Liberal-Progressive candidates, 1953 Manitoba provincial election 2691879 170005097 2007-11-08T01:23:51Z Bearcat 24902 The '''[[Manitoba Liberal Party|Manitoba Liberal-Progressive Party]]''' ran fifty candidates in the '''[[Manitoba general election, 1953|1953 provincial election]]'''. Thirty-two of these candidates were elected, giving the party a [[majority government]] in the legislature. Many Liberal-Progressive candidates have their own biography pages; information on others may be found here. The 1953 Manitoba election was determined by [[instant-runoff voting]] in most constituencies. Three constituencies (Winnipeg Centre, Winnipeg North and Winnipeg South) returned four members by the [[single transferable vote]] (STV), with a 20% quota for election. St. Boniface elected two members by STV, with a 33% quota. The Liberal-Progressives ran two candidates in St. Boniface and Winnipeg South, and three in Winnipeg Centre and Winnipeg North. In addition to its fifty official candidates, the Liberal-Progressive Party also endorsed two candidates who ran as Independent Liberal-Progressives: [[Robert Bend]] in [[Rockwood (Manitoba riding)|Rockwood]] and [[Rodney S. Clement]] in [[Russell (Manitoba riding)|Russell]]. The only constituency where the party did not endorse a candidate was [[Swan River (Manitoba riding)|Swan River]]. ==[[John R. Pitt]] ([[Arthur (Manitoba riding)|Arthur]])== Pitt had served in the legislature since [[1935]]. Unusually for an incumbent, Pitt faced three challengers for the Liberal-Progressive nomination in 1953, defeating K. Williams of [[Melita, Manitoba|Melita]], F.C. Ramsey of [[Waskada, Manitoba|Waskada]], and C.S. Murray of [[Lyleton, Manitoba|Lyleton]]. In the general election, Pitt lost to [[J. Arthur Ross]] of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative Party]] in a straight two-way contest, receiving 1,440 votes (42.86%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Reginald Wightman]] ([[Assiniboia (Manitoba riding)|Assiniboia]])== Wightman finished first on the first count with 3,359 votes (38.87%), and was declared elected on the final count with 4,196 votes (48.55%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Francis Bell]] ([[Birtle (Manitoba riding)|Birtle]])== Bell was elected in a two-candidate contest with 2,148 votes (69.18%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[James A. Creighton]] ([[Brandon City (Manitoba riding)|Brandon City]])== Creighton was a prominent municipal politician, and a former professional [[ice hockey]] player. He finished second on the first count with 3,063 votes (40.13%), and formally lost to Progressive Conservative candidate [[Reginald Lissaman]] on the second count. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Edmond Prefontaine]] ([[Carillon (Manitoba riding)|Carillon]])== Prefontaine was elected in a two-candidate contest with 3,278 votes (75.48%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Francis Ferg]] ([[Cypress (Manitoba riding)|Cypress]])== Ferg finished in first place on the first count with 1,785 votes (45.39%), and was declared elected on the second count. See his biography page for more information. ==John Potoski ([[Dauphin (Manitoba riding)|Dauphin]])== Potoski became [[Reeve (Canada)|Reeve]] of the Rural Municipality of Dauphin in [[1945]], and continued to hold this position in [[1953]]. He won the nomination over William (Bill) Miller, a farmer from [[Spruce River, Manitoba|Spruce River]]. He finished second on the first count with 1,494 votes (28.83%), and lost on transfers to [[William Bullmore]] of the [[Manitoba Social Credit Party|Social Credit Party]]. Bullmore, interestingly, had been the [[Mayor]] of [[Dauphin, Manitoba|Dauphin]] until the previous year. Potoski ran again in the [[Manitoba general election, 1958|1958 provincial election]], and finished second against [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] candidate [[Stewart McLean]]. ==Robert E. Moffat ([[Deloraine—Glenwood]])== Moffat was a resident of [[Winnipeg]]. He was an economist and lawyer, and had previously served as chief advisor on economic affairs for the [[Douglas Lloyd Campbell|Douglas Campbell]] government. Moffat also been clerk of the Privy Council for Manitoba, but left the civil service when his legal career began. He was acclaimed for the Liberal-Progressive nomination in Deloraine—Glenwood after the only other candidate, Russell Barrett, withdrew from the contest. In the general election, he lost to Progressive Conservative incumbent [[James O. Argue]] in a straight two-candidate contest, receiving 1,594 votes (46.12%). Argue died in [[1955]], and a [[by-election]] was called in Deloraine—Glenwood for [[June 27]] of that year. Moffat was again the