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Roblin's Tories won 36 seats, against 11 for the Liberal-Progressives (commonly known as Liberals), and 10 for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation . CCF leader Lloyd Stinson was defeated in his own riding.

The Manitoba Social Credit Party did not contest this election. A few months later, it regained a foothold in the legislature by winning a By-election .


RESULTS


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RIDING RESULTS


Party key:


(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur :


Assiniboia :


Birtle-Russell :


Brandon :


Brokenhead :


Burrows :


Carillon :


Churchill :


Cypress :


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 :


Ste. Rose :


St. Vital :


Selkirk :


Seven Oaks :


Souris-Lansdowne :


Springfield :


Swan River :


The Pas :


Turtle Mountain :


Virden :


Wellington :


Winnipeg Centre :


Wolseley :


post-election changes:

Arthur (dec. John Cobb , August 21 , 1959 ), November 26 , 1959 :


Cypress (dec. Marcel Boulic , September 23 , 1959 ), November 26 , 1959 :


Rhineland (dec. Wallace C. Miller , October 4 , 1959 ), November 26 , 1959 :


Turtle Mountain ( Errick Willis appointed as Lieutenant Governor Of Manitoba , late 1959), November 26 , 1959 :


Pembina (dec. Maurice Ridley , October 2 , 1960 ), December 9 , 1960 :


The Liberal-Progressives formally became known as Liberals on April 19 , {Link without Title} ]. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation dissolved later in the year, and was replaced by the New Democratic Party Of Manitoba .

La Verendrye (res. Stan Roberts , May 1962 )

St. Johns (res. David Orlikow , May 1962 )

Virden (res. John Thompson , October 24 , 1962 )