Manitoba general election, 1932
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Manitoba's general election of June 16, 1932 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly
of the Province of Manitoba
, Canada
.
This was the second election in Manitoba where the single transferable ballot was used in all electoral divisions. Winnipeg elected ten members in this manner, while all other constituencies elected one member by instant runoff voting.
The election was called soon after the announcement of an alliance between the governing Progressive Party
of John Bracken
and the Liberal Party
led by Murdoch Mackay
. These parties were ideologically similar, and had a common interest in preventing the Conservative Party
from coming to power. National Liberal
leader William Lyon Mackenzie King
supported this alliance, out of concern that a Conservative victory would strengthen the hand of Conservative
Prime Minister
Richard Bennett
.
Bracken tried to bring the Conservatives into his coalition, but was rebuffed by Conservative leader Fawcett Taylor. Taylor's refusal to consider a consensus government was used against him in the campaign.
The election was also contested by the social democratic Independent Labour Party
, under the leadership of John Queen
. Though it was the second-largest party in the legislature after the 1920 election
, Labour had slumped to only three seats in 1927 amid a general period of decline in the Canadian left. While the ILP was poised to improve its showing in the 1932 campaign, it was not a serious contender for government.
Some members of the provincial Liberal Party opposed the Liberal-Progressive alliance, and contested the election as "continuing Liberals". Their leader was David Campbell
, the mayor
of St. Boniface.
Leslie Morris
and Jacob Penner
of the Communist Party campaigned in the city of Winnipeg, and other Communist candidates ran in the outlying areas. As the Communist Party was under legal restrictions at the time, they ran as "United Front Workers" candidates. Former Member of the Legislative Assembly
(MLA) George Armstrong
ran as a candidate of the Socialist Party
, and Jessie MacLennan campaigned as a labour candidate unaffiliated with the ILP.
The result was a resounding victory for the governing alliance, as Liberals, Progressives and their allies won 38 out of 55 seats. The Conservatives fell from fifteen seats to ten. Having lost his third consecutive election, Fawcett Taylor resigned as Conservative leader in 1933. The Independent Labour Party managed a modest recovery after its poor showing in 1927, increasing its caucus to five members. No other parties' candidates were elected, although two former Progressives were elected as independents. The Continuing Liberals fared especially poorly, and disappeared after the election.
Leslie Morris came 309 votes short of winning the tenth seat in Winnipeg. Had he won, he would have been the first Communist elected to a provincial legislature in Canada.
Assiniboia:
First Count
Smith was eliminated.
Second Count
Beautiful Plains:
Birtle:
Brandon City:
First Count
Cater was eliminated. Clement was eliminated on the second count with 1555 votes.
Third Count
Carillon
:
Cypress:
Dauphin:
First Count
Wicks was eliminated.
Second Count
Deloraine:
Dufferin:
Emerson:
First Count
Kolodzinski was eliminated.
Second Count
Ethelbert:
Fairford:
Fisher:
First Count
Hamilton was eliminated. Note that one source lists Hamilton as a Continuing Liberal.
Second Count
Gilbert Plains:
Gimli:
First Count
Ewanchuk was eliminated. Kapusta was eliminated on the second count with 716 votes, and Thorvaldson was eliminated on the third count with 858 votes.
Fourth Count
Gladstone:
Glenwood:
Hamiota:
Iberville:
Kildonan and St. Andrews:
First Count
Cook was eliminated.
Second Count
Killarney:
Lakeside:
Lansdowne:
La Verendrye:
First Count
Ramsay was eliminated.
Second Count
Manitou:
Minnedosa:
First Count
St. John was eliminated.
Second Count
Morris:
Mountain:
Morden and Rhineland:
Norfolk:
Portage La Prairie:
Roblin:
Rockwood:
First Count
Lewis was eliminated.
Second Count
Rupertsland (16 July):
First Count
Atkinson was eliminated.
Second Count
Russell:
St. Boniface:
First Count
Campbell was eliminated. Gagnon was eliminated after the second count with 3560 votes.
Third Count
St. Clements:
First Count
Smith was eliminated. Dunn was eliminated after the second count with 1824 votes.
Second Count
St. George:
Ste. Rose:
Springfield:
First Count
Matheson was eliminated. McRury and Grant were eliminated after the second count with 1113 and 251 votes, respectively.
