Manitoba general election, 1973
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The Manitoba General Election of June 28, 1973 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 of the Province of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was won by the social-democratic New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party of Manitoba
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...

, which took 31 of 57 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

 finished second with 21, while the Manitoba Liberal Party
Manitoba Liberal Party
The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

 took the remaining five.

A right-of-centre municipal organization known as the Independent Citizens' Election Committee convinced the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties to avoid competing against each other in certain Winnipeg-area ridings, such that a single "anti-socialist" alternative to the NDP could be offered. This campaign was generally unsuccessful.

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular Vote
1969
Manitoba general election, 1969
The Manitoba General Election of June 25, 1969 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was a watershed moment in the province's political history. The social-democratic New Democratic Party emerged for the first time as the largest party in...

Elected % Change # % Change
New Democratic
New Democratic Party of Manitoba
The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...

Edward Schreyer
Edward Schreyer
Edward Richard Schreyer , commonly known as Ed Schreyer, is a Canadian politician, diplomat, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 22nd since Canadian Confederation....

57 28 31 +10.7% 197,585 42.31% +4.04
Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

Sidney Spivak
Sidney Spivak
Sidney Spivak was a Manitoba politician. He was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir and Sterling Lyon, and was himself leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 1971 to 1975.Spivak was born to a Jewish family in Winnipeg, and was educated at...

52 22 21 -4.5% 171,553 36.73% +1.17
Liberal
Manitoba Liberal Party
The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

Israel Asper
50 5 5 - 88,907 19.04% -4.95
Social Credit
Manitoba Social Credit Party
The Manitoba Social Credit Party was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit....

Jacob Froese
Jacob Froese
Jacob Froese was a politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba. He was the province's only Social Credit MLA between 1959 and 1973, and was the party's leader for most if not all of the period from 1959 to 1977....

3 1 - -100% 1,709 0.37% -0.99
Communist
William Cecil Ross
William Cecil Ross
William Cecil Ross was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and the leader of that province's Communist Party from 1948 until his retirement in 1981....

3 - - - 252 0.05% -0.17
Marxist-Leninist
 
3 - - - 69 0.01% +0.01
Independent 18 1 - -100% 6,969 1.49% +0.89
Total 186 57 57   467,044 100%  


Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Riding results

Party key:
  • PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
    Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
    The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

  • L: Manitoba Liberal Party
    Manitoba Liberal Party
    The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

  • NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba
    New Democratic Party of Manitoba
    The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...

  • SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party
    Manitoba Social Credit Party
    The Manitoba Social Credit Party was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit....

  • Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba
  • (M-L): Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist
  • Ind: Independent


(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:
  • (x)Douglas Watt (PC) 3487
  • Lorne Watt (NDP) 1981
  • M.F. Mac Corbett (L) 1181


Assiniboia:
  • (x)Stephen Patrick
    Stephen Patrick
    Stephen Clifford Patrick is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was born Stephen Patrebka , but anglicized his name later in life...

     (L) 5105
  • Norma Price
    Norma Price
    Norma Price was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1977 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.Price was educated at Immaculate Conception School and St. Mary's Academy...

     (PC) 4309
  • Larry Iwan (NDP) 3029


Birtle-Russell
Birtle-Russell (Manitoba riding)
Birtle-Russell is a former provincial electoral division in Manitoba, Canada.Birtle-Russell was established in 1957, created by the first Independent Boundaries Commission in Manitoba. It was located in the western part of the province, on the border with Saskatchewan. It included the area around...

:
  • (x)Harry Graham (PC) 3203
  • Michael Sotas (NDP) 2967
  • John Braendle (L) 685


Brandon East:
  • (x)Leonard Evans
    Leonard Evans
    Leonard Salusbury Evans is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1969 to 1999, and was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of New Democratic Premiers Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley.- Early life and career :Evans was born in Winnipeg, and...

