Manitoba's general election of October 15, 1945 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 of the Province of Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

.

The 1945 provincial election was extremely different from the previous election, which was held in 1941. In the 1941 election

Manitoba general election, 1941

Manitoba's general election of April 22, 1941 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election was held shortly after the formation of a coalition government in December 1940...

, the province's four legal political parties were united in a coalition government

Coalition government

A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...

 -- and while coalition partners ran against one another in some constituencies, the final outcome was never in doubt.

By 1945, the coalition had been reduced to three parties. The dominant party was the Liberal-Progressive 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 :...

, whose leader was Premier

Premier of Manitoba

The Premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. Until the early 1970s, the title "Prime Minister of Manitoba" was used frequently. Afterwards, the word Premier, derived from the French...

 Stuart Garson

Stuart Garson

Stuart 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....

. The Progressive 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:...

 of Errick Willis

Errick Willis

Errick French Willis was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the province's Conservative Party between 1936 and 1954, and was responsible for beginning and ending the party's alliance with the Liberal-Progressive Party...

 (formerly called the Conservative Party) was the junior partner in government, while the small Social Credit League and some independents also supported the coalition.

The social-democratic

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation , known informally as the Manitoba CCF, was a provincial branch of the national Canadian party by the same name. The national CCF was the dominant social-democratic party in Canada from the 1930s to the early 1960s, when it merged with the labour movement...

 (CCF) left the coalition in 1943, and experienced a surge in popularity over the next two years. This party was the primary opposition to the coalition government in 1945. When Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas

Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician...

's CCF won a landslide election victory in 1944 in neighbouring Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, many believed that the Manitoba party had a chance of forming government.

The communist Labour Progressive Party, which had been banned in 1941, also contested the election against the coalition. A revived Socialist Party of Canada

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....

 also fielded one candidate in Winnipeg.

The CCF experienced numerous difficulties during the campaign. Two of its incumbent members, Dwight Johnson

Dwight Johnson

Dwight Lyman Johnson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1945. Elected as a member of the Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, Johnson had a tenuous relationship with the party leadership and was expelled from the party...

 and Beresford Richards

Beresford Richards

Beresford Richards was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1949...

, were accused of holding communist sympathies, and broke from the party to seek re-election as "Independent CCF" candidates. Party members were divided on the positions held by Johnson and Richards, and the CCF entered the campaign in a divided state. The party also suffered a series of unexpected technical problems: some candidates were unable to campaign because of late nomination filing, insufficient signatures on their nomination forms, and related reasons.

The result of the election was a landslide majority government for the coalition. Twenty-five Liberal-Progressives and thirteen Progressive Conservatives were elected, along with two Social Crediters and three independent coalitionists. This gave the coalition forty-three of fifty-seven seats. Most of the coalition's members were from rural constituencies.

The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation won four of ten seats in Winnipeg, but could not duplicate this success in the rest of the province. The party won only nine seats in total, up from three in the previous election. Richards, who was re-elected as an Independent CCF candidate, later rejoined the caucus as a tenth member. The CCF actually received more votes than any other party, but this meant little in practical terms: the combined coalition vote was well above the CCF total, and some coalition seats were won by acclamation.

Labour Progressive Party leader William A. Kardash also won a Winnipeg seat, as did independent leftist Lewis St. George Stubbs

Lewis St. George Stubbs

Lewis St. George Stubbs was a prominent judge and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1949 as an Independent, and was known for promoting left-wing and socially progressive causes.Stubbs was born on the island of Cockburn Harbour in the...

.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1941 Manitoba general election, 1941 Manitoba's general election of April 22, 1941 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.This election was held shortly after the formation of a coalition government in December 1940...	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 :...	Stuart Garson Stuart Garson Stuart 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....			25			32.2%		Progressive 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:...	Errick Willis Errick Willis Errick French Willis was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the province's Conservative Party between 1936 and 1954, and was responsible for beginning and ending the party's alliance with the Liberal-Progressive Party...			13			15.9%		Co-operative Commonwealth Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation , known informally as the Manitoba CCF, was a provincial branch of the national Canadian party by the same name. The national CCF was the dominant social-democratic party in Canada from the 1930s to the early 1960s, when it merged with the labour movement...	Seymour Farmer			9			33.8%		Social Credit	none			2			2.0%		Labour Progressive	William Kardash			1			4.8%		Independent				5
Total					57			100%

Riding results

Note: The 1945 election was determined by preferential balloting in all constituencies. The constituency of Winnipeg elected ten members; all other constituencies elected one member. The results listed below are taken from reports in the Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press

The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founded in 1872, as the Manitoba Free Press, it is the oldest newspaper in western Canada. It is the newspaper with the largest readership in the province....

newspaper and the Canadian Parliamentary Guide, and may differ from the final official results in some minor particulars. (In some instances, the Winnipeg Free Press results were not listed in full.)

