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 (1889-1981)

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