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The Canadian federal election of 1940 was held on 26 March. The results were as follows:
Riding
Candidate
Party
Votes
Brandon
James Ewen Matthews (1869-1950)
Liberal
8,908
John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)
National Government
6,168
James Henry Wood
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
2,609
Churchill
Thomas Alexander Crerar (1876-1975)
Liberal
8,276
William Blakeman Scarth (1895-1983)
National Government
4,963
Dauphin
William John Ward (1880-1971)
Liberal
5,953
James Langstaff Bowman (1879-1951)
National Government
5,900
Ronald Stewart Moore (1913-2003)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
5,142
Lisgar
Howard Waldemar Winkler (1891-1970)
Liberal
5,221
Reginald Arthur Sprake Follett
National Government
2,433
David Leslie McBrien
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
1,160
Thomas Eldon McIntyre
New Democracy
685
Macdonald
William Gilbert “Gib” Weir (1896-1971)
Liberal Progressive
7,728
James Anthony Cuddy (1892-1971)
National Government
4,510
Ivan Andrew Langtry
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
2,639
Marquette
James Allison Glen (1877-1950)
Liberal Progressive
7,027
James Wilson Ewbank
Independent
5,259
Robert Peden
National Government
4,545
Neepawa
Frederick Donald MacKenzie (1882-1970)
Liberal
6,724
Thomas Gerow Murphy (1883-1971)
National Government
4,865
John Hazelett Duffy (1878-1942)
New Democracy
2,208
Portage la Prairie
Henry George “Harry” Leader (1880-1946)
Liberal
7,442
George Herbert Jones
National Government
4,835
Provencher
René Norbert Jutras (1913-1995)
Liberal
3,768
Leo Arthur Slater (1896-1984)
Independent
3,329
Harry Matthew Podolsky
Independent
1,765
William Richard Johnston
National Government
1,441
Albert Banville
New Democracy
1,099
Évariste Rupert Gagnon
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
841
St. Boniface
John Power Howden (1879-1959)
Liberal
7,926
George Campbell MacLean (1887-1957)
National Government
3,578
Philippe Guay
Social Credit
1,839
George Henry Barefoot
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
1,739
Morris Jacob
Independent
216
Selkirk
Joseph Thorarinn Thorson (1889-1978)
Liberal
11,023
Richard Ambrose Wise
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
6,869
Edmund Partridge (1868-1955)
National Government
3,890
Souris
James Arthur Ross (1893-1958)
National Government
4,991
George William McDonald (1875-1950)
Liberal
4,861
Alex H. Parkes
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
1,370
Springfield
John Mowat Turner (1900-1945)
Liberal
7,462
Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
7,018
Roderick Kenneth Finlayson
National Government
3,311
Winnipeg North
Charles Stephen Booth (1897-1988)
Liberal
13,015
Abraham Albert Heaps (1885-1954)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
11,249
Leslie Tom Morris
Communist
5,315
Percy Ellor
National Government
2,255
Winnipeg North Centre
James Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
11,324
Ambrose Roy “Beau” MacDonell (1901-1966)
Liberal
11,199
Bjorn “Bjossi” Stefansson (1888-1963)
National Government
5,412
Winnipeg South
Leslie Alexander Mutch (1897-1977)
Liberal
15,461
Edwin Godfrey Phipps Baker (1885-1963)
National Government
8,445
David Adrian Mulligan (1893-1981)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
3,912
Winnipeg South Centre
Ralph Maybank (1890-1965)
Liberal
19,486
William Walker Kennedy (1882-1963)
National Government
10,698
John Julius Swanson
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
5,576
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Ninteenth Canadian Parliament (1940-1945)
History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Profile revised: 3 December 2022
