Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1936)

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The Manitoba general election of 1936 was held on 27 July. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Liberal-Progressive	John Bracken (1883-1969)	91,357	23
Conservative	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	71,927	16
Independent Labour	Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951)	30,983	7
Social Credit	Stanley William Fox (1906-1984)	23,413	5
Independent	-	29,892	3
Communist	?	5,864	1
Totals		253,436	55

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Robertson Pitt (1885-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	1,311
	James Arthur Ross (1893-1958)	Conservative	1,002
Assiniboia	James Aiken (1888-1974)	Independent Labour	2,897
	Dr. H. P. McPhail	Conservative	2,327
	J. L. Morton	Liberal-Progressive	946
	W. Sanders	Social Credit	560
Beautiful Plains	John Silas Poole (1872-1963)	Conservative	1,784
	Adalbert James Moses Poole (1881-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	1,601
	John Hazelett Duffy (1878-1942)	Social Credit	937
Birtle	Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968)	Liberal-Progressive	1,477
	William Courtney Wroth (1880-1954)	Conservative	1,450
	W. Cameron	Social Credit	0
Brandon City	George Dinsdale (1887-1943)	Conservative	2,974
	Henry Oliver McDiarmid (1882-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	2,204
	H. Shafford	Independent Labour	1,300
Carillon	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	2,430
	Charles McBurney	Conservative	1,223
Cypress	James Lyall Christie (1891-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,629
	Dr. R. G. Hurton	Conservative	1,500
Dauphin	Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	1,836
	Ernest Newburn McGirr (1887-1982)	Conservative	1,312
	Ronald Stewart Moore (1913-2003)	Independent Labour	885
Deloraine	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Conservative	2,000
	Russell Barrett (1889-1959)	Liberal-Progressive	1,641
Dufferin	John Alfred Munn (1882-1942)	Liberal-Progressive	2,107
	Thomas Henry Lytle (1879-1943)	Conservative	1,782
Emerson	Herbert Henry Wright (1880-1944)	Independent	1,654
	Robert Franklin Curran (1883-1958)	Liberal-Progressive	1,634
	H. M. Podolsky	Independent	1,015
	W. W. Wachna	Social Credit	482
Ethelbert	William Lisowsky (1892-1958)	Social Credit	2,065
	Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Liberal-Progressive	1,838
Fairford	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Fisher	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	949
	A. Hopgood	Independent	623
	F. Romanchyck	Independent Labour	184
Gilbert Plains	Stanley William Fox (1906-1984)	Social Credit	1,488
	George Darling Shortreed (1870-1940)	Liberal-Progressive	752
	R. J. Dalgleish	Conservative	700
Gimli	Joseph Wawrykow (1908-1979)	Independent Labour	1,577
	B. J. Lifman	Liberal-Progressive	1,285
	Asta Austmann Oddson (1893-1974)	Social Credit	1,033
	Stephen Adolph Magnacca (1902-1980)	Conservative	129
Gladstone	William Morton (1884-1958)	Liberal-Progressive	1,548
	Allan Bell Brydon (1880-1940)	Conservative	961
Glenwood	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	1,497
	Evelyn Guy Hetherington (1888-1973)	Conservative	755
	J. H. Woods	Independent Labour	732
Hamiota	Norman Leslie Turnbull (1900-1986)	Social Credit	1,335
	John Spalding (1886-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	1,113
Iberville	John Salmon “Bud” Lamont (1885-1964)	Liberal-Progressive	1,359
	Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)	Independent	1,277
Kildonan and St. Andrews	James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)	Conservative	2,870
	Charles Elwyn Fillmore (1887-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	2,271
	R. A. Wise	Independent Labour	1,776
Killarney	John Bell Laughlin (1879-1941)	Conservative	1,835
	Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)	Liberal-Progressive	1,326
Lakeside	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,804
	Charles Montgomery Blair (1886-1977)	Conservative	1,447
Lansdowne	Matthew Robinson Sutherland (1893-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	1,573
	Ellis David Alder (1897-1977)	Conservative	1,382
	L. C. DeGagne	Social Credit	691
La Verendrye	Sauveur Marcoux (1893-1951)	Liberal-Progressive	2,209
	Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)	Conservative	1,379
	A. G. Gobert	Social Credit	464
