The 1927 Manitoba general election was held on 28 June 1927 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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, Canada. The result was a second consecutive victory for Manitoba farmers, following its

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win. This was the first election in Manitoba history to elect MLAs through casting of

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s in all districts. Ten MLAs were elected in

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through

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, as they had done since 1920. The other districts now began to elect MLAs through Instant-runoff voting. The result was a second consecutive victory for the

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, which was supported by the

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. The Progressives, led by Premier

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, won twenty-nine seats out of fifty-five to win their second majority government. During the campaign, the Progressives stressed that they were not a party in the traditional sense and promised "A business (not a party) government". Many Progressive candidates simply described themselves as Bracken supporters. The Conservatives won fifteen seats under the leadership of

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, an improvement from seven in the election of 1922. This election re-established the Conservatives as the leading opposition party in Manitoba, and made the party a credible challenger for government in the next election. The

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was unable to regain the support it had lost to the Progressive Party in the previous election. The Liberals won seven seats under the new leadership of Hugh Robson, down one from their 1922 total. After the election, many senior Liberals began to work for an electoral alliance with the Progressives. Robson, who opposed this plan, was persuaded to resign as leader in 1930. The alliance was formalized in 1932. The

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fell to three seats, down from six in the previous election. All three members, including party leader

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, were elected in the city of

. Independent candidate

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was also re-elected in

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ran in Winnipeg as a Communist candidate, but was not successful. The proportion of the vote received by the Progressive Party (based on first-preference votes) was enough to assure a functioning government, but it was one of lowest in Canadian history. The Legislature experienced a significant turnover of members, with 23 seats electing new MLAs. Twelve incumbents (one in

, and 11 more in other ridings) went down in defeat, six failed to be renominated, and five chose not to stand for reelection. Under the instant-runoff voting used to elect 45 MLAs, the leader in the first count of the district's votes was the one elected in all but three districts,so the final results in the districts outside Winnipeg were almost the same as under

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. Of the 45 single-member ridings, 21 were decided solely on first-preference votes, two MLAs were returned by

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, and the remainder went to runoff counts. Seventeen single-member ridings changed allegiance from the previous election: in addition to the 11 rural incumbents defeated, three more changed allegiance, and three open seats flipped to another party. There were only three turn-overs - in Minnedosa, Morden & Rhineland and Springfield. Of the three, the Conservatives won two and the Liberals gained one.

Results

Results by riding

Bold names indicate members returned by

. Incumbents are marked with *.

Seats changing hands

In the single-member ridings, 17 seats changed allegiance: ; Progressive to Conservative *

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* Minnedosa ; Progressive to Liberal *

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* Springfield ; Progressive to Independent-Farmer * '' Ethelbert'' ; Progressive to Independent-Progressive * '' Iberville'' * Rupertsland ; Liberal to Progressive *

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* Gimli ; Liberal to Conservative * Dauphin ; ILP to Conservative *

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* Kildonan & St. Andrews ; Independent to Progressive * St. Clements * Ste. Rose ; Independent to Conservative * '' St. Boniface'' ; Independent-Farmer to Progressive * Emerson :''(Italics indicate that incumbent changed allegiance)'' In Winnipeg, the seat distribution was changed as follows:

Turnovers on runoff

In the single-member ridings, there were three cases where the first-place candidate on first-preference votes failed to win: , - ! rowspan="2" colspan="2", Party ! rowspan="2", Candidate ! colspan="2", First-preference votes ! colspan="3", Maximum votes , - style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center" ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix , style="text-align:left;" , Norman W.P. Shuttleworth , 1,405 , 41.89 , 1,581 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , George Compton , 1,377 , 41.06 , 1,595 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Walter Cooper Richardson , 572 , 17.05 , 572 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 3,354 , 100.00 , colspan="3", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Exhausted votes , 178 , 5.31% , style="text-align:left;" , , - ! rowspan="2" colspan="2", Party ! rowspan="2", Candidate ! colspan="2", First-preference votes ! colspan="3", Maximum votes , - style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center" ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix , style="text-align:left;" , John Henry Black , 1,075 , 41.20 , 1,132 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hugh McGavin Dr. Hugh James McGavin (14 November 1874 – 8 March 1958) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Conservative Party. McGavin was born in Paisley, Ontar ...

, 1,016 , 38.94 , 1,252 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Peter Buerckert , 518 , 19.85 , 518 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 2,609 , 100.00 , colspan="3", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Exhausted votes , 225 , 8.62% , style="text-align:left;" , , - ! rowspan="2" colspan="2", Party ! rowspan="2", Candidate ! colspan="2", First-preference votes ! colspan="3", Maximum votes , - style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center" ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix , style="text-align:left;" , Clifford Barclay , 1,459 , 43.70 , 1,489 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Murdoch Mackay , 1,389 , 41.60 , 1,507 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Theo Stefanik , 491 , 14.70 , 491 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 3,339 , 100.00 , colspan="3", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Exhausted votes , 343 , 10.27% , style="text-align:left;" ,

First-preference votes by riding

: = won on first-preference votes

Winnipeg

Eligible voters 67,124 Valid votes 50,706 Turnout: 76% 10 seats. Quota: 4,610 , - ! rowspan="2" colspan="2", Party ! rowspan="2", Candidate ! colspan="2", First-preference votes ! colspan="3", Maximum votes , - style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center" ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix , style="text-align:left;" ,

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* , 5,108 , 10.07 , 5,108 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Hugh Robson , 4,862 , 9.59 , 4,862 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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* , 4,551 , 8.98 , 4,800 , 3 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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* , 3,985 , 7.86 , 4,631 , 9 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , William Major , 3,713 , 7.32 , 5,142 , 14 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" ,

Seymour Farmer Seymour James Farmer (June 20, 1878 – January 16, 1951) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as Winnipeg MLA from 1922 to 1949. During this time he also served as mayor of Winnipeg 1923-1924 and later as city councillor in the l ...

* , 3,497 , 6.90 , 5,376 , 13 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Edward Montgomery , 2,236 , 4.41 , 3,960 , 22 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , John K. Downes* , 2,047 , 4.04 , 3,411 , 21 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 2,015 , 3.97 , 2,229 , 19 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , William Tobias , 1,687 , 3.33 , 4,114 , 22 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Royal Burritt , 1,604 , 3.16 , 1,791 , 16 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Edith Rogers* , 1,582 , 3.12 , 4,764 , 21 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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* , 1,435 , 2.83 , 4,700 , 21 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , W.J. Lindal , 1,362 , 2.69 , 1,669 , 13 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Duncan Cameron , 1,271 , 2.51 , 2,173 , 18 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Max Steinkopf , 1,241 , 2.45 , 1,291 , 10 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Ralph Maybank H. Ralph Maybank (August 17, 1890 – March 19, 1965) was a politician from Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1935, and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1951. Maybank was a member of ...

, 1,191 , 2.35 , 1,410 , 11 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Arthur Moore , 1,153 , 2.27 , 1,218 , 9 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Theodore A. Hunt , 1,075 , 2.12 , 2,408 , 20 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , Sam Cartwright , 999 , 1.97 , 1,049 , 7 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , R. Durward , 993 , 1.96 , 1,691 , 14 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , R.A. Gillespie , 941 , 1.86 , 1,116 , 8 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , F. Sedziak , 836 , 1.65 , 842 , 6 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , J. MacLean , 761 , 1.50 , 792 , 5 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , W.A. James , 561 , 1.11 , 562 , 4 , style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 50,706 , 100.00 , colspan="3", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Exhausted votes , 5,508 , 10.86% , style="text-align:left;" ,

Sources

The first ballot results for Winnipeg and results for all other constituencies are taken from an official Manitoba government publication entitled "Manitoba elections, 1920–1941", cross-referenced with the 1928 Canadian Parliamentary Guide, and an appendix to the Manitoba government's report of the 2003 provincial election. All ballot results for Winnipeg after the first count are taken from reports in the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper. It is possible that some errors appeared in the original publication.

Post-election changes

Birtle ( John Pratt leaves the government side, early in the parliament).

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, 1928), 10 November 1928: * Donald McKenzie (Liberal/Progressive) 1527 * Harvey Hicks (C) 1260

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( William Clubb to new cabinet post, 18 May 1929), 30 May 1929: * William Clubb (P) accl. Turtle Mountain (dec. Richard G. Willis, February 1929), 22 June 1929: * Alexander Welch (C) 1327 * W.E. Campbell (P) 995

(res. Hugh Robson, January 1930)

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, 1930), 20 January 1930: *

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(L ndorsed by Progressives accl. The Liberals formed an alliance with the governing Progressives in 1932. Brandon City (dec. John H. Edmison, 22 March 1932)

Results

Results by riding

Seats changing hands

Turnovers on runoff

First-preference votes by riding

Winnipeg

Sources

Post-election changes

References

Further reading