Third Count
Swan River:
First Count
Goodman was eliminated.
Second Count
Turtle Mountain:
The Pas (deferred):
Virden:
Winnipeg (ten members):
First Count (quota: 7000 votes; Evans and Queen declared elected
Final standings:
All ballot results for Winnipeg after the first count are taken from reports in the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper. It is possible that some errors appeared in the original publication.
Arthur (dec. Duncan McLeod, May 10, 1935), June 24, 1935:
Russell (Isaac Griffiths to cabinet, May 28, 1935), July 4, 1935:
Carillon
(dec. Albert Prefontaine
, 1935), July 4, 1935:
Gimli (res. Einar Jonasson
, 1935)
Winnipeg (res. Ralph Maybank
, October 1, 1935)
Winnipeg (res. John Thomas Haig
, 1935)
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
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of the Province of Manitoba
Manitoba
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, Canada
Canada
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.
This was the second election in Manitoba where the single transferable ballot was used in all electoral divisions. Winnipeg elected ten members in this manner, while all other constituencies elected one member by instant runoff voting.
The election was called soon after the announcement of an alliance between the governing Progressive Party
Progressive Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Party of Manitoba, Canada, was a political party that developed from the United Farmers of Manitoba, an agrarian movement that became politically active following World War I...
of John Bracken
John Bracken
John Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....
and the Liberal Party
Manitoba Liberal Party
The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...
led by Murdoch Mackay
Murdoch Mackay
Murdoch Mackay was a Manitoba politician. He led the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1931 to 1932, and brought the party into an alliance with John Bracken's Progressives....
. These parties were ideologically similar, and had a common interest in preventing the Conservative Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...
from coming to power. National Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
leader William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...
supported this alliance, out of concern that a Conservative victory would strengthen the hand of Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
Richard Bennett
R. B. Bennett
Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930, to October 23, 1935, during the worst of the Great Depression years...
.
Bracken tried to bring the Conservatives into his coalition, but was rebuffed by Conservative leader Fawcett Taylor. Taylor's refusal to consider a consensus government was used against him in the campaign.
The election was also contested by the social democratic Independent Labour Party
Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (II)
Prior to 1920, there were a number of groups in Winnipeg which called themselves the "Independent Labour Party". For information on these groups, see Independent Labour Party ....
, under the leadership of John Queen
John Queen
John Queen was a Manitoba politician, and the second parliamentary leader of that province's Independent Labour Party...
. Though it was the second-largest party in the legislature after the 1920 election
Manitoba general election, 1920
Manitoba's general election of 29 June 1920 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.-Background:...
, Labour had slumped to only three seats in 1927 amid a general period of decline in the Canadian left. While the ILP was poised to improve its showing in the 1932 campaign, it was not a serious contender for government.
Some members of the provincial Liberal Party opposed the Liberal-Progressive alliance, and contested the election as "continuing Liberals". Their leader was David Campbell
David Campbell (Manitoba politician)
David Campbell was a Manitoba politician. When the provincial Liberals merged with John Bracken's Progressives in 1932, Campbell led a group of dissident, anti-merger Liberals into the subsequent election....
, the mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of St. Boniface.
Leslie Morris
Leslie Morris
Leslie Tim Morris was a Welsh-Canadian politician, journalist and long time member of the Communist Party of Canada and, its front group, the Labour-Progressive Party....
and Jacob Penner
Jacob Penner
Jacob Penner was a popular socialist politician in Canada. Penner was born and raised in a Mennonite family in Russia and emigrated to Winnipeg in 1904. In 1908, he met his wife Rose Shapack, a Jewish Russian immigrant, during an address by Emma Goldman at the Winnipeg Radical Club...
of the Communist Party campaigned in the city of Winnipeg, and other Communist candidates ran in the outlying areas. As the Communist Party was under legal restrictions at the time, they ran as "United Front Workers" candidates. Former Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member of the Legislative Assembly
A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....
(MLA) George Armstrong
George Armstrong (Manitoba politician)
George Armstrong was a politician and labour activist in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922, and is notable as the only member of the Socialist Party of Canada ever to serve in that institution.Armstrong was born in East York, Ontario, and...
ran as a candidate of the Socialist Party
Socialist Party of Canada (in Manitoba)
The Socialist Party of Canada was a revolutionary Marxist organization, founded in 1904 as a merger of the Socialist Party of British Columbia and related groups in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada....
