Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1953)

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The Manitoba general election of 1953 was held on 8 June, with two constituencies (Rupertsland, Ste. Rose) deferred to 6 July. The results were as follows:

Party

Leader

Votes

Seats

Liberal-Progressive

Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)

105,958

32

Progressive Conservative

Errick French Willis (1896-1967)

56,278

12

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)

44,332

5

Social Credit

?

35,750

2

Independent Liberal

-

11,929

3

Independent

-

9,577

2

Labour Progressive (Communist)

William Cecil Ross (1911-1998)

3,812

1

Totals

267,636

57

The voting results for individual constituencies, the last election in Manitoba where proportional voting was used, were as follows:

Constituency

Returning Officer

Candidate

Party

Votes

Arthur

William Sterling

James Arthur Ross (1893-1958)

Progressive Conservative

1,920

John Robertson Pitt (1885-1970)

Liberal-Progressive

1,440

Assiniboia

William A. Bathie

Reginald Frederick Wightman (1899-1981)

Liberal-Progressive

4,196

Alvin Henry Mackling

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

3,846

George Edmund Fournier

Progressive Conservative

1,646

Florence May Bloomfield

Social Credit

677

Birtle

John Stalker

Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968)

Liberal-Progressive

2,148

Francis Macdonald Manwaring

Progressive Conservative

957

Brandon City

Bernard Raymond Coleman (1915-1993)

Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)

Progressive Conservative

3,800

James Albert “Jimmy” Creighton (1905-1990)

Liberal-Progressive

3,217

William Alex Wyborn

Social Credit

1,054

Carillon

Jacob E. Regehr

Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)

Liberal-Progressive

3,278

Klaas T. Kroeker

Social Credit

1,065

Cypress

Hector A. McLeod

Francis Milton Ferg (1889-1960)

Liberal-Progressive

1,932

Roderick George Hurton

Progressive Conservative

1,371

Marcel Philippe

Social Credit

950

Dauphin

Vernon H. Rampton

William Lewis Bullmore (1912-1972)

Social Credit

2,534

John Potoski (1903-1983)

Liberal-Progressive

1,844

Ernest Newburn McGirr (1887-1982)

Progressive Conservative

1,313

Frank Fullbrook

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

78

Deloraine-Glenwood

A. Earl Draper

James Oswald Argue (1888-1955)

Progressive Conservative

1,862

Robert Elmer “Bob” Moffat (1916-2002)

Liberal-Progressive

1,594

Dufferin

Clarence William Orchard

Walter Clifton McDonald (1903-1999)

Liberal-Progressive

2,195

George Loeppky

Social Credit

1,676

Earl Thompson Collins (1895-1958)

Progressive Conservative

936

Emerson

Lloyd Oatway Baskerville

John Roman Solomon (1910-1985)

Independent Liberal

2,355

Frank Casper

Liberal-Progressive

2,234

George J. Friesen

Social Credit

220

Ethelbert

William Ploshynsky

Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)

Liberal-Progressive

1,948

Heller Basaraba

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,368

John L. Solomon

Progressive Conservative

276

Henry Dyck

Social Credit

225

Fairford

Arni Johnson

James Frederick Anderson (1903-1983)

Liberal-Progressive

1,088

Fred George Cook

Social Credit

699

Daniel McFadyen

Progressive Conservative

310

John Angus McDonald

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

249

Fisher

William Hryciuk

Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)

Liberal-Progressive

1,554

Leon William Michalchuk

Independent

705

Mrs. Elsie Lyon

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

211

David Heindrichs

Social Credit

144

Gilbert Plains

James Garfield Vance (1874-1965)

Raymond “Ray” Mitchell (1897-1984)

Liberal-Progressive

1,308

Robert J. Wilson

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,211

Everett Percival Brown (1904-?)

