Manitoba general election, 1927

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Manitoba's general election of June 28, 1927 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.

This was the first election in Manitoba history to elected members through a single transferable ballot in all constituencies. Ten candidates were elected in Winnipeg, while every other constituency returned members by instant runoff voting.

The result was a second consecutive victory for the Progressive Party of Manitoba, which was supported by the United Farmers of Manitoba. The Progressives, led by Premier John Bracken, 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 Fawcett Taylor, 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 Manitoba Liberal Party was unable to regain the support it 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 Independent Labour Party fell to three seats, down from six in the previous election. All three members, including party leader John Queen, were elected in the city of Winnipeg.

Independent candidate John Edmison was also re-elected in Brandon. Jacob Penner ran in Winnipeg as a Communist candidate, but was not successful.

1 Results
2 See also
3 Results by electoral division
4 Sources
5 Post-election changes

[edit] Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1922	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Progressive	John Bracken			29			32.4%
	Conservative	Fawcett Taylor			15			27.2%
	Liberal	Hugh Robson			7			20.7%
	Independent Labour	John Queen			3			10.5%
	Communist
	Independent				1
Total					55			100%

Preceded by: 1922 Manitoba election	List of Manitoba elections	Succeeded by: 1932 Manitoba election

[edit] See also

List of Manitoba political parties

[edit] Results by electoral division

Arthur:

(x)Duncan McLeod (P) 1226
J. Arthur Ross (C) 902

Assiniboia:

First Count

Joseph Cotter (C) 1380
Robert B. Russell (ILP) 1320
Charles L. Richardson (Ind P) 566
Andrew W. Myles (L) 520
Alexander S. Pildrum (P) 471

Pildrum was eliminated after the first count. Richardson and Myles were eliminated after the second count, with 668 and 659 votes respectively.

Third Count

Joseph Cotter (C) 1963
Robert B. Russell (ILP) 1535

Beautiful Plains:

First Count

Adalbert J.M. Poole (P) 1360
Ernest H. Whelpley (C) 965
Stanley H. Kerr (L) 511

Kerr was eliminated.

Second Count

Adalbert J.M. Poole (P) 1549
Ernest H. Whelpley (C) 1153

Birtle:

First Count

John Pratt (P) 1134
Albert J. McLeod (L) 742
Alfred S. Arnold (C) 635

Arnold was eliminated.

Second Count

John Pratt (P) 1215
Albert J. McLeod (L) 1071

Brandon City:

(x)John H. Edmison (Ind) 3526
William Hill (ILP) 1288
Harry William Cater (P) 489

Carillon:

(x)Albert Prefontaine (P) 1604
Thomas Molloy (L) 458

Cypress:

First Count

(x)William Spinks (C) 1235
Andrew Moore (P) 1091
J.F. Davidson (L) 311

Davidson was eliminated.

Second Count

William Spinks (C) 1320
Andrew Moore (P) 1189

Dauphin:

First Count

Robert Ferguson (C) 1022
George Palmer (P) 920
(x)Archibald Esplen (L) 647

Esplen was eliminated.

Second Count

Robert Ferguson (C) 1350
George Palmer (P) 1064

Deloraine:

First Count

Hugh McKenzie (P) 1174
Arthur T. Hainsworth (C) 1014
Peter Spence (L) 369

Spence was eliminated.

Second Count

Hugh McKenzie (P) 1299
Arthur T. Hainsworth (C) 1147

Dufferin:

John Munn (P) 1790
A.E. Shewfelt (C) 1047
G.A. Hall (L) 307

Emerson:

First Count

Robert Curran (P [Liberal-Progressive]) 793
Herbert Henry Wright (L) 652
J.K. Kulackowsky (Ind) 449
(x)Dmytro Yakimischak (Ind) 364
Roy Whitman (C) 313
P. Tanchuk (Ind) retired from contest

Whitman was eliminated after the first count. Yakimischak was eliminated after the second count with 371 votes, and Kulackowsky was eliminated after the third count with 637 votes.

Fourth Count

Robert Curran (P [Liberal-Progressive]) 975
Herbert Henry Wright (L) 787

Ethelbert:

(x)Nicholas Hryhorczuk (P [Independent Farmer]) 1302
Peter Melnyk (Ind) 917

Fairford:

First Count

Stuart Garson (P) 437
(x)Albert W. Kirvan (L) 358
A.H. Francis (C) 296

Francis was eliminated.

