Manitoba's general election of May 14, 1959 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a majority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin. This was the first time since 1914 that the party won a majority government in the province.
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the Queen of Canada in Right of Manitoba, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba form the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post voting. The Manitoba Legislative Building is located in central Winnipeg, at the meeting point of the Wolseley and Fort Rouge constituencies.
Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada. It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi) with a widely varied landscape, stretching from the northern oceanic coastline to the southern border with the United States. The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut to the north, and Northwest Territories to the northwest, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a right-of-centre political party in Manitoba, Canada and the only right-leaning party in the province. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 provincial election.
Roblin's Tories won 36 seats, against 11 for the Liberal-Progressives (commonly known as Liberals), and 10 for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. CCF leader Lloyd Stinson was defeated in his own riding.
The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.
Lloyd Cleworth Stinson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and the leader of that province's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1953 to 1959. Although widely regarded as a capable leader, he was unable to achieve a major electoral breakthrough for his party.
The Manitoba Social Credit Party did not contest this election. A few months later, it regained a foothold in the legislature by winning a by-election.
The Manitoba Social Credit Party was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit.
By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.
Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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1958 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dufferin Roblin | 56 | 26 | 36 | 46.3% | ||||
Liberal-Progressive | Douglas Campbell | 56 | 19 | 11 | 30.0% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Stinson | 45 | 11 | 10 | 21.9% | ||||
Labor–Progressive | William Cecil Ross | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 57 | 57 | 100% |
Preceded by 1958 Manitoba election | List of Manitoba elections | Succeeded by 1962 Manitoba election |
Party key:
(x) denotes incumbent.
John Gordon "Jack" Cobb was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1959, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
George William Johnson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1962, representing the Winnipeg riding of Assiniboia for the Progressive Conservative Party.
Donovan Swailes was a politician and musician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation from 1945 to 1959.
Manitoba general election, 1959 : Cypress | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Marcel Boulic | 2,951 | 62.36 | +10.24 | ||||
Liberal–Progressive | John Leslie Sundell | 1,781 | 37.64 | −3.11 | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,732 | |||||||
Rejected votes | 27 | |||||||
Turnout | 4,759 | 72.77 | +4.64 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 6,540 |
post-election changes:
Arthur (dec. John Cobb, August 21, 1959), November 26, 1959:
Cypress (dec. Marcel Boulic, September 23, 1959), November 26, 1959:
Wallace C. Miller (LP, Rhineland), died on October 4, 1959. A by-election was called to choose his successor.
: Rhineland | Manitoba provincial by-election, November 26, 1959||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Social Credit | Jacob Froese | 1,300 | 36.27 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Leo Recksiedler | 1,209 | 33.73 | |||||
Liberal–Progressive | David K. Friesen | 1,075 | 29.99 | |||||
Total valid votes | 3,584 | 100 | ||||||
Rejected and discarded votes | 15 | |||||||
Turnout | 3,599 | 60.61 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 5,938 |
Turtle Mountain (Errick Willis appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, late 1959), November 26, 1959:
Pembina (dec. Maurice Ridley, October 2, 1960), December 9, 1960:
The Liberal-Progressives formally became known as Liberals on April 19, 1961. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation dissolved later in the year, and was replaced by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.
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