Arthur:

• (x)John R. Pitt
  John R. Pitt
  John 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) 1158
• Guy Craven (CCF) 448

Assiniboia:

First Count:

• Ernest Draffin
  Ernest Draffin
  Ernest R. Draffin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949 as a member of the social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation....
  
   (CCF) 2948
• (x)David Best
  David Best (Manitoba politician)
  David Alexander Best was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1945 as an anti-coalition Conservative....
  
   (PC) 2778
• William Cecil Ross
  William Cecil Ross
  William Cecil Ross was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and the leader of that province's Communist Party from 1948 until his retirement in 1981....
  
   (LPP) 388

Second Count:

• Ernest Draffin (CCF) 3082
• David Best (PC) 2902

Beautiful Plains:

• (x)John Poole (PC) 1775
• A.J.M. Poole (CCF) 902

Birtle:

• (x)Francis Campbell Bell
  Francis Campbell Bell
  Francis Campbell Bell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1958 as a Liberal-Progressive Member of the Legislative Assembly, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Douglas Campbell.Bell was educated in Clearwater, and served...
  
   (LP) 1887
• G.B. Reed (CCF) 792

Brandon:

First Count :

• Leslie McDorman
  Leslie McDorman
  Leslie McDorman was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949 as a Liberal-Progressive. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1945 provincial election, representing the constituency of Brandon.McDorman's won the seat as the...
  
   (LP) 3088
• Peter McDuffe (CCF) 1650
• (x)Dwight Johnson
  Dwight Johnson
  Dwight Lyman Johnson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1945. Elected as a member of the Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, Johnson had a tenuous relationship with the party leadership and was expelled from the party...
  
   (Ind CCF) 1554

Second Count:

• Leslie McDorman (LP) 3288
• Peter McDuffe (Ind CCF) 2046

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)Edmond Prefontaine
  Edmond Prefontaine
  Edmond 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) accl.

Cypress:

• (x)James Christie (LP) 1434
• Robin Parsons (Ind/Coalition) 870

[Note: Parsons had previously defeated Christie for the coalition nomination, by one vote.]

Dauphin:

• (x)Robert Hawkins (LP) 2312
• M.W. Cryderman (CCF) 1277

Deloraine:

• James O. Argue
  James O. Argue
  James Oswald Argue was a politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1945 until his death ten years later. Argue's father, James H. Argue, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1898 to...
  
   (PC) accl.
• B.P. Hathaway (CCF) withdrew

Dufferin:

• (x)Earl Collins
  Earl Collins
  Earl Thompson Collins was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1949.Collins was educated in Miami, Winnipeg and Toronto...
  
   (Ind/Coalition) accl.

Emerson:

• (x)John Solomon (LP) 2039
• N.C. McLean (CCF) 1097
• P.J. Olchowecki (Ind/Coalition[?]) 753

Ethelbert:

• Michael Sawchuk
  Michael Sawchuk
  Michael M. Sawchuk was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949 as a representative of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation....
  
   (CCF) 2081
• (x)Nicholas A. Hryhorczuk (LP) 1743
• John Dubno (LPP) 163

Fairford:

• (x)Stuart Garson
  Stuart Garson
  Stuart 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) 1254
• G.W. Leanord (CCF) 295

Fisher:

• (x)Nicholas Bachynsky
  Nicholas Bachynsky
  Nicholas 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) 879
• L.W. Michalchuk (CCF) 758
• John Kapusta (LPP) 166

Gilbert Plains:

• (x)Stanley Fox
  Stanley Fox
  Stanley Fox was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, who served as the first leader of the Manitoba Social Credit Party, a party that supported the social credit theories of monetary reform....
  
   (SC) 1375
• W.G. Doak (CCF) 1179

Gimli:

• Steinn Thompson (LP) 2133
• S.S. Johnson (CCF) 1437
• M.J. Sago (LPP) 246

Gladstone:

• (x)William Morton
  William 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) accl.

Glenwood:

• Gilbert Grant
  Gilbert Grant
  Gilbert H. Grant was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949 as a Liberal-Progressive....
  
