1903 Manitoba general election

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

The result was a second consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, now led by Premier Rodmond Roblin. Roblin's electoral machine won a landslide thirty-two seats, while the opposition Manitoba Liberal Party under former premier Thomas Greenway won only eight. The Winnipeg Labour Party 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.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1899	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Conservative	Rodmond Roblin	39		31		26,074	48.98%
	Liberal-Conservative	Rodmond Roblin	1		1		855	1.61%
	Liberal	Thomas Greenway	40		8		23,740	44.60%
	Labour		2		0		1,013	1.90%
	Prohibition		4		0		955	1.79%
	Independents		3		0		595	1.12%
Total			89		40		53,232	100%

Popular vote Conservative   50.59% Liberal   44.60% Others   4.81%

Popular vote Conservative   80.00% Liberal   20.00%

Constituency Results

Arthur:

• (incumbent)Allen Thompson (C) 547
• John Williams (L) 499

Assiniboia:

• Joseph Prefontaine (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)Charles Mickle (L) 584
• John Leich (C) 293

Brandon City:

• (incumbent)Stanley McInnis (C) 765
• Alexander Fraser (L) 723

Carillon:

• Albert Prefontaine (C) 399
• Arthur Hebert (L) 308

Cypress:

• (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)Rodmond Roblin (C) 1150
• (incumbent)James Riddell (L) 731

Emerson:

• (incumbent)David H. McFadden (C) 436
• George Walton (L) 417
• W.R. Mulock (Proh) 77

Gilbert Plains:

• Glenlyon Campbell (C) 598
• Thomas Young (L) 396

Gimli:

• (incumbent)Baldwin Baldwinson (C) accl.

Gladstone:

• David Wilson (C) 829
• (incumbent)Thomas Morton (L) 693

Hamiota:

• David Jackson (L) 762
• (incumbent)William Ferguson (C) 740

Kildonan and St. Andrews:

• Martin O'Donohoe (L) 718
• (incumbent)Orton Grain (C) 713

Killarney:

• (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)Tobias Norris (L) 899

La Verendrye:

• (incumbent)William Lagimodiere (L) 348
• Jean Lauzon (C) 337

Manitou:

• (incumbent)Robert Rogers (C) 923
• Donald Campbell (L) 548

Minnedosa:

• William B. Waddell (C) 751
• Neil Cameron (L) 670

Morden:

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

Morris:

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

Mountain:

• (incumbent)Thomas Greenway (L) 911
• Daniel A. McIntyre (C) 567
• M. Wilson (Ind) 254

Norfolk:

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

Portage la Prairie:

• (incumbent)Hugh Armstrong (C) 742
• Edward Brown (L) 711

Rhineland:

• (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
• Angus Bonnycastle (C) 351

St. Boniface:

• Horace Chevrier (L) 593
• (incumbent)Joseph Bernier (C) 592

South Brandon:

• Alfred Carroll (C) 508
• John Watson (L) 496

Springfield:

• William Henry Corbett (C) 353
• (incumbent)Thomas H. Smith (L) 245
• Donald Ross (Ind) 193

Swan River:

• James Wells Robson (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

Winnipeg Centre:

• (incumbent)Thomas Taylor (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:

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