Manitoba general election, 1966

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.

Map of Election Results

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

• List of Manitoba political parties

Riding results

Party key:

• PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
• L: Manitoba Liberal Party
• NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba
• SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party
• Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba
• Ind: Independent

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

• (x)James Douglas Watt (PC) 1902
• Frank Patmore (L) 1807
• C.M. Robson (NDP) 494

Assiniboia:

• (x)Stephen Patrick (L) 5168
• Stewart Millett (PC) 4800
• Charles Norman (NDP) 2943

Birtle-Russell:

• Rod Clement (L) 2223
• (x)Robert G. Smellie (PC) 2078
• Ronald Kostesky (NDP) 446

Brandon:

• (x)Reginald Lissaman (PC) 3863
• Terry Penton (L) 3696
• Harold Weitman (NDP) 1452
• Ben Van Hoffen (SC) 508

Brokenhead:

• Sam Uskiw (NDP) 1889
• George Mulder (PC) 1315
• Stanley Copp (Ind L) 669
• Ken Skiba (SC) 365

Burrows:

• Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 2415
• (x)Mark Smerchanski (L) 1487
• Walter Paschak (PC) 1301

1966 Manitoba provincial election : Carillon edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Leonard Barkman	2,352	63.83
	Progressive Conservative	John Blatz	1,217	33.03
	New Democratic Party	Elmer Reimer	116	3.12
Total valid votes			3,685	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			59
Turnout			3,744	59.84
Electors on the lists			6,257

Churchill (deferred to July 7, 1966):

• (x)Gordon Beard (PC) 3159
• W.L. Hudson (L) 2192

Cypress:

• (x)Thelma Forbes (PC) 2331
• Duncan Campbell (L) 1888

Dauphin:

• (x)Stewart McLean (PC) 3149
• Edward Demkiw (L) 1512
• Michael Sotas (NDP) 236

Dufferin:

• (x)Homer Hamilton (PC) 2135
• Cam Johnston (L) 1280
• Walter Taylor (SC) 583

Elmwood:

• Russell Doern (NDP) 2765
• Tom Snowden (PC) 1816
• John Kozoriz (L) 1458
• Walter Bowden (SC) 744

Emerson:

• (x)John Tanchak (L) 2180
• Gabriel Girard (PC) 2015

Ethelbert Plains:

• Michael Kawchuk (NDP) 1246
• William Paziuk (L) 1182
• Melvin Pipe (SC) 884
• John Tycholis (PC) 548

Fisher:

• Peter Masniuk (PC) 1480
• Peter Wagner (NDP) 1368
• Arthur Devlin (L) 712
• John Palamarchuk (Ind) 97

Flin Flon:

• (x)Charles Witney (PC) 1750
• Scott Day (NDP) 1090
• Mickey Perepeluk (L) 1071

Fort Garry:

• (x)Sterling Lyon (PC) 6131
• Peter Stokes (L) 2435
• Victor Ratsma (NDP) 1769

Fort Rouge:

• (x)Gurney Evans (PC) 3767
• Frank Muldoon (L) 2451
• Leonard Green (NDP) 1845

Gimli:

• (x)George Johnson (PC) 1981
• Gunnar Eggerston (L) 1021
• Zado Zator (NDP) 767

Gladstone:

• (x)Nelson Shoemaker (L) 2926
• John McPhedran (PC) 1787
• William Yuel (NDP) 236

Hamiota:

• Earl Dawson (L) 2194
• (x)Barry Strickland (PC) 2043
• M.S. Antonation (NDP) 412

Inkster:

• Sidney Green (NDP) 3644
• Olga Fuga (PC) 1713
• Ray Babick (L) 1557
• William Cecil Ross (Comm) 312

Kildonan:

• Peter Fox (NDP) 4644
• (x)James Mills (PC) 3808
• Jim Smith (L) 2966
• Henry Redekopp (SC) 1331

Lac Du Bonnet:

• (x)Oscar Bjornson (PC) 1342
• James Desilets (L) 1262
• Walter Zarecki (NDP) 1151
• Ruben Thomas (SC) 474

Lakeside:

• (x)Douglas Campbell (L) 1780
• Frank Sims (PC) 1428
• Francis Mason (NDP) 272

La Verendrye:

• (x)Albert Vielfaure (L) 1807
• Stan Bisson (PC) 860

Logan:

• (x)Lemuel Harris (NDP) 1975
• Wally Fox-Decent (PC) 1657
• W.M. Suystun (L) 1019

Minnedosa:

• (x)Walter Weir (PC) 2136
• Don McNabb (L) 1615
• Gilbert V. Hutton (SC) 774
• John Lee (NDP) 648

1966 Manitoba provincial election : Morris edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	(x)Harry Shewman	1,518	47.80
	Liberal	Bruce McKenzie	1,288	40.55
	New Democratic Party	William T. Loftus	370	11.65
Total valid votes			3,176	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			33
Turnout			3,209	60.83
Electors on the lists			5,275

Osborne:

• (x)Obie Baizley (PC) 3363
• Bob Murdoch (NDP) 2189
• Howard Loewen (L) 2141

Pembina:

• (x)Carolyne Morrison (PC) 2056
• Vernon Spangelo (L) 1545
• Frederick Hamm (SC) 878
• Robert Wallcraft (NDP) 129

Portage La Prairie:

• (x)Gordon Johnston (L) 2726
• John Christianson (PC) 1991
• Sybil Barnett (NDP) 312

Radisson:

• (x)Russell Paulley (NDP) 7114
• Joseph Guay (L) 4905
• Nelson McLean (PC) 2561

Rhineland:

