1953 Manitoba general election

Manitoba's general election of June 8, 1953 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. 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.

This was also the last provincial election in Manitoba to feature multi-member constituencies and election by the single transferable ballot. Winnipeg Centre, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South elected four members each, while St. Boniface elected two members. All other constituencies elected one member by instant runoff voting.

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. 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 disappointing loss under new leader Lloyd Stinson, falling from seven seats to five.

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.

The Communist Labour Progressive Party also won representation in the legislature, with party incumbent William A. 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 also elected, in addition to the three Independent Liberal-Progressives.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1949	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Liberal-Progressive	Douglas Campbell	50		32		104,976	39.22		Independent Liberal-Progressive		7		3		12,911	4.82		Total Government		57		35		117,887	44.05		Progressive Conservative	Errick Willis	38		12		56,278	21.03		Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd Stinson	25		5		44,332	16.56		Social Credit	none	43		2		35,750	13.36		Labour Progressive	William Cecil Ross	1		1		3,812	1.42		Independent		11		2		9,577	3.58
Total			175		57		267,636	100

Preceded by 1949 Manitoba election

List of Manitoba elections

Succeeded by 1958 Manitoba election

See also

• List of Manitoba political parties

Constituency results

(x) denotes incumbent.

Single-member constituencies

Arthur:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Progressive Conservative	J. Arthur Ross	1,920	57.14		Liberal-Progressive	(x)John R. Pitt	1,440	42.86
Total valid votes			3,360	100.00
Rejected votes			65
Turnout			3,425	78.88

Assiniboia:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Reginald Wightman	3,359	38.87		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Alvin H. Mackling	3,078	35.62		Progressive Conservative	George E. Fournier	1,528	17.68		Social Credit	Florence M. Bloomfield	677	7.83
Total valid votes			8,642	100.00
Rejected votes			56
Turnout			8,698	57.50

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

Final Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Reginald Wightman	4,196	48.55	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Alvin H. Mackling	3,846	44.50	Votes Not Transferred		600	6.94

Birtle:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Francis Bell	2,148	69.18		Progressive Conservative	Francis Macdonald Manwaring	957	30.82
Total valid votes			3,105	100.00
Rejected votes			15
Turnout			3,120	66.97

Brandon City:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Progressive Conservative	(x)Reginald Lissaman	3,514	46.04		Liberal-Progressive	James A. Creighton	3,063	40.13		Social Credit	W.A. Wyborn	1,056	13.83
Total valid votes			7,633	100.00
Rejected votes			143
Turnout			7,776	61.82

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

Second Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Progressive Conservative	(x)Reginald Lissaman	3,786	49.60	Liberal-Progressive	James A. Creighton	3,201	41.94	Votes Not Transferred		646	8.46

Carillon:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Edmond Prefontaine	3,278	75.48		Social Credit	K.T. Kroeker	1,065	24.52
Total valid votes			4,343	100.00
Rejected votes			111
Turnout			4,454	69.44

Cypress:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	Francis Ferg	1,785	45.39		Progressive Conservative	Dr. Roderick George Hurton	1,198	30.46		Social Credit	Marcel Philippe	950	24.15
Total valid votes			3,933	100.00
Rejected votes			50
Turnout			3,983	70.78

Ferg was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Philippe.

Dauphin:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Social Credit	William Bullmore	1,668	32.19		Liberal-Progressive	John Potoski	1,494	28.83		Progressive Conservative	(x)Ernest N. McGirr	1,235	23.83		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Frank Fulbrook	785	15.15
Total valid votes			5,182	100.00
Rejected votes			205
Turnout			5,387	77.48

Bullmore was subsequently elected on transfers.

Deloraine-Glenwood:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Progressive Conservative	(x)James O. Argue	1,862	53.88		Liberal-Progressive	Robert E. Moffat	1,594	46.12
Total valid votes			3,456	100.00
Rejected votes			16
Turnout			3,472	72.76

Dufferin:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Walter McDonald	1,833	45.00		Social Credit	George Loeppky	1,329	32.63		Progressive Conservative	Earl Collins	911	22.37
Total valid votes			4,073	100.00
Rejected votes			163
Turnout			4,236	72.96

McDonald was subsequently elected on transfers from Collins.

Emerson:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Independent Liberal-Progressive	(x)John Solomon	2,329	49.51		Liberal-Progressive	Frank Casper	2,155	45.81		Social Credit	George J. Friesen	220	4.68
Total valid votes			4,704	100.00
Rejected votes			93
Turnout			4,797	83.40

Solomon was subsequently declared elected on transfers from Friesen.

