Manitoba general election, 1953

Constituency results

(x) denotes incumbent.

Single-member constituencies

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

First Count

Fournier and Bloomfield were eliminated, and their votes were distributed as follows: Wightman 837, Mackling 768. 600 votes were non-transferable.

Final Count

Birtle:

Brandon City:

First Count

Wyborn was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Lissaman 272, Creighton 138. 646 votes were non-transferable.

Second Count

Carillon:

Cypress:

First Count

Ferg was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Philippe.

Dauphin:

First Count

Bullmore was subsequently elected on transfers.

Deloraine-Glenwood:

Dufferin:

First Count

McDonald was subsequently elected on transfers from Collins.

Emerson:

First Count

Solomon was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Friesen.

Ethelbert:

Fairford:

First Count

Joseph H. Kacher entered the contest as an Independent Liberal-Progressive, but withdrew before election day. Anderson was subsequently elected on transfers.

Fisher:

Gilbert Plains:

First Count

Brown and Elliott were eliminated, and their votes were transferred as follows: Mitchell 239, Wilson 222. 614 votes were non-transferable.

Final Count

Gimli:

Gladstone:

Hamiota:

First Count

Charles was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Venables 123, Shuttleworth 88. 314 votes were non-transferable.

Second Count

Iberville:

First Count

Hilgenga and Rempel were eliminated, and their votes were distributed as follows: Jarvis 207, McDowell 195. 637 votes were non-transferable.

Final Count

Kildonan—Transcona:

First Count

Although Melnyk ran as an independent, he was supported by the local Progressive Conservative association.

Both Carson and Melnyk were eliminated after the first count. Paulley received 275 additional votes on transfers, while Bodie received 163. It is assumed that all of these transfers came from Melynk's total, and that Paulley was declared elected before Carson's ballots were scrutinized. For the purposes of this article, Carson's final vote total is listed under "votes not transferred".

Second Count

Killarney:

First Count

Harrison was subsequently elected on transfers from Paterson.

Lakeside:

Lansdowne:

First Count

Sutherland was subsequently elected on transfers from Doherty. The Winnipeg Free Press of June 12, 1953, indicates that Sutherland had 2,160 votes on the second count.

La Verendrye:

Manitou-Morden:

First Count

Morrison was subsequently elected on transfers from O'Donnell.

Minnedosa:

First Count

Hutton was subsequently elected on transfers from Burgess.

Morris:

First Count

Tinkler was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Shewman 432, Beaubien 58. 354 votes were not transferred.

Second Count

Mountain:

Norfolk-Beautiful Plains:

First Count

Nelson was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: McKinnon 342, Burch 257. 766 votes were not transferred.

Portage la Prairie:

First Count

Rempel was eliminated, and his votes were transferred as follows: Warren 200, Greenlay 94. 490 votes were non-transferable.

Rhineland:

Roblin:

Rockwood:

Russell:

First Count

Clement was subsequently elected on transfers.

St. Andrews:

St. Clements:

Fred Klym entered the contest as an Independent Liberal Progressive candidate, but withdrew before election day.

St. George:

Halldorson was also supported by the St. George Progressive Conservative Association.

Springfield:

First Count

Watt was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Storsley 206, Lucko 128. 309 votes were not transferred.

Swan River:

First Count

Renouf was subsequently elected on transfers.

The Pas:

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

Eric Bailey was nominated for the Social Credit Party, but withdrew before election day. Herman Scheel was nominated in his place, but also withdrew after discovering that some electors who had signed his nomination papers believed they were endorsing Bailey.

Multi-member constituencies

St. Boniface (two members):

Party Totals

First Count

No candidates were declared elected after the first count. Leger was eliminated, and his 737 votes were distributed as follows: Hughes 296, Teillet 77, Van Belleghem 75, Lemoine 61, Fennell 46, Turner, 38, McKinnon 36. 108 votes were non-transferable.

Second Count

McKinnon was eliminated, and her 1,329 votes were distributed as follows: Turner 818, Fennell 80, Teillet 80, Hughes 68, Van Belleghem 61, Lemoine 56. 166 votes were non-transferable.

Third Count

Lemoine was eliminated, and his 1,537 votes were distributed as follows: Van Belleghem 256, Teillet 236, Turner 219, Hughes 103, Fennell 77. 646 votes were non-transferable.

Fourth Count

Hughes was eliminated, and his 2,568 votes were distributed as follows: Fennell 495, Van Belleghem 351, Turner 331, Teillet 164. 1,227 votes were non-transferable.

