Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1949)

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The Manitoba general election of 1949 was held on 10 November. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Coalition (Liberal & Conservative)	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)		44
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Edwin Arnold Hansford (1895-1959)		6
Progressive Conservative	?		3
Independent Conservative	?		1
Independent Liberal	?		1
Labour Progressive (Communist)	?		1
Totals			56

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Robertson Pitt (1885-1970)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,758
	W. G. Powne	?	952
	D. J. McKinnon	?	552
Assiniboia	Reginald Frederick Wightman (1899-1981)	Coalition (?)	3,805
	Ernest Richard Draffin (1909-1982)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,526
Birtle	Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Brandon	Joseph Cameron Donaldson (1891-1973)	Coalition (Conservative)	3,743
	Gabriel Richard Rowe (1897-1968)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,933
	William Robert Webb	?	1,478
Carillon	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Independent Liberal	2,563
	Harry B. Johnson	?	1,963
Cypress	James Lyall Christie (1891-1953)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,227
	Pierre Joseph Jean Marie Deroche	?	1,493
Dauphin	Ernest Newburn McGirr (1887-1982)	Coalition (Conservative)	2,855
	George J. Jackman	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,106
Deloraine-Glenwood	James Oswald Argue (1888-1955)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Dufferin	Walter Clifton McDonald (1903-1999)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,697
	George Robson Muir (1903-1970)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,596
Emerson	John Roman Solomon (1910-1985)	Coalition (Liberal)	?
	Peter Jacob Olchowecki (1911-2011)	?	?
Ethelbert	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,171
	Frederick Samuel “Fred” Zaplitny (1913-1964)	?	1,409
Fairford	James Frederick Anderson (1903-1983)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Fisher	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,437
	Mike Torbiak	?	672
	Peter Kozub	?	329
Gilbert Plains	Raymond “Ray” Mitchell (1897-1984)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,598
	Jacob “Jake” Schulz (1901-1983)	?	1,268
Gimli	Steinn Olafur Thompson (1893-1972)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Gladstone	William Morton (1884-1958)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Hamiota	Charles Lemington “Lem” Shuttleworth (1910-2006)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,473
	Edward P. Venables	?	1,237
Iberville	John McDowell (1894-1980)	Progressive Conservative	1,709
	Raoul Allard	Coalition (Liberal)	1,482
	Harry G. Robertson	?	701
Kildonan-Transcona	George Edward Olive (1887-1973)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,177
	Melvin Justus Given McMullen “Len Vintus” (1903-1999)	?	2,136
Killarney	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,870
	Abraham B. Fee	?	1,542
Lakeside	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Lansdowne	Thomas Henry Seens (1895-1989)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,656
	Matthew Robinson Sutherland (1893-1971)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,616
La Verendrye	Sauveur Marcoux (1893-1951)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,901
	E. J. Raphael Arpin	?	1,528
Manitou-Morden	Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957)	Progressive Conservative	2,074
	Harvey Alfred “Honey” Cochlan (1894-1967)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,045
Minnedosa	Henry Smalley Rungay (1888-1955)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Morris	Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)	Coalition (Independent)	1,452
	John Cameron Dryden (1893-1951)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,253
	Thomas Wishart	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	335
Mountain	Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Norfolk-Beautiful Plains	Samuel Edward Burch (1889-1974)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,208
	Harold A. Nelson	?	1,575
	George R. McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	610
Portage la Prairie	Charles Edwin Greenlay (1899-1984)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Rhineland	Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Roblin	Ronald Douglas Robertson (1920-1998)	Coalition (Independent)	1,274
	Frederic Alexander Newton (1911-1976)	Coalition (Conservative)	789
	Maurice Wesley “Moe” Cryderman (1909-1991)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	634
Rockwood	Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)	Coalition (Conservative)	2,044
	Robert A. Quickfall	Coalition (Liberal)	859
Ruperts Land (held 14 December)	Daniel Roy “Roxy” Hamilton (1892-1965)	Coalition (Independent)	Acclaim
Russell	Rodney Stewart “Rod” Clement (1919-1969)	Coalition (Independent)	2,207
	Michael John Tokar	?	1,346
St. Andrews	James Osborne McLenaghen (1891-1950)	Coalition (Conservative)	3,458
	William E. Gordon	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,652
St. Boniface (* elected)	Joseph Gustave Van Belleghem (1901-1967) *	Coalition (Liberal)	3,936
	Edwin Arnold Hansford (1895-1959) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,905
	Paul Marion	Independent Conservative	2,730
	Gladstone P. Shearer	Coalition (Liberal)	2,647
	Eariste R. Gagnon	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,483
St. Clements	Nicholas John Stryk (1896-1950)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,752
	Wilbert George Doneleyko (1913-1990)	Independent	1,171
St. George	Christian Halldorson (1891-1956)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Ste. Rose	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Springfield	William Lucko (1911-1998)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,062
	George A. Newton	?	860
	Fred Small	?	807
Swan River	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)	Progressive Conservative	3,352
	Percival James McKay (1891-1957)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,046
The Pas	Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Coalition (Liberal)	4,311
	Beresford Robert “Berry” Richards (1914-1982)	Independent	1,521
	Gordon Murray Ferg	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	816
Turtle Mountain	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Virden	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Winnipeg Centre (* elected)	Charles Rhodes Smith (1896-1993) *	Coalition (Liberal)	5,140
	Donovan Swailes (1892-1984) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	5,025
	Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	4,321
	Paul Bardal (1889-1966) *	Coalition (Liberal)	3,538
	Henry Baird “Hank” Scott (1898-1972)	Coalition (Conservative)	3,373
	Mrs. Ina Thompson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,741
	John McNeil	Labour Progressive (Communist)	1,392
	Stephen H. “Steve” Juba (1914-1993)	Independent Liberal	1,155
	James H. Walker	Coalition (Liberal)	845
Winnipeg North (* elected)	Frank Leslie Chester (1901-1966) *	Coalition (Liberal)	5,660
	Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	4,917
	William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997) *	Labour Progressive (Communist)	4,704
	John Martin Hawryluk (1910-1975) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	4,485
	John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,809
	Abraham L. “Abe” Simkin (1922-2020)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,411
	William Scraba (1907-1971)	Independent Liberal	2,046
	Stan Carrick	Coalition (Conservative)	1,384
	Herman Shaak	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,131
	Judry Wach	Independent	671
	Donald A. Callis	Coalition (Liberal)	533
	Andrew J. Yallits	Independent Labour	104
Winnipeg South (* elected)	John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965) *	Coalition (Liberal)	6,466
	Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	6,346
	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010) *	Independent Conservative	5,557
	Ronald David Turner (1915-1965) *	Coalition (Liberal)	5,526
	L. F. Greene	Independent	3,959
	John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)	Coalition (Liberal)	3,003
	Alexander John Stringer (1903-1969)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,990

See also:

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

vents in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1950)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1950-1953)

Sources:

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: 13 March 2021