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	?	816	0
Totals		297,158	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	James Douglas “Doug” Watt (1914-1985)	Progressive Conservative	2,037
	E. Harry Patmore	Liberal	1,466
Assiniboia	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	Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,676
	E. Victor Fulton	Liberal	1,701
	Arnold George Minish (1930-2014)	New Democratic	404
Brandon	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	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	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	Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)	Liberal	2,116
	P. J. Thiessen	Progressive Conservative	1,278
	Edward Dubois	Social Credit	811
Churchill	Gordon Wilbert Beard (1920-1972)	Progressive Conservative	2,172
	Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Liberal	1,974
Cypress	Thelma Bessie Brown Forbes (1910-2012)	Progressive Conservative	2,746
	Welland “Stoney” Stonehouse (1922-2007)	Liberal	1,928
	Charles Turner	Social Credit	267
Dauphin	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	3,247
	John Seale	Liberal	1,801
Dufferin	William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,542
	Randal C. Douglas	Liberal	1,309
Elmwood	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	John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal	2,545
	Michael Sokolyk	Progressive Conservative	1,964
Ethelbert Plains	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)	Liberal	1,930
	James L. Crowe	Progressive Conservative	1,376
	Albert C. Matthews	New Democratic	706
Fisher	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	Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	2,375
	Eli Ross	Liberal	1,175
	Alfred Ledieu	New Democratic	448
Fort Garry	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	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	3,507
	Brock McArthur	Liberal	2,128
	William R. Reid	New Democratic	990
Gimli	George Johnson (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	2,316
	Magnus Eliason (1911-2005)	New Democratic	917
	Don Martin	Liberal	794
Gladstone	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal	2,868
	J. A. McPhedran	Progressive Conservative	2,020
	F. Crook	New Democratic	249
Hamiota	Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968)	Progressive Conservative	2,573
	Frank D. Taylor	Liberal	2,015
	Michael Stephen Antonation (1913-1985)	New Democratic	329
Inkster	Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)	New Democratic	2,658
	John Shanski (1909-1993)	Liberal	2,081
	Mary A. Wawrykow (1911-1977)	Progressive Conservative	1,497
Kildonan	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	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	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal	2,009
	John F. Bate	Progressive Conservative	1,452
	Hazel C. Allan	New Democratic	207
La Verendrye	Albert Vielfaure (1923-2007)	Liberal	1,394
	J. Rene Prefontaine (1923-1984)	Progressive Conservative	1,086
	Raymond Thuot	Social Credit	719
Logan	Lemuel Harris (1907-1996)	New Democratic	1,462
	Uberta Blackburn	Progressive Conservative	1,126
	Thomas Blaine	Liberal	1,006
Minnedosa	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	Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)	Progressive Conservative	1,648
	Phillippe A. Perron	Liberal	1,126
	Wilbert J. Tinkler	Social Credit	609
Osborne	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	Carolyne Alexandra McBean Morrison (1905-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,436
	Charles F. Cousins	Liberal	2,225
Portage la Prairie	Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005)	Liberal	2,414
	John Aaron Christianson (1923-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,124
	Francis Harry Mason	New Democratic	220
Radisson	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	New Democratic	4,032
	Nick Slotek	Liberal	3,169
	Nelson A. McLean	Progressive Conservative	2,712
Rhineland	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	Maitland Bernard Steinkopf (1912-1970)	Progressive Conservative	5,044
	Roy J. Matas	Liberal	3,941
Roblin	Arnold Keith Alexander (1921-1972)	Progressive Conservative	2,205
	Charles Filewich	Liberal	1,580
	Ray Taylor	New Democratic	645
Rock Lake	Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,444
	Harry R. Parsonage	Liberal	2,015
	John A. Potter	New Democratic	257
Rockwood-Iberville	George Henry Wilson Hutton (1922-1976)	Progressive Conservative	2,594
	Colin E. Crawford	Liberal	1,256
	Samuel Cranston	New Democratic	471
Rupertsland	Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,329
	Reginald McKay	Liberal	515
	Thomas Hamilton	New Democratic	461
St. Boniface	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	Liberal	4,175
	Brunelle Leveille	Progressive Conservative	1,937
	Ian Wright	New Democratic	662
St. George	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal	2,451
	John Handford Hjalmarson (1930-1989)	Progressive Conservative	1,210
St. James	Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	2,707
	Dave Johnston	Liberal	2,202
	William J. Hardy	New Democratic	1,239
St. John’s	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	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	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	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal	2,648
	J. Albert Fletcher	Progressive Conservative	1,467
	Leon W. Hoefer	New Democratic	147
Selkirk	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)	Liberal	2,104
	Ben Massey	Progressive Conservative	1,527
	Robert Luining	Social Credit	579
Seven Oaks	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	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	1,645
	David Lloyd Barclay	Liberal	1,264
Springfield	Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,993
	William Lucko (1911-1998)	Liberal	1,562
	Harold L. Patzer	Social Credit	429
Swan River	James H. Bilton (1908-1988)	Progressive Conservative	2,350
	Elmer Cecil Sims	Liberal	1,004
	Maxwell G. Hofford	New Democratic	718
The Pas	John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,484
	Adam Deminick	Liberal	1,497
	Rachel Shewchuk	New Democratic	430
Turtle Mountain	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	Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003)	Progressive Conservative	2,828
	Malcolm Thomas McGregor	Liberal	1,323
	John J. Morton	Social Credit	450
Wellington	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	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	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: 11 March 2022