     (NDP) 4123
  • Ken Burgess
    Ken Burgess
    Kenneth John Burgess was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is the longest-serving mayor of Brandon, Manitoba, having held the position from 1979 to 1989....

     (PC) 2912
  • Terry Penton (L) 855
  • John Gross (SC) 78


Brandon West:
  • (x)Edward McGill
    Edward McGill
    Edward Robert McGill was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1981, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.McGill was raised in Brandon, Manitoba, and was educated at Queen's...

     (PC) 5070
  • Henry Carroll
    Henry Carroll
    Henry Nelson Carroll was a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1986, initially as a New Democrat but subsequently as an independent.Carroll was educated at the University of Manitoba, and practiced as a lawyer after...

     (NDP) 4028
  • Guy Savoie
    Guy Savoie
    Guy Savoie is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a city councillor in Winnipeg from 1980 to 1989.Savoie first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1973, campaigning as a Liberal in Brandon West...

     (L) 806


Burrows:
  • (x)Ben Hanuschak
    Ben Hanuschak
    Ben Hanuschak is a Manitoba politician. He was a cabinet minister in the government of New Democratic Premier Edward Schreyer, and was subsequently a founding member of the Progressive Party of Manitoba....

     (NDP) 5277
  • Doug Krochak (PC) 1044
  • Bob Major (L) 741
  • Mary Kardash
    Mary Kardash
    Mary Kardash was a long-time Communist politician in the north end of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of Winnipeg school board in the 1970s and 1980s, having been elected as a Communist Party of Canada candidate. She had also been active in the Communist Party's predecessor, the...

     (Comm) 108
  • Glen Brown (M-L) 33


Charleswood:
  • (x)Arthur Moug
    Arthur Moug
    Art Thomas Moug was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977....

     (PC) 6180
  • Roy Neil Benson (NDP) 3554
  • Jim Spencer (L) 3456


Churchill:
  • Les Osland
    Les Osland
    Les Osland was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1977, representing the northern riding of Churchill....

     (NDP) 2041
  • Andy Champagne (PC) 1367
  • Walter Perepeluk (L) 1256
  • Andrew Kirkness (Ind) 880


Crescentwood:
  • Harvey Patterson
    Harvey Patterson
    Harvey Norman Murray Patterson is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1975...

     (NDP) 3730
  • Lawrie Pollard (PC) 3729
  • June Menzies (L) 1734


Dauphin:
  • (x)Peter Burtniak
    Peter Burtniak
    Peter Burtniak was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer.Burtniak was educated in the Manitoba school system, and worked as a farm implement...

     (NDP) 4261
  • Art Rampton (PC) 3262
  • Hugh Dunlop (L) 1091


Elmwood:
  • (x)Russell Doern
    Russell Doern
    Russell Doern was a Manitoba politician. He served as a cabinet minister in the New Democratic government of Edward Schreyer , but left the New Democratic Party in 1984....

     (NDP) 4987
  • Edward Tymchuk (PC) 2361
  • Ray Brunka
    Ray Brunka
    Raymond Brunka is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Winnipeg City Council from 1974 to 1977, and has since become a perennial candidate for office at several levels....

     (L) 1363


Emerson:
  • Steve Derewianchuk
    Steve Derewianchuk
    Steve Derewianchuk is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1977, representing Emerson....

     (NDP) 2374
  • Garnet Kyle (PC) 1937
  • Mark Smerchanski
    Mark Smerchanski
    Mark G. Smerchanski was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1966, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1972...

     (L) 1768
  • Walter Hoover (Ind) 83


Flin Flon:
  • (x)Thomas Barrow (NDP) 3112
  • George Njegovan (PC) 1803
  • Roy Veness (L) 893


Fort Garry:
  • (x)L.R. Bud Sherman (PC) 4783
  • Henry Janzen (L) 4331
  • C.G. Gifford (NDP) 4006


Fort Rouge:
  • Lloyd Axworthy
    Lloyd Axworthy
    Lloyd Norman Axworthy, PC, OC, OM is a prominent Canadian politician, statesman and University President from Manitoba. He is best known for having served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien...

