1959 Manitoba general election

1959 Manitoba general election

May 14, 1959
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   CCF Leader Duff Roblin Douglas Campbell Lloyd Stinson Party Progressive Conservative Liberal–Progressive Co-operative Commonwealth Leader since June 17, 1954 November 13, 1948 December 19, 1952 Leader's seat Wolseley Lakeside Osborne (lost re-election) Last election 26 19 11 Seats won 36 11 10 Seat change 10 8 1 Popular vote 147,140 94,799 68,149 Percentage 47.0% 30.3% 21.8% Swing 6.4pp 4.4pp 1.8pp
Map of Election Results
Premier before election Dufferin Roblin Progressive Conservative Premier after the election Dufferin Roblin Progressive Conservative

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%
	Labor–Progressive	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
	PC		Liberal-Progressive		CCF		Other
Churchill		John Ingebrigtson 1,587		Kenneth D. Wray 954						E.J. Williams
Flin Flon		Charles Witney 1,810		Francis Jobin 1,728		Frederick S. Pope 923				Francis Jobin
Rupertsland		Joseph Jeannotte 2,268		Harry Boulette 587		Alfred J. Cook 393				Joseph Jeannotte
The Pas		John Carroll 2,345		Marvin Hill 1,027		Peter Schewchuk 779				John Carroll

Southern Manitoba

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

Winnipeg

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

By-elections 1958 to 1962

Manitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959: Arthur Death of John Cobb
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Douglas Watt	2,036	50.96	+0.71
	Liberal–Progressive	E. Harry Patmore	1,959	49.04	+10.41
Total valid votes			3,995	100
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−4.85

Manitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959: Cypress Death of Marcel Boulic
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Thelma Forbes	2,378	58.98	-3.38
	Liberal–Progressive	John Sundell	1,654	41.02	+3.38
Total valid votes			4,032	100
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−3.38

Manitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959: Rhineland Death of Wallace C. Miller
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Jacob Froese	1,300	36.27	+36.27
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Recksiedler	1,209	33.73	-13.28
	Liberal–Progressive	David K. Friesen	1,075	29.99	-23.00
Total valid votes			3,584	100
	Social Credit gain from Liberal–Progressive		Swing		+29.64

Manitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959: Turtle Mountain Appointment of Errick Willis to position of Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Progressive	Edward Dow	2,380	51.14	+24.37
	Progressive Conservative	Robert C. Aitkens	2,274	48.86	-24.37
Total valid votes			4,654	100
	Liberal–Progressive gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+24.37

Manitoba provincial by-election, December 9, 1960: Pembina Death of Maurice Ridley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Carolyne Morrison	2,132	43.21	-28.75
	Liberal–Progressive	Charles Cousins	1,491	30.22	+2.18
	Social Credit	Bruce Wannop	1,311	26.57	+26.57
Total valid votes			4,934	100
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−26.57

See also

• List of Manitoba political parties