- Manitoba general election, 1999
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Manitoba general election, 1999 
1995 ← September 21, 1999 → 2003 57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats were needed for a majorityFirst party Second party Third party 
Leader Gary Doer Gary Filmon Jon Gerrard Party New Democrat Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since 1988[1] 1983 1998 Leader's seat Concordia Tuxedo River Heights Last election 23 31 3 Seats won 32 24 1 Seat change +9 -7 -2 Popular vote 219,679 201,562 66,111 Percentage 44.51% 40.84% 13.40% Swing +11.70% -2.03% -10.33%
Map of Manitoba with the ridings coloured to indicate the winning parties and their popular vote
Premier before election
Elected Premier
The Manitoba general election of September 21, 1999 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.
The New Democratic Party (NDP) was returned to government after sitting in opposition since the 1988 election. The NDP won 32 seats, against 24 for the Progressive Conservative Party. The Manitoba Liberal Party won one seat.
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Results
Summary of the September 21, 1999 Manitoba Legislature election results Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote 1995 Dissol. 1999 + / — # % Change New Democratic Gary Doer 57 23 23 32 +9 219,679 44.51% +11.70% Progressive Conservative Gary Filmon 57 31 31 24 –7 201,562 40.84% -2.03% Liberal Jon Gerrard 50 3 2 1 -2 66,111 13.40% -10.33% Manitoba Party Roger Woloshyn 12 0 0 0 — 2,869 0.58% — Green Markus Buchart 6 0 0 0 — 973 0.20% — Libertarian Dennis Rice 6 0 0 0 — 658 0.13% +0.01% Communist Darrell Rankin 6 0 0 0 — 446 0.09% Independents and no affiliation 4 0 0 0 — 1,226 0.25% — Vacant 1 Total 198 57 57 57 — 496,684 68.11% Registered Voters 729,188 Candidates by riding
Northern Manitoba/Parkland
Electoral District Candidates Incumbent NDP PC Liberal Green Other Dauphin-Roblin Stan Struthers
5,596 (55.67%)Lorne Boguski
4,001 (39.80%)Doug McPhee (Manitoba Party)
455 (4.53%)Stan Struthers Flin Flon Gerard Jennissen
3,026 (64.91%)Tom Therien
1,368 (29.34%)Phillip Ng (Independent)
268 (5.75%)Gerrard Jennissen Rupertsland Eric Robinson
2,007 (59.15%)David Harper
678 (19.98%)Darcy Wood
708 (20.87%)Eric Robinson Swan River Rosann Wowchuk
4,931 (54.97%)Maxine Plesiuk
3,482 (38.81%)Wayne Klekta (Manitoba Party)
558 (6.22%)Rosann Wowchuk The Pas Oscar Lathlin
2,952 (46.85%)Ron Evans
2,737 (43.44%)Don Sandberg
612 (9.71%)Oscar Lathlin Thompson Steve Ashton
3,793 (70.99%)Cecil Thorne
1,306 (24.44%)Pascal Bighetty
244 (4.57%)Steve Ashton Westman
Electoral District Candidates Incumbent NDP PC Liberal Green Other Arthur-Virden Perry Kalynuk
3,063 (35.79%)Larry Maguire
4,215 (49.24%)Bob Brigden
1,281 (14.97%)Larry Maguire Brandon East Drew Caldwell
4,840 (61.28%)Marty Snelling
2,080 (26.34%)Peter Logan
453 (5.74%)Don Jessiman (Ind.)