Ethelbert:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Michael N. Hryhorczuk	1,948	51.03		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Harry Basaraba	1,368	35.84		Progressive Conservative	John L. Solomon	276	7.23		Social Credit	Harry Dyck	225	5.89
Total valid votes			3,817	100.00
Rejected votes			102
Turnout			3,919	75.99

Fairford:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)James Anderson	1,072	47.27		Social Credit	Fred G. Cook	659	29.06		Progressive Conservative	Daniel McFadyen	288	12.70		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	John A. McDonald	249	10.98
Total valid votes			2,268	100.00
Rejected votes			58
Turnout			2,326	67.26

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

Fisher:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Nicholas Bachynsky	1,554	59.45		Independent	Leon W. Michalchuk	705	26.97		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Elsie Lyon	211	8.07		Social Credit	David Heindrichs	144	5.51
Total valid votes			2,614	100.00
Rejected votes			134
Turnout			2,748	58.87

Gilbert Plains:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ray Mitchell	1,069	34.12		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Robert J. Wilson	989	31.57		Social Credit	E.P. Brown	695	22.18		Progressive Conservative	Bardette Elliott	380	12.13
Total valid votes			3,133	100.00
Rejected votes			50
Turnout			3,183	78.11

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

Final Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ray Mitchell	1,308	41.75		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Robert J. Wilson	1,211	38.65		Votes Not Transferred		614	19.60

Gimli:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Steinn O. Thompson	2,252	67.97		Social Credit	E.H. Fitch	867	26.17		Independent	John Firman	194	5.86
Total valid votes			3,313	100.00
Rejected votes			48
Turnout			3,361	54.15

Gladstone:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)William Morton	accl.

Hamiota:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Charles Shuttleworth	1,599	47.72		Progressive Conservative	Edward P. Venables	1,227	36.62		Social Credit	Fred Charles	525	15.67
Total valid votes			3,351	100.00
Rejected votes			39
Turnout			3,390	65.68

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

Second Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Charles Shuttleworth	1,687	50.34	Progressive Conservative	Edward P. Venables	1,350	40.29	Votes Not Transferred		314	9.37

Iberville:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Progressive Conservative	(x)John McDowell	1,442	38.68		Liberal-Progressive	C. Henry Jarvis	1,247	33.45		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	John C. Hilgenga	665	17.41		Social Credit	C.F. Rempel	374	9.79
Total valid votes			3,728	100.00
Rejected votes			91
Turnout			3,819	63.13

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

Final Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Progressive Conservative	(x)John McDowell	1,637	43.91	Liberal-Progressive	C. Henry Jarvis	1,454	39.00	Votes Not Transferred		637	17.09

Kildonan—Transcona:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Russell Paulley	5,770	47.68		Liberal-Progressive	J. Leslie Bodie	4,394	36.31		Social Credit	Dr. L.G. Carson	1,117	9.23		Independent	Steve Melnyk	820	6.78
Total valid votes			12,101	100.00
Rejected votes			247
Turnout			12,348	61.91

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Russell Paulley	6,045	49.95	Liberal-Progressive	J. Leslie Bodie	4,557	37.66	Votes Not Transferred		1,499	17.09

Killarney:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Progressive Conservative	(x)Abram Harrison	1,786	48.51		Liberal-Progressive	Cliff W. Landerkin	1,230	33.41		Social Credit	G. Glen Paterson	666	18.09
Total valid votes			3,682	100.00
Rejected votes			51
Turnout			3,733	75.70

Harrison was subsequently elected on transfers from Paterson.

Lakeside:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Douglas Campbell	2,290	56.13		Social Credit	James William Lee Tully	786	19.26		Progressive Conservative	Charles H. Spence	662	16.23		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Hazel C. Allan	342	8.38
Total valid votes			4,080	100.00
Rejected votes			79
Turnout			4,159	72.34

Lansdowne:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	Matthew R. Sutherland	2,014	46.99		Progressive Conservative	(x)Thomas H. Seens	1,563	36.47		Social Credit	R.W. Doherty	709	16.54
Total valid votes			4,286	100.00
Rejected votes			29
Turnout			4,315	65.99

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:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Edmond Brodeur	2,203	58.30		Social Credit	Damase Dufresne	1,576	41.70
Total valid votes			3,779	100.00
Rejected votes			53
Turnout			3,832	62.93

Manitou-Morden:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Progressive Conservative	(x)Hugh Morrison	1,606	46.99		Liberal-Progressive	Chris D. McLean	1,054	30.84		Social Credit	Albert O'Donnell	758	22.18
Total valid votes			3,418	100.00
Rejected votes			68
Turnout			3,486	64.20

Morrison was subsequently elected on transfers from O'Donnell.

Minnedosa:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Henry S. Rungay	1,433	36.92		Social Credit	Gilbert Hutton	1,401	36.10		Progressive Conservative	John A. Burgess	1,047	26.98
Total valid votes			3,881	100.00
Rejected votes			71
Turnout			3,952	77.46

Hutton was subsequently elected on transfers from Burgess.

