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The Manitoba general election of 1936 was held on 27 July. The results were as follows:
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 |
Mary Sawchak Dyma (1899-1998) |
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: 4 September 2023
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