Manitoba general election, 1977

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The Manitoba general election of October 11, 1977 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, which took 33 seats out of 57. The governing New Democratic Party fell to 23 seats, while the Liberal Party won only one seat.

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[edit] Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1973 Elected % Change # % % Change
     Progressive Conservative Sterling Lyon   21 33 +57.1%   48.6%  
     New Democratic Edward Schreyer   31 23 -25.8%   38.5%  
     Liberal Charles Huband   5 1 -80.0%   12.3%  
     Social Credit Jacob Froese   - - -      
     Communist William Cecil Ross   - - -      
     Revolutionary Workers   * – *     *
     Independent   1 - -100%      
Total   57 57 -   100%  

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.


Preceded by
1973 Manitoba election		 List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by
1981 Manitoba election

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[edit] Riding results

Party key:


Arthur:

  • James Downey (PC) 2280
  • Earl Sterling (NDP) 1172
  • Murray Lee (L) 901

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

  • (x)Harry Graham (PC) 3058
  • Peter Merry (NDP) 2608
  • Doug MacIsaac (L) 1169

Brandon East:

  • (x)Leonard Evans (NDP) 4217
  • James Thornborough (PC) 3195
  • James Manishen (L) 558

Brandon West:

Burrows:

  • (x)Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 4103
  • Ken Alyluia (PC) 1688
  • Anne Percheson (L) 490

Charleswood:

Churchill:

  • Jay Cowan (NDP) 2280
  • Mark Ingebrigtson (PC) 1992
  • Andrew Kirkness (L) 1140

Crescentwood:

Dauphin:

Elmwood:

  • (x)Russell Doern (NDP) 4136
  • Ken Gunn-Walberg (PC) 3282
  • Ken Vincent (L) 675

Emerson:

Flin Flon:

  • (x)Thomas Barrow (NDP) 2917
  • Nyall Hyndman (PC) 2522
  • Walter Shmon (L) 309

Fort Garry:

  • (x)Bud Sherman (PC) 10052
  • Ruth Pear (NDP) 4157
  • Beth Candlish (L) 2423

Fort Rouge:

  • (x)Lloyd Axworthy (L) 4153
  • Hugh McDonald (PC) 3486
  • Ermano Barone (NDP) 2863

Gimli:

Gladstone:

  • (x)James Ferguson (PC) 4635
  • William Werbiski (NDP) 2151
  • Sid Lachter (L) 662

Inkster:

  • (x)Sidney Green (NDP) 5175
  • Barrie Jones (PC) 2711
  • Barry Krawchuk (L) 934

Kildonan:

  • (x)Peter Fox (NDP) 5658
  • James Hanson (PC) 4651
  • Norman Stapon (L) 929

La Du Bonnet:

  • (x)Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 5037
  • John Vaags (PC) 3795
  • Robert Dyne (L) 515

Lakeside:

  • (x)Harry Enns (PC) 3987
  • Phillip Schwarz (NDP) 1494
  • Douglas Clifford (L) 1034

La Verendrye:

Logan:

  • (x)William Jenkins (NDP) 2956
  • Rita Serbin (PC) 1449
  • Piercy Haynes (L) 578

Minnedosa:

  • (x)Dave Blake (PC) 3912
  • John Martens (NDP) 2311
  • Albert Moad (L) 474
  • C.V. Hutton (SC) 272

Morris:

  • (x)Warner Jorgenson (PC) 4484
  • Alphonse Lenz (NDP) 1152
  • Donald Macgillivray (L) 516

Osborne:

Pembina:

  • Donald Orchard (PC) 5214
  • Vic Epp (L) 1141
  • Marianne Martin (NDP) 1117

Point Douglas:

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democratic Party (x)Donald Malinowski 3,116 63.32
     Progressive Conservative Margaret Didenko 915 18.59
     Liberal Don Marks 769 15.63
     Communist Harold Dyck 62 1.26
     Social Credit Peter Stevens 59 1.20
Total valid votes 4,921 100.00
Rejected votes 85
Turnout 5,006 61.10

Portage La Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

Riel:

River Heights:

Roblin:

  • (x)Wally McKenzie (PC) 3291
  • Kenneth Mikolayenko (NDP) 2351
  • Joe Andronyk (L) 410

Rock Lake:

  • (x)Henry Einarson (PC) 4243
  • Ronald Devos (L) 1167
  • Eric Irwin (NDP) 1029

Rossmere:

Rupertsland:

  • (x)Harvey Bostrom (NDP) 2141
  • George Weiss (PC) 1625
  • Norman Gunn (L) 741

St. Boniface:

St. George:

  • (x)Bill Uruski (NDP) 3103
  • Albert Rohl (PC) 2568
  • Duncan Geisler (L) 369

St. James:

  • (x)George Minaker (PC) 5199
  • Curtis Nordman (NDP) 2853
  • John Wilson (L) 749

St. Johns:

  • (x)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 3845
  • John Borger (PC) 1892
  • Myroslaw Tracz (L) 733
  • Don Plowman (Comm) 81

St. Matthews:

St. Vital:

  • (x)James Walding (NDP) 3924
  • Gil Shaw (PC) 3390
  • Eddie Coutu (L) 2115

Ste. Rose:

  • (x)A.R. Pete Adam (NDP) 2611
  • Arthur Erickson (PC) 1830
  • John Fleming (L) 1219

Selkirk:

  • (x)Howard Pawley (NDP) 5519
  • Tom Denton (PC) 4452
  • Edward Motkaluk (L) 573

Seven Oaks:

  • (x)Saul Miller (NDP) 7597
  • Carl Zawatsky (PC) 6777
  • Sue Juravsky (L) 798
  • Charles Watson (Comm) 70

Souris-Killarney:

  • Brian Ransom (PC) 4519
  • Howard Nixon (NDP) 1500
  • Jean Strath (L) 1207

Springfield:

Sturgeon Creek:

  • (x)Frank Johnston (PC) 7407
  • Don Simpson (NDP) 2655
  • Peter Moss (L) 1736

Swan River:

The Pas:

  • (x)Ron McBryde (NDP) 3471
  • Percy Pielak (PC) 1965
  • Edwin Jebb (L) 714

Thompson:

Transcona:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

[edit] Post-election changes

Rossmere (Edward Schreyer appointed Governor-General of Canada, December 7, 1978), October 16, 1979:

  • Victor Schroeder (NDP) 6191
  • Harold Piercy (PC) 5961
  • E.J. Sandy Clancy (L) 523
  • Linda J. Penner (WDP) 39
  • Manuel Gitterman (M-L) 21

River Heights (res. Sidney Spivak, April 12, 1979), October 16, 1979:

Fort Rouge (res. Lloyd Axworthy, April 6, 1979), October 16, 1979:

  • June Westbury (L) 2659
  • Vic Savino (NDP) 2291
  • Hugh MacDonald (PC) 1830

Sidney Green (NDP) changed his party affiliation to Independent NDP on December 4, 1979.

Robert Wilson was expelled from the Progressive Conservative caucus on November 20, 1980, and from the Progressive Conservative party on November 28, 1980. On June 17, 1981, he was expelled from the legislature, having been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Ben Hanuschak (NDP) became an Independent MLA on February 26, 1981. On February 27, 1981, J.R. Bud Boyce left the NDP caucus.

On March 3, 1981, Green, Hanuschak and Boyce announced their membership in the new Progressive Party of Manitoba.

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