Morris:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Independent	(x)Harry Shewman	1,528	42.89		Liberal-Progressive	Arthur S. Beaubien	1,191	33.43		Social Credit	Wilbert James Tinkler	844	23.69
Total valid votes			3,563	100.00
Rejected votes			117
Turnout			3,680	65.27

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

Second Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	(x)Harry Shewman	1,960	55.01	Liberal-Progressive	Arthur S. Beaubien	1,249	35.05	Votes Not Transferred		354	9.94

Mountain:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ivan Schultz	1,851	58.87		Social Credit	Dollard E. Lafreniere	894	28.44		Independent	John A. Mabon	399	12.69
Total valid votes			3,144	100.00
Rejected votes			25
Turnout			3,169	65.48

Norfolk-Beautiful Plains:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Samuel Burch	2,133	43.60		Social Credit	Charles J. McKinnon	1,394	28.50		Progressive Conservative	Harold A. Nelson	1,365	27.90
Total valid votes			4,892	100.00
Rejected votes			44
Turnout			4,936	59.96

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Samuel Burch	2,390	48.86		Social Credit	Charles J. McKinnon	1,736	35.49		Votes Not Transferred		766	15.66

Portage La Prairie:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Charles Greenlay	1,653	43.89		Progressive Conservative	William C. Warren	1,329	35.29		Social Credit	Bernie H. Rempel	784	20.82
Total valid votes			3,766	100.00
Rejected votes			121
Turnout			3,887	73.97

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Charles Greenlay	1,747	46.39	Progressive Conservative	William C. Warren	1,529	40.60	Votes Not Transferred		490	13.01

Rhineland:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Wallace Miller	1,608	51.26		Social Credit	Victor Peters	964	30.73		Progressive Conservative	Leo A. Recksiedler	565	18.01
Total valid votes			3,137	100.00
Rejected votes			86
Turnout			3,223	67.09

Roblin:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ronald Robertson	1,474	50.26		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Joseph Perchaluk	866	29.53		Social Credit	Earl D. McIntyre	366	12.48		Progressive Conservative	Fred E. Cowan	227	7.74
Total valid votes			2,933	100.00
Rejected votes			116
Turnout			3,049	75.66

Rockwood:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Independent Liberal-Progressive	(x)Robert Bend	1,952	65.13		Progressive Conservative	H.J. Langrell	656	21.89		Social Credit	C.E. Toutant	389	12.98
Total valid votes			2,997	100.00
Rejected votes			47
Turnout			3,044	71.34

Russell:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Independent Liberal-Progressive	(x)Rodney S. Clement	1,704	41.28		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Michael Sotas	1,190	28.83		Progressive Conservative	Keith Porter	723	17.51		Social Credit	Charles H. Beswatherick	511	12.38
Total valid votes			4,128	100.00
Rejected votes			56
Turnout			4,184	80.37

Clement was subsequently elected on transfers.

St. Andrews:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Thomas Hillhouse	2,938	57.14		Progressive Conservative	Keith H. Robson	1,366	26.57		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Ernest Draffin	838	16.30
Total valid votes			5,142	100.00
Rejected votes			93
Turnout			5,235	65.08

St. Clements:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	Stanley Copp	2,970	51.19		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Edgar E. Smee	1,495	25.77		Social Credit	Osborne A. Earle	959	16.53		Progressive Conservative	Walter H. Whyte	378	6.51
Total valid votes			5,802	100.00
Rejected votes			259
Turnout			6,061	60.66

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

St. George:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Christian Halldorson	1,695	84.08		Social Credit	E.H. Hartfield	321	15.92
Total valid votes			2,016	100.00
Rejected votes			36
Turnout			2,052	63.10

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

Springfield:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)William Lucko	1,837	47.78		Social Credit	William G. Storsley	1,365	35.50		Progressive Conservative	A.H. Watt	643	16.72
Total valid votes			3,845	100.00
Rejected votes			215
Turnout			4,060	51.68

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)William Lucko	1,965	51.11	Social Credit	William G. Storsley	1,571	40.86	Votes Not Transferred		309	8.04

Swan River:

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Progressive Conservative	(x)George Renouf	2,383	49.32		Social Credit	Delbert L. Downs	1,508	31.21		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Sam Einarson	757	15.67		Independent	George E. Scalf	184	3.81
Total valid votes			4,832	100.00
Rejected votes			64
Turnout			4,896	65.00

Renouf was subsequently elected on transfers.

