Thomas Eldon McIntyre

Thomas Eldon McIntyre was born in Carleton County, Ontario, and moved to Manitoba as a child in 1880. He settled in the Burnside district, and operated an implement business in Oakville from 1911 to 1949 before moving to Winnipeg. He died in December 1952.

In the 1936 provincial election, McIntyre ran as a member of the Social Credit League in the Mountain riding against Liberal-Progressive incumbent Ivan Schultz. McIntyre received 1,234 votes, against 2,390 for Ivan Schultz. McIntyre and Schultz were the only two candidates in the race.

McIntyre campaigned as a candidate of the New Democracy party in the 1940 federal election, and finished fourth against Liberal Howard Waldemar Winkler in the riding of Lisgar.