Labor-Progressive Party candidates in the 1945 Canadian federal election

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The Labor-Progressive Party ran 68 candidates in the 1945 federal election. One candidate, Fred Rose, was elected. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

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Alberta

Vegreville: William Halina

William Halina was a frequent candidate for the Labor-Progressive Party and its antecedents, running twice at the federal level and twice at the provincial level. He described himself as an accountant in the 1940 election, and as a manager in 1945. [1]

Electoral record
ElectionDivisionPartyVotes %PlaceWinner
1935 provincial Vermilion Communist 8383/5 William Fallow, Social Credit
1940 federal Vegreville United Progressive 2,72719.383/4 Anthony Hlynka, Social Credit
1944 provincial Edmonton Labor-Progressive 49614/18 Ernest Charles Manning, Elmer Ernest Roper, John Percy Page, William F. Williams, Norman B. James
1945 federal Vegreville Labor-Progressive 3,27219.373/4 Anthony Hlynka, Social Credit

Note: Provincial elections in Alberta were determined by a single transferable ballot in this period, and Edmonton elected five members. The results listed above refer only to the first round totals.

Wetaskiwin: Henry Lundgren

Henry Lundgren was a farmer. [2] He received 546 votes (3.00%), finishing fifth against Social Credit incumbent Norman Jaques.

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References

  1. VEGREVILLE (1940/03/26), History of Federal Ridings since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 29 August 2009; VEGREVILLE (1945/06/11), History of Federal Ridings since 1867, Parliament of Canada, accessed 29 August 2009.
  2. History of Federal Ridings since 1945: WETASKIWIN (1945/06/11), Parliament of Canada, accessed 23 July 2009.