The 1977 Manitoba general election was held on October 11, 1977, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, which took 33 seats out of 57. The governing New Democratic Party fell to 23 seats, while the Liberal Party won only one seat.
Results
PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular Vote1973Elected% Change#%Change Progressive Conservative Sterling Lyon572133+57.1%237,49648.75%+12.02 New Democratic Edward Schreyer573123-25.8%188,12438.62%-3.69 Liberal Charles Huband5351-80.0%59,86512.29%-6.75 Jacob Froese5---1,3230.27%-0.10 William Cecil Ross4---2990.06%+0.01 Revolutionary Workers1*–*470.01%*Independent-1--100%---1.49Total1775757-487,154100%
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.
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 RWL: Revolutionary Workers League WDP: Western Democracy Party (see by-elections) M-L: Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada - Manitoba (see by-elections) Ind: Independent
Arthur:
James Downey (PC) 2280 Earl Sterling (NDP) 1172 Murray Lee (L) 901
Assiniboia:
Norma Price (PC) 7863 (incumbent)Stephen Patrick (L) 4271 Max Melnyk (NDP) 2106
Birtle-Russell:
(incumbent)Harry Graham (PC) 3058 Peter Merry (NDP) 2608 Doug MacIsaac (L) 1169
Brandon East:
(incumbent)Leonard Evans (NDP) 4217 James Thornborough (PC) 3195 James Manishen (L) 558
Brandon West:
(incumbent)Edward McGill (PC) 5680 Henry Carroll (NDP) 4601 Phil Cels (L) 807 John Gross (SC) 107
Burrows:
(incumbent)Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 4103 Ken Alyluia (PC) 1688 Anne Percheson (L) 490
Charleswood:
(incumbent)Sterling Lyon (PC) 10559 Maureen Hemphill (NDP) 4216 Beverly Riley (L) 1493
Churchill:
Jay Cowan (NDP) 2280 Mark Ingebrigtson (PC) 1992 Andrew Kirkness (L) 1140
Crescentwood:
(incumbent)Warren Steen (PC) 3253 Muriel Smith (NDP) 3181 Charles Huband (L) 2702
Dauphin:
James Galbraith (PC) 4590 (incumbent)Peter Burtniak (NDP) 4330
Elmwood:
(incumbent)Russell Doern (NDP) 4136 Ken Gunn-Walberg (PC) 3282 Ken Vincent (L) 675
Emerson:
Albert Driedger (PC) 3125 (incumbent)Steve Derewianchuk (NDP) 2153 Gabriel Catellier (L) 1439
Flin Flon:
(incumbent)Thomas Barrow (NDP) 2917 Nyall Hyndman (PC) 2522 Walter Shmon (L) 309
Fort Garry:
(incumbent)Bud Sherman (PC) 10052 Ruth Pear (NDP) 4157 Beth Candlish (L) 2423
Fort Rouge:
(incumbent)Lloyd Axworthy (L) 4153 Julian Hugh McDonald (PC) 3486 Ermano Barone (NDP) 2863
Gimli:
Keith Cosens (PC) 4515 George Schreyer (NDP) 3795
Gladstone:
(incumbent)James Ferguson (PC) 4635 William Werbiski (NDP) 2151 Sid Lachter (L) 662
Inkster:
(incumbent)Sidney Green (NDP) 5175 Barrie Jones (PC) 2711 Barry Krawchuk (L) 934
Kildonan:
(incumbent)Peter Fox (NDP) 5658 James Hanson (PC) 4651 Norman Stapon (L) 929
Lac Du Bonnet:
(incumbent)Sam Uskiw (NDP) 5037 John Vaags (PC) 3795 Robert Dyne (L) 515
Lakeside:
(incumbent)Harry Enns (PC) 3987 Phillip Schwarz (NDP) 1494 Douglas Clifford (L) 1034
La Verendrye:
(incumbent)Robert Banman (PC) 4914 Alphonse Fournier (NDP) 1601 Robert Rempel (L) 924
Logan:
(incumbent)William Jenkins (NDP) 2956 Rita Serbin (PC) 1449 Piercy Haynes (L) 578
Minnedosa:
(incumbent)Dave Blake (PC) 3912 John Martens (NDP) 2311 Albert Moad (L) 474 C.V. Hutton (SC) 272
Morris:
(incumbent)Warner Jorgenson (PC) 4484 Alphonse Lenz (NDP) 1152 Donald Macgillivray (L) 516
Osborne:
Gerald Mercier (PC) 3803 (incumbent)Ian Turnbull (NDP) 3707 Gilbert Paul (L) 655 Larry Johnston (RWL) 47
Pembina:
Donald Orchard (PC) 5214 Vic Epp (L) 1141 Marianne Martin (NDP) 1117
Portage la Prairie:
Lloyd Hyde (PC) 3552 Peter Swidnicki (NDP) 2067 Hugh Moran (L) 1893
Radisson:
