1953 Manitoba general election
The 1953 Manitoba general election was held on June 8, 1953 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The election produced a majority government for the Liberal-Progressive party led by Douglas Campbell. His party won thirty-two of fifty-seven seats although with but 39 percent of the vote overall.
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This was the first election held in Manitoba after the breakup of a ten-year coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressives and Progressive Conservatives. The coalition, which began in 1940, was ended in 1950 when the Progressive Conservatives crossed to the opposition side.
Prior to this election, Winnipeg's single at-large 10-member district was broken up into three four-member districts. This was to be the last provincial election in Manitoba to have multi-member districts and election by the single transferable vote. The new districts were named Winnipeg Centre, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South, to elect four members each. St. Boniface elected two members through STV.
The other districts elected one MLA by instant runoff voting.
The result of the election was a convincing victory for the Liberal-Progressive government of Premier Douglas Campbell, which won thirty-two of fifty-seven seats although with but 39 percent of the vote overall.
Three Independent Liberal-Progressives were also elected.
The Progressive Conservatives, led by Errick Willis, saw their representation in the legislature increase from nine to twelve members. This was a disappointing result for many in the party. Willis had been a prominent cabinet minister in the coalition government, and many questioned the sincerity of his new-found opposition to Campbell's ministry. The following year, he lost the leadership of the party to Dufferin Roblin.
The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) suffered a disappointment under new leader Lloyd Stinson, falling from seven seats to five. Its 17 percent of the vote made it due about eight seats proportionally.
During the campaign, the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper devoted considerable attention to the return of the Social Credit Party in Manitoba. The party had not contested the previous provincial election, but was buoyed by the recent Social Credit victory in British Columbia and ran several candidates. The Free Press, which supported the Liberal-Progressives, and played up the threat of a Social Credit victory to rally popular support for the government. The actual threat posed by Social Credit was minimal: only two of its candidates were elected, although it did receive 13 percent of the vote.
The Communist Labor-Progressive Party also won representation in the legislature, with party incumbent Bill Kardash taking one of the four constituency seats in Winnipeg North. This was the last time that a Communist candidate won election to the Manitoba legislature, or indeed to any provincial legislature in Canada.
Two independent candidates were elected. Stephen Juba, the mayor of Winnipeg, was one of them.
Results
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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1949 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
Liberal–Progressive | Douglas Campbell | 50 | 25 | 32 | 104,976 | 39.22 | |||
Independent Liberal-Progressive | 7 | 3 | 12,911 | 4.82 | |||||
Total Government | 57 | 35 | 117,887 | 44.05 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Errick Willis | 38 | 9 | 12 | 56,278 | 21.03 | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Stinson | 25 | 7 | 5 | 44,332 | 16.56 | |||
Social Credit | none | 43 | 2 | 2 | 35,750 | 13.36 | |||
Labor–Progressive | William Cecil Ross | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3,812 | 1.42 | |||
Independent | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9,577 | 3.58 | ||||
Total | 175 | 57 | 57 | 267,636 | 100 |
See also
Constituency results
(x) denotes incumbent.
Single-member constituencies
Arthur:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | J. Arthur Ross | 1,920 | 57.14 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | (x)John R. Pitt | 1,440 | 42.86 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,360 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 65 | ||||
Turnout | 3,425 | 78.88 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Reginald Wightman | 3,359 | 38.87 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Alvin H. Mackling | 3,078 | 35.62 | ||
Progressive Conservative | George E. Fournier | 1,528 | 17.68 | ||
Social Credit | Florence M. Bloomfield | 677 | 7.83 | ||
Total valid votes | 8,642 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 56 | ||||
Turnout | 8,698 | 57.50 |
Fournier and Bloomfield were eliminated, and their votes were distributed as follows: Wightman 837, Mackling 768. 600 votes were non-transferable.
