1962 Manitoba general election

none September 2023 1962 Manitoba general election Manitoba 1957 parliamentary no no no 1959 Manitoba general election 1959 elected members 1966 Manitoba general election 26th Manitoba Legislature 1966 57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority December 14, 1962 Hon. Duff Roblin (F0563 fl0008 it0001) (cropped 3-4).jpg MB PC nohash Duff Roblin June 17, 1954 MB PC name Wolseley 36 36 134,208 45.0% 2.0pp Gildas Molgat.jpg MB Liberal nohash Gildas Molgat April 20, 1961 MB Liberal name Ste. Rose 11 13 2 103,283 36.3% 6.0pp NDP MB NDP nohash Russell Paulley November 4, 1961 MB NDP name Radisson 10 7 3 47,304 15.8% 6.0pp SC MB Social Credit nohash Jacob Froese 1959 MB Social Credit name Rhineland - 1 1 6,930 2.3% 2.3pp ManitobaElection1962.png 350px Map of Election Results Premier Premier after the election Dufferin Roblin MB PC name Dufferin Roblin MB PC name The 1962 Manitoba general election was held on December 14, 1962 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, securing a third term for the party. Roblin's Tories won 36 seats versus 13 for the Liberals led by Gildas Molgat, 7 for the social democratic New Democrats led by Russell Paulley, and 1 seat for the Social Credit Party led by Jacob Froese. The Communist Party ran two candidates, neither being successful. Detailed Results Summary PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1959Elected#%% Change MB PC row Progressive Conservative Dufferin Roblin 5736 36134,20845.0%  MB Liberal row Liberal Gildas Molgat 571113108,28336.3%  MB NDP rowNew Democratic Russell Paulley4010 747,30415.8%  MB Social Credit rowSocial Credit Jacob Froese11- 16,9302.3%  MB Communist row-name William Cecil Ross 2--8160.3%  MB Independent rowIndependent 3--9600.3%   Total 17057 57298,501100%  Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC MB PC 44.96 Liberal MB Liberal 36.28 New Democratic MB NDP 15.85 Social Credit MB Social Credit 2.32 Others MB Independent 0.59Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC MB PC 63.16 Liberal MB Liberal 22.81 New Democratic MB NDP 12.28 Social Credit MB Social Credit 1.75 Northern Manitoba MB PC Liberal NDP |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Churchill |MB PC background| |Gordon Beard2,170 | |Francis Jobin1,973 | | |MB PC background| |John Ingebrigtson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Flin Flon |MB PC background| |Charles Witney2,375 | |Eli Ross1,175 | |Fred Ledieu448 |MB PC background| |Charles Witney |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rupertsland |MB PC background| |Joseph Jeannotte2,329 | |Reginald McKay515 | |Thomas Hamilton461 |MB PC background| |Joseph Jeannotte |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|The Pas |MB PC background| |John Carroll2,484 | |Adam Deminick1,497 | |Rachael Schewchuk430 |MB PC background| |John Carroll |} Southern Manitoba MB PC Liberal NDP Social Credit |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Arthur |MB PC background| |J. Douglas Watt2,629 | |Harry Patmore1,861 | | | | |MB PC background| |J. Douglas Watt |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Birtle-Russell |MB PC background| |Robert Smellie2,676 | |Victor Fulton1,701 | |Arnold Minish704 | | |MB PC background| |Robert Smellie |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Brandon |MB PC background| |Reginald Lissaman4,771 | |James Creighton3,182 | |Hans Fries1542 | |Harold Wright535 |MB PC background| |Reginald Lissaman |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Brokenhead | |Richard Mulder1,314 | |Max Dubas971 |MB NDP background| |Ed Schreyer1,910 | | |MB NDP background| |Ed Schreyer |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Carillon | |Peter Thiessen1,278 |MB Liberal background| |Leonard Barkman2,116 | | | |Edward Dubois811 |MB Liberal background| |Edmond Prefontaine |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cypress |MB PC background| |Thelma Forbes2,746 | |Welland Stonehouse1,928 | | | |Charles Turner267 |MB PC background| |Thelma Forbes |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dauphin |MB PC background| |Stewart McLean3,247 | |John Seale1,801 | | | | |MB PC background| |Stewart McLean |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dufferin |MB PC background| |William Homer Hamilton2,542 | |R.G. Douglas1,309 | | | | |MB PC background| |William Homer Hamilton |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Emerson | |Michael Sokolyk1,964 |MB Liberal background| |John Tanchak2,545 | | | | |MB Liberal background| |John