1915 г. всеобщие выборы в Манитобе
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Общие выборы в Манитобе 1915 года состоялись 6 августа 1915 года, чтобы избрать членов Законодательного собрания провинции Манитоба , Канада. Либералы при Норрисе выиграли оползневое большинство с 40 мест, заменив консервативное правительство, которое управляло провинцией с 1899 года.
Эти выборы состоялись всего через год после предыдущих всеобщих выборов 1914 года . На этих выборах руководящие консерваторы -министра премьер Родмонда Роблина 28 мест из 49. должности были подтверждены на Коррупция в условиях устойчивости контрактов для новых законодательных зданий. [ 1 ]
Roblin denied the charges, but resigned as premier on May 12. Three days later, opposition Liberal leader Tobias Norris was called upon to form a new administration. The house was quickly adjourned, and new elections were scheduled for August.[1]
The primary issue of the campaign was corruption. The pro-Liberal Manitoba Free Press ran numerous articles criticizing the practices of the Roblin government, and alleging that the "Roblin machine" still controlled the Conservative Party. The Liberals claimed they would manage the province's affairs in a businesslike rather than a partisan manner, an approach typified by Provincial Treasurer Edward Brown call for the province to "forget party for five years and get down to business".
Women's suffrage and temperance were also important issues. The Liberal Party promised to introduce voting rights for women, and to hold a provincial referendum on temperance. The party's platform also promised direct legislation and plebiscites on other issues.
Faced with mounting unpopularity in the wake of the corruption scandal, the Conservatives chose federal Member of Parliament (MP) James Albert Manning Aikins as their new leader on July 15. Aikins had never served in the Roblin government, and was regarded by many as free from the controversy that had taken the Conservatives from office. In a further effort to separate themselves from the Roblin government, the Conservatives referred to themselves as the "Independent-Liberal-Conservative" party for this election. The Liberals ridiculed this name change, and sarcastically described the "new" Conservatives as the "Purity Party".
The election results were a disaster for the Conservatives. The party won only five seats out of 47, and Aikins lost by a considerable margin in Brandon City. The Liberals under Norris won a landslide majority with 40 seats, the largest victory in Manitoba history, although with barely more than half the vote.
In the Winnipeg Centre district, Fred Dixon was re-elected as an independent candidate with support from both Liberals and the Labour Representation Committee.
The Social Democratic Party also won its first ever seat in the province, taking one of the two seats in north-end Winnipeg.
This election (like the previous one in 1914) used two-member districts in Winnipeg, with each seat being filled in separate contests.
Manitoba's francophone constituencies rejected the provincial trend, and continued to support candidates of the Conservative party (four of the five Conservative MLAs were from francophone areas). Many francophone voters opposed Norris's plans to end provincial funding for denominational Catholic schools.
The "Independent-Liberal-Conservative" name seems to have been dropped shortly after the election.
This was the last election before Winnipeg was made into a single ten-seat district, and Single transferable voting was brought into use.[2]
Electoral system
[edit]In this election Manitoba used a mixture of multi-member districts and single-member districts. In the multi-member districts - Winnipeg North, Winnipeg South and Winnipeg Centre - each member was elected in a separate contest through First past the post.
In each single-member district the member was elected through First past the post.
Results
[edit]| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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| 1914 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Liberal | Tobias Norris | 20 | 40 | +100% | 55.1% | ||||
| Conservative | James Albert Manning Aikins | 28 | 5 | -82.1% | 33.0% | ||||
| Social Democratic | 1 | 11.9% | |||||||
| Independent/others | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||
| Total | 49 | 47 | -4.1% | 100% | |||||
Riding results
[edit]- (incumbent)John Williams (L) 815
- W.S. Kenner (C) 632
- John Wilton (L) 828
