Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1945)

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The Manitoba general election of 1945 was held on 15 October. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Coalition (Liberal & Conservative)	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	?	41
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951)	?	10
Social Credit	Stanley William Fox (1906-1984)	?	2
Labour Progressive	William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997)	?	1
Independent	-	?	1
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)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,158
		Guy Craven	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	446
Assiniboia	William A. Bathie	Ernest Richard Draffin (1909-1982)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,948
		David Alexander Best (1880-1949)	Coalition (Conservative)	2,778
		William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)	Labour Progressive	388
Beautiful Plains	Jesse Curtis	John Silas Poole (1872-1963)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,775
		Adalbert James Moses Poole (1881-1970)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	902
Birtle	John Stalker	Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,887
		George B. Reid	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	792
Brandon	Francis R. Longworth	Leslie Hill McDorman (1879-1966)	Coalition (Liberal)	3,288
		Peter McDuffe	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,046
		Dwight Lyman Johnson (1898-1972)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,554
Carillon	Jacob E. Regehr	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Cypress	Hector A. McLeod	James Lyall Christie (1891-1953)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,434
		Robin Chester Parsons (1890-1947)	Coalition (Conservative)	870
Dauphin	John E. Wallwin	Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,312
		Maurice Wesley “Moe” Cryderman (1909-1991)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,277
Deloraine	Hugh Steedsman	James Oswald Argue (1888-1955)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Dufferin	Alfred Larsen	Earl Thompson Collins (1895-1958)	Independent Coalition	Acclaim
Emerson	Lloyd Oatway Baskerville	John Roman Solomon (1910-1985)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,039
		Norman C. McLean	Independent	1,097
		Peter Jacob Olchowecki (1911-2011)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	753
Ethelbert	Nicholas Kologie	Michael M. Sawchuk (1911-1969)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,081
		Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk (1888-1979)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,743
		John Dubno	Labour Progressive	163
Fairford	Timothy Webster	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,254
		George William Leonard (1880-1959)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	295
Fisher	William J. Prossiuk	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Coalition (Liberal)	890
		Leon William Michalchuk	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	778
		John Kapusta	Labour Progressive	166
Gilbert Plains	James Garfield Vance (1874-1965)	Stanley William Fox (1906-1984)	Social Credit	1,375
		William G. Doak	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,179
Gimli	Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)	Steinn Olafur Thompson (1893-1972)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,133
		Snabjorn S. Johnson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,437
		Mitchell John “Mitch” Sago (1914-1989)	Labour Progressive	246
Gladstone	John F. Broadfoot	William Morton (1884-1958)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Glenwood	Frederick Charles Scott	Gilbert Harrison Grant (1885-1972)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,741
		Leslie Victor Robson (1893-1977)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	698
Hamiota	Vere E. G. Little (1894-1977)	Norman Leslie Turnbull (1900-1986)	Social Credit	1,578
		C. Stanley Dawley	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	380
Iberville	Alfred Allard	John McDowell (1894-1980)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,499
		William David Lawrence	Coalition (Liberal)	991
		Harold Philip Kendall	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	683
Kildonan and St. Andrews	Frederick Oakley Sargent	James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)	Coalition (Conservative)	3,518
		William Grundy	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,313
		William Gilbey	Labour Progressive	426
Killarney	John Bate	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,155
		Gordon Murray Anderson	Coalition (Liberal)	1,027
		Glen W. McMillan	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	560
Lakeside	Hugh McKay	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Lansdowne	Thomas B. Campbell	Matthew Robinson Sutherland (1893-1971)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,759
		William Edward Hargreaves (1884-1947)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	720
La Verendrye	Edmond Brodeur	Sauveur Marcoux (1893-1951)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,620
		Paul Prince	Social Credit	1,089
		Alfred Lagimodiere	Coalition (Liberal)	824
Manitou	William John Barrett	Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Minnedosa	William R. Lavery	Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)	Coalition (Conservative)	2,639
		Ralph Gordon Firth	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,430
