Manitoba general election, 1959

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Manitoba's general election of May 14, 1959 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin. This was the first time since 1914 that the party won a majority government in the province.

Roblin's Tories won 36 seats, against 11 for the Liberal-Progressives (commonly known as Liberals), and 10 for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. CCF leader Lloyd Stinson was defeated in his own riding.

The Manitoba Social Credit Party did not contest this election. A few months later, it regained a foothold in the legislature by winning a by-election.

[edit] Results

Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular vote
1958 Elected % Change # % % Change
     Progressive Conservative
Dufferin Roblin
     36     46.3%  
     Liberal-Progressive
Douglas Campbell
     11     30.0%  
     Co-operative Commonwealth
Lloyd Stinson
     10     21.9%  
     Labour Progressive
William Cecil Ross
     -        
     Independent     –        
Total     57     100%  


Preceded by
1958 Manitoba election		 List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by
1962 Manitoba election

[edit] See also

[edit] Riding results

Party key:

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon:

Brokenhead:

Burrows:

Carillon:

Churchill:

Cypress:

Dauphin:

Dufferin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Ethelbert-Plains:

Fisher:

  • (x)Peter Wagner (CCF) 1777
  • Roy Eillison (PC) 1361
  • W.J. Griffin Jr. (LP) 1028

Flin Flon:

Fort Garry:

  • (x)Sterling Lyon (PC) 4842
  • Stanley Farwell (LP) 2035
  • Nena Woodward (CCF) 1373

Fort Rouge:

Gimli:

  • (x)George Johnson (PC) 2570
  • Alex Hawrysh (LP) 1007
  • Zado Zator (CCF) 932

Gladstone:

Hamiota:

  • (x)Barry Strickland (PC) 2377
  • James Scott (LP) 2136
  • Arthur Nicholson (CCF) 440

Inkster:

  • (x)Morris Gray (CCF) 3635
  • Mary Wawrykow (PC) 2106
  • J.A. Kolt (LP) 981
  • L.W. Kaminski (LPP) 468

Kildonan:

  • (x)A.J. Reid (CCF) 3659
  • J. Willis (PC) 3511
  • C.K. Huebert (LP) 1972

Lac du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

La Verendrye:

Logan:

Minnedosa:

Morris:

Osborne:

Pembina:

Portage La Prairie:

Radisson:

  • (x)Russell Paulley (CCF) 4085
  • Harold Huppe (PC) 2998
  • Nick Slotek (LP) 2029

Rhineland:

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

Rockwood-Iberville:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

Ste. Rose:

  • (x)Gildas Molgat (LP) 2390
  • Albert Fletcher (PC) 1576
  • Leon Hoefer (CCF) 353

St. Vital:

  • (x)Fred Groves (PC) 4599
  • George Goulet (LP) 1946
  • Joseph Trager (CCF) 353

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

  • (x)Arthur Wright (CCF) 3889
  • Charles Nye (PC) 1973
  • Calvin Scarfe (LP) 1343

Souris-Lansdowne:

Springfield:

Swan River:

The Pas:

  • (x)John Carroll (PC) 2345
  • Marvin Hill (LP) 1027
  • Peter Shewchuk (CCF) 779

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

  • (x)James Cowan (PC) 3712
  • Fred Paulley (CCF) 1474
  • Gurzon Harvey (LP) 1462

Wolseley:

  • (x)Duff Roblin (PC) 4351
  • Frank Muldoon (LP) 1707
  • Peter Griffin (CCF) 1131

post-election changes:

Arthur (dec. John Cobb, August 21, 1959), November 26, 1959:

Cypress (dec. Marcel Boulic, September 23, 1959), November 26, 1959:

Rhineland (dec. Wallace C. Miller, October 4, 1959), November 26, 1959:

Turtle Mountain (Errick Willis appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, late 1959), November 26, 1959:

Pembina (dec. Maurice Ridley, October 2, 1960), December 9, 1960:

The Liberal-Progressives formally became known as Liberals on April 19, 1961. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation dissolved later in the year, and was replaced by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.

La Verendrye (res. Stan Roberts, May 1962)

St. Johns (res. David Orlikow, May 1962)

Virden (res. John Thompson, October 24, 1962)

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