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

Returning Officer

Candidate

Party

Votes

Arthur

William Wilkinson

John Robertson Pitt (1885-1970)

Liberal-Progressive

1,311

James Arthur Ross (1893-1958)

Conservative

1,002

Assiniboia

Theodor M. Norris

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

Frederick H. Sirrett

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

John Stalker

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

H. O. Bain

George Dinsdale (1887-1943)

Conservative

2,974

Henry Oliver McDiarmid (1882-1952)

Liberal-Progressive

2,204

H. Shafford

Independent Labour

1,300

Carillon

Jacob E. Regehr

Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)

Liberal-Progressive

2,430

Charles McBurney

Conservative

1,223

Cypress

George Graham

James Lyall Christie (1891-1953)

Liberal-Progressive

1,629

Dr. R. G. Hurton

Conservative

1,500

Dauphin

C. D. Bales

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

James Steedsman

Errick French Willis (1896-1967)

Conservative

2,000

Russell Barrett (1889-1959)

Liberal-Progressive

1,641

Dufferin

Robert Malcolmson

John Alfred Munn (1882-1942)

Liberal-Progressive

2,107

Thomas Henry Lytle (1879-1943)

Conservative

1,782

Emerson

Samuel Gibson

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

Nicholas Kologie

William Lisowsky (1892-1958)

Social Credit

2,065

Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)

Liberal-Progressive

1,838

Fairford

Timothy Webster

Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)

Liberal-Progressive

Acclaim

Fisher

Alexander Millette

Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)

Liberal-Progressive

949

A. Hopgood

Independent

623

F. Romanchyck

Independent Labour

184

Gilbert Plains

James Garfield Vance (1874-1965)

Stanley William Fox (1906-1984)

Social Credit

1,488

George Darling Shortreed (1870-1940)

Liberal-Progressive

752

R. J. Dalgleish

Conservative

700

Gimli

Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)

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

Roy Christopher Fahrni (1884-1958)

William Morton (1884-1958)

Liberal-Progressive

1,548

Allan Bell Brydon (1880-1940)

Conservative

961

Glenwood

Alfred William Herriott

James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)

Liberal-Progressive

1,497

Evelyn Guy Hetherington (1888-1973)

Conservative

755

J. H. Woods

Independent Labour

732

Hamiota

Vere E. G. Little (1894-1977)

Norman Leslie Turnbull (1900-1986)

Social Credit

1,335

John Spalding (1886-1954)

Liberal-Progressive

1,113

Iberville

Charles Prefontaine

John Salmon “Bud” Lamont (1885-1964)

Liberal-Progressive

1,359

Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)

Independent

1,277

Kildonan and St. Andrews

Frederick Oakley Sargent

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

W. J. Schnarr

John Bell Laughlin (1879-1941)

Conservative

1,835

Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)

Liberal-Progressive

1,326

Lakeside

Hugh McKay

Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)

Liberal-Progressive

1,804

Charles Montgomery Blair (1886-1977)

Conservative

1,447

Lansdowne

Robert E. McCaw

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

George Lavack

Sauveur Marcoux (1893-1951)

Liberal-Progressive

2,209

Joseph Hamelin (1873-1947)

Conservative

1,379

A. G. Gobert

Social Credit

464

Manitou

Arthur Marsh

Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957)

Conservative

2,217

Frank Westbrook McIntosh (1879-1951)

Liberal-Progressive

1,866

Minnedosa

William Robert Lavery

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

Robert Laing

Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)

Conservative

3,024

J. J. Enns

Liberal-Progressive

2,666

Morris

Harold “Harry” Grills (1870-1954)

William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)

Liberal-Progressive

2,030

P. Bourgeois

Conservative

1,853

Mountain

Reginald H. Galloway

Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)

Liberal-Progressive

2,390

T. E. McIntyre

Social Credit

1,234

Norfolk

Lorne Campbell

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

Campbell Millar

William Raymond “Toby” Sexsmith (1885-1943)

Conservative

1,727

Edward Albert Gilroy (1880-1942)

Liberal-Progressive

1,279

Roblin

Irwin L. Mitchell

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

Alfred Edgar Clarke

Mungo Turnbull Lewis (1894-1969)

Conservative

2,439

William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)

Liberal-Progressive

2,056

Russell

Norman Braendle

Isaac Bertie Griffiths (1882-1970)

Liberal-Progressive

1,827

H. J. Peddie

Independent Labour

1,611

Ruperts Land (held 21 August 1936)

William Campbell

Oddur Olafson (1888-1972)

Independent

686

William Walker Kennedy (1882-1963)

Conservative

448

St. Boniface

David D. Brown

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

William R. Hamilton

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

George Frank Windross

Elin Salome Halldorson (1887-1970)

Social Credit

1,402

Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)

Liberal-Progressive

1,246

Ste. Rose

Emile Duhard

Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)

Liberal-Progressive

1,592

Earlston Stuart Everall (1887-1952)

Conservative

1,097

J. S. Zaplitny

Independent Labour

791

Springfield

Adam Matheson

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 Dickerson

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 Robert Eagle

John Bracken (1883-1969)

Liberal-Progressive

2,968

George Baskerville Mainwaring (1893-1969)

Conservative

1,954

Turtle Mountain

Charles H. McKinnon

Alexander Robert Welch (1873-1961)

Conservative

1,526

Frederick Valentine Bird (1885-1977)

Liberal-Progressive

1,008

Virden

William Macdonald Pineo (1863-1941)

Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)

Liberal-Progressive

1,838

Dr. O. S. Ross

Conservative

1,633

Winnipeg (* elected)

Clarence Victor McArthur (1893-1981)

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: 30 September 2023