Winnipeg city elections 1940-1990s - who were elected under Proportional Representation and then later?

(sequel to Montopedia blog "Winnipeg city elections 1920-1939")

1940s

x1940s Councillors

Blumberg John "Jack" Labour  1920-(1950) ? (1950)-1956 (Jew)

Cooney, Leslie on council 1941-1942 [nothing known about him]

Fines, Gordon Richard (1911-1990) 1954-1960, 1967-1971

Fisher,  A.H.  1948-1949

Flye,  Thomas (1874-1943) Labour 1922-1943

Forkin, Martin “Joe”  Jr. Communist  1935-1951, 1961-1962

Glassco,   John Girdlestone  (1879-1948) 1945-1946

Graham,  Colwell Esson “Charlie”  (1886-1959)     1946-1951

Gray,  Morris Abraham  (1887-1966) 1931-1942

Harvey,  John Gurzon (1906-1970) 1945-1970

Hesson,  Hilda (1883-1968) 1940-1947 woman

Knowles,  Stanley Howard (1908-1997) on council 1941-1942 CCF

McKelvey  Howard V.  (c1911-1958) 1947-1958

McLean   Daniel   (1868-1950) 1907-1910, 1921-1927, 1931-1932, 1935-1942

Morrison,  Henry Cyrus “Harry”  (?-?) 1937-1948

Penner,  Jacob  (1880-1968) on council 1934-1940, 1943-1952, 1954-1961 Communist (see his entry in 1930s for biographical details)

Petley, John Petley 1940-1941 [nothing known on him]

Sara, Richard Allan   (1888-1963) 1937-1944  [nothing known on him]

Scott, Henry Baird “Hank”  (1898-1972) on council 1943-1958 (P-C MLA Winnipeg Centre, 1953-1958)

Scraba, William (1907-1971) 1941-1946  "He served on the Winnipeg School Board (1935) and the Winnipeg city council. (Liberal Coalition MLA 1945-1949)

Sharpe, George Edward  (1908-1985)    on council 1947-1954 (Mayor 1955-1956)

Simonite, Charles Edward  (1879-1973)   on council 1930-1933, 1936-1955 (businessman)

Simpkin,  James  (1875-1946)  Labour on council 1923-1946

Smith,  Charles Rhodes  (1896-1993)   on council 1935-1941 (lawyer)

St. John,  Jack  (1906-1965)   on council 1944-1953 Ward Two (Liberal-Progressive MLA 1953-1958) (As MLA, he led the attacks against the ban on coloured margarine and against CBC’s Winnipeg monopoly.)

Stepnuk,  J.     on council 1942-1949

Stinson, Lloyd Cleworth (1904-1976)   on council 1943-1944, 1964-1971 CCF

Thompson, Frederick George  (1886-1972)   on council   1936-1943

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1940s Labour councillors by councillor/year

Blumberg John "Jack" Labour  1920-(1950) ? (1950)-1956 (Jew)   10

Forkin, Martin “Joe”  Jr. (1899-1962) Communist  1935-1951, 1961-1962   10

Flye, Thomas (1874-1943) Labour 1922-1943   4

Knowles,  Stanley Howard (1908-1997) on council 1941-1942 CCF  2

Penner  Jacob Penner (1880-1968) 1934-1940, 1943-1952, 1954-1961    8

Simpkin, James on council 1923-1946  6

Stinson, Lloyd Cleworth (1904-1976) 1943-1944, 1964-1971 CCF     2

Labour total:     41 out of 180 councillor/years

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1940

Mayor: John Queen (CCF)

Aldermanic:

1941

Mayor: John Queen (CCF)

Aldermanic:

Anderson Victor Bjorn Anderson (1882-1970) Labour 1933-1936, 1940-1954

Black  James Black on council 1942-1953 [nothing known about him]

1942

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C. (would serve 1943-1954)

Aldermanic:

Ernest A. Brotman ( 1899-1986) on council 1943-1950, 1967-1971

"He served on the Winnipeg city council (1943-1950, 1967-1971) and was instrumental in having the city assume ownership of the Playhouse Theatre ." 1953 prov election Ind-Liberal Winnipeg North

1943

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

Jack St. John    Ward Two  (business)

Victor Bjorn Anderson (1882-1970) Labour 1933-1936, 1940-1954

James Black on council 1942-1953 [nothing known about him]

1944

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

Ernest A. Brotman ( 1899-1986) on council 1943-1950, 1967-1971

"He served on the Winnipeg city council (1943-1950, 1967-1971) and was instrumental in having the city assume ownership of the Playhouse Theatre ." 1953 prov election Ind-Liberal Winnipeg North

1945

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

Anderson   Victor Bjorn Anderson (1882-1970) Labour 1933-1936, 1940-1954

Black     James Black on council 1942-1953 [nothing known about him]

Jack St. John Ward Two  (business)

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elections moved to late October, says WCA (before this, elections held in November, but at first in January then in December)

(but probably the terms of service that are listed here still assume start of term at start of next calendar year.)

