Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1959-1960)

The results of provincial by-elections held in this period were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Election Date	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Adam David Anderson (1890-1971)	26 November 1959	James Douglas “Doug” Watt (1914-1985)	Progressive Conservative	2,043
			E. Harry Patmore	Liberal Progressive	1,962
Cypress	Errol A. Berry	26 November 1959	Thelma Bessie Brown Forbes (1910-2012)	Progressive Conservative	2,378
			John Leslie Sundell	Liberal Progressive	1,654
Pembina	Walter S. Goode	9 December 1960	Carolyne Alexandra McBean Morrison (1905-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,132
			Charles F. Cousins	Liberal Progressive	1,491
			Bruce G. Wannop	Social Credit	1,311
Rhineland	A. D. Friesen	26 November 1959	Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)	Social Credit	1,300
			Leo Recksiedler	Progressive Conservative	1,209
			David K. Friesen	Liberal Progressive	1,075
Turtle Mountain	A. F. MacKinnon	26 November 1959	Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992)	Liberal Progressive	2,400
			Robert Cawston Aitkens	Progressive Conservative	2,274

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1959)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Sixth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1959-1962)

Sources:

Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 August 2019