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Manitoba general election, 1969
← 1966 June 25, 1969 1973 →
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  PC LIB
Leader Edward Schreyer Walter Weir Robert Bend
Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader since June 7, 1969 November 25, 1967 May 10, 1969
Leader's seat Rossmere Minnedosa Ran in Lakeside (lost)
Last election 11 31 14
Seats won 28 22 5
Seat change Increase17 Decrease9 Decrease9
Popular vote 128,080 119,021 80,288
Percentage 38.27% 35.56% 23.99%
Swing Increase15.13pp Decrease4.40pp Decrease9.14pp
  Fourth party
  SC
Leader Jacob Froese
Party Social Credit
Leader's seat Rhineland
Last election 1
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady0
Popular vote 4,535
Percentage 1.36%
Swing Decrease2.18pp
Map of Election Results
Premier before election

Walter Weir
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

The Manitoba General Election of June 25, 1969 was held 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. 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]

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
1966 Elected % Change # % Change

Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row

New Democratic Edward Schreyer 57 11 28 +154.5% 128,080 38.27% +15.13

Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row

Progressive Conservative Walter Weir 57 31 22 -29.0% 119,021 35.56% -4.40

Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row

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

Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row

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:

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

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

Brandon East:

Brandon West:

Burrows:

Charleswood:

Churchill:

Crescentwood:

Dauphin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Flin Flon:

Fort Garry:

Fort Rouge:

Gimli:

Gladstone:

Inkster:

Kildonan:

Lac Du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

Template:Manitoba provincial election, 1969/Electoral District/La Verendrye (Manitoba riding)

Logan:

Minnedosa:

Template:Manitoba provincial election, 1969/Electoral District/Morris (electoral district)

Osborne:

Pembina:

Template:Manitoba provincial election, 1969/Electoral District/Point Douglas

Portage la Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

Riel:

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

Rossmere:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

Template:Manitoba provincial election, 1969/Electoral District/St. Vital (electoral district)

Ste. Rose:

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

Souris-Killarney:

Springfield:

Sturgeon Creek:

Swan River:

The Pas:

Thompson:

Transcona:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

Post-election changes

Jack Hardy (St. Vital, PC) resigned his seat. A by-election was called for April 5, 1971.

Template:Manitoba provincial by-election, April 5, 1971/Electoral District/St. Vital (electoral district)

Ste. Rose (res. Gildas Molgat, October 7, 1970), April 5, 1971:

Minnedosa (res. Walter Weir, September 1971), November 16, 1971:

Laurent Desjardins formally joined the NDP in 1971.

Wolseley (dec. Leonard Claydon, 1971), June 16, 1972:

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)[2]

References

  1. ^ Ian Stewart, Just One Vote: Jim Walding's nomination to constitutional defeat, (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press), 2009, p. 17.
  2. ^ http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/beard_gw.shtml
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