1941 Manitoba general election

none April 2023 1941 Manitoba general election Manitoba 1921 parliamentary 1936 Manitoba general election 1936 elected members 1945 Manitoba general election 21st Manitoba Legislature 1945 April 22, 1941 55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 27 John Bracken circa 1941.jpg MB Liberal nohash John Bracken August 8, 1922 MB Liberal-Progressive name The Pas 23 27 4 58,337 35.1% 0.2pp 3x4.svg MB PC nohash Errick Willis June 9, 1936 Conservative Deloraine 16 12 4 25,940 19.9% 7.9pp Seymour James Farmer 1932-1936.jpg MB CCF nohash Seymour Farmer 1936 MB CCF name Winnipeg 7 3 4 28,301 17.0% 5.0pp Premier John Bracken MB Liberal-Progressive name Premier after election John Bracken MB Liberal-Progressive name The 1941 Manitoba general election was held on April 22, 1941 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 coalition was created after the start of World War II, as a display of unity among the different parties in the legislature. Premier John Bracken's Liberal-Progressives were the dominant force in government, while the Conservative Party under Errick Willis held a secondary position. The smaller Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and Social Credit League were also included in the government, and had cabinet representation. The four coalition parties were the only legal political parties in Manitoba in 1941. The Communist Party had been declared illegal the previous year. Its only Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), James Litterick, had been expelled from the legislature and had gone into hiding. When the coalition was created, Independent MLA Lewis Stubbs was the only legislator who did not join the government side. He claimed that a healthy opposition was necessary in a parliamentary democracy, and rejected offers to join the government. Later, Social Credit MLA Salome Halldorson and Conservatives Huntly Ketchen and John Poole also crossed to the opposition. And more were elected in the 1941 election. The coalition's victory was a foregone conclusion: in most constituencies, there were no anti-coalition candidates. The opposition came mostly from anti-coalition dissidents in the governing parties. These candidates did not run a coordinated campaign, and did not seriously threaten the government. The Social Credit League split before the election, and most of its candidates were opposed to the coalition. The party's most prominent MLAs, however, remained on the government side. In some constituencies, the coalition parties ran candidates against one other. This had little effect on the overall result, though it did influence the relative strength of the coalition partners after the election. In most instances, the incumbent candidates were re-elected. The CCF agreed to limit its challenges against incumbent members, although this courtesy was not always reciprocated by other parties.Ian Stewart, Just One Vote: Jim Walding's nomination to constitutional defeat, (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press), 2009, p. 14. As expected, the coalition won a landslide victory. The government parties, along with pro-coalition independents, won 50 of the 55 seats in the legislature. The election confirmed the Liberal-Progressives and Conservatives as the dominant parties in government. The Liberal-Progressives increased their representation from 23 MLAs to 27, only two short of an overall majority. The Conservatives were not as successful, falling from 16 seats to 12. The party remained influential in cabinet, however, and its leadership remained committed to the coalition. For the CCF and Social Credit, the election was problematic. Many CCF members opposed the coalition, and due to the party's official support for the coalition the party had difficulty mobilizing its supporters to the voting booths. The CCF won only