1958 Manitoba general election


The 1958 Manitoba general election was held on June 16, 1958 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.
This election was the first in Manitoba after a comprehensive electoral redistribution in 1956. The redistribution saw the city of Winnipeg abandon its three four-member districts and adopt 20 single-member constituencies, to gain increased representation in the legislature. As well the other districts in the province had dropped the Alternative Voting system and simply used the plurality first past the post system from here on.
It resulted in a minority victory for the Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won twenty-six seats, while Premier Douglas Campbell's Liberal-Progressives were reduced to second-place status with nineteen. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation held the balance of power with eleven seats, and independent Stephen Juba was also elected in Winnipeg. Both Social Credit and the Labour Progressive Party lost their legislative representation.
After the election, the Liberal-Progressives attempted to form a coalition with the CCF to remain in power. The CCF rejected this offer, and allowed Roblin's Tories to form government, ending 36 years of Progressive and Liberal-Progressive led governments in Manitoba. Although the Progressive Conservatives had been part of a coalition government with the Liberal-Progressives from 1940 to 1950, this was the first time since 1915 that they had formed an administration on their own.
This minority parliament proved unstable, and Roblin's government was defeated in the legislature in early 1959. Manitobans returned to the polls shortly thereafter.

Results

Riding results

Party key:
denotes incumbent.
Arthur:
Assiniboia:
Birtle-Russell:
Brandon:
Brokenhead:
Burrows:
Carillon:
Churchill:
Dauphin:
Dufferin:
Elmwood:
Emerson:
Ethelbert Plains:
Fisher:
Flin Flon:
Fort Garry:
Fort Rouge:
Gimli:
Gladstone:
Hamiota:
Inkster:
Kildonan:
Lac Du Bonnet:
Lakeside:
La Verendrye:
Logan:
Minnedosa:
Morris:
Osborne:
Pembina:
Portage la Prairie:
Radisson:
Rhineland:
River Heights:
Roblin:
Rock Lake:
Rockwood-Iberville:
Rupertsland:
St. Boniface:
St. George:
St. James:
St. Johns:
St. Matthews:
St. Vital:
Ste. Rose:
Selkirk:
Seven Oaks:
Souris-Lansdowne:
Springfield:
Swan River:
The Pas:
Turtle Mountain:
Virden:
Wellington:
Winnipeg Centre:
Wolseley: