Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1932)

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The Manitoba general election of 1932 was held on 16 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Liberal-Progressive	John Bracken (1883-1969)		38
Conservative	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)		10
Independent Labour Party	John Queen (1882-1946)		4
Farmer-Labour	Clifford Barclay (1876-1961)		1
Labour	?		1
Independent	-		1
Liberal	David Campbell (1870-1932)		0
Totals			55

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	William Wilkinson	Duncan Lloyd McLeod (1874-1935)	Liberal-Progressive	1,835
		Arthur Ross	Conservative	881
Assiniboia	Jon Jonsson Bildfell (1870-1955)	Ralph Humphreys Webb (1886-1945)	Conservative	2,813
		John McLean (c1886-1953)	Labour	2,349
		John George Smith (1873-1947)	Liberal-Progressive	1,008
Beautiful Plains	Frederick William Sirrett	Adalbert James Moses Poole (1881-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	2,378
		John Silas Poole (1872-1963)	Conservative	1,729
Birtle	John Stalker	John William Pratt (1894-1973)	Independent	1,954
		William Courtney Wroth (1880-1954)	Conservative	1,315
Brandon City	David P. Duncan	George Dinsdale (1887-1943)	Conservative	3,021
		Harry Spafford (1888-1978)	Independent Labour	2,192
		David E. Clement (1874-1938)	Liberal-Progressive	1,555
		Henry William “Harry” Cater (1869-1945)	Independent	893
Carillon	George Renuart	Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)	Liberal-Progressive	2,590
		Maurice Duprey (1873-1945)	Conservative	804
Cypress	George Graham	James Lyall Christie (1891-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,795
		William Hooey Spinks (1873-1949)	Conservative	1,539
Dauphin	John Scale	Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	1,861
		Ernest Newburn McGirr (1887-1982)	Conservative	1,595
		W. J. Wickes	Independent	578
Deloraine	James Steedsman	Hugh McKenzie (1870-1957)	Liberal-Progressive	2,003
		John Agnew	Conservative	1,523
Dufferin	Robert Malcolmson	John Alfred Munn (1882-1942)	Liberal-Progressive	2,568
		Arthur Beltram Roblin (1885-1954)	Conservative	1,966
Emerson	Samuel Gibson	Robert Franklin Curran (1883-1958)	Liberal-Progressive	2,028
		William Richard Johnston	Conservative	1,788
		Wasyl “William” Kolodzinski (1884-1975)	Farmer Labour	559
Ethelbert	Nicholas Kologie	Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Liberal-Progressive	2,331
		Nicholas Bilash (1890-1961)	Independent	1,682
Fairford	Timothy Webster	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Liberal-Progressive	1,011
		Albert Walmsley Kirvan (1870-1952)	Liberal	677
Fisher	Alfred Hopgood	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	851
		William N. Kolisnyk (1887-1967)	Labour	388
		W. E. Hodgins	Conservative	388
		J. G Hamilton	Liberal	195
Gilbert Plains	Joseph B. McDermot	Arthur Ritchie Berry (1880-1943)	Liberal-Progressive	1,601
		H. A. Alley	Conservative	1,312
Gimli	Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)	Einar Sigurjon Jonasson (1887-1935)	Liberal-Progressive	1,704
		Ingimar Ingaldson (1888-1934)	Liberal-Progressive	1,410
		Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969)	Conservative	858
		Iwan Kapusta	Independent	716
		Michael Ewanchuk (1908-2004)	Independent	232
Gladstone	Roy Christopher Fahrni (1884-1958)	William Morton (1884-1958)	Liberal-Progressive	1,902
		George Hall	Conservative	1,144
Glenwood	Alfred William Herriott	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	2,020
		Arnaud E. Smith	Conservative	1,087
Hamiota	Vere E. G. Little	Thomas Wolstenholme (1870-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	1,847
		William James Burgess (1896-1981)	Conservative	1,223
Iberville	Charles A. Prefontaine	Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)	Liberal-Progressive	1,488
		Richard Randolph Pattinson (1878-1954)	Conservative	807
		Laurier Arthur Regnier (1903-1990)	Liberal	304
Kildonan and St. Andrews	Frederick Oakley Sargent	James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)	Conservative	2,664
		Walter Henry Gabriel “Harry” Gibbs (1872-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	2,625
		Charles H. Cook	Labour	1,313
Killarney	W. J. Schnarr	Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)	Liberal-Progressive	1,571
		John Bell Laughlin (1879-1941)	Conservative	1,481
Lakeside	Hugh McKay	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,969
		John Pigott “Jack” Bend (1883-1969)	Conservative	1,522
Lansdowne	Robert E. McCaw	Donald Gordon McKenzie (1887-1963)	Liberal-Progressive	2,193
		George Robert Douglas Lyon (1880-1932)	Conservative	1,095
		R. C. Borton	Farmer-Labour	302
		William D. Griggs	Liberal	189
La Verendrye	George Lavack	Phillipe Adjutor “Pete” Talbot (1879-1967)	Liberal-Progressive	1,627
		E. J. R. Arpin	Conservative	1,551
		Allan Ramsay	Independent	348
Manitou	Arthur Marsh	Frank Westbrook McIntosh (1879-1951)	Liberal-Progressive	2,268
		Joseph Prospere Lusignan (1876-1967)	Conservative	1,776
Minnedosa	H. S. Rungay	Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)	Conservative	2,432
		Neil Cameron (1863-1935)	Liberal-Progressive	2,378
		Cecil Lorne St. John (1881-1963)	Independent	396
