Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1958)

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The Manitoba general election of 1958 was held on 16 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive Conservative	Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	117,822	26
Liberal-Progressive	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	101,763	19
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	58,671	11
Independent	-	5,041	1
Independent Progressive Conservative	-	1,223	0
Labour Progressive	William Cecil Ross (1911-1998)	1,207	0
Totals		285,727	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Gordon A. Mooney	John Gordon “Jack” Cobb (1903-1959)	Progressive Conservative	2,072
		John Wilfred McRae	Liberal-Progressive	2,032
		Walter D. Taylor	Social Credit	693
Assiniboia	Keith L. Morrison	Donovan Swailes (1892-1984)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,409
		George William Johnson (1892-1973)	Progressive Conservative	2,278
		David McKee Graham	Liberal-Progressive	1,165
Birtle-Russell	John E. V. Wilson	Rodney Stewart “Rod” Clement (1919-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	2,232
		Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,102
		Eugene Caldwell	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	933
Brandon	Kenneth Oswald Bicknell (1928-2015)	Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)	Progressive Conservative	4,442
		Robert Addison “Bob” Clement (1911-2005)	Liberal-Progressive	2,818
		Hans Fries	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	780
Brokenhead	Stanley Trombo	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,474
		Fred Helwer	Liberal-Progressive	930
		Howard Wachal	Progressive Conservative	729
		Stanley Copp (1914-1987)	Independent	641
		John William Gross (1914-1994)	Social Credit	203
Burrows	Felician A. Marrouch	John Martin Hawryluk (1910-1975)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,032
		William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997)	Labour Progressive	1,207
		Joseph R. Hnidan	Liberal-Progressive	1,084
		John Kereluk	Progressive Conservative	1,067
Carillon	Lionel Tessier	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	2,433
		Liguori “Leo” Gauthier	Progressive Conservative	1,047
		Henry Mueller	Independent	608
Churchill	Frank Smith	Edward Joseph “Joe” Williams (1918-2021)	Progressive Conservative	1,580
		K. Don Wray	Liberal-Progressive	1,283
		Frank Mercer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	370
Cypress	Hector McLeod	Pierre Marcel Joseph Boulic (1916-1959)	Progressive Conservative	2,347
		Samuel Edward Burch (1889-1974)	Liberal-Progressive	1,835
		G. H. McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	321
Dauphin	Robert B. Edwards	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	2,740
		John Potoski (1903-1983)	Liberal-Progressive	1,389
		A. C. Matthews	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,067
Dufferin	Clarence William Orchard	Walter Clifton McDonald (1903-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	1,822
		William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)	Progressive Conservative	1,749
		Ivan Langtry	Social Credit	545
Elmwood	Robert Alexander	Stephen “Steve” Peters (1912-1976)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,375
		Alexander Turk (1906-1988)	Liberal-Progressive	1,519
		Joseph Stepnuk	Progressive Conservative	1,084
		Michael “Mike” Baryluk (1915-1998)	Independent Conservative	689
Emerson	Raymond B. Ginn	John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal-Progressive	2,897
		Frank Casper	Progressive Conservative	1,918
		Joseph Lambert	Independent	200
Ethelbert Plains	Brian Lynch	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)	Liberal-Progressive	2,308
		Peter Burtniak (1925-2004)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,377
		Isadore Syrnyk	Progressive Conservative	835
Fisher	Michael G. Andrieshyn	Peter Wagner (1916-1995)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,437
		Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	1,381
		John Olsen	Progressive Conservative	1,140
Flin Flon	George J. Boam	Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,935
		Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	1,563
		Conrad Kerr	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	637
Fort Garry	Basil R. Webb	Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)	Progressive Conservative	3,731
		Leslie Raymond “Ray” Fennell (1893-1986)	Liberal-Progressive	2,408
		Nena Woodward	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,035
Fort Rouge	William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	3,647