• (x)Jacob Froese (SC) 1676
• Bruce Gunn (PC) 1324
• Alf Loewen (L) 696

River Heights:

• Sidney Spivak (PC) 5325
• Scott Wright (L) 4083
• Lionel Orlikow (NDP) 826

Roblin:

• Wally McKenzie (PC) 1798
• Joseph Perchaluk (NDP) 1583
• Jack Mitchell (L) 863

Rock Lake:

• Henry Einarson (PC) 1835
• Ronald Gardiner (L) 1691
• Jacob Harms (SC) 505
• Ernest Sloane (NDP) 333

Rockwood-Iberville:

• Harry Enns (PC) 2091
• Douglas Trick (L) 1429
• Armand De Ryck (NDP) 804
• Wilmer Antonius (SC) 228

Rupertsland:

• (x)Joseph Jeannotte (PC) 1866
• Jean Allard (L) 953
• Douglas MacLachlan (NDP) 363

St. Boniface:

• (x)Laurent Desjardins (L) 4040
• Remi Lafreniere (PC) 1750
• Maurice Paul (NDP) 1033

St. George:

• (x)Elman Guttormson (L) 2009
• Arthur Schwartz (PC) 1418
• Stanley Burdett (NDP) 357

St. James:

• (x)Douglas Stanes (PC) 3034
• Lloyd Axworthy (L) 2244
• Jim Rose (NDP) 1487

St. Johns:

• (x)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 2427
• Dan Zaharia (PC) 1215
• Harry Meronek (L) 970
• Don Currie (Comm) 326

St. Matthews:

• Robert Steen (PC) 2941
• Andrew Robertson (NDP) 1950
• Donald Cook (L) 1922

St. Vital:

• Donald Craik (PC) 4432
• Douglas Honeyman (L) 2927
• William Hutton (NDP) 2310

Ste. Rose:

• (x)Gildas Molgat (L) 2410
• Michael Posmituck (PC) 1187
• David Duning (SC) 275
• Harry Shafransky (NDP) 86

Selkirk:

• (x)Thomas Hillhouse (L) 1832
• Syndey Sarbitt (PC) 1792
• Alan Cooper (NDP) 876
• Jens Magnusson (SC) 227

Seven Oaks:

• Saul Miller (NDP) 5295
• Nathan Nurgitz (PC) 2596
• Melvin Fenson (L) 2010

Souris-Lansdowne:

• (x)Malcolm McKellar (PC) 1919
• Frank Ellis (L) 1556
• Margaret Gray (SC) 387
• Irene Bauman (NDP) 238

Springfield:

• (x)Fred Klym (PC) 1697
• Richard Loeb (NDP) 1274
• William Lucko (L) 1113

Swan River:

• (x)James Bilton (PC) 1591
• Gerald Webb (SC) 1185
• Claude Dunbar (L) 793
• George Higgs (NDP) 602

The Pas:

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

Turtle Mountain:

• Edward Dow (L) 2149
• (x)Peter J. McDonald (PC) 2144
• Peter Sawatsky (SC) 690
• Selwyn Burrows (NDP) 141

Virden:

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

Wellington:

• Philip Petursson (NDP) 3153
• (x)Richard Seaborn (PC) 2447
• Gurzon Harvey (L) 1117

Winnipeg Centre:

• (x)James Cowan (PC) 2982
• Ross White (L) 1917
• Donald Malinowski (NDP) 1434

1966 Manitoba provincial election : Wolseley edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	(x)Dufferin Roblin	3,132	48.88
	Liberal	Julius Koteles	1,780	27.78
	New Democratic Party	Cecil Wood	1,495	23.33
Total valid votes			6,407	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			45
Turnout			6,452	55.52
Electors on the lists			11,621

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:

• Dufferin Roblin (PC, Wolseley) and Rod Clement (Lib, Birtle-Russell) resigned to seek election to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 Canadian general election. Both were unsuccessful.
• Gordon Beard (Ind, Churchill) resigned his seat after protesting that the government was not paying sufficient attention to issues affecting northern Manitoba.
• Harry Shewman (PC, Morris) died in office.

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]

Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969 : Birtle-Russell edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Graham	2,117	46.46		$1,500.98
	Liberal	Edward Shust	1,406	30.85		$2,476.39
	New Democratic Party	Donald Kostesky	1,034	22.69		$1,248.00
Total valid votes			4,557	100
Rejected and discarded votes			23
Turnout			4,580	76.30
Electors on the lists			6,003

Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969 : Churchill edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Joseph Borowski	2,637	32.67		$2,350.33
	Independent	Blain Johnston	2,616	32.41		$3,733.76
	Liberal	Garry Walsh	1,709	21.17		$6,242.87
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Klewchuk	1,109	13.74		$7,346.47
Total valid votes			8,071	100
Rejected and discarded votes			17
Turnout			8,088	62.97
Electors on the lists			12,845

Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969 : Morris edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Warner Jorgenson	2,146	65.77		$966.85
	Liberal	Ralph Rasmussen	841	25.77		$526.56
	New Democratic Party	William T. Loftus	276	8.46		$770.61
Total valid votes			3,263	100
Rejected and discarded votes			17
Turnout			3,280	62.07
Electors on the lists			5,284

Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969 : Wolseley edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard Claydon	2,161	46.62		$2,640.69
	Liberal	Julius Koteles	1,528	33.01		$10,753.19
	New Democratic Party	Archie Stone	944	20.37		$1,423.50
Total valid votes			4,633	100
Rejected and discarded votes			75
Turnout			4,708	41.97
Electors on the lists			11,217

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.