Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1958)

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The Manitoba general election of 1958 was held on 16 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive Conservative	Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	117,822	26
Liberal-Progressive	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	101,763	19
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	58,671	11
Independent	-	5,041	1
Independent Progressive Conservative	-	1,223	0
Labour Progressive	William Cecil Ross (1911-1998)	1,207	0
Totals		285,727	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Gordon “Jack” Cobb (1903-1959)	Progressive Conservative	2,072
	John Wilfred McRae	Liberal-Progressive	2,032
	Walter D. Taylor	Social Credit	693
Assiniboia	Donovan Swailes (1892-1984)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,409
	George William Johnson (1892-1973)	Progressive Conservative	2,278
	David McKee Graham	Liberal-Progressive	1,165
Birtle-Russell	Rodney Stewart “Rod” Clement (1919-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	2,232
	Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,102
	Eugene Caldwell	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	933
Brandon	Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)	Progressive Conservative	4,442
	Robert Addison “Bob” Clement (1911-2005)	Liberal-Progressive	2,818
	Hans Fries	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	780
Brokenhead	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,474
	Fred Helwer	Liberal-Progressive	930
	Howard Wachal	Progressive Conservative	729
	Stanley Copp (1914-1987)	Independent	641
	John William Gross (1914-1994)	Social Credit	203
Burrows	John Martin Hawryluk (1910-1975)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,032
	William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997)	Labour Progressive	1,207
	Joseph R. Hnidan	Liberal-Progressive	1,084
	John Kereluk	Progressive Conservative	1,067
Carillon	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	2,433
	Liguori “Leo” Gauthier	Progressive Conservative	1,047
	Henry Mueller	Independent	608
Churchill	Edward Joseph “Joe” Williams (1918-2021)	Progressive Conservative	1,580
	K. Don Wray	Liberal-Progressive	1,283
	Frank Mercer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	370
Cypress	Pierre Marcel Joseph Boulic (1916-1959)	Progressive Conservative	2,347
	Samuel Edward Burch (1889-1974)	Liberal-Progressive	1,835
	G. H. McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	321
Dauphin	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	2,740
	John Potoski (1903-1983)	Liberal-Progressive	1,389
	A. C. Matthews	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,067
Dufferin	Walter Clifton McDonald (1903-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	1,822
	William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)	Progressive Conservative	1,749
	Ivan Langtry	Social Credit	545
Elmwood	Stephen “Steve” Peters (1912-1976)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,375
	Alexander Turk (1906-1988)	Liberal-Progressive	1,519
	Joseph Stepnuk	Progressive Conservative	1,084
	Michael “Mike” Baryluk (1915-1998)	Independent Conservative	689
Emerson	John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal-Progressive	2,897
	Frank Casper	Progressive Conservative	1,918
	Joseph Lambert	Independent	200
Ethelbert Plains	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)	Liberal-Progressive	2,308
	Peter Burtniak (1925-2004)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,377
	Isadore Syrnyk	Progressive Conservative	835
Fisher	Peter Wagner (1916-1995)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,437
	Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky (1887-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	1,381
	John Olsen	Progressive Conservative	1,140
Flin Flon	Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,935
	Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	1,563
	Conrad Kerr	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	637
Fort Garry	Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)	Progressive Conservative	3,731
	Leslie Raymond “Ray” Fennell (1893-1986)	Liberal-Progressive	2,408
	Nena Woodward	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,035
Fort Rouge	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	3,647
	James Edward “Jimmy” Wilson (1914-1989)	Liberal-Progressive	1,862
	Ernest Richard Draffin (1909-1982)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,143
Gimli	George Johnson (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	1,988
	Steinn Olafur Thompson (1893-1972)	Liberal-Progressive	1,374
	Sigurdur Wopnfjord	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	954
Gladstone	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal-Progressive	2,570
	Clayton Gault	Progressive Conservative	1,677
	Melvin Batters	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	455
Hamiota	Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968)	Progressive Conservative	2,261
	William T. Wherett	Liberal-Progressive	1,859
	Arthur Nicholson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	416
Inkster	Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,083
	Peter Okrainec	Progressive Conservative	1,584
	Peter Stanley Taraska (1907-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,516
Kildonan	Anthony John “Tony” Reid (1908-1993)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,776
	John Ernest “Jack” Willis (1913-2002)	Progressive Conservative	2,665
	George Nordland Suttie (1901-1968)	Liberal-Progressive	1,808
Lac du Bonnet	Arthur A. “Archie” Trapp (1918-2007)	Liberal-Progressive	1,526
	Glen Stewart	Progressive Conservative	1,350
	Harry Olensky (1923-2005)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	569
	Lawrence Schlamp	Social Credit	299
Lakeside	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	2,119
	John F. Bate	Progressive Conservative	1,582
La Verendrye	Stanley Carl “Stan” Roberts (1927-1990)	Liberal-Progressive	1,565
	Stan Bisson	Progressive Conservative	1,395
Logan	Stephen H. “Steve” Juba (1914-1993)	Independent	2,234
	Art Coulter	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,669
Minnedosa	Charles Lemington “Lem” Shuttleworth (1910-2006)	Liberal-Progressive	2,117
	Sidney Paler	Progressive Conservative	1,983
