The 1958 Manitoba general election was held on June 16, 1958 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The election resulted in a minority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin.
This election was the first in Manitoba after a comprehensive electoral redistribution in 1956. The redistribution saw the city of Winnipeg abandon its three four-member districts. St. Boniface also was broken up into two single-member districts. The old Winnipeg, St. Boniface and two suburban districts were made into 20 single-member constituencies altogether, to give the City of Winnipeg increased representation in the legislature. Elections hereafter used FPTP.
As well the other districts in the province had dropped the Alternative Voting system and simply used the plurality first past the post system from here on."History of Electoral Process from 1870 to 2011," Elections Manitoba website (accessed July 2, 2019)
Premier Douglas Campbell's Liberal-Progressives lost the majority they had held since 1922. The Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin won 26 seats, three short of a majority, while the Liberal-Progressives were reduced to second-place status with 19. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) held the balance of power with 11 seats, and independent Stephen Juba was also elected in Winnipeg. Both Social Credit and the Labour Progressive Party lost their legislative representation.
After the election, the Liberal-Progressives attempted to form a coalition with the CCF to remain in power. The CCF rejected this offer, instead giving confidence and supply to a PC government under Roblin and ending 36 years of Progressive and Liberal-Progressive led governments in Manitoba. Although the Progressive Conservatives had been part of a coalition government with the Liberal-Progressives from 1940 to 1950, this was the first time since 1915 that they had formed an administration on their own. This was the last time the Liberals formed government in Manitoba. This was the start of a decline for the Liberals, and a concurrent rise for the CCF.
Roblin's government proved unstable, and was defeated in the legislature in early 1959. Manitobans returned to the polls shortly thereafter, and gave the Tories an outright majority while the Liberals were cut down to only 11 seats.
Results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1953ElectedChange#%% Change Progressive Conservative Dufferin Roblin 56 12 26 +14 40.6%-3.9% Liberal-Progressive Douglas Campbell 56 35 19 -16 34.7%-9.5% Co-operative Commonwealth Lloyd Stinson435 11+6 20.0%3.44% none 1220-2 1.8%-11.56% William Cecil Ross 110-1 Independent 112 1-1 Total 57 57 100%
Riding results Party key: PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba LP: Liberal-Progressive Party of Manitoba CCF: Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party LPP: Labour Progressive Party of Manitoba Ind: Independent
(incumbent) denotes incumbent.
Arthur: John Gordon Cobb (PC) 2072 John Wilfred McRae (LP) 2032 Walter D. Taylor (SC) 693
Birtle-Russell: (incumbent)Rodney Stewart Clement (LP) 2232 Robert Gordon Smellie (PC) 2102 Eugene Caldwell (CCF) 933
Brandon: (incumbent)Reginald Otto Lissaman (PC) 4442 Robert Addison Clement (LP) 2818 Hans Fries (CCF) 780
Brokenhead:
Burrows: (incumbent)John Martin Hawryluk (CCF) 2032 (incumbent)William Arthur Kardash (LPP) 1207 Joseph R. Hnidan (LP) 1084 John Kereluk (PC) 1067
Carillon: (incumbent)Edmond Prefontaine (LP) 2433 Liguori Gauthier (PC) 1047 Henry Mueller (Ind) 608
Churchill: Edward Joseph Williams (PC) 1580 K. Don Wray (LP) 1283 Frank Mercer (CCF) 370
Dauphin: Stewart Edgertson McLean (PC) 2740 John Potoski (LP) 1389 A. Clifford Matthews (CCF) 1067
Dufferin: (incumbent)Walter Clifton McDonald (LP) 1822 William Homer Hamilton (PC) 1749 Ivan Langtry (SC) 545
Elmwood: Steve Peters (CCF) 2375 (incumbent)Alexander Turk (LP) 1519 Joseph Stepnuk (PC) 1084 Michael Baryluk (Ind C) 689
Emerson: (incumbent)John Peter Tanchak (LP) 2897 Frank Caspar (PC) 1918 Joseph Lambert (Ind) 200
Ethelbert Plains: (incumbent)Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (LP) 2308 Peter Burtniak (CCF) 1327 Isadore Syrnyk (PC) 835
Fisher: Peter Wagner (CCF) 1437 (incumbent)Nicholas Volodymir Bachynsky (LP) 1381 John O. Olsen (PC) 1140
Flin Flon: (incumbent)Francis Lawrence Jobin (LP) 1935 Charles Hubert Witney (PC) 1563 J. Conrad W. Kerr (CCF) 637
Fort Garry: Sterling Rufus Lyon (PC) 3731 (incumbent)Leslie Raymond Fennell (LP) 2408 Nena Woodward (CCF) 1035
