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Manitoba general election, 1966
← 1962 June 23, 1966 1969 →
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  PC NDP
Leader Dufferin Roblin Gildas Molgat Russell Paulley
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since June 17, 1954 April 20, 1961 November 4, 1961
Leader's seat Wolseley Ste. Rose Radisson
Last election 36 13 7
Seats won 31 14 11
Seat change Decrease5 Increase1 Increase4
Popular vote 130,102 107,841 75,333
Percentage 39.96% 33.13% 23.14%
Swing Decrease4.74pp Decrease2.97pp Increase8.94pp
Map of Election Results
Premier before election

Dufferin Roblin
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Dufferin Roblin
Progressive Conservative

The Manitoba general election held on June 23, 1966, was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a third consecutive majority win for the Progressive Conservative Party led by Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won 31 seats, against 14 for the Liberal Party, 11 for the New Democratic Party and one for Social Credit.

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
1962 Elected % Change # % % Change
  Progressive Conservative Dufferin Roblin 57 36 31 -13.9% 130,102 39.96%  
  Liberal Gildas Molgat 56 13 14 +7.7% 107,841 33.13%  
  New Democratic Russell Paulley 53 7 11 +57.1% 75,333 23.14%  
Social Credit Jacob Froese 16 1 1 - 11,538 3.54%  
Communist William Cecil Ross 2 - - - 638 0.20%  
  Independent 1 - – - 97 0.03%  
Total 185 57 57 - 325,549 100%  
Preceded by
1962 Manitoba election 		List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by
1969 Manitoba election

See also

Riding results

Party key:

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon:

Brokenhead:

Burrows:

Template:Manitoba provincial election, 1966/Electoral District/Carillon (electoral district)

Churchill (deferred to July 7, 1966):

Cypress:

Dauphin:

Dufferin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Ethelbert Plains:

Fisher:

Flin Flon:

Fort Garry:

Fort Rouge:

Gimli:

Gladstone:

Hamiota:

Inkster:

Kildonan:

Lac Du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

La Verendrye:

Logan:

Minnedosa:

Template:Manitoba provincial election, 1966/Electoral District/Morris (electoral district)

Osborne:

Pembina:

Portage la Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

Rockwood-Iberville:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

St. Vital:

Ste. Rose:

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

Souris-Lansdowne:

Springfield:

Swan River:

The Pas:

  • (x)John Carroll (PC) 2278
  • Calvin Gibson (L) 1769
  • Glen Allen (NDP) 288

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

  • (x)Donald Morris McGregor (PC) 2092
  • Roland Tolton (L) 1245
  • Donald Rowan (SC) 743
  • Vernon Mazawasicuna (NDP) 256

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Template:Manitoba provincial election, 1966/Electoral District/Wolseley (electoral district)

Post-election changes

Note: These by-election results are taken from newspaper reports, and may not exactly match the official returns.

Gordon Beard (PC) became (Ind) in 1968.

Turtle Mountain (results overturned and seat declared vacant, January 30, 1968), March 4, 1968:

  • Edward Dow (L) 2443
  • Allan Rose (PC) 2240
  • Peter Sawatsky (SC) 610

Four seats became vacant in 1968:

By-elections for all four ridings were called for February 20, 1969. The Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties fielded candidates in all four ridings, and there was also an independent candidate in Churchill. The Social Credit Party intended to field a candidate in Morris, but ultimately did not do so.[1]

Template:Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969/Electoral District/Birtle-Russell

Template:Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969/Electoral District/Churchill (provincial electoral district)

Template:Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969/Electoral District/Morris (electoral district)

Template:Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969/Electoral District/Wolseley (electoral district)

The results for Birtle-Russell, Morris and Wolseley are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, 21 February 1969. The result from Churchill reflects the findings of a judicial review, and is taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, 19 March 1969.

References

  1. ^ Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 1969, p. 14.
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