525 (6.65%)Leonard Evans Brandon West Scott Smith
4,898 (49.26%)James McCrae
4,546 (45.72%)Lisa Roy
407 (4.09%)Lisa Gallagher (Communist)
92 (0.93%)James McCrae Minnedosa Harvey Paterson
2,841 (37.72%)Harold Gilleshammer
3,744 (49.71%)Gordon Powell
578 (7.67%)Brion Pollon (Manitoba Party)
369 (4.90%)Harold Gilleshammer Russell Vince Lelond
3,802 (46.37%)Len Derkach
4,397 (53.63%)New riding Central Manitoba
Electoral District Candidates Incumbent NDP PC Liberal Green Other Carman Diane Beresford
1,519 (20.23%)Denis Rocan
3,698 (49.25%)Raymond Le Neal
2,291 (30.51%)New riding Gimli Fran Fredrickson
5,086 (43.87%)Ed Helwer
5,488 (47.34%)Pat Carroll
1,019 (8.79%)Ed Helwer Interlake Tom Nevakshonoff
3,809 (48.59%)Betty Green
3,260 (41.59%)Margaret Swan
770 (9.82%)Tom Nevakshonoff Lakeside Paul Pododworny
2,785 (30.68%)Harry Enns
4,426 (48.75%)Dave Harcus
1,646 (18.13%)Marcel Van De Kerckhove
(Manitoba Party)
222 (2.45%)Harry Enns Morris Paul Hagen
1,796 (20.51%)Frank Pitura
4,673 (53.38%)Herm Martens
2,179 (24.89%)Dennis Rice (Libertarian)
107 (1.22%)Frank Pitura Pembina Celso Arévalo
1,120 (16.08%)Peter Dyck
4,808 (69.01%)Marilyn Skubovious
1,039 (14.91%)Peter Dyck Portage La Prairie Connie Gretsinger
2,769 (37.06%)David Faurschou
3,476 (46.52%)Dave Cook
1,116 (14.94%)Gary Bergen (Libertarian)
111 (1.49%)David Faurschou Selkirk Greg Dewar
5,376 (54.35%)Barry Uskiw
3,353 (33.90%)Joe Smolinski
1,162 (11.75%)Greg Dewar Ste. Rose Louise Wilson
3,293 (42.46%)Glen Cummings
3,871 (49.92%)Fred Juskowiak
591 (7.62%)Glen Cummings† Turtle Mountain Janet Brady
1,902 (26.47%)Mervin Tweed
4,037 (56.18%)Lorne Hanks
1,247 (17.35%)Mervin Tweed Eastman
Electoral District Candidates Incumbent NDP PC Liberal Green Other Emerson David Kiansky
1,332 (18.05%)Jack Penner
3,994 (54.12%)Ted Klassen
2,054 (27.83%)Jack Penner† Lac du Bonnet Michael Hameluck
4,686 (49.22%)Darren Praznik
4,835 (50.78%)Darren Praznik La Verendrye Ron Lemieux
3,533 (41.20%)Ben Sveinson
3,367 (39.26%)Léon Morrissette
1,465 (17.08%)Bonnie Fedak (Manitoba Party)
211 (2.46%)Ben Sveinson Springfield Leonard Kimacovich
4,058 (40.58%)Ron Schuler
4,969 (49.68%)Patricia Aitken
771 (7.71%)Roger Woloshyn (Manitoba Party)
203 (2.03%)Glen Findlay Steinbach Peter Hiebert
910 (12.46%)Jim Penner
5,708 (78.13%)Rick Ginter
688 (9.42%)Albert Driedger Northwest Winnipeg
Electoral District Candidates Incumbent NDP PC Liberal Green Other Burrows Doug Martindale
5,151 (66.34%)Cheryl Clark
724 (9.32%)Mike Babinsky
1,849 (23.81%)Darrell Rankin (Communist)
41 (0.53%)Doug Martindale Inkster Becky Barrett
3,501 (44.45%)George Sandhu
1,017 (12.91%)Kevin Lamoureux
3,358 (42.64%)Kevin Lamoureux Kildonan Dave Chomiak
6,101 (62.66%)Shannon Martin
2,542 (26.11%)Michael Lazar
1,093 (11.23%)Dave Chomiak Point Douglas George Hickes
