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1883 Manitoba general election

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1883 Manitoba general election

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30
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader John Norquay Thomas Greenway
Party Ind. Conservative Liberal
Leader since October 16, 1878 1882
Leader's seat St. Andrews Mountain
Seats won 21 9
Popular vote 5,393 4,464
Percentage 54.71% 45.29%

Premier before election

John Norquay
Independent

Elected Premier

John Norquay
Ind. Conservative

The 1883 Manitoba general election was held on January 23, 1883, to elect 31 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Incumbent premier John Norquay and his allies won re-election.[1] This was the first partisan election in Manitoba, though the political parties were still unofficial. Norquay himself was officially independent, but he aligned with the Conservative Party, and his MLAs were considered to be the province's de facto Conservative Party. Norquay was opposed by the Liberals, led by Thomas Greenway, who had previously founded the Provincial Rights Party before merging with the Liberals.

Background

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One of the main issues in the election was the CPR monopoly of railways in Manitoba. Business leaders and farmers wanted increased competition to lower costs, but Canadian prime minister John A. Macdonald refused to allow competition with the CPR. Thomas Greenway and the Liberals blamed Norquay for this, arguing that as a political ally of the Conservative prime minister, Norquay agreed to the CPR monopoly in exchange for federal financial aid to the province. Norquay hoped to break the monopoly too, but was uncertain about whether constructing railways was legally in provincial jurisdiction, and was wary of ruining relations with the federal government.[2]

Results by riding

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Electoral district Candidates[3] Incumbent
Conservative Liberal
Assiniboia Alexander Murray

95 - 72.0%

James Cunningham

37 - 28%

Alexander Murray
Baie St. Paul Edward Fairbanks

Acclaimed

Marc Amable Girard
Birtle Edward Leacock

251 - 50.9%

Robert Nelson

242 - 49.1%

Edward Leacock
Brandon Joseph Woodworth

859 - 55.8%

John Sifton

681 - 44.2%

John Sifton
Burnside Isaiah Mawhinney

185 - 60.0%

John Smith

124 - 40.0%

John Smith
Cartier Joseph Lecomte

153 - 65.1% John Hargrave[note 1] 67 - 28.5%

J Parker

15 - 6.4%

Gilbert McMicken
Dauphin John Davidson

Acclaimed

John Davidson
Dufferin North David Wilson

304 - 60.2%

H Landerkin

201 - 39.8%

David Wilson
Dufferin South John Stewart

112 - 41.9%

William Winram

155 - 58.1%

William Winram
Emerson R Chalmers

168 - 48.6%

Frederick Burnham

178 - 51.4%

Thomas Carney
High Bluff-Poplar Point William Crawford

68 - 50.7%

H Rose

49.3%

John Drummond
Kildonan and St. Paul Alexander Sutherland

100 - 57.1%

John Sutherland

75 - 42.9%

Alexander Sutherland
La Verendrye Maxime Goulet

181 - 51.1% Louis Prud'homme[note 2] 173 - 48.9%

Louis Prud'homme
Minnedosa David Harrison

495 - 53.6%

David Glass

428 - 46.4%

John Crerar
Morris West Henry Tennant

204 - 42.9% G Wilde 134 - 28.2%[note 3]

Alphonse Martin

138 - 30.0%

Joseph Taillefer
Mountain John Norquay

244 - 42.5%

Thomas Greenway

330 - 57.5%

Thomas Greenway
Norkfolk W Ross

37.1%

Charles Hay

62.9%

New riding
Portage la Prairie W Black

304 - 49.0%

Joseph Martin

315 - 50.7% Edward Hay[note 4] 2 - 0.3%

James Cowan
Rockwood James Miller

74 - 22.8%

Samuel Jackson

250 - 77.2%

John Aikins
Springfield Charles Edie

162 - 48.9%

John Bell

169 - 51.1%

Charles Edie
St. Agathe Alexander Kittson

Acclaimed

Alexander Kittson
St. Andrews John Norquay

Acclaimed

John Norquay
St. Boniface Alphonse Larivière

97 - 68.8%

Edouard Richard

44 - 31.2%

Alphonse Larivière
St. Clements John Allan

94 - 54.7%

John Gunn

78 - 45.3%

Edward Hay
St. Francois Xavier Edward Gigot

66.7%

Daniel Carey

36 - 33.3%

Patrice Breland
Turtle Mountain James Alexander

145 - 38.5%

Findlay Young

232 - 61.5%

James Alexander
Westbourne Corydon Brown

Acclaimed

David Marr Walker
Winnipeg North A Monkman

218 - 42.2%

Elias Conklin

299 - 57.8%

New riding
Winnipeg South C Tuttle

196 - 43.1%

Albert Killam

259 - 56.9%

New riding
Woodlands William Wagner

136 - 78.6% Francis Lipsett 37 - 21.4%[note 5]

Francis Lipsett

Notes

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  1. ^ Two competing Conservative candidates contested this riding
  2. ^ Two competing Conservative candidates contested this riding
  3. ^ Two competing Conservative candidates contested this riding
  4. ^ Two competing Liberal candidates contested this riding
  5. ^ Ran as a Liberal-Conservative

References

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  1. ^ "Province of Manitoba Fifth General Election Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba.
  2. ^ "NORQUAY, JOHN". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "Elections | Canadian Elections Database". www.canadianelectionsdatabase.ca. Retrieved September 25, 2024.