The 1966 Manitoba general election was held on June 23, 1966, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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, Canada. It resulted in a third consecutive majority win for the Progressive Conservative Party led by

Dufferin Roblin Dufferin "Duff" Roblin, (June 17, 1917 – May 30, 2010) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He served as the 14th premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre ...

. Roblin's Tories won 31 seats, against 14 for the

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, 11 for the New Democratic Party and one for

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Results

Riding results

Party key: *PC:

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Manitoba) is a centre-right political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winnin ...

*L:

Manitoba Liberal Party The Manitoba Liberal Party (french: Parti libéral du Manitoba) is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late 19th century, following the province's creation in 1870. Origins and early development (to 1883) Origina ...

*NDP:

New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba (french: Nouveau Parti démocratique du Manitoba) is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba ...

*SC:

Manitoba Social Credit Party The Manitoba Social Credit Party (originally the Manitoba Social Credit League) was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit. It was formed in the 1935 ...

*Comm:

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*Ind: Independent

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: *(incumbent) James Douglas Watt (PC) 1902 * Frank Patmore (L) 1807 * C.M. Robson (NDP) 494

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: *(incumbent) Stephen Patrick (L) 5168 * Stewart Millett (PC) 4800 *Charles Norman (NDP) 2943 Birtle-Russell: * Rod Clement (L) 2223 *(incumbent) Robert G. Smellie (PC) 2078 * Ronald Kostesky (NDP) 446

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: *(incumbent) 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 *(incumbent) Mark Smerchanski (L) 1487 * Walter Paschak (PC) 1301

Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...

(deferred to July 7, 1966): *(incumbent) Gordon Beard (PC) 3159 * W.L. Hudson (L) 2192 Cypress: *(incumbent)

Thelma Forbes Thelma Bessie Forbes (September 26, 1910 – January 5, 2012) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969, and served as a cabinet minister in ...

(PC) 2331 *Duncan Campbell (L) 1888 Dauphin: *(incumbent) Stewart McLean (PC) 3149 * Edward Demkiw (L) 1512 * Michael Sotas (NDP) 236 Dufferin: *(incumbent) Homer Hamilton (PC) 2135 * Cam Johnston (L) 1280 * Walter Taylor (SC) 583 Elmwood: *

Russell Doern Russell John "Russ" Doern (October 20, 1935 – February 19, 1987) was a Manitoba politician. He served as a cabinet minister in the New Democratic government of Edward Schreyer (1969–1977), but left the New Democratic Party in 1984. He was ...

(NDP) 2765 *Tom Snowden (PC) 1816 * John Kozoriz (L) 1458 * Walter Bowden (SC) 744 Emerson: *(incumbent) 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

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Peter Masniuk Peter Paul Masniuk (February 17, 1920 in Morweena, Manitoba – October 21, 1995) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1969, and a federal Progress ...

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

Flin Flon Flin Flon (pop. 5,185 in 2016 census; 4,982 in Manitoba and 203 in Saskatchewan) is a mining city, located on a correction line on the border of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with the majority of the city located within M ...

: *(incumbent) Charles Witney (PC) 1750 * Scott Day (NDP) 1090 * Mickey Perepeluk (L) 1071

Fort Garry Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in what is now downtown Winnipeg. It was established in 1822 on or near the site of the North West Company' ...

: *(incumbent)

Sterling Lyon Sterling Rufus Lyon (January 30, 1927 – December 16, 2010) was a Canadian lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen a ...

(PC) 6131 *Peter Stokes (L) 2435 *

Vic Ratsma Wieste (Vic) Ratsma (1934–2004) was a journalist and political activist. Born in the Netherlands, he came to Canada and worked as a quality control inspector for the Canada Post while raising his family in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has ...

(NDP) 1769 Fort Rouge: *(incumbent)

Gurney Evans Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (September 3, 1907 – January 8, 1987) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1953 to 1969, and served as a cabinet minister in the ...

