1953 Manitoba general election

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1953 Manitoba general election
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  1949 June 8, 1953 (1953-06-08) 1958  

57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Douglas Campbell Errick Willis Lloyd Stinson
Party Liberal–Progressive Progressive Conservative Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader sinceNovember 13, 1948 June 9, 1936 December 19, 1952
Leader's seat Lakeside Turtle Mountain Winnipeg
Last election2597
Seats won35125
Seat changeIncrease2.svg10Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote117,88756,27844,332
Percentage44.05%21.03%16.56%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.35%Increase2.svg2.02%Decrease2.svg9.04%

Premier before election

Douglas Lloyd Campbell
Liberal–Progressive

Premier after election

Douglas Lloyd Campbell
Liberal–Progressive

The 1953 Manitoba general election was held on June 8, 1953 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The election produced a majority government for the Liberal-Progressive party led by Douglas Campbell. His party won thirty-two of fifty-seven seats although with but 39 percent of the vote overall. To date this is the last election in which the Liberal Party won a majority of seats in Manitoba.

Contents

This was the first election held in Manitoba after the breakup of a ten-year coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressives and Progressive Conservatives. The coalition, which began in 1940, was ended in 1950 when the Progressive Conservatives crossed to the opposition side.

Prior to the 1949 election, Winnipeg's single at-large 10-member district was broken up into three four-member districts. The new districts, named Winnipeg Centre, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South, elected four members each, through STV.

St. Boniface elected two members through STV.

(The 1953 election was to be the last provincial election in Manitoba to have multi-member districts and election by STV. After that election all Manitoba MLAs were elected through First-past-the-post voting in single-member districts.)

Each of the other districts elected one MLA using Instant-Runoff Voting. This was to be the last provincial election in Manitoba to use Instant-Runoff Voting in these districts.

The result of the election was a convincing victory for the Liberal-Progressive government of Premier Douglas Campbell, which won thirty-two of fifty-seven seats although with but 39 percent of the vote overall.

Three Independent Liberal-Progressives were also elected.

The Progressive Conservatives, led by Errick Willis, saw their representation in the legislature increase from nine to twelve members. This was a disappointing result for many in the party. Willis had been a prominent cabinet minister in the coalition government, and many questioned the sincerity of his new-found opposition to Campbell's ministry. The following year, he lost the leadership of the party to Dufferin Roblin.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) suffered a disappointment under new leader Lloyd Stinson, falling from seven seats to five. Its 17 percent of the vote made it due about eight seats proportionally.

During the campaign, the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper devoted considerable attention to the return of the Social Credit Party in Manitoba. The party had not contested the previous provincial election, but was buoyed by the recent Social Credit victory in British Columbia and ran several candidates. The Free Press, which supported the Liberal-Progressives, and played up the threat of a Social Credit victory to rally popular support for the government. The actual threat posed by Social Credit was minimal: only two of its candidates were elected, although it did receive 13 percent of the vote.

The Communist Labor-Progressive Party also won representation in the legislature, with party incumbent Bill Kardash taking one of the four constituency seats in Winnipeg North. This was the last time that a Communist candidate won election to the Manitoba legislature, or indeed to any provincial legislature in Canada.

Two independent candidates were elected. Stephen Juba, the mayor of Winnipeg, was one of them.

Results

PartyParty leader# of
candidates
SeatsPopular vote
1949 Elected% Change#%% Change
Liberal–Progressive Douglas Campbell 502532 104,97639.22 
 Independent Liberal-Progressive7 3 12,9114.82 
 Total Government57 35 117,88744.05 
  Progressive Conservative Errick Willis 38912 56,27821.03 
  Co-operative Commonwealth Lloyd Stinson 2575 44,33216.56 
  Social Credit none4322 35,75013.36 
Labor–Progressive William Cecil Ross 111 3,8121.42 
 Independent1152 9,5773.58 
Total1755757 267,636100 
Popular vote
Liberal-Progressive
44.05%
PC
21.03%
CCF
16.56%
Social Credit
13.36%
Labor-Progressive
1.42%
Others
3.58%
Seats summary
Liberal-Progressive
61.40%
PC
21.05%
CCF
8.77%
Social Credit
3.51%
Labor-Progressive
1.75%
Others
3.51%

