The 1936 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 2 to 5, 1936 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario .[1] British Columbia and Prince Edward Island would participate, increasing the field from 8 to 10 teams. This arrangement remained until 1951 when Newfoundland was added to the Brier field.
Team Manitoba , who was skipped by Ken Watson , captured the Brier Tankard with a round robin record of 8-1. This was Manitoba's seventh Brier championship overall and the first of three titles for Watson as a skip . A tiebreaker game was played to determine the runner-up as both Team Alberta and Team New Brunswick finished the round robin with 7-2 records. Alberta defeated New Brunswick 8-6 in the tiebreaker to finish runner-up.
Watson's rink also set a Brier record for most points scored in a tournament (142) which still stands as of 2024 . Watson and his rink steamrolled through the competition thanks to their long slides, which caused controversy at the competition. Up until then, most curlers delivered their stones with a foot still in the hack, however the Watson rink slid out from the hack.[2] [3]
The teams are listed as follows:[4]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Northern Ontario
Granite CC , Edmonton Skip: George Wanless Third: Billy Rose Second: Dave Ritchie Lead: William Murray
Vancouver CC , Vancouver Skip: William Whalen Sr. Third: William Whalen Jr. Second: J.W. Nation Lead: W.R. Broatch
Strathcona CC , Winnipeg Skip: Ken Watson Third: Grant Watson Second: Marvin MacIntyre Lead: Charles Kerr
Campbellton CC , Campbellton Skip: Reginald Shives Third: Earl Mowatt Second: Frederick J. McRae Lead: Harold Perley
Haileybury CC , Haileybury Skip: Emmett Smith Third: Daniel Millar Second: William Beecroft Lead: Melvin Robb
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Halifax CC , Halifax Skip: Murray Macneill Third: J.R. Murphy Second: Charles Burchell Lead: A.L. Harrington
Sarnia CC , Sarnia Skip: Hector Cowan Third: William McCart Second: Alex Hayes Lead: Murray Chilton
Montague CC , Montague Skip: James McIntyre Third: C.K. Wightman Second: R.W. Beck Lead: I.A. Younker
Victoria CC , Quebec City Skip: C.B. Bignell Third: Gordon Ross Jr. Second: K.O. Baptist Lead: Lionel Roy
Regina CC , Regina Skip: Leslie Youngson Third: David Clayton Second: Charles Gardner Jr. Lead: C.A. McNevin
Round Robin standings
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Key
Brier champion
Teams to Tiebreaker
Round Robin results
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Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Cowan)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
Manitoba (Watson )4
0
4
1
3
0
4
1
2
1
0
1
21
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Youngson)0
0
3
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
12
Quebec (Bignell)
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Wanless)1
1
0
2
4
1
2
3
0
0
1
0
15
Nova Scotia (Macneill )
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
5
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Watson )2
0
2
0
0
2
0
3
2
2
1
0
14
Alberta (Wanless)
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Shives)1
0
1
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
3
11
Saskatchewan (Youngson)
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
2
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Whalen)0
0
2
0
0
0
4
2
1
3
1
0
13
Quebec (Bignell)
1
2
0
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
11
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Cowan)2
1
0
5
0
0
0
5
1
3
0
0
17
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)
0
0
1
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
3
1
10
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Wanless)0
2
1
0
2
4
0
2
0
4
0
1
16
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Cowan)2
0
3
2
0
1
0
2
1
3
4
1
19
Quebec (Bignell)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Wanless)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
4
New Brunswick (Shives)2
1
3
1
1
2
0
2
0
3
1
1
17
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Smith)3
1
0
3
2
0
0
0
3
1
3
0
16
Quebec (Bignell)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Macneill )
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
5
Ontario (Cowan)1
3
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
3
0
14
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Wanless)3
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
2
2
4
0
16
Saskatchewan (Youngson)
0
1
0
1
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Watson )3
0
3
1
0
2
3
0
2
2
2
5
23
Quebec (Bignell)
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Northern Ontario (Smith)
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
8
Ontario (Cowan)1
0
2
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
9
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Cowan)
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
9
New Brunswick (Shives)1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
4
0
2
0
11
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Whalen)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
3
0
9
Saskatchewan (Youngson)1
1
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Bignell)0
0
0
1
4
1
0
4
1
5
0
0
16
Prince Edward Island (McIntyre)
3
1
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
1
13
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Alberta (Wanless)0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
9
Northern Ontario (Smith)
1
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
8
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Youngson)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
5
Northern Ontario (Smith)1
0
3
1
1
2
1
3
0
1
0
1
14
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Whalen)0
0
3
0
1
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
10
Ontario (Cowan)
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Bignell)
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
7
Alberta (Wanless)2
0
0
1
0
2
4
0
3
0
0
2
14
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Youngson)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
7
Manitoba (Watson )2
2
0
3
0
4
2
0
1
0
0
1
15
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Shives)0
3
2
3
1
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
15
Quebec (Bignell)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
4
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Wanless)2
1
1
0
2
0
4
0
0
1
0
1
12
Ontario (Cowan)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Youngson)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
Ontario (Cowan)0
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
4
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Wanless)1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
5
0
0
2
11
British Columbia (Whalen)
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Bignell)3
0
1
0
5
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
14
Nova Scotia (Macneill )
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
3
3
0
1
0
12
Tiebreaker
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Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Wanless)1
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
8
New Brunswick (Shives)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
6
References
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Manitoba
Nova Scotia