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Manitoba general election, 1962

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Manitoba's general election of December 16, 1962 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a second majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won thirty-six seats, against thirteen for the Liberals, seven for the New Democratic Party, and one for the Social Credit Party.

Note that voting was deferred until January 4, 1963 in the northern ridings of Churchill and Rupertsland, as well as in the Winnipeg riding of Kildonan.

Contents

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
1959 Elected % Change # % % Change |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|     Progressive Conservative
Dufferin Roblin
  36 36 -   44.7%   |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     Liberal
Gildas Molgat
  11 13 align="right"
18.2%
  36.1%   |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"|     New Democratic
Russell Paulley
  10 7 align="right"
  15.2%   |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"|     Social Credit
Jacob Froese
  * 1 *   2.5% * |- |bgcolor="tomato"|     Communist
William Cecil Ross
    align="right"
        |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|     Independent     –        
Total   57 57 align="right"
  100%  

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.


Preceded by:
1959 Manitoba election 		List of Manitoba elections Followed by:
1966 Manitoba election

See also

Riding results

Party key:

Bold name denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon:

Brokenhead:

Burrows:

Carillon:

Churchill:

Cypress:

Dauphin:

Dufferin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Ethelbert-Plains:

Fisher:

[Note: Wagner was originally declared the winner, until news came from a northern part of the riding that a miscount had occurred. Many suspect the final result was rigged.]

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. Mathews:

St. Vital:

Ste. Rose:

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

Souris-Lansdowne:

Springfield:

Swan River:

The Pas:

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

Post-election changes

River Heights (res. Maitland Steinkopf, June 12, 1964), September 30, 1964:

Brokenhead (res. Edward Schreyer, October 20, 1965)

 

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