The Pas:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	(x)Francis Jobin	4,875	60.42		Social Credit	William H. Calvert	1,668	20.67		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Arthur W. Thompson	1,526	18.91
Total valid votes			8,069	100.00
Rejected votes			177
Turnout			8,246	61.42

Turtle Mountain:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Progressive Conservative	(x)Errick Willis	1,777	56.11		Liberal-Progressive	Charles Gorrie	883	27.88		Social Credit	C.A. Ferguson	507	16.01
Total valid votes			3,167	100.00
Rejected votes			57
Turnout			3,224	78.61

Virden:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Progressive Conservative	John Thompson	2,182	57.38		Liberal-Progressive	Gordon A. Mooney	1,621	42.62
Total valid votes			3,803	100.00
Rejected votes			31
Turnout			3,834	75.40

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):

Party Totals

Party		Votes	%	MLAs	Liberal-Progressive	8,110	41.47	2	CCF	4,000	20.45		Independent Liberal-Progressive	3,189	16.31		Progressive Conservative	2,838	14.51		Social Credit	1,420	7.26
Total valid votes		19,557	100.00
Rejected votes		456
Turnout		20,013	61.47

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	Roger Teillet	4,530	23.16		Liberal-Progressive	L. Raymond Fennell	3,580	18.31		Independent Liberal-Progressive	(x)Joseph G. Van Belleghem	3,189	16.31		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	David Turner	2,707	13.84		Progressive Conservative	Raymond Hughes	2,101	10.74		Social Credit	Tony Lemoine	1,420	7.26		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Kay E. McKinnon	1,293	6.61		Progressive Conservative	Louis Leger	737	3.77

No candidates were declared elected after the first count. Leger was eliminated, and his 737 votes were distributed as follows: Hughes 296, Teillet 77, Van Belleghem 75, Lemoine 61, Fennell 46, Turner, 38, McKinnon 36. 108 votes were non-transferable.

Second Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	Roger Teillet	4,607	23.56		Liberal-Progressive	L. Raymond Fennell	3,626	18.54		Independent Liberal-Progressive	(x)Joseph G. Van Belleghem	3,264	16.69		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	David Turner	2,745	14.04		Progressive Conservative	Raymond Hughes	2,397	12.26		Social Credit	Tony Lemoine	1,481	7.57		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Kay E. McKinnon	1,329	6.80		Votes Not Transferred		108	0.55

McKinnon was eliminated, and her 1,329 votes were distributed as follows: Turner 818, Fennell 80, Teillet 80, Hughes 68, Van Belleghem 61, Lemoine 56. 166 votes were non-transferable.

Third Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	Roger Teillet	4,687	23.97		Liberal-Progressive	L. Raymond Fennell	3,706	18.95		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	David Turner	3,563	18.22		Independent Liberal-Progressive	(x)Joseph G. Van Belleghem	3,325	17.00		Progressive Conservative	Raymond Hughes	2,465	12.60		Social Credit	Tony Lemoine	1,537	7.86		Votes Not Transferred		274	1.40

Lemoine was eliminated, and his 1,537 votes were distributed as follows: Van Belleghem 256, Teillet 236, Turner 219, Hughes 103, Fennell 77. 646 votes were non-transferable.

Fourth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	Roger Teillet	4,923	25.17		Liberal-Progressive	L. Raymond Fennell	3,783	19.34		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	David Turner	3,782	19.34		Independent Liberal-Progressive	(x)Joseph G. Van Belleghem	3,581	18.31		Progressive Conservative	Raymond Hughes	2,568	13.13		Votes Not Transferred		920	4.70

Hughes was eliminated, and his 2,568 votes were distributed as follows: Fennell 495, Van Belleghem 351, Turner 331, Teillet 164. 1,227 votes were non-transferable.

Fifth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	Roger Teillet	5,087	26.01		Liberal-Progressive	L. Raymond Fennell	4,278	21.87		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	David Turner	4,113	21.03		Independent Liberal-Progressive	(x)Joseph G. Van Belleghem	3,932	20.11		Votes Not Transferred		2,147	10.98

Van Belleghem was eliminated, and his 3,932 votes were distributed as follows: Teillet 1133, Fennell 608, Turner 384. 1,807 votes were non-transferable. Teillet and Fennell were declared elected.

Sixth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	Roger Teillet	6,220	31.80	1	Liberal-Progressive	L. Raymond Fennell	4,886	24.98	2	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	David Turner	4,497	22.99		Votes Not Transferred		3,954	20.22

Winnipeg Centre (four members):

Party Totals

Party		Votes	%	MLAs	Liberal-Progressive	5,653	27.48	1	CCF	5,531	26.88	1	Progressive Conservative	2,563	12.46	1	Social Credit	1,403	6.82		Independent	5,423	26.36	1
Total valid votes		20,573	100.00
Rejected votes		406
Turnout		20,979	44.52