1946

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

Ernest A. Brotman ( 1899-1986) on council 1943-1950, 1967-1971

"He served on the Winnipeg city council (1943-1950, 1967-1971) and was instrumental in having the city assume ownership of the Playhouse Theatre ." 1953 prov election Ind-Liberal Winnipeg North

Frank Leslie Chester (1901-1966) on council 1947-1950 Liberal

"He owned Chester’s Hardware in Winnipeg. He was first elected to city council for Ward Three in 1946, serving until 1950, and was elected Liberal MLA from Winnipeg North in the 1949 provincial general election ."

1947

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

Victor Bjorn Anderson (1882-1970) Labour 1933-1936, 1940-1954

Jack St. John Ward Two  (business)

James Black on council 1942-1953 [nothing known about him]

1948

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

Ernest A. Brotman ( 1899-1986) on council 1943-1950, 1967-1971 "He served on the Winnipeg city council (1943-1950, 1967-1971) and was instrumental in having the city assume ownership of the Playhouse Theatre ." 1953 prov election Ind-Liberal Winnipeg North

1949

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

Anderson     Victor Bjorn Anderson (1882-1970) Labour 1933-1936, 1940-1954

Black     James Black on council 1942-1953 [nothing known about him]

Jack St. John Ward Two  (business)

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1950s

NDP label used in city elections?

x1950s  Councillors

Blumberg John "Jack" Labour  1920-(1950) ? (1950)-1956 (Jew) 

Chisholm, D.  on council 1956-1957 [nothing known about him]

Coulter,  James Arthur  (1916-2005) on council 1959-1960

Cowan, James  (1914-1997) on council 1955-1958

Crawford,  Frederick Walter  (1889-1967) on council 1955-1964

Cropo,  Joseph  on council 1965-1971

Fines,   Gordon Richard  (1911-1990) 1954-1960, 1967-1971

Fisher,  A.H.  1948-1949

Forkin,  Martin “Joe Jr.  Communist 1935-1951, 1961-1962

Goodman, Paul W.  (1905-1959) 1954-1959 (Lib candidate 1958, 1959 prov. election)

Graham,  Colwell Esson “Charlie”  (1886-1959)     1946-1951

Hallonquist,  Ernest Eskil  (1899-1952) 1943-1952

Hallonquist, Lillian Margaret Travers  (1901-1985) 1953-1971

Harvey,  John Gurzon  (1906-1970) 1945-1970

MacLeod,  George Peterkin (1893-1961) 1951-1952

McCreery, Jane Dagg McGovern “Maude”  (1890-1983) 1950-1957

McDiarmid, Malcolm  1958-1959

McKelvey,  Howard V. McKelvey (c1911-1958) 1947-1958

Mulligan, David Adrian (1893-1981) 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1953-1954, 1956, 1958-1967

Orlikow, David  (1919-1998) on council 1951-1958 (school trustee 1945-1951; city councillor 1951-1958; NDP MLA 1958-1962; NDP MP 1973-1988)

Penner  Jacob (1880-1968) 1934-1940, 1943-1952, 1954-1961 Communist

Simonite,   Charles Edward  (1879-1973) 1930-1933, 1936-1955

Spence, Charles Harold (1925-1987) 1959-1961

Stanley, Mirus “Stan” Carrick (1911-1982) on council 1953-1954, 1956-1957 [nothing known about him]

Stevens, Hugh Leonard  (1922-2001) CCF/NDP on council 1958-1959 (school trustee)

Taraska,  Peter Stanley  (1907-1984) 1951-1962 Ind. [had been recruited as ethnic candidate to run for school board by Citizens but then ignored by the group so ran as Ind. (Wichern, "Winnipeg's Civic...)]

Tennant,  Edith Irene (1898-1989) 1958-1967 woman

Wagner, Frank  1952-1953, 1955-1958

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1950s Labour on council

Blumberg John "Jack" Labour  1920-(1950) ? (1950)-1956 (Jew)   5?

