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1953 Manitoba general election Manitoba 1921 parliamentary 1949 Manitoba general election 1949 elected members 1953 06 08 24th Manitoba Legislature 1958 Manitoba general election 1958 57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 MB Liberal nohash Douglas Campbell November 13, 1948 MB Liberal-Progressive name Lakeside 25 35 10 117,887 44.05% 5.35% MB PC nohash Errick Willis June 9, 1936 MB PC name Turtle Mountain 9 12 3 56,278 21.03% 2.02% MB CCF nohash Lloyd Stinson December 19, 1952 MB CCF name Winnipeg South 7 5 2 44,332 16.56% 9.04% Premier Douglas Lloyd Campbell MB Liberal-Progressive name Premier after election Douglas Lloyd Campbell MB Liberal-Progressive name
The 1953 Manitoba general election was held on June 8, 1953 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The election produced a majority government for the Liberal-Progressive party led by Douglas Campbell. His party won thirty-two of fifty-seven seats although with but 39 per cent of the vote overall. To date this is the last election in which the Liberal Party won a majority of seats in Manitoba.
This was the first election held in Manitoba after the breakup of a ten-year coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressives and Progressive Conservatives. The coalition, which began in 1940, was ended in 1950 when the Progressive Conservatives crossed to the opposition side.
Prior to the 1949 election, Winnipeg's single at-large 10-member district was broken up into three four-member districts. The new districts, named Winnipeg Centre, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South, elected four members each, through STV.
St. Boniface elected two members through STV.
(The 1953 election was to be the last provincial election in Manitoba to have multi-member districts and election by STV. After that election all Manitoba MLAs were elected through First-past-the-post voting in single-member districts.)
Each of the other districts elected one MLA using Instant-Runoff Voting. This was to be the last provincial election in Manitoba to use Instant-Runoff Voting in these districts.
The result of the election was a convincing victory for the Liberal-Progressive government of Premier Douglas Campbell, which won thirty-two of fifty-seven seats although with but 39 per cent of the vote overall.
Three Independent Liberal-Progressives were also elected.
The Progressive Conservatives, led by Errick Willis, saw their representation in the legislature increase from nine to twelve members. This was a disappointing result for many in the party. Willis had been a prominent cabinet minister in the coalition government, and many questioned the sincerity of his new-found opposition to Campbell's ministry. The following year, he lost the leadership of the party to Dufferin Roblin.
The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) suffered a disappointment under new leader Lloyd Stinson, falling from seven seats to five. Its 17 per cent of the vote made it due about eight seats proportionally.
During the campaign, the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper devoted considerable attention to the return of the Social Credit Party in Manitoba. The party had not contested the previous provincial election, but was buoyed by the recent Social Credit victory in British Columbia and ran several candidates. The Free Press, which supported the Liberal-Progressives, and played up the threat of a Social Credit victory to rally popular support for the government. The actual threat posed by Social Credit was minimal: only two of its candidates were elected, although it did receive 13 per cent of the vote.
The Communist Labor-Progressive Party also won representation in the legislature, with party incumbent Bill Kardash taking one of the four constituency seats in Winnipeg North. This was the last time that a Communist candidate won election to the Manitoba legislature, or indeed to any provincial legislature in Canada.
Two independent candidates were elected. Stephen Juba, the mayor of Winnipeg, was one of them.
