Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1959)

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The Manitoba general election of 1959 was held on 14 May, with two constituencies (Churchill, Rupertsland) deferred to 11 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive Conservative	Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	147,140	36
Liberal-Progressive	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	95,452	11
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	69,594	10
Labour Progressive	William Cecil Ross (1911-1998)	1,731	0
Independent	-	1,171	0
Totals		315,088	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	John Gordon “Jack” Cobb (1903-1959)	Progressive Conservative	2,513
	John Wilfred McRae	Liberal-Progressive	1,932
	William G. Powne	Independent	556
Assiniboia	George William Johnson (1892-1973)	Progressive Conservative	3,157
	Donovan Swailes (1892-1984)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,940
	John Henry “Jack” Brownrigg (1912-1963)	Liberal-Progressive	1,388
	George Raymond Alexander Brown (1897-1968)	Independent	269
Birtle-Russell	Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,239
	Rodney Stewart “Rod” Clement (1919-1969)	Liberal-Progressive	2,015
	Michael Sotas	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	947
Brandon	Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)	Progressive Conservative	5,452
	Gordon A. Phillips	Liberal-Progressive	2,159
	Hans Fries	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,415
Brokenhead	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,017
	Gordon B. Burnett	Progressive Conservative	1,409
	Arthur A. “Archie” Trapp (1918-2007)	Liberal-Progressive	1,083
Burrows	John Martin Hawryluk (1910-1975)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,235
	Andrew Zaharychuk	Progressive Conservative	1,286
	Joseph R. Hnidan	Liberal-Progressive	1,155
	William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)	Labour Progressive	675
Carillon	Edmond Prefontaine (1897-1971)	Liberal-Progressive	2,397
	Peter J. Thiessen	Progressive Conservative	1,791
Churchill	John Evinn Ingebrigtson (1919-1998)	Progressive Conservative	1,587
	Kenneth D. Wray	Liberal-Progressive	1,326
Cypress	Pierre Marcel Joseph Boulic (1916-1959)	Progressive Conservative	2,951
	John Leslie Sundell	Liberal-Progressive	1,781
Dauphin	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	2,951
	A. Clifford Matthews	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,233
	Emma Hildegard Ringstrom (1906-1992)	Liberal-Progressive	967
Dufferin	William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,077
	Walter Clifton McDonald (1903-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	1,923
	Chester Ernest Johnson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	167
Elmwood	Stephen “Steve” Peters (1912-1976)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,782
	Henry Emerson Snyder (1891-1984)	Progressive Conservative	2,560
	Alexander Turk (1906-1988)	Liberal-Progressive	1,488
Emerson	John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal-Progressive	2,752
	Ben Comeaux	Progressive Conservative	2,190
Ethelbert Plains	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)	Liberal-Progressive	1,856
	Peter Burtnick	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,590
	Isadore Syrnyk	Progressive Conservative	1,001
Fisher	Peter Wagner (1916-1995)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,777
	Roy Ellison	Progressive Conservative	1,361
	W. J. Griffin Jr.	Liberal-Progressive	1,028
Flin Flon	Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	1,810
	Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,728
	Frederick S. Pope	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	923
Fort Garry	Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)	Progressive Conservative	4,842
	Stan Farwell	Liberal-Progressive	2,035
	Mrs. Nena Woodward	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,373
Fort Rouge	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	4,352
	Jerry Marrin	Liberal-Progressive	1,947
	Robert C. Murdoch	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,425
Gimli	George Johnson (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	2,570
	Alex Hawrysh	Liberal-Progressive	1,007
	Zado Zator	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	932
Gladstone	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal-Progressive	2,469
	Melvin Earl Murray (1901-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,318
	Mrs. Della Yuel	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	415
Hamiota	Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968)	Progressive Conservative	2,377
	James Chester “Jim” Scott (1908-1981)	Liberal-Progressive	2,136
	Arthur Nicholson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	440
Inkster	Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,635
	Mary Annie Wawrykow (1911-1977)	Progressive Conservative	2,106
	John A. “Jack” Kolt (1913-2002)	Liberal-Progressive	981
	L. W. Kaminski	Labour Progressive	468
Kildonan	Anthony John “Tony” Reid (1908-1993)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,659
	John Ernest “Jack” Willis (1913-2002)	Progressive Conservative	3,511
	Cornelius Huebert (c1905-1973)	Liberal-Progressive	1,972
Lac du Bonnet	Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (1906-1972)	Progressive Conservative	1,357
	John Ateah (1913-2002)	Liberal-Progressive	1,272
	Donald H. MacLean	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,018
	Stanley Copp (1914-1987)	Independent	346
Lakeside	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,896
	John Frederick Bate	Progressive Conservative	1,774
	Allen Werbiski	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	278
La Verendrye	Stanley Carl “Stan” Roberts (1927-1990)	Liberal-Progressive	1,799
	Edmund Guertin	Progressive Conservative	1,581
Logan	Lemuel Harris (1907-1996)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,098
	Albert Edward Bennett (1906-1968)	Progressive Conservative	1,921
	John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)	Liberal-Progressive	873
