# Springfield (federal electoral district)

Springfield was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1914 from parts of the Selkirk and Provencher ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Churchill, Portage, Provencher, Selkirk and Winnipeg North ridings.
Springfield was a swing riding, often returning members of the Liberal, Progressive Conservative, and New Democratic parties and their historical equivalents. The riding was most recently held by NDP MP Ed Schreyer, before it was dissolved into surrounding ridings.

## Election results
### 1965

1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | SCHREYER, Ed | 8,001 |
| Progressive Conservative | SLOGAN, Joe | 7,246 |
| Liberal | BILYNSKY, Wm. | 4,104 |
| Social Credit | LUINING, Robert H. | 1,085 |
| NDP gain from PC | NDP gain from PC | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1963

1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | SLOGAN, Joe | 9,552 |
| Liberal | WARREN, Archie | 5,532 |
| New Democratic | SYMS, Frank | 3,648 |
| Social Credit | LUINING, Robert H. | 1,358 |
| PC hold | PC hold | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1962

1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | SLOGAN, Joe | 8,052 |
| Liberal | WARREN, Archie | 5,248 |
| New Democratic | SCHULZ, Jake | 4,960 |
| Social Credit | REMPEL, Bernie | 1,669 |
| PC hold | PC hold | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1958 by-election

This by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent MP Val Yacula, on 24 September 1958. The riding was held for the Progressive Conservatives by Joseph Slogan.
By-election on 15 December 1958 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | SLOGAN, Joe | 4,248 |
| Liberal | WESELAK, Anton Bernard | 3,757 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | SCHULZ, Jake | 3,446 |
| PC hold | PC hold | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1958

1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | YACULA, Val | 7,045 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | SCHULZ, Jake | 4,962 |
| Liberal | WESELAK, Anton Bernard | 3,491 |
| Social Credit | GROSS, John William | 1,125 |
| PC gain from CCF | PC gain from CCF | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1957

1957 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | SCHULZ, Jake | 5,949 |
| Liberal | WESELAK, Anton Bernard | 4,453 |
| Social Credit | SCHLAMP, Lawrence Paul | 3,558 |
| Progressive Conservative | YACULA, Val | 1,684 |
| CCF gain | CCF gain | Swing | Swing | Liberal- |

### 1953

1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | WESELAK, Anton Bernard | 6,240 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | DEGRAFF, Frank Jacob | 1,878 |
| Social Credit | TRAPP, Paul Gottfried | 1,221 |
| Progressive Conservative | | SLOGAN, Joseph | 1,201 |
| Independent Liberal | SINNOTT, John Sylvester | 1,068 |
| Labor–Progressive | BILESKI, Andrew | 469 |
| Independent | BIBEROVICH, Ladislaus | 293 |
| Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1949

1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | SINNOTT, John Sylvester | 8,253 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | WASYLYK, Harry | 4,418 |
| Progressive Conservative | BODIE, J. Leslie | 3,494 |
| Labor–Progressive | BILESKI, Andrew | 1,117 |
| Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1945

1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | SINNOTT, John Sylvester | 5,376 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | DONELEYKO, Wilbert | 4,797 |
| Labor–Progressive | BILESKI, Andrew | 2,400 |
| Progressive Conservative | BETHEL, Clarence Henry | 2,308 |
| Social Credit | MCLEOD, Alexander James Harper | 1,783 |
| Independent | ABBOTT, Charles Leo | 231 |
| Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1940

1940 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | TURNER, John Mouat | 7,462 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | KNOWLES, Stanley Howard | 7,018 |
| National Government | FINLAYSON, Roderick Kenneth | 3,311 |

### 1935

1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | TURNER, John Mouat | 3,564 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | SULKERS, Herbert | 3,117 |
| Liberal–Progressive | STRYK, Nicholas John | 2,998 |
| Conservative | TAYLOR, Louis Lawrence | 2,351 |
| Reconstruction | DOYLE, Arthur M. | 1,667 |
| Independent Liberal | MCMURRAY, Joseph Henry | 478 |
| Independent | ZAHARYCHUK, Andrew | 280 |
| Liberal gain from Conservative (historical) | Liberal gain from Conservative (historical) | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1930

1930 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | HAY, Thomas | 5,446 |
| Liberal–Progressive | BISSETT, Edgar Douglas Richmond | 3,617 |
| Labour | LANGE, Frederick William | 1,106 |
| Independent Liberal | ROSS, Donald Andrew | 511 |
| Independent Liberal | GRABOWSKI, Stanley | 307 |
| Conservative (historical) gain from Liberal–Progressive | Conservative (historical) gain from Liberal–Progressive | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1926

1926 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal–Progressive | BISSETT, Edgar Douglas Richmond | 3,852 |
| Conservative | HAY, Thomas | 2,638 |
| Labour | DUNN, Thomas Herbert | 1,375 |
| Liberal–Progressive gain from Conservative (historical) | Liberal–Progressive gain from Conservative (historical) | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1926

1925 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Conservative | HAY, Thomas | 2,259 |
| Liberal | BISSETT, Edgar Douglas Richmond | 1,724 |
| Progressive | HOLLAND, John | 1,665 |
| Conservative (historical) gain from Progressive | Conservative (historical) gain from Progressive | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1921

1921 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive | HOEY, Robert Alexander | 5,779 |
| Liberal | MOLLOY, Thomas Boniface | 4,382 |
| Conservative | SUTHERLAND, Alexander Douglas | 2,234 |
| Progressive gain from Unionist | Progressive gain from Unionist | Swing | Swing | - |

### 1917

1917 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Government (Unionist) | RICHARDSON, Robert Lorne | 5,870 |
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | CHARETTE, Guillaume Joseph | 3,781 |
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