Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1941)

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The Manitoba general election of 1941 was held on 22 April. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Liberal-Progressive	John Bracken (1883-1969)	?	27
Conservative	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	?	15
Independent	-	?	6
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951)	?	3
Labour Progressive (Worker)	?	?	1
Social Credit	Stanley William Fox (1906-1984)	?	3
Totals		?	55

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	William Sterling	John Robertson Pitt (1885-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Assiniboia	William A. Bathie	David Alexander Best (1880-1949)	Conservative	2,296
		James Aiken (1888-1974)	Labour Coalition	2,022
Beautiful Plains	Jesse Curtis	John Silas Poole (1872-1963)	Conservative	Acclaim
Birtle	John Stalker	Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968)	Liberal-Progressive	1,417
		William Courtney Wroth (1880-1954)	Independent	1,228
Brandon	Francis R. Longworth	George Dinsdale (1887-1943)	Conservative	3,285
		Henry Oliver McDiarmid (1882-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	2,921
Carillon	Jacob E. Regehr	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	1,825
		W. A. Parenteau	Social Credit	957
Cypress	George Graham	James Lyall Christie (1891-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,423
		Dr. R. S. Hurton	Independent	917
Dauphin	John E. Wallwin	Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Deloraine	James Steedsman	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Conservative	Acclaim
Dufferin	Alfred Larson	John Alfred Munn (1882-1942)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Emerson	Norman C. MacLean	John Roman Solomon (1910-1985)	Independent	2,436
		Herbert Henry Wright (1880-1944)	Liberal-Progressive	1,735
Ethelbert	Nicholas Kologie	Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Liberal-Progressive	2,228
		Frederick Samuel “Fred” Zaplitny (1913-1964)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,806
Fairford	Timothy Webster	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Liberal-Progressive	1,142
		C. E. Toutant	Social Credit	531
Fisher	Alexander Milette	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	926
		L. W. Michalchuk	Independent	893
Gilbert Plains	James Garfield Vance (1874-1965)	Stanley William Fox (1906-1984)	Social Credit	1,446
		Raymond “Ray” Mitchell (1897-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	839
		Mike Baryluk	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	785
Gimli	Valdimar Stefanson	Joseph Wawrykow (1908-1979)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,666
		Sigurdur Victor Sigurdson (1895-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	2,111
		James Grant	Independent	47
Gladstone	John F. Broadfoot	William Morton (1884-1958)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Glenwood	Charles Redpath	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Hamiota	Vere E. G. Little (1894-1977)	Norman Leslie Turnbull (1900-1986)	Social Credit	1,277
		William K. Fraser	Liberal-Progressive	875
Iberville	Charles Prefontaine	Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)	Independent	1,670
		John Salmon “Bud” Lamont (1885-1964)	Liberal-Progressive	948
Kildonan and St. Andrews	Frederick Oakley Sargent	James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)	Conservative	3,447
		Cornelius Byle	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,929
Killarney	William Joseph Schnarr	John Bell Laughlin (1879-1941)	Conservative	1,415
		Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)	Liberal-Progressive	814
Lakeside	Hugh McKay	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Lansdowne	Robert E. McCaw	Matthew Robinson Sutherland (1893-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
La Verendrye	Edmond Brodeur	Sauveur Marcoux (1893-1951)	Liberal-Progressive	1,793
		Antonio Lemoine	Social Credit	1,303
		J. H. Graham	Conservative	231
Manitou	Arthur Marsh	Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957)	Conservative	Acclaim
Minnedosa	William Robert Lavery	Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)	Conservative	2,963
		Henry Smalley Rungay (1888-1955)	Liberal-Progressive	1,913
Morden and Rhineland	Robert Laing	Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)	Conservative	1,234
		John R. Wolkof (?-1965)	Liberal-Progressive	1,060
