Progressive Party of Manitoba

The Progressive Party of Manitoba occupied a significant but ultimately transitional position in the province's twentieth-century politics, fielding candidates exclusively within Manitoba across six electoral contests and achieving a respectable conversion rate of 31 elected members from 105 candidates. The party's concentrated geographic focus and modest candidate slate suggest a regionally rooted movement rather than a sustained provincial power, consistent with the broader patterns of agrarian and progressive politics that characterized Prairie provincial politics during the interwar and early postwar periods. Its electoral footprint indicates a party that achieved meaningful representation at particular moments but lacked the organizational depth or electoral durability to establish itself as a permanent fixture in Manitoba's political landscape.

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Election	Seats Contested	Seats Won
MB (Jun 1927)	47	31
MB (Jul 1936)	1	0
MB (Nov 1981)	36	0
MB (Mar 1986)	12	0
MB (Apr 1988)	6	0
MB (Sep 1990)	3	0

First Name	Last Name	District	Election	Votes	Elected
William	James Major	Winnipeg (MB)	MB (Jun 1927)	3,713	✅
Edward	W Montgomery	Winnipeg (MB)	MB (Jun 1927)	2,236	✅
Robert	Alexander Hoey	St. Clements	MB (Jun 1927)	2,146	✅
John	Alfred Munn	Dufferin	MB (Jun 1927)	1,790	✅
William	Reid Clubb	Morris	MB (Jun 1927)	1,663	✅
R	Barrett	Deloraine	MB (Jul 1936)	1,641	❌
Royal	Burritt	Winnipeg (MB)	MB (Jun 1927)	1,604	❌
Albert	A Préfontaine	Carillon	MB (Jun 1927)	1,604	✅
Charles	Cannon	Mountain	MB (Jun 1927)	1,494	❌
William	Clarke McKinnell	Rockwood	MB (Jun 1927)	1,486	✅
Clifford	Barclay	Springfield	MB (Jun 1927)	1,459	❌
Douglas	Lloyd Campbell	Lakeside	MB (Jun 1927)	1,442	✅
Norman	W Shuttleworth	Minnedosa	MB (Jun 1927)	1,405	✅
Adalbert	James Moses Poole	Beautiful Plains	MB (Jun 1927)	1,360	✅
John	Muirhead	Norfolk	MB (Jun 1927)	1,341	✅
William	Morton	Gladstone	MB (Jun 1927)	1,311	✅
Nicholas	Apoluner Hryhorczuk	Ethelbert	MB (Jun 1927)	1,302	✅
Max	Steinkopf	Winnipeg (MB)	MB (Jun 1927)	1,241	❌
Isaac	Griffiths	Russell	MB (Jun 1927)	1,227	✅
Duncan	Lloyd McLeod	Arthur	MB (Jun 1927)	1,226	✅
Andrew	McCleary	Swan River	MB (Jun 1927)	1,213	✅
H	Laurendeau	St. Boniface	MB (Jun 1927)	1,188	❌
Hugh	McKenzie	Deloraine	MB (Jun 1927)	1,174	✅
John	William Pratt	Birtle	MB (Jun 1927)	1,134	✅
Charles	Albert Tanner	Kildonan-St. Andrews	MB (Jun 1927)	1,134	❌
George	Compton	Manitou	MB (Jun 1927)	1,097	❌
Andrew	Moore	Cypress (MB)	MB (Jun 1927)	1,091	❌
Thomas	Wolstenholme	Hamiota	MB (Jun 1927)	1,086	✅
John	Henry Black	Morden-Rhineland	MB (Jun 1927)	1,075	✅
Philippe	Adjutor Talbot	La Verendrye / La Vérendrye	MB (Jun 1927)	1,074	✅
Maurice	Dane MacCarthy	Ste. Rose	MB (Jun 1927)	1,055	✅
Ingimar	Ingaldson	Gimli	MB (Jun 1927)	1,026	✅
Arthur	Ritchie Berry	Gilbert Plains	MB (Jun 1927)	1,021	✅
Duncan	Henderson	Turtle Mountain	MB (Jun 1927)	951	❌
Andrew	Foster	Killarney	MB (Jun 1927)	934	❌
George	Hastings Palmer	Dauphin	MB (Jun 1927)	920	❌
Robert	Franklin Curran	Emerson	MB (Jun 1927)	793	✅
Sidney	Green	Inkster	MB (Nov 1981)	783	❌
Nicholas	V Bachynsky	Fisher	MB (Jun 1927)	754	✅
H	H Simpson	Roblin	MB (Jun 1927)	734	❌
Ben	Hanuschak	Burrows	MB (Nov 1981)	728	❌
Samuel	Forrest Thompson	Glenwood	MB (Jun 1927)	721	❌
Alphonse	Fournier	La Verendrye / La Vérendrye	MB (Nov 1981)	704	❌
John	Bracken	The Pas	MB (Jun 1927)	582	✅
Sidney	Green	Kildonan	MB (Sep 1990)	570	❌
