The 1932 Manitoba general election was held on June 16, 1932, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of

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, 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

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, while all other constituencies elected one member by

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. The election was called soon after the announcement of an alliance between the governing Progressive Party of

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and the

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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

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supported this alliance, out of concern that a Conservative victory would strengthen the hand of

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Richard Bennett. Bracken tried to bring the Conservatives into his coalition, but was rebuffed by Conservative leader

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. Taylor's refusal to consider a consensus government was used against him in the campaign. The election was also contested by the

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, 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

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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

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(MLA) George Armstrong ran as a candidate of the

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, 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.

Results

First-preference votes by riding

Results by riding

Incumbents are marked with *. For Liberal and Progressive incumbents: :() = Progressive MLA in previous Legislature :() = Liberal MLA in previous Legislature

Seats changing hands

In the single-member ridings, 13 seats changed allegiance: Conservative to Liberal-Progressive *

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* Dauphin *

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* 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:

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: , - ! 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 ! % ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix , style="text-align:left;" ,

Joseph Bernier Joseph Bernier (August 16, 1874 – June 8, 1951) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on four occasions between 1900 and 1932. Bernier was a member of the Conservative Party, and served as a ...

* , 3,483 , 30.66 , 4,470 , 3 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, style="text-align:left;" , Harold Lawrence , 3,477 , 30.61 , 4,954 , 3 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , L.P. Gagnon , 3,283 , 28.90 , 3,560 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Continuing Liberal , style="text-align:left;" , David Campbell , 1,116 , 9.83 , 1,116 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , - , 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;" , 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.

Multiple-LP candidate contests

In two ridings, two LP candidatesrespectively nominated by the party's Liberal and Progressive wingswere on the ballot. , - ! 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 ! % ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix () , style="text-align:left;" ,

Einar Jonasson Einar Sigurjon Jonasson (17 June 1887 – 8 July 1935) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 to 1935, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party. Jonasson was born in Mountain, Nor ...

, 1,340 , 31.81 , 1,704 , 4 , style="text-align:left;" , () , style="text-align:left;" ,

Ingimar Ingaldson Ingmar Ingaldson (April 4, 1888—September 21, 1934) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1932, as a member of the Progressive Party. He was born in Hallson, North Dakota, in the ...

* , 1,069 , 25.37 , 1,410 , 4 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Gunnar Thorvaldson , 858 , 20.37 , 858 , 3 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , United Front Workers , style="text-align:left;" , Iwan Kapusta , 710 , 16.85 , 716 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Continuing Liberal , style="text-align:left;" , Michael Ewanchuk , 236 , 5.60 , 236 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , - , 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;" , , - ! 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 ! % ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix () , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, 312 , 48.90 , 319 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , () , style="text-align:left;" , Herbert G. Beresford* , 215 , 33.70 , 229 , 2 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Capt. Evans Atkinson , 111 , 17.40 , 111 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , - , 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;" , McPherson had previously failed to unseat

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on Election Day, so he opted to campaign again in Rupertsland, which had been deferred to July 14. This time he was successful.

Winnipeg

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(ten members): Valid votes: 76,991 Quota: 7000 votes , - ! 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 ! % ! Votes ! Round ! Initial vs transfer votes mix , style="text-align:left;" ,

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* , 13,507 , 17.54 , 13,507 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , John Queen* , 9,302 , 12.08 , 9,302 , 1 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , William Major* , 5,940 , 7.72 , 7,044 , 17 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , Seymour Farmer* , 5,053 , 6.56 , 7,105 , 11 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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* , 4,432 , 5.76 , 7,019 , 5 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

John Stewart McDiarmid John Stewart McDiarmid (December 25, 1882 – June 7, 1965) was a Manitoba politician. He held senior ministerial positions in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Douglas Campbell, and served as the p ...

, 3,540 , 4.60 , 6,060 , 24 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Huntly Ketchen , 3,530 , 4.59 , 7,486 , 22 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , United Front Workers , style="text-align:left;" , Leslie Morris , 3,455 , 4.49 , 4,959 , 24 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , Marcus Hyman , 3,366 , 4.37 , 6,593 , 24 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Ralph Maybank , 2,945 , 3.83 , 5,268 , 24 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , C. Andrusyshen , 2,693 , 3.50 , 2,923 , 20 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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* , 2,262 , 2.94 , 5,470 , 24 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , William V. Tobias* , 1,991 , 2.59 , 2,045 , 19 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , R.W.B. Swail , 1,951 , 2.53 , 3,547 , 21 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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* , 1,614 , 2.10 , 2,177 , 18 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jessie MacLennan , 1,600 , 2.08 , 2,082 , 16 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, 1,549 , 2.01 , 4,780 , 23 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , F.W. Russell , 1,339 , 1.74 , 1,570 , 15 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , United Front Workers , style="text-align:left;" , Jacob Penner , 1,106 , 1.44 , 1,106 , 13 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , V.B. Anderson , 1,061 , 1.38 , 1,061 , 14 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , Beatrice Brigden , 894 , 1.16 , 1,084 , 10 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , George Armstrong , 848 , 1.10 , 880 , 9 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", Continuing Liberal , style="text-align:left;" , H.P.A. Hermanson , 688 , 0.89 , 1,331 , 13 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Duncan Cameron , 597 , 0.78 , 597 , 7 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", Continuing Liberal , style="text-align:left;" , John Y. Reid , 588 , 0.76 , 812 , 8 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", Continuing Liberal , style="text-align:left;" , Clarence G. Keith , 548 , 0.71 , 588 , 6 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , D.M. Elcheshen , 314 , 0.41 , 378 , 4 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , W.J. Fulton , 182 , 0.24 , 182 , 3 , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Thomas Gargan , 96 , 0.12 , 96 , 3 , style="text-align:left;" , , - , 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;" ,

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

(res.

, 1933), November 27, 1933: *

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(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.

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(dec. Albert Prefontaine, 1935), July 4, 1935: *

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(LP) 1948 * Louis-P. Gagnon 1793 Gimli (res.

, 1935)

(res. Ralph Maybank, October 1, 1935)