Results
PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1949Elected% Change#%% Change
MB Liberal-Progressive row-name Douglas Campbell 50 25 32 104,97639.22
MB Independent Liberal-Progressive rowIndependent Liberal-Progressive 7 3 12,9114.82
MB Liberal-Progressive rowTotal Government 57 35 117,88744.05
MB PC row Progressive Conservative Errick Willis 38 9 12 56,27821.03
MB CCF row Co-operative Commonwealth Lloyd Stinson 25 7 5 44,33216.56
MB Social Credit row Social Credit none 43 2 2 35,75013.36
MB Labor-Progressive row-name William Cecil Ross 1 1 1 3,8121.42
MB Independent rowIndependent 11 5 2 9,5773.58 Total175 57 57 267,636100
Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal-Progressive MB Liberal 44.05
PC MB PC 21.03
CCF MB CCF 16.56
Social Credit MB Social Credit 13.36
Labor-Progressive MB Communist 1.42
Others MB Independent 3.58Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal-Progressive MB Liberal 61.40
PC MB PC 21.05
CCF MB CCF 8.77
Social Credit MB Social Credit 3.51
Labor-Progressive MB Communist 1.75
Others MB Independent 3.51
See also
List of Manitoba political parties
Constituency results
Single-member constituencies
Arthur:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeJ. Arthur Ross1,92057.14MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)John R. Pitt 1,440 42.86Total valid votes3,360100.00Rejected votes65Turnout3,42578.88
Assiniboia:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Reginald Wightman 3,359 38.87
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationAlvin H. Mackling3,07835.62MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeGeorge E. Fournier1,52817.68MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditFlorence M. Bloomfield6777.83Total valid votes8,642100.00Rejected votes56Turnout8,69857.50
Fournier and Bloomfield were eliminated, and their votes were distributed as follows: Wightman 837, Mackling 768. 600 votes were non-transferable.
Final Count
PartyCandidateVotes%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Reginald Wightman 4,196 48.55
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationAlvin H. Mackling3,84644.50
MB Independent rowExhausted votes6006.94
Birtle:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Francis Bell 2,148 69.18MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeFrancis Macdonald Manwaring95730.82Total valid votes3,105100.00Rejected votes15Turnout3,12066.97
Brandon City:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)Reginald Lissaman3,51446.04MB Liberal-Progressive James A. Creighton 3,063 40.13
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditW.A. Wyborn1,05613.83Total valid votes7,633100.00Rejected votes143Turnout7,77661.82
Wyborn was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Lissaman 272, Creighton 138. 646 votes were non-transferable.
Second Count
PartyCandidateVotes%
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)Reginald Lissaman3,78649.60
MB Liberal-Progressive James A. Creighton 3,201 41.94
MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred6468.46
Carillon:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Edmond Prefontaine 3,278 75.48
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditK.T. Kroeker1,06524.52Total valid votes4,343100.00Rejected votes111Turnout4,45469.44
Cypress:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive Francis Ferg 1,785 45.39
MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeDr. Roderick George Hurton1,19830.46MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditMarcel Philippe95024.15Total valid votes3,933100.00Rejected votes50Turnout3,98370.78
Ferg was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Philippe.
Dauphin:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditWilliam Bullmore1,66832.19MB Liberal-Progressive John Potoski 1,494 28.83
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)Ernest N. McGirr1,23523.83MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationFrank Fulbrook78515.15Total valid votes5,182100.00Rejected votes205Turnout5,38777.48
Bullmore was subsequently elected on transfers.
Deloraine-Glenwood:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)James O. Argue1,86253.88MB Liberal-Progressive Robert E. Moffat 1,594 46.12Total valid votes3,456100.00Rejected votes16Turnout3,47272.76
Dufferin:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Walter McDonald 1,833 45.00
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditGeorge Loeppky1,32932.63MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeEarl Collins91122.37Total valid votes4,073100.00Rejected votes163Turnout4,23672.96
McDonald was subsequently elected on transfers from Collins.
Emerson:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)John Solomon 2,329 49.51
MB Liberal-Progressive Frank Casper 2,155 45.81
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditGeorge J. Friesen2204.68Total valid votes4,704100.00Rejected votes93Turnout4,79783.40
Solomon was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Friesen.
Ethelbert:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Michael N. Hryhorczuk 1,948 51.03
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationHarry Basaraba1,36835.84MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeJohn L. Solomon2767.23MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditHarry Dyck2255.89Total valid votes3,817100.00Rejected votes102Turnout3,91975.99
Fairford:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)James Anderson 1,072 47.27
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditFred G. Cook65929.06MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeDaniel McFadyen28812.70MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationJohn A. McDonald24910.98Total valid votes2,268100.00Rejected votes58Turnout2,32667.26
Joseph H. Kacher entered the contest as an Independent Liberal-Progressive, but withdrew before election day. Anderson was subsequently elected on transfers.