   (LP) 1741
• Leslie Robinson (CCF) 698
• James Breakey
  James Breakey
  James 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) withdrew

Hamiota:

• (x)Norman Turnbull
  Norman Turnbull
  Norman Leslie Turnbull was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1949 as a representative of the Social Credit League, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken and Stuart Garson.Turnbull was educated at the Manitoba...
  
   (SC) 1578
• Stanley Dawley (CCF) 380

Iberville:

First Count:

• John McDowell
  John McDowell (Manitoba politician)
  John McDowell was a merchant and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1945 to 1958....
  
   (IPC/Coalition) 1390
• W.D. Lawrence (LP) 842
• H.P. Kendall (CCF) 683

Second Count:

• John McDowell (IPC/Coalition) 1452
• W.D. Lawrence (LP) 1016

Kildonan and St. Andrews:

• (x)James McLenaghen
  James McLenaghen
  James 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...
  
   (PC) 3518
• William Grundy (CCF) 2313
• William Gilbey (LPP) 426

[Note: Frank Simmonds appears to have lost the coalition nomination by one vote.]

Killarney:

First Count:

• (x)Abram Harrison
  Abram Harrison
  Abram William Harrison was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1966, initially as a Conservative and later as a Progressive Conservative, after the party changed its name...
  
   (PC) 1045
• G.M. Anderson (LP) 939
• G.W. McMillan (CCF) 560

Second Count:

• (x)Abram Harrison (PC) 1165
• G.M. Anderson (LP) 1015

Lakeside:

• (x)Douglas Campbell
  Douglas Lloyd Campbell
  Douglas Lloyd Campbell, OC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as the 13th Premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958...
  
   (LP) accl.

Lansdowne:

• (x)Matthew Sutherland (LP) 1759
• W. Hargreaves (CCF) 720

La Verendrye:

• (x)Sauveur Marcoux
  Sauveur Marcoux
  Sauveur Marcoux was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1936 until the time of his death, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.Marcoux was born in Lorette,...
  
   (LP) 1506
• Paul Prince (SC/Opposition) 913
• A. Lagimodiere (IL/Coalition) 824

Manitou:

• (x)Hugh Morrison (PC) accl.
• W.R. Wallcraft (CCF) missed deadline

Minnedosa:

• (x)Earl Rutledge
  Earl Rutledge
  Earl 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,...
  
   (PC) 2639
• R.G. Frith (CCF) 1430

Morden-Rhineland:

• (x)Wallace Miller (PC) 2093
• J.R. Walkof (LP) 1860
• Edward Freison (CCF) 326

Morris:

• (x)John Dryden (LP) 1676
• Ivan Langtry (CCF) 714

Mountain:

• (x)Ivan Schultz
  Ivan Schultz
  Ivan 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) 2300
• David McBrien (CCF) 723

Norfolk:

• (x)John Lawrie
  John Lawrie
  John Polworth Lawrie was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1949. Originally elected as a Conservative, he sat as a Progressive Conservative after the party changed its name.Lawrie was educated in Edinburgh, and came to Canada in 1893...
  
   (PC) 1710
• James Wood (CCF) 870

Portage La Prairie:

• (x)Charles Greenlay
  Charles Greenlay
  Charles Edwin Greenlay was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a from 1943 to 1959, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.-Early life:Born at High Bluff, on 8 June 1899, son of Gardner Greenlay and...
  
   (PC) 1878
• Margaret Mann
  Margaret Mann
  Margaret Mann , was a Scottish - American actress. She starred in a number of major films such as Black Beauty in 1921 and played the lead role in the 1928 film Four Sons one of John Wayne's first films...
  
   (CCF) 746
• Earl Moffat (LPP) 105

Roblin:

• Ronald Robertson (Independent/Coalition) 1247
• Leslie Thompson
  Leslie Thompson
  Leslie Thompson was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 32nd in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Lillehammer in...
  
   (CCF) 1092

Rockwood:

• W.J. Campbell (PC) 1879
• (x)Mungo Lewis
  Mungo Lewis
  Mungo Turnbull Lewis was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1945.-Early life and career:...
  
   (LP) 1582

Rupertsland:

• (x)Daniel Hamilton
  Daniel Hamilton
  Daniel Roy Hamilton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1941 to 1953....
  