Morden and Rhineland	Robert Laing	Cornelius W. Wiebe (1893-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	2,837
		Hugh McGavin (1874-1958)	Conservative	2,390
Morris	Harold “Harry” Grills (1870-1954)	William Reid Clubb (1884-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	2,526
		C. B. McNulty	Conservative	1,077
Mountain	Reginald H. Galloway	Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)	Liberal-Progressive	3,076
		Robert George Perfect (1882-1950)	Conservative	1,182
Norfolk	Lorne Campbell	John Muirhead (1877-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	1,773
		Reuben James Waugh (1875-1945)	Conservative	1,537
Portage la Prairie	Campbell Millar	Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)	Conservative	2,016
		Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	1,051
Roblin	Irwin L. Mitchell	William James Westwood (1887-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	1,847
		Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)	Conservative	1,238
Rockwood	Alfred Edgar Clarke	William Clarke McKinnell (1873-1939)	Liberal-Progressive	2,267
		Hannes Marino Hannesson (1884-1958)	Conservative	1,250
		Benjamin Evan “Ben” Lewis (1897-1978)	Farmer-Labour	997
Russell	Norman Braendle	Isaac Bertie Griffiths (1882-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	2,523
		Ernest Harold Whelpley (1890-1960)	Conservative	1,237
Ruperts Land (held 4 July 1932)	William Campbell	Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	319
		Herbert Grahame Beresford (1880-1938)	Liberal-Progressive	229
		Capt. Evan Atkinson	Independent	111
St. Boniface	W. N. Walsh	Harold Frederick Lawrence (1887-1953)	Labour	4,954
		Joseph Bernier (1874-1951)	Conservative	4,470
		L. P. Gagnon	Liberal-Progressive	3,560
		David Campbell (1870-1932)	Liberal	1,116
St. Clements	William R. Hamilton	Robert Alexander Hoey (1883-1965)	Liberal-Progressive	3,655
		R. J. M. Bate	Conservative	2,285
		T. H. Dunn	Labour	1,824
		R. A. Smith	Liberal	412
St. George	George Frank Windross	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	1,604
		Robert Kerr	Conservative	1,104
Ste. Rose	Rene Grulocher	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,959
		Robert Doucette	Conservative	1,203
Springfield	Arlan Matheson	Clifford Barclay (1876-1961)	Farmer-Labour	3,192
		Murdoch Mackay (1884-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	2,540
		W. B. K. McRury	Conservative	1,113
		James Grant	Labour	251
		John A. Matheson (1874-1948)	Liberal	232
Swan River	George Dickson	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)	Conservative	1,827
		Steve Einarson	Independent	1,776
		C. H. Goodman	Liberal-Progressive	1,034
The Pas	Baldwin B. Snydal	John Bracken (1883-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	1,915
		N. S. McDonald	Labour	1,071
		Harold Frederick Maulson (1876-1952)	Independent Conservative	173
Turtle Mountain	?	Alexander Robert Welch (1873-1961)	Conservative	1,322
		Frederick Valentine Bird (1885-1977)	Liberal-Progressive	1,277
Virden	William Macdonald Pineo (1863-1941)	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	2,101
		Dr. J. H. Heenan	Conservative	1,619
		S. T. McBain	Liberal	249
Winnipeg (* elected)	Clarence Victor McArthur (1893-1981)	William Sanford Evans (1869-1949) *	Conservative	13,507
		John Queen (1882-1946) *	Independent Labour Party	9,337
		Huntley Douglas Brodie Ketchen (1872-1959) *	Conservative	7,486
		William James Major (1881-1953) *	Liberal-Progressive	7,044
		John Thomas Haig (1877-1962) *	Conservative	7,019
		Marcus Hyman (1883-1938) *	Independent Labour Party	6,593
		John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965) *	Liberal-Progressive	6,080
		William “Bill” Ivens (1878-1957) *	Independent Labour Party	5,470
		Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951) *	Independent Labour Party	5,053
		Ralph Maybank (1890-1965) *	Liberal-Progressive	4,863
		Leslie Morris	United Worker	3,455
		Constantine Henry Andrusyshen (1907-1983)	Independent	2,693
		William Verner Tobias (1892-1941)	Conservative	1,991
		Ralph Wesley Beattie Swail (1896-1945)	Conservative	1,951
		Edward William Montgomery (1865-1948)	Liberal-Progressive	1,614
		Jessie Mackenzie Macrae Maclennan (1873-1942)	Labour	1,600
		James Alexander Barry (1886-1950)	Conservative	1,549
		Francis William “Frank” Russell (1864-1950)	Independent	1,339
		Jacob Penner (1880-1965)	United Worker	1,106
		Victor Bjorn Anderson (1882-1970)	Independent Labour Party	1,061
		Beatrice Alice Brigden (1888-1977)	Independent Labour Party	894
		George Armstrong (1870-1956)	Socialist	848
		H. P. A. Hermanson	Liberal	688
		Duncan Cameron (1865-1948)	Liberal-Progressive	597
		John Young Reid (1872-1945)	Liberal	588
		Clarence Garfield Keith (1881-1964)	Liberal	548
		D. M. Elcheshen	Conservative	314
		Walter J. Fulton (c1877-1949)	Liberal-Progressive	182
		Thomas Gargan	Independent	96

See also:

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

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1933-1935)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Nineteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1933-1936)

Sources:

“The vote in Winnipeg,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 June 1932, page 1.

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: 30 September 2023