1969 Manitoba general election
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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.
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, 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.[1]
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
Party | Party Leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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1966 | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||
New Democratic | Edward Schreyer | 57 | 11 | 28 | +154.5% | 128,080 | 38.27% | +15.13 | |
Progressive Conservative | Walter Weir | 57 | 31 | 22 | -29.0% | 119,021 | 35.56% | -4.40 | |
Liberal | Robert Bend | 57 | 14 | 5 | -64.3% | 80,288 | 23.99% | -9.14 | |
Social Credit | Jacob Froese (?) | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 4,535 | 1.36% | -2.18 | |
Communist | William Cecil Ross | 2 | - | - | - | 744 | 0.22% | +0.02 | |
Independent | 5 | - | 1 | 2,020 | 0.60% | +0.57 | |||
Total | 184 | 57 | 57 | - | 334,688 | 100% |
Preceded by 1966 Manitoba election |
List of Manitoba elections | Succeeded by 1973 Manitoba election |
See also
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.
- (x)J. Douglas Watt (PC) 3133
- John McRae (L) 1375
- Raymond Jones (NDP) 980
- (x)Stephen Patrick (L) 2355
- Bill Docking (PC) 2329
- Curtis Nordman (NDP) 1466
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- Leonard Evans (NDP) 3035
- Emily Lyons (PC) 1962
- Don Martin (L) 1194
- Edward McGill (PC) 2814
- James M. Skinner (NDP) 2310
- Terry Penton (L) 1796
- (x)Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 3418
- Wasyl Michael Swystun (PC) 1317
- Olga E. Lewicki (L) 751
- Andrew Bileski (Comm) 323
- Arthur Moug (PC) 3401
- Duncan Edmonds (L) 2361
- John C. Hilgenga (NDP) 1325
- Gordon Beard (Ind) 1151
- Walter Perepeluk (L) 971
- Andre Champagne (PC) 913
- Wilf Hudson (NDP) 822
- Cy Gonick (NDP) 2689
- (x)Gurney Evans (PC) 2416
- Francis Creighton Muldoon (L) 1422
- Peter Burtniak (NDP) 2933
- (x)Stewart McLean (PC) 2892
- Robert E. Sheldon (L) 620
- (x)Russell Doern (NDP) 3803
- Alan George Gardiner (PC) 1526
- John Kozoriz (L) 1053
- Gabriel Girard (PC) 2467
- (x)John Tanchak (L) 2014
- Stephen Zaretski (NDP) 695
- Jacob Wall (SC) 237
- Thomas Barrow (NDP) 2045
- (x)Charles H. Witney (PC) 1675
- Francis Jobin (L) 1276
- Bud Sherman (PC) 3570
- G. Grant Cosby (NDP) 2063
- Richard Alan Wankling (L) 1936
- Inez Trueman (PC) 2750
- Una Decter (NDP) 2446
- Jane Sayler Heffelfinger (L) 1941
- John Gottfried (NDP) 2159
- Eric Stefanson (PC) 1936
- Walter Griffin (L) 1663
- James Ferguson (PC) 3000
- (x)Nelson Shoemaker (L) 2583
- Mary McIntosh (NDP) 1064
- (x)Sidney Green (NDP) 4001
- Robert Armstrong (PC) 989
- Gurzon Harvey (L) 661
- (x)Peter Fox (NDP) 4589
- Don Mills (PC) 1876
- John Gugulyn (L) 851
- (x)Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 4060
- (x)Fred Klym (PC) 1267
- Al Tymko (L) 806
- (x)Harry Enns (PC) 2532
- Robert Bend (L) 2190
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- William Jenkins (NDP) 3029
- Samuel Minuk (PC) 871
- Howard Ferguson (L) 679
- (x)Walter Weir (PC) 3525
- Emile Roy Shellborn (NDP) 1713
- Donald McNabb (L) 1028
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- Ian Turnbull (NDP) 3188
