Liberal-Progressive Party candidates in the 1953 Manitoba provincial election

Unusually for an incumbent, Pitt faced three challengers for the Liberal-Progressive nomination in 1953, defeating K. Williams of Melita, F.C.

In the general election, Pitt lost to J. Arthur Ross of the Progressive Conservative Party in a straight two-way contest, receiving 1,440 votes (42.86%).

He finished second on the first count with 1,494 votes (28.83%), and lost on transfers to William Bullmore of the Social Credit Party.

Potoski ran again in the 1958 provincial election, and finished second against Progressive Conservative candidate Stewart McLean.

[1] He was an economist and lawyer, and had previously served as chief advisor on economic affairs for the Douglas Campbell government.

Moffat also been clerk of the Privy Council for Manitoba, but left the civil service when his legal career began.

Moffat was again the Liberal-Progressive candidate, and lost to Progressive Conservative newcomer Albert Draper.

He contested the Winnipeg constituency of Osborne for the 1962 provincial election as a Liberal, and finished second against Progressive Conservative incumbent Obie Baizley.

Casper was a farmer in Ridgeville, a graduate of the University of Manitoba and a veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

He won the Liberal-Progressive nomination on April 21, 1953, defeating incumbent legislator John Solomon.

The Liberal-Progressive Party took the position that the meeting was conducted properly, and endorsed Casper as their candidate.

When Solomon resigned from the legislature in 1957, Casper changed parties and won the Progressive Conservative nomination for a by-election on November 14 of the same year.

Casper ran against Tanchak again as a Progressive Conservative in the 1958 provincial election, and this time lost by 979 votes.

He sailed for England shortly after his re-election was confirmed, as a representative from Manitoba to the coronation of Elizabeth II.

He was educated at Kelvin Technical High School, and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force for four years in World War II.

He was the chair of the local school board at the time of his nomination, and was secretary of the Iberville Liberal-Progressive Association.

Bodie was an industrial relations manager of the Dominion Bridge Company in Winnipeg, and was the Mayor of East Kildonan at the time of the election.

Lucko, a sitting MLA, won a contested nomination against Archie Wawryshyn of Tyndall.

He was a farmer in the Woodsworth District, served as Reeve of Pipestone from three years, and was a councillor for thirteen.

He received 1,621 votes (42.62%), losing to Progressive Conservative candidate John Thompson in a straight two-way contest.

She ran for the Manitoba legislature again in the 1958 provincial election, after the multi-member constituencies of Winnipeg were eliminated and replaced with single-member divisions.

He was on the left-wing of the Liberal-Progressive Party, and supported several initiatives also favoured by the socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.

St. John, Murphy and Graham won the nomination over barrister Arthur Schroeder and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Paul Bardal, who was ill at the time of the meeting.

He performed well on transfers, however, and was unexpectedly elected to the fourth position on the eighth count with 3,134 votes (14.50%).

He first campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in the 1949 provincial election, and placed fifth in Winnipeg North on the first count with 1,804 votes.

He remained in fifth place on the eighth and final count with 2,809 votes, some distance behind the fourth-place candidate.

He ran a fourth time in the 1962 election, and came within 209 votes of defeating New Democratic Party incumbent Steve Peters in Elmwood.

Kozoriz campaigned a fifth time in the 1966 election, and fell to third place in Elmwood against NDP newcomer Russell Doern.

Turner, a prominent cabinet minister, first in first place on the first count and was declared elected with 8,007 votes (27.49%), the highest total of any candidate in the province and well over the 20% quota.