The 1969 Manitoba general election was held on June 25, 1969 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the

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. It was a watershed moment in the province's political history. The social-democratic New Democratic Party emerged for the first time as the largest party in the legislature, winning 28 out of 57 seats. The governing Progressive Conservative Party fell to 22, and the once-dominant Liberal Party fell to an historical low of five. The Social Credit Party won one seat, and there was also one Independent elected. Although the NDP had risen from third place to only one seat short of a majority, it was not clear what form the government would take in the days immediately following the election. There were negotiations among the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives to form a minority coalition government, supported by the Social Credit and Independent members; under this scenario, former Liberal leader Gildas Molgat would have become Premier. These plans came to nothing when Liberal MLA Laurent Desjardins announced that he would sit as a "Liberal Democrat" supporting the NDP, allowing the NDP to form government by one seat. Edward Schreyer became the province's first social democratic Premier shortly thereafter. The Manitoba NDP had a total election budget of $45,000. Although very small by modern standards, this was the most the party had ever spent up to this time. The Liberals had managed to remain as the Official Opposition for a decade after losing power in 1959. However, this would be the start of almost 20 years in the political wilderness; the party would not come close to governing again until winning opposition status in 1988.

Results

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

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: *(incumbent) J. Douglas Watt (PC) 3133 *John McRae (L) 1375 *Raymond Jones (NDP) 980 Assiniboia: *(incumbent)

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(L) 2355 *Bill Docking (PC) 2329 *Curtis Nordman (NDP) 1466 Brandon East: * Leonard Evans (NDP) 3035 *Emily Lyons (PC) 1962 *Don Martin (L) 1194 Brandon West: * Edward McGill (PC) 2814 * James M. Skinner (NDP) 2310 *Terry Penton (L) 1796 Burrows: *(incumbent) Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 3418 *Wasyl Michael Swystun (PC) 1317 *Olga E. Lewicki (L) 751 *Andrew Bileski (Comm) 323 Charleswood: * Arthur Moug (PC) 3401 * Duncan Edmonds (L) 2361 * John C. Hilgenga (NDP) 1325 Churchill: * Gordon Beard (Ind) 1151 *Walter Perepeluk (L) 971 * Andre Champagne (PC) 913 *Wilf Hudson (NDP) 822 Crescentwood: * Cy Gonick (NDP) 2689 *(incumbent) Gurney Evans (PC) 2416 * Francis Creighton Muldoon (L) 1422 Dauphin: * Peter Burtniak (NDP) 2933 *(incumbent) Stewart McLean (PC) 2892 *Robert E. Sheldon (L) 620 Elmwood: *(incumbent) Russell Doern (NDP) 3803 *Alan George Gardiner (PC) 1526 * John Kozoriz (L) 1053 Emerson: * Gabriel Girard (PC) 2467 *(incumbent) John Tanchak (L) 2014 *Stephen Zaretski (NDP) 695 *Jacob Wall (SC) 237 Flin Flon: * Thomas Barrow (NDP) 2045 *(incumbent) Charles H. Witney (PC) 1675 * Francis Jobin (L) 1276 Fort Garry: * Bud Sherman (PC) 3570 *G. Grant Cosby (NDP) 2063 * Richard Alan Wankling (L) 1936 Fort Rouge: * Inez Trueman (PC) 2750 *Una Decter (NDP) 2446 * Jane Sayler Heffelfinger (L) 1941 Gimli: * John Gottfried (NDP) 2159 * Eric Stefanson (PC) 1936 *Walter Griffin (L) 1663 Gladstone: * James Ferguson (PC) 3000 *(incumbent) Nelson Shoemaker (L) 2583 * Mary McIntosh (NDP) 1064 Inkster: *(incumbent) Sidney Green (NDP) 4001 *Robert Armstrong (PC) 989 *Gurzon Harvey (L) 661 Kildonan: *(incumbent) Peter Fox (NDP) 4589 *Don Mills (PC) 1876 *John Gugulyn (L) 851 Lac Du Bonnet: *(incumbent) Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 4060 *(incumbent) Fred Klym (PC) 1267 *Al Tymko (L) 806 Lakeside: *(incumbent) Harry Enns (PC) 2532 * Robert Bend (L) 2190 Logan: * William Jenkins (NDP) 3029 * Samuel Minuk (PC) 871 *Howard Ferguson (L) 679 Minnedosa: *(incumbent) Walter Weir (PC) 3525 *Emile Roy Shellborn (NDP) 1713 * Donald McNabb (L) 1028 Osborne: * Ian Turnbull (NDP) 3188 *(incumbent) Obie Baizley (PC) 2565 *Win Loewen (L) 965 Pembina: * George Henderson (PC) 2823 *Kenneth John Draper (L) 1815 * David Harms (SC) 521 *Edith Alsop (NDP) 336 Portage la Prairie: *(incumbent) Gordon Johnston (L) 2451 * Harvey Carmichael (PC) 2440 *Sidney Coulthard (NDP) 1049 Radisson: * Harry Shafransky (NDP) 3707 * Edward Joseph Albert Kotowich (L) 2284 *Moreen Henderson (PC) 1054 Rhineland: *(incumbent) Jacob Froese (SC) 1981 * Henry Hildebrand (PC) 1853 * Willo Sterritt Forrester (L) 782 *Jacob W. Heinrichs (NDP) 181 Riel: *(incumbent) Donald Craik (PC) 3125 *James Edward Buchanan (NDP) 3096 *Raymond Spence (L) 1423 River Heights: *(incumbent) Sidney Spivak (PC) 4623 *Mark Danzker (L) 1573 * Jack Silverberg (NDP) 1051 Roblin: *(incumbent) J. Wally McKenzie (PC) 2579 *(incumbent) Mike Kawchuk (NDP) 2448 *J.R. Mitchell (L) 516 Rock Lake: *(incumbent) Henry Einarson (PC) 3064 * Remi Engelbert DePape (L) 1818 *Timothy Leonard (NDP) 763 Rossmere: * Edward Schreyer (NDP) 4089 * David Wilfred Pekary (PC) 1746 *Vern Breckman (L) 631 * Stanley Copp (Ind) 238 Rupertsland: * Jean Allard (NDP) 1366 *S. P. Berthelette (L) 1142 *Paul Burelle (PC) 1026 St. Boniface: *(incumbent) Laurent Desjardins (L) 4210 * Kamil Michael Gajdosik (NDP) 2656 * Maurice J. Arpin (PC) 1110 St. George: * Bill Uruski (NDP) 2284 *(incumbent) Elman Guttormson (L) 1886 *Joseph Schwartz (PC) 1169 St. James: * Al Mackling (NDP) 3642 *(incumbent) Douglas Stanes (PC) 2676 *Peter Moss (L) 1404 St. Johns: *(incumbent) Saul Cherniack (NDP) 3642 *Joe Rozmus (PC) 1014 *George Strewchuk (L) 736 St. Matthews: * Wally Johannson (NDP) 2974 *(incumbent) Robert Steen (PC) 2217 *Rudy Peters (L) 1119 Ste. Rose: *(incumbent) Gildas Molgat (L) 2247 *Heinz Marohn (PC) 1198 *Leon Hoefer (NDP) 754 *Norma Oswald (SC) 313 Selkirk: * Howard Pawley (NDP) 3374 * Robert Stefan Oliver (PC) 2054 *George S. Sigurdson (L) 835 * Thomas Norquay (Ind) 57 Seven Oaks: *(incumbent) Saul Miller (NDP) 4203 * Daniel Abraham Yanofsky (PC) 1505 *Evelyne Rosborough (L) 813 Souris-Killarney: *(incumbent) Malcolm Earl McKellar (PC) 3053 *(incumbent) Edward Dow (L) 1982 * Wayne Williams (NDP) 892 Springfield: * Rene Toupin (NDP) 2724 *George Mulder (PC) 1551 *Hector Bahuaud (L) 807 Sturgeon Creek: * Frank Johnston (PC) 2781 * Robert Megill Chipman (L) 2251 *Stanley J. Carter (NDP) 1251 *William John Turner (Ind) 336 *James Farrell (Ind) 238 Swan River: *(incumbent) James Bilton (PC) 1920 *Alex Filuk (NDP) 1757 *Jerry Webb (SC) 1252 *Gordon Beaumont (L) 766 The Pas: * Ron McBryde (NDP) 1556 *(incumbent) John Carroll (PC) 1361 *Calvert D. Gibson (L) 963 Thompson: *(incumbent) Joseph Borowski (NDP) 2436 *Thomas Farrell (PC) 1500 *Maurice Desjardins (L) 843 Transcona: *(incumbent) Russ Paulley (NDP) 4614 * Thelma Jean Opseth Call (L) 1488 *Kenn Gunn-Walberg (PC) 1052 Virden: *(incumbent) Morris McGregor (PC) 2161 *(incumbent) Earl Dawson (L) 1571 *Ralph Rowan (NDP) 1531

