Winnipeg municipal election, 1953
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The 1953 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 28, 1953 to elect councillors and school trustees in the Manitoba
city of Winnipeg
. There was no mayoral election; mayors were elected for two-year terms in this period, and 1953 was an off year.
The councillors and trustees were elected by the single transferable ballot, with three members elected for each position in three wards. Electors were allowed to vote for three candidates for each position. There were a total of 18 councillors and 15 trustees in this period, with members elected in alternate years.
A total of three political parties contested this election. The Civic Election Committee (CEC) was a pro-business alliance of Progressive Conservatives
and Liberals, and was the dominant party in Winnipeg's predominantly middle-class first ward. The CEC claimed not to be a political party as such, but held nomination meetings and ran organized campaigns in a partisan manner. The socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the communist Labour Progressive Party (LLP) also contested the election. Both parties were strongest in Ward Three, covering the city's working-class north end.
The CEC won five of the nine contested council seats, down two from their pre-election total. The CCF gained one council seat for a total of three, while the LPP regained a foothold on council by winning a seat in Ward Three. The CEC won six trustee seats, the CCF two, and the LPP one.
was not able to repeat this success, however, and all three CEC incumbents were re-elected. The quota for election was 5,322 votes (25%).
Party Totals
First Count
Simonite and Chown were declared elected, and Simonite's surplus 1,294 votes were distributed as follows: McCreery 1177, Draffin 117. McCreery was declared elected on the second count.
Second Count
(MLA) Gordon Fines
finished second, and gave the CCF a second seat in the ward. LPP candidate William Cecil Ross
, the leader of the provincial party, fared poorly outside of his party's north-end base. The quota for election was 3,783 votes (25%).
Party Totals
First Count
Goodman was declared elected to the first position. Ross was eliminated, and his 635 votes were distributed as follows: Fines 134, Anderson 134, Bennett 88. 279 votes were non-transferable.
Second Count
Goodman's surplus 185 votes were distributed as follows: Bennett 121, Anderson 41, Fines 23. This was not enough to give Bennett the third position, and both Fines and Anderson were declared elected on the third count.
Third Count
, but lost their other seat to longtime LPP politician Jacob Penner
. Penner, himself a veteran member of the council, had been defeated by CEC candidate Stan Carrick in the 1952 election; his victory in 1953 returned the LPP to council representation after a year's absence. The CCF retained their seat without difficulty, as council incumbent Jack Blumberg finished in first place. The CCF's decision to field only two candidates likely benefited Penner's campaign. The quota for election was 4,715 votes (25%).
Party Totals
First Count
Blumberg was declared elected to the first position, and his 391 surplus votes were distributed as follows: Stevens 184, Penner 80, Wagner 75, Rebchuk 36, Mazapa 16.
Second Count
Stevens was eliminated, and his 1,625 votes were distributed as follows: Wagner 441, Penner 238, Rebchuk 158, Mazapa 91. 697 votes were non-transferable.
Third Count
Mazapa was eliminated, and his 1,933 votes were transferred as follows: Rebchuk 938, Wagner 285, Penner 125. 585 votes were non-transferable. Penner and Rebchuk were declared elected after the fourth count. Rebchuk's surplus was not transferred, as it would not have made a difference as to the end result.
Fourth Count
Party Totals
First Count
Tennant's surplus 1,999 votes were distributed as follows: McAskill 1483, Gladstone 516. McAskill was declared elected to the third position.
First Count
, who later left the Communist movement and served as Manitoba's Attorney-General in the 1980s. The quota for election was 3,752 votes (25%).
Party Totals
First Count
Murphy's surplus 2,119 votes were distributed as follows: Malcolm 1745, Seaberg 192, Vandurme 99, Penner 83. Malcolm and Seaberg were both declared elected.
Second Count
topped the polls to win the first trustee position in north-end Winnipeg. The CEC and CCF both fielded two candidates, and won one seat apiece. Zuken's victory may be credited to his personal popularity and reputation as a diligent worker, as well as to the LPP's general base of support. The quota for election was 4,658 votes (25%).
