Manitoba general election, 1969

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The Manitoba General Election of June 25, 1969 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. 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. Edward Schreyer became the province's first social democratic Premier shortly thereafter.

1 Results
2 See also
3 Riding results
- 3.1 Post-election changes

[edit] Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1966	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	New Democratic	Edward Schreyer		11	28	+154.5%		38.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Weir		31	22	-29.0%%		35.4%
	Liberal	Robert Bend		14	5	-64.3%		23.9%
	Social Credit	Jacob Froese (?)		1	1	-		1.4%
	Communist	William Cecil Ross		-	-	-
	Independent			-	1
Total				57	57	-		100%

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

[edit] See also

List of Manitoba political parties

[edit] 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

Birtle-Russell:

(x)Harry Graham (PC) 2374
Don Kostesky (NDP) 2263
John Braendle (L) 1360

Brandon East:

Leonard Evans (NDP) 3035
Emily Lyons (PC) 1962
Don Martin (L) 1194

Brandon West:

Edward McGill (PC) 2814
James Skinner (NDP) 2310
Terry Penton (L) 1796

Burrows:

(x)Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 3418
W.M. Swystun (PC) 1317
Olga 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
Frank Muldoon (L) 1422

Dauphin:

Peter Burtniak (NDP) 2933
(x)Stewart McLean (PC) 2892
Robert Sheldon (L) 620

Elmwood:

(x)Russell Doern (NDP) 3803
Alan 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
Grant Cosby (NDP) 2063
Richard Wankling (L) 1936

Fort Rouge:

Inez Trueman (PC) 2750
Una Decter (NDP) 2446
Jane 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

La Verendrye:

(x)Leonard Barkman (L) 1933
John Blatz (PC) 1051
Elmer Reimer (NDP) 721

Logan:

William Jenkins (NDP) 3029
Sam Minuk (PC) 871
Howard Ferguson (L) 679

Minnedosa:

(x)Walter Weir (PC) 3525
Emile Roy (NDP) 1713
Donald McNabb (L) 1028

Morris:

(x)Warner Jorgenson (PC) 2742
Joseph Legault (L) 1183
William Loftus (NDP) 712
Henry Funk (SC) 231

Osborne:

Ian Turnbull (NDP) 3188
(x)Obie Baizley (PC) 2565
Win Loewen (L) 965

Pembina:

George Henderson (PC) 2823
Kenneth Draper (L) 1815
David Harms (SC) 521
Edith Alsop (NDP) 336

Point Douglas:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic Party	Donald Malinowski	2,253	52.54
	Progressive Conservative	Slaw Rebchuk	1,088	25.36
	Liberal	Roger Garrity	528	12.31
	Communist	William A. Kardash	421	9.81
Total valid votes			4,290	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			62
Turnout			4,352	46.37