	Gilbert Alexander Eugene “Bunty” Hutton (1908-1995)	Social Credit	634
	William A. Yuel	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	443
Morris	Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)	Progressive Conservative	1,762
	Bruce MacKenzie	Liberal-Progressive	1,014
	August Recksiedler	Social Credit	370
Osborne	Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,215
	John Howorth	Progressive Conservative	2,813
	Keith N. Routley (1923-2009)	Liberal-Progressive	1,654
Pembina	Maurice Evans Ridley (1912-1960)	Progressive Conservative	2,683
	Kenneth C. Hartwell	Liberal-Progressive	1,510
Portage la Prairie	Charles Edwin Greenlay (1899-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,978
	Robert Ernest Burke	Progressive Conservative	1,528
	Albert R. Barrett	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	541
Radisson	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,504
	Bernard Rodolph “Bernie” Wolfe (1922-2014)	Liberal-Progressive	2,334
	Harold Huppe	Progressive Conservative	2,116
Rhineland	Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)	Liberal-Progressive	1,687
	Oscar Martel	Progressive Conservative	854
	Abe Enns	Social Credit	758
River Heights	William Blakeman Scarth (1895-1983)	Progressive Conservative	3,945
	William John “Jack” McKeag (1928-2007)	Liberal-Progressive	2,884
	Andrew Moore	Independent	803
Roblin	Arnold Keith Alexander (1921-1972)	Progressive Conservative	1,884
	Raymond “Ray” Mitchell (1897-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,686
	Monty A. Miller	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,031
Rock Lake	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,465
	Walter Ernest Clark (1890-1987)	Liberal-Progressive	2,227
Rockwood-Iberville	Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	2,450
	George Henry Wilson Hutton (1922-1976)	Progressive Conservative	1,731
	Samuel Cranston	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	434
Rupertsland	Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,342
	Francis Roy Brown (1896-1960)	Liberal-Progressive	511
	Asta Austmann Oddson (1893-1974)	Independent	364
St. Boniface	Roger Joseph Teillet (1912-2002)	Liberal-Progressive	3,178
	Harry De Leeuw	Progressive Conservative	2,616
	Ben Cyr	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,256
St. George	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal-Conservative	2,144
	Dan McFadyen	Progressive Conservative	970
	Douglas S. Stephanson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	593
	Mahlin J. G. Magnusson	Independent Conservative	274
St. James	Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	2,646
	Reginald Frederick Wightman (1899-1981)	Liberal-Progressive	2,170
	Alvin H. “Al” Mackling	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,136
St. Johns	David Orlikow (1919-1998)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,495
	Stan Carrick	Progressive Conservative	1,295
	Jaroslaw “Slaw” Rebchuk (1907-1996)	Liberal-Progressive	922
St. Matthews	William George Martin (1886-1973)	Progressive Conservative	2,848
	Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,026
	Anne Ethel “Nan” Murphy (1902-1990)	Liberal-Progressive	1,854
	Henry Baird “Hank” Scott (1898-1972)	Independent Conservative	260
	George Albert Frith (1910-1974)	Independent	149
St. Vital	Frederick “Fred” Groves (1924-1995)	Progressive Conservative	3,616
	William R. Appleby	Liberal-Progressive	2,331
	Leslie C. Foden	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,334
	Percy B. Hayward	Independent	242
Ste. Rose	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal-Progressive	2,400
	Alvin Getz	Progressive Conservative	1,010
	Alphonse Bouchard	Social Credit	415
	Leon W. Hoefer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	354
Selkirk	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)	Liberal-Progressive	1,850
	David B. Veitch	Progressive Conservative	1,493
	Frank Kuzanski	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	591
	Fred L. Luining	Social Credit	173
Seven Oaks	Arthur Edgar Wright (1907-1977)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,641
	Maurice Gutnik	Progressive Conservative	1,541
	Cecil Joseph Henry “Cec” Lyon (1902-1968)	Liberal-Progressive	1,449
Souris-Lansdowne	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	2,256
	David Lloyd Barclay	Liberal-Progressive	1,549
	Alex Shiloff	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	95
Springfield	William Lucko (1911-1998)	Liberal-Progressive	1,351
	Oscar Russell	Progressive Conservative	1,269
	Ed Kanarowski	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	875
	William Gerhardt “Bill” Storsley (1915-2005)	Social Credit	283
Swan River	Albert Harold “Bert” Corbett (1887-1983)	Progressive Conservative	1,421
	Hilliard Ferriss	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,316
	Ronald Douglas Robertson (1920-1998)	Liberal-Progressive	1,083
	Aldric S. Helps	Social Credit	285
The Pas	John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,325
	Wilfred E. Cudmore	Liberal-Progressive	898
	Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	801
Turtle Mountain	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Progressive Conservative	2,949
	Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992)	Liberal-Progressive	1,880
	Clarence A. Ferguson	Social Credit	316
Virden	John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,935
	Francis Campbell “Frank” Bell (1892-1968)	Liberal-Progressive	1,662
Wellington	Richard Harry Seaborn (1911-1991)	Progressive Conservative	2,532
	James R. McIsaac	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,385
	Jack St. John (1906-1965)	Liberal-Progressive	1,958
Winnipeg Centre	James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	3,462
	Paul W. Goodman (1905-1959)	Liberal-Progressive	1,623
	David Adrian Mulligan (1893-1981)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,141
Wolseley	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	Progressive Conservative	3,959
	John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	1,739
	Allen Denton	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,202

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Fifth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1958-1959)

Sources:

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

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 September 2023