, and Jessie MacLennan campaigned as a labour candidate unaffiliated with the ILP.
The result was a resounding victory for the governing alliance, as Liberals, Progressives and their allies won 38 out of 55 seats. The Conservatives fell from fifteen seats to ten. Having lost his third consecutive election, Fawcett Taylor resigned as Conservative leader in 1933. The Independent Labour Party managed a modest recovery after its poor showing in 1927, increasing its caucus to five members. No other parties' candidates were elected, although two former Progressives were elected as independents. The Continuing Liberals fared especially poorly, and disappeared after the election.
Leslie Morris came 309 votes short of winning the tenth seat in Winnipeg. Had he won, he would have been the first Communist elected to a provincial legislature in Canada.
Results
Party | Party Leader | # of candidates |
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1927 Manitoba general election, 1927 Manitoba's general election of 28 June 1927 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This was the first election in Manitoba history to elect members through a single transferable ballot in all constituencies... |
Elected | Change | # | % | % Change |
Liberal-Progressive Manitoba Liberal Party The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :... |
John Bracken John Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada .... |
53 | 36 | 38 | +2 | 39.6% | -13.5% |
Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:... |
|
49 | 15 | 10 | -5 | 35.4% | +8.2% |
Independent Labour Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (II) Prior to 1920, there were a number of groups in Winnipeg which called themselves the "Independent Labour Party". For information on these groups, see Independent Labour Party .... |
John Queen John Queen was a Manitoba politician, and the second parliamentary leader of that province's Independent Labour Party... |
15 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 16.5% | +6.0% |
Continuing Liberal Manitoba Liberal Party The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :... |
David Campbell (Manitoba politician) David Campbell was a Manitoba politician. When the provincial Liberals merged with John Bracken's Progressives in 1932, Campbell led a group of dissident, anti-merger Liberals into the subsequent election.... |
13 | - | 0 | - | 2.0% | n/a |
United Front | |
4 | 0 | 0 | - | |
Socialist Socialist Party of Canada (in Manitoba) The Socialist Party of Canada was a revolutionary Marxist organization, founded in 1904 as a merger of the Socialist Party of British Columbia and related groups in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada.... |
|
1 | 0 | 0 | - | |
Independent | 11 | 1 | 2 | +1 | ||||||||||||
Total | 55 | 100% |
Results by electoral division
Arthur:- (x)Duncan Lloyd McLeod (LP/P) 1835
- J. Arthur RossJ. Arthur RossJames Arthur Ross was a Manitoba politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons for thirteen years, and was a candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in 1953....
(C) 881
Assiniboia:
First Count
- Ralph Webb (C) 2813
- John McLean (ILP) 2349
- John George Smith (LP) 1008
Smith was eliminated.
Second Count
- Ralph Webb (C) 3015
- John McLean (ILP) 2911
Beautiful Plains:
- (x)Adalbert PooleAdalbert PooleAdalbert James Moses Poole was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936 as a member of the Progressive Party....
(LP/P) 2378 - John Poole (C) 1729
Birtle:
- (x)John Pratt (Ind/P) 1954
- William C. Wroth (C) 1315
Brandon City:
First Count
- George DinsdaleGeorge DinsdaleGeorge Dinsdale was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a Conservative representative in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 until his death....
(C) 2647 - Harry Spafford (ILP) 1574
- David E. Clement (LP/L) 1423
- Harry William Cater (L) 893
Cater was eliminated. Clement was eliminated on the second count with 1555 votes.
Third Count
- George Dinsdale (C) 3021
- Harry Spafford (ILP) 2192
Carillon
Carillon (Manitoba riding)
Carillon is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada.It was established for the 1886 provincial election, and eliminated with the 1969 election. The constituency was predominantly francophone...
:
- (x)Albert PrefontaineAlbert PrefontaineAlbert Préfontaine was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Manitoba Conservatives in the late 1910s, and was subsequently a member of the United Farmers of Manitoba....
