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

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The Assembly was elected on 14 May 1959.

Session	Opening	Prorogation	Dissolution
1	9 June 1959	4 August 1959	-
2	19 January 1960	26 March 1960	-
3	14 February 1961	20 April 1961	-
4	16 October 1961	20 October 1961	-
5	15 February 1962	1 May 1962	9 November 1962

Legislative Assembly Staff

Position	Name
Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba	1959-05-14: John Stewart McDiarmid (1882-1965)
	1960-01-15: Errick French Willis (1896-1967)
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the Committee of the Whole	William George Martin (1886-1973)
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly	Charland Prud’homme (1904-1988)
Sergeant-at-Arms	George Milne (?-?) Frank Skinner

Executive Council

Position	Name
Premier, President of the Council, Provincial Treasurer and Minister of Federal-Provincial Relations	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)
Attorney-General	Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)
Minister of Agriculture	1959-05-14: Errick French Willis (1896-1967)
Minister of Agriculture and Conservation	1959-08-07: George Henry Wilson Hutton (1922-1976)
Minister of Education	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)
Minister of Health and Public Welfare	1959-05-14: George Johnson (1920-1995)
Minister of Health	1961-10-25: George Johnson (1920-1995)
Minister of Welfare	1961-10-25: John Aaron Christianson (1923-2010)
Minister of Labour	1959-05-14: John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)
	1959-12-21: John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)
Minister of Mines and Natural Resources	1959-05-14: Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)
	1959-08-07: Charles Hubert Witney (1919-1991)
Minister of Municipal Affairs	1959-05-14: John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)
	1959-12-21: Maurice E. Ridley (1912-1960)
	1961-10-25: Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)
Minister of Public Utilities	1959-05-14: John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)
Minister of Public Works	1959-05-14: Errick French Willis (1896-1967)
	1959-12-21: John William McLeod Thompson (1908-1986)
	1962-11-05: Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)
Provincial Secretary	1959-05-14: Marcel Boulic (1916-1959)
	1959-10-01: John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)
	1959-12-21: Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)

The following persons were members:

Arnold Keith Alexander (Roblin, PC)	William Obadiah Baizley (Osborne, PC)	Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (Lac du Bonnet, PC)	Pierre Marcel Joseph Boulic (Cypress, 1959-05-14: PC)
Douglas Lloyd Campbell (Lakeside, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal)	John Benson Carroll (The Pas, PC)	John Aaron Christianson (Portage la Prairie, PC)	John Gordon Cobb (Arthur, PC, 1959-05-14)
Albert Harold Corbett (Swan River, PC)	James Cowan (Winnipeg Centre, PC)	Laurent Louis Desjardins (St. Boniface, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal)	Edward Ingo Dow (Turtle Mountain, 1959-11-26: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal, by-election 26 November 1959)
Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (Winnipeg South, PC)	Thelma Bessie Forbes (Cypress, 1959-11-26: PC, by-election 26 November 1959)	Jacob M. Froese (Rhineland, 1959-11-26: Social Credit, by-election 26 November 1959)	Morris Abraham Gray (Inkster, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP)
Frederick Groves (St. Vital, PC)	Elman Keisler Guttormson (St. George, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal)	William Homer Hamilton (Dufferin, PC)	Lemuel Harris (Logan, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP)
Abram William Harrison (Rock Lake, PC)	John Martin Hawryluk (Burrows, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP)	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (Selkirk, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal)	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (Ethelbert, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal)
George Henry Wilson Hutton (Rockwood-Iberville, PC)	John Evinn Ingebrigtson (Churchill, PC)	Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (Rupertsland, PC)	George Johnson (Gimli, PC)
George William Johnson (Assiniboia, PC)	Fred Theodore Klym (Springfield, PC)	Reginald Otto Lissaman (Brandon, PC)	Sterling Rufus Lyon (Fort Garry, PC)
William George Martin (St. Matthews, PC)	Malcolm Earl McKellar (Souris-Lansdowne, PC)	Stewart Edgertson McLean (Dauphin, PC)	William Conrad Miller (Rhineland, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive)
Gildas Laurent Molgat (Ste. Rose, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal)	Carolyne Alexandra Morrison (Pembina, 1960-12-09: PC, by-election 9 December 1960)	David Orlikow (St. Johns, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP)	Andrew Russell Paulley (Radisson, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP)
Steve Peters (Elmwood, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP)	Edmond Prefontaine (Carillon, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal )	Anthony John Reid (Kildonan, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP)	Maurice Ridley (Pembina, 1959-05-14: PC)
Stanley Carl Roberts (La Verendrye, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal)	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (Wolseley, PC)	William Blakeman Scarth (River Heights, PC)	Edward Richard Schreyer (Brokenhead, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP)
Richard Harry Seaborn (Wellington, PC)	Harold Proctor Shewman (Morris, PC)	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (Gladstone, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal)	Robert Gordon Smellie (Birtle-Russell, PC)
Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (St. James, PC)	Barry Peill Strickland (Hamiota, PC)	John Peter Tanchak (Emerson, 1959-05-14: Liberal-Progressive, 1961-04-19: Liberal)	John William McLeod Thompson (Virden, PC)
Peter Wagner (Fisher, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP)	James Douglas Watt (Arthur, PC, 1959-11-26 )	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (Minnedosa, PC)	Errick French Willis (Turtle Mountain, 1959-05-14: PC)
Charles Hubert Witney (Flin Flon, PC)	Arthur Edgar Wright (Seven Oaks, 1959-05-14: CCF, 1961-11-04: NDP, by-election 26 November 1959)

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1959)

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

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Cory Schreyer.

Page revised: 11 August 2023

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