1966 Manitoba general election
The 1966 Manitoba general election was held on June 23, 1966, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a third consecutive majority win for the Progressive Conservative Party led by Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won 31 seats, against 14 for the Liberal Party, 11 for the New Democratic Party and one for Social Credit Party|Social Credit].
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
- James Douglas Watt 1902
- Frank Patmore 1807
- C.M. Robson 494
- Stephen Patrick 5168
- Stewart Millett 4800
- Charles Norman 2943
- Rod Clement 2223
- Robert G. Smellie 2078
- Ronald Kostesky 446
- Reginald Lissaman 3863
- Terry Penton 3696
- Harold Weitman 1452
- Ben Van Hoffen 508
- Sam Uskiw 1889
- George Mulder 1315
- Stanley Copp 669
- Ken Skiba 365
- Ben Hanuschak 2415
- Mark Smerchanski 1487
- Walter Paschak 1301
- Gordon Beard 3159
- W.L. Hudson 2192
- Thelma Forbes 2331
- Duncan Campbell 1888
- Stewart McLean 3149
- Edward Demkiw 1512
- Michael Sotas 236
- Homer Hamilton 2135
- Cam Johnston 1280
- Walter Taylor 583
- Russell Doern 2765
- Tom Snowden 1816
- John Kozoriz 1458
- Walter Bowden 744
- John Tanchak 2180
- Gabriel Girard 2015
- Michael Kawchuk 1246
- William Paziuk 1182
- Melvin Pipe 884
- John Tycholis 548
- Peter Masniuk 1480
- Peter Wagner 1368
- Arthur Devlin 712
- John Palamarchuk 97
- Charles Witney 1750
- Scott Day 1090
- Mickey Perepeluk 1071
- Sterling Lyon 6131
- Peter Stokes 2435
- Vic Ratsma 1769
- Gurney Evans 3767
- Frank Muldoon 2451
- Leonard Green 1845
- George Johnson 1981
- Gunnar Eggerston 1021
- Zado Zator 767
- Nelson Shoemaker 2926
- John McPhedran 1787
- William Yuel 236
- Earl Dawson 2194
- Barry Strickland 2043
- M.S. Antonation 412
- Sidney Green 3644
- Olga Fuga 1713
- Ray Babick 1557
- William Cecil Ross 312
- Peter Fox 4644
- James Mills 3808
- Jim Smith 2966
- Henry Redekopp 1331
- Oscar Bjornson 1342
- James Desilets 1262
- Walter Zarecki 1151
- Ruben Thomas 474
- Douglas Campbell 1780
- Frank Sims 1428
- Francis Mason 272
- Albert Vielfaure 1807
- Stan Bisson 860
- Lemuel Harris 1975
- Wally Fox-Decent 1657
- W.M. Suystun 1019
- Walter Weir 2136
- Don McNabb 1615
- Gilbert V. Hutton 774
- John Lee 648
- Obie Baizley 3363
- Bob Murdoch 2189
- Howard Loewen 2141
- Carolyne Morrison 2056
- Vernon Spangelo 1545
- Frederick Hamm 878
- Robert Wallcraft 129
- Gordon Johnston 2726
- John Christianson 1991
- Sybil Barnett 312
- Russell Paulley 7114
- Joseph Guay 4905
- Nelson McLean 2561
- Jacob Froese 1676
- Bruce Gunn 1324
- Alf Loewen 696
- Sidney Spivak 5325
- Scott Wright 4083
- Lionel Orlikow 826
- Wally McKenzie 1798
- Joseph Perchaluk 1583
- Jack Mitchell 863
- Henry Einarson 1835
- Ronald Gardiner 1691
- Jacob Harms 505
- Ernest Sloane 333
- Harry Enns 2091
- Douglas Trick 1429
- Armand De Ryck 804
- Wilmer Antonius 228
- Joseph Jeannotte 1866
- Jean Allard 953
- Douglas MacLachlan 363
- Laurent Desjardins 4040
- Remi Lafreniere 1750
- Maurice Paul 1033
- Elman Guttormson 2009
- Arthur Schwartz 1418
- Stanley Burdett 357
- Douglas Stanes 3034
- Lloyd Axworthy 2244
- Jim Rose 1487
- Saul Cherniack 2427
- Dan Zaharia 1215
- Harry Meronek 970
- Don Currie 326
- Robert Steen 2941
- Andrew Robertson 1950
- Donald Cook 1922
- Donald Craik 4432
- Douglas Honeyman 2927
- William Hutton 2310
- Gildas Molgat 2410
- Michael Posmituck 1187
- David Duning 275
- Harry Shafransky 86
- Thomas Hillhouse 1832
- Sydney Sarbitt 1792
- Alan Cooper 876
- Jens Magnusson 227
- Saul Miller 5295
- Nathan Nurgitz 2596
- Melvin Fenson 2010
- Malcolm McKellar 1919
- Frank Ellis 1556
- Margaret Gray 387
- Irene Bauman 238
- Fred Klym 1697
- Richard Loeb 1274
- William Lucko 1113
- James Bilton 1591
- Gerald Webb 1185
- Claude Dunbar 793
- George Higgs 602
- John Carroll 2278
- Calvin Gibson 1769
- Glen Allen 288
- Edward Dow 2149
- Peter J. McDonald 2144
- Peter Sawatsky 690
- Selwyn Burrows 141
- Morris McGregor">Morris (Manitoba riding)">Morris McGregor 2092
- Roland Tolton 1245
- Donald Rowan 743
- Vernon Mazawasicuna 256
- Philip Petursson 3153
- Richard Seaborn 2447
- Gurzon Harvey 1117
- James Cowan 2982
- Ross White 1917
- Donald Malinowski 1434
Post-election changes
Note: These by-election results are taken from newspaper reports, and may not exactly match the official returns.Gordon Beard became in 1968.
Turtle Mountain, March 4, 1968:
- Edward Dow 2443
- Allan Rose 2240
- Peter Sawatsky 610
- Dufferin Roblin and Rod Clement resigned to seek election to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 Canadian general election. Both were unsuccessful.
- Gordon Beard resigned his seat after protesting that the government was not paying sufficient attention to issues affecting northern Manitoba.
- Harry Shewman died in office.
The results for Birtle-Russell, Morris and Wolseley are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, 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.