Forkin,  Martin “Joe Jr.  Communist 1935-1951, 1961-1962l

Penner  Jacob (1880-1968) 1934-1940, 1943-1952, 1954-1961 Communist

Stevens, Hugh Leonard  (1922-2001) CCF/NDP on council 1958-1959

1950

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

1951

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

Anderson, Victor Bjorn Anderson  Labour 1933-1936, 1940-1954

Black        James Black on council 1942-1953 [nothing known about him]

Gordon Campbell Chown 1922-2002) on council 1952-1955 Conservative "He served as President of the Young Conservatives of Manitoba (1951), Alderman of Winnipeg (1952 to 1955), elected to the House of Commons ( 1957 , 1958 , 1962 ) for Winnipeg South, serving as Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons (1962 to 1963)."

Jack St. John Ward Two  (business)

1952

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

1953

Mayor: Garnet Coulter, Q.C.

Aldermanic:

Victor Bjorn Anderson Labour elected just for one year? (on council 1933-1936, 1940-1954)

Gordon Campbell Chown 1922-2002) on council 1952-1955 Conservative

1954

Mayor: George Sharpe (served mayor 1955-56)

Aldermanic:

Albert Edward Bennett (1906-1968) 1955-1960 "He served on the Winnipeg city council from 1955 to 1960, during which time he was involved in the development of the Disraeli Freeway and the 999 emergency telephone number, and served as a member of the Winnipeg Police Commission. He was a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1959 provincial general election ."

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may have moved election date to November. Term now three years

1955? [Term now three years]

1956 [Term now three years]

Mayor: Stephen Juba

Stephen Juba   (1914-1993)

Born as Stephen Dziuba in Winnipeg in 1914. He founded Keystone Supply, a wholesale firm, in 1944. Twice elected as Independent MLA. In 1954 he was one of four elected in Winnipeg Centre - served to 1958. In 1958 he was elected in Logan - served to 1959. Mayor of Winnipeg 1957-1959, 1960-1971 mayor of Greater Winnipeg, 1971-1977 Mayor of Metro-City. Coming out of Winnipeg's multi-ethnic North End, his elections were notice that the WASP control of Winnipeg was over. An opponent of the Unicity scheme. As the Unicity's first mayor, he sabotaged the proposed cabinet government  structure for the Unicity council and forcing the continuation of the Mayor as a strong executive official independent of the city councillors. 1981 ran as Independent in provincial election in Logan district, not elected.

Aldermanic:

1957? [Term now three years]

Aldermen:

Albert Edward Bennett (1906-1968) on council 1955-1960. Conservative  During his time on council he was involved in the development of the Disraeli Freeway and the 999 emergency telephone number. A member of the Winnipeg Police Commission. Progressive-Conservative candidate in the 1959 provincial general election

1958? [Term now three years]

Mayor:

Aldermanic:

Avery   Henry Charles "Charlie" Avery (1909-1992) 1959-1960 (Liberal Party, well-to -do)

Cherniack,  Saul Mark  on council 1959-1960 NDP

Saul Mark Cherniack served as a trustee on the Winnipeg School Board (1950-1954), councillor for the Town of Winnipeg Beach (1958-1959), alderman on the Winnipeg City Council (1959-1960), and councillor for the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (1960-1962). NDP MLA 1962-1981. In 1969, the NDP was elected to government. Cherniack was named Minister of Finance. He was the cabinet minister responsible for amalgamating the old City of Winnipeg, which by then was already expanded and renamed "Greater Winnipeg", with its suburbs into a “Unicity”  in 1971.

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1960s

x1960-1971   Councillors

Bowyer, K.G.  (?-1961) on council 1961 [nothing known about him]

Cherniack,  Saul Mark  on council 1959-1960 NDP

Coulter,  James Arthur (1916-2005) on council 1959-1960

Crawford  Frederick Walter Crawford (1889-1967) on council 1955-1964

Cropo,  Joseph on council 1965-1971

Danzker,   Mark Harold  (1902-1995) 1960-1968  (Lib candidate 1969)

Eliason, Magnus  (1911-2005) Labour elected in 1968 in Ward Two. served 1969-1971 Proud of his work on low-income housing and the preservation of heritage buildings.  (CCF)

Enns,  Ernest J. 1961-1968

Forkin,   Martin “Joe”  Jr. Labour (Communist) 1935-1951, 1961-1962

Harvey,  John Gurzon  (1906-1970) 1945-1970

Hind, Terrance John  (1920-2007) 1962-1965

Malanchuk,  Nick  1970-1971

McGarva, William “Bill”  (1906-1991) 1961-1968  (P-C candidate Wellington 1969)

McLeod, Grant  (1900-1976) Labour 1962-1963, 1965-1966 (participated in WGS. President of Typographers Union Local 191. Member of Winnipeg and District Labour Council for 50 years.)