(LP/P) 2590 - Maurice DupreyMaurice DupreyMaurice Duprey was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922.Duprey lived in St. Elizabeth, Manitoba, where he worked as a farmer. He was elected to the legislature in the 1920 provincial election the rural constituency of Carillon...
(C) 804
Cypress:
- James Christie (LP) 1795
- (x)William H. Spinks (C) 1539
Dauphin:
First Count
- Robert Hawkins (LP) 1668
- Ernest N. McGirr (C) 1525
- W.S. Wicks (ILP) 578
Wicks was eliminated.
Second Count
- Robert Hawkins (LP) 1861
- Ernest N. McGirr (C) 1595
Deloraine:
- (x)Hugh McKenzieHugh McKenzie (Manitoba politician)Hugh McKenzie was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936....
(LP/P) 2003 - John Agnew (C) 1523
Dufferin:
- (x)John Munn (LP/P) 2568
- Arthur B. Roblin (C) 1966
Emerson:
First Count
- (x)Robert Curran (LP) 1987
- William Richard Johnston (C) 1742
- William Kolodzinski (Ind Farmer-Labour) 559
Kolodzinski was eliminated.
Second Count
- (x)Robert Curran (LP) 2028
- William Richard Johnston (C) 1788
Ethelbert:
- (x)Nicholas HryhorczukNicholas HryhorczukNicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1936, and again from 1941 to 1945....
(LP/Ind Farmer) 2331 - Nicholas Bilash (ILP) 1682
Fairford:
- (x)Stuart GarsonStuart GarsonStuart Sinclair Garson, was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th Premier of Manitoba from 1943 to 1948, and later became a federal cabinet minister....
(LP/P) 1011 - A.W. Kirvan (L) 677
Fisher:
First Count
- (x)Nicholas BachynskyNicholas BachynskyNicholas Volodymir Bachynsky was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1958, and was Speaker of the Assembly for most of Douglas Campbell's administration.Bachynsky was educated in Galicia and in Brandon, Manitoba...
(LP/P) 845 - W.N. Kolisnyk (United Front Workers) 364
- W.E. Hodgins (C) 352
- J.G. Hamilton (Ind LP) 195
Hamilton was eliminated. Note that one source lists Hamilton as a Continuing Liberal.
Second Count
- (x)Nicholas Bachynsky (LP/P) 851
- W.N. Kolisnyk (United Front Workers) 388
- W.E. Hodgins (C) 388
Gilbert Plains:
- (x)Arthur BerryArthur Berry (Manitoba politician)Arthur Ritchie Berry was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1936.Berry was born in Owen Sound, Ontario. He worked as a farmer....
(LP/P) 1601 - H.A. Alley (C) 1312
Gimli:
First Count
- Einar JonassonEinar JonassonEinar Sigurjon Jonasson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1935, as a member of the Liberal-Progressive Party....
(LP/L) 1340 - (x)Ingimar IngaldsonIngimar IngaldsonIngmar Ingaldson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Progressive Party....
(LP/P) 1069 - Gunnar ThorvaldsonGunnar ThorvaldsonGunnar Solmunder Thorvaldson, KC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1949, and in the Canadian Senate from 1958 until his death...
(C) 858 - Iwan Kapusta (United Front Workers) 710
- Michael EwanchukMichael EwanchukMichael Ewanchuk Canadian educator, historian of Ukrainian origin. Doctor of Laws from the University of Winnipeg and a Doctor of Canon Law from St. John's College of the University of Manitoba.- External links :...
(L) 236
Ewanchuk was eliminated. Kapusta was eliminated on the second count with 716 votes, and Thorvaldson was eliminated on the third count with 858 votes.
Fourth Count
- Einar Jonasson (LP/L) 1704
- (x)Ingimar Ingaldson (LP/P) 1410
Gladstone:
- (x)William MortonWilliam Morton (Manitoba politician)William Morton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1958, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell. His father, Thomas Lewis Morton, was a member of the assembly from 1888 to...
(LP) 1902 - George M. Hall (C) 1144
Glenwood:
- (x)James BreakeyJames BreakeyJames Washington Breakey , was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was briefly the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, and was subsequently a supporter of the province's Liberal-Progressive coalition government.After working as a financial agent, Breakey was elected to the Legislative Assembly...