Fifth Count

Van Belleghem was eliminated, and his 3,932 votes were distributed as follows: Teillet 1133, Fennell 608, Turner 384. 1,807 votes were non-transferable. Teillet and Fennell were declared elected.

Sixth Count

Winnipeg Centre (four members):

Party Totals

First Count

The quota for election was 4,115 votes (20.00%). No candidates were declared elected after the first count. Colson and Mulgrew were both eliminated, and their combined 349 votes were distributed as follows: Johnson 95, Brown 63, Juba 49, Murphy 19, St. John 18, Graham 17, Stubbs 15, Swailes 11, Scott 10, Stepnuck 10, Fines 5, Borgford 4. Thirty-three votes were non-transferable.

Second Count

Johnson was eliminated, and his 449 votes were distributed as follows: Brown 269, Scott 22, Juba 21, St. John 17, Stubbs 15, Murphy 13, Fines 9, Graham, 9, Borgford 8, Swailes 8, Stepnuk 1. Fifty-seven votes were non-transferable.

Third Count

Stepnuk was eliminated, and his 489 votes were distributed in the following manner: Scott 195, Juba 94, Stubbs 49, St. John 33, Swailes 21, Murphy 18, Graham 16, Brown 7, Borgford 5, Fines 1. Fifty votes were non-transferable.

Fourth Count

Borgford was eliminated, and his 558 votes were distributed as follows: Swailes 254, Fines 151, Juba 43, Stubbs 27, St. John 16, Brown 15, Graham 6, Scott 6, Murphy 4. Thirty-six votes were non-transferable. Swailes was declared elected to the first position.

Fifth Count

Swailes's surplus of 89 votes was not transferred, as it was too low to change the relevant candidate order. Graham was eliminated, and his 879 votes were distributed as follows: St. John 334, Murphy 285, Juba 68, Stubbs 57, Scott 45, Fines 19, Brown 15. Fifty-six votes were non-transferable.

Sixth Count

Swailes's surplus of 89 votes was not transferred, as it was too low to change the relevant candidate order. Brown was eliminated, and his 1,132 votes were distributed as follows: Juba 98, Scott 96, Fines 74, Stubbs 74, St. John 66, Murphy 53. 671 votes were non-transferable.

Seventh Count

Swailes's surplus of 89 votes was not transferred, as it was too low to change the relevant candidate order. Fines was eliminated, and his 1,339 votes were distributed as follows: Stubbs 203, Juba 180, Scott 54, Murphy 53, St. John 50. 799 votes were non-transferable. Juba was declared elected to the second position.

Eighth Count

Swailes's surplus of 89 votes was not transferred, as it was too low to change the relevant candidate order. Juba's surplus of 57 votes was also not transferred, for the same reason. Murphy was eliminated, and her 1,991 votes were distributed as follows: St. John 1309, Scott 205, Stubbs 163. 314 votes were non-transferable. St. John was declared elected to the third position.

Ninth Count

St. John's surplus of 1,004 votes was distributed as follows: Scott 390, Stubbs 212. 402 votes were not transferred. The surpluses of Swailes and Juba were not transferred, as they were too small to affect the final candidate order. Scott was declared elected to the fourth position, despite finishing below the quota.

Tenth Count

Winnipeg North (four members):

Party Totals

First Count

Albert Wiesner had also been nominated as a Social Credit candidate, but withdrew before election day.

The quota was 4,323 votes. Morris Gray was declared elected to the first position, and his 319 surplus votes were distributed as follows: Brotman 108, Hawryluk 89, Aylen 70, Kardash 18, Hallas 11, Carrick 9, Turk 7, Keisch 3, Kozariz 3, Yuzyk 1. 385 of Gray's votes were non-transferable, although these were not counted toward the total.

Second Count

Hallas and Zuzyk were eliminated, and their combined 1,067 votes were distributed as follows: Hawryluk 219, Carrick 136, Keisch 106, Aylen 101, Turk 83, Kozariz 73, Brotman 58, Kardash 42. 249 votes were non-transferable.

Third Count

Kelsch was eliminated, and his 1,282 votes were distributed as follows: Kozariz 431, Turk 412, Brotman 131, Carrick 64, Hawryluk 42, Aylen 32, Kardash 31. 139 votes were non-transferable.

Fourth Count

Aylen was eliminated, and his 1,325 votes were distributed as follows: Hawryluk 767, Brotman 73, Carrick 72, Kardash 46, Turk 40, Kozariz 27. Three hundred votes were non-transferable.

Fifth Count

Brotman was eliminated, and his 2,042 votes were distributed as follows: Turk 439, Carrick 297, Hawryluk 244, Kozariz 184, Kardash 153. 725 votes were non-transferable.

Sixth Count

Carrick was eliminated, and his 2,373 votes were distributed as follows: Hawryluk 575, Turk 465, Kozariz 298, Kardash 110. 925 votes were non-transferable. Hawryluk was declared elected to the second position.

Seventh Count

Hawryluk's surplus of 470 votes was distributed as follows: Kozariz 203, Turk 66, Kardash 59. 142 votes were non-transferable. Kardash and Turk were declared elected to the third and fourth positions, even though both finished below the quota.

Eighth Count

Winnipeg South (four members):

Party Totals

First Count

William Bayley had been nominated for the newly formed Prosperity for Posterity Party, but withdrew before election day.

The quota for election was 5,826 votes (20.00%). Turner and Roblin were declared elected after the first count, for the first and second positions. Turner's 2181 surplus votes were distributed as follows: Macleod 1,437, Evans 336, McCreery 221, Stinson 96, Israels 48, Webster 26, Benjamin 17.

Second Count

Roblin's 219 surplus votes were distributed as follows: Evans 142, McCreery 49, Stinson 12, Macleod 11, Israels 2, Webster 2, Benjamin 1.

Third Count

Webster was eliminated, and her 594 votes were distributed as follows: Benjamin: 438, Stinson 25, McCreery 20, Macleod 19, Evans 17, Israels 8. Sixty-seven votes were non-transferable.

Fourth Count

Benjamin was eliminated, and her 1,068 votes were distributed as follows: Stinson 214, McCreery 131, Evans 113, Macleod 76, Israels 59. 475 votes were non-transferable.

Fifth Count

Israels was eliminated, and his 1,234 votes were distributed as follows: Stinson 691, Evans 120, Macleod 111, McCreery 77. 235 votes were non-transferable. Stinson was declared elected to the third position.

Sixth Count

Stinson's surplus of 146 was not transferred, as it would not have affected the candidate order. McCreery was eliminated, and her 2,318 votes were distributed as follows: Evans 1,248, Macleod 429. 641 votes were non-transferable. Evans was declared elected to the fourth position.

Seventh Count

Deferred elections

The election in Rupertsland was deferred to July 6, due to the difficulties of enumeration in this vast northern constituency. The election in Ste. Rose was also deferred to July 6, after incumbent Liberal-Progressive candidate Maurice Dane MacCarthy died on the eve of the general election.

The election did not technically end until July 21, 1953, when the final results for Rupertsland were announced.

Rupertsland (deferred to July 6, 1958):

First Count

The Progressive Conservatives initially nominated E.G. Perry, but he withdrew from the contest and endorsed Brown. Brown was declared elected following transfers from Abbott. The official Elections Manitoba report of this constituency lists Boulette as an official Liberal-Progressive candidate, but newspaper reports from the period indicate that he was an Independent Liberal-Progressive.

Ste. Rose:

First Count

Pineau was eliminated, and his votes were transferred as follows: Molgat 192, Fletcher 83. 616 votes were not transferred.

Second Count

Post-election changes

Ivan Schultz (Mountain, LP) resigned his seat in the first half of 1955, while James O. Argue (Deloraine-Glenwood, PC) died in the same period. By-elections for both constituencies were held on June 27, 1955. The CCF concluded that it did not have a chance of victory in either seat, and declined to nominate candidates. Social Credit also planned to stay out of the elections, until Roger Poiron entered the Mountain poll without consulting the provincial party. Although not technically an official candidate, he still received support from the Social Credit organization.

The Winnipeg Free Press's coverage indicates that the Campbell government was concerned with the results of the 1955 by-elections. Mountain had previously been regarded as one of the safest Liberal-Progressive seats in the province, and Boulic's performance was unexpectedly strong. Many leading government figures had campaigned for Clark in the campaign's final days, to ensure his victory. Clark received most of his support from Mountain's Anglo-Saxon majority and large Flemish community, while Boulic did well among French Canadians, who made up about one third of the voters.

St. George (dec. Christian Halldorson, 1956), December 30, 1956:

Emerson (res. John Solomon, 1957), November 14, 1957:

[Note: These figures are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, with 31 of 32 polls reporting. The outstanding poll was too small to affect the final result.]

Manitou-Morden (dec. Hugh Morrison, 1957), November 14, 1957:

Gladstone (dec. William Morton, early 1958)

Dauphin (William Bullmore left the Social Credit party in either 1957 or 1958)

Arthur (dec. J. Arthur Ross, April 1, 1958)