1999 Manitoba general election
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Template:Infobox election The 1999 Manitoba general election was held on September 21, 1999 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
The New Democratic Party (NDP) was returned to government after sitting in opposition since the 1988 election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The NDP won 32 seats, against 24 for the Progressive Conservative Party.<ref name=":0" /> The Manitoba Liberal Party won one seat.<ref name=":0" />
The Manitoba PC Party declined in popularity due to unpopular budget cuts on the healthcare system, social programs, and civil servants. The budget cuts on Public Service employees resulted in "Filmon Fridays" where civil servants had to take 10 unpaid days off each year. A vote splitting scandal has also hurt the Manitoba PC Party's reputation when the Independent Native Voice Party was claimed to be funded by the PC Caucus in attempt to take away votes from the NDP during the 1995 election. Template:Clear
Reorganization of electoral divisions
An Act was passed in 1999, providing for the following changes to representation in the Legislative Assembly:<ref>Template:Cite canlaw</ref>
| Abolished ridings | New ridings |
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Results
Template:Election table |- bgcolor=CCCCCC !rowspan="2" colspan="2" align=left|Party !rowspan="2" align=left|Party leader !rowspan="2"|Candidates !colspan="4" align=center|Seats !colspan="3" align=center|Popular vote |- bgcolor=CCCCCC |align="center"|1995 |align="center"|Dissol. |align="center"|1999 |align="center"|+ / — |align="center"|# |align="center"|% |align="center"|Change Template:Canadian party colour |align=left|New Democratic |align=left|Gary Doer |align="right"|57 |align="right"|23 |align="right"|23 |align="right"|32 |align="right"|+9 |align="right"|219,689 |align="right"|44.51% |align="right"|+11.70% Template:Canadian party colour |align=left|Progressive Conservative |align=left|Gary Filmon |align="right"|57 |align="right"|31 |align="right"|31 |align="right"|24 |align="right"|–7 |align="right"|201,562 |align="right"|40.84% |align="right"|-2.03% Template:Canadian party colour |align=left|Liberal |align=left|Jon Gerrard |align="right"|50 |align="right"|3 |align="right"|2 |align="right"|1 |align="right"|-2 |align="right"|66,111 |align="right"|13.40% |align="right"|-10.33% Template:Canadian party colour |align=left|Manitoba Party |align=left|Roger Woloshyn |align="right"|12 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|— |align="right"|2,869 |align="right"|0.58% |align="right"|— Template:Canadian party colour |align=left|Markus Buchart |align="right"|6 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|— |align="right"|973 |align="right"|0.20% |align="right"|— Template:Canadian party colour |align=left|Dennis Rice |align="right"|6 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|— |align="right"|658 |align="right"|0.13% |align="right"|+0.01% Template:Canadian party colour |align=left|Darrell Rankin |align="right"|6 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|— |align="right"|446 |align="right"|0.09% |align="right"| Template:Canadian party colour |colspan=2 align=left|Independents and no affiliation |align="right"|4 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|— |align="right"|1,226 |align="right"|0.25% |align="right"|— Template:Canadian party colour |align=left colspan="4"|Vacant |align="right"|1 |align="center" colspan="5"| |- |align=left colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes | align="right"|198 | align="right"|57 | align="right"|57 | align="right"|57 | align="right"|— | align="right"|493,534 | align="right"|68.11% | align="right"| |- |align=left colspan="8"|Registered Voters |align="right"|729,188 |align="center" colspan="5"| |}
Vote and seat summaries
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Synopsis of results
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Turnout, winning shares and swings
Changes in party shares
Post-election changes
Eric Stefanson (PC) resigned as the member for Kirkfield Park on September 7, 2000. A by-election was called for November 21 of the same year.
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Lac Du Bonnett (res. Darren Praznik, February 8, 2002), March 12, 2002:
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Riel (res. Linda Asper, April 24, 2003)
Steinbach (res. Jim Penner, April 24, 2003)