Fort Rouge: (incumbent)Edwrd Gurney Vaux Evans (PC) 3647 James Edward Wilson (LP) 1862 Ernest Richard Draffin (CCF) 1143
Gimli: George Johnson (PC) 1988 (incumbent)Steinn Olafur Thompson (LP) 1374 Sigurdur Wopnford (CCF) 954
Gladstone: Nelson Shoemaker (LP) 2570 Clayton Gault (PC) 1677 Melvin Batters (CCF) 455
Hamiota: Barry Peill Strickland (PC) 2261 William T. Wherrett (LP) 1859 Arthur Nicholson (CCF) 416
Inkster: (incumbent)Morris Gray (CCF) 3083 Peter Okrainec (PC) 1584 Peter Stanley Taraska (LP) 1516
Kildonan: Anthony John Reid (CCF) 2776 John Ernest Willis (PC) 2665 George Nordland Suttie (LP) 1808
Lac Du Bonnet: Arthur A. Trapp (LP) 1526 Glen A. Stewart (PC) 1350 Harry Olensky (CCF) 569 Lawrence P Schlamp (SC) 299
Lakeside: (incumbent)Douglas Campbell (LP) 2119 John F. Bate (PC) 1582
La Verendrye: Stanley Carl Roberts (LP) 1565 Stan Bisson (PC) 1395
Logan: (incumbent)Stephen Juba (Ind) 2234 Art Coulter (CCF) 1669
Minnedosa: (incumbent)Charles Lemington Shuttleworth (LP) 2117 Sidney Paler (PC) 1983 (incumbent)Gilbert Alexander Hutton (SC) 634 William A. Yuel (CCF) 443
Morris: (incumbent)Harold Proctor Shewman (PC) 1762 Bruce McKenzie (LP) 1014 August Recksiedler (SC) 370
Osborne: (incumbent)Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (CCF) 3215 John Howorth (PC) 2813 Keith N. Routley (LP) 1654
Pembina: (incumbent)Maurice Evans Ridley (PC) 2683 Kenneth C Hartwell (LP) 1510
Portage la Prairie: (incumbent)Charles Edwin Greenlay (LP) 1978 Robert Ernest Burke (PC) 1528 Albert R. Barrett (CCF) 541
Radisson: (incumbent)Andrew Russell Paulley (CCF) 3504 Bernard Rodolph Wolfe (LP) 2334 Harold Huppe (PC) 2116
Rhineland: (incumbent)William Conrad Miller (LP) 1687 Oscar Martel (PC) 854 Abe Enns (SC) 758
River Heights: William Blakeman Scarth (PC) 3945 William John McKeag (LP) 2884 Andrew Moore (Ind) 803
Roblin: Arnold Keith Alexander (PC) 1884 (incumbent)Raymond Mitchell (LP) 1686 Monty A. Miller (CCF) 1031
Rock Lake: (incumbent)Abram William Harrison (PC) 2465 Walter Ernest Clark (LP) 2227
Rockwood-Iberville: (incumbent)Robert William Bend (LP) 2450 George Henry Wilson Huttonn (PC) 1731 Samuel Cranston (CCF) 434
Rupertsland: Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (PC) 2342 (incumbent)Francis Roy Brown (LP) 511 Asta Oddson (Ind) 364
St. Boniface: (incumbent)Roger Joseph Teillet (LP) 3178 Harry DeLeeuw (PC) 2616 Ben Cyr (CCF) 1256
St. George: (incumbent)Elman Keisler Guttormson (LP) 2144 Dan McFayden (PC) 970 Douglas S. Stefanson (CCF) 593 Mahlin J.G. Magunsson (Ind Con) 274
St. James: Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (PC) 2646 (incumbent)Reginald Frederick Wightman (LP) 2170 Alvin H. Mackling (CCF) 2136
St. Johns: David Orlikow (CCF) 2495 Stan Carrick (PC) 1295 Jaroslaw Rebchuk (LP) 922
St. Matthews: William George Martin (PC) 2848 Gordon Richard Fines (CCF) 2026 Anne Ethel Murphy (LP) 1854 (incumbent)Henry Baird Scott (IC) 260 George Albert Frith (Ind) 149
St. Vital: Frederick Groves (PC) 3616 William R. Appleby (LP) 2331 Leslie C. Foden (CCF) 1334 Percy B. Hayward (Ind) 242
Ste. Rose: (incumbent)Gildas Laurent Molgat (LP) 2400 Alvin Getz (PC) 1010 Alphonse J. Bouchard (SC) 415 Leon W. Hoefer (CCF) 354
Selkirk: (incumbent)Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (LP) 1850 David B. Veitch (PC) 1493 Frank Kuzemski (CCF) 591 Fred L. Luining (SC) 173
Seven Oaks: Arthur Edgar Wright (CCF) 3641 Maurice Gutnik (PC) 1541 Cecil Joseph Henry Lyon (LP) 1449
Souris-Lansdowne: Malcolm Earl McKellar (PC) 2256 David Lloyd Barclay (LP) 1549 Alex Shiloff (CCF) 95
Springfield: (incumbent)William Lucko (LP) 1351 Oscar Russell (PC) 1269 Ed Kanarowski (CCF) 875 William G. Storsley (SC) 283
Swan River: Albert Harold C. Corbett (PC) 1421 Hilliard Farriss (CCF) 1316 (incumbent)Ronald Douglas Robertson (LP) 1083 Aldric S. Helps (SC) 285
The Pas: John Benson Carroll (PC) 2325 William E. Cudmore (LP) 898 Howard Russell Pawley (CCF) 801
Turtle Mountain: (incumbent)Errick French Willis (PC) 2949 Edward Ingo Dow (LP) 1880 Clarence A. Ferguson (SC) 316
Virden: (incumbent)John William McLeod Thompson (PC) 2935 (incumbent)Francis Campbell Bell (LP) 1662
Wellington: Richard Harry Seaborn (PC) 2532 James R. McIsaac (CCF) 2385 (incumbent)Jack St. John (LP) 1958
Winnipeg Centre: James Cowan (PC) 3462 Paul W. Goodman (LP) 1623 David Adrian Mulligan (CCF) 1141
Wolseley: (incumbent)Dufferin Roblin (PC) 3959 John Gurzon Harvey (LP) 1739 Allen Denton (CCF) 1202
See also List of Manitoba political parties
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