		James Edward “Jimmy” Wilson (1914-1989)	Liberal-Progressive	1,862
		Ernest Richard Draffin (1909-1982)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,143
Gimli	Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)	George Johnson (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	1,988
		Steinn Olafur Thompson (1893-1972)	Liberal-Progressive	1,374
		Sigurdur Wopnfjord	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	954
Gladstone	Joseph F. Rogers	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal-Progressive	2,570
		Clayton Gault	Progressive Conservative	1,677
		Melvin Batters	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	455
Hamiota	Thomas A. Gray	Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968)	Progressive Conservative	2,261
		William T. Wherett	Liberal-Progressive	1,859
		Arthur Nicholson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	416
Inkster	Anne Krucik	Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,083
		Peter Okrainec	Progressive Conservative	1,584
		Peter Stanley Taraska (1907-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,516
Kildonan	Bruce McDonald	Anthony John “Tony” Reid (1908-1993)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,776
		John Ernest “Jack” Willis (1913-2002)	Progressive Conservative	2,665
		George Nordland Suttie (1901-1968)	Liberal-Progressive	1,808
Lac du Bonnet	Edward Hopko	Arthur A. “Archie” Trapp (1918-2007)	Liberal-Progressive	1,526
		Glen Stewart	Progressive Conservative	1,350
		Harry Olensky (1923-2005)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	569
		Lawrence Schlamp	Social Credit	299
Lakeside	George Stanley Blight	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	2,119
		John F. Bate	Progressive Conservative	1,582
La Verendrye	Albert Vielfaure (1923-2007)	Stanley Carl “Stan” Roberts (1927-1990)	Liberal-Progressive	1,565
		Stan Bisson	Progressive Conservative	1,395
Logan	Charles A. Remnant	Stephen H. “Steve” Juba (1914-1993)	Independent	2,234
		Art Coulter	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,669
Minnedosa	Thomas Herbert Murton	Charles Lemington “Lem” Shuttleworth (1910-2006)	Liberal-Progressive	2,117
		Sidney Paler	Progressive Conservative	1,983
		Gilbert Alexander Eugene “Bunty” Hutton (1908-1995)	Social Credit	634
		William A. Yuel	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	443
Morris	Daniel Lohr	Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)	Progressive Conservative	1,762
		Bruce MacKenzie	Liberal-Progressive	1,014
		August Recksiedler	Social Credit	370
Osborne	C. Fred David	Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,215
		John Howorth	Progressive Conservative	2,813
		Keith N. Routley (1923-2009)	Liberal-Progressive	1,654
Pembina	William John Barrett	Maurice Evans Ridley (1912-1960)	Progressive Conservative	2,683
		Kenneth C. Hartwell	Liberal-Progressive	1,510
Portage la Prairie	Robert H. Stewart	Charles Edwin Greenlay (1899-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,978
		Robert Ernest Burke	Progressive Conservative	1,528
		Albert R. Barrett	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	541
Radisson	Paul McDowell	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,504
		Bernard Rodolph “Bernie” Wolfe (1922-2014)	Liberal-Progressive	2,334
		Harold Huppe	Progressive Conservative	2,116
Rhineland	Abram D. Friesen	Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)	Liberal-Progressive	1,687
		Oscar Martel	Progressive Conservative	854
		Abe Enns	Social Credit	758
River Heights	William C. Irish	William Blakeman Scarth (1895-1983)	Progressive Conservative	3,945
		William John “Jack” McKeag (1928-2007)	Liberal-Progressive	2,884
		Andrew Moore	Independent	803
Roblin	James Garfield Vance (1874-1965)	Arnold Keith Alexander (1921-1972)	Progressive Conservative	1,884
		Raymond “Ray” Mitchell (1897-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,686
		Monty A. Miller	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,031
Rock Lake	Josephat Doyou	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,465
		Walter Ernest Clark (1890-1987)	Liberal-Progressive	2,227
Rockwood-Iberville	Valentine DeLarey Costello	Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	2,450
		George Henry Wilson Hutton (1922-1976)	Progressive Conservative	1,731
		Samuel Cranston	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	434
Rupertsland	Reginald J. Minton	Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,342
		Francis Roy Brown (1896-1960)	Liberal-Progressive	511
		Asta Austmann Oddson (1893-1974)	Independent	364
St. Boniface	Laurent Guillaume “Larry” Marcoux (1926-2004)	Roger Joseph Teillet (1912-2002)	Liberal-Progressive	3,178