Party Totals
First Count
Luginsky was eliminated, and his 2661 votes were distributed as follows: Hatcher 1198, Zaharychuk 262, Bachynski 240. 961 votes were not transferred. Zaharychuk and Hatcher were declared elected. Zuken's surplus was not transferred, as it would not have made a difference to the outcome.
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...
city of Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
. There was no mayoral election; mayors were elected for two-year terms in this period, and 1953 was an off year.
The councillors and trustees were elected by the single transferable ballot, with three members elected for each position in three wards. Electors were allowed to vote for three candidates for each position. There were a total of 18 councillors and 15 trustees in this period, with members elected in alternate years.
A total of three political parties contested this election. The Civic Election Committee (CEC) was a pro-business alliance of Progressive Conservatives
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:...
and Liberals, and was the dominant party in Winnipeg's predominantly middle-class first ward. The CEC claimed not to be a political party as such, but held nomination meetings and ran organized campaigns in a partisan manner. The socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the communist Labour Progressive Party (LLP) also contested the election. Both parties were strongest in Ward Three, covering the city's working-class north end.
The CEC won five of the nine contested council seats, down two from their pre-election total. The CCF gained one council seat for a total of three, while the LPP regained a foothold on council by winning a seat in Ward Three. The CEC won six trustee seats, the CCF two, and the LPP one.
Ward One
The CCF attempted to break the CEC's hold over Ward One by fielding only one candidate, in an effort to avoid vote-splitting among supporters. This tactic had proven successful the previous year, when CCF candidate David Mulligan was elected to the second position. Ernest DraffinErnest 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....
was not able to repeat this success, however, and all three CEC incumbents were re-elected. The quota for election was 5,322 votes (25%).
Party Totals
| Party | Votes | % | Elected |
Citizen's Election Committee | 16,703 | 78.47 | 3 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | 4,582 | 21.53 | ||
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First Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)C.E. Simonite | 6,616 | 31.08 | 1 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Gordon Chown Gordon Chown Gordon Campbell Chown was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and became a barrister and lawyer by career.... |
5,505 | 25.86 | 2 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | 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.... |
4,582 | 21.53 | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Maude McCreery | 4,582 | 21.53 | ||||
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Simonite and Chown were declared elected, and Simonite's surplus 1,294 votes were distributed as follows: McCreery 1177, Draffin 117. McCreery was declared elected on the second count.
Second Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)C.E. Simonite | 5,322 | 25.00 | 1 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Gordon Chown Gordon Chown Gordon Campbell Chown was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and became a barrister and lawyer by career.... |
5,505 | 25.86 | 2 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Maude McCreery | 5,759 | 27.06 | 3 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | 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.... |
4,699 | 22.08 | |||
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Ward Two
Veteran CCF alderman V.B. Anderson was the only incumbent seeking re-election in this ward, as the two CEC incumbents had both announced their retirement. The CEC and CCF both ran two candidates, effectively giving each party a bye for one of the positions. Former Member of the Legislative AssemblyMember 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) Gordon Fines
Gordon Fines
Gordon Richard Fines was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1949 to 1953, as a member of the social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.Fines came from a family that had resided in Manitoba since 1876, shortly after the province's...
finished second, and gave the CCF a second seat in the ward. LPP candidate 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....
, the leader of the provincial party, fared poorly outside of his party's north-end base. The quota for election was 3,783 votes (25%).
Party Totals
| Party | Votes | % | Elected |
Citizen's Election Committee | 7,408 | 48.96 | 1 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | 7,087 | 46.84 | 2 |
Labour Progressive Party | 635 | 4.20 | ||
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First Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Citizen's Election Committee | Paul Goodman Paul Goodman (ice hockey) Paul Goodman was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who played three seasons in the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks. Mike Karakas, the regular goaltender was injured and unable to play game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Chicago used substitution goalie Alfie Moore. Moore won the game 3-1 over Toronto... |
3,968 | 26.23 | 1 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | Gordon Fines Gordon Fines Gordon Richard Fines was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1949 to 1953, as a member of the social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.Fines came from a family that had resided in Manitoba since 1876, shortly after the province's... |
3,567 | 23.58 | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | (x)V.B. Anderson | 3,520 | 23.27 | Citizen's Election Committee | Albert E. Bennett | 3,440 | 22.74 | Labour Progressive Party | 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.... |
635 | 4.20 | ||||||
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Goodman was declared elected to the first position. Ross was eliminated, and his 635 votes were distributed as follows: Fines 134, Anderson 134, Bennett 88. 279 votes were non-transferable.
