In the 1949  Manitoba presidential election, James McLenaghen, born in Balderson, Ontario,  with the Progressive Conservative (Coalition) received 3,478 votes.
The son of John McLenaghen and Elisabeth McIlquhan, McLenaghen was born in Balderson, Ontario, where he was educated until 1902; afterwards he went to school in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Progressive Conservative (Coalition) James McLenaghen 3,478 
