The 1995 Manitoba general election was held on April 25, 1995 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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, Canada. Progressive Conservative Party, which won 31 seats out of 57, clinched the elections. The

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formed the official opposition with 23 seats; the

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won 3.

Opinion polls

Results

¹ "Before" refers to standings in the Legislature at dissolution, and not to the results of the previous election. These numbers therefore reflect changes in party standings as a result of by-elections and members crossing the floor.

Riding results

Results from Elections Manitoba , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Arthur-Virden Arthur-Virden is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1989, combining the former constituencies of Arthur (Manitoba riding), Arthur and Virden (Manitoba riding), Virden. ...

, , , Jim Downey
5,015 , , Ray Cantelo
1,519 , , Murray Lee
1,258 , , , , , Jim Downey , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Assiniboia Assiniboia District refers to two historical districts of Canada's Northwest Territories. The name is taken from the Assiniboine First Nation. Historical usage ''For more information on the history of the provisional districts, see also Distric ...

, , , Linda McIntosh
4,315 , , Jo-Anne Swayze
1,648 , , Allen Green
2,185 , , , , , Linda McIntosh , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Brandon East Brandon East () is a provincial electoral division in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Manitoba, Canada. It encompasses the southeastern part of the City of Brandon, Manitoba, Brandon. Historical riding The original riding o ...

, , Greg Dinsdale
2,608 , , , Len Evans
4,395 , , Elizabeth Roberts
1,169 , , , , , Len Evans , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Brandon West , , , James McCrae
4,471 , , Derry Decter
2,790 , , Mark Barber
1,789 , , , , , James McCrae , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Broadway , , Ba Van Nguyen
1,529 , , ,

Conrad Santos Conrado de Regla Santos (November 26, 1934 – February 29, 2016) was a politician in the province of Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and again from 1990 to 2007. Conrado as his ...

3,126 , , Fred De Villa
1,613 , , Una Truscott (FPP)
262 , , , Conrad Santos , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Burrows , , Bill McGee
1,266 , , , Doug Martindale
4,748 , , Naty Yankech
1,024 , , , , , Doug Martindale , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Charleswood , , ,

Jim Ernst James Arthur Ernst (born November 19, 1942) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a municipal councillor in Winnipeg from 1973 to 1986 and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1986 to 1997. From 1988 to 1997, Ernst was a ...

5,737 , , Dale Walker
1,197 , , Gail Watson
2,958 , , , , , Jim Ernst , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Concordia , , Paul Murphy
1,845 , , ,

Gary Doer Gary Albert Doer (born 31 March 1948) is a former Canadians, Canadian politician and diplomat from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He served as Canada's List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States, ambassador to the United States from 19 Octo ...

4,827 , , Bret Dobbin
816 , , Guy Beaudry (Lbt)
104 , , , Gary Doer , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Crescentwood , , Debbie Vivian
3,455 , , , Tim Sale
3,733 , , Avis Gray
3,170 , , , , , Avis Gray , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Dauphin , , Gord Ryz
3,880 , , ,

Stan Struthers Stan Struthers (born 1959) is a Manitoba politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the New Democratic Party (NDP). He served in the legislature from his election in 1995 until his retirement in 2016, holding vari ...

4,673 , , Ranjit Sarin
996 , , Carey Contois (INV)
111 , , ,

John Plohman John Stuart Hans Plohman (born May 11, 1948) is a former politician from Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1995, and a cabinet minister in the NDP government of Premier Howard Pawley from 198 ...

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Elmwood , , Clayton McMurren
2,552 , , , Jim Maloway
4264 , , John Petryshyn
1,227 , , , , , Jim Maloway , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Emerson , , , Jack Penner
4,965 , , Georgine Spooner
945 , , Lorne Hamblin
1,983 , , , , , Jack Penner , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , Scott Merrell
2,017 , , , Gerard Jennissen
2,732 , , Florence Allen
500 , , , , , ''vacant'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Fort Garry , , , Rosemary Vodrey
5,959 , , Brock Holowachuk
1,857 , , Jim Woodman
4,434 , , Alexander Pressey (Lbt)
91 , , , Rosemary Vodrey , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Gimli , , , Ed Helwer
5,591 , , Fran Frederickson
3,746 , , Don Forfar
1,702 , , , , , Ed Helwer , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , ,

Denis Rocan Denis Rocan (born February 14, 1949) is a former politician from Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1986 to 2007, and served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, speaker of the assembly ...

4,629 , , Joyce Penner
1,347 , , Eric Ezikot
1,454 , , , , , Denis Rocan , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Inkster , , Scott Fielding
1,384 , , Poy Gomez
2,649 , , ,

Kevin Lamoureux Kevin Lamoureux (born January 22, 1962) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. On November 29, 2010, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the constituency of Winnipeg North in a by-election. He was re-elected during the 2011 ele ...