3,338 (53.34%)Mary Richard
1,224 (19.56%)Ajay Chopra
1,336 (21.35%)Peter Juba (Independent)
360 (5.75%)George Hickes St. Johns Gord Mackintosh
5,766 (72.00%)Ray Larkin
1,635 (20.42%)Patrick Fontaine
607 (7.58%)Gord Mackintosh The Maples Cris Aglugub
4,329 (54.49%)Ellen Kowalski
2,310 (29.07%)Sudhir Sandhu
1,233 (15.52%)Caneda Menard (Independent)
73 (0.92%)Cris Aglugub Wellington Conrad Santos
4,102 (69.28%)Allison Frate
935 (15.79%)Bernie Doucette
757 (12.79%)Paul Baskerville (Manitoba Party)
127 (2.14%)Conrad Santos Totals NDP
32,288 (60.34%)PC
10,387 (19.41%)Liberal
10,223 (19.13%)Other
601 (0.12%)Northeast Winnipeg
Electoral District Candidates Incumbent NDP PC Liberal Green Other Concordia Gary Doer
5,691 (70.09%)Paul Murphy
1,898 (23.37%)Chris Hlady
444 (5.47%)C. David Nickarz
87 (1.07%)Gary Doer Elmwood Jim Maloway
5,176 (62.86%)Elsie Bordynuik
2,659 (32.29%)Gavin Whittaker (Libertarian)
320 (3.89%)
James Hoagaboam (Communist)
79 (0.96%)Jim Maloway Radisson Marianne Cerilli
5,198 (55.02%)Henry A. McDonald
3,114 (32.96%)Betty Ann Watts
1,136 (12.02%)Marianne Cerilli River East Ross Eadie
4,624 (43.31%)Bonnie Mitchelson
5,366 (50.25%)Patrick Saydak
688 (6.44%)Bonnie Mitchelson Rossmere Harry Schellenberg
5,097 (49.21%)Vic Toews
4,803 (46.37%)Cecilia Connelly
396 (3.82%)Chris Buors (Libertarian)
62 (0.60%)Vic Toews St. Boniface Greg Selinger
5,439 (56.57%)Robert Olson
1,181 (12.28%)Jean-Paul Boily
2,994 (31.14%)Neil Gaudry Transcona Daryl Reid
5,620 (63.88%)Dan Turner
2,409 (27.38%)Vibart C. Stewart
713 (8.10%)Paul Sidon (Communist)
56 (0.64%)Daryl Reid West Winnipeg
Electoral District Candidates Incumbent NDP PC Liberal Green Other Assiniboia Jim Rondeau
4,347 (44.24%)Linda McIntosh
4,344 (44.20%)J. Deborah Shiloff
1,136 (11.56%)Linda McIntosh Charleswood Darryl Livingstone
2,176 (21.28%)Myrna Driedger
5,437 (54.46%)Alana McKenzie
2,323 (23.27%)Myrna Driedger Kirkfield Park Dennis Kshyk
3,060 (26.51%)Eric Stefanson
6,108 (52.92%)Vic Wieler
2,306 (19.98%)Eric Stefanson St. James Bonnie Korzeniowski
4,483 (44.76%)Gerry McAlpine
3,845 (38.39%)Wayne Helgason
1,625 (16.23%)MaryAnn Mihychuk Tuxedo Jack Dubois
2,333 (23.80%)Gary Filmon
5,952 (60.72%)Rochelle Zimberg
1,391 (14.19%)Markus Buchart
126 (1.29%)Gary Filmon Central Winnipeg
Electoral District Candidates Incumbent NDP PC Liberal Green Other Fort Rouge Tim Sale
4,759 (48.42%)Ron Paley
2,971 (30.23%)John Shanski
1,870 (19.03%)Alex Reid
355 (4.97%)Jim Carr Lord Roberts Diane McGifford
5,240 (52.99%)Maggie Nishimura
2,678 (27.08%)Allen Mills
1,776 (17.96%)Lyle Ford
136 (1.38%)New riding Minto MaryAnn Mihychuk
4,534 (63.92%)Harry Lehotsky
2,035 (28.69%)Duane Poettcker
452 (6.37%)Harold Dyck (Communist)
45 (0.63%)
Didz Zuzens (Libertarian)
