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

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. The result was a second consecutive majority government for the

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, now led by Premier

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. Roblin's electoral machine won a landslide thirty-two seats, while the opposition

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under former premier

Thomas Greenway Thomas Greenway (March 25, 1838 – October 30, 1908) was a Canadian politician, merchant and farmer. He served as the seventh premier of Manitoba from 1888 to 1900. A Liberal, his ministry formally ended Manitoba's non-partisan government, al ...

won only eight. The

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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.Proportional Representation Review, Dec. 1903

Results

Constituency Results

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: *(x) Allen Thompson (C) 547 *

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: * Joseph Prefontaine (L) 415 *Charles Caron (C) 398 Avondale: *(x) James Argue (C) 641 *Cornelius Miller (L) 435

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(L) 584 *John Leich (C) 293 Brandon City: *(x) Stanley McInnis (C) 765 *Alexander Fraser (L) 723

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: *(x) George Steel (LC) 855 *William Little (L) 756 Dauphin: *

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(C) 797 * John A. Campbell (L) 656 Deloraine: * Edward Briggs (C) 457 *H.L. Montgomery (Proh) 437 *George Patterson (L) 429 Dufferin: *(x)

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(L) 417 *W.R. Mulock (Proh) 77 Gilbert Plains: *

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: * David Wilson (C) 829 *(x)Thomas Morton (L) 693 Hamiota: * David Jackson (L) 762 *(x)

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: *(x) George Lawrence (C) 713 *Reuben Cross (Proh) 299 *G.B. Monteith (L) 282 Lakeside: *

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: * Harvey Hicks (C) 915 *(x)

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(L) 899 La Verendrye: *(x) William Lagimodiere (L) 348 * Jean Lauzon (C) 337

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: *(x) John Ruddell (C) 616 *G.H. Bradshaw (L) 528

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(L) 911 * Daniel A. McIntyre (C) 567 *M. Wilson (Ind) 254

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: *(x) Robert Lyons (C) 941 *J.D. Hunt (L) 753

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: *(x) Hugh Armstrong (C) 742 * Edward Brown (L) 711

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(L) 355 *H.P. Hansen (C) 284 *Hermann Dirks (Ind) 148 Rockwood: *(x)

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(L) 245 * Donald Ross (Ind) 193 Swan River: * James Wells Robson (C) 503 *A.J. Cotton (L) 272 Turtle Mountain: *(x)

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: *(x) Thomas Taylor (C) 1276 *J.A. McArthur (L) 1123 *William Scott (Winnipeg Labor Party) 422

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: * Sampson Walker (C) 1106 *J.W. Cockburn (L) 1057 *Robert Thoms (Winnipeg Labor Party) 591

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: *(x) James Gordon (C) 1807 *John D. Cameron (L) 1633

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