Second Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Citizen's Election Committee | Paul Goodman Paul Goodman (ice hockey) Paul Goodman was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who played three seasons in the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks. Mike Karakas, the regular goaltender was injured and unable to play game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Chicago used substitution goalie Alfie Moore. Moore won the game 3-1 over Toronto... |
3,968 | 26.23 | 1 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | Gordon Fines Gordon Fines Gordon Richard Fines was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1949 to 1953, as a member of the social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.Fines came from a family that had resided in Manitoba since 1876, shortly after the province's... |
3,701 | 24.46 | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | (x)V.B. Anderson | 3,654 | 24.15 | Citizen's Election Committee | Albert E. Bennett | 3,528 | 23.32 | Votes not transferred | 279 | 1.84 | |||||||
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Goodman's surplus 185 votes were distributed as follows: Bennett 121, Anderson 41, Fines 23. This was not enough to give Bennett the third position, and both Fines and Anderson were declared elected on the third count.
Third Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Citizen's Election Committee | Paul Goodman Paul Goodman (ice hockey) Paul Goodman was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who played three seasons in the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks. Mike Karakas, the regular goaltender was injured and unable to play game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Chicago used substitution goalie Alfie Moore. Moore won the game 3-1 over Toronto... |
3,783 | 25.00 | 1 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | Gordon Fines Gordon Fines Gordon Richard Fines was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1949 to 1953, as a member of the social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.Fines came from a family that had resided in Manitoba since 1876, shortly after the province's... |
3,724 | 24.61 | 2 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | (x)V.B. Anderson | 3,695 | 24.42 | 3 |
Citizen's Election Committee | Albert E. Bennett | 3,649 | 24.12 | Votes not transferred | 279 | 1.84 | |||||
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Ward Three
The CEC fielded a full slate of three candidates in this ward, with the intention of re-electing both of their incumbents. They succeeded in with Slaw RebchukSlaw Rebchuk
Slaw Rebchuk was a longtime municipal politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, popularly known as the "Mayor of the North End"....
, but lost their other seat to longtime LPP politician 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...
. Penner, himself a veteran member of the council, had been defeated by CEC candidate Stan Carrick in the 1952 election; his victory in 1953 returned the LPP to council representation after a year's absence. The CCF retained their seat without difficulty, as council incumbent Jack Blumberg finished in first place. The CCF's decision to field only two candidates likely benefited Penner's campaign. The quota for election was 4,715 votes (25%).
Party Totals
| Party | Votes | % | Elected |
Citizen's Election Committee | 8,206 | 43.52 | 1 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | 6,547 | 34.72 | 1 |
Labour Progressive Party | 4,103 | 21.76 | 1 | |
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First Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | (x)Jack Blumberg | 5,106 | 27.08 | 1 |
Labour Progressive Party | 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... |
4,103 | 21.76 | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Slaw Rebchuk Slaw Rebchuk Slaw Rebchuk was a longtime municipal politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, popularly known as the "Mayor of the North End".... |
3,697 | 19.61 | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Frank Wagner Frank Wagner Frank W. Wagner is an American politician. A Republican, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1992–2001, and was elected to the Senate of Virginia in a special election on December 19, 2000. He the 7th district in Virginia Beach.-Personal life:Wagner was born at a United States Air... |
2,683 | 14.23 | Citizen's Election Committee | Walter Mazapa | 1,826 | 9.68 | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | H.L. Stevens | 1,441 | 7.64 | |||||||
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Blumberg was declared elected to the first position, and his 391 surplus votes were distributed as follows: Stevens 184, Penner 80, Wagner 75, Rebchuk 36, Mazapa 16.
