Labor-Progressive Party candidates in the 1945 Canadian federal election
Introduction 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.
[[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.+ '''Electoral record''' Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1935 provincial Vermilion Communist 838  3/5 William Fallow, Social Credit 1940 federal Vegreville United Progressive 2,727 	 19.38 3/4 Anthony Hlynka, Social Credit 1944 provincial Edmonton Labor-Progressive 496  14/18 Ernest Charles Manning, Elmer Ernest Roper, John Percy Page, William F. Williams, Norman B. James 1945 federal Vegreville Labor-Progressive 3,272 19.37 3/4 Anthony Hlynka, Social CreditNote: 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. He received 546 votes (3.00%), finishing fifth against Social Credit incumbent Norman Jaques.
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