1973 Manitoba general election

1973 Manitoba general election
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba ; 29 seats were needed for a majority
	Map of Election Results
Premier before election; Edward Schreyer; New Democratic	Premier after election ; Edward Schreyer; New Democratic

The 1973 Manitoba general election was held on June 28, 1973 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the social-democratic New Democratic Party, which took 31 of 57 seats to win government in its own right for the first time. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with 21, while the Manitoba Liberal Party took the remaining five. The Manitoba Social Credit Party lost its only seat.

A right-of-centre municipal organization known as the Independent Citizens' Election Committee convinced the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties to avoid competing against each other in certain Winnipeg-area ridings, such that a single "anti-socialist" alternative to the NDP could be offered. This campaign was generally unsuccessful.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1969	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	New Democratic	Edward Schreyer	57	28	31	+10.7%	197,585	42.31%	+4.04
	Progressive Conservative	Sidney Spivak	52	22	21	-4.5%	171,553	36.73%	+1.17
	Liberal	Israel Asper	50	5	5	-	88,907	19.04%	-4.95
	Social Credit	Jacob Froese	3	1	-	-100%	1,709	0.37%	-0.99
	Communist	William Cecil Ross	3	-	-	-	252	0.05%	-0.17
	Marxist–Leninist		3	-	-	-	69	0.01%	+0.01
	Independent		18	1	-	-100%	6,969	1.49%	+0.89
Total			186	57	57		467,044	100%

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Popular vote

New Democratic			42.31%
PC			36.73%
Liberal			19.04%
Others			1.92%

Seats summary

New Democratic			54.39%
PC			36.84%
Liberal			8.77%

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
(M-L): Communist Party of Canada – Marxist-Leninist
Ind: Independent

Arthur:

(incumbent)Douglas Watt (PC) 3487
Lorne Watt (NDP) 1981
M.F. Mac Corbett (L) 1181

Assiniboia:

(incumbent)Stephen Patrick (L) 5105
Norma Price (PC) 4309
Larry Iwan (NDP) 3029

Birtle-Russell:

(incumbent)Harry Graham (PC) 3203
Michael Sotas (NDP) 2967
John Braendle (L) 685

Brandon East:

(incumbent)Leonard Evans (NDP) 4123
Ken Burgess (PC) 2912
Terry Penton (L) 855
John Gross (SC) 78

Brandon West:

(incumbent)Edward McGill (PC) 5070
Henry Carroll (NDP) 4028
Guy Savoie (L) 806

Burrows:

(incumbent)Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 5277
Doug Krochak (PC) 1044
Bob Major (L) 741
Mary Kardash (Comm) 108
Glen Brown (M-L) 33

Charleswood:

(incumbent)Arthur Moug (PC) 6180
Roy Neil Benson (NDP) 3554
Jim Spencer (L) 3456

Churchill:

Les Osland (NDP) 2041
Andy Champagne (PC) 1367
Walter Perepeluk (L) 1256
Andrew Kirkness (Ind) 880

Crescentwood:

Harvey Patterson (NDP) 3730
Lawrie Pollard (PC) 3729
June Menzies (L) 1734

Dauphin:

(incumbent)Peter Burtniak (NDP) 4261
Art Rampton (PC) 3262
Hugh Dunlop (L) 1091

Elmwood:

(incumbent)Russell Doern (NDP) 4987
Edward Tymchuk (PC) 2361
Ray Brunka (L) 1363

Emerson:

Steve Derewianchuk (NDP) 2374
Garnet Kyle (PC) 1937
Mark Smerchanski (L) 1768
Walter Hoover (Ind) 83

Flin Flon:

(incumbent)Thomas Barrow (NDP) 3112
George Njegovan (PC) 1803
Roy Veness (L) 893

Fort Garry:

(incumbent)L.R. Bud Sherman (PC) 4783
Henry Janzen (L) 4331
C.G. Gifford (NDP) 4006

Fort Rouge:

Lloyd Axworthy (L) 4181
Samia Friesen (NDP) 3614
(incumbent)Inez Trueman (PC) 3531
Lane McDonald (Ind) 131

Gimli:

(incumbent)John Gottfried (NDP) 3546
Ted Revel (PC) 3490
Charles Arnason (Ind) 164

Gladstone:

(incumbent)James Ferguson (PC) 3605
Gordon Stewart (NDP) 2394
Gordon McPhail (L) 1698
Kenneth Morrison (Ind) 106

Inkster:

(incumbent)Sidney Green (NDP) 5442
John Sulymko (L) 1686
Joe McMullen (PC) 1622
Don Currie (Comm) 78
Aili Waldman (M-L) 12

Kildonan:

(incumbent)Peter Fox (NDP) 5718
Don Lynn Heidman (PC) 2660
Ann McTavish (L) 2097

Lac Du Bonnet:

(incumbent)Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 5461
Jo Anne Hillier (L) 2244

Lakeside:

(incumbent)Harry Enns (PC) 2969
George Schreyer (NDP) 1793
Alan Beachell (L) 1778

La Verendrye:

Robert Banman (PC) 2912
(incumbent)Leonard Barkman (L) 2387
Roger Smith (NDP) 1514

Logan:

