1969 Manitoba general election














Manitoba general election, 1969






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57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats were needed for a majority



























































































































 
 First party
 Second party
 
Edward Schreyer (crop).jpg
PC
Leader
Edward Schreyer
Walter Weir
Party
New Democratic
Progressive Conservative
Leader since
June 7, 1969
November 25, 1967
Leader's seat
Rossmere
Minnedosa
Last election
 11
 31
Seats won
 28
 22
Seat change
Increase17
Decrease9
Popular vote
 128,080
 119,021
Percentage
 38.27%
 35.56%
Swing
Increase15.13pp
Decrease4.40pp
 
 Third party
 Fourth party
 
LIB
SC
Leader
Robert Bend
Jacob Froese
Party
Liberal
Social Credit
Leader since
May 10, 1969
Leader's seat
Ran in Lakeside (lost)
Rhineland
Last election
 14
 1
Seats won
 5
 1
Seat change
Decrease9
Steady0
Popular vote
 80,288
 4,535
Percentage
 23.99%
 1.36%
Swing
Decrease9.14pp
Decrease2.18pp



Manitoba general election, 1969 results by riding.svg
Map of Election Results







Premier before election

Walter Weir
Progressive Conservative
Premier-designate

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic


The Manitoba General Election of June 25, 1969 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) 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 the legislature, winning 28 out of 57 seats. The governing Progressive Conservative Party fell to 22, and the once-dominant Liberal Party fell to an historical low of five. The Social Credit Party won one seat, and there was also one Independent elected.


It was not clear what form the government would take in the days immediately following the election. There were negotiations among the Liberal and Progressive Conservatives to form a minority coalition government, supported by the Social Credit and Independent members; under this scenario, former Liberal leader Gildas Molgat would have become Premier. These plans came to nothing when Liberal MLA Laurent Desjardins announced that he would sit as a "Liberal Democrat" supporting the NDP, allowing the NDP to form government by one seat. Edward Schreyer became the province's first social democratic Premier shortly thereafter.


The Manitoba NDP had a total election budget of $45,000. Although very small by modern standards, this was the most the party had ever spent up to this time.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Results


  • 2 See also


  • 3 Riding results


    • 3.1 Post-election changes




  • 4 References





Results



































































































Party
 Party Leader
 # of
candidates
 Seats
 Popular Vote

1966
Elected
 % Change
 #
 %
 Change
 
New Democratic
Edward Schreyer
 57
 11
28
 +154.5%
 128,080
 38.27%
 +15.13
 
Progressive Conservative
Walter Weir
 57
 31
22
 -29.0%
 119,021
 35.56%
 -4.40
 
Liberal
Robert Bend
 57
 14
5
 -64.3%
 80,288
 23.99%
 -9.14


Social Credit
Jacob Froese (?)
 6
 1
1
 -
 4,535
 1.36%
 -2.18


Communist
William Cecil Ross
 2
 -
 -
 -
 744
 0.22%
 +0.02
 
 Independent
 5
 -
1
  
 2,020
 0.60%
 +0.57

Total
 184
57
57
-
 334,688
100%
  







Preceded by
1966 Manitoba election
List of Manitoba elections
 Succeeded by
1973 Manitoba election


See also


  • List of Manitoba political parties


Riding results


Party key:




  • PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba


  • L: Manitoba Liberal Party


  • NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba


  • SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party


  • Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba


  • Ind: Independent


(x) denotes incumbent.


