This was the first election held in Manitoba after the breakup of a ten-year coalition government led by the Liberal-Progressives and Progressive Conservatives.

The result of the election was a convincing victory for the Liberal-Progressive government of Premier Douglas Campbell, which won thirty-two of fifty-seven seats although with but 39 percent of the vote overall.

The Progressive Conservatives, led by Errick Willis, saw their representation in the legislature increase from nine to twelve members.

Willis had been a prominent cabinet minister in the coalition government, and many questioned the sincerity of his new-found opposition to Campbell's ministry.

The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) suffered a disappointment under new leader Lloyd Stinson, falling from seven seats to five.

During the campaign, the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper devoted considerable attention to the return of the Social Credit Party in Manitoba.

The party had not contested the previous provincial election, but was buoyed by the recent Social Credit victory in British Columbia and ran several candidates.

The actual threat posed by Social Credit was minimal: only two of its candidates were elected, although it did receive 13 percent of the vote.

Ethelbert: Fairford: First Count Joseph H. Kacher entered the contest as an Independent Liberal-Progressive, but withdrew before election day.

Fisher: Gilbert Plains: First Count Brown and Elliott were eliminated, and their votes were transferred as follows: Mitchell 239, Wilson 222.

Portage la Prairie: First Count Rempel was eliminated, and his votes were transferred as follows: Warren 200, Greenlay 94.

St. Andrews: St. Clements: Fred Klym entered the contest as an Independent Liberal Progressive candidate, but withdrew before election day.

The Pas: Turtle Mountain: Virden: Eric Bailey was nominated for the Social Credit Party, but withdrew before election day.

The election in Rupertsland was deferred to July 6, due to the difficulties of enumeration in this vast northern constituency.

Rose was also deferred to July 6, after incumbent Liberal-Progressive candidate Maurice Dane MacCarthy died on the eve of the general election.

Rupertsland (deferred to July 6, 1953): First Count The Progressive Conservatives initially nominated E.G. Perry, but he withdrew from the contest and endorsed Brown.

There are minor discrepancies between these sources for the Social Credit vote count in Brandon City, Manitou-Morden, Rockwood and Swan River.

The sources also disagree as to the candidate order for Minnedosa on the first count (although both agree that Gilbert Hutton was subsequently elected).

This paper made an obvious error in reporting Lloyd Stinson's fifth-vote count, which has been corrected here.

Social Credit also planned to stay out of the elections, until Roger Poiron entered the Mountain poll without consulting the provincial party.

Mountain had previously been regarded as one of the safest Liberal-Progressive seats in the province, and Boulic's performance was unexpectedly strong.

Clark received most of his support from Mountain's Anglophone majority and large Flemish community, while Boulic did well among French Canadians, who made up about one third of the voters.