Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1962)

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The Manitoba general election of 1962 was held on 14 December. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive Conservative	Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	134,187	36
Liberal	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	108,270	13
New Democratic	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	45,430	7
Social Credit	Jacob M. “Jake” Froese (1917-2003)	7,495	1
Independent	-	960	0
Communist	William Cecil Ross (1911-1998)	816	0
Totals		297,158	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Adam David Anderson (1890-1971)	James Douglas “Doug” Watt (1914-1985)	Progressive Conservative	2,037
		E. Harry Patmore	Liberal	1,466
Assiniboia	Robert Guy Smethurst	Stephen Clifford “Steve” Patrick (1932-2014)	Liberal	3,232
		George William Johnson (1892-1973)	Progress Conservative	2,993
		A. H. Mackling	New Democratic	1,978
Birtle-Russell	H. E. Graham	Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,676
		E. Victor Fulton	Liberal	1,701
		Arnold George Minish (1930-2014)	New Democratic	404
Brandon	Constance M. Wilton	Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)	Progressive Conservative	4,771
		James Albert “Jimmy” Creighton (1905-1990)	Liberal	3,182
		Hans Fries	New Democratic	542
		Harold E. Wright	Social Credit	535
Brokenhead	Henry J. Shale	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	New Democratic	1,910
		Dirk Gilbert “Dick” Mulder (1923-2019)	Progressive Conservative	1,314
		Max Dubas (c1908-1980)	Liberal	971
Burrows	Mrs. Sophie Choma	Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914-1989)	Liberal	1,791
		John Martin Hawryluk (1910-1975)	New Democratic	1,502
		Peter Okrainec	Progressive Conservative	747
		Andrew Bileski [Bilecki] (1903-1992)	Communist	517
Carillon	Rosario N. Rochon	Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)	Liberal	2,116
		P. J. Thiessen	Progressive Conservative	1,278
		Edward Dubois	Social Credit	811
Churchill	W. H. de Coursey	Gordon Wilbert Beard (1920-1972)	Progressive Conservative	2,172
		Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Liberal	1,974
Cypress	Errol A. Berry	Thelma Bessie Brown Forbes (1910-2012)	Progressive Conservative	2,746
		Welland “Stoney” Stonehouse (1922-2007)	Liberal	1,928
		Charles Turner	Social Credit	267
Dauphin	William Cruise	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	3,247
		John Seale	Liberal	1,801
Dufferin	D. E. Woods	William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,542
		Randal C. Douglas	Liberal	1,309
Elmwood	George Currie	Stephen “Steve” Peters (1912-1976)	New Democratic	2,024
		John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)	Liberal	1,815
		Donald C. Thompson	Progressive Conservative	1,737
Emerson	Ben Comeault	John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal	2,545
		Michael Sokolyk	Progressive Conservative	1,964
Ethelbert Plains	Anthony Semeniuk	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)	Liberal	1,930
		James L. Crowe	Progressive Conservative	1,376
		Albert C. Matthews	New Democratic	706
Fisher	Michael G. Andrieshyn	Emil Moeller (1902-1986)	Progressive Conservative	1,410
		Peter Wagner (1916-1995)	New Democratic	1,323
		Arthur Robert Devlin (1908-1981)	Liberal	1,076
Flin Flon	Garfield M. Walker	Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	2,375
		Eli Ross	Liberal	1,175
		Alfred Ledieu	New Democratic	448
Fort Garry	Philip G. Nutter	Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)	Progressive Conservative	4,721
		David Albert Bowles (1916-1981)	Liberal	2,828
		Cliff Brownridge	New Democratic	1,168
Fort Rouge	Walter W. Gyles	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	3,507
		Brock McArthur	Liberal	2,128
		William R. Reid	New Democratic	990
Gimli	Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)	George Johnson (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	2,316
		Magnus Eliason (1911-2005)	New Democratic	917
		Don Martin	Liberal	794
Gladstone	Wilfred J. McGregor	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal	2,868
		J. A. McPhedran	Progressive Conservative	2,020
		F. Crook	New Democratic	249
Hamiota	W. J. Greenaway	Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968)	Progressive Conservative	2,573
		Frank D. Taylor	Liberal	2,015
		Michael Stephen Antonation (1913-1985)	New Democratic	329
Inkster	John Roth	Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)	New Democratic	2,658
		John Shanski (1909-1993)	Liberal	2,081
		Mary Annie Wawrykow (1911-1977)	Progressive Conservative	1,497
Kildonan	Archie Tawns	James Thomas Mills (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	3,176
		Anthony John “Tony” Reid (1908-1993)	New Democratic	3,172
		Ernest Rudolph	Liberal	2,751
		John De Fehr	Social Credit	452
Lac du Bonnet	Walter Whyte	Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (1906-1972)	Progressive Conservative	1,740
		John Ateah (1913-2002)	Liberal	1,264
		John William Bracken (1916-2003)	New Democratic	843
Lakeside	Joseph W. Boddy	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal	2,009
		John F. Bate	Progressive Conservative	1,452
		Hazel C. Allan	New Democratic	207
La Verendrye	Roger Smith	Albert Vielfaure (1923-2007)	Liberal	1,394
		Jean Rene Prefontaine (1924-1984)	Progressive Conservative	1,086
		Raymond Thuot	Social Credit	719
Logan	Mrs. M. H. Hardine	Lemuel Harris (1907-1996)	New Democratic	1,462
		Uberta Margaret Ellen Ross Blackburn (1914-1996)	Progressive Conservative	1,126
		Thomas Blaine	Liberal	1,006
Minnedosa	J. W. Cutter	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)	Progressive Conservative	2,828
		Frank Anderson	Liberal	1,536
		John M. Lee	New Democratic	472
