25th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 25th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1958. The legislature sat from October 23, 1958, to March 31, 1959.[1]

The Progressive Conservative Party led by Duff Roblin[1] formed a minority government.[2]

Douglas Lloyd Campbell of the Liberal-Progressive Party was Leader of the Opposition.[3]

Abram Harrison served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

In March 1959, Roblin decided to consider a defeat on a procedural motion as a vote of no confidence and called for a new election.[2]

There were two sessions of the 25th Legislature:[1]

Session Start End
1st October 23, 1958 November 7, 1958
2nd March 12, 1959 March 31, 1959

John Stewart McDiarmid was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1958:[1]

Member Electoral district Party[5] First elected / previously elected
  John Cobb Arthur Progressive Conservative 1958
  Donovan Swailes Assiniboia CCF 1945
  Rodney Clement Birtle-Russell Liberal-Progressive 1949
  Reginald Lissaman Brandon Progressive Conservative 1952
  Edward Schreyer Brokenhead CCF 1958
  John Hawryluk Burrows CCF 1958
  Edmond Prefontaine Carillon Liberal-Progressive 1935
  Edward Joseph Williams Churchill Progressive Conservative 1958
  Marcel Boulic Cypress Progressive Conservative 1958
  Stewart McLean Dauphin Progressive Conservative 1958
  Walter McDonald Dufferin Liberal-Progressive 1949
  Steve Peters Elmwood CCF 1958
  John Tanchak Emerson Liberal-Progressive 1957
  Michael Hryhorczuk Ethelbert Plains Liberal-Progressive 1949
  Peter Wagner Fisher CCF 1958
  Francis Jobin Flin Flon Liberal-Progressive 1949
  Sterling Lyon Fort Garry Progressive Conservative 1958
  Gurney Evans Fort Rouge Progressive Conservative 1953
  George Johnson Gimli Progressive Conservative 1958
  Nelson Shoemaker Gladstone Liberal-Progressive 1958
  Barry Strickland Hamiota Progressive Conservative 1958
  Morris Gray Inkster CCF 1949
  Anthony J. Reid Kildonan CCF 1958
  Arthur A. Trapp Lac du Bonnet Liberal-Progressive 1958
  Douglas Lloyd Campbell Lakeside Liberal-Progressive 1922
  Stan Roberts La Verendrye Liberal-Progressive 1958
  Stephen Juba Logan Independent 1953
  Charles Shuttleworth Minnedosa Liberal-Progressive 1949
  Harold Shewman Morris Progressive Conservative 1949
  Lloyd Stinson Osborne CCF 1945
  Maurice Ridley Pembina Progressive Conservative 1957
  Charles Greenlay Portage la Prairie Liberal-Progressive 1943
  Russell Paulley Radisson CCF 1953
  Wallace C. Miller Rhineland Liberal-Progressive 1936
  William B. Scarth River Heights Progressive Conservative 1958
  Keith Alexander Roblin Progressive Conservative 1958
  Abram Harrison Rock Lake Progressive Conservative 1943
  Robert Bend Rockwood—Iberville Liberal-Progressive 1949
  Joseph Jeannotte Rupertsland Progressive Conservative 1958
  Roger Teillet St. Boniface Liberal-Progressive 1953
  Elman Guttormson St. George Liberal-Progressive 1956
  Douglas Stanes St. James Progressive Conservative 1958
  David Orlikow St. Johns CCF 1958
  William G. Martin St. Matthews Progressive Conservative 1958
  Fred Groves St. Vital Progressive Conservative 1958
  Gildas Molgat Ste. Rose Liberal-Progressive 1953
  Thomas P. Hillhouse Selkirk Liberal-Progressive 1950
  Arthur E. Wright Seven Oaks CCF 1958
  Malcolm Earl McKellar Souris-Lansdowne Progressive Conservative 1958
  William Lucko Springfield Liberal-Progressive 1949
  Albert H. C. Corbett Swan River Progressive Conservative 1958
  John Carroll The Pas Progressive Conservative 1958
  Errick Willis Turtle Mountain Progressive Conservative 1936
  John Thompson Virden Progressive Conservative 1953
  Richard Seaborn Wellington Progressive Conservative 1958
  James Cowan Winnipeg Centre Progressive Conservative 1958
  Dufferin Roblin Wolseley Progressive Conservative 1949

Notes:


By-elections

None.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Members of the Twenty-Fifth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1958–1959)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  2. ^ a b Ferguson, Barry; Wardhaugh, Robert (2010). Manitoba Premiers of the 19th and 20th Centuries. University of Regina Press. p. 244. ISBN 0889772169. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
  3. ^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  4. ^ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  5. ^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.