1969 Manitoba general election

none September 2023 1969 Manitoba general election Manitoba parliamentary no no no 1966 Manitoba general election 1966 elected members 1973 Manitoba general election 28th Manitoba Legislature 1973 57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority June 25, 1969 x160px MB NDP nohash Edward Schreyer June 7, 1969 MB NDP name Rossmere 11 28 17 128,080 38.27% 15.13pp x160px MB PC nohash Walter Weir November 25, 1967 MB PC name Minnedosa 31 22 9 119,021 35.56% 4.40pp LIB MB Liberal nohash Robert Bend May 10, 1969 MB Liberal name Ran in Lakeside (lost) 14 5 9 80,288 23.99% 9.14pp Manitoba general election, 1969 results by riding.svg 350px Map of Election Results Premier Premier after election Walter Weir MB PC name Edward Schreyer MB NDP name SC MB Social Credit nohash Jacob Froese MB Social Credit name Rhineland 1 1 0 4,535 1.36% 2.18pp The 1969 Manitoba general election was held on June 25, 1969 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. Although the NDP had risen from third place to only one seat short of a majority, it was not clear what form the government would take in the days immediately following the election. There were negotiations among the Liberals 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.Ian Stewart, Just One Vote: Jim Walding's nomination to constitutional defeat, (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press), 2009, p. 17. The Liberals had managed to remain as the Official Opposition for a decade after losing power in 1959. However, this would be the start of almost 20 years in the political wilderness; the party would not come close to governing again until winning opposition status in 1988. Results PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular Vote1966Elected% Change#%Change MB NDP row New Democratic Edward Schreyer5711 28+154.5%128,08038.27%+15.13 MB PC row Progressive Conservative Walter Weir5731 22 -29.0%119,02135.56%-4.40 MB Liberal row Liberal Robert Bend57145-64.3%80,28823.99%-9.14 MB Social Credit row-name Jacob Froese (?)611-4,5351.36%-2.18 MB Communist row-name William Cecil Ross2---7440.22%+0.02 MB Independent rowIndependent5- 1 2,0200.60%+0.57 Total18457 57-334,688100%  Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px New Democratic MB NDP 38.27 PC MB PC 35.56 Liberal MB Liberal 23.99 Social Credit MB Social Credit 1.36 Others MB Independent 0.82Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px New Democratic MB NDP 49.12 PC MB PC 38.60 Liberal MB Liberal 8.77 Social Credit MB Social Credit 1.75 Independent MB Independent 1.75 1966 Manitoba election List of Manitoba elections 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 Arthur: (incumbent)J. Douglas Watt (PC) 3133 John McRae (L) 1375 Raymond Jones (NDP) 980 Assiniboia: (incumbent)Stephen Patrick (L) 2355 Bill Docking (PC) 2329 Curtis Nordman (NDP) 1466 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: (incumbent)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 (incumbent)Gurney Evans (PC) 2416 Francis Creighton Muldoon (L) 1422 Dauphin: Peter Burtniak (NDP) 2933 (incumbent)Stewart McLean (PC) 2892 Robert E. Sheldon (L) 620 Elmwood: (incumbent)Russell Doern (NDP) 3803 Alan George Gardiner (PC) 1526 John Kozoriz (L) 1053 Emerson: Gabriel Girard (PC) 2467 (incumbent)John Tanchak (L) 2014 Stephen Zaretski (NDP) 695 Jacob Wall (SC) 237 Flin Flon: Thomas Barrow (NDP) 2045 (incumbent)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 (incumbent)Nelson Shoemaker (L) 2583 Mary McIntosh (NDP) 1064 Inkster: (incumbent)Sidney Green (NDP) 4001 Robert Armstrong (PC) 989 Gurzon Harvey (L) 661 Kildonan: (incumbent)Peter Fox (NDP) 4589 Don Mills (PC) 1876 John Gugulyn (L) 851 Lac Du Bonnet: (incumbent)Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 4060 (incumbent)Fred Klym (PC) 1267 Al Tymko (L) 806 Lakeside: (incumbent)Harry Enns (PC) 2532 Robert Bend (L) 2190 Logan: William Jenkins (NDP) 3029 Samuel Minuk (PC) 871 Howard Ferguson (L) 679 Minnedosa: (incumbent)Walter Weir (PC) 3525 Emile Roy Shellborn (NDP) 1713 Donald McNabb (L) 1028 Osborne: Ian Turnbull (NDP) 3188 (incumbent)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 Portage la Prairie: (incumbent)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: (incumbent)Jacob Froese (SC) 1981 Henry Hildebrand (PC) 1853 Willo Sterritt Forrester (L) 782 Jacob W. Heinrichs (NDP) 181 Riel: (incumbent)Donald Craik (PC) 3125 James Edward Buchanan (NDP) 3096 Raymond Spence (L) 1423 River Heights: (incumbent)Sidney Spivak (PC) 4623 Mark Danzker (L) 1573 Jack Silverberg (NDP) 1051 Roblin: (incumbent)J. Wally McKenzie (PC) 2579 (incumbent)Mike Kawchuk (NDP) 2448 J.R. Mitchell (L) 516 Rock Lake: (incumbent)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: (incumbent)Laurent Desjardins (L) 4210 Kamil Michael Gajdosik (NDP) 2656 Maurice J. Arpin (PC) 1110 St. George: Bill Uruski (NDP) 2284 (incumbent)Elman Guttormson (L) 1886 Joseph Schwartz (PC) 1169 St. James: Al Mackling (NDP) 3642 (incumbent)Douglas Stanes (PC) 2676 Peter Moss (L) 1404 St. Johns: (incumbent)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 3642 Joe Rozmus (PC) 1014 George Strewchuk (L) 736 St. Matthews: Wally Johannson (NDP) 2974 (incumbent)Robert Steen (PC) 2217 Rudy Peters (L) 1119 Ste. Rose: (incumbent)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: (incumbent)Saul Miller (NDP) 4203 Daniel Abraham Yanofsky (PC) 1505 Evelyne Rosborough (L) 813 Souris-Killarney: (incumbent)Malcolm Earl McKellar (PC) 3053 (incumbent)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: (incumbent)James Bilton (PC) 1920 Alex Filuk (NDP) 1757 Jerry Webb (SC) 1252 Gordon Beaumont (L) 766 The Pas: Ron McBryde (NDP) 1556 (incumbent)John Carroll (PC) 1361 Calvert D. Gibson (L) 963 Thompson: (incumbent)Joseph Borowski (NDP) 2436 Thomas Farrell (PC) 1500 Maurice Desjardins (L) 843 Transcona: (incumbent)Russ Paulley (NDP) 4614 Thelma Jean Opseth Call (L) 1488 Kenn Gunn-Walberg (PC) 1052 Virden: (incumbent)Morris McGregor (PC) 2161 (incumbent)Earl Dawson (L) 1571 Ralph Rowan (NDP) 1531 Wellington: (incumbent)Philip Petursson (NDP) 3260 William McGarva (PC) 1522 Thomas Bernes(L) 1035 Winnipeg Centre: Bud Boyce (NDP) 2398 (incumbent)James Cowan (PC) 1451 Joseph Wapemoose (L) 822 Wolseley: (incumbent)Leonard Claydon (PC) 2360 Hans J. Wittich (NDP) 1743 Paul N. Duval (L) 1391 http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/events/provincialelection1969.shtml Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1969) Post-election changes Jack Hardy (St. Vital, PC) resigned his seat. A by-election was called for April 5, 1971. 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)http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/beard_gw.shtml Memorable Manitobans: Gordon Wilbert Beard (1920-1972) References Further reading Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1969 1970 978-0-8020-1736-9 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_s6a4 registration Manitoba general election 1969 General election Manitoba general election