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Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1955-1957)

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

Constituency

Election Date

Candidate

Party

Votes

Deloraine-Glenwood

27 June 1955

Albert Earl Draper (1895-1963)

Progressive Conservative

2070

Robert Elmer “Bob” Moffat (1916-2002)

Liberal-Progressive

1382

Emerson

14 November 1957

John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)

Liberal-Progressive

2092

Frank Casper

Progressive Conservative

1936

Manitou-Morden

14 November 1957

Maurice Evans Ridley (1912-1960)

Progressive Conservative

2243

David Alexander Lumgair

Liberal-Progressive

1060

Mountain

27 June 1955

Walter Ernest Clark (1890-1987)

Liberal-Progressive

1849

Marcel Boulic (1916-1959)

Progressive Conservative

1573

Roger Poiron

Social Credit

201

St. George

3 December 1956

Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)

Liberal-Progressive

1214

Marlin Joseph Gisli Magnusson

Progressive Conservative

707

Mabel Eleanor “May” Allen (1896-1993)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

510

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1953)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Fourth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1954-1957)

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: 31 July 2019
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