Fisher:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Nicholas Bachynsky 1,554 59.45
MB Independent rowIndependentLeon W. Michalchuk70526.97MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationElsie Lyon2118.07MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditDavid Heindrichs1445.51Total valid votes2,614100.00Rejected votes134Turnout2,74858.87
Gilbert Plains:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Ray Mitchell 1,069 34.12
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationRobert J. Wilson98931.57MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditE.P. Brown69522.18MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeBardette Elliott38012.13Total valid votes3,133100.00Rejected votes50Turnout3,18378.11
Brown and Elliott were eliminated, and their votes were transferred as follows: Mitchell 239, Wilson 222. 614 votes were non-transferable.
Final Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Ray Mitchell 1,308 41.75
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationRobert J. Wilson1,21138.65MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred61419.60
Gimli:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Steinn O. Thompson 2,252 67.97
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditE.H. Fitch86726.17MB Independent rowIndependentJohn Firman1945.86Total valid votes3,313100.00Rejected votes48Turnout3,36154.15
Gladstone:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)William Morton accl.
Hamiota:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Charles Shuttleworth 1,599 47.72
MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeEdward P. Venables1,22736.62MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditFred Charles52515.67Total valid votes3,351100.00Rejected votes39Turnout3,39065.68
Charles was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Venables 123, Shuttleworth 88. 314 votes were non-transferable.
Second Count
PartyCandidateVotes%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Charles Shuttleworth 1,687 50.34
MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeEdward P. Venables1,35040.29
MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred3149.37
Iberville:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)John McDowell1,44238.68MB Liberal-Progressive C. Henry Jarvis 1,247 33.45
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationJohn C. Hilgenga66517.41MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditC.F. Rempel3749.79Total valid votes3,728100.00Rejected votes91Turnout3,81963.13
Hilgenga and Rempel were eliminated, and their votes were distributed as follows: Jarvis 207, McDowell 195. 637 votes were non-transferable.
Final Count
PartyCandidateVotes%
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)John McDowell1,63743.91
MB Liberal-Progressive C. Henry Jarvis 1,454 39.00
MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred63717.09
Kildonan—Transcona:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationRussell Paulley5,77047.68MB Liberal-Progressive J. Leslie Bodie 4,394 36.31
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditDr. L.G. Carson1,1179.23MB Independent rowIndependentSteve Melnyk8206.78Total valid votes12,101100.00Rejected votes247Turnout12,34861.91
Although Melnyk ran as an independent, he was supported by the local Progressive Conservative association.
Both Carson and Melnyk were eliminated after the first count. Paulley received 275 additional votes on transfers, while Bodie received 163. It is assumed that all of these transfers came from Melynk's total, and that Paulley was declared elected before Carson's ballots were scrutinized. For the purposes of this article, Carson's final vote total is listed under "votes not transferred".
Second Count
PartyCandidateVotes%
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationRussell Paulley6,04549.95
MB Liberal-Progressive J. Leslie Bodie 4,557 37.66
MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred1,49917.09
Killarney:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)Abram Harrison1,78648.51MB Liberal-Progressive Cliff W. Landerkin 1,230 33.41
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditG. Glen Paterson66618.09Total valid votes3,682100.00Rejected votes51Turnout3,73375.70
Harrison was subsequently elected on transfers from Paterson.
Lakeside:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Douglas Campbell 2,290 56.13
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditJames William Lee Tully78619.26MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeCharles H. Spence66216.23MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationHazel C. Allan3428.38Total valid votes4,080100.00Rejected votes79Turnout4,15972.34
Lansdowne:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive Matthew R. Sutherland 2,014 46.99
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)Thomas H. Seens1,56336.47MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditR.W. Doherty70916.54Total valid votes4,286100.00Rejected votes29Turnout4,31565.99
Sutherland was subsequently elected on transfers from Doherty. The Winnipeg Free Press of June 12, 1953, indicates that Sutherland had 2,160 votes on the second count.