(PC) 3767 * Frank Muldoon (L) 2451 * Leonard Green (NDP) 1845 Gimli: *(incumbent) George Johnson (PC) 1981 * Gunnar Eggerston (L) 1021 * Zado Zator (NDP) 767 Gladstone: *(incumbent) Nelson Shoemaker (L) 2926 * John McPhedran (PC) 1787 * William Yuel (NDP) 236 Hamiota: *

Earl Dawson Earl Phillip Dawson (December 17, 1925March 28, 1987) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator, politician and civil servant. He rose to prominence in Canadian hockey when he served as president of the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association from 1 ...

(L) 2194 *(incumbent) 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 William Cecil Ross (May 11, 1911 – June 4, 1998) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, the leader of the Young Communist League and later the leader of that province's Communist Party from 1948 until his retirement in 1981. Ross was raised in a ...

(Comm) 312 Kildonan: * Peter Fox (NDP) 4644 *(incumbent) James Mills (PC) 3808 * Jim Smith (L) 2966 * Henry Redekopp (SC) 1331 Lac Du Bonnet: *(incumbent)

Oscar Bjornson Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (February 14, 1906 in Glenboro, Manitoba – August 13, 1972) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969. The son of ...

(PC) 1342 * James Desilets (L) 1262 * Walter Zarecki (NDP) 1151 * Ruben Thomas (SC) 474 Lakeside: *(incumbent) Douglas Campbell (L) 1780 *Frank Sims (PC) 1428 * Francis Mason (NDP) 272 La Verendrye: *(incumbent) Albert Vielfaure (L) 1807 * Stan Bisson (PC) 860 Logan: *(incumbent)

Lemuel Harris Lemuel (Lem) Harris (December 15, 1907 in Wales – July 24, 1996) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1959 to 1969, representing the social democratic CCF and its successor, the NDP. Harris m ...

(NDP) 1975 * Wally Fox-Decent (PC) 1657 * W.M. Suystun (L) 1019 Minnedosa: *(incumbent)

Walter Weir Walter Cocksmith Weir (June 7, 1929 – April 17, 1985) was a Canadian politician. Weir served as the 15th premier of Manitoba from 1967 to 1969. The son of James Dixon Weir, he was born in Hugh Bluff, Manitoba and was educated there and i ...

(PC) 2136 * Don McNabb (L) 1615 * Gilbert V. Hutton (SC) 774 *

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(NDP) 648 Osborne: *(incumbent)

Obie Baizley William Obadiah Baizley (May 25, 1917 – May 3, 2000) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1969, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments ...

(PC) 3363 * Bob Murdoch (NDP) 2189 * Howard Loewen (L) 2141 Pembina: *(incumbent) Carolyne Morrison (PC) 2056 * Vernon Spangelo (L) 1545 * Frederick Hamm (SC) 878 * Robert Wallcraft (NDP) 129

Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area of the city was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Hi ...

: *(incumbent) Gordon Johnston (L) 2726 * John Christianson (PC) 1991 * Sybil Barnett (NDP) 312 Radisson: *(incumbent)

Russell Paulley Andrew Russell Paulley (November 3, 1909 – May 19, 1984) was a Canadian politician. He served as leader of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1959 to 1961, and its successor, the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, fro ...

(NDP) 7114 * Joseph Guay (L) 4905 * Nelson McLean (PC) 2561

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: *(incumbent) Jacob Froese (SC) 1676 * Bruce Gunn (PC) 1324 * Alf Loewen (L) 696 River Heights: *

Sidney Spivak Sidney Joel Spivak, (May 23, 1928 – July 8, 2002) was a Manitoba politician. He was a Cabinet minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir and Sterling Lyon, and was himself leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ma ...

(PC) 5325 * Scott Wright (L) 4083 * Lionel Orlikow (NDP) 826 Roblin: *

Wally McKenzie James Wallace McKenzie (June 16, 1914 in Plenty, Saskatchewan – September 11, 1999) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1986. McKenzie was the s ...

(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 Harry Enns (November 30, 1931 – June 24, 2010) was a Manitoba politician. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir, Sterling Lyon and Gary Filmon, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the leadersh ...