   (LP) 438
• W. Olafson (Ind/Coalition) 230
• W.H.G. Gibbs (Independent LP/Coalition) 175
• M.R. Burritt (LPP) 55
• Rev. J. Jones (CCF) not enough signatures

Russell:

• (x)William Wilson (LP) 2250
• M.J. Tokar (CCF) 1768

St. Boniface:

First Count:

• Edwin Hansford
  Edwin Hansford
  Edwin A. Hansford was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and served as leader of that province's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation between 1948 and 1952.Hansford was born in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia...
  
   (CCF) 6350
• Walter Tod (LP) 3939
• Laurier Regnier
  Laurier Régnier
  Laurier Arthur Régnier was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-François-Xavier, Manitoba and became a barrister and farmer by career....
  
   (Independent LP/Coalition) 1710
• Angus McDonald (Independent/Opposition) 876
• Jules Pinoo (LPP) 467

Second Count (Pinoo eliminated):

• Edwin Hansford (CCF) 6451
• Walter Tod (LP) 3967
• Laurier Regnier (Independent LP/Coalition) 1726
• Angus McDonald (Independent/Opposition) 900

Third Count (McDonald eliminated, Hansford declared elected):

• Edwin Hansford
  Edwin Hansford
  Edwin A. Hansford was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and served as leader of that province's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation between 1948 and 1952.Hansford was born in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia...
  
   (CCF) 6606
• Walter Tod (LP) 4351
• Laurier Regnier
  Laurier Régnier
  Laurier Arthur Régnier was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-François-Xavier, Manitoba and became a barrister and farmer by career....
  
   (Independent LP/Coalition) 1812

St. Clements:

• Wilbert Doneleyko
  Wilbert Doneleyko
  Wilbert Doneleyko is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. Born in Rossburn, Manitoba, he served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949.-References:...
  
   (CCF) 3615
• (x)Nicholas J. Stryk (LP) 3395
• Andrew Bileski (LPP) 1041

[Note: Donelyko & Stryk’s numbers are from the second count.]

St. George:

• Christian Halldorson
  Christian Halldorson
  Christian Halldorson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1945 until his death....
  
   (LP) 1150
• Eric Stefanson Sr. (Opposition) 892
• John Howardson (Ind/Opposition) 237
• Olfe Johnson (LPP) 56

Ste. Rose:

• (x)Dane MacCarthy (LP) 1907
• J. Heesaker (CCF) 823

Springfield:

• George Olive
  George Olive
  George Olive was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1953, as a member of the social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation....
  
   (CCF) 3106
• 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....
  
   (LP) 1992
• M.J. Hoban (Independent LP/Coalition) 1392
• Joseph Ilohena (LPP) 480

[Note: Olive and Mackay’s numbers appear to be from the third count.]

Swan River:

• (x)George Renouf
  George Renouf
  George 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...
  
   (PC) 2519
• Robert Niven (CCF) 1448

The Pas:

• (x)Beresford Richards
  Beresford Richards
  Beresford Richards was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1949...
  
   (Ind CCF) 2840
• Robert Milton
  Robert Milton
  Robert A. Milton is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ACE Aviation Holdings Inc., the parent company of Air Canada. He is also a former Chairman, President and CEO of Air Canada.-Early life and education:...
  
   (PC) 2759

Turtle Mountain:

• (x)Errick Willis
  Errick Willis
  Errick French Willis was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the province's Conservative Party between 1936 and 1954, and was responsible for beginning and ending the party's alliance with the Liberal-Progressive Party...
  
   (PC) accl.
• Alex Cochrane (CCF) not enough signatures

Virden:

• (x)Robert Mooney
  Robert Mooney
  Robert Henry Mooney was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1953.-Early life:...
  
   (LP) 2030
• Cecil Nichol (CCF) 856

Winnipeg (ten members):

First Count (quota: 7222; Farmer, McDiarmid, Stubbs and Stinson declared elected):

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 11237
• (x)J.S. McDiarmid (LP) 10771
• (x)Lewis St. George Stubbs
  Lewis St. George Stubbs
  Lewis St. George Stubbs was a prominent judge and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1949 as an Independent, and was known for promoting left-wing and socially progressive causes.Stubbs was born on the island of Cockburn Harbour in the...
  
   (Ind/Opposition) 8309
• Lloyd Stinson
  Lloyd Stinson
  Lloyd Stinson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and the leader of that province's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1953 to 1959. Although widely regarded as a capable leader, he was unable to achieve a major electoral breakthrough for his party.Stinson was born in Treherne,...
  
   (CCF) 7773
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith
  Charles Rhodes Smith
  Charles Rhodes Smith was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1952 as a Liberal-Progressive, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.-Education and early career:Born in Portage la Prairie,...
  