La Verendrye:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Edmond Brodeur 2,203 58.30
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditDamase Dufresne1,57641.70Total valid votes3,779100.00Rejected votes53Turnout3,83262.93
Manitou-Morden:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)Hugh Morrison1,60646.99MB Liberal-Progressive Chris D. McLean 1,054 30.84
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditAlbert O'Donnell75822.18Total valid votes3,418100.00Rejected votes68Turnout3,48664.20
Morrison was subsequently elected on transfers from O'Donnell.
Minnedosa:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Henry S. Rungay 1,433 36.92
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditGilbert Hutton1,40136.10MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeJohn A. Burgess1,04726.98Total valid votes3,881100.00Rejected votes71Turnout3,95277.46
Hutton was subsequently elected on transfers from Burgess.
Morris:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Independent rowIndependent(incumbent)Harry Shewman1,52842.89MB Liberal-Progressive Arthur S. Beaubien 1,191 33.43
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditWilbert James Tinkler84423.69Total valid votes3,563100.00Rejected votes117Turnout3,68065.27
Tinkler was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Shewman 432, Beaubien 58. 354 votes were not transferred.
Second Count
PartyCandidateVotes%
MB Independent rowIndependent(incumbent)Harry Shewman1,96055.01
MB Liberal-Progressive Arthur S. Beaubien 1,249 35.05
MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred3549.94
Mountain:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Ivan Schultz 1,851 58.87
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditDollard E. Lafreniere89428.44MB Independent rowIndependentJohn A. Mabon39912.69Total valid votes3,144100.00Rejected votes25Turnout3,16965.48
Norfolk-Beautiful Plains:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Samuel Burch 2,133 43.60
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditCharles J. McKinnon1,39428.50MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeHarold A. Nelson1,36527.90Total valid votes4,892100.00Rejected votes44Turnout4,93659.96
Nelson was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: McKinnon 342, Burch 257. 766 votes were not transferred.
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Samuel Burch 2,390 48.86
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditCharles J. McKinnon1,73635.49MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred76615.66
Portage la Prairie:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Charles Greenlay 1,653 43.89
MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeWilliam C. Warren1,32935.29MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditBernie H. Rempel78420.82Total valid votes3,766100.00Rejected votes121Turnout3,88773.97
Rempel was eliminated, and his votes were transferred as follows: Warren 200, Greenlay 94. 490 votes were non-transferable.
PartyCandidateVotes%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Charles Greenlay 1,747 46.39
MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeWilliam C. Warren1,52940.60
MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred49013.01
Rhineland:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Wallace C. Miller 1,608 51.26
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditVictor Peters96430.73MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeLeo A. Recksiedler56518.01Total valid votes3,137100.00Rejected votes86Turnout3,22367.09
Roblin:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Ronald Robertson 1,474 50.26
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationJoseph Perchaluk86629.53MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditEarl D. McIntyre36612.48MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeFred E. Cowan2277.74Total valid votes2,933100.00Rejected votes116Turnout3,04975.66
Rockwood:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Robert Bend 1,952 65.13
MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeH.J. Langrell65621.89MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditC.E. Toutant38912.98Total valid votes2,997100.00Rejected votes47Turnout3,04471.34
Russell:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Rodney S. Clement 1,704 41.28
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationMichael Sotas1,19028.83MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeKeith Porter72317.51MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditCharles H. Beswatherick51112.38Total valid votes4,128100.00Rejected votes56Turnout4,18480.37
Clement was subsequently elected on transfers.
St. Andrews:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Thomas Hillhouse 2,938 57.14
MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeKeith H. Robson1,36626.57MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationErnest Draffin83816.30Total valid votes5,142100.00Rejected votes93Turnout5,23565.08
St. Clements:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive Stanley Copp 2,970 51.19
MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationEdgar E. Smee1,49525.77MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditOsborne A. Earle95916.53MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeWalter H. Whyte3786.51Total valid votes5,802100.00Rejected votes259Turnout6,06160.66
Fred Klym entered the contest as an Independent Liberal Progressive candidate, but withdrew before election day.
