Manitoba general election, 1962

Manitoba general election, 1962
December 16, 1962 (1962-12-16)
All 57 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
  PC NDP
Leader Dufferin Roblin Gildas Molgat Russell Paulley
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since June 1954 April 20, 1961 November 4, 1961
Leader's seat Wolseley Ste. Rose Radisson
Last election 36 seats, 46.3% 11 seats, 30.0% 10 seats, 21.9%
Seats before 36 11 10
Seats won 36 13 7
Seat change ±0 Increase2 Decrease3
Percentage 44.7% 36.1% 15.2%
Swing Decrease1.6% Increase6.1% Decrease6.7%
  Fourth party
  SC
Leader Jacob Froese
Party Social Credit
Leader since 1959
Leader's seat Rhineland
Last election 0 seats, 0.00%
Seats before 1
Seats won 1
Seat change ±0
Percentage 2.5%
Map of Manitoba showing ridings won
Premier before election

Dufferin Roblin
Progressive Conservative

 Premier-designate

Dufferin Roblin
Progressive Conservative

Manitoba's general election of December 16, 1962 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a second majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won thirty-six seats, against thirteen for the Liberals, seven for the New Democratic Party, and one for the Social Credit Party.

Note that voting was deferred until January 4, 1963 in the northern ridings of Churchill and Rupertsland.

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1959 Elected % Change # % % Change
  Progressive Conservative Dufferin Roblin   36 36 -   44.7% -1.6%
  Liberal Gildas Molgat   11 13 +18.2%   36.1% +6.1%
  New Democratic Russell Paulley   10 7 -30.0%   15.2% -6.7%
Social Credit Jacob Froese   * 1 *   2.5% *
Communist William Cecil Ross     -        
  Independent     –        
Total   57 57 -   100%  

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Riding results

Party key:

Bold name denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

  • Robert Smellie (PC) 2676
  • Victor Fulton (L) 1701
  • Arnold Minish (NDP) 704

Brandon:

  • Reginald Lissaman (PC) 4771
  • James Creighton (L) 3182
  • Hans Fries (NDP) 542
  • Harold Wright (SC) 535

Brokenhead:

Burrows:

Carillon:

Churchill:

Cypress:

  • Thelma Forbes (PC) 2746
  • Welland Stonehouse (L) 1928
  • Charles Turner (SC) 267

Dauphin:

Dufferin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Ethelbert-Plains:

Fisher:

[Note: Wagner was originally declared the winner, until news came from a northern part of the riding that a miscount had occurred. Many suspect the final result was rigged.]

Flin Flon:

Fort Garry:

  • Sterling Lyon (PC) 4721
  • David Bowles (L) 2828
  • Cliff Brownridge (NDP) 1168

Fort Rouge:

  • Gurney Evans (PC) 3507
  • Brock McArthur (L) 2128
  • William Reid (NDP) 990

Gimli:

Gladstone:

Hamiota:

Inkster:

  • Morris Gray (NDP) 2658
  • John Shanski (L) 2081
  • Mary Wayrykaw (PC) 1497

Kildonan:

Lac Du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

La Verendrye:

Logan:

  • Lemuel Harris (NDP) 1462
  • Uberta Blackburn (PC) 1126
  • Thomas Blaine (L) 1006

Minnedosa:

  • Walter Weir (PC) 2828
  • Frank Anderson (L) 1536
  • John Lee (NDP) 472
  • C.V. Hutton (SC) 456

Morris:

Osborne:

Pembina:

Portage la Prairie:

Radisson:

  • Russell Paulley (NDP) 4032
  • Nicholas Slotek (L) 3169
  • Nelson McLean (PC) 2712

Rhineland:

  • Jacob Froese (SC) 1511
  • A.J. Thissen (PC) 1478
  • J.H. Penner (L) 791

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

  • Abram Harrison (PC) 2444
  • Harry Parsonage (L) 2015
  • J.A. Potter (NDP) 257

Rockwood-Iberville:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

  • Douglas Stanes (PC) 2707
  • Dave Johnston (L) 2202
  • William Hardy (NDP) 1239

St. Johns:

  • Saul Cherniack (NDP) 1796
  • M. Baryluk (PC) 1236
  • Ed Pollack (L) 1229
  • Saul Simkin (Comm) 299
  • F.P. Bashchak (Ind-L-Lab) 111
  • Sam Bordman (Ind) 54

St. Mathews:

St. Vital:

  • Fred Groves (PC) 3626
  • Doug Honeyman (L) 2605
  • Clare Martineau (NDP) 1023
  • Fred Brennan (Ind) 795

Ste. Rose:

  • Gildas Molgat (L) 2648
  • J.A. Fletcher (PC) 1467
  • Leon Hoefer (NDP) 147

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

  • Arthur Wright (NDP) 3095
  • Jack Chapman (PC) 2635
  • Calvin Scarfe (L) 1600

Souris-Lansdowne:

Springfield:

Swan River:

  • James Bilton (PC) 2350
  • Elmir Simms (L) 1004
  • M.G. Hofford (NDP) 718

The Pas:

  • John Carroll (PC) 2484
  • Adam Deminick (L) 1497
  • Rachael Schewchuk (NDP) 430

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

Post-election changes

River Heights (res. Maitland Steinkopf, June 12, 1964), September 30, 1964:

Brokenhead (res. Edward Schreyer, October 20, 1965)

Inkster (dec. Morris Gray, January 12, 1966)[1]

See also

References

Preceded by
1959 Manitoba election		 List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by
1966 Manitoba election
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