27 (0.38%)New riding River Heights Peter Reimer
1,492 (12.98%)Mike Radcliffe
4,708 (40.95%)Jon Gerrard
5,173 (45.00%)Chris Billows
92 (0.80%)Clancy Smith (Libertarian)
31 (0.27%)Jon Gerrard Wolseley Jean Friesen
5,282 (69.15%)Carol Friesen
1,685 (22.06%)Phyllis Abbé
356 (4.66%)David Allison (Communist)
133 (1.74%)Jean Friesen South Winnipeg
Electoral District Candidates Incumbent NDP PC Liberal Green Other Fort Garry Lawrie Cherniack
4,406 (43.46%)Joy Smith
4,436 (43.76%)Ted Gilson
1,143 (11.27%)Denise Van Rooyen Manitoba Party
116 (1.14%)Rosemary Vodrey Fort Whyte Bidhu Jha
2,815 (26.82%)John Loewen
6,480 (61.73%)Malli Aulakh
1,202 (11.45%)New riding Riel Linda Asper
4,883 (46.68%)David Newman
4,559 (44.03%)Clayton Weselowski
820 (7.92%)Mike Kubara (Manitoba Party)
91 (0.88%)David Newman Seine River Leslie Fingler
3,464 (35.34%)Louise Dacquay
4,684 (47.78%)Jake Pankratz
1,493 (15.23%)Warren Goodwin (Manitoba Party)
129 (1.32%)Louise Dacquay Southdale Iris Taylor
2,909 (27.28%)Jack Reimer
5,455 (51.16%)Shirley Chaput
2,064 (19.36%)Paul Gibson (Manitoba Party)
200 (1.88%)Jack Reimer St. Norbert Marilyn Brick
3,483 (38.69%)Marcel Laurendeau
4,152 (46.14%)Mohinder Dhillon
1,313 (14.59%)Marcel Laurendeau St. Vital Nancy Allan
5,298 (50.91%)Shirley Render
3,699 (36.09%)Lynn Clark
1,099 (10.72%)Brian Hanslip (Manitoba Party)
188 (1.83%)Shirley Render Riding results
Party code:
- PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
- L: Manitoba Liberal Party
- NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba
- G: Manitoba Green Party
- Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba
- Lbt: Libertarian Party of Manitoba
- M: Manitoba Party
(x) denotes or boldface incumbent. Expenditures refer only to candidate election expenses.
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.
Manitoba provincial by-election, November 21, 2000 : Kirkfield Park edit Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures Progressive Conservative Stuart Murray 4,369 53.94 $9,841 Liberal Vic Wieler 2,158 26.64 $4,355 New Democrat Dawn Thompson 1,512 18.67 $4,291 Libertarian Dennis Rice 61 0.75 $0.00 Total valid votes 8,100 100.00 Rejected and discarded votes 25 Turnout 8,125 54.87 Registered voters 14,809 Tuxedo (res. Gary Filmon, September 18, 2000), November 21, 2000:
- Heather Stefanson (PC) 2692
- Rochelle Zimberg (L) 1586
- Iona Starr (NDP) 916
Lac Du Bonnett (res. Darren Praznik, February 8, 2002), March 12, 2002:
- Gerald Hawranik (PC) 3398
- Michael Hameluck (NDP) 3234
- George Harbotte (L) 1647
Riel (res. Linda Asper, April 24, 2003)
Steinbach (res. Jim Penner, April 24, 2003)
References
- ^ Geoffrey York, "Doer captures NDP helm in tight Manitoba race", Globe and Mail, 31 March 1988, A1.
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