See also

Constituency results

Single-member constituencies

Arthur:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Progressive Conservative J. Arthur Ross 1,92057.14
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)John R. Pitt 1,44042.86
Total valid votes3,360100.00
Rejected votes65
Turnout3,42578.88

Assiniboia:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Reginald Wightman 3,35938.87
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alvin H. Mackling 3,07835.62
 Progressive Conservative George E. Fournier 1,52817.68
 Social Credit Florence M. Bloomfield 6777.83
Total valid votes8,642100.00
Rejected votes56
Turnout8,69857.50

Fournier and Bloomfield were eliminated, and their votes were distributed as follows: Wightman 837, Mackling 768. 600 votes were non-transferable.

Final Count

PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Reginald Wightman 4,19648.55
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alvin H. Mackling 3,84644.50
 Exhausted votes6006.94

Birtle:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Francis Bell 2,14869.18
 Progressive Conservative Francis Macdonald Manwaring 95730.82
Total valid votes3,105100.00
Rejected votes15
Turnout3,12066.97

Brandon City:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)Reginald Lissaman 3,51446.04
Liberal–Progressive James A. Creighton 3,06340.13
 Social Credit W.A. Wyborn 1,05613.83
Total valid votes7,633100.00
Rejected votes143
Turnout7,77661.82

Wyborn was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Lissaman 272, Creighton 138. 646 votes were non-transferable.

Second Count

PartyCandidateVotes%
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)Reginald Lissaman 3,78649.60
Liberal–Progressive James A. Creighton 3,20141.94
 Votes Not Transferred6468.46

Carillon:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Edmond Prefontaine 3,27875.48
 Social Credit K.T. Kroeker 1,06524.52
Total valid votes4,343100.00
Rejected votes111
Turnout4,45469.44

Cypress:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive Francis Ferg 1,78545.39
 Progressive ConservativeDr. Roderick George Hurton 1,19830.46
 Social Credit Marcel Philippe 95024.15
Total valid votes3,933100.00
Rejected votes50
Turnout3,98370.78

Ferg was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Philippe.

Dauphin:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Social Credit William Bullmore 1,66832.19
Liberal–Progressive John Potoski 1,49428.83
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)Ernest N. McGirr 1,23523.83
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Frank Fulbrook 78515.15
Total valid votes5,182100.00
Rejected votes205
Turnout5,38777.48

Bullmore was subsequently elected on transfers.

Deloraine-Glenwood:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)James O. Argue 1,86253.88
Liberal–Progressive Robert E. Moffat 1,59446.12
Total valid votes3,456100.00
Rejected votes16
Turnout3,47272.76

Dufferin:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Walter McDonald 1,83345.00
 Social Credit George Loeppky 1,32932.63
 Progressive Conservative Earl Collins 91122.37
Total valid votes4,073100.00
Rejected votes163
Turnout4,23672.96

McDonald was subsequently elected on transfers from Collins.

Emerson:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)John Solomon 2,32949.51
Liberal–Progressive Frank Casper 2,15545.81
 Social Credit George J. Friesen 2204.68
Total valid votes4,704100.00
Rejected votes93
Turnout4,79783.40

Solomon was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Friesen.

Ethelbert:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Michael N. Hryhorczuk 1,94851.03
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harry Basaraba 1,36835.84
 Progressive Conservative John L. Solomon 2767.23
 Social Credit Harry Dyck 2255.89
Total valid votes3,817100.00
Rejected votes102
Turnout3,91975.99

Fairford:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)James Anderson 1,07247.27
 Social Credit Fred G. Cook 65929.06
 Progressive Conservative Daniel McFadyen 28812.70
 Co-operative Commonwealth FederationJohn A. McDonald24910.98
Total valid votes2,268100.00
Rejected votes58
Turnout2,32667.26

Joseph H. Kacher entered the contest as an Independent Liberal-Progressive, but withdrew before election day. Anderson was subsequently elected on transfers.

Fisher:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Nicholas Bachynsky 1,55459.45
 Independent Leon W. Michalchuk 70526.97
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Elsie Lyon 2118.07
 Social Credit David Heindrichs 1445.51
Total valid votes2,614100.00
Rejected votes134
Turnout2,74858.87

Gilbert Plains:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Ray Mitchell 1,06934.12
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Robert J. Wilson 98931.57
 Social Credit E.P. Brown 69522.18
 Progressive Conservative Bardette Elliott 38012.13
Total valid votes3,133100.00
Rejected votes50
Turnout3,18378.11

Brown and Elliott were eliminated, and their votes were transferred as follows: Mitchell 239, Wilson 222. 614 votes were non-transferable.

Final Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Ray Mitchell 1,30841.75
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Robert J. Wilson 1,21138.65
 Votes Not Transferred61419.60

Gimli:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Steinn O. Thompson 2,25267.97
 Social Credit E.H. Fitch 86726.17
 Independent John Firman 1945.86
Total valid votes3,313100.00
Rejected votes48
Turnout3,36154.15

Gladstone:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)William Morton accl.

Hamiota:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Charles Shuttleworth 1,59947.72
 Progressive Conservative Edward P. Venables 1,22736.62
 Social Credit Fred Charles 52515.67
Total valid votes3,351100.00
Rejected votes39
Turnout3,39065.68

Charles was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Venables 123, Shuttleworth 88. 314 votes were non-transferable.

Second Count

PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Charles Shuttleworth 1,68750.34
 Progressive Conservative Edward P. Venables 1,35040.29
 Votes Not Transferred3149.37

Iberville:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)John McDowell 1,44238.68
Liberal–Progressive C. Henry Jarvis 1,24733.45
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation John C. Hilgenga 66517.41
 Social Credit C.F. Rempel 3749.79
Total valid votes3,728100.00
Rejected votes91
Turnout3,81963.13

Hilgenga and Rempel were eliminated, and their votes were distributed as follows: Jarvis 207, McDowell 195. 637 votes were non-transferable.

Final Count

PartyCandidateVotes%
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)John McDowell 1,63743.91
Liberal–Progressive C. Henry Jarvis 1,45439.00
 Votes Not Transferred63717.09

Kildonan—Transcona:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Russell Paulley 5,77047.68
Liberal–Progressive J. Leslie Bodie 4,39436.31
 Social CreditDr. L.G. Carson 1,1179.23
 IndependentSteve Melnyk8206.78
Total valid votes12,101100.00
Rejected votes247
Turnout12,34861.91

Although Melnyk ran as an independent, he was supported by the local Progressive Conservative association.

Both Carson and Melnyk were eliminated after the first count. Paulley received 275 additional votes on transfers, while Bodie received 163. It is assumed that all of these transfers came from Melynk's total, and that Paulley was declared elected before Carson's ballots were scrutinized. For the purposes of this article, Carson's final vote total is listed under "votes not transferred".

Second Count

PartyCandidateVotes%
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Russell Paulley 6,04549.95
Liberal–Progressive J. Leslie Bodie 4,55737.66
 Votes Not Transferred1,49917.09

Killarney:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative (incumbent)Abram Harrison 1,78648.51
Liberal–Progressive Cliff W. Landerkin 1,23033.41
 Social Credit G. Glen Paterson 66618.09
Total valid votes3,682100.00
Rejected votes51
Turnout3,73375.70

Harrison was subsequently elected on transfers from Paterson.

Lakeside:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Douglas Campbell 2,29056.13
 Social Credit James William Lee Tully 78619.26
 Progressive Conservative Charles H. Spence 66216.23
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Hazel C. Allan 3428.38
Total valid votes4,080100.00
Rejected votes79
Turnout4,15972.34

Lansdowne:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive Matthew R. Sutherland 2,01446.99
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)Thomas H. Seens 1,56336.47
 Social Credit R.W. Doherty 70916.54
Total valid votes4,286100.00
Rejected votes29
Turnout4,31565.99

Sutherland was subsequently elected on transfers from Doherty. The Winnipeg Free Press of June 12, 1953, indicates that Sutherland had 2,160 votes on the second count.

