Manitoba general election, 1966

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The Manitoba general election held on June 23, 1966, was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a third consecutive majority win for the Progressive Conservative Party led by Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won 31 seats, against 14 for the Liberal Party, 11 for the New Democratic Party and one for Social Credit.

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[edit] Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1962 Elected % Change # % % Change
     Progressive Conservative
Dufferin Roblin
   36 31 -13.9%   39.7%  
     Liberal
Gildas Molgat
   13 14 +7.7%   32.9%  
     New Democratic
Russell Paulley
   7 11 +57.1%   23.0%  
     Social Credit
Jacob Froese
   1 1 -   3.5%  
     Communist
William Cecil Ross
   - - -      
     Independent   - – -      
Total   57 57 -   100%  


Preceded by
1962 Manitoba election		 List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by
1969 Manitoba election

[edit] See also

[edit] Riding results

Party key:

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

  • (x)Stephen Patrick (L) 5168
  • Stewart Millett (PC) 4800
  • Charles Norman (NDP) 2943

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon:

  • (x)Reginald Lissaman (PC) 3863
  • Terry Penton (L) 3696
  • Harold Weitman (NDP) 1452
  • Ben Van Hoffen (SC) 508

Brokenhead:

Burrows:

Carillon:

Churchill (deferred to July 7, 1966):

Cypress:

Dauphin:

Dufferin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Ethelbert Plains:

  • Michael Kawchuk (NDP) 1246
  • William Paziuk (L) 1182
  • Melvin Pipe (SC) 884
  • John Tycholis (PC) 548

Fisher:

  • Peter Masniuk (PC) 1480
  • Peter Wagner (NDP) 1368
  • Arthur Devlin (L) 712
  • John Palamarchuk (Ind) 97

Flin Flon:

  • (x)Charles Witney (PC) 1750
  • Scott Day (NDP) 1090
  • Mickey Perepeluk (L) 1071

Fort Garry:

  • (x)Sterling Lyon (PC) 6131
  • Peter Stokes (L) 2435
  • Victor Ratsma (NDP) 1769

Fort Rouge:

  • (x)Gurney Evans (PC) 3767
  • Frank Muldoon (L) 2451
  • Leonard Green (NDP) 1845

Gimli:

  • (x)George Johnson (PC) 1981
  • Gunnar Eggerston (L) 1021
  • Zado Zator (NDP) 767

Gladstone:

Hamiota:

Inkster:

Kildonan:

Lac Du Bonnet:

  • (x)Oscar Bjornson (PC) 1342
  • James Desilets (L) 1262
  • Walter Zarecki (NDP) 1151
  • Ruben Thomas (SC) 474

Lakeside:

La Verendrye:

Logan:

  • (x)Lemuel Harris (NDP) 1975
  • Wally Fox-Decent (PC) 1657
  • W.M. Suystun (L) 1019

Minnedosa:

  • (x)Walter Weir (PC) 2136
  • Don McNabb (L) 1615
  • Gilbert V. Hutton (SC) 774
  • John Lee (NDP) 648

Morris:

Osborne:

Pembina:

  • (x)Carolyne Morrison (PC) 2056
  • Vernon Spangelo (L) 1545
  • Frederick Hamm (SC) 878
  • Robert Wallcraft (NDP) 129

Portage La Prairie:

Radisson:

  • (x)Russell Paulley (NDP) 7114
  • Joseph Guay (L) 4905
  • Nelson McLean (PC) 2561

Rhineland:

  • (x)Jacob Froese (SC) 1676
  • Bruce Gunn (PC) 1324
  • Alf Loewen (L) 696

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

  • Henry Einarson (PC) 1835
  • Ronald Gardiner (L) 1691
  • Jacob Harms (SC) 505
  • Ernest Sloane (NDP) 333

Rockwood-Iberville:

  • Harry Enns (PC) 2091
  • Douglas Trick (L) 1429
  • Armand De Ryck (NDP) 804
  • Wilmer Antonius (SC) 228

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

  • (x)Elman Guttormson (L) 2009
  • Arthur Schwartz (PC) 1418
  • Stanley Burdett (NDP) 357

St. James:

St. Johns:

  • (x)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 2427
  • Dan Zaharia (PC) 1215
  • Harry Meronek (L) 970
  • Don Currie (Comm) 326

St. Matthews:

St. Vital:

Ste. Rose:

Selkirk:

  • (x)Thomas Hillhouse (L) 1832
  • Syndey Sarbitt (PC) 1792
  • Alan Cooper (NDP) 876
  • Jens Magnusson (SC) 227

Seven Oaks:

Souris-Lansdowne:

Springfield:

Swan River:

  • (x)James Bilton (PC) 1591
  • Gerald Webb (SC) 1185
  • Claude Dunbar (L) 793
  • George Higgs (NDP) 602

The Pas:

  • (x)John Carroll (PC) 2278
  • Calvin Gibson (L) 1769
  • Glen Allen (NDP) 288

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

  • (x)Donald Morris McGregor (PC) 2092
  • Roland Tolton (L) 1245
  • Donald Rowan (SC) 743
  • Vernon Mazawasicuna (NDP) 256

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

  • (x)Dufferin Roblin (PC) 3132
  • Julius Koteles (L) 1780
  • Cecil Wood (NDP) 1495

[edit] Post-election changes

Note: These by-election results are taken from newspaper reports, and may not exactly match the official returns.

Gordon Beard (PC) became (Ind) in 1968.

Turtle Mountain (results overturned and seat declared vacant, January 30, 1968), March 4, 1968:

  • Edward Dow (L) 2443
  • Allan Rose (PC) 2240
  • Peter Sawatsky (SC) 610

Birtle-Russell (res. Rod Clement, June 5, 1968), February 20, 1969):

  • Harry Graham (PC) 2117
  • Ed Shust (L) 1406
  • Don Kostesky (NDP) 1034

Churchill (res. Gordon Beard, October 8, 1968), February 20, 1969):

  • Joseph Borowski (NDP) 2628
  • Blaine Johnstone (Ind) 2605
  • Garry Walsh (L) 1767
  • Michael Klewchuk (PC) 1128

[Borowski’s victory was narrowed to seven votes in the final count, and was confirmed by recount.]

Morris (dec. Harry Shewman, July 13, 1968), February 20, 1969:

Wolseley (res. Duff Roblin, May 1968), February 20, 1969):

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