Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1959)

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The Manitoba general election of 1959 was held on 14 May, with two constituencies (Churchill, Rupertsland) deferred to 11 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive Conservative	Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	147,140	36
Liberal-Progressive	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	95,452	11
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	69,594	10
Labour Progressive	William Cecil Ross (1911-1998)	1,731	0
Independent	-	1,171	0
Totals		315,088	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Adam David Anderson (1890-1971)	John Gordon “Jack” Cobb (1903-1959)	Progressive Conservative	2,513
		John Wilfred McRae	Liberal-Progressive	1,932
		William G. Powne	Independent	556
Assiniboia	Gordon M. Pullaw	George William Johnson (1892-1973)	Progressive Conservative	3,157
		Donovan Swailes (1892-1984)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,940
		John Henry “Jack” Brownrigg (1912-1963)	Liberal-Progressive	1,388
		George Raymond Alexander Brown (1897-1968)	Independent	269
Birtle-Russell	John E. N. Wilson	Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,239
		Rodney Stewart “Rod” Clement (1919-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	2,015
		Michael Sotas	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	947
Brandon	Miss M. Peary	Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)	Progressive Conservative	5,452
		Gordon A. Phillips	Liberal-Progressive	2,159
		Hans Fries	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,415
Brokenhead	Henry J. Shale	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,017
		Gordon B. Burnett	Progressive Conservative	1,409
		Arthur A. “Archie” Trapp (1918-2007)	Liberal-Progressive	1,083
Burrows	Mrs. Sophie Choma	John Martin Hawryluk (1910-1975)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,235
		Andrew Zaharychuk	Progressive Conservative	1,286
		Joseph R. Hnidan	Liberal-Progressive	1,155
		William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)	Labour Progressive	675
Carillon	Rosario N. Rochon	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	2,397
		Peter J. Thiessen	Progressive Conservative	1,791
Churchill	William Howdle	John Evinn Ingebrigtson (1919-1998)	Progressive Conservative	1,587
		Kenneth D. Wray	Liberal-Progressive	1,326
Cypress	Errol A. Berry	Pierre Marcel Joseph Boulic (1916-1959)	Progressive Conservative	2,951
		John Leslie Sundell	Liberal-Progressive	1,781
Dauphin	William Cruise	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	2,951
		A. Clifford Matthews	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,233
		Emma Hildegard Ringstrom (1906-1992)	Liberal-Progressive	967
Dufferin	A. E. Shewfelt	William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,077
		Walter Clifton McDonald (1903-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	1,923
		Chester Ernest Johnson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	167
Elmwood	George Currie	Stephen “Steve” Peters (1912-1976)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,782
		Henry Emerson Snyder (1891-1984)	Progressive Conservative	2,560
		Alexander Turk (1906-1988)	Liberal-Progressive	1,488
Emerson	Mrs. Cecelia Kyle	John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal-Progressive	2,752
		Ben Comeaux	Progressive Conservative	2,190
Ethelbert Plains	Arthur Postnukoff	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)	Liberal-Progressive	1,856
		Peter Burtnick	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,590
		Isadore Syrnyk	Progressive Conservative	1,001
Fisher	Michael G. Andrieshyn	Peter Wagner (1916-1995)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,777
		Roy Ellison	Progressive Conservative	1,361
		W. J. Griffin Jr.	Liberal-Progressive	1,028
Flin Flon	Garfield M. Walker	Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	1,810
		Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,728
		Frederick S. Pope	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	923
Fort Garry	Alex Stringer	Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)	Progressive Conservative	4,842
		Stan Farwell	Liberal-Progressive	2,035
		Mrs. Nena Woodward	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,373
Fort Rouge	Rex Waldie	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	4,352
		Jerry Marrin	Liberal-Progressive	1,947
		Robert C. Murdoch	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,425
Gimli	Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)	George Johnson (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	2,570
		Alex Hawrysh	Liberal-Progressive	1,007
		Zado Zator	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	932
Gladstone	Wilf McGregor	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal-Progressive	2,469
		Melvin Earl Murray (1901-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,318
		Mrs. Della Yuel	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	415
Hamiota	W. J. Greenaway	Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968)	Progressive Conservative	2,377
		James Chester “Jim” Scott (1908-1981)	Liberal-Progressive	2,136
		Arthur Nicholson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	440
Inkster	John Roth	Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,635
		Mary Annie Wawrykow (1911-1977)	Progressive Conservative	2,106
		John A. “Jack” Kolt (1913-2002)	Liberal-Progressive	981
		L. W. Kaminski	Labour Progressive	468
Kildonan	Archie Tawns	Anthony John “Tony” Reid (1908-1993)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,659
		John Ernest “Jack” Willis (1913-2002)	Progressive Conservative	3,511
		Cornelius Huebert (c1905-1973)	Liberal-Progressive	1,972
Lac du Bonnet	Walter Whyte	Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (1906-1972)	Progressive Conservative	1,357
		John Ateah (1913-2002)	Liberal-Progressive	1,272
		Donald H. MacLean	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,018
		Stanley Copp (1914-1987)	Independent	346
Lakeside	Joseph W. Boddy	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,896
		John Frederick Bate	Progressive Conservative	1,774
		Allen Werbiski	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	278
La Verendrye	Henri Campagne	Stanley Carl “Stan” Roberts (1927-1990)	Liberal-Progressive	1,799
		Edmund Guertin	Progressive Conservative	1,581
Logan	Samuel Minuk	Lemuel Harris (1907-1996)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,098
		Albert Edward Bennett (1906-1968)	Progressive Conservative	1,921
		John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)	Liberal-Progressive	873
Minnedosa	Ronald Funnell	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)	Progressive Conservative	2,386
