# 1941 Macdonald Brier

The 1941 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 7, 1941 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario.
Team Alberta, who was skipped by Howard Palmer won the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play with an 8-1 record. This was Alberta's third Brier championship.
This would be the last time to date that Toronto would host the Brier. As of 2024, Toronto still holds the record for hosting the most Briers with 14.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Alberta | British Columbia | Manitoba | New Brunswick | Northern Ontario |
| Calgary CC, Calgary Skip: Howard Palmer Third: Jack Lebeau Second: Arthur Gooder Lead: St. Clair Webb | Vancouver CC, Vancouver Skip: Billy Finlay Third: Roland David Second: Frederick Tinling Lead: William LeSage | Strathcona CC, Winnipeg Skip: Al Wakefield Third: Douglas Adams Second: Lionel Francis Lead: Winston Anders | Thistle CC, Saint John Skip: Johnny Malcolm Third: Donald Cameron Second: Harry Magee Lead: Nicholas Rockwell | Kirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake Skip: Don Best Third: J.C. Tuck Second: Thomas Rushworth Lead: George Sayles |
| Nova Scotia | Ontario | Prince Edward Island | Quebec | Saskatchewan |
| Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth Skip: Fred Heath Third: Duncan Campbell Second: L.M. Adamson Lead: Lyle Hopkins | Kitchener Granite CC, Kitchener Skip: Perry Hall Third: J.A. Lucas Second: Arthur Lehnen Lead: William Henderson Jr. | Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Russ Cruikshank Third: Gordon Hughes Second: Philip Cobb Lead: Harry Sear | Quebec CC, Quebec City Skip: Charlie Handley Third: Edmond Stamand Second: Hebert DuChene Lead: Samuel Trueman | Kinley CC, Kinley Skip: Bill Dunbar Third: James McMahon Second: James Beckett Lead: A.E. McMahon |

## Round robin standings

Key :
* Brier champion
| Province | Skip | W | L | PF | PA |
| Alberta | Howard Palmer | 8 | 1 | 124 | 68 |
| Ontario | Perry Hall | 7 | 2 | 112 | 82 |
| Saskatchewan | Bill Dunbar | 6 | 3 | 87 | 79 |
| Northern Ontario | Don Best | 6 | 3 | 104 | 80 |
| Manitoba | Al Wakefield | 5 | 4 | 90 | 79 |
| British Columbia | Billy Finlay | 5 | 4 | 92 | 83 |
| Nova Scotia | Fred Heath | 4 | 5 | 91 | 89 |
| Prince Edward Island | Russ Cruikshank | 2 | 7 | 89 | 109 |
| New Brunswick | Johnny Malcolm | 2 | 7 | 68 | 112 |
| Quebec | Charlie Handley | 0 | 9 | 54 | 130 |

## Round robin results
### Draw 1

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Handley) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| British Columbia (Finlay) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Manitoba (Wakefield) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Dunbar) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Nova Scotia (Heath) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Malcolm) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Ontario (Hall) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |

### Draw 2

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Saskatchewan (Dunbar) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Wakefield) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Nova Scotia (Heath) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| British Columbia (Finlay) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Handley) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ontario (Hall) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| New Brunswick (Malcolm) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

### Draw 3

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| British Columbia (Finlay) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Nova Scotia (Heath) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (Hall) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Saskatchewan (Dunbar) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Wakefield) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| New Brunswick (Malcolm) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Handley) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 |

### Draw 4

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Malcolm) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Dunbar) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Manitoba (Wakefield) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| British Columbia (Finlay) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (Hall) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Nova Scotia (Heath) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Quebec (Handley) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Draw 5

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Ontario (Hall) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Manitoba (Wakefield) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Dunbar) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Nova Scotia (Heath) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| New Brunswick (Malcolm) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| British Columbia (Finlay) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Quebec (Handley) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Draw 6

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Nova Scotia (Heath) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Ontario (Hall) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Handley) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Manitoba (Wakefield) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Dunbar) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| British Columbia (Finlay) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Malcolm) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 |

### Draw 7

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Ontario (Hall) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| British Columbia (Finlay) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Malcolm) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Quebec (Handley) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Saskatchewan (Dunbar) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Wakefield) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Nova Scotia (Heath) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |

### Draw 8

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Quebec (Handley) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Saskatchewan (Dunbar) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| Ontario (Hall) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Nova Scotia (Heath) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| New Brunswick (Malcolm) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| British Columbia (Finlay) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Manitoba (Wakefield) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |

### Draw 9

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Alberta (Palmer) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Manitoba (Wakefield) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Quebec (Handley) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| Ontario (Hall) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| British Columbia (Finlay) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Northern Ontario (Best) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Nova Scotia (Heath) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Saskatchewan (Dunbar) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| New Brunswick (Malcolm) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |