1959 Manitoba general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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 percent more votes than it had received in the previous election just one year before but took 40 percent more seats than it had won in 1958. They had won 117,822 votes in 1958, compared to 147,000 in 1959.

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

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats		Popular vote
				1958	Elected	#	%	% Change	Progressive Conservative	Dufferin Roblin	57	26	36	147,140	47.0%		Liberal-Progressive	Douglas Campbell	57	19	11	94,799	30.3%		Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd Stinson	45	11	10	68,149	21.8%		William Cecil Ross	3	-	-	1,731	0.6%		Independent		3	1	-	1,171	0.4%
Total			165	57	57	312,990	100%

Popular vote PC   47.01% Liberal-Progressive   30.29% CCF   21.77% Others   0.93%

Seats summary PC   63.16% Liberal-Progressive   19.30% CCF   17.54%

Northern Manitoba

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Churchill	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Ingebrigtson 1,587		Kenneth D. Wray 954					Template:Canadian party colour|	E.J. Williams
Flin Flon	Template:Canadian party colour|	Charles Witney 1,810		Francis Jobin 1,728		Frederick S. Pope 923			Template:Canadian party colour|	Francis Jobin
Rupertsland	Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph Jeannotte 2,268		Harry Boulette 587		Alfred J. Cook 393			Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph Jeannotte
The Pas	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Carroll 2,345		Marvin Hill 1,027		Peter Schewchuk 779			Template:Canadian party colour|	John Carroll

Southern Manitoba

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Arthur	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Cobb 2,513		John McRae 1,932				William G. Powne (Ind.) 556	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Cobb
Birtle-Russell	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Smellie 2,239		Rodney Clement 2,015		Michael Sotas 947			Template:Canadian party colour|	Rodney Clement
Brandon	Template:Canadian party colour|	Reginald Lissaman 5,452		Gordon A. Phillips 2,159		Hans Fries 1,415			Template:Canadian party colour|	Reginald Lissaman
Brokenhead		Gordon B. Burnett 1,409		Arthur Trapp 1,083	Template:Canadian party colour|	Ed Schreyer 2,107			Template:Canadian party colour|	Ed Schreyer
Carillon		Peter J. Thiessen 1,791	Template:Canadian party colour|	Edmond Prefontaine 2,397					Template:Canadian party colour|	Edmond Prefontaine
Cypress	Template:Canadian party colour|	Marcel Boulic 2,951		John Leslie Sundell 1,781					Template:Canadian party colour|	Marcel Boulic
Dauphin	Template:Canadian party colour|	Stewart McLean 2,951		Emma Hildegard Ringstrom 967		A. Clifford Matthews 1,233			Template:Canadian party colour|	Stewart McLean
Dufferin	Template:Canadian party colour|	William Homer Hamilton 2,077		Walter McDonald 1,923		Chester Ernest Johnson 167			Template:Canadian party colour|	Walter McDonald
Emerson		Ben Comeaux 2,190	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Tanchak 2,752					Template:Canadian party colour|	John Tanchak
Ethelbert Plains		Isadore Syrnyk 1,001	Template:Canadian party colour|	Michael Hryhorczuk 1,856		Peter Burtniak 1,590			Template:Canadian party colour|	Michael Hryhorczuk
Fisher		Roy Ellison 1,361		W.J. Griffin, Jr. 1,028	Template:Canadian party colour|	Peter Wagner 1,777			Template:Canadian party colour|	Peter Wagner
Gimli	Template:Canadian party colour|	George Johnson 2,570		Alex Hawrysh 1,007		Zado Zator 932			Template:Canadian party colour|	George Johnson
Gladstone		Earl Murray 2,318	Template:Canadian party colour|	Nelson Shoemaker 2,469		Della Yuel 415			Template:Canadian party colour|	Nelson Shoemaker
Hamiota	Template:Canadian party colour|	Barry Strickland 2,377		James Chester Scott 2,136		Arthur Nicholson 440			Template:Canadian party colour|	Barry Strickland
Lac du Bonnet	Template:Canadian party colour|	Oscar Bjornson 1,357		John Ateah 1,272		Donald H. MacLean 1,018		Stanley Copp (Ind.) 346	Template:Canadian party colour|	Arthur Trapp
Lakeside		John Frederick Bate 1,774	Template:Canadian party colour|	Douglas Campbell 1,896		Allen Werbiski 278			Template:Canadian party colour|	Douglas Campbell
La Verendrye		Edmund Guertin 1,581	Template:Canadian party colour|	Stan Roberts 1,799					Template:Canadian party colour|	Stan Roberts
Minnedosa	Template:Canadian party colour|	Walter Weir 2,386		Charles L. Shuttleworth 2,029		J.M. Lee 1,090			Template:Canadian party colour|	Charles L. Shuttleworth
Morris	Template:Canadian party colour|	Harry Shewman 1,905		Bruce MacKenzie 1,298					Template:Canadian party colour|	Harry Shewman
Pembina	Template:Canadian party colour|	Maurice Ridley 3,077		Lynwood Graham 1,199					Template:Canadian party colour|	Maurice Ridley
Portage la Prairie	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Christianson 2,300		Charles Greenlay 1,827		Fred Allan Tufford 416			Template:Canadian party colour|	Charles Greenlay
Rhineland		Leo Recksiedler 1,462	Template:Canadian party colour|	Wallace C. Miller 1,648					Template:Canadian party colour|	Wallace C. Miller
Roblin	Template:Canadian party colour|	Keith Alexander 1,946		Ray Mitchell 1,334		Joseph Perchaluk 1,569			Template:Canadian party colour|	Keith Alexander
Rock Lake	Template:Canadian party colour|	Abram Harrison 2,545		Walter Clark 1,843		Cyril Hamwee 632			Template:Canadian party colour|	Abram Harrison
Rockwood-Iberville	Template:Canadian party colour|	George Hutton 2,269		Robert Bend 2,143		Samuel Cranston 444			Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Bend
St. George		Ivan George Casselman 1,371	Template:Canadian party colour|	Elman Guttormson 2,279		Nellie Baker 255			Template:Canadian party colour|	Elman Guttormson
Ste. Rose		Albert Fletcher 1,576	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gildas Molgat 2,390		Leon W. Hoefer 353			Template:Canadian party colour|	Gildas Molgat
Selkirk		Edward Foster 1,732	Template:Canadian party colour|	Thomas P. Hillhouse 1,814		Scottie Bryce 872			Template:Canadian party colour|	Thomas P. Hillhouse
Souris-Lansdowne	Template:Canadian party colour|	Malcolm McKellar 2,688		George Adrian Griffith 1,448					Template:Canadian party colour|	Malcolm McKellar
Springfield	Template:Canadian party colour|	Fred Klym 1,878		William Lucko 1,507		Richard Loeb 772			Template:Canadian party colour|	William Lucko
Swan River	Template:Canadian party colour|	Albert H.C. Corbett 2,292		Arvid Burst 786		Hilliard Farriss 1,431			Template:Canadian party colour|	Albert H.C. Corbett
Turtle Mountain	Template:Canadian party colour|	Errick Willis 3,247		Walter Christianson 1,187					Template:Canadian party colour|	Errick Willis
Virden	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Thompson 3,097		John Wesley Clarke 1,337					Template:Canadian party colour|	John Thompson

