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The Manitoba general election of 1962 was held on 14 December. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)
134,187
36
Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)
108,270
13
Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)
45,430
7
Jacob M. “Jake” Froese (1917-2003)
7,495
1
Independent
-
960
0
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)
2,037
E. Harry Patmore
1,466
Assiniboia
Stephen Clifford “Steve” Patrick (1932-2014)
3,232
George William Johnson (1892-1973)
Progress Conservative
2,993
A. H. Mackling
1,978
Birtle-Russell
H. E. Graham
Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)
2,676
E. Victor Fulton
1,701
Arnold George Minish (1930-2014)
404
Brandon
Constance M. Wilton
Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)
4,771
James Albert “Jimmy” Creighton (1905-1990)
3,182
Hans Fries
542
Harold E. Wright
535
Brokenhead
Henry J. Shale
1,910
Dirk Gilbert “Dick” Mulder (1923-2019)
1,314
Max Dubas (c1908-1980)
971
Burrows
Mrs. Sophie Choma
Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914-1989)
1,791
John Martin Hawryluk (1910-1975)
1,502
Peter Okrainec
747
Andrew Bileski [Bilecki] (1903-1992)
517
Carillon
Rosario N. Rochon
Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)
2,116
P. J. Thiessen
1,278
Edward Dubois
811
Churchill
W. H. de Coursey
Gordon Wilbert Beard (1920-1972)
2,172
Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)
1,974
Cypress
Errol A. Berry
Thelma Bessie Brown Forbes (1910-2012)
2,746
Welland “Stoney” Stonehouse (1922-2007)
1,928
Charles Turner
267
Dauphin
William Cruise
Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)
3,247
John Seale
1,801
Dufferin
D. E. Woods
William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)
2,542
Randal C. Douglas
1,309
Elmwood
George Currie
Stephen “Steve” Peters (1912-1976)
2,024
John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)
1,815
Donald C. Thompson
1,737
Emerson
Ben Comeault
John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)
2,545
Michael Sokolyk
1,964
Ethelbert Plains
Anthony Semeniuk
Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk (1905-1978)
1,930
James L. Crowe
1,376
Albert C. Matthews
706
Fisher
Michael G. Andrieshyn
Emil Moeller (1902-1986)
1,410
Peter Wagner (1916-1995)
1,323
Arthur Robert Devlin (1908-1981)
1,076
Flin Flon
Garfield M. Walker
Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)
2,375
Eli Ross
1,175
Alfred Ledieu
448
Fort Garry
Philip G. Nutter
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)
4,721
David Albert Bowles (1916-1981)
2,828
Cliff Brownridge
1,168
Fort Rouge
Walter W. Gyles
Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)
3,507
Brock McArthur
2,128
William R. Reid
990
Gimli
Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)
George Johnson (1920-1995)
2,316
Magnus Eliason (1911-2005)
917
Don Martin
794
Gladstone
Wilfred J. McGregor
Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)
2,868
J. A. McPhedran
2,020
F. Crook
249
Hamiota
W. J. Greenaway
Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968)
2,573
Frank D. Taylor
2,015
Michael Stephen Antonation (1913-1985)
329
Inkster
John Roth
Morris Abraham Gray (1887-1966)
2,658
John Shanski (1909-1993)
2,081
Mary Annie Wawrykow (1911-1977)
1,497
Kildonan
Archie Tawns
James Thomas Mills (1914-1997)
3,176
Anthony John “Tony” Reid (1908-1993)
3,172
Ernest Rudolph
2,751
John De Fehr
452
Lac du Bonnet
Walter Whyte
Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (1906-1972)
1,740
John Ateah (1913-2002)
1,264
John William Bracken (1916-2003)
843
Lakeside
Joseph W. Boddy
Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)
2,009
John F. Bate
1,452
Hazel C. Allan
207
La Verendrye
Roger Smith
Albert Vielfaure (1923-2007)
1,394
Jean Rene Prefontaine (1924-1984)
1,086
Raymond Thuot
719
Logan
Mrs. M. H. Hardine
Lemuel Harris (1907-1996)
1,462
Uberta Margaret Ellen Ross Blackburn (?-1996)
1,126
Thomas Blaine
1,006
Minnedosa
J. W. Cutter
Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)
2,828
Frank Anderson
1,536
John M. Lee
