# 1959 Manitoba general election

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 majority victory for the incumbent Progressive Conservatives under the leadership of Premier 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 social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 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 by-election. The communist 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 New Democratic Party and ran all future elections as Manitoba New Democrats.

## Detailed Results
### Summary

| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1958 | Elected | # | % | % Change |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dufferin Roblin | 57 | 26 | 36 | 147,140 | 47.0% | |
| | Liberal-Progressive | Douglas Campbell | 57 | 19 | 11 | 94,799 | 30.3% | |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Stinson | 45 | 11 | 10 | 68,149 | 21.8% | |
| | Labor–Progressive | William Cecil Ross | 3 | - | - | 1,731 | 0.6% | |
| | Independent | Independent | 3 | 1 | - | 1,171 | 0.4% | |
| Total | Total | Total | 165 | 57 | 57 | 312,990 | 100% | |
Popular vote
PC
47.01%
Liberal-Progressive
30.29%
CCF
21.77%
Others
0.93% :
Seats summary
PC
63.16%
Liberal-Progressive
19.30%
CCF
17.54% :

### Northern Manitoba

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal-Progressive | Liberal-Progressive | CCF | CCF | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Churchill | | John Ingebrigtson 1,587 | | Kenneth D. Wray 954 | | | | | E.J. Williams |
| Flin Flon | | Charles Witney 1,810 | | Francis Jobin 1,728 | | Frederick S. Pope 923 | | | Francis Jobin |
| Rupertsland | | Joseph Jeannotte 2,268 | | Harry Boulette 587 | | Alfred J. Cook 393 | | | Joseph Jeannotte |
| The Pas | | John Carroll 2,345 | | Marvin Hill 1,027 | | Peter Schewchuk 779 | | | John Carroll |