Winnipeg

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Assiniboia	Template:Canadian party colour|	George Johnson 3,157		Jack Brownrigg 1,388		Donovan Swailes 2,940		George R.A. Brown (Ind.) 269	Template:Canadian party colour|	Donovan Swailes
Burrows		Andrew Zaharychuk 1,286		Joseph R. Hnidan 1,155	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Hawryluk 2,235		William Cecil Ross (LPP) 675	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Hawryluk
Elmwood		Henry Emerson Snyder 2,560		Alex Turk 1,488	Template:Canadian party colour|	Steve Peters 2,782			Template:Canadian party colour|	Steve Peters
Fort Garry	Template:Canadian party colour|	Sterling Lyon 4,842		Stanley Farwell 2,035		Nena Woodward 1,373			Template:Canadian party colour|	Sterling Lyon
Fort Rouge	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gurney Evans 4,352		Jerome Marrin 1,947		Robert C. Murdoch 1,425			Template:Canadian party colour|	Gurney Evans
Inkster		Mary A. Wawrykow 2,106		John A. Kolt 981	Template:Canadian party colour|	Morris Gray 3,635		L.W. Kaminski (LPP) 468	Template:Canadian party colour|	Morris Gray
Kildonan		John Ernest Willis 3,511		Cornelius Huebert 1,972	Template:Canadian party colour|	A.J. Reid 3,659			Template:Canadian party colour|	A.J. Reid
Logan		Albert Edward Bennett 1,921		John Kozoriz 873	Template:Canadian party colour|	Lemuel Harris 2,098			Template:Canadian party colour|	Stephen Juba
Osborne	Template:Canadian party colour|	Obie Baizley 3,808		David Bowman 1,166		Lloyd Stinson 3,482			Template:Canadian party colour|	Lloyd Stinson
Radisson		Harold Huppe 2,998		Nick Slotek 2,029	Template:Canadian party colour|	Russell Paulley 4,085			Template:Canadian party colour|	Russell Paulley
River Heights	Template:Canadian party colour|	W.B. Scarth 4,936		Keith Routley 3,060		Magnus Eliason 478			Template:Canadian party colour|	W.B. Scarth
St. Boniface		Harry De Leeuw 2,992	Template:Canadian party colour|	Laurent Desjardins 3,772		Benjamin Cyr 1,309			Template:Canadian party colour|	Roger Teillet
St. James	Template:Canadian party colour|	Douglas Stanes 3,616		David Graham 1,541		Al Mackling 2,348			Template:Canadian party colour|	Douglas Stanes
St. Johns		Dan Zaharia 2,010		Abe Yanofsky 854	Template:Canadian party colour|	David Orlikow 2,261		Jacob Penner (LPP) 588	Template:Canadian party colour|	David Orkilow
St. Matthews	Template:Canadian party colour|	William Martin 3,635		Paul Goodman 1,900		Gordon Fines 2,090			Template:Canadian party colour|	William Martin
St. Vital	Template:Canadian party colour|	Fred Groves 4,599		George R. D. Goulet 1,946		Joseph Trafer 353			Template:Canadian party colour|	Fred Groves
Seven Oaks		Charles Nye 1,973		Calvin Scarfe 1,343	Template:Canadian party colour|	Arthur E. Wright 3,889			Template:Canadian party colour|	Arthur E. Wright
Wellington	Template:Canadian party colour|	Richard Seaborn 3,082		William Norrie 1,624		James McIsaac 2,854			Template:Canadian party colour|	Richard Seaborn
Winnipeg Centre	Template:Canadian party colour|	James Cowan 3,712		Gurzon Harvey 1,462		Fred Paulley 1,474			Template:Canadian party colour|	James Cowan
Wolseley	Template:Canadian party colour|	Dufferin Roblin 4,351		Francis C. Muldoon 1,707		Peter Griffin 1,131			Template:Canadian party colour|	Dufferin Roblin

By-elections 1958 to 1962

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Template:Canadian election result/top Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec |- 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 Template:CANelec/gain

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Template:Canadian election result/top Template:CANelec Template:CANelec |- 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 Template:CANelec/gain

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Template:Canadian election result/top Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec |- 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 Template:CANelec/hold

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See also

• List of Manitoba political parties