Social Credit

740

Burdette Elliott

Progressive Conservative

380

Gimli

Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)

Steinn Olafur Thompson (1893-1972)

Liberal-Progressive

2,252

Elmer Henry Fitch

Social Credit

867

John Firman

Independent Liberal

194

Gladstone

Joseph F. Rogers

William Morton (1884-1958)

Liberal-Progressive

Acclaim

Hamiota

Thomas A. Gray

Charles Lemington “Lem” Shuttleworth (1910-2006)

Liberal-Progressive

1,687

Edward Terry Venables

Progressive Conservative

1,315

Fred Charles

Social Credit

525

Iberville

Orris Aquin

John McDowell (1894-1980)

Progressive Conservative

1,637

C. Henry Jarvis

Liberal-Progressive

1,454

Jan K. “John” Hilgenga (1906-1992)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

717

Cornelius F. Rempel

Social Credit

374

Kildonan-Transcona

Vivian M. Snow

Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

6,052

John Leslie Bodie (1909-1997)

Liberal-Progressive

4,566

Lorne G. Carson

Social Credit

1,209

Steve Melnyk

Independent

820

Killarney

Gordon H. Melvin

Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)

Progressive Conservative

1,981

Clifford William Landerkin (1898-1969)

Liberal-Progressive

1,427

George Glen Paterson

Social Credit

666

Lakeside

George Stanley Blight

Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)

Liberal-Progressive

2,290

James William Lee Tulley

Social Credit

786

Charles Harold Spence (1925-1987)

Progressive Conservative

662

Hazel Christina Allan (1916-2004)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

342

Lansdowne

Thomas B. Campbell

Matthew Robinson Sutherland (1893-1971)

Liberal-Progressive

2,160

Thomas Henry Seens (1895-1989)

Progressive Conservative

1,787

Roy W. Doherty

Social Credit

709

La Verendrye

Frank Grossman

Joseph Edmond Brodeur (1898-1988)

Liberal-Progressive

2,203

Damase Dufresne

Social Credit

1,576

Manitou-Morden

Walter S. Goode

Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957)

Progressive Conservative

1,749

Charles D. McLean

Liberal-Progressive

1,161

Albert O'Donnell

Social Credit

758

Minnedosa

Thomas Herbert Murton

Gilbert Alexander Eugene “Bunty” Hutton (1908-1995)

Social Credit

1,688

Henry Smalley Rungay (1888-1955)

Liberal-Progressive

1,572

John Anthony Burgess

Progressive Conservative

1,047

Morris

Norman Harold Grills (1895-1968)

Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)

Independent

1,960

Arthur S. Beaubien

Liberal-Progressive

1,249

Wilbert J. Tinkler

Social Credit

844

Mountain

Romeo Decosse

Ivan Schultz (1891-1974)

Liberal-Progressive

1,851

Dollard Eustache Lafreniere

Social Credit

894

John Argyle Mabon

Independent

399

Norfolk-Beautiful Plains

Lloyd Baker

Samuel Edward Burch (1889-1974)

Liberal-Progressive

2,390

Charles John McKinnon

Social Credit

1,737

Harold Alexander Nelson

Progressive Conservative

1,365

Portage la Prairie

Robert H. Stewart

Charles Edwin Greenlay (1899-1984)

Liberal-Progressive

1,747

William Charles “Bill” Warren (1917-1958)

Progressive Conservative

1,529

Bernard H. Rempel

Social Credit

784

Rhineland

Abram D. Friesen

Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)

Liberal-Progressive

1,608

Victor Peters

Social Credit

964

Leo Arthur Recksiedler

Progressive Conservative

565

Roblin

Leslie J. Spear

Ronald Douglas Robertson (1920-1998)

Liberal-Progressive

1,474

Joseph Perchaluk

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

866

Earl Daniel McIntyre

Social Credit

366

Fred Eber Cowan

Progressive Conservative

227

Rockwood

Alfred Edgar Clarke

Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)

Independent Liberal

1,952

Henry Gratton “Gin” Langrell (1893-1979)

Progressive Conservative

656

Charles E. Toutant

Social Credit

389

Ruperts Land
(held on 6 July)

Oswald L. Quesnel

Francis Roy Brown (1896-1960)

Liberal-Progressive

1,138

Harry Boulette

Independent Liberal

1,001

Charles Leo Abbott

Independent

186

Russell

George A. Allen

Rodney Stewart “Rod” Clement (1919-1969)

Independent Liberal

2,033

Michael John Sotas

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,322

Keith Porter

Progressive Conservative

846

Charles Russell Beswatherick

Social Credit

152

St. Andrews

John C. McMillan

Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)

Liberal-Progressive

2,938

Keith Hedley Robson

Progressive Conservative

1,366

Ernest Richard Draffin (1909-1982)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

838

St. Boniface
(* elected)

David D. Brown

Roger Joseph Teillet (1912-2002) *

Liberal-Progressive

6,220

Leslie Raymond “Ray” Fennell (1893-1986) *

Liberal-Progressive

4,886

David Turner

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

4,497

Joseph Gustave Van Belleghem (1901-1967)

