# 1958 Manitoba general election

The 1958 Manitoba general election was held on June 16, 1958 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The election resulted in a minority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin.
This election was the first in Manitoba after a comprehensive electoral redistribution in 1956. The redistribution saw the city of Winnipeg abandon its three four-member districts. St. Boniface also was broken up into two single-member districts. The old Winnipeg, St. Boniface and two suburban districts were made into 20 single-member constituencies altogether, to give the City of Winnipeg increased representation in the legislature. Elections hereafter used FPTP.
As well the other districts in the province had dropped the Alternative Voting system and simply used the plurality first past the post system from here on.
Premier Douglas Campbell's Liberal-Progressives lost the majority they had held since 1922. The Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin won 26 seats, three short of a majority, while the Liberal-Progressives were reduced to second-place status with 19. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) held the balance of power with 11 seats, and independent Stephen Juba was also elected in Winnipeg. Both Social Credit and the Labour Progressive Party lost their legislative representation.
After the election, the Liberal-Progressives attempted to form a coalition with the CCF to remain in power. The CCF rejected this offer, instead giving confidence and supply to a PC government under Roblin and ending 36 years of Progressive and Liberal-Progressive led governments in Manitoba. Although the Progressive Conservatives had been part of a coalition government with the Liberal-Progressives from 1940 to 1950, this was the first time since 1915 that they had formed an administration on their own. This was the last time the Liberals formed government in Manitoba. This would begin a sharp decline for the Liberals, and a concurrent rise for the CCF.
Roblin's government proved unstable, and was defeated in the legislature in early 1959. Manitobans returned to the polls shortly thereafter, and gave the Tories an outright majority while the Liberals were cut down to only 11 seats.

## Results

| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1953 | Elected | Change | # | % | % Change |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dufferin Roblin | 56 | 12 | 26 | +14 | | 40.6% | -3.9% |
| | Liberal-Progressive | Douglas Campbell | 56 | 35 | 19 | -16 | | 34.7% | -9.5% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Stinson | 43 | 5 | 11 | +6 | | 20.0% | 3.44% |
| | Social Credit | none | 12 | 2 | 0 | -2 | | 1.8% | -11.56% |
| | Labor–Progressive | William Cecil Ross | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | | | |
| | Independent | Independent | 11 | 2 | 1 | -1 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | | 57 | 57 | | | 100% | |
Popular vote
PC
40.60%
Liberal-Progressive
34.70%
CCF
20.00%
Social Credit
1.80%
Others
2.90% :
Seats summary
PC
45.61%
Liberal-Progressive
33.33%
CCF
19.30% :