St. George:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Christian Halldorson 1,695 84.08
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditE.H. Hartfield32115.92Total valid votes2,016100.00Rejected votes36Turnout2,05263.10
Halldorson was also supported by the St. George Progressive Conservative Association.
Springfield:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)William Lucko 1,837 47.78
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditWilliam G. Storsley1,36535.50MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeA.H. Watt64316.72Total valid votes3,845100.00Rejected votes215Turnout4,06051.68
Watt was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Storsley 206, Lucko 128. 309 votes were not transferred.
PartyCandidateVotes%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)William Lucko 1,965 51.11
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditWilliam G. Storsley1,57140.86
MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred3098.04
Swan River:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)George Renouf2,38349.32MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditDelbert L. Downs1,50831.21MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationSam Einarson75715.67MB Independent rowIndependentGeorge E. Scalf1843.81Total valid votes4,832100.00Rejected votes64Turnout4,89665.00
Renouf was subsequently elected on transfers.
The Pas:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive (incumbent)Francis Jobin 4,875 60.42
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditWilliam H. Calvert1,66820.67MB CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationArthur W. Thompson1,52618.91Total valid votes8,069100.00Rejected votes177Turnout8,24661.42
Turtle Mountain:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB PC rowProgressive Conservative(incumbent)Errick Willis1,77756.11MB Liberal-Progressive Charles Gorrie 883 27.88
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditC.A. Ferguson50716.01Total valid votes3,167100.00Rejected votes57Turnout3,22478.61
Virden:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB PC rowProgressive ConservativeJohn Thompson2,18257.38MB Liberal-Progressive Gordon A. Mooney 1,621 42.62Total valid votes3,803100.00Rejected votes31Turnout3,83475.40
Eric Bailey was nominated for the Social Credit Party, but withdrew before election day. Herman Scheel was nominated in his place, but also withdrew after discovering that some electors who had signed his nomination papers believed they were endorsing Bailey.
Multi-member constituencies
St. Boniface
Two members elected
Valid votes in total = 19,557
Quota (amount that ensures election but not necessary to be elected) = 6,519
St. Boniface
6
Roger Teillet
MB
Liberal-Progressive
23.16
4,530
4,607
4,687
4,923
5,087
6,220
L. Raymond Fennell
MB
Liberal-Progressive
18.31
3,580
3,626
3,706
3,783
4,278
4,886
(incumbent)Joseph G. Van Belleghem
MB
Liberal-Progressive
16.31
3,189
3,264
3,325
3,581
3,932
David Turner
MB
CCF
13.84
2,707
2,745
3,563
3,782
4,113
4,497
Raymond Hughes
MB
Progressive Conservative
10.74
2,101
2,397
2,465
2,568
Tony Lemoine
MB
Social Credit
7.26
1,420
1,481
1,537
Kay E. McKinnon
MB
CCF
6.61
1,293
1,329
Louis Leger
MB
Progressive Conservative
3.77
737
6
32,557
19,557
456
6,519
20,013 (61.47%)
At the end there were 3954 exhausted votes, votes that were no longer in play, either because there were no back-up preferences marked or because the candidates that were marked had already been eliminated.
Two Liberal-Progressive candidates were declared elected when the field of candidates narrowed through eliminations of lowest-ranking candidates to the point where these two were the last remaining candidates to fill the two seats, which had still not been filled by that point.
Being the last ones remaining, they were elected even though they did not have quota.