Albert	E Kristjansson	St. George	MB (Jun 1927)	524	❌
Harry	William Cater	Brandon City	MB (Jun 1927)	489	❌
Alex	S Pildren	Assiniboia	MB (Jun 1927)	471	❌
Ben	Hanuschak	Kildonan	MB (Mar 1986)	459	❌
Bernie	Bellan	St. Johns	MB (Nov 1981)	446	❌
Sidney	Green	Kildonan	MB (Apr 1988)	445	❌
Stuart	Sinclair Garson	Fairford	MB (Jun 1927)	437	✅
Fran	Huck	Assiniboia	MB (Nov 1981)	378	❌
Joel	Y Morassutti	Radisson	MB (Nov 1981)	376	❌
Morely	Golden	Seven Oaks	MB (Nov 1981)	367	❌
Jacob	M Froese	Rhineland	MB (Nov 1981)	349	❌
Sidney	Green	Wolseley	MB (Mar 1986)	347	❌
Josephine	Young	Concordia	MB (Nov 1981)	306	❌
Dan	Tokarz	Kildonan	MB (Nov 1981)	300	❌
John	M Brooks	Pembina	MB (Nov 1981)	274	❌
Alex	Arenson	Ellice	MB (Mar 1986)	268	❌
Lester	Landry	Inkster	MB (Mar 1986)	256	❌
Herold	Driedger	Radisson	MB (Mar 1986)	240	❌
Demetre	Mastoris	Charleswood	MB (Nov 1981)	231	❌
Murdoch	McKay	Wolseley	MB (Nov 1981)	224	❌
Adam	Klym	Ellice	MB (Nov 1981)	222	❌
Alex	J Mackenzie	Osborne	MB (Mar 1986)	217	❌
Allan	S H Yap	St. Norbert	MB (Nov 1981)	216	❌
Herbert	Grahame Beresford	Rupertsland	MB (Jun 1927)	216	✅
James	D Goodridge	Fort Garry	MB (Nov 1981)	203	❌
Valerie	J Wilson	Ste. Rose	MB (Nov 1981)	194	❌
Curtis	Bloodworth	Elmwood	MB (Nov 1981)	181	❌
Harvey	Nerbas	St. James	MB (Nov 1981)	180	❌
Lindsay	Ulrich	River East	MB (Nov 1981)	177	❌
Cyril	Fogel	St. Johns	MB (Apr 1988)	171	❌
Thomas	A Bunn	Transcona	MB (Sep 1990)	168	❌
George	Buss	Osborne	MB (Nov 1981)	165	❌
Gordon	Pratt	Wolseley	MB (Sep 1990)	149	❌
Derek	Shettler	Wolseley	MB (Apr 1988)	149	❌
James	Jackson	St. Boniface	MB (Mar 1986)	149	❌
Joseph	Boyce	Fort Rouge	MB (Nov 1981)	143	❌
Cyril	Fogel	St. Johns	MB (Mar 1986)	142	❌
Merv	Unger	Rossmere	MB (Nov 1981)	142	❌
Janet	Lundman	River Heights	MB (Nov 1981)	142	❌
George	Simpson	Swan River	MB (Nov 1981)	138	❌
Maxwell	G Hofford	Selkirk	MB (Nov 1981)	131	❌
Pat	Bazan	Gimli	MB (Nov 1981)	127	❌
Albert	Smaczylo	Transcona	MB (Nov 1981)	120	❌
Jack	Thiessen	Emerson	MB (Nov 1981)	116	❌
Dennis	Sweatman	Springfield	MB (Nov 1981)	113	❌
John	M Brooks	Pembina	MB (Mar 1986)	108	❌
Hubert	John McCaw	Lakeside	MB (Nov 1981)	107	❌
Don	Forsyth	St. Boniface	MB (Nov 1981)	106	❌
David	Pearlman	Tuxedo	MB (Mar 1986)	104	❌
Art	Potvin	Logan	MB (Nov 1981)	103	❌
K	Dino Kotis	Riel	MB (Nov 1981)	98	❌
Charles	Lamont	St. James	MB (Mar 1986)	89	❌
Douglas	MacLachlan	Churchill	MB (Nov 1981)	85	❌
Gordon	Pratt	Fort Rouge	MB (Apr 1988)	75	❌
Charles	Lamont	St. James	MB (Apr 1988)	74	❌
Raye	Porhownik	Selkirk	MB (Mar 1986)	72	❌
Charles	D Henry	Concordia	MB (Apr 1988)	61	❌
Frances	Thompson	Rupertsland	MB (Nov 1981)	56	❌
Robert	Henry Mooney	Virden	MB (Jun 1927)	0	✅
Arthur	Rivers Boivin	Iberville	MB (Jun 1927)	0	✅


District	Candidates	Elections	Wins
	Arthur	1	1	1
Candidates Duncan Lloyd McLeod Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Assiniboia	2	2	0
Candidates Alex S Pildren, Fran Huck Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981)
	Beautiful Plains	1	1	1
Candidates Adalbert James Moses Poole Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Birtle	1	1	1
Candidates John William Pratt Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Brandon City	1	1	0
Candidates Harry William Cater Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	Burrows	1	1	0
Candidates Ben Hanuschak Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Carillon	1	1	1
Candidates Albert A Préfontaine Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Charleswood	1	1	0
