Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1957)

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The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held on 10 June. The results were as follows:

Riding	Candidate	Party	Votes
Brandon-Souris	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916-1982)	Progressive Conservative	17,389
	Joseph Francis O’Sullivan (1927-1992)	Liberal	5,831
	Walter Duncan Taylor	Social Credit	3,866
	Hans Fries	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,145
Churchill	Robert “Bud” Simpson (1910-1990)	Progressive Conservative	6,191
	George Dyer Weaver (1908-1986)	Liberal	4,993
	Bruce Moore	Social Credit	2,891
	Gerald Robert Clarkson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,870
Dauphin	Frederick Samuel “Fred” Zaplitny (1913-1964)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	6,706
	William Gordon David Ritchie (1918-1998)	Progressive Conservative	3,463
	Alfred Hallam Parker (1905-1970)	Liberal	2,896
	Sherman Stanley Hunt	Social Credit	2,442
	William John Ward (1880-1971)	Independent Liberal	1,304
Lisgar	George Robson Muir (1903-1970)	Progressive Conservative	8,708
	Ivan Andrew Langtry	Social Credit	5,246
	William Albert Pommer (1895-1971)	Liberal	4,390
	Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	443
	Douglas George Gateson	Independent	205
Marquette	John Nicholas “Nick” Mandziuk (1902-1969)	Progressive Conservative	9,695
	Stuart Sinclair Garson (1898-1977)	Liberal	7,190
	William Nevin	Social Credit	3,959
	Melvin James Batters	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,288
Portage-Neepawa	George Clark Fairfield (1912-1978)	Progressive Conservative	9,248
	William Gilbert “Gib” Weir (1896-1971)	Liberal	6,407
	Charles John McKinnon	Social Credit	4,247
	Edgar Edward Smee	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	1,630
Provencher	Warner Herbert Jorgenson (1918-2005)	Progressive Conservative	4,739
	René Norbert Jutras (1913-1995)	Liberal	4,489
	Hugh M. Campbell	Social Credit	3,992
	Charles “Charlie” Biesick (1903-1983)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	246
St. Boniface	Joseph Louis Alexandre Deniset (1919-1983)	Liberal	7,777
	Nicholas Manchur	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	6,216
	Laurier Arthur Regnier (1903-1990)	Progressive Conservative	6,040
	Dollard Lafreniere	Social Credit	3,872
	Fernand Viau (1909-2000)	Independent Liberal	1,074
Selkirk	William “Scottie” Bryce (1888-1963)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	7,432
	William James Wood	Liberal	5,530
	Ernest Setter	Progressive Conservative	2,107
	Frederik Louis Luining	Social Credit	1,796
Springfield	Jacob “Jake” Schulz (1901-1983)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	5,949
	Anton Bernard Weselak (1918-1989)	Liberal	4,453
	Lawrence Paul Schlamp	Social Credit	3,558
	William Val Yacula (c1908-1958)	Progressive Conservative	1,684
Winnipeg North	Alistair McLeod Stewart (1905-1970)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	20,354
	Peter Stanley Taraska (1907-1984)	Liberal	9,806
	William Murray Smith	Progressive Conservative	6,905
	Nick Halas	Social Credit	3,161
	William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)	Labor Progressive	1,579
Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	15,229
	John Douglas Campbell MacLean (1929-1987)	Progressive Conservative	5,821
	Harold St. George Stubbs (1912-2005)	Liberal	4,813
	Gideon D. Mankey	Social Credit	1,880
Winnipeg South	Gordon Campbell Chown (1922-2002)	Progressive Conservative	23,855
	Edward Hugh Martin Crawford (c1894-1972)	Liberal	12,713
	David Adrian Mulligan (1893-1981)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	7,112
	Gordon Charles Smith (1886-1977)	Social Credit	2,332
Winnipeg South Centre	Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)	Progressive Conservative	19,022
	Roy Richardson	Liberal	9,592
	A. H. Mackling	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	6,778
	Asa Caswell	Social Credit	2,561

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Twenty-Third Canadian Parliament (1957-1958)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 August 2023