   (LP) 4909
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 4075
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 4014
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson
  Gunnar Thorvaldson
  Gunnar 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...
  
   (PC) 3941
• William Scraba
  William Scraba
  William Scraba was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949 as a representative of the Liberal-Progressive Party....
  
   (LP) 3616
• Mark Long (PC) 3012
• Joseph Zuken
  Joseph Zuken
  Joseph Zuken was a popular Communist politician in Winnipeg and the longest serving elected Communist party politician in North America....
  
   (LPP) 2939
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 2681
• Donovan Swailes
  Donovan Swailes
  Donovan Swailes was a politician and musician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation from 1945 to 1959....
  
   (CCF) 2663
• George Stapleton
  George Stapleton
  George Stapleton was a prominent Irish stuccodore, son of Michael Stapleton.-Life:Stapleton was first listed in the Dublin Directory in 1817 as a plasterer residing at No. 1 Mountjoy Place . Between 1818 and 1828 he was listed as a "Stucco-worker and builder"...
  
   (CCF) 2329
• (x)Paul Bardal
  Paul Bardal
  Paul Bardal was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive MLA from 1941 to 1945, and again from 1949 to 1953....
  
   (LP) 2053
• M. Walsh (LP) 1867
• A.N. Robertson (CCF) 1796
• T.H. Taylor (SC) 635
• Roy Sully (PC) 592
• James Milne (SPC) 222

Second Count (Farmer surplus) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 10771
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 8309
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7773
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 5743
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 4946
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 4067
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 3966
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 3682
• William Scraba (LP) 3656
• Mark Long (PC) 3035
• Joseph Zuken (LPP) 2963
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 2715
• George Stapleton (CCF) 2687
• A.N. Robertson (CCF) 2391
• (x)Paul Bardal (LP) 2094
• M. Walsh (LP) 1898
• T.H. Taylor (SC) 656
• Roy Sully (PC) 623
• James Milne (SPC) 236

Third Count (McDiarmid surplus) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 8309
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7773
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 6059
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 5787
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 4592
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 4076
• William Scraba (LP) 3790
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 3709
• Mark Long (PC) 3227
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 3200
• Joseph Zuken (LPP) 2974
• George Stapleton (CCF) 2698
• (x)Paul Bardal (LP) 2677
• A.N. Robertson (CCF) 2419
• M. Walsh (LP) 2127
• Roy Sully (PC) 665
• T.H. Taylor (SC) 663
• James Milne (SPC) 254

Fourth Count (Stubbs surplus) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7773
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 6174
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 5915
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 4671
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 4133
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 3876
• William Scraba (LP) 3828
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 3285
• Mark Long (PC) 3272
• Joseph Zuken (LPP) 3010
• (x)Paul Bardal (LP) 2766
• George Stapleton (CCF) 2757
• A.N. Robertson (CCF) 2483
• M. Walsh (LP) 2166
• Roy Sully (PC) 706
• T.H. Taylor (SC) 689
• James Milne (SPC) 263

Fifth Count (Stinson surplus):

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 6181
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 6026
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 4677
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 4138
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 4087
• William Scraba (LP) 3833
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 3291
• Mark Long (PC) 3276
• Joseph Zuken (LPP) 3014
• George Stapleton (CCF) 2838
• (x)Paul Bardal (LP) 2773
• A.N. Robertson (CCF) 2568
• M. Walsh (LP) 2171
• Roy Sully (PC) 716
• T.H. Taylor (SC) 692
• James Milne (SPC) 264

Sixth Count (Sully, Taylor and Milne eliminated) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 6313
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 6111
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 4830
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 4210
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 4183
• William Scraba (LP) 3900
• Mark Long (PC) 3425
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 3407
• Joseph Zuken (LPP) 3049
• George Stapleton (CCF) 2928
• (x)Paul Bardal (LP) 2882
• A.N. Robertson (CCF) 2659
• M. Walsh (LP) 2253

Seventh Count (Walsh eliminated) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 6889
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 6165
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 5099
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 4243
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 4212
• William Scraba (LP) 4032
• Mark Long (PC) 3776
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 3637
• (x)Paul Bardal (LP) 3213
• Joseph Zuken (LPP) 3092
• George Stapleton (CCF) 2942
• A.N. Robertson (CCF) 2694

Eighth Count (Robertson eliminated) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 6973
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 6664
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 5128
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 4902
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 4237
• William Scraba (LP) 4085
• George Stapleton (CCF) 3942
• Mark Long (PC) 3806
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 3664
• (x)Paul Bardal (LP) 3237
• Joseph Zuken (LPP) 3103

