain:
Norfolk:
Portage la Prairie:
Rhineland:
Rockwood:
Russell:
South Brandon:
Springfield:
Swan River:
St. Boniface:
Turtle Mountain:
Virden:
Winnipeg Centre:
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
|
Conservative
|
(incumbent)Thomas Taylor
|
2,012
|
49.68%
|
|
|
|
Labour
|
Fred Dixon
|
1,939
|
47.88%
|
|
|
|
Socialist
|
W.S. Cummings
|
99
|
2.44%
|
|
| Total valid votes
|
4,050
|
100.00%
|
|
| Turnout
|
|
76.4%
|
|
Winnipeg North:
Winnipeg South:
Winnipeg West:
Post-election changes
Russell (res. Angus Bonnycastle, 1911), February 4, 1911:
Killarney (George Lawrence appointed to cabinet, October 11, 1911), October 23, 1911:
Manitou (res. Robert Rogers, October 10, 1911), October 31, 1911:
The Pas (new constituency), October 12, 1912:
Gimli (res. Baldwin Baldwinson, 1913), May 12, 1913:
St. Boniface (Joseph Bernier appointed to cabinet, 1913), May 22, 1913:
Kildonan and St. Andrews (res. Orton Grain, 1913), November 29, 1913:
Notes and references
Further reading