La Verendrye:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Edmond Brodeur 2,20358.30
 Social Credit Damase Dufresne 1,57641.70
Total valid votes3,779100.00
Rejected votes53
Turnout3,83262.93

Manitou-Morden:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)Hugh Morrison 1,60646.99
Liberal–Progressive Chris D. McLean 1,05430.84
 Social Credit Albert O'Donnell 75822.18
Total valid votes3,418100.00
Rejected votes68
Turnout3,48664.20

Morrison was subsequently elected on transfers from O'Donnell.

Minnedosa:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Henry S. Rungay 1,43336.92
 Social Credit Gilbert Hutton 1,40136.10
 Progressive Conservative John A. Burgess 1,04726.98
Total valid votes3,881100.00
Rejected votes71
Turnout3,95277.46

Hutton was subsequently elected on transfers from Burgess.

Morris:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Independent(incumbent)Harry Shewman 1,52842.89
Liberal–Progressive Arthur S. Beaubien 1,19133.43
 Social Credit Wilbert James Tinkler 84423.69
Total valid votes3,563100.00
Rejected votes117
Turnout3,68065.27

Tinkler was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Shewman 432, Beaubien 58. 354 votes were not transferred.

Second Count

PartyCandidateVotes%
 Independent(incumbent)Harry Shewman 1,96055.01
Liberal–Progressive Arthur S. Beaubien 1,24935.05
 Votes Not Transferred3549.94

Mountain:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Ivan Schultz 1,85158.87
 Social Credit Dollard E. Lafreniere 89428.44
 Independent John A. Mabon 39912.69
Total valid votes3,144100.00
Rejected votes25
Turnout3,16965.48

Norfolk-Beautiful Plains:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Samuel Burch 2,13343.60
 Social Credit Charles J. McKinnon 1,39428.50
 Progressive Conservative Harold A. Nelson 1,36527.90
Total valid votes4,892100.00
Rejected votes44
Turnout4,93659.96

Nelson was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: McKinnon 342, Burch 257. 766 votes were not transferred.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Samuel Burch 2,39048.86
 Social Credit Charles J. McKinnon 1,73635.49
 Votes Not Transferred76615.66

Portage la Prairie:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Charles Greenlay 1,65343.89
 Progressive Conservative William C. Warren 1,32935.29
 Social Credit Bernie H. Rempel 78420.82
Total valid votes3,766100.00
Rejected votes121
Turnout3,88773.97

Rempel was eliminated, and his votes were transferred as follows: Warren 200, Greenlay 94. 490 votes were non-transferable.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Charles Greenlay 1,74746.39
 Progressive Conservative William C. Warren 1,52940.60
 Votes Not Transferred49013.01

Rhineland:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Wallace C. Miller 1,60851.26
 Social Credit Victor Peters 96430.73
 Progressive Conservative Leo A. Recksiedler 56518.01
Total valid votes3,137100.00
Rejected votes86
Turnout3,22367.09

Roblin:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Ronald Robertson 1,47450.26
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Joseph Perchaluk 86629.53
 Social Credit Earl D. McIntyre 36612.48
 Progressive Conservative Fred E. Cowan 2277.74
Total valid votes2,933100.00
Rejected votes116
Turnout3,04975.66

Rockwood:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Robert Bend 1,95265.13
 Progressive Conservative H.J. Langrell 65621.89
 Social Credit C.E. Toutant 38912.98
Total valid votes2,997100.00
Rejected votes47
Turnout3,04471.34

Russell:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Rodney S. Clement 1,70441.28
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Michael Sotas 1,19028.83
 Progressive Conservative Keith Porter 72317.51
 Social Credit Charles H. Beswatherick 51112.38
Total valid votes4,128100.00
Rejected votes56
Turnout4,18480.37

Clement was subsequently elected on transfers.

St. Andrews:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Thomas Hillhouse 2,93857.14
 Progressive Conservative Keith H. Robson 1,36626.57
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Ernest Draffin 83816.30
Total valid votes5,142100.00
Rejected votes93
Turnout5,23565.08

St. Clements:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive Stanley Copp 2,97051.19
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edgar E. Smee 1,49525.77
 Social Credit Osborne A. Earle 95916.53
 Progressive Conservative Walter H. Whyte 3786.51
Total valid votes5,802100.00
Rejected votes259
Turnout6,06160.66

Fred Klym entered the contest as an Independent Liberal Progressive candidate, but withdrew before election day.