Candidates Demetre Mastoris Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Churchill	1	1	0
Candidates Douglas MacLachlan Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Concordia	2	2	0
Candidates Josephine Young, Charles D Henry Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Apr 1988)
	Cypress (MB)	1	1	0
Candidates Andrew Moore Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	Dauphin	1	1	0
Candidates George Hastings Palmer Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	Deloraine	2	2	1
Candidates Hugh McKenzie, R Barrett Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Jul 1936) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Dufferin	1	1	1
Candidates John Alfred Munn Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Ellice	2	2	0
Candidates Adam Klym, Alex Arenson Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986)
	Elmwood	1	1	0
Candidates Curtis Bloodworth Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Emerson	2	2	1
Candidates Robert Franklin Curran, Jack Thiessen Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Ethelbert	1	1	1
Candidates Nicholas Apoluner Hryhorczuk Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Fairford	1	1	1
Candidates Stuart Sinclair Garson Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Fisher	1	1	1
Candidates Nicholas V Bachynsky Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Fort Garry	1	1	0
Candidates James D Goodridge Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Fort Rouge	2	2	0
Candidates Joseph Boyce, Gordon Pratt Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Apr 1988)
	Gilbert Plains	1	1	1
Candidates Arthur Ritchie Berry Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Gimli	2	2	1
Candidates Ingimar Ingaldson, Pat Bazan Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Gladstone	1	1	1
Candidates William Morton Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Glenwood	1	1	0
Candidates Samuel Forrest Thompson Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	Hamiota	1	1	1
Candidates Thomas Wolstenholme Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Iberville	1	1	1
Candidates Arthur Rivers Boivin Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Inkster	2	2	0
Candidates Sidney Green, Lester Landry Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986)
	Kildonan	3	4	0
Candidates Dan Tokarz, Ben Hanuschak, Sidney Green Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986), MB (Apr 1988), MB (Sep 1990)
	Kildonan-St. Andrews	1	1	0
Candidates Charles Albert Tanner Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	Killarney	1	1	0
Candidates Andrew Foster Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	La Verendrye / La Vérendrye	2	2	1
Candidates Philippe Adjutor Talbot, Alphonse Fournier Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Lakeside	2	2	1
Candidates Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Hubert John McCaw Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Logan	1	1	0
Candidates Art Potvin Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Manitou	1	1	0
Candidates George Compton Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	Minnedosa	1	1	1
Candidates Norman W Shuttleworth Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Morden-Rhineland	1	1	1
Candidates John Henry Black Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Morris	1	1	1
Candidates William Reid Clubb Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Mountain	1	1	0