     (L) 4181
  • Samia Friesen (NDP) 3614
  • (x)Inez Trueman
    Inez Trueman
    Inez Geneva Trueman was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Manitoba legislature from 1969 to 1973, and later ran for the Canadian House of Commons...

     (PC) 3531
  • Lane McDonald (Ind) 131


Gimli:
  • (x)John Gottfried
    John Gottfried
    John Charles Gottfried was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977....

     (NDP) 3546
  • Ted Revel (PC) 3490
  • Charles Arnason (Ind) 164


Gladstone
Gladstone (electoral district)
Gladstone is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1879 in what was then the province's western tip, with the expansion of the province's western boundary, and eliminated by redistribution in 1881. It was re-established in 1903 and was not...

:
  • (x)James Ferguson
    James Ferguson (politician)
    James Robert Ferguson is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1981 for the riding of Gladstone....

     (PC) 3605
  • Gordon Stewart (NDP) 2394
  • Gordon McPhail (L) 1698
  • Kenneth Morrison (Ind) 106


Inkster:
  • (x)Sidney Green (NDP) 5442
  • John Sulymko (L) 1686
  • Joe McMullen (PC) 1622
  • Don Currie (Comm) 78
  • Aili Waldman (M-L) 12


Kildonan:
  • (x)Peter Fox (NDP) 5718
  • Don Lynn Heidman (PC) 2660
  • Ann McTavish (L) 2097


Lac Du Bonnet:
  • (x)Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 5461
  • Jo Anne Hillier (L) 2244


Lakeside:
  • (x)Harry Enns
    Harry Enns
    Harry Enns was a Manitoba politician. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir, Sterling Lyon and Gary Filmon, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in 1971...

     (PC) 2969
  • George Schreyer (NDP) 1793
  • Alan Beachell (L) 1778


La Verendrye:
  • Robert Banman
    Robert Banman
    Robert Banman is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1986, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon....

     (PC) 2912
  • (x)Leonard Barkman
    Leonard Barkman
    Leonard A. Barkman was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1962 to 1973, sitting as a member of the Liberal Party....

     (L) 2387
  • Roger Smith (NDP) 1514


Logan:
  • (x)William Jenkins
    William Jenkins (Canadian politician)
    William Walter Jenkins was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1981.Jenkins was raised in the Souris region...

     (NDP) 2671
  • Rita Servin (PC) 1582
  • Andrew Mazur (L) 644
  • William Hawryluk
    William Hawryluk
    William Hawryluk was a perennial candidate for political office in Manitoba, Canada during the 1970s and 1980s. He campaigned for federal, provincial and municipal office several times, without ever coming close to being elected....

     (Ind) 671
  • Gordon Anderson (Ind) 48


Minnedosa:
  • (x)Dave Blake
    Dave Blake
    David Robert Blake was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1971 to 1988, serving as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....

     (PC) 3777
  • Lawrence Bell (NDP) 2708
  • Ed Turner
    Ed Turner
    Ed Turner was a CNN executive vice president and one of the first people Ted Turner hired in 1980 to help make his dream of a 24/7 news network a reality....

     (L) 739


Morris:
  • (x)Warner Jorgenson
    Warner Jorgenson
    Warner Herbert Jorgenson was a Canadian politician in Manitoba. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the federal House of Commons from 1957 to 1968, and as a Progressive Conservative member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1969 to 1981...

     (PC) 3650
  • Lawrence Lewco (NDP) 1602
  • Norm Dashevsky (L) 825


Osborne:
  • (x)Ian Turnbull (NDP) 3945
  • June Westbury
    June Westbury
    June Westbury was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1979 to 1981, sitting as a Liberal....

     (L) 2347
  • Ted Speers
    Ted Speers
    Ted Speers was a professional ice hockey player who played four games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings.- External links :...