4,394 , , Scott Kowall (Ind)
223 , , , Kevin Lamoureux , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Interlake , , Ed Trachuk
2,562 , , ,

Clif Evans Clifford (Clif) Brian Evans (May 16, 1948 – May 6, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He represented the former Interlake electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 1999. Before entering political life, Evans wor ...

3,791 , , Duncan Geisler
766 , , Darryl Sutherland (INV)
289 , , , Clif Evans , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Kildonan , , Robert Praznik
3,324 , , , Dave Chomiak
5,812 , , Joe Gallagher
2,041 , , , , , Dave Chomiak , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Kirkfield Park , , , Eric Stefanson
5,949 , , Darryl Livingstone
1,325 , , Vic Wieler
2,616 , , , , , Eric Stefanson , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Lac du Bonnet , , ,

Darren Praznik Darren Thomas Praznik (born May 9, 1961) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon, and considered running for the party's leadership in 2000. Praznik was born in ...

5,986 , , Marguerite Ogilvie
3,463 , , Bill Flett
1,039 , , , , , Darren Praznik , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Lakeside , , , Harry Enns
4,376 , , Eduard Hiebert
1,802 , , Dorothy Hudson
1,373 , , Gary Bergen (Lbt)
110 , , , Harry Enns , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", La Verendrye , , , Ben Sveinson
4,581 , , Ronald Fiola
2,452 , , Marinus Van Osch
2,507 , , , , , Ben Sveinson , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Minnedosa , , ,

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4,498 , , J. D. Anderson
2,041 , , Elaine Shuttleworth
1,702 , , , , , Harold Gilleshammer , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Morris , , , Frank Pitura
5,662 , , Glen Hallick
1,158 , , Bill Roth
2,329 , , Dennis Rice (Lbt)
135 , , ,

Clayton Manness Clayton Sidney Manness (born January 23, 1947) is a Manitoba politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1995. In 1983, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of ...

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Niakwa , , , Jack Reimer
5,908 , , Leslie Fingler
1,961 , ,

Evelyne Reese Evelyne Reese is a retired politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She served on the Winnipeg City Council for fifteen years, and ran for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on two occasions as a candidate of the Manitoba Liberal Party, Liberal ...

3,748 , , , , , Jack Reimer , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Osborne , , Shelley Mitchell
2,766 , , , Diane McGifford
3,969 , , Norma McCormick
2,978 , , , , , Norma McCormick , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Pembina , , , Peter Dyck
5,092 , , Sean Espey
452 , , Walter Hoeppner
2,632 , , , , ,

Donald Orchard Donald Warder Orchard (born April 11, 1946) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1995, and was a Minister (government), cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative Party ...

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

Point Douglas Point Douglas is a provincial electoral district in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is named for a part of the city that is surrounded by a bend in the Red River. The riding covers the neighbourhoods of William Whyte, Dufferin Industrial, Nor ...

, , Claire Riddle
578 , , ,

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3,095 , , Linda Cantiveros
1,132 , , Lyle Morrisseau (FPP)
105 , , , George Hickes , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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

, , , Brian Pallister
3,977 , , Connie Gretsinger
1,519 , , Bob Turner
2,117 , , Ralph Jackson (Ind)
130 , , , Brian Pallister , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Radisson , , Jennifer Clark
2,107 , , , Marianne Cerilli
4,891 , , Art Miki
2,401 , , , , , Marianne Cerilli , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Riel , , , David Newman
3,561 , , Bob Herzog
2,653 , , Gord Steeves
3,120 , , , , , Gerry Ducharme , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", River East , , , Bonnie Mitchelson
4,938 , , Karen Botting
3,176 , ,

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2,347 , , , , , Bonnie Mitchelson , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", River Heights , , , Mike Radcliffe
5,429 , , Graham Dowdell
1,352 , ,

Anita Neville Anita Ruth Neville (born July 22, 1942) is a former Canadian politician from Manitoba, who has served as the province's 26th lieutenant governor since 2022. She was also a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada, first being elected ...

4,435 , , Clancy Smith (Lbt)
98 , , , ''vacant'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Roblin-Russell , , ,

Len Derkach Leonard "Len" Derkach (born January 21, 1945) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon, and was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1986 to 2011. The son of Nicholas Derkach ...

4,672 , , Fred Embryk
2,688 , , Neil Stewart
1,239 , , , , , Len Derkach , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Rossmere , , ,

Vic Toews Victor Toews (; born September 10, 1952) is a Canadian politician and jurist. Toews is a justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba. He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 until his resignation on July 9, ...

4,318 , ,

Harry Schellenberg Harry Schellenberg (May 25, 1939 – November 20, 2024) was a Canadian politician in the province of Manitoba. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2007, representing the north-end Winnipeg ele ...