Second Count

Stuart Garson (P) 501
(x)Albert W. Kirvan (L) 416

Fisher:

(x)Nicholas Bachynsky (P) 754
Henry L. Mabb (C) 310
George Prout (L) 179
Charles Ciupak (Ind) 12

Gilbert Plains:

(x)Arthur Berry (P) 1021
Samuel Hughes (C) 592
J.G. Vance (L) 315

Gimli:

First Count

Ingimar Ingaldson (P) 1026
Einar Jonasson (L) 801
(x)Michael Rojeski (Ind) 567
Nicholas Boychuk (Ind) 230
F. Gisli Sigmundson (C) 198
Dymtro Derhak (Ind) 49

Derhak was eliminated after the first count. Boychuk and Sigmundson were eliminated after the second count with 238 and 199 votes respectively. Rojeski was eliminated after the third count with 619 votes.

Fourth Count

Ingimar Ingaldson (P) 1231
Einar Jonasson (L) 1038

Gladstone:

William Morton (P) 1311
John Foster (Ind [L?]) 624

Glenwood:

First Count

(x)James Breakey (L) 1072
Sam Forrest (P) 721
Fred Cross (C) 544

Cross was eliminated.

Second Count

(x)James Breakey (L) 1217
Sam Forest (P) 850

Hamiota:

(x)Thomas Wolstenholme (P) 1086
William Edward Warren (C) 520
William Braid (L) 462

Iberville:

(x)Arthur R. Boivin (P-Ind) accl.

Kildonan and St. Andrews:

First Count

James McLenaghen (C) 1387
Walter Henry Gabriel Gibbs (L) 1159
(x)Charles A. Tanner (P) 1134

Tanner was eliminated.

Second Count

James McLenaghen (C) 1530
Walter H.G. Gibbs (L) 1456

Killarney:

John Laughlin (C) 1189
(x)Andrew E. Foster (P) 934

Lakeside:

(x)Douglas Campbell (P) 1442
John P. Bend (C) 1274

Lansdowne:

(x)Tobias C. Norris (L) 1947
E.D. Alder (C) 550

La Verendrye:

(x)Philippe Adjutor Talbot (P) 1074
J. Napoleon Landry (L) 581
Paul Royal (C) 440

Manitou:

First Count

Joseph Lusignan (C) 1330
(x)George Compton (P) 1097
Charles A. Jopp (L) 541

Jopp was eliminated.

Second Count

Joseph Lusignan (C) 1467
George Compton (P) 1338

Minnedosa:

First Count

Norman W.P. Shuttleworth (P) 1405
Earl Rutledge (C) 1377
Walter Cooper Richardson (L) 572

Richardson was eliminated.

Second Count

Earl Rutledge (C) 1595
Norman W.P. Shuttleworth (P) 1581

Morden and Rhineland:

First Count

John Henry Black (P) 1075
Hugh McGavin (C) 1016
Peter Buerckert (L) 518

Buerckert was eliminated.

Second Count

Hugh McGavin (C) 1252
John Henry Black (P) 1132

Morris:

(x)William Clubb (P) 1663
Walter J. Fulton (L) 285

Mountain:

Irving Cleghorn (L) 1578
(x)Charles Cannon (P) 1494

Norfolk:

(x)John Muirhead (P) 1341
Reuben J. Waugh (C) 1307

Portage La Prairie:

(x)Fawcett Taylor (C) 1580
Sydney McKay (L) 795

Roblin:

(x)Frederic Newton (C) 1057
H.H. Simpson (P) 734
D. Rostoky (L) 270

Rockwood:

(x)William McKinnell (P) 1486
Major Proctor (C) 719
Arthur Lobb (L) 474
Michael Slobadianek (Ind) 66

Rupertsland:

First Count

Herbert Beresford (P-Ind) 216
Fred C. Hamilton (L) 145
Hyman Udell (C) 81

Udell was eliminated.

Second Count

Herbert Beresford (P-Ind) 235
Fred C. Hamilton (L) 160

Russell:

First Count

(x)Isaac Griffiths (P) 1227
Robert Peden (C) 936
William W.W. Wilson (L) 903
Basil Lazaruk (Ind) 254

Lazaruk was eliminated after the first count. Wilson was eliminated after the second count with 932 votes.

Third Count

(x)Isaac Griffiths (P) 1431
Robert Peden (C) 1311

St. Boniface:

First Count

Joseph Bernier (C) 1990
L.P. Gagnon (L) 1790
Marcus Hyman (ILP) 1469
H. Laurendeau (P) 1188

The ballot-counting process in this constituency was extremely controversial. Laurendeau was eliminated after the first count, and Hyman was eliminated after the second count. Gagnon was originally declared the winner on the third count by a single vote, but Bernier appealed the decision and was declared elected on recount. The final totals were: Bernier 2646, Gagnon 2618.