St. Boniface (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes)
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive Roger Teillet 6 6220 39.9 4530 8000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive L. Raymond Fennell 6 4886 31.3 3580 8000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive Joseph G. Van Belleghem 5 3932 22.5 3189 8000
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth David Turner 6 4497 28.8 2707 8000
#9999FF Progressive Conservative Raymond Hughes 4 2568 13.8 2101 8000
#90EE90 Social Credit Tony Lemoine 3 1537 8.0 1420 8000
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth Kay E. McKinnon 2 1329 6.8 1293 8000
#9999FF Progressive Conservative Louis Leger 1 737 3.8 737 8000
3954 20.2 4 8000 3,954 20.2
Winnipeg Centre
Winnipeg Centre
10
(incumbent)Donovan Swailes
MB
CCF
19.01
3,910
3,921
3,929
3,950
4,204
4,204
4,204
4,204
4,204
4,204
Stephen Juba
MB
Independent
17.59
3,619
3,668
3,689
3,783
3,826
3,894
3,992
4,172
4,172
4,172
Jack St. John
MB
Liberal-Progressive
15.92
3,276
3,311
3,311
3,344
3,360
3,694
3,760
3,810
5,119
4,115
Hank Scott
MB
Progressive Conservative
10.13
2,085
2,095
2,117
2,312
2,318
2,363
2,459
2,513
2,718
3,108
Lewis Stubbs
MB
Independent
8.46
1,741
1,756
1,771
1,820
1,847
1,904
1,978
2,181
2,344
2,556
Nan Murphy
MB
Liberal-Progressive
7.51
1,546
1,565
1,578
1,596
1,600
1,885
1,938
1,991
(incumbent)Gordon R. Fines
MB
CCF
5.25
1,080
1,085
1,094
1,095
1,246
1,265
1,339
David Graham
MB
Liberal-Progressive
4.04
831
848
857
873
879
Percival Ward Brown
MB
Social Credit
3.71
763
826
1,095
1,102
1,117
1,132
G.S. Borgford
MB
CCF
2.63
541
545
553
558
Joseph Stepnuk
MB
Progressive Conservative
2.32
478
488
489
Emil A. Johnson
MB
Social Credit
1.72
354
449
Patrick J. Mulgrew
MB
Social Credit
1.39
286
E.L. Colson
MB
Independent
0.31
63
10
47,122
20,573
406
4,115
20,979 (44.52%)
The surpluses of Swailes and Juba were not transferred, as they were too small to affect the final candidate order. Scott was declared elected to the fourth position, despite finishing below the quota.
Winnipeg Centre (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes)
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth Donovan Swailes 10 4204 23.16 3910 8000
gainsboro Independent Stephen Juba 10 4172 22.98 3619 8000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive Jack St. John 9 5119 27.58 3276 8000
#9999FF Progressive Conservative Hank Scott 10 3108 17.12 2085 8000
gainsboro Independent Lewis Stubbs 10 2556 14.08 1741 8000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive Nan Murphy 8 1991 10.55 1546 8000
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth Gordon R. Fines 7 1339 6.81 1080 8000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive David Graham 5 879 4.31 831 8000
#90EE90 Social Credit Percival Ward Brown 6 1132 5.57 763 8000
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth G.S. Borgford 4 558 2.73 541 8000
#9999FF Progressive Conservative Joseph Stepnuk 3 489 2.39 478 8000
#90EE90 Social Credit Emil A. Johnson 2 449 2.19 354 8000
#90EE90 Social Credit Patrick J. Mulgrew 1 286 1.39 286 8000
gainsboro Independent E.L. Colson 1 63 0.31 63 8000
2418 11.8 4 8000 2418 11.75
Winnipeg North
Winnipeg North
8
(incumbent)Morris Gray
MB
CCF
21.48
4,642
4,323
4,323
4,323
4,323
4,323
4,323
4,323
(incumbent)Bill Kardash
MB
Labor-Progressive
17.64
3,812
3,830
3,872
3,903
3,949
4,102
4,212
4,271
(incumbent)John Hawryluk
MB
CCF
13.27
2,857
2,946
3,165
3,207
3,974
4,218
4,793
4,323
John M. Kozoriz
MB
Liberal-Progressive
8.62
1,863
1,866
1,939
2,370
2,397
2,581
2,879
3,082
Stan Carrick
MB
Progressive Conservative
8.31
1,795
1,804
1,940
2,004
2,076
2,373
E.A. Brotman
MB
Liberal-Progressive
7.74
1,672
1,780
1,838
1,969
2,042
Alexander Turk
MB
Liberal-Progressive
7.50
1,622
1,629
1,712
2,124
2,164
2,603
3,068
3,134
John J. Kelsch
MB
Liberal-Progressive
5.43
1,173
1,176
1,282
Len Aylen
MB
CCF
5.19
1,122
1,192
1,293
1,325
Nicholas Hallas
MB
Social Credit
4.24
917
928
John Zuzyk
MB
Independent
0.64
138
139
8
44,887
21,613
503
4,323
22,116 (49.27%)
Kardash and Turk were declared elected to the third and fourth positions, even though both finished below the quota.