Moffatt,    Robert E.  1965-1967

Mulligan, David Adrian  (1893-1981) 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1953-1954, 1956, 1958-1967

Parashin,   Paul  1959-1971

Penner, Jacob 1934-1940, 1943-1952, 1954-1961 Communist (Ward 3) (for biographical info see his entry in 1930s)

Rebchuk, Slaw  (1907-1996) 1950-1971

Samson   J. V.  1960-1961

Spence, Charles Harold  (1925-1987) 1959-1961

Swailes, Donovan (1892-1984)  Labour    on council 1960-1969

Taft, Robert Tremaine (1904-1990) Cit. 1968-1971 (Ward 1), re-elected in Unicity council election in 1971

Tennant,  Edith Irene (1898-1989) 1958-1967 woman

Trueman, Inez Geneva Gandrud (1917-2015) on council 1968-1969. Woman. Conservative. "She became involved in community life, serving as President of the Junior League of Winnipeg (1951-1952), Central Volunteer Bureau (1954-1956), and Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (1965-1967). She was a Winnipeg city councillor for River Heights (1968-1969) and elected in 1969 as MLA for Fort Rouge (1968-1973) but was defeated in 1973 . She ran in the 1980 federal election " ran as P-C

Turk, Alexander  (1906-1988) 1963-1964

Wade, Alan C.  (1923-2013) 1963-1964, 1966-1971

Wolch, Isadore “Issy” (1908-2006) 1963-1968

Zuken, Joseph  (1912-1986) 1962-1971 Communist

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1960s Labour/CCF/Communist    by councillor/year

Cherniack,  Saul Mark  on council 1959-1960 NDP   1

Eliason, Magnus  (1911-2005) Labour elected in 1968 in Ward Two. served 1969-1971   1

Forkin,   Martin “Joe”  Jr. Communist 1935-1951, 1961-1962     2

McLeod, Grant (1900-1976) Labour 1962-1963, 1965-1966    4

Penner, Jacob 1934-1940, 1943-1952, 1954-1961 Communist (Ward 3)   2

Swailes, Donovan  Labour on council 1960-1969    10

Joe Zuken Communist   on council 1962-1983  9

                                Labour total   29 council/years out of 180

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March 26, 1960 Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg incorporated.

1960? [Term now three years]

Aldermanic:

T. Blaine on council 1961-1962 [nothing known about him]

[1960?] Leonard Harold Claydon (1915-1971) on council 1961-1968, [delete this?]1969-1971[?]. (P-C MLA 1969-1971 (ended by death))

1961? [Term now three years]

Mayor:

Aldermanic:

Anderson  Ernest Robert Andrew “Ernie” Anderson (1901-1977) 1961 [by-election?]

McLeod, Grant (1900-1976) Labour 1962-1963, 1965-1966 (participated in WGS. President of Typographers Union Local 191. Member of Winnipeg and District Labour Council for 50 years.)

Joe Zuken Communist   on council 1962-1983

A long-time Communist, Zuken served on the Winnipeg School Board from 1942 to 1962, and was a Winnipeg city councillor from 1962 to his retirement in 1983. He also ran unsuccessfully in the 1945, 1949, and 1953 federal elections, in the 1945 provincial election, and in the 1979 mayoral election.

Joe Zuken (1912-1986)

Born in Ukraine

Called both a “gadfly” and the conscience of city council, Zuken was noted for his concern for the underdog, and never voted for a city budget because he claimed they did not help the poor and unemployed. He was a supporter of low rental housing and a champion of Seven Oaks Hospital. For much of his political career he was attacked for his radical ideas, but by the time he retired from public office, many of his proposals, such as free textbooks for school children, kindergarten, increased public housing, and urban development, had come to be accepted.