Independent Liberal

3,932

Raymond Hughes

Progressive Conservative

2,568

Antonio Lemoine

Social Credit

1,537

Mrs. Kay E. MacKinnon

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,329

Louis Leger

Progressive Conservative

737

St. Clements

Stanley Trombo

Stanley Copp (1914-1987)

Liberal-Progressive

2,821

Edgar E. Smee

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,358

Osborne A. Earle

Social Credit

935

Walter Hudson Whyte (1919-1998)

Progressive Conservative

371

St. George

Helgi Thorvaldson

Christian Halldorson (1891-1956)

Liberal-Progressive

1,695

Rev. Ernest H. Hartfield

Social Credit

321

Ste. Rose
(held on 6 July)

Basil Travers Tucker (?-1962)

Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)

Liberal-Progressive

1,561

James Albert Fletcher

Independent Liberal

1,166

Antoine Pineau

Social Credit

341

Springfield

Walter Novak

William Lucko (1911-1998)

Liberal-Progressive

1,965

William Gerhardt “Bill” Storsley (1915-2005)

Social Credit

1,571

Albert Hugh Watt

Progressive Conservative

654

Swan River

George W. Russenholt

George Poddester Renouf (1879-1961)

Progressive Conservative

2,428

Delbert LeRoy Downs

Social Credit

1,535

Stephen Einarson

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

776

George Edward Scalf

Independent

184

The Pas

Martin Solstad

Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)

Liberal-Progressive

4,875

William Henry Calvert

Social Credit

1,668

Walter Arthur Thompson

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,526

Turtle Mountain

Earl Fleming

Errick French Willis (1896-1967)

Progressive Conservative

1,777

Charles Clinton Gorrie (1885-1968)

Liberal-Progressive

883

Vance A. Ferguson

Social Credit

507

Virden

Donald Whiteford

John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)

Progressive Conservative

2,182

Gordon Alexander Mooney

Liberal-Progressive

1,621

Winnipeg Centre
(* elected)

Lillian Margaret Travers Hallonquist (1901-1985)

Jack St. John (1906-1965) *

Liberal-Progressive

5,119

Donovan Swailes (1892-1984) *

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

4,204

Stephen H. “Steve” Juba (1914-1993) *

Independent

4,172

Henry Baird “Hank” Scott (1898-1972) *

Progressive Conservative

3,108

Lewis St. George Stubbs (1878-1958)

Independent

2,556

Anne Ethel “Nan” Murphy (1902-1990)

Liberal-Progressive

1,991

Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,339

Percival W. Brown

Social Credit

1,132

David Graham

Liberal-Progressive

879

Gisli S. Borgford

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

558

Joseph Stepnuk

Progressive Conservative

489

Emil A. Johnson

Social Credit

445

Patrick J. Mulgrew

Social Credit

286

Edward L. Colson

Independent

63

Winnipeg North
(* elected)

Walter J. Burke

John Martin Hawryluk (1910-1975) *

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

4,783

Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966) *

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

4,642

William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997) *

Labour Progressive (Communist)

4,271

Alexander Turk (1906-1988) *

Liberal-Progressive

3,134

John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)

Liberal-Progressive

3,082

Stanley Mirus “Stan” Carrick (1911-1982)

Progressive Conservative

2,373

Ernest A. Brotman (1899-1986)

Independent Liberal

2,042

Leonard Aylen

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,325

John J. Kelsch

Liberal-Progressive

1,282

Nicholas Halas

Social Credit

928

John Yuzyk

Independent

139

Winnipeg South
(* elected)

C. Frederick David

Ronald David Turner (1915-1965) *

Liberal-Progressive

8,007

Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987) *

Progressive Conservative

6,197

Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010) *

Progressive Conservative

6,045

Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976) *

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

5,972

George Peterkin MacLeod (1893-1961)

Liberal-Progressive

3,889

Jane Dagg McGovern “Maude” McCreery (1890-1983)

Progressive Conservative

2,318

Abraham Montague “Monty” Israels (1904-1973)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

1,234

Doreen Benjamin

Social Credit

1,068

Jemima F. Webster

Social Credit

594

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Proportional Voting (1920-1957)

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

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

Sources:

“List shows candidates in provincial election,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 May 1953, page 11.

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: 11 November 2023