## Riding results

Party key:
* PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
* LP: Liberal-Progressive Party of Manitoba
* CCF: Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
* SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party
* LPP: Labour Progressive Party of Manitoba
* Ind: Independent
(incumbent) denotes incumbent.
Arthur:
* John Gordon Cobb (PC) 2072
* John Wilfred McRae (LP) 2032
* Walter D. Taylor (SC) 693
1958 Manitoba general election: Assiniboia :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Donovan Swailes | 2,409 | 41.17 | 4.06 |
| | Progressive Conservative | George William Johnson | 2,278 | 38.93 | 23.05 |
| | Liberal–Progressive | David McKee Graham | 1,165 | 19.91 | -20.57 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,852 | – | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | 67 | – |
| Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | 11,720 | 50.50 | -18.39 |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. |||||||
Birtle-Russell:
* (incumbent)Rodney Stewart Clement (LP) 2232
* Robert Gordon Smellie (PC) 2102
* Eugene Caldwell (CCF) 933
Brandon:
* (incumbent)Reginald Otto Lissaman (PC) 4442
* Robert Addison Clement (LP) 2818
* Hans Fries (CCF) 780
Brokenhead:
1958 Manitoba general election: Brokenhead :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward Schreyer | 1,474 | 37.06 |
| | Liberal–Progressive | Fred Helwer | 930 | 23.38 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Howard Wachal | 729 | 18.33 |
| | Independent | Stanley Copp | 641 | 16.12 |
| | Social Credit | John William Gross | 203 | 5.10 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,977 | – |
| Rejected | Rejected | Rejected | 33 | – |
| Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | Eligible voters / Turnout | 6,505 | 61.64 |
| Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. |||||||
Burrows:
* (incumbent)John Martin Hawryluk (CCF) 2032
* (incumbent)William Arthur Kardash (LPP) 1207
* Joseph R. Hnidan (LP) 1084
* John Kereluk (PC) 1067
Carillon:
* (incumbent)Edmond Prefontaine (LP) 2433
* Liguori Gauthier (PC) 1047
* Henry Mueller (Ind) 608
Churchill:
* Edward Joseph Williams (PC) 1580
* K. Don Wray (LP) 1283
* Frank Mercer (CCF) 370
vte1958 Manitoba general election: Cypress :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marcel Boulic | 2,347 | 52.12 |
| | Liberal–Progressive | Samuel Burch | 1,835 | 40.75 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | G.H. McIntosh | 321 | 7.13 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,503 |
| Rejected votes | Rejected votes | Rejected votes | 19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,522 | 68.13 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 6,637 |
Dauphin:
* Stewart Edgertson McLean (PC) 2740
* John Potoski (LP) 1389
* A. Clifford Matthews (CCF) 1067
Dufferin:
* (incumbent)Walter Clifton McDonald (LP) 1822
* William Homer Hamilton (PC) 1749
* Ivan Langtry (SC) 545
Elmwood:
* Steve Peters (CCF) 2375
* (incumbent)Alexander Turk (LP) 1519
* Joseph Stepnuk (PC) 1084
* Michael Baryluk (Ind C) 689
Emerson:
* (incumbent)John Peter Tanchak (LP) 2897
* Frank Caspar (PC) 1918
* Joseph Lambert (Ind) 200
Ethelbert Plains:
* (incumbent)Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (LP) 2308
* Peter Burtniak (CCF) 1327
* Isadore Syrnyk (PC) 835
Fisher:
* Peter Wagner (CCF) 1437
* (incumbent)Nicholas Volodymir Bachynsky (LP) 1381
* John O. Olsen (PC) 1140
Flin Flon:
* (incumbent)Francis Lawrence Jobin (LP) 1935
* Charles Hubert Witney (PC) 1563
* J. Conrad W. Kerr (CCF) 637
Fort Garry:
* Sterling Rufus Lyon (PC) 3731
* (incumbent)Leslie Raymond Fennell (LP) 2408
* Nena Woodward (CCF) 1035
Fort Rouge:
* (incumbent)Edwrd Gurney Vaux Evans (PC) 3647
* James Edward Wilson (LP) 1862
* Ernest Richard Draffin (CCF) 1143
Gimli:
* George Johnson (PC) 1988
* (incumbent)Steinn Olafur Thompson (LP) 1374
* Sigurdur Wopnford (CCF) 954
Gladstone:
* Nelson Shoemaker (LP) 2570
* Clayton Gault (PC) 1677
* Melvin Batters (CCF) 455
Hamiota:
* Barry Peill Strickland (PC) 2261
* William T. Wherrett (LP) 1859
* Arthur Nicholson (CCF) 416
Inkster:
* (incumbent)Morris Gray (CCF) 3083
* Peter Okrainec (PC) 1584