### Southern Manitoba

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal-Progressive | Liberal-Progressive | CCF | CCF | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Arthur | | John Cobb 2,513 | | John McRae 1,932 | | | | William G. Powne (Ind.) 556 | John Cobb |
| Birtle-Russell | | Robert Smellie 2,239 | | Rodney Clement 2,015 | | Michael Sotas 947 | | | Rodney Clement |
| Brandon | | Reginald Lissaman 5,452 | | Gordon A. Phillips 2,159 | | Hans Fries 1,415 | | | Reginald Lissaman |
| Brokenhead | | Gordon B. Burnett 1,409 | | Arthur Trapp 1,083 | | Ed Schreyer 2,107 | | | Ed Schreyer |
| Carillon | | Peter J. Thiessen 1,791 | | Edmond Prefontaine 2,397 | | | | | Edmond Prefontaine |
| Cypress | | Marcel Boulic 2,951 | | John Leslie Sundell 1,781 | | | | | Marcel Boulic |
| Dauphin | | Stewart McLean 2,951 | | Emma Hildegard Ringstrom 967 | | A. Clifford Matthews 1,233 | | | Stewart McLean |
| Dufferin | | William Homer Hamilton 2,077 | | Walter McDonald 1,923 | | Chester Ernest Johnson 167 | | | Walter McDonald |
| Emerson | | Ben Comeaux 2,190 | | John Tanchak 2,752 | | | | | John Tanchak |
| Ethelbert Plains | | Isadore Syrnyk 1,001 | | Michael Hryhorczuk 1,856 | | Peter Burtniak 1,590 | | | Michael Hryhorczuk |
| Fisher | | Roy Ellison 1,361 | | W.J. Griffin, Jr. 1,028 | | Peter Wagner 1,777 | | | Peter Wagner |
| Gimli | | George Johnson 2,570 | | Alex Hawrysh 1,007 | | Zado Zator 932 | | | George Johnson |
| Gladstone | | Earl Murray 2,318 | | Nelson Shoemaker 2,469 | | Della Yuel 415 | | | Nelson Shoemaker |
| Hamiota | | Barry Strickland 2,377 | | James Chester Scott 2,136 | | Arthur Nicholson 440 | | | Barry Strickland |
| Lac du Bonnet | | Oscar Bjornson 1,357 | | John Ateah 1,272 | | Donald H. MacLean 1,018 | | Stanley Copp (Ind.) 346 | Arthur Trapp |
| Lakeside | | John Frederick Bate 1,774 | | Douglas Campbell 1,896 | | Allen Werbiski 278 | | | Douglas Campbell |
| La Verendrye | | Edmund Guertin 1,581 | | Stan Roberts 1,799 | | | | | Stan Roberts |
| Minnedosa | | Walter Weir 2,386 | | Charles L. Shuttleworth 2,029 | | J.M. Lee 1,090 | | | Charles L. Shuttleworth |
| Morris | | Harry Shewman 1,905 | | Bruce MacKenzie 1,298 | | | | | Harry Shewman |
| Pembina | | Maurice Ridley 3,077 | | Lynwood Graham 1,199 | | | | | Maurice Ridley |
| Portage la Prairie | | John Christianson 2,300 | | Charles Greenlay 1,827 | | Fred Allan Tufford 416 | | | Charles Greenlay |
| Rhineland | | Leo Recksiedler 1,462 | | Wallace C. Miller 1,648 | | | | | Wallace C. Miller |
| Roblin | | Keith Alexander 1,946 | | Ray Mitchell 1,334 | | Joseph Perchaluk 1,569 | | | Keith Alexander |
| Rock Lake | | Abram Harrison 2,545 | | Walter Clark 1,843 | | Cyril Hamwee 632 | | | Abram Harrison |
| Rockwood-Iberville | | George Hutton 2,269 | | Robert Bend 2,143 | | Samuel Cranston 444 | | | Robert Bend |
| St. George | | Ivan George Casselman 1,371 | | Elman Guttormson 2,279 | | Nellie Baker 255 | | | Elman Guttormson |
| Ste. Rose | | Albert Fletcher 1,576 | | Gildas Molgat 2,390 | | Leon W. Hoefer 353 | | | Gildas Molgat |
| Selkirk | | Edward Foster 1,732 | | Thomas P. Hillhouse 1,814 | | Scottie Bryce 872 | | | Thomas P. Hillhouse |
| Souris-Lansdowne | | Malcolm McKellar 2,688 | | George Adrian Griffith 1,448 | | | | | Malcolm McKellar |
| Springfield | | Fred Klym 1,878 | | William Lucko 1,507 | | Richard Loeb 772 | | | William Lucko |
| Swan River | | Albert H.C. Corbett 2,292 | | Arvid Burst 786 | | Hilliard Farriss 1,431 | | | Albert H.C. Corbett |
| Turtle Mountain | | Errick Willis 3,247 | | Walter Christianson 1,187 | | | | | Errick Willis |
| Virden | | John Thompson 3,097 | | John Wesley Clarke 1,337 | | | | | John Thompson |

