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Canadian men's curling championship
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]
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]
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 [ edit ]
Round-robin results [ edit ]
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 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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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
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