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1939 Macdonald Brier
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Canadian men's curling championship
March 2026
1939 Macdonald Brier Toronto, Ontario Granite Curling Club March 5–9 Ontario Kitchener Granite CC, Kitchener Bert Hall Perry Hall Ernie Parkes Campbell Seagram Manitoba 1905 (Ross Kennedy) 1938 1940
The 1939 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 5 to 9, 1939 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.1939 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
Both Team Manitoba and Team Ontario finished round robin play with 8-1 records, necessitating a tiebreaker playoff for the Brier championship. Ontario, skipped by Bert Hall, won the tiebreaker game over Manitoba 12-10 to capture Ontario's second Brier Tankard.
Event Summary
June 2026
After the sixth draw, there were five teams that had a chance at winning the Brier: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northern Ontario, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. Both British Columbia and Ontario were undefeated at 6-0 while Manitoba and Northern Ontario had one loss each, and Saskatchewan with two losses.
Both undefeated teams and one loss teams would play each other in the next draw (Draw 7) with Ontario would win the battle of unbeatens over British Columbia 13-8 while Manitoba edged Northern Ontario 11-10. In the next draw, Northern Ontario eliminated Saskatchewan 9-8, but were eliminated themselves when Manitoba beat British Columbia 14-7 while Ontario remained unbeaten with a 13-8 win over Alberta.
With one draw remaining, Ontario only needed a win or a Manitoba loss to Saskatchewan to clinch the Brier while Manitoba had to win and hope Ontario would lose to Northern Ontario to force a playoff. Manitoba's wishes came true as they held off Saskatchewan 12-10 and Northern Ontario handed Ontario a 13-5 defeat forcing a tiebreaker game between Ontario and Manitoba as they both finished 8-1 in round robin play.
In the playoff, Ontario would jump out to a 7-2 lead after the fourth end. But Manitoba would charge back and after a steal of one in the tenth, Manitoba cut the lead to 10-9 with two ends left. Ontario pulled away and scored two in the eleventh. With Manitoba only scoring one in the last end, Ontario clinched the Brier Tankard for the second time.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1939 1939 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210302141501/https://stats.curling.io/macdonald-brier/1939 2021-03-02
white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitoba#FFFF00 New BrunswickNorthern OntarioCalgary CC, Calgary
Skip: Howard Palmer
Third: Jacob Curliss
Second: Ernest Irving
Lead: St. Clair WebbHasting CC, Vancouver
Skip: Roland David
Third: Francis Avery
Second: Roland Wickstrom
Lead: George LawStrathcona CC, Winnipeg
Skip: Ross Kennedy
Third: William MacDonald
Second: Robert Hume
Lead: Clair WellsFredericton CC, Fredericton
Skip: Walter Limerick
Third: Arthur Limerick
Second: Victor Limerick
Lead: James HowieHaileybury CC, Haileybury
Skip: Daniel Millar
Third: Duncan Sutherland
Second: William Beecroft
Lead: Lorne Umphreywhite Nova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward Islandwhite Quebecgold SaskatchewanMayflower CC, Halifax
Skip: Charles Durrant
Third: Frank Arthur
Second: John Wood
Lead: Horton NormanKitchener Granite CC, Kitchener
Skip: Bert Hall
Third: Perry Hall
Second: Ernie Parkes
Lead: Campbell SeagramCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown
Skip: Rankine McLaine
Third: Gordon Hughes
Second: Heath McIntrye
Lead: Charles WilliamsQuebec CC, Quebec City
Skip: Robert Cream
Third: Edward Thompson
Second: Edward Ployart
Lead: Samuel TruemanPrince Albert CC, Prince Albert
Skip: George Dunbar
Third: John Brower
Second: Robert Glass
Lead: James McNeill
Round Robin standings
KeyTeams to Tiebreaker
ProvinceSkipWLPFPA Ontario Bert Hall 8 1 105 66 Manitoba 1905 Ross Kennedy 8 1 113 65 British Columbia Roland David 7 2 105 79 Northern Ontario Daniel Millar 7 2 107 76 Saskatchewan George Dunbar 5 4 96 81 Alberta Howard Palmer 4 5 87 85 Charles Durrant 3 6 79 108 New Brunswick Walter Limerick 2 7 68 101 Prince Edward Island Rankine McLaine 1 8 72 127 Quebec Robert Cream 0 9 71 115
Round Robin results
Draw 1
A Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 British Columbia (David) 4 0 0 1 2 4 0 3 2 1 1 3 21
B (Durrant) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 Ontario (Hall) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 11
C New Brunswick (Limerick) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 Northern Ontario (Millar) 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 13
D Alberta (Palmer) 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 1 0 1 12
E Quebec (Cream) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 6 Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 4 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 5 1 20
Draw 2
A (Durrant) 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 British Columbia (David) 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 11
B Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 2 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 13 Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 8
C Ontario (Hall) 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 3 13 Quebec (Cream) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 6
D Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 10 New Brunswick (Limerick) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
E Northern Ontario (Millar) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 10 Alberta (Palmer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 9
Draw 3
A British Columbia (David) 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 10 Quebec (Cream) 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 8
B Northern Ontario (Millar) 1 2 0 4 0 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 17 Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 8
C New Brunswick (Limerick) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 Ontario (Hall) 2 0 2 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 15
D (Durrant) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 3 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 14
E Alberta (Palmer) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 8 Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 9
Draw 4
A Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 3 16 (Durrant) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
B British Columbia (David) 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 Alberta (Palmer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7
C Quebec (Cream) 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 Northern Ontario (Millar) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 3 12
D Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 9 Ontario (Hall) 1 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 1 3 0 3 18
E New Brunswick (Limerick) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 10
Draw 5
A New Brunswick (Limerick) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 11 (Durrant) 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 13
B Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 16 Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
C Quebec (Cream) 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 9 Alberta (Palmer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 10
D British Columbia (David) 0 3 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 14 Northern Ontario (Millar) 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 10
E Ontario (Hall) 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 8
Draw 6
A (Durrant) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 Northern Ontario (Millar) 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 13
B Quebec (Cream) 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 New Brunswick (Limerick) 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 13
C Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Alberta (Palmer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 10
D Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 British Columbia (David) 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 12
E Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Ontario (Hall) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 8
Draw 7
A Alberta (Palmer) 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 12 New Brunswick (Limerick) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
B Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 8 (Durrant) 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 16
C Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 5 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 14 Quebec (Cream) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 9
D British Columbia (David) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 8 Ontario (Hall) 1 1 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 13
E Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 0 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 Northern Ontario (Millar) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 10
Draw 8
A Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 9 New Brunswick (Limerick) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 10
B Northern Ontario (Millar) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 9 Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 8
C Quebec (Cream) 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 11 (Durrant) 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 12
D British Columbia (David) 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 4 1 14
E Alberta (Palmer) 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 Ontario (Hall) 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 13
Draw 9
A Quebec (Cream) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 11
B Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 10 Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 0 3 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 12
C British Columbia (David) 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 12 New Brunswick (Limerick) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 8
D Ontario (Hall) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 Northern Ontario (Millar) 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 13
E Alberta (Palmer) 1 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 (Durrant) 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 9
Tiebreaker
A Ontario (Hall) 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 12 Manitoba 1905 (Kennedy) 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 10
References
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