The 1959 Manitoba general election was held on May 14, 1959 to elect 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a

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victory for the incumbent Progressive Conservatives under the leadership of

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Dufferin Roblin. It was the first time since the 1914 election that the PCs won an outright majority in the province, when they were led by Dufferin Roblin's grandfather, Sir Rodmond Roblin. Roblin's PCs won 36 seats against 11 for the Liberal-Progressives, led by former Premier Douglas Campbell, and 10 for the

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led by Lloyd Stinson. The PCs took 25 percent more votes than it had received in the previous election just one year before but took 40 percent more seats than it had won in 1958. They had won 117,822 votes in 1958, compared to 147,000 in 1959. The Manitoba Social Credit Party, which won 2 seats in the 1958 election, did not contest any seats during the election and regained a foothold in the legislature only during a subsequent

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. The

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Labor-Progressive Party contested three ridings but did not win any. The election is the last one to be fought by candidates with the "Liberal-Progressive," "Co-operative Commonwealth," or "Labor-Progressive" labels in Manitoba. The Liberal-Progressives dropped the latter half in 1961 and ran all subsequent elections as "Liberals." Similarly, the Labor-Progressive candidates returned to the "Communist" label. The CCF changed its name following the national party's re-incorporation into the

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and ran all future elections as Manitoba New Democrats.

Detailed Results

Summary

Northern Manitoba

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Churchill , , , John Ingebrigtson
1,587 , , Kenneth D. Wray
954 , , , , , , , E.J. Williams , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Flin Flon , , , Charles Witney
1,810 , , Francis Jobin
1,728 , , Frederick S. Pope
923 , , , , , Francis Jobin , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Rupertsland , , , Joseph Jeannotte
2,268 , , Harry Boulette
587 , , Alfred J. Cook
393 , , , , , Joseph Jeannotte , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", The Pas , , , John Carroll
2,345 , , Marvin Hill
1,027 , , Peter Schewchuk
779 , , , , , John Carroll

Southern Manitoba

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , , John Cobb
2,513 , , John McRae
1,932 , , , , William G. Powne (Ind.)
556 , , , John Cobb , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Birtle-Russell , , , Robert Smellie
2,239 , , Rodney Clement
2,015 , , Michael Sotas
947 , , , , , Rodney Clement , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Brandon , , , Reginald Lissaman
5,452 , , Gordon A. Phillips
2,159 , , Hans Fries
1,415 , , , , , Reginald Lissaman , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Brokenhead , , Gordon B. Burnett
1,409 , , Arthur Trapp
1,083 , , , Ed Schreyer
2,107 , , , , , Ed Schreyer , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , Peter J. Thiessen
1,791 , , , Edmond Prefontaine
2,397 , , , , , , , Edmond Prefontaine , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , , Marcel Boulic
2,951 , , John Leslie Sundell
1,781 , , , , , , , Marcel Boulic , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Dauphin , , , Stewart McLean
2,951 , , Emma Hildegard Ringstrom
967 , , A. Clifford Matthews
1,233 , , , , , Stewart McLean , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Dufferin , , , William Homer Hamilton
2,077 , , Walter McDonald
1,923 , , Chester Ernest Johnson
167 , , , , , Walter McDonald , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Emerson , , Ben Comeaux
2,190 , , , John Tanchak
2,752 , , , , , , , John Tanchak , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Ethelbert Plains , , Isadore Syrnyk
1,001 , , , Michael Hryhorczuk
1,856 , ,

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1,590 , , , , , Michael Hryhorczuk , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Fisher , , Roy Ellison
1,361 , , W.J. Griffin, Jr.
1,028 , , , Peter Wagner
1,777 , , , , , Peter Wagner , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Gimli , , , George Johnson
2,570 , , Alex Hawrysh
1,007 , , Zado Zator
932 , , , , , George Johnson , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , Earl Murray
2,318 , , , Nelson Shoemaker
2,469 , , Della Yuel
415 , , , , , Nelson Shoemaker , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Hamiota , , , Barry Strickland
2,377 , , James Chester Scott
2,136 , , Arthur Nicholson
440 , , , , , Barry Strickland , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Lac du Bonnet , , , Oscar Bjornson
1,357 , , John Ateah
1,272 , , Donald H. MacLean
1,018 , , Stanley Copp (Ind.)
346 , , , Arthur Trapp , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Lakeside , , John Frederick Bate
1,774 , , , Douglas Campbell
1,896 , , Allen Werbiski
278 , , , , , Douglas Campbell , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", La Verendrye , , Edmund Guertin
1,581 , , ,