		Harry De Leeuw	Progressive Conservative	2,616
		Ben Cyr	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,256
St. George	Arni Johnson	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal-Conservative	2,144
		Dan McFadyen	Progressive Conservative	970
		Douglas S. Stephanson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	593
		Mahlin J. G. Magnusson	Independent Conservative	274
St. James	George E. Chapman	Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	2,646
		Reginald Frederick Wightman (1899-1981)	Liberal-Progressive	2,170
		Alvin H. “Al” Mackling	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,136
St. Johns	Ernest A. Brotman (1899-1986)	David Orlikow (1919-1998)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,495
		Stan Carrick	Progressive Conservative	1,295
		Jaroslaw “Slaw” Rebchuk (1907-1996)	Liberal-Progressive	922
St. Matthews	Thomas Hampson Barlow	William George Martin (1886-1973)	Progressive Conservative	2,848
		Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,026
		Anne Ethel “Nan” Murphy (1902-1990)	Liberal-Progressive	1,854
		Henry Baird “Hank” Scott (1898-1972)	Independent Conservative	260
		George Albert Frith (1910-1974)	Independent	149
St. Vital	Lorne A. Leech	Frederick “Fred” Groves (1924-1995)	Progressive Conservative	3,616
		William R. Appleby	Liberal-Progressive	2,331
		Leslie C. Foden	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,334
		Percy B. Hayward	Independent	242
Ste. Rose	Basil Travers Tucker (?-1962)	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal-Progressive	2,400
		Alvin Getz	Progressive Conservative	1,010
		Alphonse Bouchard	Social Credit	415
		Leon W. Hoefer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	354
Selkirk	John Crawford McMillan	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)	Liberal-Progressive	1,850
		David B. Veitch	Progressive Conservative	1,493
		Frank Kuzanski	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	591
		Fred L. Luining	Social Credit	173
Seven Oaks	Daniel Abraham “Abe” Yanofsky (1925-2000)	Arthur Edgar Wright (1907-1977)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,641
		Maurice Gutnik	Progressive Conservative	1,541
		Cecil Joseph Henry “Cec” Lyon (1902-1968)	Liberal-Progressive	1,449
Souris-Lansdowne	Charles N. Reid	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	2,256
		David Lloyd Barclay	Liberal-Progressive	1,549
		Alex Shiloff	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	95
Springfield	Walter Novak	William Lucko (1911-1998)	Liberal-Progressive	1,351
		Oscar Russell	Progressive Conservative	1,269
		Ed Kanarowski	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	875
		William Gerhardt “Bill” Storsley (1915-2005)	Social Credit	283
Swan River	Elmer Sims	Albert Harold “Bert” Corbett (1887-1983)	Progressive Conservative	1,421
		Hilliard Ferriss	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,316
		Ronald Douglas Robertson (1920-1998)	Liberal-Progressive	1,083
		Aldric S. Helps	Social Credit	285
The Pas	Jack P. Johnson	John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,325
		Wilfred E. Cudmore	Liberal-Progressive	898
		Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	801
Turtle Mountain	Angus Ferguson McKinnon	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Progressive Conservative	2,949
		Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992)	Liberal-Progressive	1,880
		Clarence A. Ferguson	Social Credit	316
Virden	Donald Whiteford	John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,935
		Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968)	Liberal-Progressive	1,662
Wellington	Thomas Blaine	Richard Harry Seaborn (1911-1991)	Progressive Conservative	2,532
		James R. McIsaac	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,385
		Jack St. John (1906-1965)	Liberal-Progressive	1,958
Winnipeg Centre	Louis H. Leavens	James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	3,462
		Paul W. Goodman (1905-1959)	Liberal-Progressive	1,623
		David Adrian Mulligan (1893-1981)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,141
Wolseley	Lawrence Edwin Smith	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	Progressive Conservative	3,959
		John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	1,739
		Allen Denton	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,202

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Fifth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1958-1959)

Sources:

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

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 September 2023