		Charles Lemington “Lem” Shuttleworth (1910-2006)	Liberal-Progressive	2,029
		John Lee	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,090
Morris	Daniel Lohr	Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)	Progressive Conservative	1,905
		Bruce Mackenzie	Liberal-Progressive	1,298
Osborne	Richard A. Howard	William Obadiah “Obie” Baizley (1917-2000)	Progressive Conservative	3,808
		Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,482
		David Bowman	Liberal-Progressive	1,166
Pembina	Walter S. Goode	Maurice Evans Ridley (1912-1960)	Progressive Conservative	3,077
		Lynwood Clarence Graham (1925-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,199
Portage la Prairie	Keith Stewart	John Aaron Christianson (1923-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,300
		Charles Edwin Greenlay (1899-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,827
		Fred Allan Tufford	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	416
Radisson	A. Kovnats	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	4,085
		Harold Huppe	Progressive Conservative	2,998
		Nick Slotek	Liberal-Progressive	2,029
Rhineland	Abram D. Friesen	Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)	Liberal-Progressive	1,648
		Leo Recksiedler	Progressive Conservative	1,462
River Heights	James J. Milne	William Blakeman Scarth (1895-1983)	Progressive Conservative	4,936
		Keith N. Routley (1923-2009)	Liberal-Progressive	3,060
		Magnus Eliason (1911-2005)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	478
Roblin	Watson McLean Crossley (1892-1980)	Arnold Keith Alexander (1921-1972)	Progressive Conservative	1,946
		Joseph Perchaluk	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,569
		Raymond “Ray” Mitchell (1897-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,334
Rock Lake	Mrs. Myrtle Winram	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,545
		Walter Ernest Clark (1890-1987)	Liberal-Progressive	1,843
		Cyril Hamwee	Liberal-Progressive	632
Rockwood-Iberville	Hubert L. Good	George Henry Wilson Hutton (1922-1976)	Progressive Conservative	2,269
		Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	2,143
		Samuel Cranston	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	444
Rupertsland	Reginald J. Minton	Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,268
		Harry Boulette	Liberal-Progressive	587
		Alfred James Cook (1898-1992)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	393
St. Boniface	Robert Betournay	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	Liberal-Progressive	3,772
		Harry De Leeuw	Progressive Conservative	2,992
		Benjamin Cyr	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,309
St. George	Dan McFadyen	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal-Progressive	2,279
		Ivan George Casselman	Progressive Conservative	1,371
		Mrs. Nellie Baker	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	255
St. James	George E. Chapman	Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	3,616
		Al Mackling	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,378
		David Graham	Liberal-Progressive	1,541
St. John’s	John Dusik	David Orlikow (1919-1998)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,261
		Daniel Alexander “Dan” Zaharia (c1916-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,010
		Daniel Abraham “Abe” Yanofsky (1925-2000)	Liberal-Progressive	854
		Jacob Penner (1880-1965)	Labour Progressive	588
St. Matthews	G. E. Gilpin	William George Martin (1886-1973)	Progressive Conservative	3,635
		Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,090
		Paul W. Goodman (1905-1959)	Liberal-Progressive	1,900
St. Vital	Lorne A. Leech	Frederick “Fred” Groves (1924-1995)	Progressive Conservative	4,599
		George Goulet	Liberal-Progressive	1,946
		Joseph Trager	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,858
Ste. Rose	John O. Shineton	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal-Progressive	2,390
		Albert Fletcher	Progressive Conservative	1,576
		Leon W. Hoefer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	353
Selkirk	Mervin Jenkins	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)	Liberal-Progressive	1,814
		Ed Foster	Progressive Conservative	1,732
		William “Scottie” Bryce (1888-1963)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	872
Seven Oaks	Jock Chapman	Arthur Edgar Wright (1907-1977)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,889
		Charles Nye	Progressive Conservative	1,973
		Cal Scarfe	Liberal-Progressive	1,343
Souris-Lansdowne	William J. Ross	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	2,688
		George Adrian Griffith (1901-1974)	Liberal-Progressive	1,448
Springfield	Walter Novak	Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,878
		William Lucko (1911-1998)	Liberal-Progressive	1,507
		Richard Loeb	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	772
Swan River	William G. Thompson	Albert Harold “Bert” Corbett (1887-1983)	Progressive Conservative	2,292
		Hilliard Ferriss	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,431
		Arvid Brust	Liberal-Progressive	786
The Pas	Ross Sadler	John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,345
		Mervin Hill	Liberal-Progressive	1,027
		Peter Shewchuk	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	779
Turtle Mountain	Angus Ferguson McKinnon	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Progressive Conservative	3,247
		Walter Christianson	Liberal-Progressive	1,187
Virden	Ed Hamin(?)	John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)	Progressive Conservative	3,097
		John Wesley Clarke	Liberal-Progressive	1,337
Wellington	?	Richard Harry Seaborn (1911-1991)	Progressive Conservative	3,082
		James R. McIsaac	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,854
		William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)	Liberal-Progressive	1,624
Winnipeg Centre	Max Isaacs	James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	3,712
		Fred Paulley (1924-1997)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,474
		John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	1,462
Wolseley	William McIntosh	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	Progressive Conservative	4,351
		Francis Creighton “Frank” Muldoon (1930-2013)	Liberal-Progressive	1,707
		Peter Griffin	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,131

See also:

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

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.

Obituary [Fred Paulley], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 March 1997, page 41.

Obituary [Daniel Alexander Zaharia], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 March 1997, page 66.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 December 2024