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	3,910	19.01		Independent	Stephen Juba	3,619	17.59		Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	3,276	15.92		Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	2,085	10.13		Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	1,741	8.46		Liberal-Progressive	Nan Murphy	1,546	7.51		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Gordon R. Fines	1,080	5.25		Liberal-Progressive	David Graham	831	4.04		Social Credit	Percival Ward Brown	763	3.71		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	G.S. Borgford	541	2.63		Progressive Conservative	Joseph Stepnuk	478	2.32		Social Credit	Emil A. Johnson	354	1.72		Social Credit	Patrick J. Mulgrew	286	1.39		Independent	E.L. Colson	63	0.31

The quota for election was 4,115 votes (20.00%). No candidates were declared elected after the first count. Colson and Mulgrew were both eliminated, and their combined 349 votes were distributed as follows: Johnson 95, Brown 63, Juba 49, Murphy 19, St. John 18, Graham 17, Stubbs 15, Swailes 11, Scott 10, Stepnuck 10, Fines 5, Borgford 4. Thirty-three votes were non-transferable.

Second Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	3,921	19.06		Independent	Stephen Juba	3,668	17.83		Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	3,294	16.01		Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	2,095	10.18		Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	1,756	8.54		Liberal-Progressive	Nan Murphy	1,565	7.61		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Gordon R. Fines	1,085	5.27		Liberal-Progressive	David Graham	848	4.12		Social Credit	Percival Ward Brown	826	4.01		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	G.S. Borgford	545	2.65		Progressive Conservative	Joseph Stepnuk	488	2.37		Social Credit	Emil A. Johnson	449	2.18		Votes Not Transferred		33	0.16

Johnson was eliminated, and his 449 votes were distributed as follows: Brown 269, Scott 22, Juba 21, St. John 17, Stubbs 15, Murphy 13, Fines 9, Graham, 9, Borgford 8, Swailes 8, Stepnuk 1. Fifty-seven votes were non-transferable.

Third Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	3,929	19.10		Independent	Stephen Juba	3,689	17.93		Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	3,311	16.09		Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	2,117	10.29		Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	1,771	8.61		Liberal-Progressive	Nan Murphy	1,578	7.67		Social Credit	Percival Ward Brown	1,095	5.32		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Gordon R. Fines	1,094	5.32		Liberal-Progressive	David Graham	857	4.17		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	G.S. Borgford	553	2.69		Progressive Conservative	Joseph Stepnuk	489	2.38		Votes Not Transferred		90	0.44

Stepnuk was eliminated, and his 489 votes were distributed in the following manner: Scott 195, Juba 94, Stubbs 49, St. John 33, Swailes 21, Murphy 18, Graham 16, Brown 7, Borgford 5, Fines 1. Fifty votes were non-transferable.

Fourth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	3,950	19.20		Independent	Stephen Juba	3,783	18.39		Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	3,344	16.25		Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	2,312	11.24		Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	1,820	8.85		Liberal-Progressive	Nan Murphy	1,596	7.76		Social Credit	Percival Ward Brown	1,102	5.36		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Gordon R. Fines	1,095	5.32		Liberal-Progressive	David Graham	873	4.24		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	G.S. Borgford	558	2.71		Votes Not Transferred		140	0.68

Borgford was eliminated, and his 558 votes were distributed as follows: Swailes 254, Fines 151, Juba 43, Stubbs 27, St. John 16, Brown 15, Graham 6, Scott 6, Murphy 4. Thirty-six votes were non-transferable. Swailes was declared elected to the first position.

Fifth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	4,204	20.43	1	Independent	Stephen Juba	3,826	18.60		Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	3,360	16.33		Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	2,318	11.27		Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	1,847	8.98		Liberal-Progressive	Nan Murphy	1,600	7.78		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Gordon R. Fines	1,246	6.06		Social Credit	Percival Ward Brown	1,117	5.43		Liberal-Progressive	David Graham	879	4.27		Votes Not Transferred		176	0.86

Swailes's surplus of 89 votes was not transferred, as it was too low to change the relevant candidate order. Graham was eliminated, and his 879 votes were distributed as follows: St. John 334, Murphy 285, Juba 68, Stubbs 57, Scott 45, Fines 19, Brown 15. Fifty-six votes were non-transferable.

Sixth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	4,204	20.43	1	Independent	Stephen Juba	3,894	18.93		Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	3,694	17.96		Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	2,363	11.49		Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	1,904	9.25		Liberal-Progressive	Nan Murphy	1,885	9.16		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Gordon R. Fines	1,265	6.15		Social Credit	Percival Ward Brown	1,132	5.50		Votes Not Transferred		232	1.13

Swailes's surplus of 89 votes was not transferred, as it was too low to change the relevant candidate order. Brown was eliminated, and his 1,132 votes were distributed as follows: Juba 98, Scott 96, Fines 74, Stubbs 74, St. John 66, Murphy 53. 671 votes were non-transferable.

Seventh Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	4,204	20.43	1	Independent	Stephen Juba	3,992	19.40		Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	3,760	18.28		Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	2,459	11.95		Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	1,978	9.61		Liberal-Progressive	Nan Murphy	1,938	9.42		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Gordon R. Fines	1,339	6.51		Votes Not Transferred		903	4.39

Swailes's surplus of 89 votes was not transferred, as it was too low to change the relevant candidate order. Fines was eliminated, and his 1,339 votes were distributed as follows: Stubbs 203, Juba 180, Scott 54, Murphy 53, St. John 50. 799 votes were non-transferable. Juba was declared elected to the second position.

Eighth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	4,204	20.43	1	Independent	Stephen Juba	4,172	20.28	2	Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	3,810	18.52		Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	2,513	12.22		Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	2,181	10.60		Liberal-Progressive	Nan Murphy	1,991	9.68		Votes Not Transferred		1,702	8.27

Swailes's surplus of 89 votes was not transferred, as it was too low to change the relevant candidate order. Juba's surplus of 57 votes was also not transferred, for the same reason. Murphy was eliminated, and her 1,991 votes were distributed as follows: St. John 1309, Scott 205, Stubbs 163. 314 votes were non-transferable. St. John was declared elected to the third position.

Ninth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	4,204	20.43	1	Independent	Stephen Juba	4,172	20.28	2	Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	5,119	24.88	3	Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	2,718	13.21		Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	2,344	11.39		Votes Not Transferred		2,016	9.80

St. John's surplus of 1,004 votes was distributed as follows: Scott 390, Stubbs 212. 402 votes were not transferred. 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.

Tenth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Donovan Swailes	4,204	20.43	1	Independent	Stephen Juba	4,172	20.28	2	Liberal-Progressive	Jack St. John	4,115	20.00	3	Progressive Conservative	H.B. Scott	3,108	15.11	4	Independent	Lewis St. G. Stubbs	2,556	12.42		Votes Not Transferred		2,418	11.75

Winnipeg North (four members):

Party Totals

Party		Votes	%	MLAs	CCF	8,621	39.89	2	Liberal-Progressive	4,658	21.55	1	Labour Progressive	3,812	17.64	1	Progressive Conservative	1,795	8.31		Independent Liberal-Progressive	1,672	7.74		Social Credit	917	4.24		Independent	138	0.64
Total valid votes		21,613	100.00
Rejected votes		503
Turnout		22,116	49.27

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Morris A. Gray	4,642	21.48	1	Labour Progressive	(x)William Kardash	3,812	17.64		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)John Hawryluk	2,857	13.22		Liberal-Progressive	John M. Kozoriz	1,863	8.62		Progressive Conservative	Stan Carrick	1,795	8.31		Independent Liberal-Progressive	E.A. Brotman	1,672	7.74		Liberal-Progressive	Alexander Turk	1,622	7.50		Liberal-Progressive	John J. Kelsch	1,173	5.43		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Len Aylen	1,122	5.19		Social Credit	Nicholas Hallas	917	4.24		Independent	John Zuzyk	138	0.64

Albert Wiesner had also been nominated as a Social Credit candidate, but withdrew before election day.

The quota was 4,323 votes. Morris Gray was declared elected to the first position, and his 319 surplus votes were distributed as follows: Brotman 108, Hawryluk 89, Aylen 70, Kardash 18, Hallas 11, Carrick 9, Turk 7, Keisch 3, Kozariz 3, Yuzyk 1. 385 of Gray's votes were non-transferable, although these were not counted toward the total.

Second Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Morris A. Gray	4,323	20.00	1	Labour Progressive	(x)William Kardash	3,830	17.72		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)John Hawryluk	2,946	13.63		Liberal-Progressive	John M. Kozoriz	1,866	8.63		Progressive Conservative	Stan Carrick	1,804	8.35		Independent Liberal-Progressive	E.A. Brotman	1,780	8.24		Liberal-Progressive	Alexander Turk	1,629	7.54		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Len Aylen	1,192	5.52		Liberal-Progressive	John J. Kelsch	1,176	5.44		Social Credit	Nicholas Hallas	928	4.29		Independent	John Zuzyk	139	0.64

Hallas and Zuzyk were eliminated, and their combined 1,067 votes were distributed as follows: Hawryluk 219, Carrick 136, Keisch 106, Aylen 101, Turk 83, Kozariz 73, Brotman 58, Kardash 42. 249 votes were non-transferable.

Third Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Morris A. Gray	4,323	20.00	1	Labour Progressive	(x)William Kardash	3,872	17.92		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)John Hawryluk	3,165	14.64		Progressive Conservative	Stan Carrick	1,940	8.98		Liberal-Progressive	John M. Kozoriz	1,939	8.97		Independent Liberal-Progressive	E.A. Brotman	1,838	8.50		Liberal-Progressive	Alexander Turk	1,712	7.92		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Len Aylen	1,293	5.98		Liberal-Progressive	John J. Kelsch	1,282	5.93		Votes Not Transferred		249	1.15

Kelsch was eliminated, and his 1,282 votes were distributed as follows: Kozariz 431, Turk 412, Brotman 131, Carrick 64, Hawryluk 42, Aylen 32, Kardash 31. 139 votes were non-transferable.

