1932 Manitoba general election

none September 2023 1932 Manitoba general election Manitoba 1921 parliamentary 1927 Manitoba general election 1927 elected members 1936 Manitoba general election 19th Manitoba Legislature 1936 June 16, 1932 55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 27 John Bracken circa 1941.jpg x150px MB Liberal nohash John Bracken August 8, 1922 MB Liberal-Progressive name The Pas 36 38 2 101,286 39.6% 13.5pp MB PC nohash Fawcett Taylor April 5, 1922 Conservative Portage la Prairie 15 10 5 92,660 35.4% 8.2pp MB CCF nohash John Queen 1923 Independent Labour Winnipeg 3 5 2 41,963 16.5% 6.0pp Premier John Bracken MB Liberal-Progressive name Premier after election John Bracken MB Liberal-Progressive name The 1932 Manitoba general election was held on June 16, 1932, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Manitoba, Canada. A Liberal-Progressive majority government was elected. This was the second election in Manitoba where two types of preferential voting was used in all electoral divisions. Winnipeg elected ten members through single transferable ballot, 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. In the event it elected only five MLAs, four in Winnipeg and one in St. Boniface, evidence of the benefits of preferential balloting to a minority party. 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. The new Legislature would see 15 new MLAs, ten arising from incumbents being defeated, and the other five from open seats. Of the latter, four incumbents chose not to run, and one incumbent (John H. Edmison of Brandon) had died in March 1932. June 20, 1932 15 Members of Last House Will Be Missing This Winter https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A1781534 The Winnipeg Tribune 1 Results +Manitoba general election (June 16, 1932) https://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/HistoricalResultsSummaries/1932.pdf Nineteenth General Election Held June 16, 1932 - Summary of Results electionsmanitoba.ca Elections Manitoba January 25, 2023 - valid for first-preference totals by ridingPartyLeaderFirst-preference votesSeats Votes % FPv First-preference votes Cand. Total candidates standing for each party 1927 Elected Change MB Liberal-Progressive row-name1927 figure is combined total of Progressive and Liberal seatsJohn Bracken97,38838.265033363 MB Conservative row-nameFawcett Taylor90,13535.414815105 MB CCF rowIndependent LabourJohn Queen35,99214.1415352 MB Liberal rowContinuing LiberalDavid Campbell6,1262.4112––– MB Communist rowUnited Front Workers5,6352.214––– MB Independent row-name3,8971.5371–1 MB Independent-Farmer-Labour row-name3,5941.412–11 MB Independent-LP row-name3,5301.393–22 MB Independent Ukrainian row-name2,6931.061––– MB Independent-Progressive row-name1,9540.771211 MB Labour row-name1,6000.631––– MB Independent-Farmer row-name9970.3911–1 MB Socialist row-name8480.331––– MB Independent-Conservative row-name1730.071––– Valid 254,562 100.00 147 55 55 – Rejected n/a Total votes cast 254,562 Registered voters/Turnout 350,476 72.6 a First-preference votes by riding RidingLPConILPCLIndInd-ConInd-FrmInd-FLInd-LPInd-PrInd-UkrLabSocUFWTotal Rural single-member ridingsArthur1,8358812,716Assiniboia1,0082,8132,3496,170Beautiful Plains2,3781,7294,107Birtle1,3151,9543,269Brandon City1,4232,6471,5748936,537Carillon2,5908043,394Cypress1,7951,5393,334Dauphin1,6681,5255783,771Deloraine2,0031,5233,526Dufferin2,5681,9664,534Emerson1,9871,7425594,288Ethelbert2,3311,6824,013Fairford1,0116771,688Fisher8453521953641,756Gilbert Plains1,6011,3122,913Gimlitwo LP candidates fielded, from both the Progressive and Liberal wings2,4098582307104,207Gladstone1,9021,1443,046Glenwood2,0201,0873,107Hamiota1,8471,2233,070Iberville8073041,4882,599Kildonan and St. Andrews2,3082,5431,3156,166Killarney1,5711,4813,052Lakeside1,9691,5223,491Lansdowne2,1931,0951893023,779La