Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1945)

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The Canadian federal election of 1945 was held on 11 June. The results were as follows:

Riding

Candidate

Party

Votes

Brandon

James Ewen Matthews (1869-1950)

Liberal

6,870

Frederick Henry Young (1887-1957)

Progressive Conservative

5,621

Alexander MacDonald Brown

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

5,294

Albert Edward Smith (1870-1947)

Labour-Progressive

497

Churchill

Ronald Stewart Moore (1913-2003)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

5,226

George Dyer Weaver (1908-1986)

Liberal

4,359

Cecil Ruddock Neely

Progressive Conservative

3,884

Dauphin

Frederick Samuel “Fred” Zaplitny (1913-1964)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

6,226

William John Ward (1880-1971)

Liberal

5,550

George Craig Dowler

Progressive Conservative

4,599

Lisgar

Howard Waldemar Winkler (1891-1970)

Liberal

4,552

William Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)

Progressive Conservative

4,247

Edgar James Bailey

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,512

Macdonald

William Gilbert “Gib” Weir (1896-1971)

Liberal Progressive

6,147

James Anthony Cuddy (1892-1971)

Progressive Conservative

5,147

Harold Kendall

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

2,078

Wilbert James Tinkler

Social Credit

1,235

Marquette

James Allison Glen (1877-1950)

Liberal

6,367

James Wilson Ewbank

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

5,098

Alfred Oliver Webb (1887-1973)

Progressive Conservative

5,062

Neepawa

John Bracken (1883-1969)

Progressive Conservative

6,497

Frederick Donald MacKenzie (1882-1970)

Liberal

4,624

James Henry Wood

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

2,848

Portage la Prairie

Henry George “Harry” Leader (1880-1946)

Liberal

5,457

Allen McCallister

Progressive Conservative

3,592

Charles Francis Ogletree

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

2,306

Charles Eric Bailey

Social Credit

857

Provencher

René Norbert Jutras (1913-1995)

Liberal

4,541

Leo Arthur Slater (1896-1984)

Independent

2,220

Paul Prince

Social Credit

1,940

Alexander Duncan Miller

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,838

Dalton Madill Boyd

Progressive Conservative

894

St. Boniface

Fernand Viau (1909-2000)

Liberal

6,055

Évariste-Rupert Gagnon

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

4,823

George Campbell MacLean (1887-1957)

Progressive Conservative

3,421

Charles Anderson Bailey

Social Credit

1,369

Jules Jerome Pynoo

Labour Progressive

710

Selkirk

William “Scottie” Bryce (1888-1963)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

7,556

Robert James Wood (1886-1954)

Liberal

6,448

Charles Edwin De Pencier

Progressive Conservative

3,499

Nick Hrynchyshyn

Labour Progressive

1,978

Theodore William Brokovski

Social Credit

1,197

Souris

James Arthur Ross (1893-1958)

Progressive Conservative

6,177

Thomas Matthew McIlwraith

Liberal

2,640

Roderick Guy Craven

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,838

Springfield

John-Sylvestre Alloysius Sinnott (1905-1960)

Liberal

5,376

Wilbert George Doneleyko (1913-1990)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

4,797

Andrew Bileski [Bilecki] (1903-1992)

Labour-Progressive

2,400

Clarence Henry Bethel

Progressive Conservative

2,308

Alexander James Harper McLeod

Social Credit

1,783

Charles Leo Abbott

Independent

231

Winnipeg North

Alistair McLeod Stewart (1905-1970)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

13,055

Joseph “Joe” Zuken (1912-1986)

Labour-Progressive

9,116

Peter Stanley Taraska (1907-1984)

Liberal

8,839

William John English

Progressive Conservative

2,584

Henry Lambert Yonker

Social Credit

864

Winnipeg North Centre

Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

15,971

David M. Graham

Liberal

5,728

Mark J. Long

Progressive Conservative

4,711

John McNeil

Labour-Progressive

1,283

Gordon C. Dodds

Social Credit

1,077

Winnipeg South

Leslie Alexander Mutch (1897-1977)

Liberal

11,921

Frederick George Thompson (1886-1972)

Progressive Conservative

9,589

Frederick George “Fred” Tipping (1885-1973)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

9,033

Winnipeg South Centre

Ralph Maybank (1890-1965)

Liberal

16,389

Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

12,393

Frank Edward Womersley

Progressive Conservative

8,461

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Twentieth Canadian Parliament (1945-1949)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 14 April 2017