Liberal-Progressive Party candidates in the 1959 Manitoba provincial election explained

The Liberal-Progressive Party of Manitoba fielded a full slate of fifty-seven candidates in the 1959 provincial election. The party elected eleven members, retaining their status as the official opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

Candidates

RidingCandidate's NameNotesGenderResidenceOccupationVotes%Rank
ArthurM1,9322nd
AssiniboiaM1,3883rd
Birtle-RussellIncumbentM2,0152rd
BrandonM2,1592nd
BrokenheadIncumbent for Lac du BonnetM1,0833rd
BurrowsM1,1553rd
CarillonIncumbent; re-electedM2,3971st
ChurchillM9542nd
CypressM1,7812nd
DauphinF9673rd
DufferinIncumbentM1,9232nd
ElmwoodM1,4883rd
EmersonIncumbent; re-electedM2,7521st
Ethelbert PlansIncumbent; re-electedM1,8561st
FisherM1,0283rd
Flin FlonIncumbentM1,7282nd
Fort GarryM2,0352nd
Fort RougeM1,9472nd
GimliM1,0072nd
GladstoneIncumbent; re-electedM2,4691st
HamiotaM2,1362nd
InksterM9813rd
KildonanM1,9723rd
Lac du BonnetM1,2722nd
LakesideIncumbent; re-elected; party leader from 1948 to 1961; premier from 1948 to 1958M1,8961st
La VerendryeIncumbent; re-elected; resigned in May 1962M1,7991st
LoganM8733rd
MinnedosaIncumbentM2,0292nd
MorrisM1,2982nd
OsborneM1,1663rd
PembinaM1,1992nd
Portage le PrairieIncumbentM1,8272nd
RadissonM2,0293rd
RhinelandIncumbent; re-elected; died 4 October 1959M1,6481st
River HeightsM3,0602nd
RoblinM1,3343rd
Rock LakeM1,8432nd
Rockwood-IbervilleIncumbentM2,1432nd
RupertslandM5872nd
St. BonifaceElectedM3,7721st
St. GeorgeIncumbent; re-electedM2,2791st
St. JamesM1,5413rd
St. JohnsM8543rd
St. MatthewsM1,9003rd
Ste. RoseIncumbent; re-elected; party leader from 1961 to 1969M2,3901st
St. VitalM1,9462nd
SelkirkIncumbent; re-electedM1,8141st
Seven OaksM1,3433rd
Souris-LansdowneM1,4482nd
SpringfieldIncumbentM1,5072nd
Swan RiverM7863rd
The PasM1,0272nd
Turtle MountainM1,1872nd
VirdenM1,3372nd
WellingtonFuture mayor of WinnipegM1,6243rd
Winnipeg CentreM1,4623rd
WolseleyM1,7072nd

Source: Historical summaries, Elections Manitoba, pp. 296–297; candidate names taken from the Canadian Parliamentary Guide (1960).

Candidates in subsequent by-elections

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RidingCandidate's NameNotesGenderResidenceOccupationVotes%Rank
Arthur (26 November 1959)M1,95949.042nd
Cypress (26 November 1959)M1,65441.022nd
Rhineland (26 November 1959)Seat loss for partyM1,07529.993rd
Turtle Mountain (26 November 1959)Elected; seat gain for partyM2,38051.141st
Pembina (9 December 1960)M1,49130.222nd