Canadian men's curling championship
The 1941 Macdonald Brier , the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 3 to 7, 1941 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario .[1]
Team Alberta , who was skipped by Howard Palmer won the Brier Tankard by finishing round robin play with an 8-1 record. This was Alberta's third Brier championship.
This would be the last time to date that Toronto would host the Brier. As of 2024 , Toronto still holds the record for hosting the most Briers with 14.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[2]
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Northern Ontario
Calgary CC , Calgary Skip: Howard Palmer Third: Jack LebeauSecond: Arthur GooderLead: St. Clair Webb
Vancouver CC, Vancouver
Skip: Billy Finlay[3] Third: Roland DavidSecond: Frederick TinlingLead: William LeSage
Strathcona CC, Winnipeg
Skip: Al Wakefield[3] Third: Douglas AdamsSecond: Lionel FrancisLead: Winston Anders
Thistle CC, Saint John
Skip: Johnny MalcolmThird: Donald CameronSecond: Harry MageeLead: Nicholas Rockwell
Kirkland Lake CC, Kirkland Lake
Skip: Don Best[3] Third: J.C. TuckSecond: Thomas RushworthLead: George Sayles
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Dartmouth CC, Dartmouth
Skip: Fred Heath[3] Third: Duncan CampbellSecond: L.M. AdamsonLead: Lyle Hopkins
Kitchener Granite CC , Kitchener Skip: Perry HallThird: J.A. LucasSecond: Arthur LehnenLead: William Henderson Jr.
Charlottetown CC, Charlottetown
Skip: Russ Cruikshank[3] Third: Gordon HughesSecond: Philip CobbLead: Harry Sear
Quebec CC, Quebec City
Skip: Charlie Handley[3] Third: Edmond Stamand[a] Second: Hebert DuChene[a] Lead: Samuel Trueman
Kinley CC, Kinley
Skip: Bill Dunbar[3] Third: James McMahonSecond: James BeckettLead: A.E. McMahon
Round robin standings
Round robin results
Draw 1
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Handley)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
5
Alberta (Palmer )4
3
2
4
0
0
3
3
2
0
1
1
23
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Finlay)
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
6
Manitoba (Wakefield)1
2
0
1
1
0
0
3
1
2
0
1
12
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
10
Nova Scotia (Heath)0
5
2
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
13
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
9
Ontario (Hall)2
0
1
0
5
4
0
5
0
1
0
3
21
Draw 2
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Palmer )
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
2
0
0
8
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)0
3
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Wakefield)1
0
1
2
0
2
5
0
1
0
0
0
12
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
4
0
2
1
0
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Heath)
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
1
2
0
11
British Columbia (Finlay)0
2
0
0
2
0
4
0
2
0
0
2
12
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Handley)
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
6
Ontario (Hall)0
2
0
3
2
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
11
Draw 3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Hall)0
2
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
10
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Wakefield)1
0
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
11
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Handley)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
Northern Ontario (Best)1
1
1
3
3
1
2
1
0
2
0
2
17
Draw 4
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
7
Alberta (Palmer )2
1
0
0
1
0
3
1
3
0
1
0
12
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)2
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
1
0
10
Manitoba (Wakefield)
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Hall)3
3
0
4
1
0
1
0
4
1
1
0
18
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Heath)0
1
0
1
4
4
1
0
2
0
1
0
14
Quebec (Handley)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
6
Draw 5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Ontario (Hall)0
0
0
0
5
0
3
1
2
1
3
0
15
Manitoba (Wakefield)
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Heath)0
2
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
12
New Brunswick (Malcolm)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
British Columbia (Finlay)3
3
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
15
Quebec (Handley)
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
Draw 6
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Nova Scotia (Heath)
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
7
Alberta (Palmer )0
2
1
1
0
3
1
3
0
1
0
0
12
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Best)2
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
11
Ontario (Hall)
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Handley)
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
7
Manitoba (Wakefield)0
1
0
3
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
3
13
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)1
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
10
British Columbia (Finlay)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
5
Draw 7
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Palmer )3
0
0
3
1
0
4
0
1
6
0
0
18
Ontario (Hall)
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
2
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
New Brunswick (Malcolm)1
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
2
10
Quebec (Handley)
0
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Wakefield)0
1
0
0
3
0
4
0
1
1
0
1
11
Nova Scotia (Heath)
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
7
Draw 8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Quebec (Handley)
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
3
9
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)3
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
13
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Ontario (Hall)0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
1
9
Nova Scotia (Heath)
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Manitoba (Wakefield)
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
7
Northern Ontario (Best)0
2
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
9
Draw 9
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Alberta (Palmer )1
0
2
1
0
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
11
Manitoba (Wakefield)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Prince Edward Island (Cruikshank)0
1
2
0
0
1
0
5
0
2
1
2
14
Quebec (Handley)
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Ontario (Hall)2
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
10
British Columbia (Finlay)
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Northern Ontario (Best)2
3
1
1
1
0
3
0
4
2
0
0
17
Nova Scotia (Heath)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Saskatchewan (Dunbar)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
New Brunswick (Malcolm)1
0
1
1
1
1
0
3
0
2
1
1
12
Notes
^ a b Quebec's third Edmond Stamand fell ill prior to Draw 5 against British Columbia. Quebec shot with three players for both Draw 5 and 6 as second Hebert DuChene threw both second and third stones.[4] [5]
References
^ 1941 MacDonald Brier - Curlingzone
^ "1941 MacDonald Brier - Curling Canada Stats Archive". Archived from the original on 2021-06-17. ^ a b c d e f g "Manitoba has youngest rink". Newspapers.com . Calgary Herald. March 5, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022 . ^ "Finlay rink beats weak Quebec side". Newspapers.com . Vancouver Daily Province. March 5, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022 . ^ "Finlay defeats P.E.I. rink". Newspapers.com . Vancouver Daily Province. March 6, 1941. Retrieved April 22, 2022 .
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