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1962 Manitoba general election

The 1962 Manitoba general election was held on December 14, 1962 to elect 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a majority victory for the incumbent Progressive Conservatives under the leadership of Premier Dufferin Roblin, securing a third term for the party.

Roblin's Tories won 36 seats versus 13 for the Liberals led by Gildas Molgat, 7 for the social democratic New Democrats led by Russell Paulley, and 1 seat for the Social Credit Party led by Jacob Froese.

The Communist Party ran two candidates, neither being successful.

Detailed Results

Summary

Northern Manitoba

|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Churchill || |Gordon Beard<br />2,170 | |Francis Jobin<br />1,973 | | || |John Ingebrigtson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Flin Flon || |Charles Witney<br />2,375 | |Eli Ross<br />1,175 | |Fred Ledieu<br />448 || |Charles Witney |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rupertsland || |Joseph Jeannotte<br />2,329 | |Reginald McKay<br />515 | |Thomas Hamilton<br />461 || |Joseph Jeannotte |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|The Pas || |John Carroll<br />2,484 | |Adam Deminick<br />1,497 | |Rachael Schewchuk<br />430 || |John Carroll

Southern Manitoba

|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Arthur || |J. Douglas Watt<br />2,629 | |Harry Patmore<br />1,861 | | | | || |J. Douglas Watt |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Birtle-Russell || |Robert Smellie<br />2,676 | |Victor Fulton<br />1,701 | |Arnold Minish<br />704 | | || |Robert Smellie |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Brandon || |Reginald Lissaman<br />4,771 | |James Creighton<br />3,182 | |Hans Fries<br />1542 | |Harold Wright<br />535 || |Reginald Lissaman |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Brokenhead | |Richard Mulder<br />1,314 | |Max Dubas<br />971 || |Ed Schreyer<br />1,910 | | || |Ed Schreyer |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Carillon | |Peter Thiessen<br />1,278 || |Leonard Barkman<br />2,116 | | | |Edward Dubois<br />811 || |Edmond Prefontaine |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cypress || |Thelma Forbes<br />2,746 | |Welland Stonehouse<br />1,928 | | | |Charles Turner<br />267 || |Thelma Forbes |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dauphin || |Stewart McLean<br />3,247 | |John Seale<br />1,801 | | | | || |Stewart McLean |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dufferin || |William Homer Hamilton<br />2,542 | |R.G. Douglas<br />1,309 | | | | || |William Homer Hamilton |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Emerson | |Michael Sokolyk<br />1,964 || |John Tanchak<br />2,545 | | | | || |John Tanchak |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Ethelbert Plains | |James Crowe<br />1,376 || |Michael Hryhorczuk<br />1,930 | |A. Clifford Matthews<br />706 | | || |Michael Hryhorczuk |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fisher || |Emil Moeller<br />1,410 | |Arthur Dublin<br />1,076 | |Peter Wagner<br />1,323 | | || |Peter Wagner |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gimli || |George Johnson<br />2,316 | |Don Martin<br />794 | |Magnus Eliason<br />917 | | || |George Johnson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gladstone | |Jack McPhedran<br />2,020 || |Nelson Shoemaker<br />2,868 | |Fred Cooks<br />249 | | || |Nelson Shoemaker |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Hamiota || |Barry Strickland<br />2,573 | |Frank Taylor<br />2,015 | |M.S. Antonation<br />329 | | || |Barry Strickland |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lac du Bonnet || |Oscar Bjornson<br />1,740 | |John Ateah<br />1,264 | |John Bracken<br />843 | | || |Oscar Bjornson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lakeside | |John Frederick Bate<br />1,452 || |Douglas Campbell<br />2,009 | |H.C. Alfen<br />207 | | || |Douglas Campbell |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|La Verendrye | |Rene Prefontaine<br />1,086 || |Albert Vielfaure<br />1,394 | | | |Raymond Thuot<br />719 || |Stan Roberts |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Minnedosa || |Walter Weir<br />2,828 | |Frank Anderson<br />1,536 | |John Lee<br />472 | |C.V. Hutton<br />456 || |Walter Weir |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Morris || |Harry Shewman<br />1,648 | |Phil Perron<br />1,126 | | | |Wilbur Tinkler<br />609 || |Harry Shewman |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Pembina || |Carolyne Morrison<br />2,436 | |Charles Cousins<br />2,225 | | | | || |Carolyne Morrison |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Portage la Prairie | |John Christianson<br />2,124 || |Gordon Johnston<br />2,414 | |Francis Mason<br />220 | | || |John Christianson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rhineland | |A.J. Thissen<br />1,478 | |J.H. Pennber<br />791 | | || |Jacob Froese<br />1,511 || |Jacob Froese |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Roblin || |Keith Alexander<br />2,205 | |Charles Filowich<br />1,530 | |Ray Taylor<br />645 | | || |Keith Alexander |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rock Lake || |Abram Harrison<br />2,444 | |Harry Parsonage<br />2,015 | |J.A. Potter<br />257 | | || |Abram Harrison |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rockwood-Iberville || |George Hutton<br />2,594 | |C.E. Crawford<br />1,256 | |Samuel Cranston<br />471 | | || |George Hutton |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. George | |John Hjalmasson<br />1,210 || |Elman Guttormson<br />2,451 | | | | || |Elman Guttormson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Ste. Rose | |J.A. Fletcher<br />1,467 || |Gildas Molgat<br />2,648 | |Leon Hoefer<br />147 | | || |Gildas Molgat |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Selkirk | |Ben Massey<br />1,527 || |Thomas P. Hillhouse<br />2,104 | |Robert Luining<br />579 | | || |Thomas P. Hillhouse |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Souris-Lansdowne || |Malcolm McKellar<br />2,471 | |D.L. Barclay<br />1,532 | | | | || |Malcolm McKellar |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Springfield || |Fred Klym<br />1,993 | |William Lucko<br />1,562 | | | |Harold Patzer<br />429 || |Fred Klym |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Swan River || |James Bilton<br />2,350 | |Elmir Simms<br />1,004 | |M.G. Hofford<br />718 | | || |Albert H.C. Corbett |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Turtle Mountain || |Peter J. McDonald<br />2,788 | |Edward Dow<br />1,973 | | | |C.R. Baskerville<br />691 || |Edward Dow |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Virden || |Donald McGregor<br />2,828 | |Malcolm McGregor<br />1,323 | | | |J.J. Morton<br />450 || |John Thompson |-

