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	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