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	?		3
Social Credit	Stanley William Fox (1906-1984)		3
Labour Progressive	?		1
Totals			55

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Robertson Pitt (1885-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Assiniboia	David Alexander Best (1880-1949)	Conservative	2,296
	James Aiken (1888-1974)	Labour Coalition	2,022
Beautiful Plains	John Silas Poole (1872-1963)	Conservative	Acclaim
Birtle	Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968)	Liberal-Progressive	1,417
	William Courtney Wroth (1880-1954)	Independent	1,228
Brandon	George Dinsdale (1887-1943)	Conservative	3,285
	Henry Oliver McDiarmid (1882-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	2,921
Carillon	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	1,825
	W. A. Parenteau	Social Credit	957
Cypress	James Lyall Christie (1891-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,423
	Dr. R. S. Hurton	Independent	917
Dauphin	Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Deloraine	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Conservative	Acclaim
Dufferin	John Alfred Munn (1882-1942)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Emerson	John Roman Solomon (1910-1985)	Independent	2,436
	Herbert Henry Wright (1880-1944)	Liberal-Progressive	1,735
Ethelbert	Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Liberal-Progressive	2,228
	Frederick Samuel “Fred” Zaplitny (1913-1964)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,806
Fairford	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Liberal-Progressive	1,142
	C. E. Toutant	Social Credit	531
Fisher	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	926
	L. W. Michalchuk	Independent	893
Gilbert Plains	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	Joseph Wawrykow (1908-1979)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,666
	Sigurdur Victor Sigurdson (1895-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	2,111
	James Grant	Independent	47
Gladstone	William Morton (1884-1958)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Glenwood	James Washington Breakey (1865-1952)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Hamiota	Norman Leslie Turnbull (1900-1986)	Social Credit	1,277
	William K. Fraser	Liberal-Progressive	875
Iberville	Arthur Rivers Boivin (1878-1951)	Independent	1,670
	John Salmon “Bud” Lamont (1885-1964)	Liberal-Progressive	948
Kildonan and St. Andrews	James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)	Conservative	3,447
	Cornelius Byle	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,929
Killarney	John Bell Laughlin (1879-1941)	Conservative	1,415
	Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)	Liberal-Progressive	814
Lakeside	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Lansdowne	Matthew Robinson Sutherland (1893-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
La Verendrye	Sauveur Marcoux (1893-1951)	Liberal-Progressive	1,793
	Antonio Lemoine	Social Credit	1,303
	J. H. Graham	Conservative	231
Manitou	Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957)	Conservative	Acclaim
Minnedosa	Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)	Conservative	2,963
	Henry Smalley Rungay (1888-1955)	Liberal-Progressive	1,913
Morden and Rhineland	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	John Cameron Dryden (1893-1951)	Independent	1,708
	Leo Arthur Slater (1896-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,169
Mountain	Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Norfolk	John Polworth Lawrie (1875-1951)	Conservative	1,287
	John Muirhead (1877-1954)	Liberal-Progressive	1,243
Portage la Prairie	William Raymond “Toby” Sexsmith (1885-1943)	Conservative	Acclaim
Roblin	Sydney Ernest Rogers (1888-1965)	Social Credit	Acclaim
Rockwood	Mungo Turnbull Lewis (1894-1969)	Independent	1,984
	Angus Howard Campbell (1898-1985)	Conservative	1,139
	H. H. McIntyre	Liberal-Progressive	748
Ruperts Land	Daniel Roy “Roxy” Hamilton (1892-1965)	Liberal-Progressive	683
	G. L. Van Vliet	Independent	297
Russell	William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)	Liberal-Progressive	1,907
	H. J. Peddie	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,883
St. Boniface	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	Nicholas John Stryk (1896-1950)	Liberal-Progressive	3,627
	Herbert R. Sulkers (1889-1948)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,654
St. George	Skuli Sigfusson (1870-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	1,477
	Elin Salome Halldorson (1887-1970)	Social Credit	881
Ste. Rose	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	1,624
	Paul Prince	Social Credit	1,425
Springfield	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 Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)	Conservative	2,894
	W. J. Lamb	Liberal-Progressive	808
The Pas	John Bracken (1883-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Turtle Mountain	Alexander Robert Welch (1873-1961)	Conservative	Acclaim
Virden	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Liberal-Progressive	Acclaim
Winnipeg (* elected)	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: 31 January 2021