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Dominion Elections Defeat of King Government
In Manitoba and across Canada the 1926 Dominion election results show Conservative leader R B Bennet elected premier with a clear majority. Bennett carried Calgary by a large margin while Mackenzie King was re elected in Prince Albert. Manitoba MPs include Murphy Neepawa and Burns Portage la Prairie with several Liberal and Labor gains noted. Ottawa focus shifts to cabinet formation and early policy steps on unemployment and imperial conferences.
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Dominion
MacKenzie King
R B. Bennett
United Farmers
Labor
King Cabi
Chas. Dunning
France
T. Aister
Labor Party
Prove
Canada
Rn Rogers
South
Winnipeg
W. W. Kennedy
Centre Winnipeg
J. L. Bowman KC
Dauphin
Col. HA. Mullins
Marquette
T. G. Murphy
Neepawa
Bom. Stitt
N. J
Macdonald
J. J. Brown
Lisgar
Portage la Prairie
W. A. Burns
E. A. McPherson
Robert Milne
Mr. Milne
Hon
R. B. Ben
Bennett
Aly