Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1962)

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The Manitoba general election of 1962 was held on 14 December. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive Conservative	Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	134,187	36
Liberal	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	108,270	13
New Democratic	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	45,430	7
Social Credit	Jacob M. “Jake” Froese (1917-2003)	7,495	1
Independent	-	960	0
Communist	William Cecil Ross (1911-1998)	816	0
Totals		297,158	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Adam David Anderson (1890-1971)	James Douglas “Doug” Watt (1914-1985)	Progressive Conservative	2,037
		E. Harry Patmore	Liberal	1,466
Assiniboia	Robert Guy Smethurst (?-2023)	Stephen Clifford “Steve” Patrick (1932-2014)	Liberal	3,232
		George William Johnson (1892-1973)	Progress Conservative	2,993
		A. H. Mackling	New Democratic	1,978
Birtle-Russell	H. E. Graham	Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,676
		E. Victor Fulton	Liberal	1,701
		Arnold George Minish (1930-2014)	New Democratic	404
Brandon	Constance M. Wilton	Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)	Progressive Conservative	4,771
		James Albert “Jimmy” Creighton (1905-1990)	Liberal	3,182
		Hans Fries	New Democratic	542
		Harold E. Wright	Social Credit	535
Brokenhead	Henry J. Shale	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	New Democratic	1,910
		Dirk Gilbert “Dick” Mulder (1923-2019)	Progressive Conservative	1,314
		Max Dubas (c1908-1980)	Liberal	971
Burrows	Mrs. Sophie Choma	Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914-1989)	Liberal	1,791
		John Martin Hawryluk (1910-1975)	New Democratic	1,502
		Peter Okrainec	Progressive Conservative	747
		Andrew Bileski [Bilecki] (1903-1992)	Communist	517
Carillon	Rosario N. Rochon	Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)	Liberal	2,116
		P. J. Thiessen	Progressive Conservative	1,278
		Edward Dubois	Social Credit	811
Churchill	W. H. de Coursey	Gordon Wilbert Beard (1920-1972)	Progressive Conservative	2,172
		Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Liberal	1,974
Cypress	Errol A. Berry	Thelma Bessie Brown Forbes (1910-2012)	Progressive Conservative	2,746
		Welland “Stoney” Stonehouse (1922-2007)	Liberal	1,928
		Charles Turner	Social Credit	267
Dauphin	William Cruise	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	3,247
		John Seale	Liberal	1,801
Dufferin	D. E. Woods	William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,542
		Randal C. Douglas	Liberal	1,309
Elmwood	George Currie	Stephen “Steve” Peters (1912-1976)	New Democratic	2,024
		John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)	Liberal	1,815
		Donald C. Thompson	Progressive Conservative	1,737
Emerson	Ben Comeault	John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal	2,545
		Michael Sokolyk	Progressive Conservative	1,964
Ethelbert Plains	Anthony Semeniuk	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)	Liberal	1,930
		James L. Crowe	Progressive Conservative	1,376
		Albert C. Matthews	New Democratic	706
Fisher	Michael G. Andrieshyn	Emil Moeller (1902-1986)	Progressive Conservative	1,410
		Peter Wagner (1916-1995)	New Democratic	1,323
		Arthur Robert Devlin (1908-1981)	Liberal	1,076
Flin Flon	Garfield M. Walker	Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	2,375
		Eli Ross	Liberal	1,175
		Alfred Ledieu	New Democratic	448
Fort Garry	Philip G. Nutter	Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)	Progressive Conservative	4,721
		David Albert Bowles (1916-1981)	Liberal	2,828
		Cliff Brownridge	New Democratic	1,168
Fort Rouge	Walter W. Gyles	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	3,507
		Brock McArthur	Liberal	2,128
		William R. Reid	New Democratic	990
Gimli	Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)	George Johnson (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	2,316
		Magnus Eliason (1911-2005)	New Democratic	917
		Don Martin	Liberal	794
Gladstone	Wilfred J. McGregor	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal	2,868
		J. A. McPhedran	Progressive Conservative	2,020
		F. Crook	New Democratic	249
Hamiota	W. J. Greenaway	Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968)	Progressive Conservative	2,573
		Frank D. Taylor	Liberal	2,015
		Michael Stephen Antonation (1913-1985)	New Democratic	329
Inkster	John Roth	Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)	New Democratic	2,658
		John Shanski (1909-1993)	Liberal	2,081
		Mary Annie Wawrykow (1911-1977)	Progressive Conservative	1,497
Kildonan	Archie Tawns	James Thomas Mills (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	3,176
		Anthony John “Tony” Reid (1908-1993)	New Democratic	3,172
		Ernest Rudolph	Liberal	2,751
		John De Fehr	Social Credit	452
Lac du Bonnet	Walter Whyte	Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (1906-1972)	Progressive Conservative	1,740
		John Ateah (1913-2002)	Liberal	1,264
		John William Bracken (1916-2003)	New Democratic	843
Lakeside	Joseph W. Boddy	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal	2,009
		John F. Bate	Progressive Conservative	1,452
		Hazel C. Allan	New Democratic	207
La Verendrye	Roger Smith	Albert Vielfaure (1923-2007)	Liberal	1,394
		Jean Rene Prefontaine (1924-1984)	Progressive Conservative	1,086
		Raymond Thuot	Social Credit	719
Logan	Mrs. M. H. Hardine	Lemuel Harris (1907-1996)	New Democratic	1,462
		Uberta Margaret Ellen Ross Blackburn (?-1996)	Progressive Conservative	1,126
		Thomas Blaine	Liberal	1,006
Minnedosa	J. W. Cutter	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)	Progressive Conservative	2,828
