1977 Manitoba general election

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:One source Template:Infobox election The 1977 Manitoba general election was held on October 11, 1977, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, which took 33 seats out of 57. The governing New Democratic Party fell to 23 seats, while the Liberal Party won only one seat.

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
1973 Elected % Change # % Change

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Progressive Conservative Sterling Lyon 57 21 33 +57.1% 237,496 48.75% +12.02

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New Democratic Edward Schreyer 57 31 23 -25.8% 188,124 38.62% -3.69

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Liberal Charles Huband 53 5 1 -80.0% 59,865 12.29% -6.75

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Jacob Froese 5 - - - 1,323 0.27% -0.10

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William Cecil Ross 4 - - - 299 0.06% +0.01

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Revolutionary Workers 1 * – * 47 0.01% *

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Independent - 1 - -100% - - -1.49
Total 177 57 57 - 487,154 100%  

Note:

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Riding results

Party key:

Arthur:

  • James Downey (PC) 2280
  • Earl Sterling (NDP) 1172
  • Murray Lee (L) 901

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

  • (incumbent)Harry Graham (PC) 3058
  • Peter Merry (NDP) 2608
  • Doug MacIsaac (L) 1169

Brandon East:

  • (incumbent)Leonard Evans (NDP) 4217
  • James Thornborough (PC) 3195
  • James Manishen (L) 558

Brandon West:

Burrows:

  • (incumbent)Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 4103
  • Ken Alyluia (PC) 1688
  • Anne Percheson (L) 490

Charleswood:

Churchill:

  • Jay Cowan (NDP) 2280
  • Mark Ingebrigtson (PC) 1992
  • Andrew Kirkness (L) 1140

Crescentwood:

Dauphin:

Elmwood:

  • (incumbent)Russell Doern (NDP) 4136
  • Ken Gunn-Walberg (PC) 3282
  • Ken Vincent (L) 675

Emerson:

Flin Flon:

  • (incumbent)Thomas Barrow (NDP) 2917
  • Nyall Hyndman (PC) 2522
  • Walter Shmon (L) 309

Fort Garry:

  • (incumbent)Bud Sherman (PC) 10052
  • Ruth Pear (NDP) 4157
  • Beth Candlish (L) 2423

Fort Rouge:

Gimli:

Gladstone:

  • (incumbent)James Ferguson (PC) 4635
  • William Werbiski (NDP) 2151
  • Sid Lachter (L) 662

Inkster:

  • (incumbent)Sidney Green (NDP) 5175
  • Barrie Jones (PC) 2711
  • Barry Krawchuk (L) 934

Kildonan:

Lac Du Bonnet:

  • (incumbent)Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 5037
  • John Vaags (PC) 3795
  • Robert Dyne (L) 515

Lakeside:

  • (incumbent)Harry Enns (PC) 3987
  • Phillip Schwarz (NDP) 1494
  • Douglas Clifford (L) 1034

La Verendrye:

Logan:

Minnedosa:

Morris:

  • (incumbent)Warner Jorgenson (PC) 4484
  • Alphonse Lenz (NDP) 1152
  • Donald Macgillivray (L) 516

Osborne:

Pembina:

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Portage la Prairie:

  • Lloyd Hyde (PC) 3552
  • Peter Swidnicki (NDP) 2067
  • Hugh Moran (L) 1893

Radisson:

Rhineland:

Riel:

River Heights:

Roblin:

  • (incumbent)Wally McKenzie (PC) 3291
  • Kenneth Mikolayenko (NDP) 2351
  • Joe Andronyk (L) 410

Rock Lake:

  • (incumbent)Henry Einarson (PC) 4243
  • Ronald Devos (L) 1167
  • Eric Irwin (NDP) 1029

Rossmere:

  • (incumbent)Edward Schreyer (NDP) 9246
  • Henry Krahn (PC) 8516
  • Brian Norris (L) 680

Rupertsland:

  • (incumbent)Harvey Bostrom (NDP) 2141
  • George Weiss (PC) 1625
  • Norman Gunn (L) 741

St. Boniface:

St. George:

  • (incumbent)Bill Uruski (NDP) 3103
  • Albert Rohl (PC) 2568
  • Duncan Geisler (L) 369

St. James:

  • (incumbent)George Minaker (PC) 5199
  • Curtis Nordman (NDP) 2853
  • John Wilson (L) 749

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

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Ste. Rose:

  • (incumbent)A.R. Pete Adam (NDP) 2611
  • Arthur Erickson (PC) 1830
  • John Fleming (L) 1219

Selkirk:

  • (incumbent)Howard Pawley (NDP) 5519
  • Tom Denton (PC) 4452
  • Edward Motkaluk (L) 573

Seven Oaks:

  • (incumbent)Saul Miller (NDP) 7597
  • Carl Zawatsky (PC) 6777
  • Sue Juravsky (L) 798
  • Charles Watson (Comm) 70

Souris-Killarney:

  • Brian Ransom (PC) 4519
  • Howard Nixon (NDP) 1500
  • Jean Strath (L) 1207

Springfield:

Sturgeon Creek:

  • (incumbent)Frank Johnston (PC) 7407
  • Don Simpson (NDP) 2655
  • Peter Moss (L) 1736

Swan River:

The Pas:

Thompson:

Transcona:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

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Post-election changes

Rossmere (Edward Schreyer appointed Governor-General of Canada, December 7, 1978), October 16, 1979:

  • Victor Schroeder (NDP) 6191
  • Harold Piercy (PC) 5961
  • E.J. Sandy Clancy (L) 523
  • Linda J. Penner (WDP) 39
  • Manuel Gitterman (M-L) 21

River Heights (res. Sidney Spivak, April 12, 1979), October 16, 1979:

  • Gary Filmon (PC) 3473
  • Jay Prober (L) 2477
  • Don Jewison (NDP) 697
  • William Hawryluk (WDP) 19

Fort Rouge (res. Lloyd Axworthy, April 6, 1979), October 16, 1979:

Sidney Green (NDP) changed his party affiliation to Independent NDP on December 4, 1979.

Robert Wilson was expelled from the Progressive Conservative caucus on November 20, 1980, and from the Progressive Conservative party on November 28, 1980. On June 17, 1981, he was expelled from the legislature, having been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Ben Hanuschak (NDP) became an Independent MLA on February 26, 1981. On February 27, 1981, Bud Boyce left the NDP caucus.

On March 3, 1981, Green, Hanuschak and Boyce announced their membership in the new Progressive Party of Manitoba.

See also

References

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Further reading

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{{#if:1981 Manitoba election|1981 Manitoba election|—}}

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