Liberal-Progressive candidate, and lost to Progressive Conservative newcomer [[Albert Draper]]. He contested the Winnipeg constituency of [[Osborne (Manitoba riding)|Osborne]] for the [[Manitoba general election, 1962|1962 provincial election]] as a Liberal, and finished second against Progressive Conservative incumbent [[Obie Baizley]]. ==[[Walter McDonald]] ([[Dufferin (Manitoba riding)|Dufferin]])== McDonald finished in first place on the first count with 1,833 votes (45.00%), and was declared elected on the second count. See his biography page for more information. ==Frank Casper ([[Emerson (Manitoba riding)|Emerson]])== Casper was a farmer in [[Ridgeville, Manitoba|Ridgeville]], a graduate of the [[University of Manitoba]] and a veteran of the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]. He was 35 years old at the time of the election, and had been president of the Emerson Liberal-Progressive Association since [[1949]]. He won the Liberal-Progressive nomination on [[April 21]], 1953, defeating incumbent legislator [[John Solomon (Manitoba politician)|John Solomon]]. Solomon's supporters subsequently alleged that the nomination meeting was conducted improperly, and Solomon himself entered the contest as an Independent Liberal-Progressive. This split divided the local association. The Liberal-Progressive Party took the position that the meeting was conducted properly, and endorsed Casper as their candidate. Casper finished second on the first count with 2,155 votes (45.81%), and was lost to Solomon on the second count. There were later allegations of vote tampering. When Solomon resigned from the legislature in [[1957]], Casper changed parties and won the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] nomination for a [[by-election]] on [[November 14]] of the same year. He lost to Liberal-Progressive candidate [[John Tanchak]] by about 175 votes. Casper ran against Tanchak again as a Progressive Conservative in the [[Manitoba general election, 1958|1958 provincial election]], and this time lost by 979 votes. ==[[Michael N. Hryhorczuk]] ([[Ethelbert (Manitoba riding)|Ethelbert]])== Hryhorczuk was elected on the first count with 1,948 votes (51.03%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[James Anderson (Manitoba politician)|James Anderson]] ([[Fairford (Manitoba riding)|Fairford]])== Anderson finished first on the first count with 1,072 votes (47.27%), and was declared elected on transfers. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Nicholas Bachynsky]] ([[Fisher (Manitoba riding)|Fisher]])== Bachynsky was elected on the first count with 1,554 votes (59.45%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Ray Mitchell]] ([[Gilbert Plains (Manitoba riding)|Gilbert Plains]])== Mitchell finished first on the first count with 1,069 votes (34.12%), and was declared elected on transfers. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Steinn O. Thompson]] ([[Gimli (Manitoba riding)|Gimli]])== Thompson was elected on the first count with 2,252 votes (67.97%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[William Morton (Manitoba politician)|William Morton]] ([[Gladstone (Manitoba riding)|Gladstone]])== Morton was the only candidate in the 1953 election to be returned without opposition. He sailed for [[England]] shortly after his re-election was confirmed, as a representative from Manitoba to the coronation of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Charles Shuttleworth]] ([[Hamiota (Manitoba riding)|Hamiota]])== Shuttleworth finished first on the first count with 1,599 votes (47.72%), and was declared elected on the second count. See his biography page for more information. ==C. Henry Jarvis ([[Iberville (Manitoba riding)|Iberville]])== Jarvis was a farmer in [[Dacotoh, Manitoba|Dacotoh]], and was 43 years old at the time of the election. He was educated at Kelvin Technical High School, and served in the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] for four years in [[World War II]]. He was the chair of the local school board at the time of his nomination, and was secretary of the Iberville Liberal-Progressive Association. Jarvis placed second on the first count with 1,247 votes (33.45%), and lost to [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] incumbent [[John McDowell (Manitoba politician)|John McDowell]] on the second count. ==J. Leslie Bodie ([[Kildonan—Transcona]])== Bodie was an industrial relations manager of the Dominion Bridge Company in Winnipeg, and was the [[Mayor]] of [[East Kildonan, Manitoba|East Kildonan]] at the time of the election. Early in 1953, he emerged as a prominent supporter of municipal ownership for the Winnipeg transit system. Bodie was initially a member of the [[Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]], but campaigned for the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in the [[Canadian federal election, 1949|1949 federal election]] as a candidate of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] in [[Springfield (electoral district)|Springfield]]. He finished third against [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate [[John Sylvester Sinnott]]. Bodie won the Liberal-Progressive nomination in [[1953]] over [[Bernie Wolfe]] and Frank Simmons. In the general election, he finished second on the first count with 4,394 votes (36.31%), and lost to [[Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation|Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]] candidate [[Russell Paulley]] on the second count. ==Cliff W. Landerkin ([[Killarney (Manitoba riding)|Killarney]])== Landerkin resided in [[Pilot Mound, Manitoba|Pilot Mound]] at the time of the election. He received 1,230 votes (33.41%) on the first count, and lost to Progressive Conservative candidate [[Abram Harrison]] on the second count. ==[[Douglas Lloyd Campbell|Douglas Campbell]] ([[Lakeside (Manitoba riding)|Lakeside]])== [[Premier of Manitoba|Premier]] Campbell was elected on the first count with 2,290 votes (56.13%), winning every poll in the constituency. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Matthew R. Sutherland]] ([[Lansdowne (Manitoba riding)|Lansdowne]])== Sutherland placed first on the first count with 2,014 votes (46.99%), and was declared elected on the second count. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Edmond Brodeur]] ([[La Verendrye (Manitoba riding)|La Verendrye]])== Brodeur was elected in a two-candidate contest with 2,203 votes (58.30%). See his biography page for more information. ==Chris D. McLean ([[Manitou-Morden (Manitoba riding)|Manitou-Morden]])== McLean was a farmer in [[Kaledia, Manitoba|Kaledia]], Manitoba. He finished in second place on the first count with 1,054 votes (30.84%), and was defeated on the second count by [[Hugh Morrison (Manitoba politician)|Hugh Morrison]] of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative Party]]. ==[[Henry S. Rungay]] ([[Minnedosa (Manitoba riding)|Minnedosa]])== Rungay served in the legislature from [[1948]] to [[1953]]. He finished first on the first count with 1,433 votes (36.92%), but fell behind on transfers and unexpectedly lost to [[Gilbert Hutton]] of the [[Social Credit Party of Manitoba|Social Credit Party]] on the second count. See his biography page for more information. ==Arthur S. Beaubien ([[Morris (Manitoba riding)|Morris]])== Beaubien was the son of [[Arthur-Lucien Beaubien]], who was a member of the [[Canadian House of Commons]] from [[1921]] to [[1940]], and served in the [[Canadian Senate]] from [[1940]] until his death in [[1969]]. The younger Beaubien was an insurance agent, and was the [[Reeve (Canada)|Reeve]] of [[Montcalm, Manitoba|Montcalm]] at the time of the election. He won the Liberal-Progressive nomination in 1953 over Henry Magerell, 69 votes to 57. In the general election, he finished second to Independent incumbent [[Harry Shewman]] on the first count with 1,191 votes (33.43%), and was defeated on the second count. ==[[Ivan Schultz]] ([[Mountain (Manitoba riding)|Mountain]])== Schultz, a [[cabinet minister]], was elected over two opponents with 1,851 votes (58.87%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Samuel Burch]] ([[Norfolk—Beautiful Plains]])== Burch finished first on the first count with 2,133 votes (43.60%) and was declared elected on transfers. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Charles Greenlay]] ([[Portage la Prairie (Manitoba riding)|Portage la Prairie]])== Greenlay finished first on the first count with 1,653 votes (43.89%), and was declared elected on transfers. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Wallace Miller]] ([[Rhineland (Manitoba riding)|Rhineland]])== Miller, a cabinet minister and former Progressive Conservative, was elected over two opponents with 1,608 votes (51.26%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Ronald Robertson]] ([[Roblin (Manitoba riding)|Roblin]])== Robertson was declared elected on the first count with 1,474 votes (50.26%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Roy Brown (Manitoba politician)|Roy Brown]] ([[Rupertsland (Manitoba riding)|Rupertsland]])== Brown finished first on the first count with 1,136 votes (49.31%), and was declared elected on the second count. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Thomas Hillhouse]] ([[St. Andrews (Manitoba riding)|St. Andrews]])== Hillhouse was elected on the first count with 2,938 votes (57.14%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Roger Teillet]] ([[St. Boniface (Manitoba riding)|St. Boniface]])== Teillet finished in first place on the first count, and retained this position to the sixth and final count when he was declared elected with 6,220 votes (31.80%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[L. Raymond Fennell]] (St. Boniface)== Fennell finished in second place on the first count, and retained this position to the sixth and final count to be declared elected for the second position. He received 4,886 votes (24.98%) on the last count. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Stanley Copp]] ([[St. Clements (Manitoba riding)|St. Clements]])== Copp won the Liberal-Progressive nomination by six votes over [[Fred Klym]]. Klym later entered the contest as an Independent Liberal-Progressive, but withdrew before election day. Copp was elected on the first count with 2,970 votes (51.19%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Christian Halldorson]] ([[St. George (Manitoba riding)|St. George]])== Halldorson was elected in a two-candidate contest with 1,695 votes (84.08%). See his biography page for more information. ==[[Gildas Molgat]] ([[Ste. Rose (Manitoba riding)|Ste. Rose]])== Molgat finished first on the first count with 1,369 votes (40.95%), and was declared elected on the second count. See his biography page for more information. ==[[William Lucko]] ([[Springfield (Manitoba riding)|Springfield]])== Lucko, a sitting MLA, won a contested nomination against Archie Wawryshyn of [[Tyndall, Manitoba|Tyndall]]. He placed first on the first count in the general election with 1,837 votes (47.78%), and was declared elected on the second count. See his biography page for more information. ==[[Francis Jobin]] ([[The Pas (Manitoba riding)|The Pas]])== Jobin was elected on the first count with 4,875 votes (60.42%). See his biography page for more information. ==Charles Gorrie ([[Turtle Mountain (Manitoba riding)|Turtle Mountain]])== Gorrie was the [[mayor]] of [[Wawanesa, Manitoba|Wawanesa]] at the time of the election. He finished second in Turtle Mountain with 883 votes (27.88%). The winner was [[Errick Willis]], leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative Party]]. ==Gordon A. Mooney ([[Virden (Manitoba riding)|Virden]])== Mooney was the nephew of [[Robert Mooney]], who served as the MLA for Virden from [[1922]] until his death in January 1953. He was a farmer in the Woodsworth District, served as [[Reeve (Canada)|Reeve]] of [[Pipestone, Manitoba|Pipestone]] from three years, and was a councillor for thirteen. He defeated James Clarke of [[Elkhorn, Manitoba|Elkhorn]] for the nomination. He received 1,621 votes (42.62%), losing to Progressive Conservative candidate [[John Thompson (Manitoba politician)|John Thompson]] in a straight two-way contest. ==[[Jack St. John]] ([[Winnipeg Centre (Manitoba riding)|Winnipeg Centre]])== St. John finished third on the first count, and was declared elected for the third position on the ninth count with 5,119 votes (24.88%). See his biography page for more information. ==Nan Murphy (Winnipeg Centre)== Murphy was a prominent school trustee in Winnipeg at the time of the election, and was also Winnipeg's representative on the Manitoba School Trustees's board of directors. She was a member of the [[Civic Election Committee]] at the municipal level. Murphy finished sixth on the first count with 1,565 votes (7.61%), and remained in this position throughout the counting process. She was eliminated following the eighth count with 1,991 votes (9.68%). Murphy was re-elected to the Winnipeg School Board later in the year, topping the polls for Ward Two in the [[Winnipeg municipal election, 1953|1953 Winnipeg municipal election]]. She ran for the Manitoba legislature again in the [[Manitoba general election, 1958|1958 provincial election]], after the multi-member constituencies of Winnipeg were eliminated and replaced with single-member divisions. Murphy finished third in [[St. Matthews (Manitoba riding)|St. Matthews]], finished 994 votes behind [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] candidate [[William G. Martin]]. ==David A. Graham (Winnipeg Centre)== Graham was a health inspector. He was on the left-wing of the Liberal-Progressive Party, and supported several initiatives also favoured by the [[socialist]] [[Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation|Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]]. Graham was a defender of rent controls within Winnipeg, supported slum clearance, and argued that Winnipeg should have 17 to 18 representatives in the legislature. He campaigned for the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in the [[Canadian federal election, 1945|1945 federal election]] as a candidate