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 per cent) 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 PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular Vote1899Elected% Change#%% Change Conservative Rodmond Roblin39 31 26,07448.98% Liberal-Conservative Rodmond Roblin1 1 8551.61% Liberal Thomas Greenway40 8 23,74044.60% Labour2 0 1,0131.90% Prohibition4 0 9551.79% Independents3 0 5951.12% Total89 40 53,232100%
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
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