(LP/L) 2020 - Arnaud E. Smith (C) 1087
Hamiota:
- (x)Thomas WolstenholmeThomas WolstenholmeThomas Wolstenholme was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1936.Wolstenholme was born and educated in Manchester, England, and came to Canada in 1889...
(LP/P) 1847 - W.J. Burgess (C) 1223
Iberville:
- (x)Arthur R. Boivin (LP/Ind) 1488
- R.R. Pattinson (C) 807
- Laurier A. Regnier (L) 304
Kildonan and St. Andrews:
First Count
- (x)James McLenaghenJames McLenaghenJames O. McLenaghen was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 until his death, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.McLenaghen was educated in Balderson until 1902, and then in...
(C) 2564 - W.H. Gibbs (LP/L) 2334
- Charles H. Cook (ILP) 1313
Cook was eliminated.
Second Count
- (x)James McLenaghen (C) 2664
- W.H. Gibbs (LP/L) 2625
Killarney:
- Andrew Foster (LP) 1571
- (x)John Bell Laughlin (C) 1481
Lakeside:
- (x)Douglas CampbellDouglas Lloyd CampbellDouglas Lloyd Campbell, OC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the 13th Premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958...
(LP/P) 1969 - John P. Bend (C) 1522
Lansdowne:
- (x)Donald McKenzie (LP) 2193
- G.R.D. Lyon (C) 1095
- R.C. Borton (Ind) 302
- William C. Griggs (L) 189
La Verendrye:
First Count
- Philippe Adjutor TalbotPhilippe Adjutor TalbotPhilippe Adjutor Talbot was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1936, and was Speaker of the Assembly from 1923 to 1936....
(LP/P) 1587 - R.J.E. Arpin (C) 1473
- Allan Ramsay (Ind) 374
Ramsay was eliminated.
Second Count
- Philippe Adjutor Talbot (LP/P) 1627
- R.J.E. Arpin (C) 1551
Manitou:
- Frank McIntoshFrank McIntoshFrank Westbrook McIntosh was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1936, as a Liberal-Progressive representative. He father, John McIntosh, had served in the legislature as a Liberal from 1896 to 1899.The younger McIntosh was born in...
(LP) 2268 - (x)Joseph LusignanJoseph LusignanJoseph Prospere Lusignan was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Conservative Party....
(C) 1776
Minnedosa:
First Count
- (x)Earl RutledgeEarl RutledgeEarl James Rutledge was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1948, initially as a Conservative and later as a Progressive Conservative after the party changed its name.-Biography:Rutledge was educated at Queen's University in Kingston,...
(C) 2336 - Neil Cameron (LP) 2210
- Cecil L. St. John (Ind) 396
St. John was eliminated.
Second Count
- (x)Earl Rutledge (C) 2432
- Neil Cameron (LP) 2378
Morris:
- (x)William ClubbWilliam ClubbWilliam Reid Clubb was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken....
(LP/P) 2526 - C.B. McNulty (C) 1077
Mountain:
- (x)Ivan SchultzIvan SchultzIvan Schultz was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1930 to 1955, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.Schultz was educated at Wesley College and...
(LP/L) 3076 - Robert Perfect (C) 1182
Morden and Rhineland:
- C.W. Wiebe (LP) 2837
- (x)Hugh McGavinHugh McGavinDr. Hugh James McGavin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Conservative Party....
(C) 2390
Norfolk:
- (x)John MuirheadJohn MuirheadJohn Muirhead was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1936.Muirhead was born in Clinton, Ontario, and educated at public schools...
(LP/P) 1773 - R.J. Waugh (C) 1537
Portage La Prairie:
- (x)Fawcett Taylor (C) 2016
- Ewan A. McPherson (LP/L) 1051
Roblin:
- William Westwood (LP/Ind) 1847
- (x)Frederic NewtonFrederic NewtonFrederic Young Newton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1911 to 1917, and again from 1922 to 1932. He was a member of the Conservative Party....
(C) 1238
Rockwood:
First Count
- (x)William McKinnellWilliam McKinnellWilliam Clarke McKinnell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1936....
(LP/P) 2114 - H.M. Hannesson (C) 1136
- B.E. Lewis (Ind Farmer) 997
Lewis was eliminated.