Ninth Count (Zuken eliminated, Gray declared elected) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 7462
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 6995
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 6141
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 5145
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 4924
• William Scraba (LP) 4135
• George Stapleton (CCF) 3960
• Mark Long (PC) 3819
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 3679
• (x)Paul Bardal (LP) 3290

Tenth Count (Gray surplus) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 7010
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 6319
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 5148
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 4941
• William Scraba (LP) 4143
• George Stapleton (CCF) 3971
• Mark Long (PC) 3822
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 3683
• (x)Paul Bardal (LP) 3291

Eleventh Count (Bardal eliminated, Smith declared elected) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 7957
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 6388
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 5818
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 5065
• William Scraba (LP) 4479
• Mark Long (PC) 4121
• George Stapleton (CCF) 4047
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 3993

Twelfth Count (Smith surplus) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 7222
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 6394
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 6013
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 5089
• William Scraba (LP) 4712
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 4192
• Mark Long (PC) 4191
• George Stapleton (CCF) 4055

Thirteenth Count (Stapleton eliminated, Swailes declared elected) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 7222
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 7863
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 6512
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 6067
• William Scraba (LP) 4847
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 4242
• Mark Long (PC) 4232

Fourteenth Count (Swailes surplus):

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 7222
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 7222
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 6832
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 6162
• William Scraba (LP) 4931
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 4315
• Mark Long (PC) 4273

Fifteenth Count (Long eliminated; Thorvaldson, Kardash and Scraba declared elected) :

• (x)Seymour Farmer (CCF) 7222
• (x)John McDiarmid (LP) 7222
• (x)Lewis Stubbs (Ind/Opposition) 7222
• Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 7222
• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 7222
• (x)Charles Rhodes Smith (LP) 7222
• Donovan Swailes (CCF) 7222
• (x)Gunnar Thorvaldson (PC) 7256
• (x)William Kardash (LPP) 6892
• William Scraba (LP) 5774
• Morley Lougheed (PC) 5621

Post-election changes

Beresford Richards

Beresford Richards

Beresford Richards was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1949...

 (Ind CCF) was re-admitted to the CCF caucus in December 1945.

Special elections for members of the armed forces were held in January 1946, in light of the fact that many Manitoba citizens had served overseas in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and were unable to vote in the general election. Gordon Churchill

Gordon Churchill

Gordon Minto Churchill, PC, DSO was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1946 to 1949 as an independent representative, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1951 to 1968 as a Progressive Conservative...

 was elected to represent the Canadian Army, Alex J. Stringer

Alex J. Stringer

Alexander John Stringer was a politician and judge in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1946 to 1949, serving as a special representative of Manitobans in the Canadian Navy....

 was elected for the Canadian Navy and Ronald Turner

Ronald Turner

Ronald David Turner was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1946 to 1956, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Douglas Campbell....

 was elected for the Canadian Air Force. Stringer later became a Progressive Conservative, while Turner became a Liberal-Progressive. Churchill sat as an Independent.

Minnedosa (res. Earl Rutledge

Earl Rutledge

Earl 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,...

, July 13, 1948), November 2, 1948:

• Henry Rungay
  Henry Rungay
  Henry Smalley Rungay was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1948 to 1953....
  
   (LP) 3470
• Frith (CCF) 1362

Fairford (res. Stuart Garson

Stuart Garson

Stuart 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....

, November 13, 1948), December 23, 1948:

• James Anderson
  James Anderson (Manitoba politician)
  James Frederick Anderson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958 as a Liberal-Progressive....
  
   (LP) elected
• Michael Taczynski (CCF)

Beresford Richards

Beresford Richards

Beresford Richards was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1949...

 and Wilbert Doneleyko

Wilbert Doneleyko

Wilbert Doneleyko is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. Born in Rossburn, Manitoba, he served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949.-References:...

 were expelled from the CCF in July 1949, and sat as independent members.

Iberville (res. John McDowell

John McDowell (Manitoba politician)

John McDowell was a merchant and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1945 to 1958....

, 1949)

Winnipeg (res. Gunnar Thorvaldson

Gunnar Thorvaldson

Gunnar 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...

, 1949)

Gordon Churchill

Gordon Churchill

Gordon Minto Churchill, PC, DSO was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1946 to 1949 as an independent representative, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1951 to 1968 as a Progressive Conservative...

, Army Representative, resigns in 1949.