Candidates Charles Cannon Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	Norfolk	1	1	1
Candidates John Muirhead Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Osborne	2	2	0
Candidates George Buss, Alex J Mackenzie Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986)
	Pembina	1	2	0
Candidates John M Brooks Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986)
	Radisson	2	2	0
Candidates Joel Y Morassutti, Herold Driedger Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986)
	Rhineland	1	1	0
Candidates Jacob M Froese Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Riel	1	1	0
Candidates K Dino Kotis Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	River East	1	1	0
Candidates Lindsay Ulrich Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	River Heights	1	1	0
Candidates Janet Lundman Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Roblin	1	1	0
Candidates H H Simpson Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	Rockwood	1	1	1
Candidates William Clarke McKinnell Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Rossmere	1	1	0
Candidates Merv Unger Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Rupertsland	2	2	1
Candidates Herbert Grahame Beresford, Frances Thompson Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Russell	1	1	1
Candidates Isaac Griffiths Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Selkirk	2	2	0
Candidates Maxwell G Hofford, Raye Porhownik Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986)
	Seven Oaks	1	1	0
Candidates Morely Golden Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Springfield	2	2	0
Candidates Clifford Barclay, Dennis Sweatman Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981)
	St. Boniface	3	3	0
Candidates H Laurendeau, Don Forsyth, James Jackson Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986)
	St. Clements	1	1	1
Candidates Robert Alexander Hoey Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	St. George	1	1	0
Candidates Albert E Kristjansson Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	St. James	2	3	0
Candidates Harvey Nerbas, Charles Lamont Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986), MB (Apr 1988)
	St. Johns	2	3	0
Candidates Bernie Bellan, Cyril Fogel Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986), MB (Apr 1988)
	St. Norbert	1	1	0
Candidates Allan S H Yap Elections MB (Nov 1981)
	Ste. Rose	2	2	1
Candidates Maurice Dane MacCarthy, Valerie J Wilson Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Swan River	2	2	1
Candidates Andrew McCleary, George Simpson Elections MB (Jun 1927), MB (Nov 1981) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	The Pas	1	1	1
Candidates John Bracken Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Transcona	2	2	0
Candidates Albert Smaczylo, Thomas A Bunn Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Sep 1990)
	Turtle Mountain	1	1	0
Candidates Duncan Henderson Elections MB (Jun 1927)
	Tuxedo	1	1	0
Candidates David Pearlman Elections MB (Mar 1986)
	Virden	1	1	1
Candidates Robert Henry Mooney Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927)
	Winnipeg (MB)	4	1	2
Candidates William James Major, Edward W Montgomery, Royal Burritt, Max Steinkopf Elections MB (Jun 1927) Wins MB (Jun 1927), MB (Jun 1927)
	Wolseley	4	4	0
Candidates Murdoch McKay, Sidney Green, Derek Shettler, Gordon Pratt Elections MB (Nov 1981), MB (Mar 1986), MB (Apr 1988), MB (Sep 1990)

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