39th Manitoba Legislature

The 39th Manitoba Legislature was elected in a general election held May 22, 2007. The majority NDP government under the leadership of Premier Gary Doer had been sustained for a third term in office.

In August 27, 2009, Doer announced that he would be stepping down as Premier. Greg Selinger was elected in a leadership convention held on October 17, 2009 and was sworn in as premier two days later.

Hugh McFadyen of the Progressive Conservative Party served as Leader of the Opposition.

George Hickes served as speaker for the assembly.

There were five sessions of the 39th Legislature:

Session	Start	End
1st	June 6, 2007	November 8, 2007
2nd	November 20, 2007	October 9, 2008
3rd	November 20, 2008	October 8, 2009
4th	November 30, 2009	June 17, 2010
5th	November 16, 2010	June 16, 2011

The legislature was dissolved on September 6, 2011.

John Harvard was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until August 3, 2009, when Philip S. Lee became lieutenant governor.

Members of the 39th Legislative Assembly

	Member	Party	Riding	Nancy Allan	NDP	St. Vital	Rob Altemeyer	NDP	Wolseley	Steve Ashton	NDP	Thompson	Peter Bjornson	NDP	Gimli	Sharon Blady	NDP	Kirkfield Park	Jim Maloway	NDP	Elmwood	Bill Blaikie	NDP	Rick Borotsik	Progressive Conservative	Brandon West	Erna Braun	NDP	Rossmere	Marilyn Brick	NDP	St. Norbert	Stu Briese	Progressive Conservative	Ste. Rose	Drew Caldwell	NDP	Brandon East	David Chomiak	NDP	Kildonan	Cliff Cullen	Progressive Conservative	Turtle Mountain	Len Derkach	Progressive Conservative	Russell	Gregory Dewar	NDP	Selkirk	Myrna Driedger	Progressive Conservative	Charleswood	Peter Dyck	Progressive Conservative	Pembina	Ralph Eichler	Progressive Conservative	Lakeside	David Faurschou	Progressive Conservative	Portage la Prairie	Jon Gerrard	Liberal	River Heights	Kelvin Goertzen	Progressive Conservative	Steinbach	Cliff Graydon	Progressive Conservative	Emerson	Gerald Hawranik	Progressive Conservative	Lac Du Bonnet	George Hickes †	NDP	Point Douglas	Jennifer Howard	NDP	Fort Rouge	Kerri Irvin-Ross	NDP	Fort Garry	Gerard Jennissen	NDP	Flin Flon	Bidhu Jha	NDP	Radisson	Bonnie Korzeniowski	NDP	St. James	Kevin Lamoureux	Liberal	Inkster	Ron Lemieux	NDP	La Verendrye	Gord Mackintosh	NDP	St. Johns	Larry Maguire	Progressive Conservative	Arthur-Virden	Flor Marcelino	NDP	Wellington	Doug Martindale	NDP	Burrows	Hugh McFadyen	Progressive Conservative	Fort Whyte	Diane McGifford	NDP	Lord Roberts	Christine Melnick	NDP	Riel	Bonnie Mitchelson	Progressive Conservative	River East	Tom Nevakshonoff	NDP	Interlake	Theresa Oswald	NDP	Seine River	Blaine Pedersen	Progressive Conservative	Carman	Daryl Reid	NDP	Transcona	Eric Robinson	NDP	Rupertsland	Jim Rondeau	NDP	Assiniboia	Leanne Rowat	Progressive Conservative	Minnedosa	Mohinder Saran	NDP	The Maples	Ron Schuler	Progressive Conservative	Springfield	Erin Selby	NDP	Southdale	Greg Selinger	NDP	St. Boniface	Heather Stefanson	Progressive Conservative	Tuxedo	Stan Struthers	NDP	Dauphin-Roblin	Andrew Swan	NDP	Minto	Mavis Taillieu	Progressive Conservative	Morris	Oscar Lathlin	NDP	The Pas	Frank Whitehead	NDP	Gary Doer	NDP	Concordia	Matt Wiebe	NDP	Rosann Wowchuk	NDP	Swan River

Source: "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

Standings changes since the 2007 general election

Number of members per party by date		2007	2008		2009		2010		2011
		May 22	Sep 8	Nov 1	Mar 24	Oct 19	Mar 2	Nov 1	Mar 25	NDP	36	35	34	36	35	36			Progressive Conservative	19							18	Liberal	2						1
	Total members	57	56	55	57	56	57	56	55
	Vacant	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	2
	Government Majority	15	14	13	15	14	15	16	17

Membership changes in the 39th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	March 3, 2008	See List of Members			Election day of the 39th Manitoba general election	September 8, 2008	Jim Maloway	Elmwood	NDP	Resigned to run in federal election.	November 1, 2008	Oscar Lathlin	The Pas	NDP	Died at his cabin.	March 24, 2009	Bill Blaikie	Elmwood	NDP	Elected in a by-election.	March 24, 2009	Frank Whitehead	The Pas	NDP	Elected in a by-election.	October 19, 2009	Gary Doer	Concordia	NDP	Vacated seat to accept post as Canadian Ambassador to the US.	March 2, 2010	Matt Wiebe	Concordia	NDP	Elected in a by-election	November 1, 2010	Kevin Lamoureux	Inkster	Liberal	Vacated seat to run in federal by-election.	March 25, 2011	Gerald Hawranik	Lac du Bonnet	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat

Sources:

• "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
• "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-07-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)