4,201 , , Cecilia Connelly
875 , , , , , Harry Schellenberg , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Rupertsland , , Eric Kennedy
619 , , , Eric Robinson
2,249 , , Harry Wood
1,018 , , Jerry Fontaine (FPP)
541 , , , Eric Robinson , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. Boniface , , Kim Sigurdson
1,686 , , Rachel Massicotte
2,829 , , , Neil Gaudry
4,021 , , Ivan Lecuyer
306 , , , Neil Gaudry , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. James , , Cliff Allbutt
2,601 , , ,

MaryAnn Mihychuk MaryAnn Mihychuk (born February 27, 1955) is a Canadian politician from Manitoba. She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 2015, representing the riding of Kildonan—St. Paul for the Liberal Party of Canada, and served as Minist ...

3,019 , , Paul Edwards
2,853 , , , , , Paul Edwards , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. Johns , , Marni Larkin
1,587 , , ,

Gord Mackintosh Gordon Henry Alexander Mackintosh (born July 7, 1955) is a former Canadian politician who represented the riding of St. Johns in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1993 to 2016. He served as a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party ...

4,513 , , Bron Gorski
1,610 , , , , , Gord Mackintosh , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. Norbert , , , Marcel Laurendeau
4,699 , , Pat Peters
1,833 , , Val Thompson
4,172 , , , , , Marcel Laurendeau , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", St. Vital , , ,

Shirley Render Shirley Render (born April 1, 1943) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 1999, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon. Early life Born Shirle ...

4,021 , , Sig Laser
3,357 , , Tim Ryan
2,319 , , , , , Shirley Render , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Ste. Rose , , , Glen Cummings
3,762 , , John Morrisseau
2,341 , , David Martin
1,133 , , , , , Glen Cummings , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , , Louise Dacquay
6,462 , , Wilson Ho
2,163 , , Bobbi Éthier
4,376 , , , , , Louise Dacquay , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Selkirk , , Brian Ketcheson
3,839 , , , Greg Dewar
4,758 , , Elmer Keryluk
2,273 , , , , , Greg Dewar , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Springfield , , , Glen Findlay
6,355 , , Steve Pochuk
4,275 , , Bob Singh
1,461 , , Francis Trueman (Lbt)
96 , , , Glen Findlay , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Steinbach , , , Albert Driedger
5,975 , , Peter Hiebert
787 , , Cornelius Goertzen
1,206 , , , , , Albert Driedger , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Sturgeon Creek , , , Gerry McAlpine
4,747 , , Tamsin Collings
1,688 , , Bob Douglas
3,051 , , Richard McIntyre (Ind)
180 , , , Gerry McAlpine , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Swan River , , Fred Betcher
3,985 , , ,

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4,021 , , David Gray
559 , , Nelson Contois (INV)
118 , , , Rosann Wowchuk , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", The Maples , , Fred Arrojado
1,960 , , Inderjit Claire
2,634 , , , Gary Kowalski
4,254 , , , , , Gary Kowalski , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , Alfred McDonald
2,501 , , , Oscar Lathlin
3,616 , , Clem Jones
877 , , , , , Oscar Lathlin , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Thompson , , Chuck Shabe
1,320 , , , Steve Ashton
3,619 , , Tim Johnston
926 , , , , , Steve Ashton , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , Richard Bueckert
2,372 , , , Daryl Reid
5,163 , , Ingrid Pokrant
1,216 , , Jack Lang (Ind)
131 , , , Daryl Reid , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Turtle Mountain , , , Merv Tweed
4,781 , , Robert Smith
1,334 , , Doug Collins
1,735 , , , , , Bob Rose , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , ,

Gary Filmon Gary Albert Filmon (born August 24, 1942) is a Canadian politician from Manitoba who served as the 19th premier of Manitoba. He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 1983 to 2000, and served as the premier from ...

8,691 , , Martha Owen
1,457 , , Rick Rosenberg
2,975 , , , , , Gary Filmon , - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

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, , Steve Place
1,226 , , , Becky Barrett
3,788 , , Osmond Theodore Anderson
1,996 , , , , , Becky Barrett , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Wolseley , , David Kovnats
1,555 , , , Jean Friesen
4,048 , , Marilyn MacKinnon
1,577 , , , , , Jean Friesen

Post-election changes

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;",

September 30, 1997 , , , David Faurschou
2,422 , , Connie Gretsinger
1,340 , , Dave Quinn
1,657 , , Warren Goodwin (Ind)
1,025
Ralph Jackson (Ind)
49 , , , Brian Pallister , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", Charleswood
April 28, 1998 , , ,

Myrna Driedger Myrna Driedger (' ') (born 1952) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1998 to 2023, and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2023. Personal life She was born in B ...

2,767 , , Barrie Farrow
961 , , Alan McKenzie
1,524 , , , , ,

Gary Kowalski left the Liberal caucus on June 5, 1997, and

followed suit on October 1, 1997. Both rejoined the party caucus in 1998. Neil Gaudry died on February 18, 1999.

References

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Opinion polls

Results

Riding results

Post-election changes

See also

References