Manitoba's general election of May 14, 1959 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin. This was the first time since 1914 that the party won a majority government in the province.
Roblin's Tories won 36 seats, against 11 for the Liberal-Progressives (commonly known as Liberals), and 10 for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. CCF leader Lloyd Stinson was defeated in his own riding.
The Manitoba Social Credit Party did not contest this election. A few months later, it regained a foothold in the legislature by winning a by-election.
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
(x) denotes incumbent.
Arthur:
(x)John Cobb (PC) 2513
John McRae (LP) 1932
William Powne (Ind) 556
Assiniboia:
George Johnson (PC) 3157
(x)Donovan Swailes (CCF) 2940
Jack Brownrigg (LP) 1388
George Brown (Ind) 269
Birtle-Russell:
Robert Smellie (PC) 2239
(x)Rodney Clement (LP) 2015
Michael Sotas (CCF) 947
Brandon:
(x)Reginald Lissaman (PC) 5452
Gordon Phillips (LP) 2159
Hans Fries (CCF) 1415
Brokenhead:
(x)Ed Schreyer (CCF) 2017
Gordon Burnett (PC) 1409
(x)Arthur Trapp (LP) 1083
Burrows:
(x)John Hawryluk (CCF) 2235
Andrew Zaharychuk (PC) 1286
Joseph Hnidan (LP) 1155
William Cecil Ross (LPP) 675
Carillon:
(x)Edmond Prefontaine (LP) 2397
Peter Thiessen (PC) 1791
Churchill:
John Ingebrigtson (PC) 1587
Kenneth Wray (LP) 1326
Dauphin:
(x)Stewart McLean (PC) 2951
A. Clifford Matthews (CCF) 1233
Emma Ringstrom (LP) 967
Dufferin:
William Homer Hamilton (PC) 2077
(x)Walter McDonald (LP) 1923
Chester Johnson (CCF) 167
Elmwood:
(x)Steve Peters (CCF) 2782
Emerson Snyder (PC) 2560
Alex Turk (LP) 1488
Emerson:
(x)John Tanchak (LP) 2752
Ben Comeault (PC) 2190
Ethelbert-Plains:
(x)Michael Hryhorczuk (LP) 1856
Peter Burtniak (CCF) 1590
Isadore Syrnyk (PC) 1001
Fisher:
(x)Peter Wagner (CCF) 1777
Roy Eillison (PC) 1361
W.J. Griffin Jr. (LP) 1028
Flin Flon:
Charles Witney (PC) 1810
(x)Francis Jobin (LP) 1728
Frederick Pope (CCF) 923
Fort Garry:
(x)Sterling Lyon (PC) 4842
Stanley Farwell (LP) 2035
Nena Woodward (CCF) 1373
Fort Rouge:
(x)Gurney Evans (PC) 4352
Jerome Marrin (LP) 1947
Robert Murdoch (CCF) 1425
Gimli:
(x)George Johnson (PC) 2570
Alex Hawrysh (LP) 1007
Zado Zator (CCF) 932
Gladstone:
(x)Nelson Shoemaker (LP) 2469
Earl Murray (PC) 2318
Della Yuel (CCF) 415
Hamiota:
(x)Barry Strickland (PC) 2377
James Scott (LP) 2136
Arthur Nicholson (CCF) 440
Inkster:
(x)Morris Gray (CCF) 3635
Mary Wawrykow (PC) 2106
J.A. Kolt (LP) 981
L.W. Kaminski (LPP) 468
Kildonan:
(x)A.J. Reid (CCF) 3659
J. Willis (PC) 3511
C.K. Huebert (LP) 1972
Lac du Bonnet:
Oscar Bjornson (PC) 1357
John Ateah (LP) 1272
Donald MacLean (CCF) 1018
Stanley Copp (Ind) 346
Lakeside:
(x)Douglas Campbell (LP) 1896
John Bate (PC) 1774
Allen Werbiski (CCF) 278
La Verendrye:
(x)Stan Roberts (LP) 1799
Edmond Guertin (PC) 1581
Logan:
Lemuel Harris (CCF) 2098
A.E. Bennett (PC) 1921
John Kozoriz (LP) 873
Minnedosa:
Walter Weir (PC) 2386
(x)Charles L. Shuttleworth (LP) 2029
J.M. Lee (CCF) 1090
Morris:
(x)Harry Shewman (PC) 1905
Bruce MacKenzie (LP) 1298
Osborne:
Obie Baizley (PC) 3808
(x)Lloyd Stinson (CCF) 3482
David Bowman (LP) 1166
Pembina:
(x)Maurice Ridley (PC) 3077
Lynwood Graham (LP) 1199
Portage la Prairie:
John Christianson (PC) 2300
(x)Charles Greenlay (LP) 1827
Fred Tufford (CCF) 416
Radisson:
(x)Russell Paulley (CCF) 4085
Harold Huppe (PC) 2998
Nick Slotek (LP) 2029
Rhineland:
(x)Wallace C. Miller (LP) 1648
Leo Recksiedler (PC) 1462
River Heights:
(x)W.B. Scarth (PC) 4936
Keith Routley (LP) 3060
Magnus Eliason (CCF) 478
Roblin:
(x)Keith Alexander (PC) 1946
Joseph Perchaluk (CCF) 1569
Ray Mitchell (LP) 1334
Rock Lake:
(x)Abram Harrison (PC) 2545
Walter E. Clark (LP) 1843
Cyril Hamwee (CCF) 632
Rockwood-Iberville:
George Hutton (PC) 2269
(x)Robert Bend (LP) 2143
Samuel Cranston (CCF) 444
Rupertsland:
(x)Joseph Jeannotte (PC) 2268
Harry Boulette (LP) 587
Alfred Cook (CCF) 393
St. Boniface:
Laurent Desjardins (LP) 3772
Harry De Leeuw (PC) 2992
Benjamin Cyr (CCF) 1309
St. George:
(x)Elman Guttormson (LP) 2279
Ivan Casselman (PC) 1371
Nellie Baker (CCF) 255
St. James:
(x)Douglas Stanes (PC) 3616
Al Mackling (CCF) 2348
David Graham (LP) 1541
St. Johns:
(x)David Orlikow (CCF) 2261
Dan Zaharia (PC) 2010
Abe Yanofsky (LP) 854
Jacob Penner (LPP) 588
St. Matthews:
(x)William G. Martin (PC) 3635
Gordon Fines (CCF) 2090
Paul Goodman (LP) 1900
Ste. Rose:
(x)Gildas Molgat (LP) 2390
Albert Fletcher (PC) 1576
Leon Hoefer (CCF) 353
St. Vital:
(x)Fred Groves (PC) 4599
George R. D. Goulet (LP) 1946
Joseph Trager (CCF) 353
Selkirk:
(x)Thomas Hillhouse (LP) 1814
Edward Foster (PC) 1732
Scottie Bryce (CCF) 872
Seven Oaks:
(x)Arthur Wright (CCF) 3889
Charles Nye (PC) 1973
Calvin Scarfe (LP) 1343
Souris-Lansdowne:
(x)Malcolm McKellar (PC) 2688
George Griffith (LP) 1448
Springfield:
Fred Klym (PC) 1878
(x)William Lucko (LP) 1507
Richard Loeb (CCF) 772
Swan River:
(x)Albert H.C. Corbett (PC) 2292
Hilliard Farriss (CCF) 1431
Arvid Burst (LP) 786
The Pas:
(x)John Carroll (PC) 2345
Marvin Hill (LP) 1027
Peter Shewchuk (CCF) 779
Turtle Mountain:
(x)Errick Willis (PC) 3247
Walter Christianson (LP) 1187
Virden:
(x)John Thompson (PC) 3097
John Clarke (LP) 1337
Wellington:
(x)Richard Seaborn (PC) 3082
James McIsaac (CCF) 2854
William Norrie (LP) 1624
Winnipeg Centre:
(x)James Cowan (PC) 3712
Fred Paulley (CCF) 1474
Gurzon Harvey (LP) 1462
Wolseley:
(x)Duff Roblin (PC) 4351
Frank Muldoon (LP) 1707
Peter Griffin (CCF) 1131
post-election changes:
Arthur (dec. John Cobb, August 21, 1959), November 26, 1959:
J. Douglas Watt (PC) 2036
Harry Patmore (LP) 1959
Cypress (dec. Marcel Boulic, September 23, 1959), November 26, 1959:
Thelma Forbes (PC) 2378
John Sundell (LP) 1654
Wallace C. Miller (LP, Rhineland), died on October 4, 1959. A by-election was called to choose his successor.
Turtle Mountain (Errick Willis appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, late 1959), November 26, 1959:
Edward Dow (LP) 2380
Robert Aitkens (PC) 2274
Pembina (dec. Maurice Ridley, October 2, 1960), December 9, 1960:
Carolyne Morrison (PC) 2132
Charles Cousins (LP) 1491
Bruce Wannop (SC) 1311
The Liberal-Progressives formally became known as Liberals on April 19, 1961. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation dissolved later in the year, and was replaced by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.
La Verendrye (res. Stan Roberts, May 1962)
St. Johns (res. David Orlikow, May 1962)
Virden (res. John Thompson, October 24, 1962)