Second Count
- (x)William McKinnell (LP/P) 2667
- H. Hannesson (C) 1250
Rupertsland (16 July):
First Count
- Ewan McPhersonEwan McPhersonEwan Alexander McPherson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1926 to 1930...
(LP/L) 312 - (x)Herbert G. Beresford (LP/P) 215
- Capt. Evans Atkinson (Ind) 111
Atkinson was eliminated.
Second Count
- Ewan McPherson (LP/L) 319
- (x)Herbert G. Beresford (LP/P) 229
Russell:
- (x)Isaac GriffithsIsaac GriffithsIsaac Bertie Griffiths was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken....
(LP/P) 2523 - E.H. Whelpley (C) 1237
St. Boniface:
First Count
- (x)Joseph BernierJoseph BernierJoseph Bernier was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on four occasions between 1900 and 1932. Bernier was a member of the Conservative Party, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond P. Roblin. His father, Thomas A. Bernier,...
(C) 3483 - Harold LawrenceHarold LawrenceHarold Frederick Lawrence was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1936....
(ILP) 3477 - L.P. Gagnon (LP/L) 3283
- David CampbellDavid Campbell (Manitoba politician)David Campbell was a Manitoba politician. When the provincial Liberals merged with John Bracken's Progressives in 1932, Campbell led a group of dissident, anti-merger Liberals into the subsequent election....
(L) 1116
Campbell was eliminated. Gagnon was eliminated after the second count with 3560 votes.
Third Count
- Harold Lawrence (ILP) 4954
- (x)Joseph Bernier (C) 4470
St. Clements:
First Count
- (x)Robert HoeyRobert HoeyRobert Alexander Hoey was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1921 to 1925, served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken.Hoey was born in Enniskillen, County...
(LP/P) 3234 - R.J. Bate (C) 2046
- Thomas DunnThomas DunnThomas Dunn was Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada from 1805 to 1807.He was born in Durham, England and came to the town of Quebec shortly after its surrender in 1760. With his partner John Gray, he obtained the trading lease to the king's posts, which gave them a monopoly in the fur trade and...
(ILP) 1774 - R.A. Smith (L) 412
Smith was eliminated. Dunn was eliminated after the second count with 1824 votes.
Second Count
- (x)Robert Hoey (LP/P) 3655
- R.J. Bate (C) 2285
St. George:
- (x)Skuli SigfussonSkuli SigfussonSkuli Sigfusson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on three occasions: from 1915 to 1920, 1922 to 1936, and 1941 to 1945....
(LP/L) 1604 - Robert Kerr Jr. (C) 1104
Ste. Rose:
- (x)Maurice Dane MacCarthyMaurice Dane MacCarthyMaurice Dane MacCarthy was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1953.MacCarthy was born in Bracebridge, Ontario, and educated in that city. He worked as a farmer...
(LP/P) 1959 - Robert Doucette (C) 1203
Springfield:
First Count
- Clifford BarclayClifford BarclayClifford Barclay was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1927, and again from 1932 to 1936....
(Ind/Farmer-Labour) 3035 - (x)Murdoch MackayMurdoch MackayMurdoch Mackay was a Manitoba politician. He led the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1931 to 1932, and brought the party into an alliance with John Bracken's Progressives....
(LP/L) 2407 - W.B.K. McRury (C) 1080
- James Grant (ILP) 235
- John A. Matheson (L) 232
Matheson was eliminated. McRury and Grant were eliminated after the second count with 1113 and 251 votes, respectively.
Third Count
- Clifford Barclay (Ind/Farmer-Labour) 3192
- (x)Murdoch Mackay (LP/L) 2540
Swan River:
First Count
- George RenoufGeorge RenoufGeorge Poddester Renouf was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1958, initially as a Conservative and later as a Progressive Conservative, once the party changed its name.Renouf was educated at a private school in Jersey, and came to...
(C) 1698 - Sam Einarson (Ind) 1279
- Charles H. Goodman (LP) 1034
Goodman was eliminated.
Second Count
- George RenoufGeorge RenoufGeorge Poddester Renouf was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1958, initially as a Conservative and later as a Progressive Conservative, once the party changed its name.Renouf was educated at a private school in Jersey, and came to...
