Liberal Party of Canada candidates in the 1940 Canadian federal election

The Liberal Party of Canada ran 242 candidates in the 1940 Canadian federal election, and elected 179 members to form a second consecutive majority government.

Provinces

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Gender	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Acadia	Arthur M. Day		M	Physician	3,740	45.01	2nd
Athabaska	Joseph Miville Dechene	Former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.	M	Agent	5,961	46.46	1st
Battle River	Ernest Arthur Pitman		M	Farmer	3,808	31.08	2nd
Bow River	A.B. Claypool		M	Farmer	4,050	25.71	2nd
Calgary East	George Henry Ross		M	Barrister	5,815	27.54	1st
Calgary West	Manley Justin Edwards		M	Barrister	7,299	36.87	1st
Camrose	Charles Claeys		M	Farmer	4,443	34.53	2nd
Edmonton East	Frederick Clayton Casselman		M	Barrister	8,948	43.67	1st
Edmonton West	James Angus MacKinnon	Incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) and cabinet minister	M	Manager	12,350	56.87	1st
Jasper—Edson	Arthur Allan Knight		M	Farmer	6,283	37.89	2nd
Lethbridge	Lynden Eldon Fairbairn		M	Barrister	5,538	35.72	2nd
Macleod	Francis Olestes McKennal		M	Barrister	4,829	28.91	2nd
Medicine Hat	Frederick William Gershaw	Formerly MP for Medicine Hat from 1925 to 1935	M	Physician	9,439	63.08	1st
Peace River	John Sissons		M	Barrister	6,426	41.28	1st
Red Deer	Absalom Clark Bury		M	Notary	4,134	27.23	2nd
Vergreville	Albert Ernest Archer		M	Physician	4,605	32.72	2nd
Wetaskwin	Walter Stephen Campbell	Also ran for Wetaskiwin in the 1935 election	M	Agent	4,392	28.10	2nd

Source: Library of Parliament.^[1]