- William Bayley (Labour Representation Committee) 773
- (incumbent)John Thomas Haig (C) 590
- William Wood (L) 1115
- J. Harry Irwin (C) 918
- (incumbent)George Malcolm (L) 873
- S. Arnold (C) 422
- Stephen Clement (L) 1914
- James Albert Manning Aikins (C) 1213
- Albert Prefontaine (C) 629
- (incumbent)Thomas B. Molloy (L) 605
- Andrew Myles (L) 851
- (incumbent)George Steel (C) 789
- William Harrington (L) 739
- (incumbent)William Buchanan (C) 637
- J.M. McQuay (Ind) 233
- (incumbent)Robert Thornton (L) 1146
- John C. Walker Reid (C) 851
- Edward August (L) 1134
- Andrew S. Argue (C) 848
- Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (L) 2319
- Donald Munro (C) 866
- John David Baskerville (L) 1181
- G. Coulter (C) 460
- William Findlater (L) 1383
- (incumbent)Sam Hughes (C) 792
- Taras Ferley (L-Ind) 1172
- (incumbent)Sveinn Thorvaldson (C) 562
(Einar Jonasson had been nominated as the official Liberal candidate, but withdrew.)[4]
- (incumbent)James Armstrong (L) 1154
- A. Singleton (C) 484
- (incumbent)James Breakey (L) 1091
- John Perdue (C) 636
- (incumbent)John Henry McConnell (L) 1063
- J. Moss Fraser (C) 596
- (incumbent)Aime Benard (C) 527
- James H. Black (L) 400
- George Prout (L) 1295
- R. Sanders (C) 754
- Samuel Hayden (L) 779
- (incumbent)George Lawrence (C) 656
- Charles Duncan McPherson (L) 863
- (incumbent)John J. Garland (C) 700
- (incumbent)Tobias Norris (L) 1334
- W.J. Cundy (C) 592
- Philippe Talbot (L) 713
- (incumbent)Jean-Baptiste Lauzon (C) 558
- George Thomas Armstrong (L) 1090
- W.H. Sharpe (C) 1006
- (incumbent)George Grierson (L) 1173
- James Muir (C) 654
- (incumbent)Valentine Winkler (L) 1180
- William Johnston Tupper (C) 712
- (incumbent)Jacques Parent (C) 740
- William Molloy (L) 683
- (incumbent)James Baird (L) 1331
- John T. Dale (C) 419
- (incumbent)John Graham (L) 933
- Robert F. Lyons (C) 770
- (incumbent)Ewan McPherson (L) 1065
- Fawcett Taylor (C) 807
- (incumbent)Frederic Newton (C) 714
- William Angus (L) 609
- Arthur Lobb (L) 1275
- Thomas Scott (C) 639
- William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (L) 1033
- J.P. Laycock (C) 614
- Joseph Dumas (L) 921
- J.A. Beaupre (C) 790
- J.P. Howden (Ind L) 640
- (incumbent)Donald Ross (L/Ind) 1014
- Thomas Hay (C) 489
- Skuli Sigfusson (L) 1291
- Paul Reykdal (C) 831
- (incumbent)Joseph Hamelin (C) 443
- Z.H. Rheaume (L) 414
- A. McLeod (Ind) 266
- (incumbent)William Sims (L) 626
- Daniel D. McDonald (C) 414
- George William McDonald (L) 687
- (incumbent)James Johnson (C) 651
- (incumbent)George Clingan (L) 1181
- R.A. Knight (C) 772
Winnipeg
[edit]Winnipeg North "A":
- Robert Newton Lowery (L) 2443
- Arthur Beech (SDP) 2248
- (incumbent)Joseph P. Foley (C) 1490
Winnipeg North "B":
- Richard Rigg (SDP) 2494
- Solomon Hart Green (L) 2263
- E.R. Levinson (C) 1248
Winnipeg Centre "A":
- (incumbent)Thomas Herman Johnson (L) 6763
- A.J. Norquay (C) 2346
Winnipeg Centre "B":
- (incumbent)Fred Dixon (Ind) 6443
- H.M. Hanneson (C) 2048
- George Armstrong (SPC) 804
Winnipeg South "A":
- (incumbent)Albert Hudson (L) 5986
- W.J. Boyd (C) 2011
Winnipeg South "B":
- (incumbent)William Parrish (L) 5635
- Lendrum McMeans (C) 2303
Deferred elections
[edit]The Pas, August 25, 1915:
- Edward Brown (L) accl.
Horace Halcrow had been nominated by the Conservatives to contest this riding, but withdrew before the election. Halcrow had been Manitoba's chief game warden under the Roblin government.
Post-election changes
[edit]Rupertsland (new constituency), September 16, 1916:
- John Morrison (Ind-L) accl.
Iberville (res. Aime Benard, 1917), November 1, 1917:
- Arthur Boivin (C) elected
Roblin (res. Frederic Newton, 1917), November 19, 1917:
- William Westwood (Ind-L) elected
- Irwin L. Mitchell (L)
(A Winnipeg Free Press report from November 20, 1917 shows Westwood winning by 186 votes, with one poll yet to declare. This was likely the first provincial election where Manitoba women cast votes.)
Morris (dep. Jacques Parent, 1917; no by-election)
Minnedosa (George Grierson to cabinet, November 10, 1917), November 30, 1917:
- George Grierson (L) elected
Winnipeg North "B" (res. Richard Rigg, 1917), January 15, 1918:
- Robert Jacob (Union-L) 2923
- E.R. Levinson (Ind) 2251
(Numbers taken from the Winnipeg Free Press.)
Rhineland (dec. Valentine Winkler, June 7, 1920; no by-election)
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Legislature Scandal". TimeLinks. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
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