St. George:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Christian Halldorson 1,69584.08
 Social Credit E.H. Hartfield 32115.92
Total valid votes2,016100.00
Rejected votes36
Turnout2,05263.10

Halldorson was also supported by the St. George Progressive Conservative Association.

Springfield:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)William Lucko 1,83747.78
 Social Credit William G. Storsley 1,36535.50
 Progressive Conservative A.H. Watt 64316.72
Total valid votes3,845100.00
Rejected votes215
Turnout4,06051.68

Watt was eliminated, and his votes were distributed as follows: Storsley 206, Lucko 128. 309 votes were not transferred.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)William Lucko 1,96551.11
 Social Credit William G. Storsley 1,57140.86
 Votes Not Transferred3098.04

Swan River:

First Count

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)George Renouf 2,38349.32
 Social Credit Delbert L. Downs 1,50831.21
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Sam Einarson 75715.67
 Independent George E. Scalf 1843.81
Total valid votes4,832100.00
Rejected votes64
Turnout4,89665.00

Renouf was subsequently elected on transfers.

The Pas:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Francis Jobin 4,87560.42
 Social Credit William H. Calvert 1,66820.67
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Arthur W. Thompson 1,52618.91
Total valid votes8,069100.00
Rejected votes177
Turnout8,24661.42

Turtle Mountain:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Progressive Conservative(incumbent)Errick Willis 1,77756.11
Liberal–Progressive Charles Gorrie 88327.88
 Social Credit C.A. Ferguson 50716.01
Total valid votes3,167100.00
Rejected votes57
Turnout3,22478.61

Virden:

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
 Progressive Conservative John Thompson 2,18257.38
Liberal–Progressive Gordon A. Mooney 1,62142.62
Total valid votes3,803100.00
Rejected votes31
Turnout3,83475.40

Eric Bailey was nominated for the Social Credit Party, but withdrew before election day. Herman Scheel was nominated in his place, but also withdrew after discovering that some electors who had signed his nomination papers believed they were endorsing Bailey.

Multi-member constituencies

St. Boniface

Two members elected

Valid votes in total = 19,557

Quota (amount that ensures election but not necessary to be elected) = 6,519

St. Boniface
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Liberal–Progressive Roger Teillet 23.164,5304,607 4,687 4,923 5,087 6,220
Liberal–Progressive L. Raymond Fennell 18.313,5803,626 3,706 3,783 4,278 4,886
Liberal–Progressive (incumbent)Joseph G. Van Belleghem 16.313,1893,264 3,325 3,581 3,932  
Co-operative Commonwealth David Turner 13.842,7072,745 3,563 3,782 4,113 4,497
Progressive Conservative Raymond Hughes 10.742,1012,397 2,465 2,568   
Social Credit Tony Lemoine 7.261,4201,481 1,537    
Co-operative Commonwealth Kay E. McKinnon 6.611,2931,329     
Progressive Conservative Louis Leger 3.77737     
Electorate: 32,557  Valid: 19,557  Spoilt: 456  Quota: 6,519  Turnout: 20,013 (61.47%)  

    At the end there were 3954 exhausted votes, votes that were no longer in play, either because there were no back-up preferences marked or because the candidates that were marked had already been eliminated.

    Two Liberal-Progressive candidates were declared elected when the field of candidates narrowed through eliminations of lowest-ranking candidates to the point where these two were the last remaining candidates to fill the two seats, which had still not been filled by that point. Being the last ones remaining, they were elected even though they did not have quota.