Second Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | (x)Jack Blumberg | 4,715 | 25.00 | 1 |
Labour Progressive Party | 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... |
4,183 | 22.18 | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Slaw Rebchuk Slaw Rebchuk Slaw Rebchuk was a longtime municipal politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, popularly known as the "Mayor of the North End".... |
3,733 | 19.80 | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Frank Wagner Frank Wagner Frank W. Wagner is an American politician. A Republican, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1992–2001, and was elected to the Senate of Virginia in a special election on December 19, 2000. He the 7th district in Virginia Beach.-Personal life:Wagner was born at a United States Air... |
2,758 | 14.63 | Citizen's Election Committee | Walter Mazapa | 1,842 | 9.77 | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | H.L. Stevens | 1,625 | 8.62 | |||||||
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Stevens was eliminated, and his 1,625 votes were distributed as follows: Wagner 441, Penner 238, Rebchuk 158, Mazapa 91. 697 votes were non-transferable.
Third Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | (x)Jack Blumberg | 4,715 | 25.00 | 1 |
Labour Progressive Party | 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... |
4,421 | 23.45 | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Slaw Rebchuk Slaw Rebchuk Slaw Rebchuk was a longtime municipal politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, popularly known as the "Mayor of the North End".... |
3,891 | 20.64 | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Frank Wagner Frank Wagner Frank W. Wagner is an American politician. A Republican, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1992–2001, and was elected to the Senate of Virginia in a special election on December 19, 2000. He the 7th district in Virginia Beach.-Personal life:Wagner was born at a United States Air... |
3,199 | 16.97 | Citizen's Election Committee | Walter Mazapa | 1,933 | 10.25 | Votes not transferred | 697 | 3.70 | ||||||||
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Mazapa was eliminated, and his 1,933 votes were transferred as follows: Rebchuk 938, Wagner 285, Penner 125. 585 votes were non-transferable. Penner and Rebchuk were declared elected after the fourth count. Rebchuk's surplus was not transferred, as it would not have made a difference as to the end result.
Fourth Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | (x)Jack Blumberg | 4,715 | 25.00 | 1 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Slaw Rebchuk Slaw Rebchuk Slaw Rebchuk was a longtime municipal politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, popularly known as the "Mayor of the North End".... |
4,829 | 25.61 | 2 |
Labour Progressive Party | 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... |
4,546 | 24.11 | 3 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Frank Wagner Frank Wagner Frank W. Wagner is an American politician. A Republican, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1992–2001, and was elected to the Senate of Virginia in a special election on December 19, 2000. He the 7th district in Virginia Beach.-Personal life:Wagner was born at a United States Air... |
3,484 | 18.48 | Votes not transferred | 1,282 | 6.80 | |||||
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Ward One
The school trustee election in Ward One yielded essentially the same result as the council election. The CCF ran a single candidate to prevent vote splitting, but the CEC nevertheless retained all three positions. The quota for election was 5,278 votes (25%).Party Totals
| Party | Votes | % | Elected |
Citizen's Election Committee | 17,379 | 82.33 | 3 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | 3,729 | 17.67 | ||
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First Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Edith I. Tennant | 7,277 | 34.48 | 1 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Hugh B. Parker | 5,799 | 27.47 | 2 |
Citizen's Election Committee | Ken E. McAskill | 4,303 | 20.39 | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | J.B. Gladstone | 3,729 | 17.67 | ||||
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Tennant's surplus 1,999 votes were distributed as follows: McAskill 1483, Gladstone 516. McAskill was declared elected to the third position.
First Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Edith I. Tennant | 5,278 | 25.00 | 1 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Hugh B. Parker | 5,799 | 27.47 | 2 |
Citizen's Election Committee | Ken E. McAskill | 5,786 | 27.41 | 3 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | J.B. Gladstone | 4,245 | 20.11 | |||
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Ward Two
The CEC and CCF each fielded two candidates, effectively giving both parties a bye for one of the seats. The CEC's two incumbents were re-elected without difficulty, while CCF candidate Walter Seaberg finally won a seat after a number of failed attempts. The LPP again fared poorly outside of their Ward Three base. It is notable that the LPP candidate was Roland PennerRoland Penner
Roland Penner was Dean of Law at the University of Manitoba and a is a former politician and Manitoba Cabinet minister.Penner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Winnipeg alderman Jacob Penner...
, who later left the Communist movement and served as Manitoba's Attorney-General in the 1980s. The quota for election was 3,752 votes (25%).
Party Totals
| Party | Votes | % | Elected |
Citizen's Election Committee | 9,588 | 63.90 | 2 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | 4,662 | 31.07 | 1 |
Labour Progressive Party | 754 | 5.03 | ||
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First Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Nan Murphy | 5,871 | 39.13 | 1 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Campbell Malcolm | 3,717 | 24.77 | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | Walter Seaberg | 3,685 | 24.56 | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | A.E. Frank Vandurme | 977 | 6.51 | Labour Progressive Party | Roland Penner Roland Penner Roland Penner was Dean of Law at the University of Manitoba and a is a former politician and Manitoba Cabinet minister.Penner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Winnipeg alderman Jacob Penner... |
754 | 5.03 | ||||||
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Murphy's surplus 2,119 votes were distributed as follows: Malcolm 1745, Seaberg 192, Vandurme 99, Penner 83. Malcolm and Seaberg were both declared elected.
Second Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Nan Murphy | 3,752 | 25.00 | 1 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Campbell Malcolm | 5,462 | 36.40 | 2 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | Walter Seaberg | 3,877 | 25.84 | 3 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | A.E. Frank Vandurme | 1,076 | 7.17 | Labour Progressive Party | Roland Penner Roland Penner Roland Penner was Dean of Law at the University of Manitoba and a is a former politician and Manitoba Cabinet minister.Penner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Winnipeg alderman Jacob Penner... |
837 | 5.58 | ||||
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Ward Three
LPP candidate Joseph ZukenJoseph Zuken
Joseph Zuken was a popular Communist politician in Winnipeg and the longest serving elected Communist party politician in North America....
topped the polls to win the first trustee position in north-end Winnipeg. The CEC and CCF both fielded two candidates, and won one seat apiece. Zuken's victory may be credited to his personal popularity and reputation as a diligent worker, as well as to the LPP's general base of support. The quota for election was 4,658 votes (25%).
Party Totals
| Party | Votes | % | Elected |
Citizen's Election Committee | 7,850 | 42.14 | 1 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | 5,743 | 30.83 | 1 |
Labour Progressive Party | 5,035 | 27.03 | 1 | |
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First Count
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Labour Progressive Party | (x)Joseph Zuken Joseph Zuken Joseph Zuken was a popular Communist politician in Winnipeg and the longest serving elected Communist party politician in North America.... |
5,035 | 27.03 | 1 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Andrew Zaharychuk | 4,464 | 23.96 | Citizen's Election Committee | Edward Bachynski | 3,386 | 18.18 | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | Walter Hatcher | 3,082 | 16.54 | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | Sam Luginsky | 2,661 | 14.28 | ||||||
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Luginsky was eliminated, and his 2661 votes were distributed as follows: Hatcher 1198, Zaharychuk 262, Bachynski 240. 961 votes were not transferred. Zaharychuk and Hatcher were declared elected. Zuken's surplus was not transferred, as it would not have made a difference to the outcome.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Labour Progressive Party | (x)Joseph Zuken Joseph Zuken Joseph Zuken was a popular Communist politician in Winnipeg and the longest serving elected Communist party politician in North America.... |
5,035 | 27.03 | 1 |
Citizen's Election Committee | (x)Andrew Zaharychuk | 4,726 | 25.37 | 2 |
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | Walter Hatcher | 4,280 | 22.98 | 3 |
Citizen's Election Committee | Edward Bachynski | 3,626 | 19.47 | Votes not transferred | 961 | 5.16 | |||||
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