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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:
The voting results for individual constituencies, the last election in Manitoba where proportional voting was used, were as follows:
Constituency |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Arthur |
James Arthur Ross (1893-1958) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,920 |
John Robertson Pitt (1885-1970) |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,440 |
Assiniboia |
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 |
Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968) |
Liberal-Progressive |
2,148 |
Francis Macdonald Manwaring |
Progressive Conservative |
957 |
Brandon City |
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 |
Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971) |
Liberal-Progressive |
3,278 |
Klaas T. Kroeker |
Social Credit |
1,065 |
Cypress |
Francis Milton Ferg (1889-1960) |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,932 |
Roderick George Hurton |
Progressive Conservative |
1,371 |
Marcel Philippe |
Social Credit |
950 |
Dauphin |
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 |
James Oswald Argue (1888-1955) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,862 |
Robert Elmer “Bob” Moffat (1916-2002) |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,594 |
Dufferin |
Walter Clifton McDonald (1903-1999) |
Liberal-Progressive |
2,195 |
George Loeppky |
Social Credit |
1,676 |
Earl Thompson Collins (1895-1958) |
Progressive Conservative |
936 |
Emerson |
John Roman Solomon (1910-1985) |
Independent Liberal |
2,355 |
Frank Casper |
Liberal-Progressive |
2,234 |
George J. Friesen |
Social Credit |
220 |
Ethelbert |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Steinn Olafur Thompson (1893-1972) |
Liberal-Progressive |
2,252 |
Elmer Henry Fitch |
Social Credit |
867 |
John Firman |
Independent Liberal |
194 |
Gladstone |
William Morton (1884-1958) |
Liberal-Progressive |
Acclaim |
Hamiota |
Charles Lemington “Lem” Shuttleworth (1910-2006) |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,687 |
Edward Terry Venables |
Progressive Conservative |
1,315 |
Fred Charles |
Social Credit |
525 |
Iberville |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Joseph Edmond Brodeur (1898-1988) |
Liberal-Progressive |
2,203 |
Damase Dufresne |
Social Credit |
1,576 |
Manitou-Morden |
Hugh Borthwick Morrison (1892-1957) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,749 |
Charles D. McLean |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,161 |
Albert O'Donnell |
Social Credit |
758 |
Minnedosa |
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 |
Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968) |
Independent |
1,960 |
Arthur S. Beaubien |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,249 |
Wilbert J. Tinkler |
Social Credit |
844 |
Mountain |
Ivan Schultz (1891-1974) |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,851 |
Dollard Eustache Lafreniere |
Social Credit |
894 |
John Argyle Mabon |
Independent |
399 |
Norfolk-Beautiful Plains |
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 |
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 |
Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959) |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,608 |
Victor Peters |
Social Credit |
964 |
Leo Arthur Recksiedler |
Progressive Conservative |
565 |
Roblin |
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 |
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) |
Francis Roy Brown (1896-1960) |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,138 |
Harry Boulette |
Independent Liberal |
1,001 |
Charles Leo Abbott |
Independent |
186 |
Russell |
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 |
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) |
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 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 |
Christian Halldorson (1891-1956) |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,695 |
Rev. Ernest H. Hartfield |
Social Credit |
321 |
Ste. Rose
(held on 6 July) |
Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001) |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,561 |
James Albert Fletcher |
Independent Liberal |
1,166 |
Antoine Pineau |
Social Credit |
341 |
Springfield |
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 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 |
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 |
Errick French Willis (1896-1967) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,777 |
Charles Clinton Gorrie (1885-1968) |
Liberal-Progressive |
883 |
Vance A. Ferguson |
Social Credit |
507 |
Virden |
John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,182 |
Gordon Alexander Mooney |
Liberal-Progressive |
1,621 |
Winnipeg Centre
(* elected) |
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) |
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 Carrick |
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) |
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: 4 September 2023
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