1963 [Term now three years]

[1963?] Leonard Harold Claydon (1915-1971) on council 1961-1968, 1969-1971 P-C MLA 1969-1971 (ended by death)

[Grant McLeod service on council interrupted in 1964]

1964? [Term now three years]

Mayor:

Aldermanic:

McLeod  Grant McLeod (1900-1976) Labour 1962-1963, 1965-1966 (participated in WGS. President of Typographers Union Local 191. Member of Winnipeg and District Labour Council for 50 years.)

1966? [Term now three years]

[1966?] Ernest A. Brotman (1899-1986) on council 1943-1950, 1967-1971

"He served on the Winnipeg city council (1943-1950, 1967-1971) and was instrumental in having the city assume ownership of the Playhouse Theatre ." 1953 prov election Ind-Liberal Winnipeg North

Claydon  [1966?] Leonard Harold Claydon (1915-1971) on council 1961-1968 [1967?], 1969-1971 (P-C MLA 1969-1971 (ended by death))

1967? [Term now three years]

Mayor:

Aldermanic:

1968?

Leonard Harold Claydon (1915-1971) on council 1961-1968, 1969-1971 P-C MLA 1969-1971 (ended by death)

1969 new provincial government

In 1969, the NDP was elected to government. Former Winnipeg city councillor Saul Cherniack  was named Minister of Finance. He moved to amalgamate the old City of Winnipeg, which by then was already expanded and renamed "Greater Winnipeg", with its suburbs into a “Unicity”  in 1971.

The mayor of Winnipeg, the largest entity in the proposed amalgamation, opposed the scheme. Oddly enough, Stephen Juba would be elected the first mayor in the new Unicity.

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1970-1971

1969 election

1970? [Term now three years]

Mayor:

Aldermanic:

Westbury, June Alwyn (1921-2004) 1970-1971 woman

Steen, Warren J.  (1940-2009) 1970-1971

Steen, Robert Ashley (1933-1979) 1971

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Unicity scheme

NDP government's scheme of A Unicity covering Winnipeg and 12 surrounding municipalities

It was an extension of the amalgamatoion that had produced  the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg only 11 years earlier.

Under the Unicity scheme, there would be a mayor and 50 part-time councillors. Yes, 50! These councillors were  to be elected one in each ward. This was FPTP with a vengeance.

1971 October 6 - Election of the first Council of the new Unified City of Winnipeg. Proportional representation elections replaced by plurality elections every three years, for mayor and councillors.

Unicity election October 6, 1971

Sept. 16 1971   Calgary Herald   p. 21discussing Winnipeg election to be held on October 6 1971.Winnipeg election 1971 mayor and 50 councillorrs to be elected, one in each wardto take over from 12 existing municipalities and the 11-year-old Metropolitan Corporation of Greater WinnipegCandidates for mayor    (all independents)Stephen Juba, mayor since 1956,  who was opposed to the metro government plan, Jack Willis.metro councillor William Hutton former president of Manitoba NDPWinnipeg businessman Gordon AndersonPete Shewenk 25 yoa mechanic from North Kildonancouncil candidates elected from wards of about 10,000 people eachmayor elected at large three year term1974 mayor to be elected from among councillors (by coucnillors?)329,000 voters eligible to vote307 candidates for mayor, councillor, school board trustees164 candidate for 49 seats on new councilone elected by acclamation in Wildwood wardat least three candidatres in most other wards, with eight  in each of two suburban wardsfive mayor candidates are Independent but more than half of others are running under party labels

The NDP, following on party's first-ever urban policy convention last month, ran 39 candidates and endorsed at least three Independents.The Independent Citizens Election Committee was a loose alliance of citizens' group devoted to keeping provincial party labels out of city hall.ICEC ran candidates in 48 wards The Labour Election Committee, the Communist Party's municipal arm, is backed eight candidates, including incumbent City of Winnipeg alderman Joseph Zuken.

Election results

Zuken elected (he would continue to sit on city council until his retirement in 1983.)

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1992 October 28 - Susan A. Thompson became the first woman to be elected as Mayor of Winnipeg.

mayor

Steve Juba elected

Aldermanic

Taft, Robert Tremaine (1904-1990) Cit. 1968-1971 (Ward 1), re-elected in Unicity council election in 1971

Later reductions in size of Unicity council

The number of councillors were reduced to 29 part-time councilors in 1977. [1] It was then further reduced to 15 full-time councillors in 1991 when the Government of Manitoba passed Bill 68. It took effect in the 1992 municipal election and has stayed the same for subsequent elections. [2]

Winnipeg City Archives = WCA