Tanchak |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Ethelbert Plains | |James Crowe1,376 |MB Liberal background| |Michael Hryhorczuk1,930 | |A. Clifford Matthews706 | | |MB Liberal background| |Michael Hryhorczuk |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fisher |MB PC background| |Emil Moeller1,410 | |Arthur Dublin1,076 | |Peter Wagner1,323 | | |MB NDP background| |Peter Wagner |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gimli |MB PC background| |George Johnson2,316 | |Don Martin794 | |Magnus Eliason917 | | |MB PC background| |George Johnson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gladstone | |Jack McPhedran2,020 |MB Liberal background| |Nelson Shoemaker2,868 | |Fred Cooks249 | | |MB Liberal background| |Nelson Shoemaker |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Hamiota |MB PC background| |Barry Strickland2,573 | |Frank Taylor2,015 | |M.S. Antonation329 | | |MB PC background| |Barry Strickland |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lac du Bonnet |MB PC background| |Oscar Bjornson1,740 | |John Ateah1,264 | |John Bracken843 | | |MB PC background| |Oscar Bjornson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lakeside | |John Frederick Bate1,452 |MB Liberal background| |Douglas Campbell2,009 | |H.C. Alfen207 | | |MB Liberal background| |Douglas Campbell |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|La Verendrye | |Rene Prefontaine1,086 |MB Liberal background| |Albert Vielfaure1,394 | | | |Raymond Thuot719 |MB Liberal background| |Stan Roberts |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Minnedosa |MB PC background| |Walter Weir2,828 | |Frank Anderson1,536 | |John Lee472 | |C.V. Hutton456 |MB PC background| |Walter Weir |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Morris |MB PC background| |Harry Shewman1,648 | |Phil Perron1,126 | | | |Wilbur Tinkler609 |MB PC background| |Harry Shewman |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Pembina |MB PC background| |Carolyne Morrison2,436 | |Charles Cousins2,225 | | | | |MB PC background| |Carolyne Morrison |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Portage la Prairie | |John Christianson2,124 |MB Liberal background| |Gordon Johnston2,414 | |Francis Mason220 | | |MB PC background| |John Christianson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rhineland | |A.J. Thissen1,478 | |J.H. Pennber791 | | |MB Social Credit background| |Jacob Froese1,511 |MB Social Credit background| |Jacob Froese |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Roblin |MB PC background| |Keith Alexander2,205 | |Charles Filowich1,530 | |Ray Taylor645 | | |MB PC background| |Keith Alexander |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rock Lake |MB PC background| |Abram Harrison2,444 | |Harry Parsonage2,015 | |J.A. Potter257 | | |MB PC background| |Abram Harrison |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rockwood-Iberville |MB PC background| |George Hutton2,594 | |C.E. Crawford1,256 | |Samuel Cranston471 | | |MB PC background| |George Hutton |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. George | |John Hjalmasson1,210 |MB Liberal background| |Elman Guttormson2,451 | | | | |MB Liberal background| |Elman Guttormson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Ste. Rose | |J.A. Fletcher1,467 |MB Liberal background| |Gildas Molgat2,648 | |Leon Hoefer147 | | |MB Liberal background| |Gildas Molgat |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Selkirk | |Ben Massey1,527 |MB Liberal background| |Thomas P. Hillhouse2,104 | |Robert Luining579 | | |MB Liberal background| |Thomas P. Hillhouse |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Souris-Lansdowne |MB PC background| |Malcolm McKellar2,471 | |D.L. Barclay1,532 | | | | |MB PC background| |Malcolm McKellar |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Springfield |MB PC background| |Fred Klym1,993 | |William Lucko1,562 | | | |Harold Patzer429 |MB PC background| |Fred Klym |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Swan River |MB PC background| |James Bilton2,350 | |Elmir Simms1,004 | |M.G. Hofford718 | | |MB PC background| |Albert H.C. Corbett |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Turtle Mountain |MB PC background| |Peter J. McDonald2,788 | |Edward Dow1,973 | | | |C.R. Baskerville691 |MB Liberal background| |Edward Dow |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Virden |MB PC background| |Donald McGregor2,828 | |Malcolm McGregor1,323 | | | |J.J. Morton450 |MB PC background| |John Thompson |- |} Winnipeg MB PC Liberal