Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1950-1952)

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

Constituency	Returning Officer	Election Date	Candidate	Party	Votes
Brandon City	Bernard Raymond Coleman (1915-1993)	21 January 1952	Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)	Progressive Conservative	3223
			Alex McPhail	Liberal	2361
			Harry Spafford (1888-1978)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1305
La Verendrye	Achille Trudeau	21 January 1952	Joseph Edmond Brodeur (1898-1988)	Liberal	2334
			Eugene Joseph Raphael Arpin	Progressive Conservative	1363
St. Andrews	Sydney S. Hall	24 October 1950	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)	Liberal	2,138
			William E. Gordon	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,309
			John Veitch	Coalition Progressive Conservative	1,187
St. Clements	Stanley Trombo	24 October 1950	Alfred Frederick Trapp (1886-1953)	Liberal	2,729
			Harry Wasylyk	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	560
			Andrew Bileski [Bilecki] (1903-1992)	Labour-Progressive	254

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1949)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1950-1953)

Sources:

“Liberal supporting coalition elected in by-election voting,” Brandon Sun, 25 October 1950, page 1.

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

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 21 November 2024