(incumbent)William Jenkins (NDP) 2671
Rita Servin (PC) 1582
Andrew Mazur (L) 644
William Hawryluk (Ind) 671
Gordon Anderson (Ind) 48

Minnedosa:

(incumbent)Dave Blake (PC) 3777
Lawrence Bell (NDP) 2708
Ed Turner (L) 739

Morris:

(incumbent)Warner Jorgenson (PC) 3650
Lawrence Lewco (NDP) 1602
Norm Dashevsky (L) 825

Osborne:

(incumbent)Ian Turnbull (NDP) 3945
June Westbury (L) 2347
Ted Speers (PC) 2344

Pembina:

(incumbent)George Henderson (PC) 4408
Robert McKenzie (L) 1553
Paul Klassen (NDP) 1013

v t e 1973 Manitoba general election: Point Douglas
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Donald Malinowski	3,676	65.55
	Independent	Joseph Borowski	1,127	20.10
	Liberal	Lawrence Belanger	569	10.15
	Independent	George Munroe	236	4.21
Total valid votes			5,608	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			100
Turnout			5,708	65.56
Electors on the lists			8,706

Portage la Prairie:

(incumbent)Gordon Johnston (L) 2628
George Fairfield (PC) 2592
Albert Barrett (NDP) 1933

Radisson:

(incumbent)Harry Shafransky (NDP) 4267
Abe Kovnats (PC) 3635
D'Arcy Pagan (L) 1740

Rhineland:

Arnold Brown (PC) 2903
(incumbent)Jacob Froese (SC) 1587
Jake Heinrichs (NDP) 1002
Harry Friesen (L) 578
John Epp (Ind) 52

Riel:

(incumbent)Donald Craik (PC) 7944
Wilson Parasiuk (NDP) 6181
Art Gill (L) 1782

River Heights:

(incumbent)Sidney Spivak (PC) 5167
Charles Huband (L) 2906
Muriel Smith (NDP) 1413

Roblin:

(incumbent)Wally McKenzie (PC) 3388
John Oldham (NDP) 2779

Rock Lake:

(incumbent)Henry Einarson (PC) 3470
Paul Cenerini (NDP) 1825
Arnold Collins (L) 1361

Rossmere:

(incumbent)Edward Schreyer (NDP) 6827
Alfred Penner (PC) 6239

Rupertsland:

Harvey Bostrom (NDP) 2093
John Ateah (L) 1329
Raymond Guiboche (PC) 504
Dave Courchene Jr. (Ind) 415
Lorne Lester (Ind) 166

St. Boniface:

J. Paul Marion (L) 4301
(incumbent)Laurent Desjardins (NDP) 4300

St. George:

(incumbent)Bill Uruski (NDP) 3552
Elman Guttormson (L) 2465

St. James:

George Minaker (PC) 4483
(incumbent)Alvin Mackling (NDP) 4109
Michael Scholl (L) 1340
Gerald Zucawich (Ind) 30

St. Johns:

(incumbent)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 4519
Murray Krovats (PC) 1686
Ben Karasinski (L) 1061
William Cecil Ross (Comm) 66
Joe Smith (Ind) 45
Diane Waldman (M-L) 24

St. Matthews:

(incumbent)Wally Johannson (NDP) 3875
Einar Arnason (PC) 2492
Norm Kirton (L) 1365

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v t e 1973 Manitoba general election: St. Vital
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Walding	3,870	39.25	+3.56
	Liberal	Dan Kennedy	3,765	38.18	+9.87
	Progressive Conservative	John Gee	2,225	22.57	−13.44
Total valid votes			9,860	100.00
Rejected votes			51
Turnout			9,911	85.84
Electors on the lists			11,546
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.15

Ste. Rose:

(incumbent)A.R. Pete Adam (NDP) 2627
Dwight Hopfner (L) 1748
Alf O'Loughlin (PC) 1516

Selkirk:

(incumbent)Howard Pawley (NDP) 4745
John Linney (PC) 3429

Seven Oaks:

(incumbent)Saul Miller (NDP) 6579
Carl Zawatsky (PC) 4921
Henry Froese (L) 1386

Souris-Killarney:

(incumbent)Earl McKellar (PC) 4669
John Bucklaschuk (NDP) 1557
Gordon Martin (L) 890

Springfield:

(incumbent)Rene Toupin (NDP) 3611
John Vaags (PC) 3245
Len Mendes (L) 694
Harry Meronek (Ind) 333

Sturgeon Creek:

(incumbent)Frank Johnston (PC) 6467
Laverne Lewycky (NDP) 2924
Marjorie Gillies (L) 1647
Dale Hibbard (Ind) 54

Swan River:

(incumbent)James Bilton (PC) 3370
Omar Lamb (NDP) 2669
Vic Mearon (L) 687

The Pas:

(incumbent)Ron McBryde (NDP) 3673
George Takashima (Ind) 1873

v t e 1973 Manitoba general election: Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Ken Dillen	2,742	37.54
	Progressive Conservative	Anna Denby	2,480	33.95
	Liberal	Blain Johnston	2,083	28.51
Total valid votes			7,305	100.00
Rejected votes			33
Turnout			7,338	71.30
Electors on the lists			10,292