Arthur:



  • (x)J. Douglas Watt (PC) 3133


  • John McRae (L) 1375

  • Raymond Jones (NDP) 980


Assiniboia:



  • (x)Stephen Patrick (L) 2355

  • Bill Docking (PC) 2329

  • Curtis Nordman (NDP) 1466































































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Manitoba general election, 1969: Birtle-Russell
Party
 Candidate
 Votes % ±%
    
Progressive Conservative
Harry Graham
 2,374
 39.59

New Democratic Donald Kostesky 2,263 37.74

Liberal John Braendle 1,360 22.68
Total valid votes
 5,997
 100.00
Rejected and discarded votes
 12

Turnout
 6,009
 72.47
Electors on the lists
 8,292


Brandon East:




  • Leonard Evans (NDP) 3035

  • Emily Lyons (PC) 1962

  • Don Martin (L) 1194


Brandon West:




  • Edward McGill (PC) 2814


  • James M. Skinner (NDP) 2310

  • Terry Penton (L) 1796


Burrows:



  • (x)Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 3418

  • Wasyl Michael Swystun (PC) 1317

  • Olga E. Lewicki (L) 751

  • Andrew Bileski (Comm) 323


Charleswood:




  • Arthur Moug (PC) 3401


  • Duncan Edmonds (L) 2361


  • John C. Hilgenga (NDP) 1325


Churchill:




  • Gordon Beard (Ind) 1151

  • Walter Perepeluk (L) 971


  • Andre Champagne (PC) 913

  • Wilf Hudson (NDP) 822


Crescentwood:




  • Cy Gonick (NDP) 2689

  • (x)Gurney Evans (PC) 2416


  • Francis Creighton Muldoon (L) 1422


Dauphin:




  • Peter Burtniak (NDP) 2933

  • (x)Stewart McLean (PC) 2892

  • Robert E. Sheldon (L) 620


Elmwood:



  • (x)Russell Doern (NDP) 3803

  • Alan George Gardiner (PC) 1526


  • John Kozoriz (L) 1053


Emerson:




  • Gabriel Girard (PC) 2467

  • (x)John Tanchak (L) 2014

  • Stephen Zaretski (NDP) 695

  • Jacob Wall (SC) 237


Flin Flon:




  • Thomas Barrow (NDP) 2045

  • (x)Charles H. Witney (PC) 1675


  • Francis Jobin (L) 1276


Fort Garry:




  • Bud Sherman (PC) 3570

  • G. Grant Cosby (NDP) 2063


  • Richard Alan Wankling (L) 1936


Fort Rouge:




  • Inez Trueman (PC) 2750

  • Una Decter (NDP) 2446


  • Jane Sayler Heffelfinger (L) 1941


Gimli:




  • John Gottfried (NDP) 2159


  • Eric Stefanson (PC) 1936

  • Walter Griffin (L) 1663


Gladstone:




  • James Ferguson (PC) 3000

  • (x)Nelson Shoemaker (L) 2583


  • Mary McIntosh (NDP) 1064


Inkster:



  • (x)Sidney Green (NDP) 4001

  • Robert Armstrong (PC) 989

  • Gurzon Harvey (L) 661


Kildonan:



  • (x)Peter Fox (NDP) 4589

  • Don Mills (PC) 1876

  • John Gugulyn (L) 851


Lac Du Bonnet:



  • (x)Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 4060

  • (x)Fred Klym (PC) 1267

  • Al Tymko (L) 806


Lakeside:



  • (x)Harry Enns (PC) 2532


  • Robert Bend (L) 2190






























































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Manitoba general election, 1969: La Verendrye
Party
 Candidate
 Votes % ±%

Liberal Leonard Barkman 1,933 52.17
    
Progressive Conservative
 John Blatz
 1,051
 28.46

New Democratic Elmer Reimer 721 19.46
Total valid votes
 3,705
 100.00
Rejected and discarded votes
 29

Turnout
 3,734
 50.64
Electors on the lists
 7,369


Logan:




  • William Jenkins (NDP) 3029


  • Samuel Minuk (PC) 871

  • Howard Ferguson (L) 679


Minnedosa:



  • (x)Walter Weir (PC) 3525

  • Emile Roy Shellborn (NDP) 1713


  • Donald McNabb (L) 1028




























































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Manitoba general election, 1969: Morris
Party
 Candidate
 Votes %
    
Progressive Conservative
Warner Jorgenson
 2,472
 53.76

Liberal Joseph Legault 1,183 25.73

New Democratic William T. Loftus 712 15.48

Social Credit Henry Funk 231 5.02
Total valid votes
 4,598
 100.00
Rejected and discarded votes
 15
Turnout
 4,613
 61.20
Electors on the lists
 7,537