		Robert Stevenson	Independent	904
		Leonard Krueger	Independent	109
Morris	Harold “Harry” Grills (1870-1954)	John Cameron Dryden (1893-1951)	Independent	1,708
		Leo Arthur Slater (1896-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,169
Mountain	Reginald H. Galloway	Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Norfolk	Lorne Campbell	John Polworth Lawrie (1875-1951)	Conservative	1,287
		John Muirhead (1877-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	1,243
Portage la Prairie	Robert H. Stewart	William Raymond “Toby” Sexsmith (1885-1943)	Conservative	Acclaim
Roblin	Irwin L. Mitchell	Sydney Ernest Rogers (1888-1965)	Social Credit	Acclaim
Rockwood	Alfred Edgar Clarke	Mungo Turnbull Lewis (1894-1969)	Independent	1,984
		Angus Howard Campbell (1898-1985)	Conservative	1,139
		H. H. McIntyre	Liberal-Progressive	748
Ruperts Land	William Campbell	Daniel Roy “Roxy” Hamilton (1892-1965)	Liberal-Progressive	683
		G. L. Van Vliet	Independent	297
Russell	George A. Allen	William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)	Liberal-Progressive	1,907
		H. J. Peddie	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,883
St. Boniface	David D. Brown	Austin Lloyd Clark (1896-1945)	Liberal-Progressive	2,673
		Edwin Arnold Hansford (1895-1959)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,322
		P. J. Tarbutt	Social Credit	1,127
St. Clements	William Robert Hamilton	Nicholas John Stryk (1896-1950)	Liberal-Progressive	3,627
		Herbert R. Sulkers (1889-1948)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,654
St. George	George Frank Windross	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	1,477
		Elin Salome Halldorson (1887-1970)	Social Credit	881
Ste. Rose	Emile Duhard	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,624
		Paul Prince	Social Credit	1,425
Springfield	Adam Matheson	Evelyn Foster Shannon (1896-1973)	Liberal-Progressive	2,061
		Alexander McLeod	Social Credit	1,786
		M. J. H. Hoban	Independent	1,044
		Fred Small	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	959
Swan River	George Dickerson	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)	Conservative	2,894
		W. J. Lamb	Liberal-Progressive	808
The Pas	John Robert Eagle	John Bracken (1883-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Turtle Mountain	Frederick Valentine Bird (1885-1977)	Alexander Robert Welch (1873-1961)	Conservative	Acclaim
Virden	James Gardner	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Winnipeg (* elected)	Clarence Victor McArthur (1893-1981)	Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	6,494
		Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969) *	Conservative	5,796
		William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997) *	Labour Progressive	5,351
		Huntley Douglas Brodie Ketchen (1872-1959) *	Conservative	5,335
		John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965) *	Liberal-Progressive	5,335
		Charles Rhodes Smith (1896-1993) *	Liberal-Progressive	5,335
		Lewis St. George Stubbs (1878-1958) *	Independent	5,335
		Stephen Nicholas Krawchyk (1903-1943) *	Independent	5,315
		Paul Bardal (1889-1966) *	Liberal-Progressive	5,234
		Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	5,140
		John Queen (1882-1946)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,892
		James Alexander Barry (1886-1950)	Conservative	3,612
		Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,611
		Frederick Edgar Warriner (1884-1966)	Conservative	2,268
		William Verner Tobias (1892-1941)	Independent	1,927
		Harriet Snetsinger Dick (1867-1957)	Liberal-Progressive	1,369
		William “Bill” Ivens (1878-1957)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,120
		Harrison Dysart (1885-1949)	Conservative	931
		Laurier Arthur Regnier (1903-1990)	Liberal	853
		Asta Austmann Oddson (1893-1974)	Social Credit	721
		James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)	Conservative	665
		James Simpkin (1875-1946)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	563
		T. H. Elliott	Independent	484
		Madeline Hryniewiecki (1914-1988)	Independent	353
		J. J. Evans	Social Credit	311
		John Kensington Downes (1879-1944)	Independent	198
		T. McConochie	Independent	193

See also:

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

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1943)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-First Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1941-1945)

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