Liberal-Progressive Party candidates in the 1959 Manitoba provincial election

The Liberal-Progressive Party of Manitoba fielded a full slate of fifty-seven candidates in the 1959 provincial election. The party elected eleven members, retaining their status as the official opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

Candidates

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Arthur John W. McRae M 1,932 2nd
Assiniboia Jack Brownrigg M 1,388 3rd
Birtle-Russell Rod Clement Incumbent M 2,015 2rd
Brandon Gordon A. Phillips M 2,159 2nd
Brokenhead A. A. Trapp Incumbent for Lac du Bonnet M 1,083 3rd
Burrows Joseph R. Hnidan M 1,155 3rd
Carillon Edmond Prefontaine Incumbent; re-elected M 2,397 1st
Churchill Kenneth D. Wray M 954 2nd
Cypress John Leslie Sundell M 1,781 2nd
Dauphin Emma Hildegard Ringstrom F 967 3rd
Dufferin Walter Clifton McDonald Incumbent M 1,923 2nd
Elmwood Alex Turk M 1,488 3rd
Emerson John Tanchak Incumbent; re-elected M 2,752 1st
Ethelbert Plans Michael Hryhorczuk Incumbent; re-elected M 1,856 1st
Fisher W. J. Griffin, Jr. M 1,028 3rd
Flin Flon Francis Lawrence Jobin Incumbent M 1,728 2nd
Fort Garry Stanley Farwell M 2,035 2nd
Fort Rouge Jerome Marrin M 1,947 2nd
Gimli Alex Hawrysh M 1,007 2nd
Gladstone Nelson Shoemaker Incumbent; re-elected M 2,469 1st
Hamiota James Chester Scott M 2,136 2nd
Inkster John A. Colt M 981 3rd
Kildonan Cornelius K. Huebert M 1,972 3rd
Lac du Bonnet John Ateah M 1,272 2nd
Lakeside Douglas Lloyd Campbell Incumbent; re-elected; party leader from 1948 to 1961; premier from 1948 to 1958 M 1,896 1st
La Verendrye Stan Roberts Incumbent; re-elected; resigned in May 1962 M 1,799 1st
Logan John Kozoriz M 873 3rd
Minnedosa Charles Shuttleworth Incumbent M 2,029 2nd
Morris Bruce MacKenzie M 1,298 2nd
Osborne David Bowman M 1,166 3rd
Pembina Lynwood Graham M 1,199 2nd
Portage le Prairie Charles Greenlay Incumbent M 1,827 2nd
Radisson Nick Slotek M 2,029 3rd
Rhineland Wallace C. Miller Incumbent; re-elected; died 4 October 1959 M 1,648 1st
River Heights Keith Routley M 3,060 2nd
Roblin Ray Mitchell M 1,334 3rd
Rock Lake Walter Clark M 1,843 2nd
Rockwood-Iberville Robert Bend Incumbent M 2,143 2nd
Rupertsland Harry Boulette M 587 2nd
St. Boniface Laurent Desjardins Elected M 3,772 1st
St. George Elman Guttormson Incumbent; re-elected M 2,279 1st
St. James David Graham M 1,541 3rd
St. Johns Abe Yanofsky M 854 3rd
St. Matthews Paul Goodman M 1,900 3rd
Ste. Rose Gildas Molgat Incumbent; re-elected; party leader from 1961 to 1969 M 2,390 1st
St. Vital George Goulet M 1,946 2nd
Selkirk Thomas P. Hillhouse Incumbent; re-elected M 1,814 1st
Seven Oaks Calvin Scarfe M 1,343 3rd
Souris-Lansdowne George Adrian Griffith M 1,448 2nd
Springfield William Lucko Incumbent M 1,507 2nd
Swan River Arvid Burst M 786 3rd
The Pas Marvin Hill M 1,027 2nd
Turtle Mountain Walter Christianson M 1,187 2nd
Virden John Wesley Clarke M 1,337 2nd
Wellington William Norrie Future mayor of Winnipeg M 1,624 3rd
Winnipeg Centre J. Gurzon Harvey M 1,462 3rd
Wolseley Frank Muldoon M 1,707 2nd

Source: Historical summaries, Elections Manitoba, pp. 296–297; candidate names taken from the Canadian Parliamentary Guide (1960).

Candidates in subsequent by-elections

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Riding Candidate's Name Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Arthur (26 November 1959) Harry Patmore M 1,959 49.04 2nd
Cypress (26 November 1959) John Leslie Sundell M 1,654 41.02 2nd
Rhineland (26 November 1959) David K. Friesen Seat loss for party M 1,075 29.99 3rd
Turtle Mountain (26 November 1959) Edward Dow Elected; seat gain for party M 2,380 51.14 1st
Pembina (9 December 1960) Charles Cousins M 1,491 30.22 2nd

References

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