Morden and Rhineland	Walter S. Goode	Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)	Coalition (Conservative)	2,142
		John Robert Walkof (1888-1965)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,894
		Edward Friesen	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	326
Morris	Harold “Harry” Grills (1870-1954)	John Cameron Dryden (1893-1951)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,676
		Ivan Langtry	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	714
Mountain	Reginald H. Galloway	Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,300
		David Leslie McBrien	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	723
Norfolk	Lorne Campbell	John Polworth Lawrie (1875-1951)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,710
		James Henry Wood	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	870
Portage la Prairie	Robert H. Stewart	Charles Edwin Greenlay (1899-1984)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,878
		Margaret Mann	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	746
		Earl Moffat	Labour Progressive	105
Roblin	Irwin L. Mitchell	Ronald Douglas Robertson (1920-1998)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,247
		Leslie Thompson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,092
Rockwood	Alfred Edgar Clarke	William J. Campbell (?-1950)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,879
		Mungo Turnbull Lewis (1894-1969)	Social Credit	1,582
Ruperts Land	Oswald L. Quesnel	Daniel Roy “Roxy” Hamilton (1892-1965)	Coalition (Liberal)	438
		Oddur Olafson (1888-1972)	Coalition (Liberal)	230
		Walter Henry Gabriel “Harry” Gibbs (1872-1952)	Coalition (Liberal)	175
		Melvin Reid Burritt	Labour Progressive	55
Russell	George A. Allen	William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,250
		Mykhaylo John “Michael” Tokar	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,768
St. Boniface	David D. Brown	Edwin Arnold Hansford (1895-1959)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	6,605
		Walter H. Tod	Coalition (Liberal)	4,331
		Laurier Arthur Regnier (1903-1990)	Independent Liberal	1,812
		Angus McDonald	Independent	898
		Jules Jerome Pynoo	Labour Progressive	483
St. Clements	Vivian M. Snow	Wilbert George Doneleyko (1913-1990)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,615
		Nicholas John Stryk (1896-1950)	Coalition (Liberal)	3,395
		Andrew Bileski [Bilecki] (1903-1992)	Labour Progressive	1,041
St. George	John Wilkins	Christian Halldorson (1891-1956)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,150
		Eric Stefanson (1913-1977)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	892
		Jon Adalvordur Howardson	Independent Liberal	237
		Olfe P. Johnson	Labour Progressive	56
Ste. Rose	Basil Travers Tucker (?-1962)	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,907
		Jake Heesaker	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	823
Springfield	Leslie H. Head	George Edward Olive (1887-1973)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,106
		Murdoch Mackay (1884-1962)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,992
		Michael John Hoban	Independent Liberal	1,393
		Joseph Ilchena	Labour Progressive	484
Swan River	Colin F. Johnston	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)	Coalition (Conservative)	2,519
		Robert Niven	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,448
The Pas	Arthur G. H. Mast	Beresford Robert “Berry” Richards (1914-1982)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,840
		Robert Franklin Milton	Independent	2,759
Turtle Mountain	Harold Leslie Gamble	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Virden	Clarence M. Pineo	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,030
		Cecil Lee Nichol	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	856
Winnipeg (* elected)	Clarence Victor McArthur (1893-1981)	Gunnar Solmundur Thorvaldson (1901-1969) *	Coalition (Conservative)	7,256
		Seymour James Farmer (1878-1951) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	7,222
		Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	7,222
		John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965) *	Coalition (Liberal)	7,222
		Charles Rhodes Smith (1896-1993) *	Coalition (Liberal)	7,222
		Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	7,222
		Lewis St. George Stubbs (1878-1958) *	Independent	7,222
		Donovan Swailes (1892-1984) *	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	7,222
		William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997) *	Labour Progressive	6,892
		William Scraba (1907-1971) *	Coalition (Liberal)	5,714
		Morley Semmens Lougheed (1892-1974)	Coalition (Conservative)	5,621
		Mark Long	Coalition (Conservative)	4,273
		George Stapleton	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	4,055
		Paul Bardal (1889-1966)	Coalition (Liberal)	3,291
		Joseph “Joe” Zuken (1912-1986)	Labour Progressive	3,105
		A. N. Robertson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,694
		Marguerite [Margaret] Walsh (1888-1954)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,253
		R. G. Sully	Coalition (Conservative)	716
		T. W. Taylor	Social Credit	692
		James Milne	Social Credit	264

See also:

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

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba War Services Election (1946)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1948)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Second Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1946-1949)

Sources:

Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.

We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 November 2024