Final Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Reginald Wightman | 4,196 | 48.55 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Alvin H. Mackling | 3,846 | 44.50 | |
Votes Not Transferred | 600 | 6.94 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Francis Bell | 2,148 | 69.18 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Francis Macdonald Manwaring | 957 | 30.82 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,105 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 15 | ||||
Turnout | 3,120 | 66.97 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | (x)Reginald Lissaman | 3,514 | 46.04 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | James A. Creighton | 3,063 | 40.13 | ||
Social Credit | W.A. Wyborn | 1,056 | 13.83 | ||
Total valid votes | 7,633 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 143 | ||||
Turnout | 7,776 | 61.82 |
Wyborn was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Lissaman 272, Creighton 138. 646 votes were non-transferable.
Second Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive Conservative | (x)Reginald Lissaman | 3,786 | 49.60 | |
Liberal–Progressive | James A. Creighton | 3,201 | 41.94 | |
Votes Not Transferred | 646 | 8.46 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Edmond Prefontaine | 3,278 | 75.48 | ||
Social Credit | K.T. Kroeker | 1,065 | 24.52 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,343 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 111 | ||||
Turnout | 4,454 | 69.44 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | Francis Ferg | 1,785 | 45.39 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Dr. Roderick George Hurton | 1,198 | 30.46 | ||
Social Credit | Marcel Philippe | 950 | 24.15 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,933 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 50 | ||||
Turnout | 3,983 | 70.78 |
Ferg was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Philippe.
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Social Credit | William Bullmore | 1,668 | 32.19 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | John Potoski | 1,494 | 28.83 | ||
Progressive Conservative | (x)Ernest N. McGirr | 1,235 | 23.83 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Frank Fulbrook | 785 | 15.15 | ||
Total valid votes | 5,182 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 205 | ||||
Turnout | 5,387 | 77.48 |
Bullmore was subsequently elected on transfers.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | (x)James O. Argue | 1,862 | 53.88 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | Robert E. Moffat | 1,594 | 46.12 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,456 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 16 | ||||
Turnout | 3,472 | 72.76 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Walter McDonald | 1,833 | 45.00 | ||
Social Credit | George Loeppky | 1,329 | 32.63 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Earl Collins | 911 | 22.37 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,073 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 163 | ||||
Turnout | 4,236 | 72.96 |
McDonald was subsequently elected on transfers from Collins.
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)John Solomon | 2,329 | 49.51 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | Frank Casper | 2,155 | 45.81 | ||
Social Credit | George J. Friesen | 220 | 4.68 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,704 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 93 | ||||
Turnout | 4,797 | 83.40 |
Solomon was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Friesen.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Michael N. Hryhorczuk | 1,948 | 51.03 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Harry Basaraba | 1,368 | 35.84 | ||
Progressive Conservative | John L. Solomon | 276 | 7.23 | ||
Social Credit | Harry Dyck | 225 | 5.89 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,817 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 102 | ||||
Turnout | 3,919 | 75.99 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)James Anderson | 1,072 | 47.27 | ||
Social Credit | Fred G. Cook | 659 | 29.06 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Daniel McFadyen | 288 | 12.70 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | John A. McDonald | 249 | 10.98 | ||
Total valid votes | 2,268 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 58 | ||||
Turnout | 2,326 | 67.26 |
Joseph H. Kacher entered the contest as an Independent Liberal-Progressive, but withdrew before election day. Anderson was subsequently elected on transfers.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Nicholas Bachynsky | 1,554 | 59.45 | ||
Independent | Leon W. Michalchuk | 705 | 26.97 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Elsie Lyon | 211 | 8.07 | ||
Social Credit | David Heindrichs | 144 | 5.51 | ||
Total valid votes | 2,614 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 134 | ||||
Turnout | 2,748 | 58.87 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Ray Mitchell | 1,069 | 34.12 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Robert J. Wilson | 989 | 31.57 | ||
Social Credit | E.P. Brown | 695 | 22.18 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Bardette Elliott | 380 | 12.13 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,133 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 50 | ||||
Turnout | 3,183 | 78.11 |
Brown and Elliott were eliminated, and their votes were transferred as follows: Mitchell 239, Wilson 222. 614 votes were non-transferable.