    St. Boniface (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes)
    PartyCandidateMaximum
    round
    Maximum
    votes
    Share in
    maximum
    round
    Maximum votes
    First round votesTransfer votes
    Liberal-Progressive Roger Teillet 66,22039.9%
    Liberal-Progressive L. Raymond Fennell 64,88631.3%
    Liberal-Progressive Joseph G. Van Belleghem 53,93222.5%
    Co-operative Commonwealth David Turner 64,49728.8%
    Progressive Conservative Raymond Hughes 42,56813.8%
    Social Credit Tony Lemoine 31,5378.0%
    Co-operative Commonwealth Kay E. McKinnon 21,3296.8%
    Progressive Conservative Louis Leger 17373.8%
    Exhausted votes3,95420.2%

    Winnipeg Centre

    Winnipeg Centre
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    Co-operative Commonwealth (incumbent) Donovan Swailes 19.013,9103,921 3,929 3,950 4,2044,2044,204 4,204 4,204 4,204
    Independent Stephen Juba 17.593,6193,668 3,689 3,783 3,826 3,894 3,992 4,1724,1724,172
    Liberal–Progressive Jack St. John 15.923,2763,311 3,311 3,344 3,360 3,694 3,760 3,810 5,1194,115
    Progressive Conservative Hank Scott 10.132,0852,095 2,117 2,312 2,318 2,363 2,459 2,513 2,718 3,108
    Independent Lewis Stubbs 8.461,7411,756 1,771 1,820 1,847 1,904 1,978 2,181 2,344 2,556
    Liberal–Progressive Nan Murphy7.511,5461,565 1,578 1,596 1,600 1,885 1,938 1,991   
    Co-operative Commonwealth (incumbent)Gordon R. Fines 5.251,0801,085 1,094 1,095 1,246 1,265 1,339    
    Liberal–Progressive David Graham 4.04831848 857 873 879      
    Social Credit Percival Ward Brown 3.71763826 1,095 1,102 1,117 1,132     
    Co-operative Commonwealth G.S. Borgford 2.63541545 553 558       
    Progressive Conservative Joseph Stepnuk 2.32478488 489        
    Social Credit Emil A. Johnson 1.72354449         
    Social Credit Patrick J. Mulgrew 1.39286         
    Independent E.L. Colson 0.3163         
    Electorate: 47,122  Valid: 20,573  Spoilt: 406  Quota: 4,115  Turnout: 20,979 (44.52%)  

      The surpluses of Swailes and Juba were not transferred, as they were too small to affect the final candidate order. Scott was declared elected to the fourth position, despite finishing below the quota.

      Winnipeg Centre (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes)
      PartyCandidateMaximum
      round
      Maximum
      votes
      Share in
      maximum
      round
      Maximum votes
      First round votesTransfer votes
      Co-operative Commonwealth Donovan Swailes 104,20423.16%
      Independent Stephen Juba 104,17222.98%
      Liberal-Progressive Jack St. John 95,11927.58%
      Progressive Conservative Hank Scott 103,10817.12%
      Independent Lewis Stubbs 102,55614.08%
      Liberal-Progressive Nan Murphy81,99110.55%
      Co-operative Commonwealth Gordon R. Fines 71,3396.81%
      Liberal-Progressive David Graham 58794.31%
      Social Credit Percival Ward Brown 61,1325.57%
      Co-operative Commonwealth G.S. Borgford 45582.73%
      Progressive Conservative Joseph Stepnuk 34892.39%
      Social Credit Emil A. Johnson 24492.19%
      Social Credit Patrick J. Mulgrew 12861.39%
      Independent E.L. Colson 1630.31%
      Exhausted votes241811.75%

      Winnipeg North

      Winnipeg North
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Co-operative Commonwealth (incumbent) Morris Gray 21.484,6424,3234,323 4,323 4,323 4,323 4,323 4,323
      Labor–Progressive (incumbent) Bill Kardash 17.643,8123,830 3,872 3,903 3,949 4,102 4,212 4,271
      Co-operative Commonwealth (incumbent) John Hawryluk 13.272,8572,946 3,165 3,207 3,974 4,218 4,7934,323
      Liberal–Progressive John M. Kozoriz 8.621,8631,866 1,939 2,370 2,397 2,581 2,879 3,082
      Progressive Conservative Stan Carrick 8.311,7951,804 1,940 2,004 2,076 2,373   
      Liberal–Progressive E.A. Brotman 7.741,6721,780 1,838 1,969 2,042    
      Liberal–Progressive Alexander Turk 7.501,6221,629 1,712 2,124 2,164 2,603 3,068 3,134
      Liberal–Progressive John J. Kelsch 5.431,1731,176 1,282      
      Co-operative Commonwealth Len Aylen 5.191,1221,192 1,293 1,325     
      Social Credit Nicholas Hallas 4.24917928       
      Independent John Zuzyk 0.64138139       
      Electorate: 44,887  Valid: 21,613  Spoilt: 503  Quota: 4,323  Turnout: 22,116 (49.27%)  

        Kardash and Turk were declared elected to the third and fourth positions, even though both finished below the quota. Because of vote transfers from Lib-Prog Brotman and from Prog-Conservative Carrick, Lib-Prog Turk passed Lib-Prog Kozoriz who was in fourth place to take a seat.