two seats in Winnipeg, and the Gimli constituency, for a total of three seats. John Queen, the CCF Mayor of Winnipeg, lost the legislative seat he had held since 1920. After this result, the CCF's tenure in government was brief. Farmer left the coalition ministry in late 1942, and the party formally voted to leave the coalition at its 1943 convention. Many CCF officials later described their period in the coalition as a disaster for the party. The result was also bad for Social Credit, which lost its internal cohesion during the campaign. All of the party's anti-coalition candidates were defeated, while three pro-government incumbents were re-elected. These MLAs effectively became an adjunct of the government, and did little in the way of promoting party policy. The Manitoba Social Credit League was marginalized in the 1940s, and did not become a functioning party again until 1953. Five pro-coalition Independent MLAs were also elected. Five anti-coalition MLAs were elected - three dissident Conservatives (one of whom later rejoined the government), Independent Lewis Stubbs, and Bill Kardash. Kardash, who ran as a "Worker's candidate", was widely known to be associated with the banned Communist Party. He did not proclaim this association openly, however, and was able to take his seat without a legal challenge. (He was re-elected under the label "Labor-Progressive Party" once being a Communist was no longer illegal.) Three Sound Money Economics System candidates also ran in Winnipeg. All fared poorly, and the group disappeared soon after the election.https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0004/NQ29051.pdf The Single Transferable Vote in Alberta and Manitoba University of Alberta Spring 1998 Harold John Jansen PhD Like previous elections, all the voters cast preferential votes. Ten MLAs were elected in city-wide Winnipeg district through Single transferable vote; all other MLAs were elected through Instant-runoff voting. Results +Manitoba general election (April 22, 1941) https://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/HistoricalResultsSummaries/1941.pdf Twenty-First General Election Held April 22, 1941 - Summary of Results electionsmanitoba.ca Elections Manitoba January 15, 2023PartyLeaderFirst-preference votesSeats Votes % FPv First-preference votes Cand. Total candidates standing for each party 1936 Elected Change  Coalition candidatesMB Liberal-Progressive colour&nameJohn Bracken58,33735.74223274MB CCF colour&nameSeymour Farmer28,30117.314734MB Conservative colour&nameErrick Willis25,94015.81816124MB Independent colour&name18,88311.514352MB Social Credit colour&name2,7231.75532  Anti-Coalition candidatesMB Social Credit colour&name9,1565.66–––MB Conservative colour&name7,1994.43–33MB Independent colour&name5,8014.12–11MB Communist colour&name4,8893.0111MB Sound Money Economics colour&name8640.53–––MB Liberal colour&name7010.41––– Valid 163,608 100.0 109 55 55 – Rejected 2,780 Total votes cast 166,388 Registered voters/Turnout 405,459 50.5 Results by riding Bold names indicate members returned by acclamation. Italicized names indicate Anti-Coalition candidates returned. Incumbents are marked with *. #EA6D6A Arthur: John R. Pitt* #9999FF Assiniboia: David Best #9999FF Beautiful Plains: John Poole* #EA6D6A Birtle: Francis Bell* #9999FF Brandon: George Dinsdale* #EA6D6A Carillon: Edmond Prefontaine* #EA6D6A Cypress: James Christie* #EA6D6A Dauphin: Robert Hawkins* #9999FF Deloraine: Errick Willis* #EA6D6A Dufferin: John Munn* #DCDCDC Emerson: John Solomon #EA6D6A Ethelbert: Nicholas Hryhorczuk #EA6D6A Fairford: Stuart Garson* #EA6D6A Fisher: Nicholas Bachynsky* #90EE90 Gilbert Plains: Stanley Fox* #EEDDAA Gimli: Joseph Wawrykow #EA6D6A Gladstone: William Morton* #EA6D6A Glenwood: James Breakey* #90EE90 Hamiota: Norman Turnbull* #DCDCDC Iberville: Arthur Boivin #9999FF Kildonan & St. Andrews: James McLenaghen* #9999FF Killarney: John Laughlin* #EA6D6A Lakeside: Douglas Campbell* #EA6D6A Lansdowne: Matthew Sutherland* #EA6D6A La Verendrye: Sauveur Marcoux* #9999FF Manitou: Hugh Morrison* #9999FF Minnedosa: Earl Rutledge* #9999FF Morden & Rhineland: Wallace C. Miller* #DCDCDC Morris: John C. Dryden #EA6D6A Mountain: Ivan Schultz* #9999FF Norfolk: John Lawrie* #9999FF Portage la Prairie: Toby Sexsmith* #90EE90 Roblin: Sidney Rogers* #DCDCDC Rockwood: Mungo Lewis* #EA6D6A Rupertsland: Daniel Hamilton #EA6D6A Russell: William Wilson #EA6D6A St. Boniface: Austin Clarke #EA6D6A St. Clements: Nicholas Stryk #EA6D6A St. George: Skuli Sigfusson #EA6D6A Ste. Rose: Maurice Dane MacCarthy* #EA6D6A Springfield: Evelyn Shannon* #9999FF Swan River: George Renouf* #EA6D6A The Pas: John Bracken* #9999FF Turtle Mountain: Alexander Welch* #EA6D6A Virden: Robert Mooney* #EA6D6A Winnipeg: Paul Bardal #EA6D6A Winnipeg: John Stewart McDiarmid* #EA6D6A Winnipeg: Charles Rhodes Smith #EEDDAA Winnipeg: Seymour Farmer* #EEDDAA Winnipeg: Morris Gray #9999FF Winnipeg: Huntly Ketchen* #9999FF Winnipeg: Gunnar Thorvaldson #DCDCDC Winnipeg: Stephen Krawchyk #DCDCDC Winnipeg: Lewis Stubbs* #FF6347 Winnipeg: Bill Kardash Winnipeg Winnipeg: Ten MLAs were elected through Single transferable vote. + Winnipeg MLAs returned by party Party Coalition Anti-Coalition MB Liberal-Progressive row-name3MB CCF row-name2MB Conservative row-name11 MB Independent row-name11 MB Communist row-name1Total73 Winnipeg (ten members) 21 John Stewart McDiarmid* MB Liberal-Progressive 11.87 6,963 Lewis Stubbs* MB Independent 9.89 5,801 5,801 Charles Rhodes Smith MB Liberal-Progressive 8.44 4,955 5,485 5,485 Bill Kardash MB Communist 8.33 4,889 4,895 4,931 4,931 4,931 4,931 4,939 4,953 4,973 4,977 4,979 5,036 5,050 5,060 5,099 5,108 5,162 5,171 5,242 5,281 5,351 Stephen Krawchyk MB Independent 7.96 4,673 4,697 4,713 4,714 4,716 4,717 4,720 4,788 4,804 4,811 4,831 4,858 4,877 4,885 4,900 4,932 4,940 4,970 5,031 5,207 5,315 Huntly Ketchen* MB Conservative 7.03 4,123 4,209 4,270 4,273 4,279 4,322 4,335 4,335 4,402 4,419 4,468 4,563 4,721 5,176 5,217 Gunnar Thorvaldson MB Conservative 5.49 3,220 3,363 3,381 3,396 3,408 3,418 3,424 3,432 3,456 3,475 3,698 3,740 3,787 3,862 3,872 4,024 4,098 4,723 4,825 5,796 5,796 Morris Gray MB CCF 5.26 3,086 3,093 3,107 3,108 3,113 3,117 3,127 3,132 3,141 3,156 3,161 3,171 3,179 3,185 3,235 3,242 4,364 4,391 4,552 4,674 5,140 James A. Barry* MB Conservative 4.25 2,492 2,569 2,586 2,592 2,594 2,609 2,611 2,664 2,678 2,696 2,767 2,778 2,946 3,012 3,033 3,101 3,188 3,552 3,612 Seymour Farmer* MB CCF 3.83 2,249 2,294 2,349 2,353 2,356 2,376 2,433 2,466 2,482 2,623 2,635 2,664 2,687 2,703 3,031 3,115 3,159 3,263 4,461 4,718 6,494 John Queen* MB CCF 3.70 2,170 2,248 2,302 2,304 2,315 2,326 2,345 2,361 2,388 2,470 2,487 2,542 2,579 2,595 2,732 2,793 2,980 3,103 3,631 3,892 Paul Bardal MB Liberal-Progressive 3.62 2,127 2,408 2,435 2,510 2,525 2,537 2,547 2,559 2,582 2,627 2,664 2,728 2,897 2,932 2,952 3,390 3,462 4,007 4,174 4,867 5,324 Stanley Knowles MB CCF 3.15 1,849 1,867 1,900 1,900 1,903 1,907 1,915 1,920 1,946 2,000 2,021 2,051 2,078 2,089 2,442 2,525 2,545 2,611 W.V. Tobias MB Independent 3.09 1,815 1,829 1,843 1,845 1,848 1,853 1,855 1,857 1,859 1,873 1,881 1,887 1,897 1,904 1,907 1,927 F.E. Warriner MB Conservative 2.91 1,706 1,808 1,825 1,838 1,844 1,846 1,853 1,861 1,882 1,906 1,982 1,991 2,026 2,069 2,082 2,227 2,268 H. Dick MB Liberal-Progressive 1.80 1,059 1,164 1,174 1,189 1,194 1,198 1,202 1,212 1,220 1,230 1,266 1,285 1,337 1,362 1,369 William Ivens MB CCF 1.64 962 966 986 986 987 993 1,003 1,013 1,021 1,068 1,072 1,106 1,113 1,120 Harrison Dysart MB Conservative 1.33 780 802 814 815 817 836 836 844 857 859 884 904 931 Laurier Regnier MB Liberal 1.19 701 742 753 762 766 768 770 785 793 801 823 853 James Cowan MB