(C) 1827 - Sam Einarson (Ind) 1776
Turtle Mountain:
- (x)Alexander WelchAlexander WelchAlexander Robert Welch was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1929 to 1945, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken and Stuart Garson....
(C) 1322 - Frederick V. Bird (LP) 1277
The Pas (deferred):
- (x)John BrackenJohn BrackenJohn Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....
(LP/P) 1915 - N.S. McDonald (ILP) 1072
- H.F. Maulson (Ind C) 173
Virden:
- (x)Robert MooneyRobert MooneyRobert Henry Mooney was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1953.-Early life:...
(LP/P) 2101 - J.H. Heenan (C) 1669
- S.L. McBain (L) 249
Winnipeg (ten members):
First Count (quota: 7000 votes; Evans and Queen declared elected
- (x)William Sanford EvansWilliam Sanford EvansWilliam Sanford Evans was a Manitoba politician. Between 1933 and 1936, he was the leader of that province's Conservative Party caucus....
(C) 13507 - (x)John QueenJohn QueenJohn Queen was a Manitoba politician, and the second parliamentary leader of that province's Independent Labour Party...
(ILP) 9302 - (x)William Major (LP/P) 5940
- (x)Seymour Farmer (ILP) 5053
- (x)John Thomas HaigJohn Thomas HaigJohn Thomas Haig, PC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as parliamentary leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in 1921-22....
(C) 4432 - John Stewart McDiarmidJohn Stewart McDiarmidJohn Stewart McDiarmid was a Manitoba politician. He held senior ministerial positions in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell, and served as the province's 14th Lieutenant Governor between 1953 and 1960.McDiarmid was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and emigrated to...
(LP/L) 3540 - Huntly KetchenHuntly KetchenMajor General Huntly Douglas Brodie Ketchen, CMG was a Canadian soldier and politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative representative from 1932 to 1945....
(C) 3530 - Leslie MorrisLeslie MorrisLeslie Tim Morris was a Welsh-Canadian politician, journalist and long time member of the Communist Party of Canada and, its front group, the Labour-Progressive Party....
(United Front Workers) 3455 - Marcus HymanMarcus HymanMarcus Hyman, M.A., LL.B. was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1938, representing the Independent Labour Party....
(ILP) 3366 - Ralph MaybankRalph MaybankH. Ralph Maybank was a politician from Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1935, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1951. Maybank was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.Maybank was born in London, Ontario...
(LP/L) 2945 - C. Andrusyshen (Ind Ukrainian) 2693
- (x)William IvensWilliam IvensWilliam Ivens was a religious and political figure in Manitoba, Canada. He was a leading figure in the Winnipeg General Strike, and subsequently served as a Labour member of the Manitoba legislature from 1920 to 1936....
(ILP) 2262 - (x)William V. Tobias (C) 1991
- R.W.B. Swail (C) 1951
- (x)Edward William Montgomery (LP) 1614
- Jessie MacLennan (Lab) 1600
- James Alexander BarryJames Alexander BarryJames Alexander Barry was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1941 as a member of the Conservative Party....
(C) 1549 - F.W. Russell (Ind) 1339
- Jacob PennerJacob PennerJacob Penner was a popular socialist politician in Canada. Penner was born and raised in a Mennonite family in Russia and emigrated to Winnipeg in 1904. In 1908, he met his wife Rose Shapack, a Jewish Russian immigrant, during an address by Emma Goldman at the Winnipeg Radical Club...
(United Front Workers) 1106 - V.B. Anderson (ILP) 1061
- Beatrice Brigden (ILP) 894
- George ArmstrongGeorge Armstrong (Manitoba politician)George Armstrong was a politician and labour activist in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922, and is notable as the only member of the Socialist Party of Canada ever to serve in that institution.Armstrong was born in East York, Ontario, and...
(SPC) 848 - H.P.A. Hermanson (L) 688
- Duncan CameronDuncan Cameron (Manitoba politician)Duncan Cameron was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party....