Because of vote transfers from Lib-Prog Brotman and from Prog-Conservative Carrick, Lib-Prog Turk passed Lib-Prog Kozoriz who was in fourth place to take a seat.
2480 exhausted votes at the end.
Winnipeg North (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes)
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth Morris Gray 1 4642 21.48 4642 8000
#FF6347 Labor-Progressive Bill Kardash 8 4271 22.98 3812 8000
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth John Hawryluk 7 4793 22.32 2857 8000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive John M. Kozoriz 8 3082 16.11 1863 8000
#9999FF Progressive Conservative Stan Carrick 6 2373 11.75 1795 8000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive E.A. Brotman 5 2042 9.76 1672 8000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive Alexander Turk 8 3134 16.38 1622 8000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive John J. Kelsch 3 1282 6.00 1173 8000
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth Len Aylen 4 1325 6.24 1122 8000
#90EE90 Social Credit Nicholas Hallas 2 928 4.29 917 8000
gainsboro Independent John Zuzyk 2 139 0.64 138 8000
2480 11.47 4 8000 2,480 11.47
Winnipeg South
Winnipeg South
7
(incumbent)Ronald Turner
MB
Liberal-Progressive
27.49
8,007
5,826
(incumbent)Dufferin Roblin
MB
Progressive Conservative
20.75
6,045
6,045
5,826
(incumbent)Lloyd Stinson
MB
CCF
16.94
4,934
5,030
5,042
5,067
5,281
5,972
5,972
Gurney Evans
MB
Progressive Conservative
14.49
4,221
4,557
4,699
4,716
4,829
4,949
6,197
Maude McCreery
MB
Progressive Conservative
6.25
1,820
2,041
2,090
2,110
2,241
2,318
George P. Macleod
MB
Liberal-Progressive
6.20
1,806
3,243
3,254
3,273
3,349
3,460
3,889
A. Montague Israels
MB
CCF
3.83
1,117
1,165
1,167
1,175
1,234
Doreen Benjamin
MB
Social Credit
2.10
612
629
630
1,068
Jemima F. Webster
MB
Social Credit
1.94
566
592
594
7
56,065
29,128
319
5,826
29,447 (52.52%)
Stinson's surplus of 146 was not transferred, as it would not have affected the candidate order.
Winnipeg South (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes)
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive Ronald Turner 1 8007 27.49 8007 9000
#9999FF Progressive Conservative Dufferin Roblin 1 6045 20.75 6045 9000
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth Lloyd Stinson 6 5972 21.06 4934 9000
#9999FF Progressive Conservative Gurney Evans 7 6197 25.08 4221 9000
#9999FF Progressive Conservative Maude McCreery 6 2318 8.18 1820 9000
#EA6D6A Liberal-Progressive George P. Macleod 7 3889 15.74 1806 9000
#EEDDAA Co-operative Commonwealth A. Montague Israels 5 1234 4.32 1117 9000
#90EE90 Social Credit Doreen Benjamin 4 1068 4.29 612 9000
#90EE90 Social Credit Jemima F. Webster 3 594 2.04 566 9000
1418 5.90 4 8000 1,418 5.12
Deferred elections
The election in Rupertsland was deferred to July 6, due to the difficulties of enumeration in this vast northern constituency. The election in Ste. Rose was also deferred to July 6, after incumbent Liberal-Progressive candidate Maurice Dane MacCarthy died on the eve of the general election.
The election did not technically end until July 21, 1953, when the final results for Rupertsland were announced.
Rupertsland (deferred to July 6, 1953):
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive Roy Brown 1,136 49.31
MB Liberal-Progressive Harry Boulette 982 42.62
MB Independent rowIndependentCharles Leo Abbott1868.07Total valid votes2,304100.00Rejected votes92Turnout2,39657.10
The Progressive Conservatives initially nominated E.G. Perry, but he withdrew from the contest and endorsed Brown. Brown was declared elected following transfers from Abbott. The official Elections Manitoba report of this constituency lists Boulette as an official Liberal-Progressive candidate, but newspaper reports from the period indicate that he was an Independent Liberal-Progressive.
Ste. Rose:
First Count
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MB Liberal-Progressive Gildas Molgat 1,369 40.95
MB Liberal-Progressive James Albert Fletcher 1,083 32.40
MB Social Credit rowSocial CreditAntoine Pineau89126.65Total valid votes3,343100.00Rejected votes76Turnout3,41969.32
Pineau was eliminated, and his votes were transferred as follows: Molgat 192, Fletcher 83. 616 votes were not transferred.
Second Count
PartyCandidateVotes%
MB Liberal-Progressive Gildas Molgat 1,561 46.69
MB Liberal-Progressive James Albert Fletcher 1,166 34.88
MB Independent rowVotes Not Transferred61618.43
Sources
Results for the first ballot counts for all constituencies are taken from the 1954 Canadian Parliamentary Guide, and from Election Manitoba's "Historical Summaries" (printed as an appendix to the 2003 election results).
There are minor discrepancies between these sources for the Social Credit vote count in Brandon City, Manitou-Morden, Rockwood and Swan River. The sources also disagree as to the candidate order for Minnedosa on the first count (although both agree that Gilbert Hutton was subsequently elected). In each case, the "Historical Summaries" entry has been taken as more reliable.
All results after the first ballot are taken from reports in the Winnipeg Free Press. This paper made an obvious error in reporting Lloyd Stinson's fifth-vote count, which has been corrected here. Other than this, the results for multi-member constituencies may be taken as accurate and verifiable. For the single-member constituencies, it possible that Free Press reports differed from the final results in some particulars.
Post-election changes
Ivan Schultz (Mountain, LP) resigned his seat in the first half of 1955, while James O. Argue (Deloraine-Glenwood, PC) died in the same period. By-elections for both constituencies were held on June 27, 1955. The CCF concluded that it did not have a chance of victory in either seat, and declined to nominate candidates. Social Credit also planned to stay out of the elections, until Roger Poiron entered the Mountain poll without consulting the provincial party. Although not technically an official candidate, he still received support from the Social Credit organization.Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1955, pp. 1, 4.
The Winnipeg Free Press's coverage indicates that the Campbell government was concerned with the results of the 1955 by-elections. Mountain had previously been regarded as one of the safest Liberal-Progressive seats in the province, and Boulic's performance was unexpectedly strong. Many leading government figures had campaigned for Clark in the campaign's final days, to ensure his victory. Clark received most of his support from Mountain's Anglophone majority and large Flemish community, while Boulic did well among French Canadians, who made up about one third of the voters.Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1955, pp. 1, 4.
St. George (dec. Christian Halldorson, 1956), December 30, 1956:
Elman Guttormson (LP) 1214
Magnusson (PC) 707
Allen (CCF) 510
Emerson (res. John Solomon, 1957), November 14, 1957:
John Tanchak (LP) 2183
Frank Casper (PC) 2008
[Note: These figures are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, with 31 of 32 polls reporting. The outstanding poll was too small to affect the final result.]
Manitou-Morden (dec. Hugh Morrison, 1957), November 14, 1957:
Maurice Ridley (PC) 2240
David Lumgair (L) 1057
Gladstone (dec. William Morton, early 1958)
Dauphin (William Bullmore left the Social Credit party in either 1957 or 1958)
Arthur (dec. J. Arthur Ross, April 1, 1958)
Further reading
http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/downloads/HistoricalSummary.pdf Historical Summaries 2007 Elections Manitoba
References
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