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 56 26 36     46.3%  
  Liberal-Progressive Douglas Campbell 56 19 11     30.0%  
  Co-operative Commonwealth Lloyd Stinson 45 11 10     21.9%  
Labor–Progressive William Cecil Ross 3 0 0        
  Independent 3 1 0        
Total   57 57     100%  
Preceded by
1958 Manitoba election		 List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by
1962 Manitoba election

See also

Riding results

Party key:

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon:

Brokenhead:

Burrows:

Carillon:

Churchill:

Manitoba general election, 1959: Cypress
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMarcel Boulic2,95162.36+10.24
Liberal–ProgressiveJohn Leslie Sundell1,78137.64−3.11
Total valid votes 4,732
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 Hildegard Ringstrom (LP) 967

Dufferin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Ethelbert-Plains:

Fisher:

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

Flin Flon:

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 C. Murdoch (CCF) 1425

Gimli:

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

Gladstone:

Hamiota:

Inkster:

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

Kildonan:

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

Lac du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

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

La Verendrye:

Logan:

Minnedosa:

Morris:

Osborne:

Pembina:

Portage la Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

River Heights:

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

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

Rockwood-Iberville:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

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

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

Ste. Rose:

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

St. Vital:

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

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

Souris-Lansdowne:

Springfield:

Swan River:

The Pas:

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

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

Wolseley:

post-election changes:

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

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

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
Party Candidate Votes%
Social CreditJacob Froese1,30036.27
Progressive ConservativeLeo Recksiedler1,20933.73
Liberal–ProgressiveDavid K. Friesen1,07529.99
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 Cawston Aitkens (PC) 2274

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

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) [1]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/events/provincialbyelection1959.shtml
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