Final Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Ray Mitchell | 1,308 | 41.75 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Robert J. Wilson | 1,211 | 38.65 | ||
Votes Not Transferred | 614 | 19.60 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Steinn O. Thompson | 2,252 | 67.97 | ||
Social Credit | E.H. Fitch | 867 | 26.17 | ||
Independent | John Firman | 194 | 5.86 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,313 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 48 | ||||
Turnout | 3,361 | 54.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)William Morton | accl. |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Charles Shuttleworth | 1,599 | 47.72 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Edward P. Venables | 1,227 | 36.62 | ||
Social Credit | Fred Charles | 525 | 15.67 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,351 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 39 | ||||
Turnout | 3,390 | 65.68 |
Charles was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Venables 123, Shuttleworth 88. 314 votes were non-transferable.
Second Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Charles Shuttleworth | 1,687 | 50.34 | |
Progressive Conservative | Edward P. Venables | 1,350 | 40.29 | |
Votes Not Transferred | 314 | 9.37 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | (x)John McDowell | 1,442 | 38.68 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | C. Henry Jarvis | 1,247 | 33.45 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | John C. Hilgenga | 665 | 17.41 | ||
Social Credit | C.F. Rempel | 374 | 9.79 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,728 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 91 | ||||
Turnout | 3,819 | 63.13 |
Hilgenga and Rempel were eliminated, and their votes were distributed as follows: Jarvis 207, McDowell 195. 637 votes were non-transferable.
Final Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive Conservative | (x)John McDowell | 1,637 | 43.91 | |
Liberal–Progressive | C. Henry Jarvis | 1,454 | 39.00 | |
Votes Not Transferred | 637 | 17.09 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Russell Paulley | 5,770 | 47.68 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | J. Leslie Bodie | 4,394 | 36.31 | ||
Social Credit | Dr. L.G. Carson | 1,117 | 9.23 | ||
Independent | Steve Melnyk | 820 | 6.78 | ||
Total valid votes | 12,101 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 247 | ||||
Turnout | 12,348 | 61.91 |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Russell Paulley | 6,045 | 49.95 | |
Liberal–Progressive | J. Leslie Bodie | 4,557 | 37.66 | |
Votes Not Transferred | 1,499 | 17.09 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | (x)Abram Harrison | 1,786 | 48.51 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | Cliff W. Landerkin | 1,230 | 33.41 | ||
Social Credit | G. Glen Paterson | 666 | 18.09 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,682 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 51 | ||||
Turnout | 3,733 | 75.70 |
Harrison was subsequently elected on transfers from Paterson.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Douglas Campbell | 2,290 | 56.13 | ||
Social Credit | James William Lee Tully | 786 | 19.26 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Charles H. Spence | 662 | 16.23 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Hazel C. Allan | 342 | 8.38 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,080 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 79 | ||||
Turnout | 4,159 | 72.34 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | Matthew R. Sutherland | 2,014 | 46.99 | ||
Progressive Conservative | (x)Thomas H. Seens | 1,563 | 36.47 | ||
Social Credit | R.W. Doherty | 709 | 16.54 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,286 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 29 | ||||
Turnout | 4,315 | 65.99 |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Edmond Brodeur | 2,203 | 58.30 | ||
Social Credit | Damase Dufresne | 1,576 | 41.70 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,779 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 53 | ||||
Turnout | 3,832 | 62.93 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | (x)Hugh Morrison | 1,606 | 46.99 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | Chris D. McLean | 1,054 | 30.84 | ||
Social Credit | Albert O'Donnell | 758 | 22.18 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,418 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 68 | ||||
Turnout | 3,486 | 64.20 |
Morrison was subsequently elected on transfers from O'Donnell.
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Henry S. Rungay | 1,433 | 36.92 | ||
Social Credit | Gilbert Hutton | 1,401 | 36.10 | ||
Progressive Conservative | John A. Burgess | 1,047 | 26.98 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,881 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 71 | ||||
Turnout | 3,952 | 77.46 |
Hutton was subsequently elected on transfers from Burgess.