     (PC) 2344


Pembina:
  • (x)George Henderson
    George Henderson (Manitoba politician)
    George Lindsay Henderson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977....

     (PC) 4408
  • Robert McKenzie (L) 1553
  • Paul Klassen (NDP) 1013

Portage La Prairie:
  • (x)Gordon Johnston (L) 2628
  • George Fairfield
    George Fairfield
    George Clark Fairfield was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a physician and surgeon by career, after graduating from the University of Manitoba....

     (PC) 2592
  • Albert Barrett
    Albert Barrett
    Albert Frank Barrett was an English football player who played for Leytonstone, Southampton and Fulham, as well as the English national side. He was born in West Ham.-External links:**...

     (NDP) 1933


Radisson:
  • (x)Harry Shafransky
    Harry Shafransky
    Harry Shafransky was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977.Shafransky worked as a teacher before entering politics...

     (NDP) 4267
  • Abe Kovnats
    Abe Kovnats
    Abe Kovnats was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1988, serving as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....

     (PC) 3635
  • D'Arcy Pagan (L) 1740


Rhineland:
  • Arnold Brown (PC) 2903
  • (x)Jacob Froese
    Jacob Froese
    Jacob Froese was a politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba. He was the province's only Social Credit MLA between 1959 and 1973, and was the party's leader for most if not all of the period from 1959 to 1977....

     (SC) 1587
  • Jake Heinrichs (NDP) 1002
  • Harry Friesen (L) 578
  • John Epp (Ind) 52


Riel:
  • (x)Donald Craik
    Donald Craik
    Donald Craik was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Walter Weir and Sterling Lyon.Born in Baldur, Manitoba, Craik was educated at the...

     (PC) 7944
  • Wilson Parasiuk
    Wilson Parasiuk
    Wilson Parasiuk is an entrepreneur with experience in the private and public sectors. As founder and CEO of the Vancouver–area based Paralink Group of Companies, Parasiuk organizes private sector/public sector partnerships in the export of Canada’s health care, education and governmental expertise...

     (NDP) 6181
  • Art Gill (L) 1782


River Heights:
  • (x)Sidney Spivak
    Sidney Spivak
    Sidney Spivak was a Manitoba politician. He was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir and Sterling Lyon, and was himself leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 1971 to 1975.Spivak was born to a Jewish family in Winnipeg, and was educated at...

     (PC) 5167
  • Charles Huband
    Charles Huband
    Charles Huband was a Manitoba politician, who subsequently became a judge. He was the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party between 1975 and 1978....

     (L) 2906
  • Muriel Smith
    Muriel Smith
    Muriel Smith, OC is a Manitoba politician. She ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba in 1979, and subsequently served in the cabinet of NDP Premier Howard Pawley....

     (NDP) 1413


Roblin:
  • (x)Wally McKenzie
    Wally McKenzie
    James Wallace McKenzie was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1986....

     (PC) 3388
  • John Oldham (NDP) 2779


Rock Lake:
  • (x)Henry Einarson
    Henry Einarson
    Henry John Einarson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1981....

     (PC) 3470
  • Paul Cenerini (NDP) 1825
  • Arnold Collins (L) 1361


Rossmere:
  • (x)Edward Schreyer
    Edward Schreyer
    Edward Richard Schreyer , commonly known as Ed Schreyer, is a Canadian politician, diplomat, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 22nd since Canadian Confederation....

     (NDP) 6827
  • Alfred Penner (PC) 6239


Rupertsland:
  • Harvey Bostrom
    Harvey Bostrom
    Harvey Bostrom is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1981....

     (NDP) 2093
  • John Ateah (L) 1329
  • Raymond Guiboche (PC) 504
  • Dave Courchene Jr. (Ind) 415
  • Lorne Lester (Ind) 166


St. Boniface:
  • J. Paul Marion
    J. Paul Marion
    Joseph Paul Marion is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was briefly a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba during the 1970s, for the riding of St. Boniface....