Abe Kovnats (PC) 4535 (incumbent)Harry Shafransky (NDP) 3757 Evelyne Reese (L) 1394
Rhineland:
(incumbent)Arnold Brown (PC) 3610 Jacob Heinrichs (NDP) 1001 Ray Hamm (L) 943 Jacob Froese (SC) 813
Riel:
(incumbent)Donald Craik (PC) 10412 Doreen Dodick (NDP) 6427 Charles Greene (L) 2539
River Heights:
(incumbent)Sidney Spivak (PC) 6175 David Walker (L) 1662 Jill Oliver (NDP) 1091
Roblin:
(incumbent)Wally McKenzie (PC) 3291 Kenneth Mikolayenko (NDP) 2351 Joe Andronyk (L) 410
Rock Lake:
(incumbent)Henry Einarson (PC) 4243 Ronald Devos (L) 1167 Eric Irwin (NDP) 1029
Rossmere:
(incumbent)Edward Schreyer (NDP) 9246 Henry Krahn (PC) 8516 Brian Norris (L) 680
Rupertsland:
(incumbent)Harvey Bostrom (NDP) 2141 George Weiss (PC) 1625 Norman Gunn (L) 741
St. Boniface:
(incumbent)Laurent Desjardins (NDP) 4266 Peter Poitras (PC) 1833 George Ricard (L) 1699
St. George:
(incumbent)Bill Uruski (NDP) 3103 Albert Rohl (PC) 2568 Duncan Geisler (L) 369
St. James:
(incumbent)George Minaker (PC) 5199 Curtis Nordman (NDP) 2853 John Wilson (L) 749
St. Johns:
(incumbent)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 3845 John Borger (PC) 1892 Myroslaw Tracz (L) 733 Don Plowman (Comm) 81
St. Matthews:
Len Domino (PC) 3119 (incumbent)Wally Johannson (NDP) 2995 Roy Yerex (L) 459 Richard Stonyk (SC) 72
Ste. Rose:
(incumbent)A.R. Pete Adam (NDP) 2611 Arthur Erickson (PC) 1830 John Fleming (L) 1219
Selkirk:
(incumbent)Howard Pawley (NDP) 5519 Tom Denton (PC) 4452 Edward Motkaluk (L) 573
Seven Oaks:
(incumbent)Saul Miller (NDP) 7597 Carl Zawatsky (PC) 6777 Sue Juravsky (L) 798 Charles Watson (Comm) 70
Souris-Killarney:
Brian Ransom (PC) 4519 Howard Nixon (NDP) 1500 Jean Strath (L) 1207
Springfield:
Bob Anderson (PC) 5843 (incumbent)Rene Toupin (NDP) 3995 Rita Roeland (L) 700
Sturgeon Creek:
(incumbent)Frank Johnston (PC) 7407 Don Simpson (NDP) 2655 Peter Moss (L) 1736
Swan River:
Douglas Gourlay (PC) 3909 Leonard Harapiuk (NDP) 3179
The Pas:
(incumbent)Ron McBryde (NDP) 3471 Percy Pielak (PC) 1965 Edwin Jebb (L) 714
Thompson:
Ken MacMaster (PC) 3947 (incumbent)Ken Dillen (NDP) 3031 Oliver Monkman (L) 283
Transcona:
Wilson Parasiuk (NDP) 6474 Tony Leonard (PC) 4749 Douglas Dennison (L) 767
Virden:
(incumbent)Morris McGregor (PC) 3669 Edward Arndt (NDP) 1635
Wellington:
Brian Corrin (NDP) 3591 Geoff Dixon (PC) 2376 Mario Santos (L) 591
Winnipeg Centre:
(incumbent)Bud Boyce (NDP) 2217 Philip Lee (PC) 1587 Ken Wong (L) 727
Post-election changes
Rossmere (Edward Schreyer appointed Governor-General of Canada, December 7, 1978), October 16, 1979:
Victor Schroeder (NDP) 6191 Harold Piercy (PC) 5961 E.J. Sandy Clancy (L) 523 Linda J. Penner (WDP) 39 Manuel Gitterman (M-L) 21
River Heights (res. Sidney Spivak, April 12, 1979), October 16, 1979:
Gary Filmon (PC) 3473 Jay Prober (L) 2477 Don Jewison (NDP) 697 William Hawryluk (WDP) 19
Fort Rouge (res. Lloyd Axworthy, April 6, 1979), October 16, 1979:
June Westbury (L) 2659 Vic Savino (NDP) 2291 Julian Hugh McDonald (PC) 1830
Sidney Green (NDP) changed his party affiliation to Independent NDP on December 4, 1979.
Robert Wilson was expelled from the Progressive Conservative caucus on November 20, 1980, and from the Progressive Conservative party on November 28, 1980. On June 17, 1981, he was expelled from the legislature, having been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Ben Hanuschak (NDP) became an Independent MLA on February 26, 1981. On February 27, 1981, Bud Boyce left the NDP caucus.
On March 3, 1981, Green, Hanuschak and Boyce announced their membership in the new Progressive Party of Manitoba.
See also
List of Manitoba political parties
References
Further reading