Manitoba general election, 1962

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Manitoba's general election of December 16, 1962 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a second majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won thirty-six seats, against thirteen for the Liberals, seven for the New Democratic Party, and one for the Social Credit Party.

Note that voting was deferred until January 4, 1963 in the northern ridings of Churchill and Rupertsland, as well as in the Winnipeg riding of Kildonan.

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[edit] Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1959 Elected % Change # % % Change
     Progressive Conservative
Dufferin Roblin
   36 36 -   44.7%  
     Liberal
Gildas Molgat
   11 13 +18.2%   36.1%  
     New Democratic
Russell Paulley
   10 7 -30.0%   15.2%  
     Social Credit
Jacob Froese
   * 1 *   2.5% *
     Communist
William Cecil Ross
     -        
     Independent     –        
Total   57 57 -   100%  

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.


Preceded by:
1959 Manitoba election		 List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by:
1966 Manitoba election

[edit] See also

[edit] Riding results

Party key:

Bold name denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

  • Robert Smellie (PC) 2676
  • Victor Fulton (L) 1701
  • Arnold Minish (NDP) 704

Brandon:

Brokenhead:

Burrows:

Carillon:

Churchill:

Cypress:

  • Thelma Forbes (PC) 2746
  • Welland Stonehouse (L) 1928
  • Charles Turner (SC) 267

Dauphin:

Dufferin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Ethelbert-Plains:

Fisher:

[Note: Wagner was originally declared the winner, until news came from a northern part of the riding that a miscount had occurred. Many suspect the final result was rigged.]

Flin Flon:

Fort Garry:

  • Sterling Lyon (PC) 4721
  • David Bowles (L) 2828
  • Cliff Brownridge (NDP) 1168

Fort Rouge:

  • Gurney Evans (PC) 3507
  • Brock McArthur (L) 2128
  • William Reid (NDP) 990

Gimli:

Gladstone:

Hamiota:

Inkster:

  • Morris Gray (NDP) 2658
  • John Shanski (L) 2081
  • Mary Wayrykaw (PC) 1497

Kildonan:

Lac Du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

La Verendrye:

Logan:

  • Lemuel Harris (NDP) 1462
  • Uberta Blackburn (PC) 1126
  • Thomas Blaine (L) 1006

Minnedosa:

Morris:

Osborne:

Pembina:

Portage La Prairie:

Radisson:

  • Russell Paulley (NDP) 4032
  • Nicholas Slotek (L) 3169
  • Nelson McLean (PC) 2712

Rhineland:

  • Jacob Froese (SC) 1511
  • A.J. Thissen (PC) 1478
  • J.H. Penner (L) 791

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

  • Abram Harrison (PC) 2444
  • Harry Parsonage (L) 2015
  • J.A. Potter (NDP) 257

Rockwood-Iberville:

  • George Hutton (PC) 2594
  • C.E. Crawford (L) 1256
  • Samuel Cranston (NDP) 471

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

St. Johns:

  • Saul Cherniack (NDP) 1796
  • M. Baryluk (PC) 1236
  • Ed Pollack (L) 1229
  • Saul Simkin (Comm) 299
  • F.P. Bashchak (Ind-L-Lab) 111
  • Sam Bordman (Ind) 54

St. Mathews:

St. Vital:

  • Fred Groves (PC) 3626
  • Doug Honeyman (L) 2605
  • Clare Martineau (NDP) 1023
  • Fred Brennan (Ind) 795

Ste. Rose:

  • Gildas Molgat (L) 2648
  • J.A. Fletcher (PC) 1467
  • Leon Hoefer (NDP) 147

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

  • Arthur Wright (NDP) 3095
  • Jack Chapman (PC) 2635
  • Calvin Scarfe (L) 1600

Souris-Lansdowne:

Springfield:

Swan River:

  • James Bilton (PC) 2350
  • Elmir Simms (L) 1004
  • M.G. Hofford (NDP) 718

The Pas:

  • John Carroll (PC) 2484
  • Adam Deminick (L) 1497
  • Rachael Schewchuk (NDP) 430

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

[edit] Post-election changes

River Heights (res. Maitland Steinkopf, June 12, 1964), September 30, 1964:

Brokenhead (res. Edward Schreyer, October 20, 1965)

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