Conservative 1.07 627 641 646 647 648 654 655 656 662 665 Asta Oddson MB Social Credit 0.98 575 580 587 587 594 594 691 695 716 719 721 James Simpkin MB Liberal-Progressive 0.87 510 522 538 538 539 545 552 559 563 T.H. Elliott MB Sound Money Economics 0.62 361 366 373 374 414 416 422 484 Madeline Hrynlewlecki MB Sound Money Economics 0.54 316 318 321 321 348 349 353 J. J. Evans MB Social Credit 0.50 294 297 303 303 304 311 J.K. Downes MB Independent 0.50 192 193 198 198 198 Thomas McConochie MB Sound Money Economics 0.32 187 191 193 193 – – – 36 54 89 101 252 305 337 520 572 723 806 958 1,176 1,545 1,814 2,907 3,922 21 137,437 58,682 1,033 5,335 59,715 (43.45%) * - Incumbent (Italics indicate Anti-Coalition candidate; bold indicates candidate was declared elected) Winnipeg (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes) #EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive John Stewart McDiarmid 1 6963 11.87 6963 10000 #DCDCDC Independent Lewis Stubbs 1 5801 9.89 5801 10000 #EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive Charles Rhodes Smith 3 5485 9.35 4955 10000 #FF6347 Communist Bill Kardash 21 5351 9.77 4889 10000 #DCDCDC Independent Stephen Krawchyk 21 5315 9.71 4673 10000 #9999FF Conservative Huntly Ketchen 15 5217 9.01 4123 10000 #9999FF Conservative Gunnar Thorvaldson 21 5796 10.58 3220 10000 #EEDDAA CCF Morris Gray 21 5140 9.39 3086 10000 #9999FF Conservative James A. Barry 19 3612 6.35 2492 10000 #EEDDAA CCF Seymour Farmer 21 6494 11.86 2249 10000 #EEDDAA CCF John Queen 20 3892 6.98 2170 10000 #EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive Paul Bardal 21 5324 9.72 2127 10000 #EEDDAA CCF Stanley Knowles 18 2611 4.57 1849 10000 #DCDCDC Independent W.V. Tobias 16 1927 3.34 1815 10000 #9999FF Conservative F.E. Warriner 17 2268 3.94 1706 10000 #EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive H. Dick 15 1369 2.37 1059 10000 #EEDDAA CCF William Ivens 14 1120 1.93 962 10000 #9999FF Conservative Harrison Dysart 13 931 1.60 780 10000 #EA6D6A Liberal Laurier Regnier 12 853 1.47 701 10000 #9999FF Conservative James Cowan 11 665 1.14 627 10000 #90EE90 Social Credit Asta Oddson 11 721 1.24 575 10000 #EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive James Simpkin 9 563 0.96 510 10000 #DCDCDC Sound Money Economics T.H. Elliott 8 484 0.83 361 10000 #DCDCDC Sound Money Economics Madeline Hrynlewlecki 7 353 0.60 316 10000 #90EE90 Social Credit J. J. Evans 6 311 0.53 294 10000 #DCDCDC Independent J.K. Downes 5 198 0.34 192 10000 #DCDCDC Sound Money Economics Thomas McConochie 4 193 0.33 187 10000 3922 6.73 4 10000 3,922 6.73 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 the 1942 Canadian Parliamentary Guide and the "Historical Statement of Votes" section of the 2003 provincial election report. Unfortunately, the second-ballot results are not listed in these sources. 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 John Poole appears to have returned to the coalition shortly after the election. The CCF left the governing coalition in 1943. Dufferin (dec. John Munn, 1941), June 22, 1943: Earl Collins (C) accl. Killarney (dec. John Laughlin, 1941), June 22, 1943: Abram Harrison (C) 1378 Chapman 987 The Pas (res. John Bracken, January 15, 1943), August 17, 1943: Beresford Richards (CCF) 3504 McIsaac 1270 Wright 526 Mainwaring 480 Brandon (dec. George Dinsdale, 1943), November 18, 1943: Dwight Johnson (CCF) 3722 Young 3204 Portage la Prairie (dec. Toby Sexsmith, 1943), November 18, 1943: Charles Greenlay (C) 1762 Ireland 621 Miller 436 Winnipeg (dec. Stephen Krawchyk, 1943) St. Boniface (dec. Austin Clarke, 1945) Morden-Rhineland (res. Wallace C. Miller, 1945 Dwight Johnson and Beresford Richards were expelled from the CCF caucus in 1945. See also List of Manitoba political parties References Manitoba 1941 Category:1941 in Manitoba Category:April 1941 in Canada