NDP Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Assiniboia | |George Johnson2,993 |MB Liberal background| |Stephen Patrick3,232 | |Al Mackling1,978 | | |MB PC background| |George Johnson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burrows | |Peter Okrainec747 |MB Liberal background| |Mark Smerchanski1,791 | |John Hawryluk1,502 | |Andrew Bileski (Comm.)517 |MB NDP background| |John Hawryluk |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Elmwood | |Don Thompson1,737 | |John Kozoriz1,815 |MB NDP background| |Steve Peters2,024 | | |MB NDP background| |Steve Peters |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort Garry |MB PC background| |Sterling Lyon4,721 | |David Bowles2,828 | |Cliff Brownridge1,168 | | |MB PC background| |Sterling Lyon |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort Rouge |MB PC background| |Gurney Evans3,507 | |Brock McArthur2,128 | |William Reid990 | | |MB PC background| |Gurney Evans |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Inkster | |Mary Wayrykaw1,497 | |John Shanski2,081 |MB NDP background| |Morris Gray2,658 | | |MB NDP background| |Morris Gray |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kildonan |MB PC background| |James Mills3,176 | |Ernie Rudolph2,751 | |A.J. Reid3,172 | |John De Fehr (SC)452 |MB NDP background| |A.J. Reid |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Logan | |Uberta Blackburn1,126 | |Thomas Blaine1,006 |MB NDP background| |Lemuel Harris1,462 | | |MB NDP background| |Lemuel Harris |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Osborne |MB PC background| |Obie Baizley3,025 | |Robert E. Moffat1,871 | |Jim Buchanan1,523 | | |MB PC background| |Obie Baizley |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Radisson | |Nelson McLean2,712 | |Nick Slotek3,169 |MB NDP background| |Russell Paulley4,032 | | |MB NDP background| |Russell Paulley |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|River Heights |MB PC background| |Maitland Steinkopf5,044 | |Roy Matas3,941 | | | | |MB PC background| |W.B. Scarth |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Boniface | |Brunelle Leveille1,937 |MB Liberal background| |Laurent Desjardins4,175 | |Ian Wright662 | | |MB Liberal background| |Laurent Desjardins |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. James |MB PC background| |Douglas Stanes2,707 | |Dave Johnston2,202 | |William Hardy1,239 | | |MB PC background| |Douglas Stanes |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Johns | |M. Baryluk1,236 | |Ed Pollack1,229 |MB NDP background| |Saul Cherniack1,796 | |Saul Simkin (Comm.)299F.P. Bashchak (Ind.-Lib.-Lab.)111Sam Bordman (Ind.)54 |MB NDP background| |David Orlikow |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Matthews |MB PC background| |William Martin2,485 | |Don Cook1,771 | |Gordon Fines1,386 | | |MB PC background| |William Martin |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Vital |MB PC background| |Fred Groves3,626 | |Doug Honeyman2,605 | |Clare Martineau1,023 | |Fred Brennan (Ind.)795 |MB PC background| |Fred Groves |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Seven Oaks | |Jack Chapman2,635 | |Calvin Scarfe1,600 |MB NDP background| |Arthur E. Wright3,095 | | |MB NDP background| |Arthur E. Wright |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Wellington |MB PC background| |Richard Seaborn2,422 | |Gurzon Havey1,391 | |Lloyd Stinson2,202 | | |MB PC background| |Richard Seaborn |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Winnipeg Centre |MB PC background| |James Cowan2,779 | |Frank Lamont1,684 | |Donovan Swailes1,016 | | |MB PC background| |James Cowan |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Wolseley |MB PC background| |Dufferin Roblin3,207 | |Russ Davis1,559 | |Ed Stefaniuk798 | | |MB PC background| |Dufferin Roblin |- |} By-elections 1962 to 1966 MB September 30, 1964 River Heights (electoral district) River Heights yes yes yes Resignation of Maitland Steinkopf MB PC Maitland Steinkopf 4,963 52.57 -3.57 MB Liberal Scott Wright 4,478 47.43 +3.57 |- style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" |9,441 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 |100 MB PC −3.57 See also List of Manitoba political parties References Further reading Saywell John T. John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1962 1963 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_p7j9 registration 1959 Manitoba election List of Manitoba elections 1966 Manitoba election 1960s Canada Politics Manitoba general election 1962 General election Manitoba general election