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1,799 , , , , , , , Stan Roberts , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Minnedosa , , , Walter Weir
2,386 , , Charles L. Shuttleworth
2,029 , , J.M. Lee
1,090 , , , , , Charles L. Shuttleworth , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Morris , , , Harry Shewman
1,905 , , Bruce MacKenzie
1,298 , , , , , , , Harry Shewman , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Pembina , , , Maurice Ridley
3,077 , , Lynwood Graham
1,199 , , , , , , , Maurice Ridley , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , , John Christianson
2,300 , , Charles Greenlay
1,827 , , Fred Allan Tufford
416 , , , , , Charles Greenlay , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , Leo Recksiedler
1,462 , , , Wallace C. Miller
1,648 , , , , , , , Wallace C. Miller , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Roblin , , , Keith Alexander
1,946 , , Ray Mitchell
1,334 , , Joseph Perchaluk
1,569 , , , , , Keith Alexander , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Rock Lake , , , Abram Harrison
2,545 , , Walter Clark
1,843 , , Cyril Hamwee
632 , , , , , Abram Harrison , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Rockwood-Iberville , , , George Hutton
2,269 , , Robert Bend
2,143 , , Samuel Cranston
444 , , , , , Robert Bend , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , Ivan George Casselman
1,371 , , , Elman Guttormson
2,279 , , Nellie Baker
255 , , , , , Elman Guttormson , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Ste. Rose , , Albert Fletcher
1,576 , , , Gildas Molgat
2,390 , , Leon W. Hoefer
353 , , , , , Gildas Molgat , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Selkirk , , Edward Foster
1,732 , , , Thomas P. Hillhouse
1,814 , , Scottie Bryce
872 , , , , , Thomas P. Hillhouse , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Souris-Lansdowne , , , Malcolm McKellar
2,688 , , George Adrian Griffith
1,448 , , , , , , , Malcolm McKellar , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Springfield , , , Fred Klym
1,878 , , William Lucko
1,507 , , Richard Loeb
772 , , , , , William Lucko , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Swan River , , , Albert H.C. Corbett
2,292 , , Arvid Burst
786 , , Hilliard Farriss
1,431 , , , , , Albert H.C. Corbett , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Turtle Mountain , , , Errick Willis
3,247 , , Walter Christianson
1,187 , , , , , , , Errick Willis , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Virden , , , John Thompson
3,097 , , John Wesley Clarke
1,337 , , , , , , , John Thompson , -

Winnipeg

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Assiniboia , , , George Johnson
3,157 , , Jack Brownrigg
1,388 , , Donovan Swailes
2,940 , , George R.A. Brown (Ind.)
269 , , , Donovan Swailes , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Burrows , , Andrew Zaharychuk
1,286 , , Joseph R. Hnidan
1,155 , , , John Hawryluk
2,235 , , William Cecil Ross ( LPP)
675 , , , John Hawryluk , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Elmwood , , Henry Emerson Snyder
2,560 , , Alex Turk
1,488 , , , Steve Peters
2,782 , , , , , Steve Peters , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Fort Garry , , ,

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4,842 , , Stanley Farwell
2,035 , , Nena Woodward
1,373 , , , , , Sterling Lyon , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Fort Rouge , , , Gurney Evans
4,352 , , Jerome Marrin
1,947 , , Robert C. Murdoch
1,425 , , , , , Gurney Evans , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Inkster , , Mary A. Wawrykow
2,106 , , John A. Kolt
981 , , , Morris Gray
3,635 , , L.W. Kaminski ( LPP)
468 , , , Morris Gray , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Kildonan , , John Ernest Willis
3,511 , , Cornelius Huebert
1,972 , , , A.J. Reid
3,659 , , , , , A.J. Reid , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Logan , , Albert Edward Bennett
1,921 , , John Kozoriz
873 , , , Lemuel Harris
2,098 , , , , ,

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, - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Osborne , , , Obie Baizley
3,808 , , David Bowman
1,166 , , Lloyd Stinson
3,482 , , , , , Lloyd Stinson , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Radisson , , Harold Huppe
2,998 , , Nick Slotek
2,029 , , , Russell Paulley
4,085 , , , , , Russell Paulley , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", River Heights , , , W.B. Scarth
4,936 , , Keith Routley
3,060 , , Magnus Eliason
478 , , , , , W.B. Scarth , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. Boniface , , Harry De Leeuw
2,992 , , , Laurent Desjardins
3,772 , , Benjamin Cyr
1,309 , , , , , Roger Teillet , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. James , , , Douglas Stanes
3,616 , , David Graham
1,541 , , Al Mackling
2,348 , , , , , Douglas Stanes , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. Johns , , Dan Zaharia
2,010 , , Abe Yanofsky
854 , , , David Orlikow
2,261 , , Jacob Penner ( LPP)
588 , , , David Orkilow , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. Matthews , , , William Martin
3,635 , , Paul Goodman
1,900 , , Gordon Fines
2,090 , , , , , William Martin , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. Vital , , , Fred Groves
4,599 , , George R. D. Goulet
1,946 , , Joseph Trafer
353 , , , , , Fred Groves , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Seven Oaks , , Charles Nye
1,973 , , Calvin Scarfe
1,343 , , , Arthur E. Wright
3,889 , , , , , Arthur E. Wright , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , , Richard Seaborn
3,082 , , William Norrie
1,624 , , James McIsaac
2,854 , , , , , Richard Seaborn , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Winnipeg Centre , , , James Cowan
3,712 , , Gurzon Harvey
1,462 , , Fred Paulley
1,474 , , , , , James Cowan , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Wolseley , , , Dufferin Roblin
4,351 , , Francis C. Muldoon
1,707 , , Peter Griffin
1,131 , , , , , Dufferin Roblin , -

By-elections 1958 to 1962

, - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" , 3,995 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 , 100 , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" , 4,032 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 , 100 , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" , 3,584 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 , 100 , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" , 4,654 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2, 100 , - style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 , Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" , 4,934 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 , 100

References

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