Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba War Services Election (1946)

The results of elections to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly, held in three branches of the armed services on 10-11 January 1946, were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officers	Candidate	Votes
Air Force	Manitoba: William Blakeman Scarth (1895-1983) Canada: Thomas G. Wright Europe: Aubrey H. Fisher	Ronald David “Ron” Turner (1915-1965)	316
		Roy St. George Stubbs (1907-1995)	271
		Hedrick John Peddie (1908-1959)	217
		Joseph Jay Chasanoff (1918-1991)	93
Army		Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)	462
		Arthur Charles Kavanagh (1911-1996)	455
		William Garth “Bill” Clubb (1921-1979)	452
		Charles “Charlie” Biesick (1903-1983)	375
		Charles Watson	284
		Charles Eric Bailey (1914-?)	204
		William Elric “Bill” Boivin (1914-2014)	175
		James Cowan	145
		Norman G. Wilson-Smith	140
		Robert Alex Cairns	91
		Charles Edward Otton	68
		Albert Henry “Ab” Chivers (1910-1993)	41
		Angus Smith McDonald	32
		Charles E. S. Walls	28
Navy		Alexander John Stringer (1903-1969)	184
		George Walter Grant (1914-2007)	132
		Jack Sinclair	75
		Edward William “Ted” Pope (1912-1999)	38

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1945)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Second Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1946-1949)

Sources:

Birth registrations [Albert Henry Chivers, Arthur Charles Kavanagh, Charles Eric Bailey, Joseph Chasanoff, William Garth Clubb], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“McLenaghen to explain special service election,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 December 1945, page 5.

“Manitoba War Services election vote apathetic,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 January 1946, page 4.

“Service election race is close,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 January 1946, page 1.

Obituary [William Garth Clubb], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 December 1979, page 27.

Obituary [Joseph Jay Chasanoff], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 February 1991, page 40.

Obituary [Albert Henry Chivers], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 January 1993, page 64.

Obituary [Arthur Charles Kavanagh], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 February 1996, page 29.

Obituary [Edward WIlliam Pope], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 June 1999, page 39.

Obituary [George Walter Grant], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 February 2007.

This page was prepared by Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 November 2024