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The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on 10 August. The results were as follows:
Riding
Candidate
Party
Votes
Brandon
Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916-1982)
Progressive Conservative
13,915
James Albert “Jimmy” Creighton (1905-1990)
Liberal
8,456
Baden-Powell Hathaway
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
1,277
Dorothy Jessie Johnson
Labor-Progressive Party
323
Churchill
George Dyer Weaver (1908-1986)
Liberal
4,984
William George Thompson
Progressive Conservative
2,567
Delbert Leroy Downs
Social Credit
2,490
Ronald Stewart Moore (1913-2003)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
2,293
Dauphin
Frederick Samuel “Fred” Zaplitny (1913-1964)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
6,839
Alfred Hallam Parker (1905-1970)
Liberal
5,050
Richard Elmer Forbes (1894-1978)
Progressive Conservative
2,136
Sherman Stanley Hunt
Social Credit
1,866
Lisgar
William Albert Pommer (1895-1971)
Liberal
6,581
William Henry Sharpe
Progressive Conservative
4,780
Ivan Andrew Langtry
Social Credit
3,096
Marquette
Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)
Liberal
9,900
Ernest Arthur Bates
Progressive Conservative
4,676
David Lyall Clink
Social Credit
3,509
Portage-Neepawa
William Gilbert “Gib” Weir (1896-1971)
Liberal Progressive
8,958
James Cowan (1914-1997)
Progressive Conservative
5,604
Hugh Roy Collver
Social Credit
3,223
Provencher
René Norbert Jutras (1913-1995)
Liberal
6,632
Abram Jacob Thiessen (1910-2002)
Progressive Conservative
2,151
Wilbert Tinkler
Social Credit
1,269
St. Boniface
Fernand Viau (1909-2000)
Liberal
8,051
Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
5,568
George Campbell MacLean (1887-1957)
Progressive Conservative
4,994
Selkirk
Robert James Wood (1886-1954)
Liberal
6,265
William “Scottie” Bryce (1888-1963)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
6,076
Michael Baryluk (1915-1998)
Progressive Conservative
898
Walter Yanchyshyn (1922-1997)
Social Credit
586
Constantine Kostaniuk
Labor Progressive
307
Walter John Griffin
Independent
141
Springfield
Anton Bernard Weselak (1918-1989)
Liberal
6,240
Frank Jacob de Graff (1910-1994)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
1,878
Paul Gottfried Trapp
Social Credit
1,221
Progressive Conservative
1,201
John-Sylvestre Alloysius Sinnott (1905-1960)
Independent Liberal
1,068
Andrew Bileski [Bilecki] (1903-1992)
Labor Progressive
469
Ladislaus Biberovich
Independent
293
Winnipeg North
Alistair McLeod Stewart (1905-1970)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
15,005
Frank Leslie Chester (1901-1966)
Liberal
9,094
John Kereluk
Progressive Conservative
3,876
Joseph “Joe” Zuken (1912-1986)
Labor Progressive
2,515
Winnipeg North Centre
Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
12,713
Peter Stanley Taraska (1907-1984)
Liberal
7,535
Charles D. Lee
Progressive Conservative
1,760
William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)
Labor Progressive
1,606
Winnipeg South
Owen C. Trainor (1894-1956)
Progressive Conservative
12,597
Charles Russell Simonite
Liberal
12,277
Ernest Richard Draffin (1909-1982)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
6,247
Martin Joseph “Joe” Forkin (1899-1962)
Labor Progressive
470
Winnipeg South Centre
Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)
Progressive Conservative
12,489
Alfred William “Bill” Hanks (1894-1985)
Liberal
9,752
Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
6,506
Ronald Penner
Labor Progressive
504
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Twenty-Second Canadian Parliament (1953-1957)
History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 December 2021