Manitou	Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957)	Conservative	2,217
	Frank Westbrook McIntosh (1879-1951)	Liberal-Progressive	1,866
Minnedosa	Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)	Conservative	2,734
	Henry Smalley Rungay (1888-1955)	Liberal-Progressive	2,461
	H. J. Martin	Independent Labour	753
Morden and Rhineland	Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)	Conservative	3,024
	J. J. Enns	Liberal-Progressive	2,666
Morris	William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	2,030
	P. Bourgeois	Conservative	1,853
Mountain	Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)	Liberal-Progressive	2,390
	T. E. McIntyre	Social Credit	1,234
Norfolk	John Polworth Lawrie (1875-1951)	Conservative	1,288
	John Muirhead (1877-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	1,206
	J. L. Burrows	Social Credit	926
Portage la Prairie	William Raymond “Toby” Sexsmith (1885-1943)	Conservative	1,727
	Edward Albert Gilroy (1880-1942)	Liberal-Progressive	1,279
Roblin	Sydney Ernest Rogers (1888-1965)	Social Credit	1,461
	William James Westwood (1887-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	1,080
	C. D. G. Barber	Conservative	587
Rockwood	Mungo Turnbull Lewis (1894-1969)	Conservative	2,439
	William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)	Liberal-Progressive	2,056
Russell	Isaac Bertie Griffiths (1882-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	1,827
	H. J. Peddie	Independent Labour	1,611
Ruperts Land (held 21 August 1936)	Oddur Olafson (1888-1972)	Independent	686
	William Walker Kennedy (1882-1963)	Conservative	448
St. Boniface	Harold Frederick Lawrence (1887-1953)	Independent Labour	4,620
	L. P. Gagnon	Liberal-Progressive	4,235
	George Campbell MacLean (1887-1957)	Conservative	2,747
	J. Fred Jodoin	Social Credit	1,730
St. Clements	Herbert R. Sulkers (1889-1948)	Independent Labour	3,819
	Robert Alexander Hoey (1883-1965)	Liberal-Progressive	3,154
	R. J. M. Bates	Social Credit	1,335
St. George	Elin Salome Halldorson (1887-1970)	Social Credit	1,402
	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	1,246
Ste. Rose	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,592
	Earlston Stuart Everall (1887-1952)	Conservative	1,097
	J. S. Zaplitny	Independent Labour	791
Springfield	Evelyn Foster Shannon (1896-1973)	Liberal-Progressive	2,637
	L. J. Pulfer	Social Credit	2,261
	George Henry Barefoot (1888-1962)	Independent Labour	1,376
Swan River	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)	Conservative	1,986
	Daniel Baldwin (1872-1949)	Liberal-Progressive	1,974
	Fred Holmes	Independent Labour	853
The Pas (held 21 August 1936)	John Bracken (1883-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	2,968
	George Baskerville Mainwaring (1893-1969)	Conservative	1,954
Turtle Mountain	Alexander Robert Welch (1873-1961)	Conservative	1,526
	Frederick Valentine Bird (1885-1977)	Liberal-Progressive	1,008
Virden	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,838
	Dr. O. S. Ross	Conservative	1,633
Winnipeg (* elected)	William James Major (1881-1953) *	Liberal-Progressive	7,920
	Huntley Douglas Brodie Ketchen (1872-1959) *	Conservative	7,771
	James Alexander Barry (1886-1950) *	Conservative	7,251
	Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951) *	Independent Labour	7,214
	James Litterick (1901-?) *	Communist	7,214
	John Queen (1882-1946) *	Independent Labour	7,214
	Lewis St. George Stubbs (1878-1958) *	Independent	7,214
	Ralph Humphreys Webb (1886-1945) *	Conservative	7,214
	John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965) *	Liberal-Progressive	7,200
	Marcus Hyman (1883-1938) *	Independent Labour	6,127
	Mrs. M. Dyma	Liberal-Progressive	4,914
	Ralph Wesley Beattie Swail (1896-1945)	Conservative	4,760
	Guy Smith	Social Credit	4,200
	Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969)	Conservative	3,013
	Cecil Rice-Jones (1881-1972)	Liberal-Progressive	2,575
	William “Bill” Ivens (1878-1957)	Independent Labour	2,542
	H. Streuber	Social Credit	1,673
	Paul Bardal (1889-1966)	Liberal-Progressive	1,527
	A. C. Benjamin	Social Credit	1,182
	Beatrice Alice Brigden (1888-1977)	Independent Labour	1,093
	C. G. Stewart	Independent Labour	520

See also:

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

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twentieth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1937-1940)

Sources:

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

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 August 2020