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Manitoba general election, 1959

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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.

Results

Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1958 Elected % Change # % % Change |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|     Progressive Conservative
Dufferin Roblin
    36     46.3%   |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     Liberal-Progressive
Douglas Campbell
    11     30.0%   |- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|     Co-operative Commonwealth
Lloyd Stinson
    10     21.9%   |- |bgcolor="tomato"|     Labour Progressive
William Cecil Ross
    align="right"
        |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|     Independent     –        
Total     57     100%  


Preceded by:
1958 Manitoba election 		List of Manitoba elections Followed by:
1962 Manitoba election

See also

Riding results

Party key:

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon:

Brokenhead:

Burrows:

Carillon:

Churchill:

Cypress:

Dauphin:

Dufferin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Ethelbert-Plains:

Fisher:

Flin Flon:

Fort Garry:

Fort Rouge:

Gimli:

Gladstone:

Hamiota:

Inkster:

Kildonan:

Lac du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

La Verendrye:

Logan:

Minnedosa:

Morris:

Osborne:

Pembina:

Portage La Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

Rockwood-Iberville:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

Ste. Rose:

St. Vital:

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

Souris-Lansdowne:

Springfield:

Swan River:

The Pas:

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

post-election changes:

Arthur (dec. John Cobb, August 21, 1959), November 26, 1959:

Cypress (dec. Marcel Boulic, September 23, 1959), November 26, 1959:

Rhineland (dec. Wallace C. Miller, October 4, 1959), November 26, 1959:

Turtle Mountain (Errick Willis appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, late 1959), November 26, 1959:

Pembina (dec. Maurice Ridley, October 2, 1960), December 9, 1960:

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)

 

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