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Bernard Munroe Stitt

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Bernard Monroe Stitt
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Nelson
In office
19301935
Preceded byThomas William Bird
Succeeded byriding abolished
Personal details
BornOctober 17, 1880
Spencerville, Ontario, Canada
DiedMarch 21, 1942(1942-03-21) (aged 61)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political partyConservative Party
Occupationforest engineer
Website

Bernard Monroe "Barney" Stitt, (October 17, 1880 – March 21, 1942), was a Canadian politician.

He was born in Spencerville, Ontario. He moved to The Pas, Manitoba in 1909 and worked as a forest engineer. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I and served in Europe.

Returning to The Pas after the war he served as mayor from 1921 to 1930 when he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1930 federal election representing Nelson for the Conservatives. He ran in the 1935 federal election in the redistributed riding of Churchill but was defeated by Liberal Thomas Crerar.

After leaving politics, he became a hotel owner.


1935 Canadian federal election: Churchill
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Thomas Crerar 3,603 40.0
Conservative Barney M. Stitt 3,091 34.3
Co-operative Commonwealth Alexander Stewart 2,313 25.7
Total valid votes 9,007 100.0
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