Verendrye1,5871,4733743,434Manitou2,2681,7764,044Minnedosa2,2102,3363964,942Morden and Rhineland2,8372,3905,227Morris2,5261,0773,603Mountain3,0761,1824,258Norfolk1,7731,5373,310Portage la Prairie1,0512,0163,067Roblin1,2381,8473,085Rockwood2,1141,1369974,247Rupertsland527111638Russell2,5231,2373,760St. Boniface3,2833,4833,4771,11611,359St. Clements3,2342,0461,7744127,466St. George1,6041,1042,708Ste. Rose1,9591,2033,162Springfield2,4071,0802352323,0356,989Swan River1,0341,6981,2794,011The Pas1,9151,0721733,160Turtle Mountain1,2771,3222,599Virden2,1011,6192493,969Winnipeg (multi-member riding)Winnipeg14,81827,27421,9381,8241,4352,6931,6008484,56176,991ProvincewideTotal97,38690,13535,9946,1263,8971739973,5943,5301,9542,6931,6008485,635254,562 a Results by riding Incumbents are marked with *. For Liberal and Progressive incumbents: (#66CC00) = Progressive MLA in previous Legislature (#EA6D6A) = Liberal MLA in previous Legislature #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Arthur: Duncan Lloyd McLeod* #9999FF Assiniboia: Ralph Webb #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Beautiful Plains: Adalbert Poole* #DCDCDC (#66CC00) Birtle: John Pratt* (Ind-Prog Independent-Progressive) #9999FF Brandon: George Dinsdale #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Carillon: Albert Prefontaine* #EA6D6A Cypress: James Christie #EA6D6A Dauphin: Robert Hawkins #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Deloraine: Hugh McKenzie* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Dufferin: John Munn* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Emerson: Robert Curran* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Ethelbert: Nicholas Hryhorczuk* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Fairford: Stuart Garson* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Fisher: Nicholas Bachynsky* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Gilbert Plains: Arthur Berry* #EA6D6A Gimli: Einar Jonasson #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Gladstone: William Morton* #EA6D6A (#EA6D6A) Glenwood: James Breakey* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Hamiota: Thomas Wolstenholme* #DCDCDC (#66CC00) Iberville: Arthur R. Boivin* (Ind-LP Independent-LP) #9999FF Kildonan & St. Andrews: James McLenaghen* #EA6D6A Killarney: Andrew Foster #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Lakeside: Douglas Campbell* #EA6D6A (#EA6D6A) Lansdowne: Donald McKenzie* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) La Verendrye: Philippe Adjutor Talbot* #EA6D6A Manitou: Frank McIntosh #9999FF Minnedosa: Earl Rutledge* #EA6D6A Morden & Rhineland: C.W. Wiebe #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Morris: William Clubb* #EA6D6A (#EA6D6A) Mountain: Ivan Schultz* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Norfolk: John Muirhead* #9999FF Portage la Prairie: Fawcett Taylor* #DCDCDC Roblin: William Westwood (Ind-LP Independent-LP) #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Rockwood: William McKinnell* #EA6D6A Rupertsland: Ewan McPherson #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Russell: Isaac Griffiths* #EEDDAA St. Boniface: Harold Lawrence #EA6D6A (#66CC00) St. Clements: Robert Hoey* #EA6D6A (#EA6D6A) St. George: Skuli Sigfusson* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Ste. Rose: Maurice Dane MacCarthy* #DCDCDC Springfield: Clifford Barclay (Ind-Frm-Lab Independent-Farmer-Labour) #9999FF Swan River: George Renouf* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) The Pas: John Bracken* #9999FF Turtle Mountain: Alexander Welch* #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Virden: Robert Mooney* #EA6D6A Winnipeg: John Stewart McDiarmid #EA6D6A (#66CC00) Winnipeg: William Major* #EA6D6A Winnipeg: Ralph Maybank #9999FF Winnipeg: William Sanford Evans* #9999FF Winnipeg: John Thomas Haig* #9999FF Winnipeg: Huntly Ketchen #EEDDAA Winnipeg: Seymour Farmer* #EEDDAA Winnipeg: Marcus Hyman #EEDDAA Winnipeg: William Ivens* #EEDDAA Winnipeg: John Queen* Seats changing hands In the single-member ridings, 13 seats changed allegiance: Conservative to Liberal-Progressive Cypress Dauphin Killarney Manitou Morden & Rhineland Conservative to ILP St. Boniface Conservative to Independent-LP Roblin Liberal-Progressive to Conservative Swan River Liberal-Progressive to Independent-Progressive Birtle Liberal-Progressive to Independent-Farmer-Labour Springfield Independent to Conservative Brandon Independent-Farmer to Liberal-Progressive Ethelbert Independent-Progressive to Independent-LP Iberville (Italics indicate that incumbent changed allegiance) In Winnipeg, the seat distribution was changed as follows: + Winnipeg - distribution of seats (1927 vs 1922) Party 1927 1932 change MB Liberal-Progressive row-name431 MB Conservative row-name33 ILP 341Total1010 Turnover on runoff In the single-member ridings, there was only one case where the first-place candidate on first-preference votes failed to win: St. Boniface - Summary of results (1932) |- ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party ! rowspan="2"|Candidate ! colspan="2"|First-preference votes ! colspan="3"|Maximum votes |- style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center" ! Votes ! % FPv First-preference votes ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix MB Conservative row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Joseph Bernier* | 3,483 | 30.66 | 4,470 | 3 | style="text-align:left;" |4470 3483 6000 MB CCF row | style="text-align:left;" |Independent Labour | style="text-align:left;" |Harold Lawrence | 3,477 | 30.61 | 4,954 | 3 | style="text-align:left;" |4954 3477 6000 MB Liberal-Progressive row-name | style="text-align:left;" |L.P. Gagnon | 3,283 | 28.90 | 3,560 | 2 | style="text-align:left;" |3560 3283 6000 MB Liberal row | style="text-align:left;" |Continuing Liberal | style="text-align:left;" |David Campbell | 1,116 | 9.83 | 1,116 | 1 | style="text-align:left;" |1116 1116 6000 |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Total |11,359 |100.00 |colspan="3"|   |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Exhausted votes |1,935 |17.03% | style="text-align:left;" |1935 0 6000 |} In the second count, Lawrence received enough transfers from Campbell to lead by 82 votes. He would receive a significant share from Gagnon's transfers to finish with a lead of 484 votes. Lawrence would become the first-ever ILP MLA for the riding. June 20, 1932 Fred Lawrence Beats Bernier in St. Boniface https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A1781534 The Winnipeg Tribune 1 Multiple-LP candidate contests In two ridings, two LP candidatesrespectively nominated by the party's Liberal and Progressive wingswere on the ballot. Gimli - Summary of results (1932) |- ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party ! rowspan="2"|Candidate ! colspan="2"|First-preference votes ! colspan="3"|Maximum votes |- style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center" ! Votes ! % FPv First-preference votes ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix MB Liberal-Progressive row-name (Lib Lib) | style="text-align:left;" |Einar Jonasson | 1,340 | 31.81 | 1,704 | 4 | style="text-align:left;" |1704 1340 2000 MB Liberal-Progressive row-name (Prog Progressive) | style="text-align:left;" |Ingimar Ingaldson* | 1,069 | 25.37 | 1,410 | 4 | style="text-align:left;" |1410 1069 2000 MB Conservative row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Gunnar Thorvaldson | 858 | 20.37 | 858 | 3 | style="text-align:left;" |858 858 2000 MB Communist row | style="text-align:left;" |United Front Workers | style="text-align:left;" |Iwan Kapusta | 710 | 16.85 | 716 | 2 | style="text-align:left;" |716 710 2000 MB Liberal row | style="text-align:left;" |Continuing