### Winnipeg

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | PC | PC | Liberal-Progressive | Liberal-Progressive | CCF | CCF | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Assiniboia | | George Johnson 3,157 | | Jack Brownrigg 1,388 | | Donovan Swailes 2,940 | | George R.A. Brown (Ind.) 269 | Donovan Swailes |
| Burrows | | Andrew Zaharychuk 1,286 | | Joseph R. Hnidan 1,155 | | John Hawryluk 2,235 | | William Cecil Ross (LPP) 675 | John Hawryluk |
| Elmwood | | Henry Emerson Snyder 2,560 | | Alex Turk 1,488 | | Steve Peters 2,782 | | | Steve Peters |
| Fort Garry | | Sterling Lyon 4,842 | | Stanley Farwell 2,035 | | Nena Woodward 1,373 | | | Sterling Lyon |
| Fort Rouge | | Gurney Evans 4,352 | | Jerome Marrin 1,947 | | Robert C. Murdoch 1,425 | | | Gurney Evans |
| Inkster | | Mary A. Wawrykow 2,106 | | John A. Kolt 981 | | Morris Gray 3,635 | | L.W. Kaminski (LPP) 468 | Morris Gray |
| Kildonan | | John Ernest Willis 3,511 | | Cornelius Huebert 1,972 | | A.J. Reid 3,659 | | | A.J. Reid |
| Logan | | Albert Edward Bennett 1,921 | | John Kozoriz 873 | | Lemuel Harris 2,098 | | | Stephen Juba |
| Osborne | | Obie Baizley 3,808 | | David Bowman 1,166 | | Lloyd Stinson 3,482 | | | Lloyd Stinson |
| Radisson | | Harold Huppe 2,998 | | Nick Slotek 2,029 | | Russell Paulley 4,085 | | | Russell Paulley |
| River Heights | | W.B. Scarth 4,936 | | Keith Routley 3,060 | | Magnus Eliason 478 | | | W.B. Scarth |
| St. Boniface | | Harry De Leeuw 2,992 | | Laurent Desjardins 3,772 | | Benjamin Cyr 1,309 | | | Roger Teillet |
| St. James | | Douglas Stanes 3,616 | | David Graham 1,541 | | Al Mackling 2,348 | | | Douglas Stanes |
| St. Johns | | Dan Zaharia 2,010 | | Abe Yanofsky 854 | | David Orlikow 2,261 | | Jacob Penner (LPP) 588 | David Orkilow |
| St. Matthews | | William Martin 3,635 | | Paul Goodman 1,900 | | Gordon Fines 2,090 | | | William Martin |
| St. Vital | | Fred Groves 4,599 | | George R. D. Goulet 1,946 | | Joseph Trafer 353 | | | Fred Groves |
| Seven Oaks | | Charles Nye 1,973 | | Calvin Scarfe 1,343 | | Arthur E. Wright 3,889 | | | Arthur E. Wright |
| Wellington | | Richard Seaborn 3,082 | | William Norrie 1,624 | | James McIsaac 2,854 | | | Richard Seaborn |
| Winnipeg Centre | | James Cowan 3,712 | | Gurzon Harvey 1,462 | | Fred Paulley 1,474 | | | James Cowan |
| Wolseley | | Dufferin Roblin 4,351 | | Francis C. Muldoon 1,707 | | Peter Griffin 1,131 | | | Dufferin Roblin |

### By-elections 1958 to 1962

Manitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959: Arthur Death of John Cobb :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | J. Douglas Watt | 2,036 | 50.96 | +0.71 |
| | Liberal–Progressive | E. Harry Patmore | 1,959 | 49.04 | +10.41 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,995 | 100 | 100 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −4.85 |
Manitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959: Cypress Death of Marcel Boulic :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Thelma Forbes | 2,378 | 58.98 | -3.38 |
| | Liberal–Progressive | John Sundell | 1,654 | 41.02 | +3.38 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,032 | 100 | 100 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −3.38 |
vteManitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959: Rhineland Death of Wallace C. Miller :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Jacob Froese | 1,300 | 36.27 | +36.27 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Leo Recksiedler | 1,209 | 33.73 | -13.28 |
| | Liberal–Progressive | David K. Friesen | 1,075 | 29.99 | -23.00 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,584 | 100 | 100 |
| | Social Credit gain from Liberal–Progressive | Social Credit gain from Liberal–Progressive | Swing | Swing | +29.64 |
Manitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959: Turtle Mountain Appointment of Errick Willis to position of Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal–Progressive | Edward Dow | 2,380 | 51.14 | +24.37 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Robert C. Aitkens | 2,274 | 48.86 | -24.37 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,654 | 100 | 100 |
| | Liberal–Progressive gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal–Progressive gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +24.37 |
Manitoba provincial by-election, December 9, 1960: Pembina Death of Maurice Ridley :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Carolyne Morrison | 2,132 | 43.21 | -28.75 |
| | Liberal–Progressive | Charles Cousins | 1,491 | 30.22 | +2.18 |
| | Social Credit | Bruce Wannop | 1,311 | 26.57 | +26.57 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,934 | 100 | 100 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −26.57 |