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: *(incumbent) Philip Petursson (NDP) 3260 * William McGarva (PC) 1522 *Thomas Bernes(L) 1035 Winnipeg Centre: * Bud Boyce (NDP) 2398 *(incumbent) James Cowan (PC) 1451 *Joseph Wapemoose (L) 822 Wolseley: *(incumbent) Leonard Claydon (PC) 2360 *Hans J. Wittich (NDP) 1743 *Paul N. Duval (L) 1391

Post-election changes

Jack Hardy (St. Vital, PC) resigned his seat. A by-election was called for April 5, 1971. Ste. Rose (res. Gildas Molgat, October 7, 1970), April 5, 1971: * Aime Adam (NDP) 2785 * Fred Werbiski (L) 2118 * John Borcher (PC) 1792 Minnedosa (res. Walter Weir, September 1971), November 16, 1971: * Dave Blake (PC) 3532 * Emil Shellborn (NDP) 2348 *Hugh Stephenson (L) 1129 Laurent Desjardins formally joined the NDP in 1971. Wolseley (dec. Leonard Claydon, 1971), June 16, 1972: * Israel Asper (L) 3530 * Ernie J. Enns (PC) 2271 * Vic Schroeder (NDP) 2174 *William Hawryluk (Ind) 45 Jean Allard left the NDP to sit as an Independent on April 7, 1972. Joseph Borowski left the NDP caucus on June 25, 1972. Churchill (dec. Gordon Beard, November 12, 1972)

Results

See also

Riding results

Post-election changes

References

Further reading