- (x)Obie Baizley (PC) 2565
- Win Loewen (L) 965
- George Henderson (PC) 2823
- Kenneth John Draper (L) 1815
- David Harms (SC) 521
- Edith Alsop (NDP) 336
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- (x)Gordon Johnston (L) 2451
- Harvey Carmichael (PC) 2440
- Sidney Coulthard (NDP) 1049
- Harry Shafransky (NDP) 3707
- Edward Joseph Albert Kotowich (L) 2284
- Moreen Henderson (PC) 1054
- (x)Jacob Froese (SC) 1981
- Henry Hildebrand (PC) 1853
- Willo Sterritt Forrester (L) 782
- Jacob W. Heinrichs (NDP) 181
Riel:
- (x)Donald Craik (PC) 3125
- James Edward Buchanan (NDP) 3096
- Raymond Spence (L) 1423
- (x)Sidney Spivak (PC) 4623
- Mark Danzker (L) 1573
- Jack Silverberg (NDP) 1051
- (x)J. Wally McKenzie (PC) 2579
- (x)Mike Kawchuk (NDP) 2448
- J.R. Mitchell (L) 516
- (x)Henry Einarson (PC) 3064
- Remi Engelbert DePape (L) 1818
- Timothy Leonard (NDP) 763
- Edward Schreyer (NDP) 4089
- David Wilfred Pekary (PC) 1746
- Vern Breckman (L) 631
- Stanley Copp (Ind) 238
- Jean Allard (NDP) 1366
- S. P. Berthelette (L) 1142
- Paul Burelle (PC) 1026
- (x)Laurent Desjardins (L) 4210
- Kamil Michael Gajdosik (NDP) 2656
- Maurice J. Arpin (PC) 1110
- Bill Uruski (NDP) 2284
- (x)Elman Guttormson (L) 1886
- Joseph Schwartz (PC) 1169
- Al Mackling (NDP) 3642
- (x)Douglas Stanes (PC) 2676
- Peter Moss (L) 1404
- (x)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 3642
- Joe Rozmus (PC) 1014
- George Strewchuk (L) 736
- Wally Johannson (NDP) 2974
- (x)Robert Steen (PC) 2217
- Rudy Peters (L) 1119
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- (x)Gildas Molgat (L) 2247
- Heinz Marohn (PC) 1198
- Leon Hoefer (NDP) 754
- Norma Oswald (SC) 313
- Howard Pawley (NDP) 3374
- Robert Stefan Oliver (PC) 2054
- George S. Sigurdson (L) 835
- Thomas Norquay (Ind) 57
- (x)Saul Miller (NDP) 4203
- Daniel Abraham Yanofsky (PC) 1505
- Evelyne Rosborough (L) 813
- (x)Malcolm Earl McKellar (PC) 3053
- (x)Edward Dow (L) 1982
- Wayne Williams (NDP) 892
- Rene Toupin (NDP) 2724
- George Mulder (PC) 1551
- Hector Bahuaud (L) 807
- Frank Johnston (PC) 2781
- Robert Megill Chipman (L) 2251
- Stanley J. Carter (NDP) 1251
- William John Turner (Ind) 336
- James Farrell (Ind) 238
- (x)James Bilton (PC) 1920
- Alex Filuk (NDP) 1757
- Jerry Webb (SC) 1252
- Gordon Beaumont (L) 766
- Ron McBryde (NDP) 1556
- (x)John Carroll (PC) 1361
- Calvert D. Gibson (L) 963
- (x)Joseph Borowski (NDP) 2436
- Thomas Farrell (PC) 1500
- Maurice Desjardins (L) 843
- (x)Russ Paulley (NDP) 4614
- Thelma Jean Opseth Call (L) 1488
- Kenn Gunn-Walberg (PC) 1052
- (x)Morris McGregor (PC) 2161
- (x)Earl Dawson (L) 1571
- Ralph Rowan (NDP) 1531
- (x)Philip Petursson (NDP) 3260
- William McGarva (PC) 1522
- Thomas Bernes(L) 1035
- Bud Boyce (NDP) 2398
- (x)James Cowan (PC) 1451
- Joseph Wapemoose (L) 822
- (x)Leonard Claydon (PC) 2360
- Hans J. Wittich (NDP) 1743
- Paul N. Duval (L) 1391
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)[3]
References
- ^ Ian Stewart, Just One Vote: Jim Walding's nomination to constitutional defeat, (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press), 2009, p. 17.
- ^ http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/events/provincialelection1969.shtml
- ^ http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/beard_gw.shtml