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	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Robertson Pitt (1885-1970)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,158
	Guy Craven	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	446
Assiniboia	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	John Silas Poole (1872-1963)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,775
	Adalbert James Moses Poole (1881-1970)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	902
Birtle	Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,887
	George B. Reid	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	792
Brandon	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	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Cypress	James Lyall Christie (1891-1953)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,434
	Robin Chester Parsons (1890-1947)	Coalition (Conservative)	870
Dauphin	Robert Hawkins (1879-1962)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,312
	Maurice Wesley “Moe” Cryderman (1909-1991)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,277
Deloraine	James Oswald Argue (1888-1955)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Dufferin	Earl Thompson Collins (1895-1958)	Independent Coalition	Acclaim
Emerson	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	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	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,254
	George William Leonard (1880-1959)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	295
Fisher	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Coalition (Liberal)	890
	Leon William Michalchuk	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	778
	John Kapusta	Labour Progressive	166
Gilbert Plains	Stanley William Fox (1906-1984)	Social Credit	1,375
	William G. Doak	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,179
Gimli	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	William Morton (1884-1958)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Glenwood	Gilbert Harrison Grant (1885-1972)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,741
	Leslie Victor Robson (1893-1977)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	698
Hamiota	Norman Leslie Turnbull (1900-1986)	Social Credit	1,578
	C. Stanley Dawley	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	380
Iberville	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	James Osborne McLenaghen (1892-1950)	Coalition (Conservative)	3,518
	William Grundy	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,313
	William Gilbey	Labour Progressive	426
Killarney	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	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Coalition (Liberal)	Acclaim
Lansdowne	Matthew Robinson Sutherland (1893-1971)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,759
	William Edward Hargreaves (1884-1947)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	720
La Verendrye	Sauveur Marcoux (1893-1951)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,620
	Paul Prince	Social Credit	1,089
	Alfred Lagimodiere	Coalition (Liberal)	824
Manitou	Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Minnedosa	Earl James Rutledge (1894-1975)	Coalition (Conservative)	2,639
	Ralph Gordon Firth	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,430
Morden and Rhineland	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	John Cameron Dryden (1893-1951)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,676
	Ivan Langtry	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	714
Mountain	Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,300
	David Leslie McBrien	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	723
Norfolk	John Polworth Lawrie (1875-1951)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,710
	James Henry Wood	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	870
Portage la Prairie	Charles Edwin Greenlay (1899-1984)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,878
	Margaret Mann	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	746
	Earl Moffat	Labour Progressive	105
Roblin	Ronald Douglas Robertson (1920-1998)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,247
	Leslie Thompson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,092
Rockwood	William J. Campbell (?-1950)	Coalition (Conservative)	1,879
	Mungo Turnbull Lewis (1894-1969)	Social Credit	1,582
Ruperts Land	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	William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,250
	Michael John Tokar	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,768
St. Boniface	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	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	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	Maurice Dane MacCarthy (1878-1953)	Coalition (Liberal)	1,907
	Jake Heesaker	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	823
Springfield	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	George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)	Coalition (Conservative)	2,519
	Robert Niven	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,448
The Pas	Beresford Robert “Berry” Richards (1914-1982)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,840
	Robert Franklin Milton	Independent	2,759
Turtle Mountain	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Coalition (Conservative)	Acclaim
Virden	Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)	Coalition (Liberal)	2,030
	Cecil Lee Nichol	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	856
Winnipeg (* elected)	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 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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 September 2023