On August 15, 1950, Progressive Conservative leader Errick Willis resigned his seat in cabinet. The party formally left the coalition later in the summer, and John McDowell, Hugh Morrison and Dufferin Roblin joined the party caucus. Some Progressive Conservative MLAs opposed their party's decision, and chose to remain with the coalition side. Charles Greenlay and Wallace C. Miller chose to remain in cabinet, while James Argue and Joseph Donaldson sat as pro-coalition independents. Argue rejoined the Progressive Conservatives in 1953, while Donaldson resigned his seat. Thomas Seens did not initially support the party's decision to leave the coalition, but sat with the Progressive Conservatives in the legislature. Ronald Robertson and Edmond Prefontaine rejoined the Liberal-Progressives, while independents Rod Clement and Walter Weir also remained on the government side. Harry Shewman appears to have sided with the opposition.
St. Andrews (dec.
James McLenaghen, June 23, 1950), October 24, 1950: •
Thomas P. Hillhouse (LP) 2366 •
William Earl Gordon (CCF) 1513 • Veitch (PC) 1187
St. Clements (dec.
Nicholas Stryk, 1950), October 24, 1950: •
Albert Trapp (LP) 2729 • Wasylyk (CCF) 560 •
Andrew Bileski (LPP) 254
Brandon City (res.
Joseph Donaldson, April 18, 1951), January 21, 1952: •
Reginald Lissaman (PC) 3223 •
Alex McPhail (LP) 2233 • Spafford (CCF) 1305
La Verendrye (dec.
Sauveur Marcoux, November 16, 1951), January 21, 1952: •
Edmond Brodeur (LP) 2334 • Arpin (PC) 1363
Winnipeg South (res.
Charles Rhodes Smith, 1952)
St. Clements (dec.
Albert Trapp, January 9, 1953)
Cypress (dec.
James Christie, January 19, 1953)
Virden (dec.
Robert Mooney, January 30, 1953)
Ste. Rose (dec.
Maurice MacCarthy, June 8, 1953) ==Further reading==