472
Charles V. Hutton
456
Morris
Daniel Lohr
Harold Proctor “Harry” Shewman (1900-1968)
1,648
Phillippe A. Perron
1,126
Wilbert J. Tinkler
609
Osborne
Pierre Leon
William Obadiah “Obie” Baizley (1917-2000)
3,025
Robert Elmer “Bob” Moffat (1916-2002)
1,871
Jim Buchanan
1,523
Pembina
Walter S. Goode
Carolyne Alexandra McBean Morrison (1905-1997)
2,436
Charles F. Cousins
2,225
Portage la Prairie
Keith Stewart
Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005)
2,414
John Aaron Christianson (1923-2010)
2,124
Francis Harry Mason
220
Radisson
Eric J. Ball
Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)
4,032
Nick Slotek
3,169
Nelson A. McLean
2,712
Rhineland
Oscar Martel
Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)
1,511
Abram Jacob Thiessen (1910-2002)
1,478
Jacob H. Penner
791
River Heights
James M. Milne
Maitland Bernard Steinkopf (1912-1970)
5,044
Roy J. Matas
3,941
Roblin
Watson McLean Crossley (1892-1980)
Arnold Keith Alexander (1921-1972)
2,205
Charles Filewich
1,580
Ray Taylor
645
Rock Lake
Mrs. Myrtle Winram
Abram William Harrison (1898-1979)
2,444
Harry R. Parsonage
2,015
John A. Potter
257
Rockwood-Iberville
Hubert L. Good
George Henry Wilson Hutton (1922-1976)
2,594
Colin E. Crawford
1,256
Samuel Cranston
471
Rupertsland
Reginald J. Minton
Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988)
2,329
Reginald McKay
515
Thomas Hamilton
461
St. Boniface
Robert Betournay
Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)
4,175
Brunelle Leveille
1,937
Ian Wright
662
St. George
Daniel McFadyen
Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)
2,451
John Handford Hjalmarson (1930-1989)
1,210
St. James
Alex Cairns
Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)
2,707
Dave Johnston
2,202
William J. Hardy
1,239
St. John’s
Stan Carrick
Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)
1,796
Michael “Mike” Baryluk (1915-1998)
1,236
Edward Rudolfe “Ed” Pollock (1925-1998)
1,229
Saul Simkin
299
Frank P. Baschuk
Independent
111
Samuel Bordman
Independent
54
St. Matthews
G. E. Gilpin
William George Martin (1886-1973)
2,507
Donald I. Cook
1,779
Gordon Richard Fines (1911-1990)
1,391
St. Vital
Mrs. Gladys Rothwell
Frederick “Fred” Groves (1924-1995)
3,626
Douglas E. Honeyman
2,605
Clare Martineau
1,023
Fred H. Brennan
Independent
795
Ste. Rose
John O. Shineton
Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)
2,648
J. Albert Fletcher
1,467
Leon W. Hoefer
147
Selkirk
Mervin Jenkins
Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)
2,104
Ben Massey
1,527
Robert Luining
579
Seven Oaks
Berry Minuk
Arthur Edgar Wright (1907-1977)
3,095
Jack Morley Chapman (1930-2010)
2,635
Calvin Scarfe
1,600
Souris-Lansdowne
William J. Ross
Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)
1,645
David Lloyd Barclay
1,264
Springfield
Walter Novak
Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988)
1,993
William Lucko (1911-1998)
1,562
Harold L. Patzer
429
Swan River
William G. Thompson
James Herbert Bilton (1908-1988)
2,350
Elmer Cecil Sims
1,004
Maxwell G. Hofford
718
The Pas
J. Ross Sadler
John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)
2,484
Adam Deminick
1,497
Rachel Shewchuk
430
Turtle Mountain
Harry Gall
Peter James McDonald (1912-1971)
2,788
Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992)
1,973
Charles R. Baskerville
691
Virden
Edward W. Hallett
Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003)
2,828
Malcolm Thomas McGregor
1,323
John J. Morton
450
Wellington
John V. Sampson
Richard Harry Seaborn (1911-1991)
2,422
Lloyd Cleworth Stinson (1904-1976)
2,202
John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)
1,391
Winnipeg Centre
Leo C. de Gagne
James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)
2,779
Francis Bastin “Frank” Lamont (1933-1998)
1,684
Donovan Swailes (1892-1984)
1,016
Wolseley
James Edward “Jim” Foran (1937-2014)
Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)
3,207
Russ Davis
1,559
Edward Stefaniuk
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)
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: 26 April 2024