* Peter Stanley Taraska (LP) 1516
Kildonan:
* Anthony John Reid (CCF) 2776
* John Ernest Willis (PC) 2665
* George Nordland Suttie (LP) 1808
Lac Du Bonnet:
* Arthur A. Trapp (LP) 1526
* Glen A. Stewart (PC) 1350
* Harry Olensky (CCF) 569
* Lawrence P Schlamp (SC) 299
Lakeside:
* (incumbent)Douglas Campbell (LP) 2119
* John F. Bate (PC) 1582
La Verendrye:
* Stanley Carl Roberts (LP) 1565
* Stan Bisson (PC) 1395
Logan:
* (incumbent)Stephen Juba (Ind) 2234
* Art Coulter (CCF) 1669
Minnedosa:
* (incumbent)Charles Lemington Shuttleworth (LP) 2117
* Sidney Paler (PC) 1983
* (incumbent)Gilbert Alexander Hutton (SC) 634
* William A. Yuel (CCF) 443
Morris:
* (incumbent)Harold Proctor Shewman (PC) 1762
* Bruce McKenzie (LP) 1014
* August Recksiedler (SC) 370
Osborne:
* (incumbent)Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (CCF) 3215
* John Howorth (PC) 2813
* Keith N. Routley (LP) 1654
Pembina:
* (incumbent)Maurice Evans Ridley (PC) 2683
* Kenneth C Hartwell (LP) 1510
Portage la Prairie:
* (incumbent)Charles Edwin Greenlay (LP) 1978
* Robert Ernest Burke (PC) 1528
* Albert R. Barrett (CCF) 541
Radisson:
* (incumbent)Andrew Russell Paulley (CCF) 3504
* Bernard Rodolph Wolfe (LP) 2334
* Harold Huppe (PC) 2116
Rhineland:
* (incumbent)William Conrad Miller (LP) 1687
* Oscar Martel (PC) 854
* Abe Enns (SC) 758
River Heights:
* William Blakeman Scarth (PC) 3945
* William John McKeag (LP) 2884
* Andrew Moore (Ind) 803
Roblin:
* Arnold Keith Alexander (PC) 1884
* (incumbent)Raymond Mitchell (LP) 1686
* Monty A. Miller (CCF) 1031
Rock Lake:
* (incumbent)Abram William Harrison (PC) 2465
* Walter Ernest Clark (LP) 2227
Rockwood-Iberville:
* (incumbent)Robert William Bend (LP) 2450
* George Henry Wilson Huttonn (PC) 1731
* Samuel Cranston (CCF) 434
Rupertsland:
* Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (PC) 2342
* (incumbent)Francis Roy Brown (LP) 511
* Asta Oddson (Ind) 364
St. Boniface:
* (incumbent)Roger Joseph Teillet (LP) 3178
* Harry DeLeeuw (PC) 2616
* Ben Cyr (CCF) 1256
St. George:
* (incumbent)Elman Keisler Guttormson (LP) 2144
* Dan McFayden (PC) 970
* Douglas S. Stefanson (CCF) 593
* Mahlin J.G. Magunsson (Ind Con) 274
St. James:
* Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (PC) 2646
* (incumbent)Reginald Frederick Wightman (LP) 2170
* Alvin H. Mackling (CCF) 2136
St. Johns:
* David Orlikow (CCF) 2495
* Stan Carrick (PC) 1295
* Jaroslaw Rebchuk (LP) 922
St. Matthews:
* William George Martin (PC) 2848
* Gordon Richard Fines (CCF) 2026
* Anne Ethel Murphy (LP) 1854
* (incumbent)Henry Baird Scott (IC) 260
* George Albert Frith (Ind) 149
St. Vital:
* Frederick Groves (PC) 3616
* William R. Appleby (LP) 2331
* Leslie C. Foden (CCF) 1334
* Percy B. Hayward (Ind) 242
Ste. Rose:
* (incumbent)Gildas Laurent Molgat (LP) 2400
* Alvin Getz (PC) 1010
* Alphonse J. Bouchard (SC) 415
* Leon W. Hoefer (CCF) 354
Selkirk:
* (incumbent)Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (LP) 1850
* David B. Veitch (PC) 1493
* Frank Kuzemski (CCF) 591
* Fred L. Luining (SC) 173
Seven Oaks:
* Arthur Edgar Wright (CCF) 3641
* Maurice Gutnik (PC) 1541
* Cecil Joseph Henry Lyon (LP) 1449
Souris-Lansdowne:
* Malcolm Earl McKellar (PC) 2256
* David Lloyd Barclay (LP) 1549
* Alex Shiloff (CCF) 95
Springfield:
* (incumbent)William Lucko (LP) 1351
* Oscar Russell (PC) 1269
* Ed Kanarowski (CCF) 875
* William G. Storsley (SC) 283
Swan River:
* Albert Harold C. Corbett (PC) 1421
* Hilliard Farriss (CCF) 1316
* (incumbent)Ronald Douglas Robertson (LP) 1083
* Aldric S. Helps (SC) 285
The Pas:
* John Benson Carroll (PC) 2325
* William E. Cudmore (LP) 898
* Howard Russell Pawley (CCF) 801
Turtle Mountain:
* (incumbent)Errick French Willis (PC) 2949
* Edward Ingo Dow (LP) 1880
* Clarence A. Ferguson (SC) 316
Virden:
* (incumbent)John William McLeod Thompson (PC) 2935
* (incumbent)Francis Campbell Bell (LP) 1662
Wellington:
* Richard Harry Seaborn (PC) 2532
* James R. McIsaac (CCF) 2385
* (incumbent)Jack St. John (LP) 1958
Winnipeg Centre:
* James Cowan (PC) 3462
* Paul W. Goodman (LP) 1623
* David Adrian Mulligan (CCF) 1141
Wolseley:
* (incumbent)Dufferin Roblin (PC) 3959
* John Gurzon Harvey (LP) 1739
* Allen Denton (CCF) 1202