		Frank Anderson	Liberal	1,536
		John M. Lee	New Democratic	472
		Charles V. Hutton	Social Credit	456
Morris	Daniel Lohr	Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)	Progressive Conservative	1,648
		Phillippe A. Perron	Liberal	1,126
		Wilbert J. Tinkler	Social Credit	609
Osborne	Pierre Leon	William Obadiah “Obie” Baizley (1917-2000)	Progressive Conservative	3,025
		Robert Elmer “Bob” Moffat (1916-2002)	Liberal	1,871
		Jim Buchanan	New Democratic	1,523
Pembina	Walter S. Goode	Carolyne Alexandra McBean Morrison (1905-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,436
		Charles F. Cousins	Liberal	2,225
Portage la Prairie	Keith Stewart	Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005)	Liberal	2,414
		John Aaron Christianson (1923-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,124
		Francis Harry Mason	New Democratic	220
Radisson	Eric J. Ball	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	New Democratic	4,032
		Nick Slotek	Liberal	3,169
		Nelson A. McLean	Progressive Conservative	2,712
Rhineland	Oscar Martel	Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)	Social Credit	1,511
		Abram Jacob Thiessen (1910-2002)	Progressive Conservative	1,478
		Jacob H. Penner	Liberal	791
River Heights	James M. Milne	Maitland Bernard Steinkopf (1912-1970)	Progressive Conservative	5,044
		Roy J. Matas	Liberal	3,941
Roblin	Watson McLean Crossley (1892-1980)	Arnold Keith Alexander (1921-1972)	Progressive Conservative	2,205
		Charles Filewich	Liberal	1,580
		Ray Taylor	New Democratic	645
Rock Lake	Mrs. Myrtle Winram	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,444
		Harry R. Parsonage	Liberal	2,015
		John A. Potter	New Democratic	257
Rockwood-Iberville	Hubert L. Good	George Henry Wilson Hutton (1922-1976)	Progressive Conservative	2,594
		Colin E. Crawford	Liberal	1,256
		Samuel Cranston	New Democratic	471
Rupertsland	Reginald J. Minton	Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,329
		Reginald McKay	Liberal	515
		Thomas Hamilton	New Democratic	461
St. Boniface	Robert Betournay	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	Liberal	4,175
		Brunelle Leveille	Progressive Conservative	1,937
		Ian Wright	New Democratic	662
St. George	Daniel McFadyen	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal	2,451
		John Handford Hjalmarson (1930-1989)	Progressive Conservative	1,210
St. James	Alex Cairns	Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	2,707
		Dave Johnston	Liberal	2,202
		William J. Hardy	New Democratic	1,239
St. John’s	Stan Carrick	Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)	New Democratic	1,796
		Michael “Mike” Baryluk (1915-1998)	Progressive Conservative	1,236
		Edward Rudolfe “Ed” Pollock (1925-1998)	Liberal	1,229
		Saul Simkin	Communist	299
		Frank P. Baschuk	Independent	111
		Samuel Bordman	Independent	54
St. Matthews	G. E. Gilpin	William George Martin (1886-1973)	Progressive Conservative	2,507
		Donald I. Cook	Liberal	1,779
		Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)	New Democratic	1,391
St. Vital	Mrs. Gladys Rothwell	Frederick “Fred” Groves (1924-1995)	Progressive Conservative	3,626
		Douglas E. Honeyman	Liberal	2,605
		Clare Martineau	New Democratic	1,023
		Fred H. Brennan	Independent	795
Ste. Rose	John O. Shineton	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal	2,648
		J. Albert Fletcher	Progressive Conservative	1,467
		Leon W. Hoefer	New Democratic	147
Selkirk	Mervin Jenkins	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)	Liberal	2,104
		Ben Massey	Progressive Conservative	1,527
		Robert Luining	Social Credit	579
Seven Oaks	Berry Minuk	Arthur Edgar Wright (1907-1977)	New Democratic	3,095
		Jack Morley Chapman (1930-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,635
		Calvin Scarfe	Liberal	1,600
Souris-Lansdowne	William J. Ross	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	1,645
		David Lloyd Barclay	Liberal	1,264
Springfield	Walter Novak	Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,993
		William Lucko (1911-1998)	Liberal	1,562
		Harold L. Patzer	Social Credit	429
Swan River	William G. Thompson	James H. Bilton (1908-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,350
		Elmer Cecil Sims	Liberal	1,004
		Maxwell G. Hofford	New Democratic	718
The Pas	J. Ross Sadler	John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,484
		Adam Deminick	Liberal	1,497
		Rachel Shewchuk	New Democratic	430
Turtle Mountain	Harry Gall	Peter James McDonald (1912-1971)	Progressive Conservative	2,788
		Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992)	Liberal	1,973
		Charles R. Baskerville	Social Credit	691
Virden	Edward W. Hallett	Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003)	Progressive Conservative	2,828
		Malcolm Thomas McGregor	Liberal	1,323
		John J. Morton	Social Credit	450
Wellington	John V. Sampson	Richard Harry Seaborn (1911-1991)	Progressive Conservative	2,422
		Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)	New Democratic	2,202
		John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)	Liberal	1,391
Winnipeg Centre	Leo C. de Gagne	James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,779
		Francis Bastin “Frank” Lamont (1933-1998)	Liberal	1,684
		Donovan Swailes (1892-1984)	New Democratic	1,016
Wolseley	James Edward “Jim” Foran (1937-2014)	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	Progressive Conservative	3,207
		Russ Davis	Liberal	1,559
		Edward Stefaniuk	New Democratic	798

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1963-1966)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1964)

Sources:

Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 September 2023