While they managed to nominate a large number of candidates in Manitoba, they were unable to repeat their success.
Eric Bailey was nominated as a Social Credit candidate in Virden, but withdrew before election day.
He finished second to Liberal-Progressive candidate Edmond Prefontaine in a two-candidate contest, receiving 1,065 votes (24.52%).
Loeppky defeated Winkler principal Peter Brown and Homewood farmer Ivan Langtry.
Loeppky himself appears to have been surprised by the nomination, and a Winnipeg Free Press report from April 28, 1953, describes him as "slightly bewildered" in delivering his acceptance speech.
Brown was a prominent local figure, who had served as Mayor of Gilbert Plains and was a member of the hospital board.
He worked as a farm implement dealer, and formerly edited the Gilbert Plains Maple Leaf newspaper.
He was 34 years old at the time of the election, and had served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II.
He received 786 votes (19.26%), finishing second against Liberal-Progressive candidate Douglas Campbell, the Premier of Manitoba.
He lost to Liberal-Progressive candidate Edmond Brodeur in a two-candidate contest, receiving 1,576 votes (41.70%).
Progressive Conservative candidate Hugh Morrison was declared elected on the second count.
[1] He was a resident of St. Boniface for most of his life, and worked a receiving station agent (telegraph operator) with Canadian National Railways.
Lafreniere later campaigned for the Social Credit Party of Canada in the 1957 federal election, in the St. Boniface riding.
He received 4,247 votes in Portage—Neepawa, finishing third against Progressive Conservative candidate George Clark Fairfield.
Rempel was 45 years old at the time of the election, and was a foreman with the Canadian Pacific Railway.
He won the nomination over Arnold Hiebert, a lumber merchant from Plum Coulee.
He served with the Canadian Army in World War II, and was wounded in France in 1944.
Toutant first campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in the 1941 provincial election, as a Social Credit candidate opposing the coalition government of the day.
He was defeated in Fairford by Liberal-Progressive candidate Stuart Garson, a prominent cabinet minister.
Independent Liberal-Progressive candidate Rodney S. Clement finished first on the first count, and was elected on transfers.
He lost his council seat in the 1952 municipal election, falling to Kenneth A. Davidson by a margin of 611 votes to 383.
He initially tried for the Social Credit nomination in Morris, but lost to Wilbert James Tinkler.
He lost St. George against Liberal-Progressive Christian Halldorson in a straight two-candidate contest, receiving 321 votes (15.92%).
Storsley was a farmer, and had served on the town council of Beausejour for five years prior to the 1953 election.
Downs required four ballots to win the Social Credit nomination, defeating Swan River Mayor George E. Scalf, W.I.
Later in the same year, Downs ran for the Social Credit Party of Canada in the northern Manitoba riding of Churchill for the 1953 federal election.
His nomination was arranged by leaders of the Social Credit Party, rather than by a local convention.
The winner was Errick Willis, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.
He was the highest-ranking Social Credit candidate in Winnipeg Centre for the 1953 election, receiving 763 votes (3.71%) on the first count.
Johnson used the campaign slogan, "For Progress with Leadership, Vote Social Credit".