(LP) 597 - John Y. Reid (L) 588
- Clarence G. Keith (L) 548
- D.M. Elcheshen (C) 314
- W.J. Fulton (LP) 182
- Thomas Gargan (Ind) 96
- Second Count: Evans surplus
- Third Count: Queen surplus
- Fourth count: Fulton and Gargan eliminated
- Fifth count: Elcheshen eliminated (378 votes; Haig elected, 7019 votes)
- Sixth count: Haig surplus
- Seventh count: Keith eliminated (588 votes)
- Eighth count: Cameron eliminated
- Ninth count: Reid eliminated (812 votes)
- Tenth count: Armstrong eliminated (880 votes)
- Eleventh count: Brigden eliminated (1084 votes; Farmer elected, 7105 votes)
- Twelfth count: Farmer surplus
- Thirteenth count: Penner eliminated
- Fourteenth count: Hermanson eliminated (1331 votes)
- Fifteenth count: Anderson eliminated
- Sixteenth count: Russell eliminated (1570 votes)
- Seventeenth count: MacLennan eliminated (2082 votes; Major elected, 7044 votes)
- Eighteenth count: Major surplus
- Nineteenth count: Montgomery eliminated (2177 votes)
- Twentieth count: Tobias eliminated (2425 votes)
- Twenty-first count: Andrusychen eliminated (2923 votes)
- Twenty-second count: Swail eliminated (3457 votes; Ketchen elected, 7486 votes)
- Twenty-third count: Ketchen surplus
- Twenty-fourth count: Barry eliminated (4780 votes)
Final standings:
- (x)William Evans (C) 7000
- (x)John Queen (ILP) 7000
- (x)John Haig (C) 7000
- (x)Seymour Farmer (ILP) 7000
- (x)William Major (LP/P) 7000
- Huntly Ketchen (C) 7000
- Marcus Hyman (ILP) 6593
- John McDiarmid (LP/L) 6060
- (x)William Ivens (ILP) 5470
- Ralph Maybank (LP/L) 5268
- Leslie Morris (United Front Workers) 4959
Sources
The first ballot results for Winnipeg and results for all other constituencies are taken from an official Manitoba government publication entitled "Manitoba elections, 1920-1941", cross-referenced with an appendix to the government's report of the 2003 provincial election. The Canadian parliamentary guide lists slightly different results from Kildonan & St. Andrews, Lansdowne, La Verendrye, Morris, Springfield and Turtle Mountain; the other two sources are more comprehensive, however, and may be taken as more reliable.All ballot results for Winnipeg after the first count are taken from reports in the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper. It is possible that some errors appeared in the original publication.
Post-election changes
Portage La Prairie (res. Fawcett Taylor, 1933), November 27, 1933:- William SexsmithWilliam SexsmithWilliam Raymond Sexsmith was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative representative from 1933 until his death....
(C) 1166, 1261 - E.A. Gilroy (Ind [LP]) 851, 1024
- H.A. Ireland (Ind-Lab) 597
Arthur (dec. Duncan McLeod, May 10, 1935), June 24, 1935:
- John R. PittJohn R. PittJohn Robertson Pitt was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1935 to 1958....
(LP) accl.
Russell (Isaac Griffiths to cabinet, May 28, 1935), July 4, 1935:
- Isaac GriffithsIsaac GriffithsIsaac Bertie Griffiths was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1941, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken....
(LP) accl.
Carillon
Carillon (Manitoba riding)
Carillon is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada.It was established for the 1886 provincial election, and eliminated with the 1969 election. The constituency was predominantly francophone...
(dec. Albert Prefontaine
Albert Prefontaine
Albert Préfontaine was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Manitoba Conservatives in the late 1910s, and was subsequently a member of the United Farmers of Manitoba....
, 1935), July 4, 1935:
- Edmond PrefontaineEdmond PrefontaineEdmond Préfontaine was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1935 to 1962, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Douglas L. Campbell...
(LP) 1948 - Louis-P. Gagnon 1793
Gimli (res. Einar Jonasson
Einar Jonasson
Einar Sigurjon Jonasson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1935, as a member of the Liberal-Progressive Party....
, 1935)
Winnipeg (res. Ralph Maybank
Ralph Maybank
H. Ralph Maybank was a politician from Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1935, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1951. Maybank was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.Maybank was born in London, Ontario...
, October 1, 1935)
Winnipeg (res. John Thomas Haig
John Thomas Haig
John Thomas Haig, PC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as parliamentary leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in 1921-22....
, 1935)