Fourth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Morris A. Gray	4,323	20.00	1	Labour Progressive	(x)William Kardash	3,903	18.06		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)John Hawryluk	3,207	14.84		Liberal-Progressive	John M. Kozoriz	2,370	10.97		Liberal-Progressive	Alexander Turk	2,124	9.83		Progressive Conservative	Stan Carrick	2,004	9.27		Independent Liberal-Progressive	E.A. Brotman	1,969	9.11		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Len Aylen	1,325	6.13		Votes Not Transferred		388	1.80

Aylen was eliminated, and his 1,325 votes were distributed as follows: Hawryluk 767, Brotman 73, Carrick 72, Kardash 46, Turk 40, Kozariz 27. Three hundred votes were non-transferable.

Fifth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Morris A. Gray	4,323	20.00	1	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)John Hawryluk	3,974	18.39		Labour Progressive	(x)William Kardash	3,949	18.27		Liberal-Progressive	John M. Kozoriz	2,397	11.09		Liberal-Progressive	Alexander Turk	2,164	10.01		Progressive Conservative	Stan Carrick	2,076	9.61		Independent Liberal-Progressive	E.A. Brotman	2,042	9.45		Votes Not Transferred		688	3.18

Brotman was eliminated, and his 2,042 votes were distributed as follows: Turk 439, Carrick 297, Hawryluk 244, Kozariz 184, Kardash 153. 725 votes were non-transferable.

Sixth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Morris A. Gray	4,323	20.00	1	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)John Hawryluk	4,218	19.52		Labour Progressive	(x)William Kardash	4,102	18.98		Liberal-Progressive	Alexander Turk	2,603	12.04		Liberal-Progressive	John M. Kozoriz	2,581	11.94		Progressive Conservative	Stan Carrick	2,373	10.98		Votes Not Transferred		1,413	6.54

Carrick was eliminated, and his 2,373 votes were distributed as follows: Hawryluk 575, Turk 465, Kozariz 298, Kardash 110. 925 votes were non-transferable. Hawryluk was declared elected to the second position.

Seventh Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Morris A. Gray	4,323	20.00	1	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)John Hawryluk	4,793	22.18	2	Labour Progressive	(x)William Kardash	4,212	19.49		Liberal-Progressive	Alexander Turk	3,068	14.20		Liberal-Progressive	John M. Kozoriz	2,879	13.32		Votes Not Transferred		2,338	10.82

Hawryluk's surplus of 470 votes was distributed as follows: Kozariz 203, Turk 66, Kardash 59. 142 votes were non-transferable. Kardash and Turk were declared elected to the third and fourth positions, even though both finished below the quota.

Eighth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Morris A. Gray	4,323	20.00	1	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)John Hawryluk	4,323	20.00	2	Labour Progressive	(x)William Kardash	4,271	19.76	3	Liberal-Progressive	Alexander Turk	3,134	14.50	4	Liberal-Progressive	John M. Kozoriz	3,082	14.26		Votes Not Transferred		2,480	11.47

Winnipeg South (four members):

Party Totals

Party		Votes	%	MLAs	Progressive Conservative	12,086	41.49	2	Liberal-Progressive	9,813	33.69	1	CCF	6,051	20.77	1	Social Credit	1,178	4.04
Total valid votes		29,447	100.00
Rejected votes		319
Turnout		29,128	52.52

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ronald Turner	8,007	27.49	1	Progressive Conservative	(x)Dufferin Roblin	6,045	20.75	2	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Lloyd Stinson	4,934	16.94		Progressive Conservative	Gurney Evans	4,221	14.49		Progressive Conservative	Maude McCreery	1,820	6.25		Liberal-Progressive	George P. Macleod	1,806	6.20		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	A. Montague Israels	1,117	3.83		Social Credit	Doreen Benjamin	612	2.10		Social Credit	Jemima F. Webster	566	1.94

William Bayley had been nominated for the newly-formed Prosperity for Posterity Party, but withdrew before election day.

The quota for election was 5,826 votes (20.00%). Turner and Roblin were declared elected after the first count, for the first and second positions. Turner's 2181 surplus votes were distributed as follows: Macleod 1,437, Evans 336, McCreery 221, Stinson 96, Israels 48, Webster 26, Benjamin 17.

Second Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ronald Turner	5,826	20.00	1	Progressive Conservative	(x)Dufferin Roblin	6,045	20.75	2	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Lloyd Stinson	5,030	17.27		Progressive Conservative	Gurney Evans	4,557	15.64		Liberal-Progressive	George P. Macleod	3,243	11.13		Progressive Conservative	Maude McCreery	2,041	7.01		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	A. Montague Israels	1,165	4.00		Social Credit	Doreen Benjamin	629	2.16		Social Credit	Jemima F. Webster	592	2.03

Roblin's 219 surplus votes were distributed as follows: Evans 142, McCreery 49, Stinson 12, Macleod 11, Israels 2, Webster 2, Benjamin 1.

Third Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ronald Turner	5,826	20.00	1	Progressive Conservative	(x)Dufferin Roblin	5,826	20.00	2	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Lloyd Stinson	5,042	17.31		Progressive Conservative	Gurney Evans	4,699	16.13		Liberal-Progressive	George P. Macleod	3,254	11.17		Progressive Conservative	Maude McCreery	2,090	7.18		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	A. Montague Israels	1,167	4.01		Social Credit	Doreen Benjamin	630	2.16		Social Credit	Jemima F. Webster	594	2.04

Webster was eliminated, and her 594 votes were distributed as follows: Benjamin: 438, Stinson 25, McCreery 20, Macleod 19, Evans 17, Israels 8. Sixty-seven votes were non-transferable.

Fourth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ronald Turner	5,826	20.00	1	Progressive Conservative	(x)Dufferin Roblin	5,826	20.00	2	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Lloyd Stinson	5,067	17.40		Progressive Conservative	Gurney Evans	4,716	16.19		Liberal-Progressive	George P. Macleod	3,273	11.24		Progressive Conservative	Maude McCreery	2,110	7.24		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	A. Montague Israels	1,175	4.03		Social Credit	Doreen Benjamin	1,068	3.67		Votes Not Transferred		67	0.23

Benjamin was eliminated, and her 1,068 votes were distributed as follows: Stinson 214, McCreery 131, Evans 113, Macleod 76, Israels 59. 475 votes were non-transferable.

Fifth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ronald Turner	5,826	20.00	1	Progressive Conservative	(x)Dufferin Roblin	5,826	20.00	2	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Lloyd Stinson	5,281	18.13		Progressive Conservative	Gurney Evans	4,829	16.58		Liberal-Progressive	George P. Macleod	3,349	11.50		Progressive Conservative	Maude McCreery	2,241	7.69		Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	A. Montague Israels	1,234	4.24		Votes Not Transferred		542	1.86

Israels was eliminated, and his 1,234 votes were distributed as follows: Stinson 691, Evans 120, Macleod 111, McCreery 77. 235 votes were non-transferable. Stinson was declared elected to the third position.

Sixth Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ronald Turner	5,826	20.00	1	Progressive Conservative	(x)Dufferin Roblin	5,826	20.00	2	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Lloyd Stinson	5,972	20.50	3	Progressive Conservative	Gurney Evans	4,949	16.99		Liberal-Progressive	George P. Macleod	3,460	11.88		Progressive Conservative	Maude McCreery	2,318	7.96		Votes Not Transferred		777	2.67

Stinson's surplus of 146 was not transferred, as it would not have affected the candidate order. McCreery was eliminated, and her 2,318 votes were distributed as follows: Evans 1,248, Macleod 429. 641 votes were non-transferable. Evans was declared elected to the fourth position.

Seventh Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%		Liberal-Progressive	(x)Ronald Turner	5,826	20.00	1	Progressive Conservative	(x)Dufferin Roblin	5,826	20.00	2	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	(x)Lloyd Stinson	5,972	20.50	3	Progressive Conservative	Gurney Evans	6,197	21.28	4	Liberal-Progressive	George P. Macleod	3,889	13.35		Votes Not Transferred		1,418	4.87

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, 1958):

First Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	Roy Brown	1,136	49.31		Independent Liberal-Progressive	Harry Boulette	982	42.62		Independent	Charles Leo Abbott	186	8.07
Total valid votes			2,304	100.00
Rejected votes			92
Turnout			2,396	57.10

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Liberal-Progressive	Gildas Molgat	1,369	40.95		Independent Liberal-Progressive	James Albert Fletcher	1,083	32.40		Social Credit	Antoine Pineau	891	26.65
Total valid votes			3,343	100.00
Rejected votes			76
Turnout			3,419	69.32

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

Second Count

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal-Progressive	Gildas Molgat	1,561	46.69	Independent Liberal-Progressive	James Albert Fletcher	1,166	34.88	Votes Not Transferred		616	18.43

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.

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 Anglo-Saxon majority and large Flemish community, while Boulic did well among French Canadians, who made up about one third of the voters.

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

• Elman Guttormson (LP) 1214
• Magnusson (PC) 707
• Allen (CCF) 510

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

• John Tanchak (LP) 2183
• Frank Casper (PC) 2008

[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:

• Maurice Ridley (PC) 2240
• David Lumgair (L) 1057

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)