Liberal | style="text-align:left;" |Michael Ewanchuk | 236 | 5.60 | 236 | 1 | style="text-align:left;" |236 236 2000 |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Total |4,213 |100.00 |colspan="3"|   |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Exhausted votes |1,099 |26.09% | style="text-align:left;" |1099 0 2000 |} Rupertsland - Summary of results (1932) |- ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party ! rowspan="2"|Candidate ! colspan="2"|First-preference votes ! colspan="3"|Maximum votes |- style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center" ! Votes ! % FPv First-preference votes ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix MB Liberal-Progressive row-name (Lib Lib) | style="text-align:left;" |Ewan McPherson | 312 | 48.90 | 319 | 2 | style="text-align:left;" |319 312 2000 MB Liberal-Progressive row-name (Prog Progressive) | style="text-align:left;" |Herbert G. Beresford* | 215 | 33.70 | 229 | 2 | style="text-align:left;" |229 215 2000 MB Independent row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Capt. Evans Atkinson | 111 | 17.40 | 111 | 1 | style="text-align:left;" |111 111 2000 |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Total |638 |100.00 |colspan="3"|   |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Exhausted votes |90 |14.11% | style="text-align:left;" |90 0 2000 |} McPherson had previously failed to unseat Fawcett Taylor in Portage la Prairie on Election Day, so he opted to campaign again in Rupertsland, which had been deferred to July 14. This time he was successful. July 15, 1932 Premier Wins and McPherson Has Big Lead https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm:1782084 The Winnipeg Tribune 1, 4 Winnipeg Winnipeg (ten members): Valid votes: 76,991 Quota: 7000 votes + Winnipeg MLAs returned by party Party MLAs MB Liberal-Progressive row-name3 MB Conservative row-name3 ILP 4Total10 Winnipeg - Summary of results (1932) |- ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party ! rowspan="2"|Candidate ! colspan="2"|First-preference votes ! colspan="3"|Maximum votes |- style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center" ! Votes ! % FPv First-preference votes ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix MB Conservative row-name | style="text-align:left;" |William Sanford Evans* | 13,507 | 17.54 | 13,507 | 1 | style="text-align:left;" |13507 13507 15000 MB CCF row | style="text-align:left;" |Independent Labour | style="text-align:left;" |John Queen* | 9,302 | 12.08 | 9,302 | 1 | style="text-align:left;" |9302 9302 15000 MB Liberal-Progressive row-name | style="text-align:left;" |William Major* | 5,940 | 7.72 | 7,044 | 17 | style="text-align:left;" |7044 5940 15000 MB CCF row | style="text-align:left;" |Independent Labour | style="text-align:left;" |Seymour Farmer* | 5,053 | 6.56 | 7,105 | 11 | style="text-align:left;" |7105 5053 15000 MB Conservative row-name | style="text-align:left;" |John Thomas Haig* | 4,432 | 5.76 | 7,019 | 5 | style="text-align:left;" |7019 4432 15000 MB Liberal-Progressive row-name | style="text-align:left;" |John Stewart McDiarmid | 3,540 | 4.60 | 6,060 | 24 | style="text-align:left;" |6060 3540 15000 MB Conservative row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Huntly Ketchen | 3,530 | 4.59 | 7,486 | 22 | style="text-align:left;" |7486 3530 15000 MB Communist row | style="text-align:left;" |United Front Workers | style="text-align:left;" |Leslie Morris | 3,455 | 4.49 | 4,959 | 24 | style="text-align:left;" |4959 3455 15000 MB CCF row | style="text-align:left;" |Independent Labour | style="text-align:left;" |Marcus Hyman | 3,366 | 4.37 | 6,593 | 24 | style="text-align:left;" |6593 3366 15000 MB Liberal-Progressive row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Ralph Maybank | 2,945 | 3.83 | 5,268 | 24 | style="text-align:left;" |5268 2945 15000 MB