Manitoba general election, 1959

Manitoba's general election of May 14, 1959 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin. This was the first time since 1914 that the party won a majority government in the province.

Roblin's Tories won 36 seats, against 11 for the Liberal-Progressives (commonly known as Liberals), and 10 for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. CCF leader Lloyd Stinson was defeated in his own riding.

The Manitoba Social Credit Party did not contest this election. A few months later, it regained a foothold in the legislature by winning a by-election.

Map of Election Results

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1958	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Progressive Conservative	Dufferin Roblin			36			46.3%
	Liberal-Progressive	Douglas Campbell			11			30.0%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd Stinson			10			21.9%
	Labour Progressive	William Cecil Ross			-
	Independent				–
Total					57			100%

Preceded by 1958 Manitoba election

List of Manitoba elections

Succeeded by 1962 Manitoba election

See also

• List of Manitoba political parties

Riding results

Party key:

• PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
• LP: Liberal-Progressive Party of Manitoba
• CCF: Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
• SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party
• LPP: Labour Progressive Party of Manitoba
• Ind: Independent

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

• (x)John Cobb (PC) 2513
• John McRae (LP) 1932
• William Powne (Ind) 556

Assiniboia:

• George Johnson (PC) 3157
• (x)Donovan Swailes (CCF) 2940
• Jack Brownrigg (LP) 1388
• George Brown (Ind) 269

Birtle-Russell:

• Robert Smellie (PC) 2239
• (x)Rodney Clement (LP) 2015
• Michael Sotas (CCF) 947

Brandon:

• (x)Reginald Lissaman (PC) 5452
• Gordon Phillips (LP) 2159
• Hans Fries (CCF) 1415

Brokenhead:

• (x)Ed Schreyer (CCF) 2017
• Gordon Burnett (PC) 1409
• (x)Arthur Trapp (LP) 1083

Burrows:

• (x)John Hawryluk (CCF) 2235
• Andrew Zaharychuk (PC) 1286
• Joseph Hnidan (LP) 1155
• William Cecil Ross (LPP) 675

Carillon:

• (x)Edmond Prefontaine (LP) 2397
• Peter Thiessen (PC) 1791

Churchill:

• John Ingebrigtson (PC) 1587
• Kenneth Wray (LP) 1326

1959 Manitoba provincial election : Cypress edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	(x)Marcel Boulic	2,951	62.36	+10.24
	Liberal-Progressive	John Sundell	1,781	37.64	-3.11
Total valid votes			4,732	100.00
Rejected votes			27
Turnout			4,759	72.77	+4.64
Electors on the lists			6,540

Dauphin:

• (x)Stewart McLean (PC) 2951
• A. Clifford Matthews (CCF) 1233
• Emma Ringstrom (LP) 967

Dufferin:

• William Homer Hamilton (PC) 2077
• (x)Walter McDonald (LP) 1923
• Chester Johnson (CCF) 167

Elmwood:

• (x)Steve Peters (CCF) 2782
• Emerson Snyder (PC) 2560
• Alex Turk (LP) 1488

Emerson:

• (x)John Tanchak (LP) 2752
• Ben Comeault (PC) 2190

Ethelbert-Plains:

• (x)Michael Hryhorczuk (LP) 1856
• Peter Burtniak (CCF) 1590
• Isadore Syrnyk (PC) 1001

Fisher:

• (x)Peter Wagner (CCF) 1777
• Roy Eillison (PC) 1361
• W.J. Griffin Jr. (LP) 1028

Flin Flon:

• Charles Witney (PC) 1810
• (x)Francis Jobin (LP) 1728
• Frederick Pope (CCF) 923

Fort Garry:

• (x)Sterling Lyon (PC) 4842
• Stanley Farwell (LP) 2035
• Nena Woodward (CCF) 1373

Fort Rouge:

• (x)Gurney Evans (PC) 4352
• Jerome Marrin (LP) 1947
• Robert Murdoch^{[disambiguation needed ]} (CCF) 1425

Gimli:

• (x)George Johnson (PC) 2570
• Alex Hawrysh (LP) 1007
• Zado Zator (CCF) 932

Gladstone:

• (x)Nelson Shoemaker (LP) 2469
• Earl Murray (PC) 2318
• Della Yuel (CCF) 415

Hamiota:

• (x)Barry Strickland (PC) 2377
• James Scott (LP) 2136
• Arthur Nicholson (CCF) 440

Inkster:

• (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 3635
• Mary Wawrykow (PC) 2106
• J.A. Kolt (LP) 981
• L.W. Kaminski (LPP) 468

Kildonan:

• (x)A.J. Reid (CCF) 3659
• J. Willis (PC) 3511
• C.K. Huebert (LP) 1972

Lac du Bonnet:

• Oscar Bjornson (PC) 1357
• John Ateah (LP) 1272
• Donald MacLean^{[disambiguation needed ]} (CCF) 1018
• Stanley Copp (Ind) 346

Lakeside:

• (x)Douglas Campbell (LP) 1896
• John Bate (PC) 1774
• Allen Werbiski (CCF) 278

La Verendrye:

• (x)Stan Roberts (LP) 1799
• Edmond Guertin (PC) 1581

Logan:

• Lemuel Harris (CCF) 2098
• A.E. Bennett (PC) 1921
• John Kozoriz (LP) 873

Minnedosa:

• Walter Weir (PC) 2386
• (x)Charles L. Shuttleworth (LP) 2029
• J.M. Lee (CCF) 1090

Morris:

• (x)Harry Shewman (PC) 1905
• Bruce MacKenzie (LP) 1298

Osborne:

• Obie Baizley (PC) 3808
• (x)Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 3482
• David Bowman (LP) 1166

Pembina:

• (x)Maurice Ridley (PC) 3077
• Lynwood Graham (LP) 1199

Portage La Prairie:

• John Christianson (PC) 2300
• (x)Charles Greenlay (LP) 1827
• Fred Tufford (CCF) 416

Radisson:

• (x)Russell Paulley (CCF) 4085
• Harold Huppe (PC) 2998
• Nick Slotek (LP) 2029

Rhineland:

• (x)Wallace C. Miller (LP) 1648
• Leo Recksiedler (PC) 1462

River Heights:

• (x)W.B. Scarth (PC) 4936
• Keith Routley (LP) 3060
• Magnus Eliason (CCF) 478

Roblin:

• (x)Keith Alexander (PC) 1946
• Joseph Perchaluk (CCF) 1569
• Ray Mitchell (LP) 1334

Rock Lake:

• (x)Abram Harrison (PC) 2545
• Walter E. Clark (LP) 1843
• Cyril Hamwee (CCF) 632

Rockwood-Iberville:

• George Hutton (PC) 2269
• (x)Robert Bend (LP) 2143
• Samuel Cranston (CCF) 444

Rupertsland:

• (x)Joseph Jeannotte (PC) 2268
• Harry Boulette (LP) 587
• Alfred Cook (CCF) 393

St. Boniface:

• Laurent Desjardins (LP) 3772
• Harry De Leeuw (PC) 2992
• Benjamin Cyr (CCF) 1309

St. George:

• (x)Elman Guttormson (LP) 2279
• Ivan Casselman (PC) 1371
• Nellie Baker (CCF) 255

St. James:

• (x)Douglas Stanes (PC) 3616
• Al Mackling (CCF) 2348
• David Graham (LP) 1541

St. Johns:

• (x)David Orlikow (CCF) 2261
• Dan Zaharia (PC) 2010
• Abe Yanofsky (LP) 854
• Jacob Penner (LPP) 588

St. Matthews:

• (x)William G. Martin (PC) 3635
• Gordon Fines (CCF) 2090
• Paul Goodman (LP) 1900

Ste. Rose:

• (x)Gildas Molgat (LP) 2390
• Albert Fletcher (PC) 1576
• Leon Hoefer (CCF) 353

St. Vital:

• (x)Fred Groves (PC) 4599
• George R. D. Goulet (LP) 1946
• Joseph Trager (CCF) 353

Selkirk:

• (x)Thomas Hillhouse (LP) 1814
• Edward Foster (PC) 1732
• Scottie Bryce (CCF) 872

Seven Oaks:

• (x)Arthur Wright (CCF) 3889
• Charles Nye (PC) 1973
• Calvin Scarfe (LP) 1343

Souris-Lansdowne:

• (x)Malcolm McKellar (PC) 2688
• George Griffith (LP) 1448

Springfield:

• Fred Klym (PC) 1878
• (x)William Lucko (LP) 1507
• Richard Loeb (CCF) 772

Swan River:

• (x)Albert H.C. Corbett (PC) 2292
• Hilliard Farriss (CCF) 1431
• Arvid Burst (LP) 786

The Pas:

• (x)John Carroll (PC) 2345
• Marvin Hill (LP) 1027
• Peter Shewchuk (CCF) 779

Turtle Mountain:

• (x)Errick Willis (PC) 3247
• Walter Christianson (LP) 1187

Virden:

• (x)John Thompson (PC) 3097
• John Clarke (LP) 1337

Wellington:

• (x)Richard Seaborn (PC) 3082
• James McIsaac (CCF) 2854
• William Norrie (LP) 1624

Winnipeg Centre:

• (x)James Cowan (PC) 3712
• Fred Paulley (CCF) 1474
• Gurzon Harvey (LP) 1462

Wolseley:

• (x)Duff Roblin (PC) 4351
• Frank Muldoon (LP) 1707
• Peter Griffin (CCF) 1131

post-election changes:

Arthur (dec. John Cobb, August 21, 1959), November 26, 1959:

• J. Douglas Watt (PC) 2036
• Harry Patmore (LP) 1959

Cypress (dec. Marcel Boulic, September 23, 1959), November 26, 1959:

• Thelma Forbes (PC) 2378
• John Sundell (LP) 1654

Wallace C. Miller (LP, Rhineland), died on October 4, 1959). A by-election was called to choose his successor.

Manitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959 : Rhineland edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Social Credit	Jacob Froese	1,300	36.27
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Recksiedler	1,209	33.73
	Liberal-Progressive	David K. Friesen	1,075	29.99
Total valid votes			3,584	100
Rejected and discarded votes			15
Turnout			3,599	60.61
Electors on the lists			5,938

Turtle Mountain (Errick Willis appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, late 1959), November 26, 1959:

• Edward Dow (LP) 2380
• Robert Aitkens (PC) 2274

Pembina (dec. Maurice Ridley, October 2, 1960), December 9, 1960:

• Carolyne Morrison (PC) 2132
• Charles Cousins (LP) 1491
• Bruce Wannop (SC) 1311

The Liberal-Progressives formally became known as Liberals on April 19, 1961. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation dissolved later in the year, and was replaced by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.

La Verendrye (res. Stan Roberts, May 1962)

St. Johns (res. David Orlikow, May 1962)

Virden (res. John Thompson, October 24, 1962)