The 1940 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 4 to 7, 1940 at the Winnipeg Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This was the first Brier to be held outside The Granite Club in Toronto as the Brier became more of a national event as it would travel around the country. Winnipeg was chosen to host the event after an invitation from the Manitoba Curling Association, and due to Manitoba's dominance at the Brier up to that point.[1][2]

1940 Macdonald Brier
Host cityWinnipeg, Manitoba
ArenaWinnipeg Amphitheatre
DatesMarch 4–7
Winner Manitoba
Curling clubGranite CC, Winnipeg
SkipHoward Wood Sr.
ThirdErnest Pollard
SecondHoward Wood Jr.
LeadRoy Enman
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Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Howard "Pappy" Wood, captured the Brier Tankard in their hometown by finishing undefeated in round robin play with a 9-0 record.[3] Wood had only assembled the team prior to deadline for entries for that year's MCA Bonspiel, which they ended up winning.[4]

The final draw attracted 5,000 fans, the largest attendance for a curling match up to that point.[5]

This was Manitoba's ninth Brier championship overall and the second time that Wood's rink won the Brier with their first coming in 1930 in a tiebreaker. This was also the fourth time that a Brier champion finished unbeaten.

In addition to being the first Brier outside Toronto, the Winnipeg Brier was the first to ban curlers from bringing their own stones to compete with. Stones also had coloured tops for the first time, to aid spectators in the arena to determine which team's rocks were which.[6] Also for the first time in Brier history, every team at the Brier had qualified via a provincial championship. At the time, every provincial championship except for New Brunswick was sponsored by Macdonald Tobacco's British Consols product. The New Brunswick championship was sponsored by Ganong Bros.[7]

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[8]

Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Northern Ontario
Royal CC, Edmonton

Skip: Cliff Manahan
Third: Wesley Robinson
Second: Ross Manahan
Lead: Robert Manahan

Vancouver CC, Vancouver

Skip: William Finlay
Third: Frederick Tinling
Second: Norman Williams
Lead: William LeSage

Granite CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Howard Wood Sr.
Third: Ernest Pollard
Second: Howard Wood Jr.
Lead: Roy Enman

Bathurst CC, Bathurst

Skip: Nicholas Thibodeau
Third: Harper Kent
Second: Allen Doucet
Lead: Leo Thibodeau

Kirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake

Skip: James Davis
Third: Albert Sackrider
Second: Harry McNabb
Lead: James MacDonald

Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan
Bridgewater CC, Bridgewater

Skip: Stanley Rafuse
Third: Irving Hebb
Second: Warner Bickle
Lead: Frank Cook

Kitchener Granite CC, Kitchener

Skip: Bert Hall
Third: Perry Hall
Second: Ernie Parkes
Lead: Campbell Seagram

Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown

Skip: Rankine McLaine
Third: Gordon Hughes
Second: Reginald Bell
Lead: John Fraser

Victoria CC, Quebec City

Skip: Archibald Bell
Third: James Elliott
Second: Hugh Weyman
Lead: George Warner

Kinley CC, Kinley

Skip: William Dunbar
Third: James McMahon
Second: James Beckett
Lead: Ronald Eaton

Round-robin standings

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Key
Brier champion
Province Skip W L PF PA
  Manitoba Howard Wood Sr. 9 0 119 63
Saskatchewan William Dunbar 8 1 108 59
New Brunswick Nicholas Thibodeau 6 3 103 91
Alberta Cliff Manahan 6 3 105 77
Ontario Bert Hall 4 5 82 93
British Columbia William Finlay 4 5 96 78
Northern Ontario James Davis 4 5 88 91
Quebec Archibald Bell 2 7 79 124
Prince Edward Island Rankine McLaine 1 8 67 116
  Nova Scotia Stanley Rafuse 1 8 63 119

Round-robin results

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Draw 1

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 11
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Wood) 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 11
Ontario (Hall) 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Bell) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 7
  Nova Scotia (Rafuse) 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Davis) 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 11
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7

Draw 2

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7
Alberta (Manahan) 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Rafuse) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 4 1 1 16
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 1 16
Quebec (Bell) 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
  Manitoba (Wood) 0 2 0 3 3 0 4 0 3 0 1 3 19
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Davis) 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 13
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7

Draw 3

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Bell) 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 12
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 10
  Manitoba (Wood) 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Rafuse) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 6
Alberta (Manahan) 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 15
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Davis) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 9
Ontario (Hall) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay)   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 3 14

Draw 4

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Wood) 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 17
  Nova Scotia (Rafuse) 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 10
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 8
Northern Ontario (Davis) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 10
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Bell) 2 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 15
Ontario (Hall) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 9

Draw 5

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 10
Alberta (Manahan) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Wood) 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 11
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 9
Ontario (Hall) 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 1 13
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 2 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 14
  Nova Scotia (Rafuse) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 2 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Quebec (Bell) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8
Northern Ontario (Davis) 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 6 0 1 2 1 16

Draw 6

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 7
British Columbia (Finlay) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Wood) 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13
Quebec (Bell) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Davis) 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 12
  Nova Scotia (Rafuse) 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 12
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 17
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4

Draw 7

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 3 2 0 0 4 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 19
Northern Ontario (Davis) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
  Manitoba (Wood) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Rafuse) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 16
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 8
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 13
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 3 0 19
Quebec (Bell) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5

Draw 8

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Alberta (Manahan) 0 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 14
Quebec (Bell) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Northern Ontario (Davis) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 8
  Manitoba (Wood) 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 13
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 9
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 12
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Nova Scotia (Rafuse) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 7
Ontario (Hall) 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 11

Draw 9

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Manitoba (Wood) 1 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 5 0 0 17
Alberta (Manahan) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Ontario (Hall) 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Saskatchewan (Dunbar) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
British Columbia (Finlay) 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 11
Northern Ontario (Davis) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
Prince Edward Island (McLaine) 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 11
  Nova Scotia (Rafuse) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
New Brunswick (Thibodeau) 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 15
Quebec (Bell) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 11

References

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  1. ^ The Brier, by Bob Weeks, pg 46
  2. ^ 1940 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
  3. ^ Morgan, T. Kent (25 February 2019). "When Pappy Wood won a hometown Brier". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. ^ Weeks, pg 47
  5. ^ Weeks, pg 47
  6. ^ Weeks, ppg 46-47
  7. ^ Weeks, pg 51
  8. ^ "1940 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-06-17.