1959 Manitoba general election

none September 2023 1959 Manitoba general election Manitoba 1957 parliamentary no no no 1958 Manitoba general election 1958 elected members 1962 Manitoba general election 25th Manitoba Legislature 1962 57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority May 14, 1959 Hon. Duff Roblin (F0563 fl0008 it0001) (cropped 3-4).jpg MB PC nohash Duff Roblin June 17, 1954 MB PC name Wolseley 26 36 10 147,140 47.0% 6.4pp MB Liberal nohash Douglas Campbell November 13, 1948 MB Liberal-Progressive name Lakeside 19 11 8 94,799 30.3% 4.4pp CCF MB CCF nohash Lloyd Stinson December 19, 1952 MB CCF name Osborne(lost re-election) 11 10 1 68,149 21.8% 1.8pp ManitobaElection1959.png 350px Map of Election Results Premier Premier after the election Dufferin Roblin MB PC name Dufferin Roblin MB PC name The 1959 Manitoba general election was held on May 14, 1959 to elect 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a majority victory for the incumbent Progressive Conservatives under the leadership of Premier Dufferin Roblin. It was the first time since the 1914 election that the PCs won an outright majority in the province, when they were led by Dufferin Roblin's grandfather, Sir Rodmond Roblin. Roblin's PCs won 36 seats against 11 for the Liberal-Progressives, led by former Premier Douglas Campbell, and 10 for the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Lloyd Stinson. The PCs took 25 per cent more votes than it had received in the previous election just one year before but took 40 per cent more seats than it had won in 1958. They had won 117,822 votes in 1958, compared to 147,000 in 1959.Province of Manitoba Twenty-Fifth General Election held June 16, 1958 - Summary of Results https://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/HistoricalResultsSummaries/1958.pdf electionsmanitoba.ca The Manitoba Social Credit Party, which won 2 seats in the 1958 election, did not contest any seats during the election and regained a foothold in the legislature only during a subsequent by-election. The communist Labor-Progressive Party contested three ridings but did not win any. The election is the last one to be fought by candidates with the "Liberal-Progressive," "Co-operative Commonwealth," or "Labor-Progressive" labels in Manitoba. The Liberal-Progressives dropped the latter half in 1961 and ran all subsequent elections as "Liberals." Similarly, the Labor-Progressive candidates returned to the "Communist" label. The CCF changed its name following the national party's re-incorporation into the New Democratic Party and ran all future elections as Manitoba New Democrats. Detailed Results Summary PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1958Elected#%% Change MB PC row Progressive Conservative Dufferin Roblin 5726 36147,14047.0%  MB Liberal row Liberal-Progressive Douglas Campbell 57191194,79930.3%  MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth Lloyd Stinson4511 1068,14921.8%  MB Labor-Progressive row-name William Cecil Ross 3--1,7310.6%  MB Independent rowIndependent 31-1,1710.4%   Total 16557 57312,990100%  Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC MB PC 47.01 Liberal-Progressive MB Liberal 30.29 CCF MB CCF 21.77 Others MB Independent 0.93Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC MB PC 63.16 Liberal-Progressive MB Liberal 19.30 CCF MB CCF 17.54 Northern Manitoba MB PC Liberal-Progressive CCF Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Churchill |MB PC background| |John Ingebrigtson1,587 | |Kenneth D. Wray954 | | | | |MB PC background| |E.J. Williams |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Flin Flon |MB PC background| |Charles Witney1,810 | |Francis Jobin1,728 | |Frederick S. Pope923 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Francis Jobin |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rupertsland |MB PC background| |Joseph Jeannotte2,268 | |Harry Boulette587 | |Alfred J. Cook393 | | |MB PC background| |Joseph Jeannotte |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|The Pas |MB PC background| |John Carroll2,345 | |Marvin Hill1,027 | |Peter Schewchuk779 | | |MB PC background| |John Carroll |} Southern Manitoba MB PC Liberal-Progressive CCF Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Arthur |MB PC background| |John Cobb2,513 | |John McRae1,932 | | | |William G. Powne (Ind.)556 |MB PC background| |John Cobb |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Birtle-Russell |MB PC background| |Robert Smellie2,239 | |Rodney Clement2,015 | |Michael Sotas947 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Rodney Clement |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Brandon |MB PC background| |Reginald Lissaman5,452 | |Gordon A. Phillips2,159 | |Hans Fries1,415 | | |MB PC background| |Reginald Lissaman |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Brokenhead | |Gordon B. Burnett1,409 | |Arthur Trapp1,083 |MB CCF background| |Ed Schreyer2,107 | | |MB CCF background| |Ed Schreyer |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Carillon | |Peter J. Thiessen1,791 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Edmond Prefontaine2,397 | | | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Edmond Prefontaine |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cypress |MB PC background| |Marcel Boulic2,951 | |John Leslie Sundell1,781 | | | | |MB PC background| |Marcel Boulic |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dauphin |MB PC background| |Stewart McLean2,951 | |Emma Hildegard Ringstrom967 | |A. Clifford Matthews1,233 | | |MB PC background| |Stewart McLean |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dufferin |MB PC background| |William Homer Hamilton2,077 | |Walter McDonald1,923 | |Chester Ernest Johnson167 