of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]], and lost to [[Cooperative Commonwealth Federation|CCF]] incumbent [[Stanley Knowles]] by 10,243 votes. Graham finished eighth on the first count in 1953 with 831 votes (4.04%), and was eliminated following the fifth count with 879 votes (4.27%). He ran again in the [[Manitoba general election, 1958|1958 provincial election]], and finished third in [[Assiniboia (Manitoba riding)|Assiniboia]] against [[Donovan Swailes]] of the CCF. He campaigned for the provincial legislature a third time in the [[Manitoba general election, 1959|1959 election]], and this time finished third against [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] candidate [[Douglas Stanes]] in the [[St. James (Manitoba riding)|St. James]]. ''Note: The Liberal-Progressives nominated three candidates in Winnipeg Centre. St. John, Murphy and Graham won the nomination over barrister Arthur Schroeder and incumbent [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) [[Paul Bardal]], who was ill at the time of the meeting.'' ==[[Alex Turk]] ([[Winnipeg North (Manitoba riding)|Winnipeg North]])== Turk, a local wrestling promoter, finished seventh on the first count with 1,622 votes (7.50%). He performed well on transfers, however, and was unexpectedly elected to the fourth position on the eighth count with 3,134 votes (14.50%). See his biography page for more information. ==John Michael Kozoriz (Winnipeg North)== Kozoriz was a teacher, and a perennial candidate for office. He first campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in the [[Manitoba general election, 1949|1949 provincial election]], and placed fifth in Winnipeg North on the first count with 1,804 votes. He remained in fifth place on the eighth and final count with 2,809 votes, some distance behind the fourth-place candidate. In 1953, Kozoriz finished fourth on the first count with 1,863 votes (8.62%), but fell behind on transfers and once again finished fifth on the final count with 3,082 votes (14.26%). He was narrowly defeated for the fourth position by fellow Liberal-Progressive Alex Turk. Kozoriz ran a third time in the [[Manitoba general election, 1959|1959 provincial election]], in the single-member constituency of [[Logan (Manitoba riding)|Logan]]. He finished third, against [[Lemuel Harris]] of the [[Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation|Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]]. He ran a fourth time in the [[Manitoba general election, 1962|1962 election]], and came within 209 votes of defeating [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|New Democratic Party]] incumbent [[Steve Peters (Manitoba politician)|Steve Peters]] in [[Elmwood (Manitoba riding)|Elmwood]]. Kozoriz campaigned a fifth time in the [[Manitoba general election, 1966|1966 election]], and fell to third place in Elmwood against NDP newcomer [[Russell Doern]]. He again finished third against Doern in the [[Manitoba general election, 1969|1969 election]], as the NDP took office for the first time with a [[minority government]]. ==John J. Kelsch Sr. (Winnipeg North)== Kelsch was a plumbing and heating contractor in Winnipeg. He finished eighth on the first count with 1,173 votes (5.43%), and was eliminated after the third count with 1,282 votes (5.93%). ''Turk, Kozoriz and Kelsch were nominated for Winnipeg North on [[April 15]], 1953, defeating former Winnipeg alderman [[E.A. Brotman]]. Brotman later entered the race as an Independent Liberal-Progressive.'' ==[[Ronald Turner]] ([[Winnipeg South (Manitoba riding)|Winnipeg South]])== Turner, a prominent cabinet minister, first in first place on the first count and was declared elected with 8,007 votes (27.49%), the highest total of any candidate in the province and well over the 20% quota. See his biography page for more information. ==George P. Macleod (Winnipeg South)== Macleod was educated at the [[University of Manitoba]], and received a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree. He was made a [[King's Counsel]] in [[1945]]. Macleod served for eight years on the Winnipeg School Board, and was its chair for two. He also served on the Winnipeg city council from [[1951]] to [[1953]], representing Ward One. He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 1952, after placing fourth out of four candidates. (Each ward elected three members by the [[single transferable vote]].) In the 1953 election, Macleod argued that Winnipeg deserved greater representation in the legislature. He placed sixth on the first count with 1,806 votes (6.20%), and finished fifth on the seventh and final count with 3,889 votes (13.35%). He was 59 years old at the time of the election. [[Category:Candidates in Manitoba provincial elections|*]]