     (L) 4301
  • (x)Laurent Desjardins
    Laurent Desjardins
    Laurent Desjardins is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Manitoba legislature for most of the period from 1959 to 1988, and was a cabinet minister under New Democratic Premiers Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley.Desjardins was educated at St. Boniface College, St...

     (NDP) 4300


St. George:
  • (x)Bill Uruski
    Bill Uruski
    Bill Uruski is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party governments of Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley.Uruski did not attend a university; however, he was a Royal Canadian...

     (NDP) 3552
  • Elman Guttormson
    Elman Guttormson
    Elman Kreisler Guttormson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1956 to 1969....

     (L) 2465


St. James:
  • George Minaker
    George Minaker
    Clement George Minaker is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1981, and served in the cabinet of Sterling Lyon...

     (PC) 4483
  • (x)Alvin Mackling (NDP) 4109
  • Michael Scholl (L) 1340
  • Gerald Zucawich (Ind) 30


St. Johns:
  • (x)Saul Cherniack
    Saul Cherniack
    Saul Mark Cherniack, PC, CM, OM, QC is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer. He is also a member of the Privy Council, the Order of Canada and the Order...

     (NDP) 4519
  • Murray Krovats (PC) 1686
  • Ben Karasinski (L) 1061
  • William Cecil Ross
    William Cecil Ross
    William Cecil Ross was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, and the leader of that province's Communist Party from 1948 until his retirement in 1981....

     (Comm) 66
  • Joe Smith (Ind) 45
  • Diane Waldman (M-L) 24


St. Matthews:
  • (x)Wally Johannson
    Wally Johannson
    Thorkell Wallace Johannson is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1973....

     (NDP) 3875
  • Einar Arnason (PC) 2492
  • Norm Kirton (L) 1365

Ste. Rose:
  • (x)A.R. Pete Adam (NDP) 2627
  • Dwight Hopfner (L) 1748
  • Alf O'Loughlin (PC) 1516


Selkirk:
  • (x)Howard Pawley
    Howard Pawley
    Howard Russell Pawley, PC, OC, OM is a Canadian politician and professor who was the 18th Premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988.-Personal life:...

     (NDP) 4745
  • John Linney (PC) 3429


Seven Oaks:
  • (x)Saul Miller
    Saul Miller
    Saul Alec Miller was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1981, and held a number of high-profile cabinet portfolios in the government of Edward Schreyer.Miller was raised in a Jewish family in north-end Winnipeg...

     (NDP) 6579
  • Carl Zawatsky (PC) 4921
  • Henry Froese (L) 1386


Souris-Killarney:
  • (x)Earl McKellar
    Earl McKellar
    Malcolm Earl McKellar was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1976, representing the Progressive Conservative Party.-Biography:...

     (PC) 4669
  • John Bucklaschuk
    John Bucklaschuk
    John Bucklaschuk is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley from 1982 to 1988.Bucklaschuk was educated at Brandon University and the University of...

     (NDP) 1557
  • Gordon Martin (L) 890


Springfield:
  • (x)Rene Toupin
    Rene Toupin
    Rene Toupin is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer....

     (NDP) 3611
  • John Vaags (PC) 3245
  • Len Mendes (L) 694
  • Harry Meronek (Ind) 333


Sturgeon Creek:
  • (x)Frank Johnston
    Frank Johnston (politician)
    John Franklin Johnston is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1988, and served as a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Sterling Lyon.Johnston did not attend university...

     (PC) 6467
  • Laverne Lewycky
    Laverne Lewycky
    Laverne Lewycky was a New Democratic Party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a professor of sociology and executive assistant by career....

     (NDP) 2924
  • Marjorie Gillies (L) 1647
  • Dale Hibbard (Ind) 54


Swan River:
  • (x)James Bilton
    James Bilton
    James H. Bilton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1977, and served as Speaker of the Legislature for three years.Bilton was educated in England, and subsequently moved to Canada...