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Walter McDonald |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Emerson | |Ben Comeaux2,190 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |John Tanchak2,752 | | | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |John Tanchak |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Ethelbert Plains | |Isadore Syrnyk1,001 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Michael Hryhorczuk1,856 | |Peter Burtniak1,590 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Michael Hryhorczuk |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fisher | |Roy Ellison1,361 | |W.J. Griffin, Jr.1,028 |MB CCF background| |Peter Wagner1,777 | | |MB CCF background| |Peter Wagner |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gimli |MB PC background| |George Johnson2,570 | |Alex Hawrysh1,007 | |Zado Zator932 | | |MB PC background| |George Johnson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gladstone | |Earl Murray2,318 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Nelson Shoemaker2,469 | |Della Yuel415 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Nelson Shoemaker |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Hamiota |MB PC background| |Barry Strickland2,377 | |James Chester Scott2,136 | |Arthur Nicholson440 | | |MB PC background| |Barry Strickland |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lac du Bonnet |MB PC background| |Oscar Bjornson1,357 | |John Ateah1,272 | |Donald H. MacLean1,018 | |Stanley Copp (Ind.)346 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Arthur Trapp |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lakeside | |John Frederick Bate1,774 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Douglas Campbell1,896 | |Allen Werbiski278 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Douglas Campbell |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|La Verendrye | |Edmund Guertin1,581 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Stan Roberts1,799 | | | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Stan Roberts |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Minnedosa |MB PC background| |Walter Weir2,386 | |Charles L. Shuttleworth2,029 | |J.M. Lee1,090 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Charles L. Shuttleworth |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Morris |MB PC background| |Harry Shewman1,905 | |Bruce MacKenzie1,298 | | | | |MB PC background| |Harry Shewman |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Pembina |MB PC background| |Maurice Ridley3,077 | |Lynwood Graham1,199 | | | | |MB PC background| |Maurice Ridley |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Portage la Prairie |MB PC background| |John Christianson2,300 | |Charles Greenlay1,827 | |Fred Allan Tufford416 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Charles Greenlay |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rhineland | |Leo Recksiedler1,462 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Wallace C. Miller1,648 | | | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Wallace C. Miller |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Roblin |MB PC background| |Keith Alexander1,946 | |Ray Mitchell1,334 | |Joseph Perchaluk1,569 | | |MB PC background| |Keith Alexander |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rock Lake |MB PC background| |Abram Harrison2,545 | |Walter Clark1,843 | |Cyril Hamwee632 | | |MB PC background| |Abram Harrison |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rockwood-Iberville |MB PC background| |George Hutton2,269 | |Robert Bend2,143 | |Samuel Cranston444 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Robert Bend |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. George | |Ivan George Casselman1,371 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Elman Guttormson2,279 | |Nellie Baker255 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Elman Guttormson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Ste. Rose | |Albert Fletcher1,576 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Gildas Molgat2,390 | |Leon W. Hoefer353 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Gildas Molgat |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Selkirk | |Edward Foster1,732 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Thomas P. Hillhouse1,814 | |Scottie Bryce872 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Thomas P. Hillhouse |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Souris-Lansdowne |MB PC background| |Malcolm McKellar2,688 | |George Adrian Griffith1,448 | | | | |MB PC background| |Malcolm McKellar |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Springfield |MB PC background| |Fred Klym1,878 | |William Lucko1,507 | |Richard Loeb772 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |William Lucko |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Swan River |MB PC background| |Albert H.C. Corbett2,292 | |Arvid Burst786 | |Hilliard Farriss1,431 | | |MB PC background| |Albert H.C. Corbett |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Turtle Mountain |MB PC background| |Errick Willis3,247 | |Walter Christianson1,187 | | | | |MB PC background| |Errick Willis |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Virden |MB PC background| |John Thompson3,097 | |John Wesley Clarke1,337 | | | | |MB PC background| |John Thompson |- |} Winnipeg MB PC Liberal-Progressive CCF Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Assiniboia |MB PC background| |George Johnson3,157 | |Jack Brownrigg1,388 | |Donovan Swailes2,940 | |George R.A. Brown (Ind.)269 |MB CCF background| |Donovan Swailes |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burrows | |Andrew Zaharychuk1,286 | |Joseph R. Hnidan1,155 |MB CCF background| |John Hawryluk2,235 | |William Cecil Ross (LPP)675 |MB CCF background| |John Hawryluk |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Elmwood | |Henry Emerson Snyder2,560 | |Alex Turk1,488 |MB CCF background| |Steve Peters2,782 | | |MB CCF background| |Steve Peters |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort Garry |MB PC background| |Sterling Lyon4,842 | |Stanley Farwell2,035 | |Nena Woodward1,373 | | |MB PC background| |Sterling Lyon |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort Rouge |MB PC background| |Gurney Evans4,352 | |Jerome Marrin1,947 | |Robert C. Murdoch1,425 | | |MB PC background| |Gurney Evans |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Inkster | |Mary A. Wawrykow2,106 | |John A. Kolt981 |MB CCF background| |Morris Gray3,635 | |L.W. Kaminski (LPP)468 |MB CCF background| |Morris Gray |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kildonan | |John Ernest Willis3,511 | |Cornelius Huebert1,972 |MB CCF background| |A.J. Reid3,659 | | |MB CCF background| |A.J. Reid |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Logan | |Albert Edward Bennett1,921 | |John Kozoriz873 |MB CCF background| |Lemuel Harris2,098 | | |MB Independent background| |Stephen Juba |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Osborne |MB PC background| |Obie Baizley3,808 | |David Bowman1,166 | |Lloyd Stinson3,482 | | |MB CCF background| |Lloyd Stinson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Radisson | |Harold Huppe2,998 | |Nick Slotek2,029 |MB CCF background| |Russell Paulley4,085 | | |MB CCF background| |Russell Paulley |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|River Heights |MB PC background| |W.B. Scarth4,936 | |Keith Routley3,060 | |Magnus Eliason478 | | |MB PC background| |W.B. Scarth |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Boniface | |Harry De Leeuw2,992 |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Laurent Desjardins3,772 | |Benjamin Cyr1,309 | | |MB Liberal-Progressive background| |Roger Teillet |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. James |MB PC background| |Douglas Stanes3,616 | |David Graham1,541 | |Al Mackling2,348 | | |MB PC background| |Douglas Stanes |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Johns | |Dan Zaharia2,010 | |Abe Yanofsky854 |MB CCF background| |David Orlikow2,261 | |Jacob Penner (LPP)588 |MB CCF background| |David Orkilow |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Matthews |MB PC background| |William Martin3,635 | |Paul Goodman1,900 | |Gordon Fines2,090 | | |MB PC background| |William Martin |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Vital |MB PC background| |Fred Groves4,599 | |George R. D. Goulet1,946 | |Joseph Trafer353 | | |MB PC background| |Fred Groves |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Seven Oaks | |Charles Nye1,973 | |Calvin Scarfe1,343 |MB CCF background| |Arthur E. Wright3,889 | | |MB CCF background| |Arthur E. Wright |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Wellington |MB PC background| |Richard Seaborn3,082 | |William Norrie1,624 | |James McIsaac2,854 | | |MB PC background| |Richard Seaborn |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Winnipeg Centre |MB PC background| |James Cowan3,712 | |Gurzon Harvey1,462 | |Fred Paulley1,474 | | |MB PC background| |James Cowan |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Wolseley |MB PC background| |Dufferin Roblin4,351 | |Francis C. Muldoon1,707 | |Peter Griffin1,131 | | |MB PC background| |Dufferin Roblin |- |} By-elections 1958 to 1962 MB November 26, 1959 Arthur (Manitoba riding) Arthur yes yes yes Death of John Cobb MB PC J. Douglas Watt 2,036 50.96 +0.71 MB Liberal-Progressive E. Harry Patmore 1,959 49.04 +10.41 |- style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" |3,995 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 |100 MB PC −4.85 MB November 26, 1959 Cypress (former Manitoba provincial electoral district) Cypress yes yes yes Death of Marcel Boulic MB PC Thelma Forbes 2,378 58.98 -3.38 MB Liberal-Progressive John Sundell 1,654 41.02 +3.38 |- style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" |4,032 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 |100 MB PC −3.38 MB November 26, 1959 Rhineland (Manitoba riding) Rhineland yes yes yes Death of Wallace C. Miller MB Social Credit Jacob Froese 1,300 36.27 +36.27 MB PC Leo Recksiedler 1,209 33.73 -13.28 MB Liberal-Progressive David K. Friesen 1,075 29.99 -23.00 |- style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" |3,584 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 |100 MB Social Credit Liberal-Progressive +29.64 MB November 26, 1959 Turtle Mountain (electoral district) Turtle Mountain yes yes yes Appointment of Errick Willis to position of Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba MB Liberal-Progressive Edward Dow 2,380 51.14 +24.37 MB PC Robert C. Aitkens 2,274 48.86 -24.37 |- style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" |4,654 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2|100 MB Liberal-Progressive PC +24.37 MB December 9, 1960 Pembina (Manitoba riding) Pembina yes yes yes Death of Maurice Ridley MB PC Carolyne Morrison 2,132 43.21 -28.75 MB Liberal-Progressive Charles Cousins 1,491 30.22 +2.18 MB Social Credit Bruce Wannop 1,311 26.57 +26.57 |- style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" |4,934 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 |100 MB PC −26.57 Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1959-1960) http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/events/provincialbyelection1960.shtml Manitoba Historical Society August 1, 2019 See also List of Manitoba political parties References Category:1959 elections in Canada 1959 Category:1959 in Manitoba Category:May 1959 in Canada