St. Clements:

Robert Hoey (P) 2146
(x)Donald A. Ross (Ind) 1436
M.J. Stanbridge (Ind) 440

St. George:

First Count

(x)Skuli Sigfusson (L) 814
Albert E. Kristjansson (P) 524
Paul Reykdal (C) 466

Reykdal was eliminated.

Second Count

(x)Skuli Sigfusson (L) 1006
Albert E. Kristjansson (P) 597

Ste. Rose:

First Count

Maurice Dane MacCarthy (P) 1055
(x)Joseph Hamelin (C) 831
Arthur Hurst (L) 358

Hurst was eliminated.

Second Count

Maurice Dace MacCarthy (P) 1161
Joseph Hamelin (C) 960

Springfield:

First Count

(x)Clifford Barclay (P) 1459
Murdoch Mackay (L) 1389
Theo Stefanik (C) 491

Stefanik was eliminated.

Second Count

Murdoch Mackay (L) 1507
(x)Clifford Barclay (P) 1489

Swan River:

First Count

Andrew McCleary (P) 1213
W.H.C. Hinchcliffe (C) 797
W.H. Sims (L) 546

Sims was eliminated.

Second Count

Andrew McCleary (P) 1347
W.H.C. Hinchcliffe (C) 1009

The Pas:

(x)John Bracken (P) 582
Stephan Stephansson (L) 454

Turtle Mountain:

(x)Richard G. Willis (C) 1167
Duncan Henderson (P) 951

Virden:

(x)Robert Mooney (P) accl.

Winnipeg:

First count (quota: 4610)

(x)John Thomas Haig (C) 5108
Hugh Robson (L) 4862
(x)William Sanford Evans (C) 4551
(x)John Queen (ILP) 3985
William Major (P) 3713
(x)Seymour Farmer (ILP) 3497
Edward Montgomery (P) 2236
(x)John K. Downes (Ind [Moderationist]) 2047
Jacob Penner (Comm) 2015
William Tobias (C) 1687
Royal Burritt (P) 1604
(x)Edith Rogers (L) 1582
(x)William Ivens (ILP) 1435
W.J. Lindal (L) 1362
Duncan Cameron (L) 1271
Max Steinkopf (P) 1241
Ralph Maybank (L) 1191
A.E. Moore (Ind [Moderationist]) 1153
Theodore A. Hunt (C) 1075
Sam Cartwright (ILP) 999
R. Durward (ILP) 993
R.A. Gillespie (C) 941
F. Sedziak (Ind P) 836
J. MacLean (L) 761
W.A. James (ILP) 561

Second count: Haig surplus
Third count: Robson surplus (Evans declared elected)
Fourth count: Evans surplus
Fifth count: James eliminated
Sixth count: MacLean eliminated
Seventh count: Sedziak eliminated
Eight count: Cartwright eliminated
Ninth count: Gillespie eliminated
Tenth count: Moore eliminated
Eleventh count: Steinkopf eliminated
Twelfth count: Maybank eliminated (Queen declared elected)
Thirteenth count: Queen surplus
Fourteenth count: Lindal eliminated
Fifteenth count: Durward eliminated (Farmer declared elected)
Sixteenth count: Farmer surplus
Seventeenth count: Burritt eliminated (Major declared elected)
Eighteenth count: Major surplus
Nineteenth count: Cameron eliminated
Twentieth count: Penner eliminated

Twenty-first count (Hunt eliminated):

(x)John Thomas Haig (C) 4610
Hugh Robson (L) 4610
(x)William Sanford Evans (C) 4610
(x)John Queen (ILP) 4610
(x)Seymour Farmer (ILP) 4610
William Major (P) 4610
(x)Edith Rogers (L) 4764
(x)William Ivens (ILP) 4007
William Tobias (C) 3685
Edward Montgomery (P) [number not listed]
(x)J.K. Downes (Ind [Moderationist]) 3411

Twenty-second count (final standings of elected candidates):

(x)John Haig (C) 4610
Hugh Robson (L) 4610
(x)William Sanford Evans (C) 4610
(x)John Queen (ILP) 4610
(x)Seymour Farmer (ILP) 4610
William Major (P) 4610
(x)Edith Rogers (L) 4610
(x)William Ivens (ILP) 4700
William Tobias (C) 4114
Edward Montgomery (P) 3960

[edit] 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.