Independent Ukrainian row-name | style="text-align:left;" |C. Andrusyshen | 2,693 | 3.50 | 2,923 | 20 | style="text-align:left;" |2923 2693 15000 MB CCF row | style="text-align:left;" |Independent Labour | style="text-align:left;" |William Ivens* | 2,262 | 2.94 | 5,470 | 24 | style="text-align:left;" |5470 2262 15000 MB Conservative row-name | style="text-align:left;" |William V. Tobias* | 1,991 | 2.59 | 2,045 | 19 | style="text-align:left;" |2045 1991 15000 MB Conservative row-name | style="text-align:left;" |R.W.B. Swail | 1,951 | 2.53 | 3,547 | 21 | style="text-align:left;" |3547 1951 15000 MB Liberal-Progressive row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Edward William Montgomery* | 1,614 | 2.10 | 2,177 | 18 | style="text-align:left;" |2177 1614 15000 MB Labour row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Jessie MacLennan | 1,600 | 2.08 | 2,082 | 16 | style="text-align:left;" |2082 1600 15000 MB Conservative row-name | style="text-align:left;" |James Alexander Barry | 1,549 | 2.01 | 4,780 | 23 | style="text-align:left;" |4780 1549 15000 MB Independent row-name | style="text-align:left;" |F.W. Russell | 1,339 | 1.74 | 1,570 | 15 | style="text-align:left;" |1570 1339 15000 MB Communist row | style="text-align:left;" |United Front Workers | style="text-align:left;" |Jacob Penner | 1,106 | 1.44 | 1,106 | 13 | style="text-align:left;" |1106 1106 15000 MB CCF row | style="text-align:left;" |Independent Labour | style="text-align:left;" |V.B. Anderson | 1,061 | 1.38 | 1,061 | 14 | style="text-align:left;" |1061 1061 15000 MB CCF row | style="text-align:left;" |Independent Labour | style="text-align:left;" |Beatrice Brigden | 894 | 1.16 | 1,084 | 10 | style="text-align:left;" |1084 894 15000 MB Socialist row-name | style="text-align:left;" |George Armstrong | 848 | 1.10 | 880 | 9 | style="text-align:left;" |880 848 15000 MB Liberal row |style="text-align:left;"|Continuing Liberal | style="text-align:left;" |H.P.A. Hermanson | 688 | 0.89 | 1,331 | 13 | style="text-align:left;" |1331 688 15000 MB Liberal-Progressive row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Duncan Cameron | 597 | 0.78 | 597 | 7 | style="text-align:left;" |597 597 15000 MB Liberal row |style="text-align:left;"|Continuing Liberal | style="text-align:left;" |John Y. Reid | 588 | 0.76 | 812 | 8 | style="text-align:left;" |812 588 15000 MB Liberal row |style="text-align:left;"|Continuing Liberal | style="text-align:left;" |Clarence G. Keith | 548 | 0.71 | 588 | 6 | style="text-align:left;" |588 548 15000 MB Conservative row-name | style="text-align:left;" |D.M. Elcheshen | 314 | 0.41 | 378 | 4 | style="text-align:left;" |378 314 15000 MB Liberal-Progressive row-name | style="text-align:left;" |W.J. Fulton | 182 | 0.24 | 182 | 3 | style="text-align:left;" |182 182 15000 MB Independent row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Thomas Gargan | 96 | 0.12 | 96 | 3 | style="text-align:left;" |96 96 15000 |- | colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Total |76,991 |100.00 |colspan="3"|   |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" |Exhausted votes |11,600 |15.07% | style="text-align:left;" |11600 0 15000 |} 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: Toby Sexsmith (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. Pitt (LP) accl. Russell (Isaac Griffiths to cabinet, May 28, 1935), July 4, 1935: Isaac Griffiths (LP) accl. Carillon (dec. Albert Prefontaine, 1935), July 4, 1935: Edmond Prefontaine (LP) 1948 Louis-P. Gagnon 1793 Gimli (res. Einar Jonasson, 1935) Winnipeg (res. Ralph Maybank, October 1, 1935) Winnipeg (res. John Thomas Haig, 1935) Further reading The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1932 1933 The Annual Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_h6v3 References Category:1932 elections in Canada 1932 Category:1932 in Manitoba Category:June 1932 in Canada