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 edit

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 edit

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

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