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

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

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, 11 for the

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and one for

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Results

Riding results

Party key: *PC:

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*L:

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*NDP:

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*SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party *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 Stephen Clifford Patrick (''Birth name, né'' Patrebka, March 24, 1932 – January 11, 2014) was a Canadians, Canadian politician and athlete. Patrick was a Manitoba Liberal Party, Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 196 ...

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

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: *(incumbent) Thelma Forbes (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 (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 Fisher: * Peter Masniuk (PC) 1480 * Peter Wagner (NDP) 1368 * Arthur Devlin (L) 712 * John Palamarchuk (Ind) 97

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: *(incumbent) Charles Witney (PC) 1750 * Scott Day (NDP) 1090 * Mickey Perepeluk (L) 1071 Fort Garry: *(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 (NDP) 1769 Fort Rouge: *(incumbent) Gurney Evans (PC) 3767 * Frank Muldoon (L) 2451 * Leonard Green (NDP) 1845 Gimli: *(incumbent) George Johnson (PC) 1981 * Gunnar Eggerston (L) 1021 * Zado Zator (NDP) 767

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: *(incumbent) Nelson Shoemaker (L) 2926 * John McPhedran (PC) 1787 * William Yuel (NDP) 236 Hamiota: * Earl Dawson (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 (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 (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 (NDP) 1975 * Wally Fox-Decent (PC) 1657 * W.M. Suystun (L) 1019 Minnedosa: *(incumbent)

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(PC) 2136 * Don McNabb (L) 1615 * Gilbert V. Hutton (SC) 774 * John Lee (NDP) 648 Osborne: *(incumbent) Obie Baizley (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

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: *(incumbent) Gordon Johnston (L) 2726 * John Christianson (PC) 1991 * Sybil Barnett (NDP) 312 Radisson: *(incumbent) Russell Paulley (NDP) 7114 * Joseph Guay (L) 4905 * Nelson McLean (PC) 2561

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: *(incumbent)

Jacob Froese Jacob M. Froese (November 28, 1917 – June 14, 2003) was a politician in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. He was the province's only Manitoba Social Credit Party, Social Credit MLA between 1959 and 1973, and ...

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

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

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(PC) 1798 * Joseph Perchaluk (NDP) 1583 * Jack Mitchell (L) 863 Rock Lake: * Henry Einarson (PC) 1835 *

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(L) 1691 * Jacob Harms (SC) 505 *

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(NDP) 333 Rockwood-Iberville: * Harry Enns (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 (L) 4040 * Remi Lafreniere (PC) 1750 * Maurice Paul (NDP) 1033

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: *(incumbent) Elman Guttormson (L) 2009 *

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(PC) 1418 * Stanley Burdett (NDP) 357 St. James: *(incumbent) Douglas Stanes (PC) 3034 * Lloyd Axworthy (L) 2244 *Jim Rose (NDP) 1487 St. Johns: *(incumbent)

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(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: *

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(PC) 4432 * Douglas Honeyman (L) 2927 * William Hutton (NDP) 2310 Ste. Rose: *(incumbent)

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(L) 2410 * Michael Posmituck (PC) 1187 * David Duning (SC) 275 * Harry Shafransky (NDP) 86 Selkirk: *(incumbent) Thomas Hillhouse (L) 1832 * Sydney 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: *(incumbent) Malcolm McKellar (PC) 1919 * Frank Ellis (L) 1556 *Margaret Gray (SC) 387 * Irene Bauman (NDP) 238 Springfield: *(incumbent) Fred Klym (PC) 1697 * Richard Loeb (NDP) 1274 * William Lucko (L) 1113 Swan River: *(incumbent) James Bilton (PC) 1591 * Gerald Webb (SC) 1185 * Claude Dunbar (L) 793 *George Higgs (NDP) 602

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: *(incumbent) John Carroll (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 (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

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

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'', 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