(PC) 2091 * Douglas Trick (L) 1429 * Armand De Ryck (NDP) 804 * Wilmer Antonius (SC) 228 Rupertsland: *(incumbent) Joseph Jeannotte (PC) 1866 * Jean Allard (L) 953 * Douglas MacLachlan (NDP) 363 St. Boniface: *(incumbent)

Laurent Desjardins Laurent Louis "Larry" Desjardins (March 15, 1923 – February 7, 2012) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Manitoba legislature for most of the period from 1959 to 1988, and was a cabinet minister under New Democ ...

(L) 4040 * Remi Lafreniere (PC) 1750 * Maurice Paul (NDP) 1033 St. George: *(incumbent) Elman Guttormson (L) 2009 *

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(PC) 1418 * Stanley Burdett (NDP) 357 St. James: *(incumbent) Douglas Stanes (PC) 3034 *

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(L) 2244 *Jim Rose (NDP) 1487 St. Johns: *(incumbent)

Saul Cherniack Saul Mark Cherniack, (January 10, 1917 – March 30, 2018) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer. ...

(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: *(incumbent) Gildas Molgat (L) 2410 * Michael Posmituck (PC) 1187 * David Duning (SC) 275 * Harry Shafransky (NDP) 86 Selkirk: *(incumbent) Thomas Hillhouse (L) 1832 * Syndey Sarbitt (PC) 1792 * Alan Cooper (NDP) 876 * Jens Magnusson (SC) 227 Seven Oaks: *

Saul Miller Saul Alecs Miller (January 27, 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – September 1, 1993) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1981, and held a number of high-profile ...

(NDP) 5295 * Nathan Nurgitz (PC) 2596 * Melvin Fenson (L) 2010 Souris-Lansdowne: *(incumbent) Malcolm McKellar (PC) 1919 * Frank Ellis (L) 1556 *Margaret Gray (SC) 387 * Irene Bauman (NDP) 238 Springfield: *(incumbent) Fred Klym (PC) 1697 *

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(NDP) 1274 * William Lucko (L) 1113 Swan River: *(incumbent)

James Bilton James Herbert Bilton (April 10, 1908 in Leeds, England – July 4, 1988) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1977, and served as Speaker of the Le ...

(PC) 1591 * Gerald Webb (SC) 1185 * Claude Dunbar (L) 793 *George Higgs (NDP) 602

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: *(incumbent)

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(PC) 2278 *Calvin Gibson (L) 1769 *Glen Allen (NDP) 288 Turtle Mountain: * Edward Dow (L) 2149 *(incumbent) Peter J. McDonald (PC) 2144 *Peter Sawatsky (SC) 690 *Selwyn Burrows (NDP) 141 Virden: *(incumbent) Donald Morris McGregor (PC) 2092 *Roland Tolton (L) 1245 *Donald Rowan (SC) 743 *Vernon Mazawasicuna (NDP) 256

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: * Philip Petursson (NDP) 3153 *(incumbent)

Richard Seaborn Richard Harry Seaborn (born April 25, 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba; died March 27, 1991) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1966. The son of Ernest Frederick Seaborn, Seaborn ...

(PC) 2447 *Gurzon Harvey (L) 1117

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: *(incumbent) James Cowan (PC) 2982 *Ross White (L) 1917 * Donald Malinowski (NDP) 1434

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: *

(PC, Wolseley) and Rod Clement (Lib, Birtle-Russell) resigned to seek election to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 Canadian general election. Both were unsuccessful. * Gordon Beard (Ind,

) resigned his seat after protesting that the government was not paying sufficient attention to issues affecting northern Manitoba. * Harry Shewman (PC,

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) 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.''Winnipeg Free Press'', 4 February 1969, p. 14. The results for Birtle-Russell, Morris and Wolseley are taken from the ''

Winnipeg Free Press The ''Winnipeg Free Press'' (or WFP; founded as the ''Manitoba Free Press'') is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It provides coverage of local, provincial, national, and international news, as well as ...

'', 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.

Results

See also

Riding results

Post-election changes

References

Further reading