		Charles V. Hutton	Social Credit	456
Morris	Daniel Lohr	Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)	Progressive Conservative	1,648
		Phillippe A. Perron	Liberal	1,126
		Wilbert James Tinkler (1908-1988)	Social Credit	609
Osborne	Pierre Leon	William Obadiah “Obie” Baizley (1917-2000)	Progressive Conservative	3,025
		Robert Elmer “Bob” Moffat (1916-2002)	Liberal	1,871
		Jim Buchanan	New Democratic	1,523
Pembina	Walter S. Goode	Carolyne Alexandra McBean Morrison (1905-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,436
		Charles F. Cousins	Liberal	2,225
Portage la Prairie	Keith Stewart	Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005)	Liberal	2,414
		John Aaron Christianson (1923-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,124
		Francis Harry Mason	New Democratic	220
Radisson	Eric J. Ball	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	New Democratic	4,032
		Nick Slotek	Liberal	3,169
		Nelson A. McLean	Progressive Conservative	2,712
Rhineland	Oscar Martel	Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)	Social Credit	1,511
		Abram Jacob Thiessen (1910-2002)	Progressive Conservative	1,478
		Jacob H. Penner	Liberal	791
River Heights	James M. Milne	Maitland Bernard Steinkopf (1912-1970)	Progressive Conservative	5,044
		Roy J. Matas	Liberal	3,941
Roblin	Watson McLean Crossley (1892-1980)	Arnold Keith Alexander (1921-1972)	Progressive Conservative	2,205
		Charles Filewich	Liberal	1,580
		Ray Taylor	New Democratic	645
Rock Lake	Mrs. Myrtle Winram	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,444
		Harry R. Parsonage	Liberal	2,015
		John A. Potter	New Democratic	257
Rockwood-Iberville	Hubert L. Good	George Henry Wilson Hutton (1922-1976)	Progressive Conservative	2,594
		Colin E. Crawford	Liberal	1,256
		Samuel Cranston	New Democratic	471
Rupertsland	Reginald J. Minton	Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,329
		Reginald McKay	Liberal	515
		Thomas Hamilton	New Democratic	461
St. Boniface	Robert Betournay	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	Liberal	4,175
		Brunelle Leveille	Progressive Conservative	1,937
		Ian Wright	New Democratic	662
St. George	Daniel McFadyen	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal	2,451
		John Handford Hjalmarson (1930-1989)	Progressive Conservative	1,210
St. James	Alex Cairns	Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	2,707
		Dave Johnston	Liberal	2,202
		William J. Hardy	New Democratic	1,239
St. John’s	Stan Carrick	Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)	New Democratic	1,796
		Michael “Mike” Baryluk (1915-1998)	Progressive Conservative	1,236
		Edward Rudolfe “Ed” Pollock (1925-1998)	Liberal	1,229
		Saul Simkin	Communist	299
		Frank P. Baschuk	Independent	111
		Samuel Bordman	Independent	54
St. Matthews	G. E. Gilpin	William George Martin (1886-1973)	Progressive Conservative	2,507
		Donald I. Cook	Liberal	1,779
		Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)	New Democratic	1,391
St. Vital	Mrs. Gladys Rothwell	Frederick “Fred” Groves (1924-1995)	Progressive Conservative	3,626
		Douglas E. Honeyman	Liberal	2,605
		Clare Martineau	New Democratic	1,023
		Fred H. Brennan	Independent	795
Ste. Rose	John O. Shineton	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal	2,648
		J. Albert Fletcher	Progressive Conservative	1,467
		Leon W. Hoefer	New Democratic	147
Selkirk	Mervin Jenkins	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)	Liberal	2,104
		Ben Massey	Progressive Conservative	1,527
		Robert Luining	Social Credit	579
Seven Oaks	Berry Minuk	Arthur Edgar Wright (1907-1977)	New Democratic	3,095
		Jack Morley Chapman (1930-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,635
		Calvin Scarfe	Liberal	1,600
Souris-Lansdowne	William J. Ross	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	1,645
		David Lloyd Barclay	Liberal	1,264
Springfield	Walter Novak	Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,993
		William Lucko (1911-1998)	Liberal	1,562
		Harold Leslie Patzer (1934-1997)	Social Credit	429
Swan River	William G. Thompson	James Herbert Bilton (1908-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,350
		Elmer Cecil Sims	Liberal	1,004
		Maxwell G. Hofford	New Democratic	718
The Pas	J. Ross Sadler	John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,484
		Adam Deminick	Liberal	1,497
		Rachel Shewchuk	New Democratic	430
Turtle Mountain	Harry Gall	Peter James McDonald (1912-1971)	Progressive Conservative	2,788
		Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992)	Liberal	1,973
		Charles R. Baskerville	Social Credit	691
Virden	Edward W. Hallett	Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003)	Progressive Conservative	2,828
		Malcolm Thomas McGregor	Liberal	1,323
		John J. Morton	Social Credit	450
Wellington	John V. Sampson	Richard Harry Seaborn (1911-1991)	Progressive Conservative	2,422
		Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	New Democratic	2,202
		John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)	Liberal	1,391
Winnipeg Centre	Leo C. de Gagne	James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,779
		Francis Bastin “Frank” Lamont (1933-1998)	Liberal	1,684
		Donovan Swailes (1892-1984)	New Democratic	1,016
Wolseley	James Edward “Jim” Foran (1937-2014)	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	Progressive Conservative	3,207
		Russ Davis	Liberal	1,559
		Edward Stefaniuk	New Democratic	798

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1963-1966)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1964)

Sources:

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

Obituary [Wilbert James Tinkler], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 April 1988, page 69.

We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 December 2024