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | (x)Harry Shewman | 1,528 | 42.89 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | Arthur S. Beaubien | 1,191 | 33.43 | ||
Social Credit | Wilbert James Tinkler | 844 | 23.69 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,563 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 117 | ||||
Turnout | 3,680 | 65.27 |
Tinkler was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Shewman 432, Beaubien 58. 354 votes were not transferred.
Second Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent | (x)Harry Shewman | 1,960 | 55.01 | |
Liberal–Progressive | Arthur S. Beaubien | 1,249 | 35.05 | |
Votes Not Transferred | 354 | 9.94 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Ivan Schultz | 1,851 | 58.87 | ||
Social Credit | Dollard E. Lafreniere | 894 | 28.44 | ||
Independent | John A. Mabon | 399 | 12.69 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,144 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 25 | ||||
Turnout | 3,169 | 65.48 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Samuel Burch | 2,133 | 43.60 | ||
Social Credit | Charles J. McKinnon | 1,394 | 28.50 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Harold A. Nelson | 1,365 | 27.90 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,892 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 44 | ||||
Turnout | 4,936 | 59.96 |
Nelson was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: McKinnon 342, Burch 257. 766 votes were not transferred.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Samuel Burch | 2,390 | 48.86 | ||
Social Credit | Charles J. McKinnon | 1,736 | 35.49 | ||
Votes Not Transferred | 766 | 15.66 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Charles Greenlay | 1,653 | 43.89 | ||
Progressive Conservative | William C. Warren | 1,329 | 35.29 | ||
Social Credit | Bernie H. Rempel | 784 | 20.82 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,766 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 121 | ||||
Turnout | 3,887 | 73.97 |
Rempel was eliminated, and his votes were transferred as follows: Warren 200, Greenlay 94. 490 votes were non-transferable.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Charles Greenlay | 1,747 | 46.39 | |
Progressive Conservative | William C. Warren | 1,529 | 40.60 | |
Votes Not Transferred | 490 | 13.01 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Wallace Miller | 1,608 | 51.26 | ||
Social Credit | Victor Peters | 964 | 30.73 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Leo A. Recksiedler | 565 | 18.01 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,137 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 86 | ||||
Turnout | 3,223 | 67.09 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Ronald Robertson | 1,474 | 50.26 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Joseph Perchaluk | 866 | 29.53 | ||
Social Credit | Earl D. McIntyre | 366 | 12.48 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Fred E. Cowan | 227 | 7.74 | ||
Total valid votes | 2,933 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 116 | ||||
Turnout | 3,049 | 75.66 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Robert Bend | 1,952 | 65.13 | ||
Progressive Conservative | H.J. Langrell | 656 | 21.89 | ||
Social Credit | C.E. Toutant | 389 | 12.98 | ||
Total valid votes | 2,997 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 47 | ||||
Turnout | 3,044 | 71.34 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Rodney S. Clement | 1,704 | 41.28 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Michael Sotas | 1,190 | 28.83 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Keith Porter | 723 | 17.51 | ||
Social Credit | Charles H. Beswatherick | 511 | 12.38 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,128 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 56 | ||||
Turnout | 4,184 | 80.37 |
Clement was subsequently elected on transfers.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Thomas Hillhouse | 2,938 | 57.14 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Keith H. Robson | 1,366 | 26.57 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Ernest Draffin | 838 | 16.30 | ||
Total valid votes | 5,142 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 93 | ||||
Turnout | 5,235 | 65.08 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | Stanley Copp | 2,970 | 51.19 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Edgar E. Smee | 1,495 | 25.77 | ||
Social Credit | Osborne A. Earle | 959 | 16.53 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Walter H. Whyte | 378 | 6.51 | ||
Total valid votes | 5,802 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 259 | ||||
Turnout | 6,061 | 60.66 |
Fred Klym entered the contest as an Independent Liberal Progressive candidate, but withdrew before election day.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Christian Halldorson | 1,695 | 84.08 | ||
Social Credit | E.H. Hartfield | 321 | 15.92 | ||
Total valid votes | 2,016 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 36 | ||||
Turnout | 2,052 | 63.10 |
Halldorson was also supported by the St. George Progressive Conservative Association.