     (PC) 3370
  • Omar Lamb (NDP) 2669
  • Vic Mearon (L) 687


The Pas:
  • (x)Ron McBryde
    Ron McBryde
    Sydney Ronald McBryde was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1981, and served in the cabinet of Edward Schreyer....

     (NDP) 3673
  • George Takashima (Ind) 1873

Transcona:
  • (x)Russell Paulley
    Russell Paulley
    Andrew Russell Paulley was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1959 to 1961, and its successor, the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, from 1961 to 1969.Paulley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba...

     (NDP) 6275
  • Phil Rizzuto (PC) 4151


Virden:
  • (x)Morris McGregor
    Morris McGregor
    Donald Morris McGregor was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1981....

     (PC) 2981
  • Barry Forman (NDP) 1741
  • Duncan McDonald (L) 911


Wellington:
  • (x)Philip Petursson
    Philip Petursson
    Philip Markus Petursson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1977, and briefly served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer.Petursson was educated at the University of Manitoba, the University...

     (NDP) 4190
  • Brandson Thornson (PC) 2272
  • Neil Baker (Ind) 1165


Winnipeg Centre:
  • (x)J.R. Bud Boyce (NDP) 3010
  • Bob Wilson (PC) 1520
  • Ken Arenson (L) 1092
  • Ed Storozuk (SC) 44


Wolseley:
  • (x)Israel Asper (L) 3135
  • Murdoch MacKay
    Murdoch MacKay
    Murdoch MacKay is a lawyer and former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was president of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba during the 1970s, and later joined the breakaway Progressive Party....

     (NDP) 3131
  • Robert Steen
    Robert Steen
    Robert Ashley Steen was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1969, and later served as the 38th Mayor of Winnipeg from 1977 to 1979.Steen was educated at the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Law...

     (PC) 1807

Post-election changes

St. Boniface (election declared void), December 20, 1974:
  • Laurent Desjardins
    Laurent Desjardins
    Laurent Desjardins is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Manitoba legislature for most of the period from 1959 to 1988, and was a cabinet minister under New Democratic Premiers Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley.Desjardins was educated at St. Boniface College, St...

     (NDP) 3711
  • J. Paul Marion
    J. Paul Marion
    Joseph Paul Marion is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was briefly a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba during the 1970s, for the riding of St. Boniface....

     (L) 3092
  • Paul Fredette (PC) 378


Wolseley (res. Israel Asper, March 1, 1975), June 25, 1975:
  • Robert Wilson (PC) 2072
  • D'Arcy McCaffery (L) 1870
  • Murdoch MacKay
    Murdoch MacKay
    Murdoch MacKay is a lawyer and former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was president of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba during the 1970s, and later joined the breakaway Progressive Party....

     (NDP) 1815
  • J.M.A. Smith (Ind) 55


Crescentwood (election declared void, February 20, 1975), June 25, 1975:
  • Warren Steen
    Warren Steen
    Warren Steen is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1975 to 1986, as a Progressive Conservative.- Biography :...

     (PC) 2780
  • Charles Huband
    Charles Huband
    Charles Huband was a Manitoba politician, who subsequently became a judge. He was the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party between 1975 and 1978....

     (L) 2611
  • Harvey Patterson
    Harvey Patterson
    Harvey Norman Murray Patterson is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1975...

     (NDP) 1987


Souris-Killarney (dec. Earl McKellar
Earl McKellar
Malcolm Earl McKellar was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1976, representing the Progressive Conservative Party.-Biography:...

, April 18, 1976), November 7, 1976:
  • Sterling Lyon
    Sterling Lyon
    Sterling Rufus Lyon, PC, OC was a lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th Premier of Manitoba, Canada from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen as a local version of the government of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom...

     (PC) 4478
  • Jean Strath (L) 1272
  • Howard Nixon
    Howard Nixon
    Howard Millar Nixon OBE was Librarian of Westminster Abbey from 1974 until his death and was called the "doyen of historians of bookbinding".-Life:...

    (NDP) 1073
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