The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) ran 205 candidates in the 1945 federal election, of whom 28 were elected. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Alberta
Vegreville: Michael Tomyn
Michael Tomyn was a teacher, historian, writer and municipal politician. He was the mayor of Mundare in the 1950s, when it was officially upgraded from a town to a village.Ann Hoang, Museum celebrates Ukrainians , Western Catholic Reporter, 8 May 2000, accessed 29 August 2009. He received 1,668 votes (9.87%) in 1945, finishing fourth against Social Credit incumbent Anthony Hlynka.
Wetaskiwin: William Albert Stevens
William Albert Stevens was a farmer.History of Federal Ridings since 1867: WETASKIWIN (1945/06/11), Parliament of Canada, accessed 24 July 2009.
The Canadian Parliamentary Guide lists a "W. Stevens" as having contested the 1935 provincial election in Wetaskiwin as a candidate of the CCF-affiliated United Farmers of Alberta. For the purposes of this biography, it is assumed that this is the same person. Also, the CCF candidate for Wetaskiwin in the 1949 federal election was a teacher named "Wilbert A. Stevens". It is assumed that this is either a relative of William Albert Stevens, or that his name was improperly transcribed.
+ Electoral record Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1935 provincial Wetaskiwin United Farmers 506 3/4 John Wingblade, Social Credit 1945 federal Wetaskiwin Cooperative Commonwealth 3,969 21.77 2/5 Norman Jaques, Social Credit
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