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)William Lucko | 1,837 | 47.78 | ||
Social Credit | William G. Storsley | 1,365 | 35.50 | ||
Progressive Conservative | A.H. Watt | 643 | 16.72 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,845 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 215 | ||||
Turnout | 4,060 | 51.68 |
Watt was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Storsley 206, Lucko 128. 309 votes were not transferred.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal–Progressive | (x)William Lucko | 1,965 | 51.11 | |
Social Credit | William G. Storsley | 1,571 | 40.86 | |
Votes Not Transferred | 309 | 8.04 |
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive Conservative | (x)George Renouf | 2,383 | 49.32 | ||
Social Credit | Delbert L. Downs | 1,508 | 31.21 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Sam Einarson | 757 | 15.67 | ||
Independent | George E. Scalf | 184 | 3.81 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,832 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 64 | ||||
Turnout | 4,896 | 65.00 |
Renouf was subsequently elected on transfers.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | (x)Francis Jobin | 4,875 | 60.42 | ||
Social Credit | William H. Calvert | 1,668 | 20.67 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Arthur W. Thompson | 1,526 | 18.91 | ||
Total valid votes | 8,069 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 177 | ||||
Turnout | 8,246 | 61.42 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | (x)Errick Willis | 1,777 | 56.11 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | Charles Gorrie | 883 | 27.88 | ||
Social Credit | C.A. Ferguson | 507 | 16.01 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,167 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 57 | ||||
Turnout | 3,224 | 78.61 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | John Thompson | 2,182 | 57.38 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | Gordon A. Mooney | 1,621 | 42.62 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,803 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 31 | ||||
Turnout | 3,834 | 75.40 |
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.
St. Boniface
Two members elected
Valid votes in total = 19,557
Quota (amount that ensures election but not necessary to be elected) = 6,519
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Liberal–Progressive | Roger Teillet | 23.16 | 4,530 | 4,607 | 4,687 | 4,923 | 5,087 | 6,220 | |
Liberal–Progressive | L. Raymond Fennell | 18.31 | 3,580 | 3,626 | 3,706 | 3,783 | 4,278 | 4,886 | |
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Joseph G. Van Belleghem | 16.31 | 3,189 | 3,264 | 3,325 | 3,581 | 3,932 | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | David Turner | 13.84 | 2,707 | 2,745 | 3,563 | 3,782 | 4,113 | 4,497 | |
Progressive Conservative | Raymond Hughes | 10.74 | 2,101 | 2,397 | 2,465 | 2,568 | |||
Social Credit | Tony Lemoine | 7.26 | 1,420 | 1,481 | 1,537 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Kay E. McKinnon | 6.61 | 1,293 | 1,329 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Louis Leger | 3.77 | 737 | ||||||
Electorate: 32,557 Valid: 19,557 Spoilt: 456 Quota: 6,519 Turnout: 20,013 (61.47%) |
At the end there were 3954 exhausted votes, votes that were no longer in play, either because there were no back-up preferences marked or because the candidates that were marked had already been eliminated.
Two Liberal-Progressive candidates were declared elected when the field of candidates narrowed through eliminations of lowest-ranking candidates to the point where these two were the last remaining candidates to fill the two seats, which had still not been filled by that point.
Party | Candidate | Maximum Round |
Maximum Votes |
Share in Maximum Round |
Maximum Votes First Round VotesTransfer Votes | |
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Liberal-Progressive | Roger Teillet | 6 | 6,220 | 39.9% |
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Liberal-Progressive | L. Raymond Fennell | 6 | 4,886 | 31.3% |
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Liberal-Progressive | Joseph G. Van Belleghem | 5 | 3,932 | 22.5% |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | David Turner | 6 | 4,497 | 28.8% |
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Progressive Conservative | Raymond Hughes | 4 | 2,568 | 13.8% |
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Social Credit | Tony Lemoine | 3 | 1,537 | 8.0% |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | Kay E. McKinnon | 2 | 1,329 | 6.8% |
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Progressive Conservative | Louis Leger | 1 | 737 | 3.8% |
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Exhausted votes | 3,954 | 20.2% |
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Winnipeg Centre
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | (x)Donovan Swailes | 19.01 | 3,910 | 3,921 | 3,929 | 3,950 | 4,204 | 4,204 | 4,204 | 4,204 | 4,204 | 4,204 | |
Independent | Stephen Juba | 17.59 | 3,619 | 3,668 | 3,689 | 3,783 | 3,826 | 3,894 | 3,992 | 4,172 | 4,172 | 4,172 | |
Liberal–Progressive | Jack St. John | 15.92 | 3,276 | 3,311 | 3,311 | 3,344 | 3,360 | 3,694 | 3,760 | 3,810 | 5,119 | 4,115 | |
Progressive Conservative | Hank Scott | 10.13 | 2,085 | 2,095 | 2,117 | 2,312 | 2,318 | 2,363 | 2,459 | 2,513 | 2,718 | 3,108 | |
Independent | Lewis Stubbs | 8.46 | 1,741 | 1,756 | 1,771 | 1,820 | 1,847 | 1,904 | 1,978 | 2,181 | 2,344 | 2,556 | |
Liberal–Progressive | Nan Murphy | 7.51 | 1,546 | 1,565 | 1,578 | 1,596 | 1,600 | 1,885 | 1,938 | 1,991 | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth | (x)Gordon R. Fines | 5.25 | 1,080 | 1,085 | 1,094 | 1,095 | 1,246 | 1,265 | 1,339 | ||||
Liberal–Progressive | David Graham | 4.04 | 831 | 848 | 857 | 873 | 879 | ||||||
Social Credit | Percival Ward Brown | 3.71 | 763 | 826 | 1,095 | 1,102 | 1,117 | 1,132 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | G.S. Borgford | 2.63 | 541 | 545 | 553 | 558 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative | Joseph Stepnuk | 2.32 | 478 | 488 | 489 | ||||||||
Social Credit | Emil A. Johnson | 1.72 | 354 | 449 | |||||||||
Social Credit | Patrick J. Mulgrew | 1.39 | 286 | ||||||||||
Independent | E.L. Colson | 0.31 | 63 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 47,122 Valid: 20,573 Spoilt: 406 Quota: 4,115 Turnout: 20,979 (44.52%) |
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.
Party | Candidate | Maximum Round |
Maximum Votes |
Share in Maximum Round |
Maximum Votes First Round VotesTransfer Votes | |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | Donovan Swailes | 10 | 4,204 | 23.16% |
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Independent | Stephen Juba | 10 | 4,172 | 22.98% |
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Liberal-Progressive | Jack St. John | 9 | 5,119 | 27.58% |
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Progressive Conservative | Hank Scott | 10 | 3,108 | 17.12% |
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Independent | Lewis Stubbs | 10 | 2,556 | 14.08% |
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Liberal-Progressive | Nan Murphy | 8 | 1,991 | 10.55% |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | Gordon R. Fines | 7 | 1,339 | 6.81% |
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Liberal-Progressive | David Graham | 5 | 879 | 4.31% |
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Social Credit | Percival Ward Brown | 6 | 1,132 | 5.57% |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | G.S. Borgford | 4 | 558 | 2.73% |
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Progressive Conservative | Joseph Stepnuk | 3 | 489 | 2.39% |
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Social Credit | Emil A. Johnson | 2 | 449 | 2.19% |
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Social Credit | Patrick J. Mulgrew | 1 | 286 | 1.39% |
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Independent | E.L. Colson | 1 | 63 | 0.31% |
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Exhausted votes | 2,418 | 11.8% |
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Winnipeg North
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | (x)Morris Gray | 21.48 | 4,642 | 4,323 | 4,323 | 4,323 | 4,323 | 4,323 | 4,323 | 4,323 | |
Labor–Progressive | (x)Bill Kardash | 17.64 | 3,812 | 3,830 | 3,872 | 3,903 | 3,949 | 4,102 | 4,212 | 4,271 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | (x)John Hawryluk | 13.27 | 2,857 | 2,946 | 3,165 | 3,207 | 3,974 | 4,218 | 4,793 | 4,323 | |
Liberal–Progressive | John M. Kozoriz | 8.62 | 1,863 | 1,866 | 1,939 | 2,370 | 2,397 | 2,581 | 2,879 | 3,082 | |
Progressive Conservative | Stan Carrick | 8.31 | 1,795 | 1,804 | 1,940 | 2,004 | 2,076 | 2,373 | |||
Liberal–Progressive | E.A. Brotman | 7.74 | 1,672 | 1,780 | 1,838 | 1,969 | 2,042 | ||||
Liberal–Progressive | Alexander Turk | 7.50 | 1,622 | 1,629 | 1,712 | 2,124 | 2,164 | 2,603 | 3,068 | 3,134 | |
Liberal–Progressive | John J. Kelsch | 5.43 | 1,173 | 1,176 | 1,282 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Len Aylen | 5.19 | 1,122 | 1,192 | 1,293 | 1,325 | |||||
Social Credit | Nicholas Hallas | 4.24 | 917 | 928 | |||||||
Independent | John Zuzyk | 0.64 | 138 | 139 | |||||||
Electorate: 44,887 Valid: 21,613 Spoilt: 503 Quota: 4,323 Turnout: 22,116 (49.27%) |
Kardash and Turk were declared elected to the third and fourth positions, even though both finished below the quota.
Party | Candidate | Maximum Round |
Maximum Votes |
Share in Maximum Round |
Maximum Votes First Round VotesTransfer Votes | |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | Morris Gray | 1 | 4,642 | 21.48% |
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Labor-Progressive | Bill Kardash | 8 | 4,271 | 22.98% |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | John Hawryluk | 7 | 4,793 | 22.32% |
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Liberal-Progressive | John M. Kozoriz | 8 | 3,082 | 16.11% |
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Progressive Conservative | Stan Carrick | 6 | 2,373 | 11.75% |
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Liberal-Progressive | E.A. Brotman | 5 | 2,042 | 9.76% |
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Liberal-Progressive | Alexander Turk | 8 | 3,134 | 16.38% |
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Liberal-Progressive | John J. Kelsch | 3 | 1,282 | 6.00% |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | Len Aylen | 4 | 1,325 | 6.24% |
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Social Credit | Nicholas Hallas | 2 | 928 | 4.29% |
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Independent | John Zuzyk | 2 | 139 | 0.64% |
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Exhausted votes | 2,480 | 11.47% |
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Winnipeg South
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Liberal–Progressive | (x)Ronald Turner | 27.49 | 8,007 | 5,826 | 5,826 | 5,826 | 5,826 | 5,826 | 5,826 | |
Progressive Conservative | (x)Dufferin Roblin | 20.75 | 6,045 | 6,045 | 5,826 | 5,826 | 5,826 | 5,826 | 5,826 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | (x)Lloyd Stinson | 16.94 | 4,934 | 5,030 | 5,042 | 5,067 | 5,281 | 5,972 | 5,972 | |
Progressive Conservative | Gurney Evans | 14.49 | 4,221 | 4,557 | 4,699 | 4,716 | 4,829 | 4,949 | 6,197 | |
Progressive Conservative | Maude McCreery | 6.25 | 1,820 | 2,041 | 2,090 | 2,110 | 2,241 | 2,318 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | George P. Macleod | 6.20 | 1,806 | 3,243 | 3,254 | 3,273 | 3,349 | 3,460 | 3,889 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | A. Montague Israels | 3.83 | 1,117 | 1,165 | 1,167 | 1,175 | 1,234 | |||
Social Credit | Doreen Benjamin | 2.10 | 612 | 629 | 630 | 1,068 | ||||
Social Credit | Jemima F. Webster | 1.94 | 566 | 592 | 594 | |||||
Electorate: 56,065 Valid: 29,447 Spoilt: 319 Quota: 5,826 Turnout: 29,128 (52.52%) |
Stinson's surplus of 146 was not transferred, as it would not have affected the candidate order.
Party | Candidate | Maximum Round |
Maximum Votes |
Share in Maximum Round |
Maximum Votes First Round VotesTransfer Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal-Progressive | Ronald Turner | 1 | 8,007 | 27.49% |
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Progressive Conservative | Dufferin Roblin | 1 | 6,045 | 20.75% |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Stinson | 6 | 5,972 | 21.06% |
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Progressive Conservative | Gurney Evans | 7 | 6,197 | 25.08% |
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Progressive Conservative | Maude McCreery | 6 | 2,318 | 8.18% |
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Liberal-Progressive | George P. Macleod | 7 | 3,889 | 15.74% |
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Co-operative Commonwealth | A. Montague Israels | 5 | 1,234 | 4.32% |
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Social Credit | Doreen Benjamin | 4 | 1,068 | 4.29% |
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Social Credit | Jemima F. Webster | 3 | 594 | 2.04% |
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Exhausted votes | 1,737 | 5.90% |
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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, 1953):
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | Roy Brown | 1,136 | 49.31 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | Harry Boulette | 982 | 42.62 | ||
Independent | Charles Leo Abbott | 186 | 8.07 | ||
Total valid votes | 2,304 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 92 | ||||
Turnout | 2,396 | 57.10 |
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.
First Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal–Progressive | Gildas Molgat | 1,369 | 40.95 | ||
Liberal–Progressive | James Albert Fletcher | 1,083 | 32.40 | ||
Social Credit | Antoine Pineau | 891 | 26.65 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,343 | 100.00 | |||
Rejected votes | 76 | ||||
Turnout | 3,419 | 69.32 |
Pineau was eliminated, and his votes were transferred as follows: Molgat 192, Fletcher 83. 616 votes were not transferred.
Second Count
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal–Progressive | Gildas Molgat | 1,561 | 46.69 | |
Liberal–Progressive | James Albert Fletcher | 1,166 | 34.88 | |
Votes Not Transferred | 616 | 18.43 |
Sources
Results for the first ballot counts for all constituencies are taken from the 1954 Canadian Parliamentary Guide, and from Election Manitoba's "Historical Summaries" (printed as an appendix to the 2003 election results).
There are minor discrepancies between these sources for the Social Credit vote count in Brandon City, Manitou-Morden, Rockwood and Swan River. The sources also disagree as to the candidate order for Minnedosa on the first count (although both agree that Gilbert Hutton was subsequently elected). In each case, the "Historical Summaries" entry has been taken as more reliable.
All results after the first ballot are taken from reports in the Winnipeg Free Press. This paper made an obvious error in reporting Lloyd Stinson's fifth-vote count, which has been corrected here. Other than this, the results for multi-member constituencies may be taken as accurate and verifiable. For the single-member constituencies, it possible that Free Press reports differed from the final results in some particulars.
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.[1]
Manitoba provincial by-election, June 27, 1955: Deloraine—Glenwood | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Albert Draper | 2,056 | 59.89 | +6.01 | ||||
Liberal–Progressive | Robert E. Moffat | 1,377 | 40.11 | −6.01 | ||||
Total valid votes | 3,433 | 100 |
Manitoba provincial by-election, June 27, 1955: Mountain | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal–Progressive | Walter Clark | 1,846 | 51.04 | −7.83 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Marcel Boulic | 1,570 | 43.41 | |||||
Social Credit | Roger Poiron | 201 | 5.56 | |||||
Total valid votes | 3,617 |
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.[2]
St. George (dec. Christian Halldorson, 1956), December 30, 1956:
- Elman Guttormson (LP) 1214
- Magnusson (PC) 707
- Allen (CCF) 510
Emerson (res. John Solomon, 1957), November 14, 1957:
- John Tanchak (LP) 2183
- Frank Casper (PC) 2008
[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:
- Maurice Ridley (PC) 2240
- David Lumgair (L) 1057
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)
Further reading
- "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 2007.
References
- Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1955, pp. 1, 4.
- Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1955, pp. 1, 4.