Osborne:




  • Ian Turnbull (NDP) 3188

  • (x)Obie Baizley (PC) 2565

  • Win Loewen (L) 965


Pembina:




  • George Henderson (PC) 2823

  • Kenneth John Draper (L) 1815


  • David Harms (SC) 521

  • Edith Alsop (NDP) 336






































































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Manitoba general election, 1969: Point Douglas
Party
 Candidate
 Votes % ±%

New Democratic Donald Malinowski 2,253 52.52
    
Progressive Conservative
Slaw Rebchuk
 1,088
 25.36

Liberal Roger Garrity 528 12.31

Communist Bill Kardash 421 9.81
Total valid votes
 4,290
 100.00
Rejected and discarded votes
 62

Turnout
 4,352
 46.37
Electors on the lists
 9,385


Portage la Prairie:



  • (x)Gordon Johnston (L) 2451


  • Harvey Carmichael (PC) 2440

  • Sidney Coulthard (NDP) 1049


Radisson:




  • Harry Shafransky (NDP) 3707


  • Edward Joseph Albert Kotowich (L) 2284

  • Moreen Henderson (PC) 1054


Rhineland:



  • (x)Jacob Froese (SC) 1981


  • Henry Hildebrand (PC) 1853


  • Willo Sterritt Forrester (L) 782

  • Jacob W. Heinrichs (NDP) 181


Riel:



  • (x)Donald Craik (PC) 3125

  • James Edward Buchanan (NDP) 3096

  • Raymond Spence (L) 1423


River Heights:



  • (x)Sidney Spivak (PC) 4623

  • Mark Danzker (L) 1573


  • Jack Silverberg (NDP) 1051


Roblin:



  • (x)J. Wally McKenzie (PC) 2579

  • (x)Mike Kawchuk (NDP) 2448

  • J.R. Mitchell (L) 516


Rock Lake:



  • (x)Henry Einarson (PC) 3064


  • Remi Engelbert DePape (L) 1818

  • Timothy Leonard (NDP) 763


Rossmere:




  • Edward Schreyer (NDP) 4089


  • David Wilfred Pekary (PC) 1746

  • Vern Breckman (L) 631


  • Stanley Copp (Ind) 238


Rupertsland:




  • Jean Allard (NDP) 1366

  • S. P. Berthelette (L) 1142

  • Paul Burelle (PC) 1026


St. Boniface:



  • (x)Laurent Desjardins (L) 4210


  • Kamil Michael Gajdosik (NDP) 2656


  • Maurice J. Arpin (PC) 1110


St. George:




  • Bill Uruski (NDP) 2284

  • (x)Elman Guttormson (L) 1886

  • Joseph Schwartz (PC) 1169


St. James:




  • Al Mackling (NDP) 3642

  • (x)Douglas Stanes (PC) 2676

  • Peter Moss (L) 1404


St. Johns:



  • (x)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 3642

  • Joe Rozmus (PC) 1014

  • George Strewchuk (L) 736


St. Matthews:




  • Wally Johannson (NDP) 2974

  • (x)Robert Steen (PC) 2217

  • Rudy Peters (L) 1119





































































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Manitoba general election, 1969: St. Vital
Party
 Candidate
 Votes % ±%
    
Progressive Conservative
Jack Hardy
 2,587
 36.01

New Democratic Jim Walding 2,564 35.69

Liberal Joe Stangl 2,034 28.31
Total valid votes
 7,185
 100.00
Rejected votes
 39

Turnout
 7,224
 68.04
Electors on the lists
 10,617



Progressive Conservative hold
Swing

Ste. Rose:



  • (x)Gildas Molgat (L) 2247

  • Heinz Marohn (PC) 1198

  • Leon Hoefer (NDP) 754

  • Norma Oswald (SC) 313


Selkirk:




  • Howard Pawley (NDP) 3374


  • Robert Stefan Oliver (PC) 2054

  • George S. Sigurdson (L) 835


  • Thomas Norquay (Ind) 57


Seven Oaks:



  • (x)Saul Miller (NDP) 4203


  • Daniel Abraham Yanofsky (PC) 1505

  • Evelyne Rosborough (L) 813


Souris-Killarney:



  • (x)Malcolm Earl McKellar (PC) 3053

  • (x)Edward Dow (L) 1982


  • Wayne Williams (NDP) 892


Springfield:




  • Rene Toupin (NDP) 2724

  • George Mulder (PC) 1551

  • Hector Bahuaud (L) 807


Sturgeon Creek:




  • Frank Johnston (PC) 2781


  • Robert Megill Chipman (L) 2251

  • Stanley J. Carter (NDP) 1251

  • William John Turner (Ind) 336

  • James Farrell (Ind) 238


Swan River:



  • (x)James Bilton (PC) 1920

  • Alex Filuk (NDP) 1757

  • Jerry Webb (SC) 1252

  • Gordon Beaumont (L) 766


The Pas:




  • Ron McBryde (NDP) 1556

  • (x)John Carroll (PC) 1361

  • Calvert D. Gibson (L) 963


Thompson:



  • (x)Joseph Borowski (NDP) 2436

  • Thomas Farrell (PC) 1500

  • Maurice Desjardins (L) 843


Transcona:



  • (x)Russ Paulley (NDP) 4614


  • Thelma Jean Opseth Call (L) 1488

  • Kenn Gunn-Walberg (PC) 1052


Virden:



  • (x)Morris McGregor (PC) 2161

  • (x)Earl Dawson (L) 1571

  • Ralph Rowan (NDP) 1531


Wellington:



  • (x)Philip Petursson (NDP) 3260


  • William McGarva (PC) 1522

  • Thomas Bernes(L) 1035


Winnipeg Centre:




  • Bud Boyce (NDP) 2398

  • (x)James Cowan (PC) 1451

  • Joseph Wapemoose (L) 822


Wolseley:



  • (x)Leonard Claydon (PC) 2360

  • Hans J. Wittich (NDP) 1743

  • Paul N. Duval (L) 1391


[2]



Post-election changes


Jack Hardy (St. Vital, PC) resigned his seat. A by-election was called for April 5, 1971.













































































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Manitoba provincial by-election, April 5, 1971: St. Vital
Party
 Candidate
 Votes % ±%

New Democratic Jim Walding 3,378 35.94 +0.25

Liberal Dan Kennedy 3,083 32.80 +4.49
    
Progressive Conservative
 Kenneth Pratt
 2,925
 31.12
 −4.89
    
 Independent
 Sam Bordman
 13
 0.14
Total valid votes
 9,399
 100
Rejected and declined ballots
 10

Turnout
 9,409
 83.05
 +15.01
Electors on the lists
 11,329



New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative
Swing
 +2.57

Ste. Rose (res. Gildas Molgat, October 7, 1970), April 5, 1971:




  • Aime Adam (NDP) 2785


  • Fred Werbiski (L) 2118


  • John Borcher (PC) 1792


Minnedosa (res. Walter Weir, September 1971), November 16, 1971:




  • Dave Blake (PC) 3532


  • Emil Shellborn (NDP) 2348


  • Hugh Stephenson (L) 1129


Laurent Desjardins formally joined the NDP in 1971.


Wolseley (dec. Leonard Claydon, 1971), June 16, 1972:




  • Israel Asper (L) 3530


  • Ernie J. Enns (PC) 2271


  • Vic Schroeder (NDP) 2174

  • William Hawryluk (Ind) 45


Jean Allard left the NDP to sit as an Independent on April 7, 1972. Joseph Borowski left the NDP caucus on June 25, 1972.


Churchill (dec. Gordon Beard, November 12, 1972)[3]



References





  1. ^ Ian Stewart, Just One Vote: Jim Walding's nomination to constitutional defeat, (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press), 2009, p. 17.


  2. ^ http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/events/provincialelection1969.shtml


  3. ^ http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/beard_gw.shtml










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