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

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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

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

| Member  | Electoral district  | Party[5] | First elected / previously elected

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| 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 | 1941
| 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

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None.

## References

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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.

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