Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1932)

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The Manitoba general election of 1932 was held on 16 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Liberal-Progressive	John Bracken (1883-1969)		38
Conservative	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)		10
Independent Labour Party	John Queen (1882-1946)		4
Farmer-Labour	Clifford Barclay (1876-1961)		1
Labour	?		1
Independent	-		1
Liberal	David Campbell (1870-1932)		0
Totals			55

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Duncan Lloyd McLeod (1874-1935)	Liberal-Progressive	1,835
	Arthur Ross	Conservative	881
Assiniboia	Ralph Humphreys Webb (1886-1945)	Conservative	2,813
	John McLean (c1886-1953)	Labour	2,349
	John George Smith (1873-1947)	Liberal-Progressive	1,008
Beautiful Plains	Adalbert James Moses Poole (1881-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	2,378
	John Silas Poole (1872-1963)	Conservative	1,729
Birtle	John William Pratt (1894-1973)	Independent	1,954
	William Courtney Wroth (1880-1954)	Conservative	1,315
Brandon City	George Dinsdale (1887-1943)	Conservative	3,021
	Harry Spafford (1888-1978)	Independent Labour	2,192
	David E. Clement (1874-1938)	Liberal-Progressive	1,555
	Henry William “Harry” Cater (1869-1945)	Independent	893
Carillon	Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	Liberal-Progressive	2,590
	Maurice Duprey (1873-1945)	Conservative	804
Cypress	James Lyall Christie (1891-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,795
	William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)	Conservative	1,539
Dauphin	Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	1,861
	Ernest Newburn McGirr (1887-1982)	Conservative	1,595
	W. J. Wickes	Independent	578
Deloraine	Hugh McKenzie (1870-1957)	Liberal-Progressive	2,003
	John Agnew	Conservative	1,523
Dufferin	John Alfred Munn (1882-1942)	Liberal-Progressive	2,568
	Arthur Beltram Roblin (1885-1954)	Conservative	1,966
Emerson	Robert Franklin Curran (1883-1958)	Liberal-Progressive	2,028
	William Richard Johnston	Conservative	1,788
	Wasyl “William” Kolodzinski (1884-1975)	Farmer Labour	559
Ethelbert	Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Liberal-Progressive	2,331
	Nicholas Bilash (1890-1961)	Independent	1,682
Fairford	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Liberal-Progressive	1,011
	Albert Walmsley Kirvan (1870-1952)	Liberal	677
Fisher	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	851
	William N. Kolisnyk (1887-1967)	Labour	388
	W. E. Hodgins	Conservative	388
	J. G Hamilton	Liberal	195
Gilbert Plains	Arthur Ritchie Berry (1880-1943)	Liberal-Progressive	1,601
	H. A. Alley	Conservative	1,312
Gimli	Einar Sigurjon Jonasson (1887-1935)	Liberal-Progressive	1,704
	Ingimar Ingaldson (1888-1934)	Liberal-Progressive	1,410
	Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969)	Conservative	858
	Iwan Kapusta	Independent	716
	Michael Ewanchuk (1908-2004)	Independent	232
Gladstone	William Morton (1884-1958)	Liberal-Progressive	1,902
	George Hall	Conservative	1,144
Glenwood	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	2,020
	Arnaud E. Smith	Conservative	1,087
Hamiota	Thomas Wolstenholme (1870-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	1,847
	William James Burgess (1896-1981)	Conservative	1,223
Iberville	Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)	Liberal-Progressive	1,488
	Richard Randolph Pattinson (1878-1954)	Conservative	807
	Laurier Arthur Regnier (1903-1990)	Liberal	304
Kildonan and St. Andrews	James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)	Conservative	2,664
	Walter Henry Gabriel “Harry” Gibbs (1872-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	2,625
	Charles H. Cook	Labour	1,313
Killarney	Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)	Liberal-Progressive	1,571
	John Bell Laughlin (1879-1941)	Conservative	1,481
Lakeside	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,969
	John Pigott “Jack” Bend (1883-1969)	Conservative	1,522
Lansdowne	Donald Gordon McKenzie (1887-1963)	Liberal-Progressive	2,193
	George Robert Douglas Lyon (1880-1932)	Conservative	1,095
	R. C. Borton	Farmer-Labour	302
	William D. Griggs	Liberal	189
La Verendrye	Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)	Liberal-Progressive	1,627
	E. J. R. Arpin	Conservative	1,551
	Allan Ramsay	Independent	348
Manitou	Frank Westbrook McIntosh (1879-1951)	Liberal-Progressive	2,268
	Joseph Prospere Lusignan (1876-1967)	Conservative	1,776
Minnedosa	Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)	Conservative	2,432
	Neil Cameron (1863-1935)	Liberal-Progressive	2,378
	Cecil Lorne St. John (1881-1963)	Independent	396
Morden and Rhineland	Cornelius W. Wiebe (1893-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	2,837
	Hugh McGavin (1874-1958)	Conservative	2,390
Morris	William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	2,526
	C. B. McNulty	Conservative	1,077
Mountain	Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)	Liberal-Progressive	3,076
	Robert George Perfect (1882-1950)	Conservative	1,182
Norfolk	John Muirhead (1877-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	1,773
	Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)	Conservative	1,537
Portage la Prairie	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)	Conservative	2,016
	Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	1,051
Roblin	William James Westwood (1887-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	1,847
	Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)	Conservative	1,238
Rockwood	William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)	Liberal-Progressive	2,267
	Hannes Marino Hannesson (1884-1958)	Conservative	1,250
	Benjamin Evan “Ben” Lewis (1897-1978)	Farmer-Labour	997
Russell	Isaac Bertie Griffiths (1882-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	2,523
	Ernest Harold Whelpley (1890-1960)	Conservative	1,237
Ruperts Land (held 4 July 1932)	Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	319
	Herbert Grahame Beresford (1880-1938)	Liberal-Progressive	229
	Capt. Evan Atkinson	Independent	111
St. Boniface	Harold Frederick Lawrence (1887-1953)	Labour	4,954
	Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)	Conservative	4,470
	L. P. Gagnon	Liberal-Progressive	3,560
	David Campbell (1870-1932)	Liberal	1,116
St. Clements	Robert Alexander Hoey (1883-1965)	Liberal-Progressive	3,655
	R. J. M. Bate	Conservative	2,285
	T. H. Dunn	Labour	1,824
	R. A. Smith	Liberal	412
St. George	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	1,604
	Robert Kerr	Conservative	1,104
Ste. Rose	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,959
	Robert Doucette	Conservative	1,203
Springfield	Clifford Barclay (1876-1961)	Farmer-Labour	3,192
	Murdoch Mackay (1884-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	2,540
	W. B. K. McRury	Conservative	1,113
	James Grant	Labour	251
	John A. Matheson (1874-1948)	Liberal	232
Swan River	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)	Conservative	1,827
	Steve Einarson	Independent	1,776
	C. H. Goodman	Liberal-Progressive	1,034
The Pas	John Bracken (1883-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	1,915
	N. S. McDonald	Labour	1,071
	Harold Frederick Maulson (1876-1952)	Independent Conservative	173
Turtle Mountain	Alexander Robert Welch (1873-1961)	Conservative	1,322
	Frederick Valentine Bird (1885-1977)	Liberal-Progressive	1,277
Virden	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	2,101
	Dr. J. H. Heenan	Conservative	1,619
	S. T. McBain	Liberal	249
Winnipeg (* elected)	William Sanford Evans (1869-1949) *	Conservative	13,507
	John Queen (1882-1946) *	Independent Labour Party	9,337
	Huntley Douglas Brodie Ketchen (1872-1959) *	Conservative	7,486
	William James Major (1881-1953) *	Liberal-Progressive	7,044
	John Thomas Haig (1877-1962) *	Conservative	7,019
	Marcus Hyman (1883-1938) *	Independent Labour Party	6,593
	John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965) *	Liberal-Progressive	6,080
	William “Bill” Ivens (1878-1957) *	Independent Labour Party	5,470
	Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951) *	Independent Labour Party	5,053
	Ralph Maybank (1890-1965) *	Liberal-Progressive	4,863
	Leslie Morris	United Worker	3,455
	Constantine Henry Andrusyshen (1907-1983)	Independent	2,693
	William Verner Tobias (1892-1941)	Conservative	1,991
	Ralph Wesley Beattie Swail (1896-1945)	Conservative	1,951
	Edward William Montgomery (1865-1948)	Liberal-Progressive	1,614
	Jessie Mackenzie Macrae Maclennan (1873-1942)	Labour	1,600
	James Alexander Barry (1886-1950)	Conservative	1,549
	Francis William “Frank” Russell (1864-1950)	Independent	1,339
	Jacob Penner (1880-1965)	United Worker	1,106
	Victor Bjorn Anderson (1882-1970)	Independent Labour Party	1,061
	Beatrice Alice Brigden (1888-1977)	Independent Labour Party	894
	George Armstrong (1870-1956)	Socialist	848
	H. P. A. Hermanson	Liberal	688
	Duncan Cameron (1865-1948)	Liberal-Progressive	597
	John Young Reid (1872-1945)	Liberal	588
	Clarence Garfield Keith (1881-1964)	Liberal	548
	D. M. Elcheshen	Conservative	314
	Walter J. Fulton (c1877-1949)	Liberal-Progressive	182
	Thomas Gargan	Independent	96

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Proportional Voting (1920-1957)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1933-1935)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Nineteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1933-1936)

Sources:

“The vote in Winnipeg,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 June 1932, page 1.

Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 May 2023