Winnipeg

|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Assiniboia | |George Johnson<br />2,993 || |Stephen Patrick<br />3,232 | |Al Mackling<br />1,978 | | || |George Johnson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burrows | |Peter Okrainec<br />747 || |Mark Smerchanski<br />1,791 | |John Hawryluk<br />1,502 | |Andrew Bileski (Comm.)<br />517 || |John Hawryluk |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Elmwood | |Don Thompson<br />1,737 | |John Kozoriz<br />1,815 || |Steve Peters<br />2,024 | | || |Steve Peters |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort Garry || |Sterling Lyon<br />4,721 | |David Bowles<br />2,828 | |Cliff Brownridge<br />1,168 | | || |Sterling Lyon |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort Rouge || |Gurney Evans<br />3,507 | |Brock McArthur<br />2,128 | |William Reid<br />990 | | || |Gurney Evans |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Inkster | |Mary Wayrykaw<br />1,497 | |John Shanski<br />2,081 || |Morris Gray<br />2,658 | | || |Morris Gray |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kildonan || |James Mills<br />3,176 | |Ernie Rudolph<br />2,751 | |A.J. Reid<br />3,172 | |John De Fehr (SC)<br />452 || |A.J. Reid |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Logan | |Uberta Blackburn<br />1,126 | |Thomas Blaine<br />1,006 || |Lemuel Harris<br />1,462 | | || |Lemuel Harris |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Osborne || |Obie Baizley<br />3,025 | |Robert E. Moffat<br />1,871 | |Jim Buchanan<br />1,523 | | || |Obie Baizley |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Radisson | |Nelson McLean<br />2,712 | |Nick Slotek<br />3,169 || |Russell Paulley<br />4,032 | | || |Russell Paulley |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|River Heights || |Maitland Steinkopf<br />5,044 | |Roy Matas<br />3,941 | | | | || |W.B. Scarth |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Boniface | |Brunelle Leveille<br />1,937 || |Laurent Desjardins<br />4,175 | |Ian Wright<br />662 | | || |Laurent Desjardins |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. James || |Douglas Stanes<br />2,707 | |Dave Johnston<br />2,202 | |William Hardy<br />1,239 | | || |Douglas Stanes |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Johns | |M. Baryluk<br />1,236 | |Ed Pollack<br />1,229 || |Saul Cherniack<br />1,796 | |Saul Simkin (Comm.)<br />299<br />F.P. Bashchak (Ind.-Lib.-Lab.)<br />111<br />Sam Bordman (Ind.)<br />54 || |David Orlikow |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Matthews || |William Martin<br />2,485 | |Don Cook<br />1,771 | |Gordon Fines<br />1,386 | | || |William Martin |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Vital || |Fred Groves<br />3,626 | |Doug Honeyman<br />2,605 | |Clare Martineau<br />1,023 | |Fred Brennan (Ind.)<br />795 || |Fred Groves |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Seven Oaks | |Jack Chapman<br />2,635 | |Calvin Scarfe<br />1,600 || |Arthur E. Wright<br />3,095 | | || |Arthur E. Wright |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Wellington || |Richard Seaborn<br />2,422 | |Gurzon Havey<br />1,391 | |Lloyd Stinson<br />2,202 | | || |Richard Seaborn |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Winnipeg Centre || |James Cowan<br />2,779 | |Frank Lamont<br />1,684 | |Donovan Swailes<br />1,016 | | || |James Cowan |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Wolseley || |Dufferin Roblin<br />3,207 | |Russ Davis<br />1,559 | |Ed Stefaniuk<br />798 | | || |Dufferin Roblin |-

By-elections 1962 to 1966

|- style="background-color:white" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=3 |Total valid votes ! style="text-align:right;" |9,441 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2 |100

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