        2480 exhausted votes at the end.

        Winnipeg North (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes)
        PartyCandidateMaximum
        round
        Maximum
        votes
        Share in
        maximum
        round
        Maximum votes
        First round votesTransfer votes
        Co-operative Commonwealth Morris Gray 14,64221.48%
        Labor-Progressive Bill Kardash 84,27122.98%
        Co-operative Commonwealth John Hawryluk 74,79322.32%
        Liberal-Progressive John M. Kozoriz 83,08216.11%
        Progressive Conservative Stan Carrick 62,37311.75%
        Liberal-Progressive E.A. Brotman 52,0429.76%
        Liberal-Progressive Alexander Turk 83,13416.38%
        Liberal-Progressive John J. Kelsch 31,2826.00%
        Co-operative Commonwealth Len Aylen 41,3256.24%
        Social Credit Nicholas Hallas 29284.29%
        Independent John Zuzyk 21390.64%
        Exhausted votes2,48011.47%

        Winnipeg South

        Winnipeg South
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Liberal–Progressive (incumbent) Ronald Turner 27.498,0075,826
        Progressive Conservative (incumbent) Dufferin Roblin 20.756,0456,0455,826
        Co-operative Commonwealth (incumbent) Lloyd Stinson 16.944,9345,030 5,042 5,067 5,281 5,9725,972
        Progressive Conservative Gurney Evans 14.494,2214,557 4,699 4,716 4,829 4,949 6,197
        Progressive Conservative Maude McCreery6.251,8202,041 2,090 2,110 2,241 2,318  
        Liberal–Progressive George P. Macleod 6.201,8063,243 3,254 3,273 3,349 3,460 3,889
        Co-operative Commonwealth A. Montague Israels 3.831,1171,165 1,167 1,175 1,234   
        Social Credit Doreen Benjamin 2.10612629 630 1,068    
        Social Credit Jemima F. Webster 1.94566592 594     
        Electorate: 56,065  Valid: 29,128  Spoilt: 319  Quota: 5,826  Turnout: 29,447 (52.52%)  

          Stinson's surplus of 146 was not transferred, as it would not have affected the candidate order.

          Winnipeg South (analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes)
          PartyCandidateMaximum
          round
          Maximum
          votes
          Share in
          maximum
          round
          Maximum votes
          First round votesTransfer votes
          Liberal-Progressive Ronald Turner 18,00727.49%
          Progressive Conservative Dufferin Roblin 16,04520.75%
          Co-operative Commonwealth Lloyd Stinson 65,97221.06%
          Progressive Conservative Gurney Evans 76,19725.08%
          Progressive Conservative Maude McCreery62,3188.18%
          Liberal-Progressive George P. Macleod 73,88915.74%
          Co-operative Commonwealth A. Montague Israels 51,2344.32%
          Social Credit Doreen Benjamin 41,0684.29%
          Social Credit Jemima F. Webster 35942.04%
          Exhausted votes1,4185.12%

          Deferred elections

          The election in Rupertsland was deferred to July 6, due to the difficulties of enumeration in this vast northern constituency. The election in Ste. Rose was also deferred to July 6, after incumbent Liberal-Progressive candidate Maurice Dane MacCarthy died on the eve of the general election.

          The election did not technically end until July 21, 1953, when the final results for Rupertsland were announced.

          Rupertsland (deferred to July 6, 1953):

          First Count

          PartyCandidateVotes%±%
          Liberal–Progressive Roy Brown 1,13649.31
          Liberal–Progressive Harry Boulette 98242.62
           Independent Charles Leo Abbott 1868.07
          Total valid votes2,304100.00
          Rejected votes92
          Turnout2,39657.10

          The Progressive Conservatives initially nominated E.G. Perry, but he withdrew from the contest and endorsed Brown. Brown was declared elected following transfers from Abbott. The official Elections Manitoba report of this constituency lists Boulette as an official Liberal-Progressive candidate, but newspaper reports from the period indicate that he was an Independent Liberal-Progressive.

          Ste. Rose:

          First Count

          PartyCandidateVotes%±%
          Liberal–Progressive Gildas Molgat 1,36940.95
          Liberal–Progressive James Albert Fletcher 1,08332.40
           Social Credit Antoine Pineau 89126.65
          Total valid votes3,343100.00
          Rejected votes76
          Turnout3,41969.32

          Pineau was eliminated, and his votes were transferred as follows: Molgat 192, Fletcher 83. 616 votes were not transferred.

          Second Count

          PartyCandidateVotes%
          Liberal–Progressive Gildas Molgat 1,56146.69
          Liberal–Progressive James Albert Fletcher 1,16634.88
           Votes Not Transferred61618.43

          Sources

          Results for the first ballot counts for all constituencies are taken from the 1954 Canadian Parliamentary Guide, and from Election Manitoba's "Historical Summaries" (printed as an appendix to the 2003 election results).

          There are minor discrepancies between these sources for the Social Credit vote count in Brandon City, Manitou-Morden, Rockwood and Swan River. The sources also disagree as to the candidate order for Minnedosa on the first count (although both agree that Gilbert Hutton was subsequently elected). In each case, the "Historical Summaries" entry has been taken as more reliable.

          All results after the first ballot are taken from reports in the Winnipeg Free Press. This paper made an obvious error in reporting Lloyd Stinson's fifth-vote count, which has been corrected here. Other than this, the results for multi-member constituencies may be taken as accurate and verifiable. For the single-member constituencies, it possible that Free Press reports differed from the final results in some particulars.

          Post-election changes

          Ivan Schultz (Mountain, LP) resigned his seat in the first half of 1955, while James O. Argue (Deloraine-Glenwood, PC) died in the same period. By-elections for both constituencies were held on June 27, 1955. The CCF concluded that it did not have a chance of victory in either seat, and declined to nominate candidates. Social Credit also planned to stay out of the elections, until Roger Poiron entered the Mountain poll without consulting the provincial party. Although not technically an official candidate, he still received support from the Social Credit organization. [1]

          Manitoba provincial by-election, June 27, 1955: Deloraine—Glenwood
          PartyCandidateVotes%±%
          Progressive Conservative Albert Draper 2,05659.89+6.01
          Liberal–Progressive Robert E. Moffat 1,37740.11−6.01
          Total valid votes3,433 100
          Manitoba provincial by-election, June 27, 1955: Mountain
          PartyCandidateVotes%±%
          Liberal–Progressive Walter Clark 1,84651.04−7.83
          Progressive Conservative Marcel Boulic 1,57043.41
          Social Credit Roger Poiron 2015.56
          Total valid votes3,617

          The Winnipeg Free Press's coverage indicates that the Campbell government was concerned with the results of the 1955 by-elections. Mountain had previously been regarded as one of the safest Liberal-Progressive seats in the province, and Boulic's performance was unexpectedly strong. Many leading government figures had campaigned for Clark in the campaign's final days, to ensure his victory. Clark received most of his support from Mountain's Anglophone majority and large Flemish community, while Boulic did well among French Canadians, who made up about one third of the voters. [2]

          St. George (dec. Christian Halldorson, 1956), December 30, 1956:

          Emerson (res. John Solomon, 1957), November 14, 1957:

          [Note: These figures are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, with 31 of 32 polls reporting. The outstanding poll was too small to affect the final result.]

          Manitou-Morden (dec. Hugh Morrison, 1957), November 14, 1957:

          Gladstone (dec. William Morton, early 1958)

          Dauphin (William Bullmore left the Social Credit party in either 1957 or 1958)

          Arthur (dec. J. Arthur Ross, April 1, 1958)

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          References

          1. Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1955, pp. 1, 4.
          2. Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1955, pp. 1, 4.