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] 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] 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
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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 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
Manitoba
Manitoba
Nova Scotia