Minnedosa	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)	Progressive Conservative	2,386
	Charles Lemington “Lem” Shuttleworth (1910-2006)	Liberal-Progressive	2,029
	J. M. Lee	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,090
Morris	Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)	Progressive Conservative	1,905
	Bruce Mackenzie	Liberal-Progressive	1,298
Osborne	William Obadiah “Obie” Baizley (1917-2000)	Progressive Conservative	3,808
	Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,482
	David Bowman	Liberal-Progressive	1,166
Pembina	Maurice Evans Ridley (1912-1960)	Progressive Conservative	3,077
	Lynwood Clarence Graham (1925-1995)	Liberal-Progressive	1,199
Portage la Prairie	John Aaron Christianson (1923-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,300
	Charles Edwin Greenlay (1899-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,827
	Fred Allan Tufford	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	416
Radisson	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	4,085
	Harold Huppe	Progressive Conservative	2,998
	Nick Slotek	Liberal-Progressive	2,029
Rhineland	Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)	Liberal-Progressive	1,648
	Leo Recksiedler	Progressive Conservative	1,462
River Heights	William Blakeman Scarth (1895-1983)	Progressive Conservative	4,936
	Keith N. Routley (1923-2009)	Liberal-Progressive	3,060
	Magnus Eliason (1911-2005)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	478
Roblin	Arnold Keith Alexander (1921-1972)	Progressive Conservative	1,946
	Joseph Perchaluk	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,569
	Raymond “Ray” Mitchell (1897-1984)	Liberal-Progressive	1,334
Rock Lake	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,545
	Walter Ernest Clark (1890-1987)	Liberal-Progressive	1,843
	Cyril Hamwee	Liberal-Progressive	632
Rockwood-Iberville	George Henry Wilson Hutton (1922-1976)	Progressive Conservative	2,269
	Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)	Liberal-Progressive	2,143
	Samuel Cranston	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	444
Rupertsland	Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,268
	Harry Boulette	Liberal-Progressive	587
	Alfred J. Cook	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	393
St. Boniface	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	Liberal-Progressive	3,772
	Harry De Leeuw	Progressive Conservative	2,992
	Benjamin Cyr	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,309
St. George	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal-Progressive	2,279
	Ivan George Casselman	Progressive Conservative	1,371
	Mrs. Nellie Baker	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	255
St. James	Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	3,616
	Al Mackling	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,378
	David Graham	Liberal-Progressive	1,541
St. John’s	David Orlikow (1919-1998)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,261
	Dan Zaharia	Progressive Conservative	2,010
	Daniel Abraham “Abe” Yanofsky (1925-2000)	Liberal-Progressive	854
	Jacob Penner (1880-1965)	Labour Progressive	588
St. Matthews	William George Martin (1886-1973)	Progressive Conservative	3,635
	Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,090
	Paul W. Goodman (1905-1959)	Liberal-Progressive	1,900
St. Vital	Frederick “Fred” Groves (1924-1995)	Progressive Conservative	4,599
	George Goulet	Liberal-Progressive	1,946
	Joseph Trager	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,858
Ste. Rose	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal-Progressive	2,390
	Albert Fletcher	Progressive Conservative	1,576
	Leon W. Hoefer	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	353
Selkirk	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)	Liberal-Progressive	1,814
	Ed Foster	Progressive Conservative	1,732
	William “Scottie” Bryce (1888-1963)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	872
Seven Oaks	Arthur Edgar Wright (1907-1977)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	3,889
	Charles Nye	Progressive Conservative	1,973
	Cal Scarfe	Liberal-Progressive	1,343
Souris-Lansdowne	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	2,688
	George Adrian Griffith (1901-1974)	Liberal-Progressive	1,448
Springfield	Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,878
	William Lucko (1911-1998)	Liberal-Progressive	1,507
	Richard Loeb	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	772
Swan River	Albert Harold “Bert” Corbett (1887-1983)	Progressive Conservative	2,292
	Hilliard Ferriss	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,431
	Arvid Brust	Liberal-Progressive	786
The Pas	John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,345
	Mervin Hill	Liberal-Progressive	1,027
	Peter Shewchuk	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	779
Turtle Mountain	Errick French Willis (1896-1967)	Progressive Conservative	3,247
	Walter Christianson	Liberal-Progressive	1,187
Virden	John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)	Progressive Conservative	3,097
	John Wesley Clarke	Liberal-Progressive	1,337
Wellington	Richard Harry Seaborn (1911-1991)	Progressive Conservative	3,082
	James R. McIsaac	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	2,854
	William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)	Liberal-Progressive	1,624
Winnipeg Centre	James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	3,712
	Fred Paulley	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,474
	John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)	Liberal-Progressive	1,462
Wolseley	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	Progressive Conservative	4,351
	Francis Creighton “Frank” Muldoon (1930-2013)	Liberal-Progressive	1,707
	Peter Griffin	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,131

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1959-1960)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Sixth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1959-1962)

Sources:

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

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 September 2023