The Manitoba general election held on June 23, 1966, was held 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 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
(x) denotes incumbent.
Arthur:
(x)James Douglas Watt (PC) 1902
Frank Patmore (L) 1807
C.M. Robson (NDP) 494
Assiniboia:
(x)Stephen Patrick (L) 5168
Stewart Millett (PC) 4800
Charles Norman (NDP) 2943
Birtle-Russell:
Rod Clement (L) 2223
(x)Robert G. Smellie (PC) 2078
Ronald Kostesky (NDP) 446
Brandon:
(x)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
(x)Mark Smerchanski (L) 1487
Walter Paschak (PC) 1301
Churchill (deferred to July 7, 1966):
(x)Gordon Beard (PC) 3159
W.L. Hudson (L) 2192
Cypress:
(x)Thelma Forbes (PC) 2331
Duncan Campbell (L) 1888
Dauphin:
(x)Stewart McLean (PC) 3149
Edward Demkiw (L) 1512
Michael Sotas (NDP) 236
Dufferin:
(x)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:
(x)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
Flin Flon:
(x)Charles Witney (PC) 1750
Scott Day (NDP) 1090
Mickey Perepeluk (L) 1071
Fort Garry:
(x)Sterling Lyon (PC) 6131
Peter Stokes (L) 2435
Victor Ratsma (NDP) 1769
Fort Rouge:
(x)Gurney Evans (PC) 3767
Frank Muldoon (L) 2451
Leonard Green (NDP) 1845
Gimli:
(x)George Johnson (PC) 1981
Gunnar Eggerston (L) 1021
Zado Zator (NDP) 767
Gladstone:
(x)Nelson Shoemaker (L) 2926
John McPhedran (PC) 1787
William Yuel (NDP) 236
Hamiota:
Earl Dawson (L) 2194
(x)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
(x)James Mills (PC) 3808
Jim Smith (L) 2966
Henry Redekopp (SC) 1331
Lac Du Bonnet:
(x)Oscar Bjornson (PC) 1342
James Desilets (L) 1262
Walter Zarecki (NDP) 1151
Ruben Thomas (SC) 474
Lakeside:
(x)Douglas Campbell (L) 1780
Frank Sims (PC) 1428
Francis Mason (NDP) 272
La Verendrye:
(x)Albert Vielfaure (L) 1807
Stan Bisson (PC) 860
Logan:
(x)Lemuel Harris (NDP) 1975
Wally Fox-Decent (PC) 1657
W.M. Suystun (L) 1019
Minnedosa:
(x)Walter Weir (PC) 2136
Don McNabb (L) 1615
Gilbert V. Hutton (SC) 774
John Lee (NDP) 648
Osborne:
(x)Obie Baizley (PC) 3363
Bob Murdoch (NDP) 2189
Howard Loewen (L) 2141
Pembina:
(x)Carolyne Morrison (PC) 2056
Vernon Spangelo (L) 1545
Frederick Hamm (SC) 878
Robert Wallcraft (NDP) 129
Portage la Prairie:
(x)Gordon Johnston (L) 2726
John Christianson (PC) 1991
Sybil Barnett (NDP) 312
Radisson:
(x)Russell Paulley (NDP) 7114
Joseph Guay (L) 4905
Nelson McLean (PC) 2561
Rhineland:
(x)Jacob Froese (SC) 1676
Bruce Gunn (PC) 1324
Alf Loewen (L) 696
River Heights:
Sidney Spivak (PC) 5325
Scott Wright (L) 4083
Lionel Orlikow (NDP) 826
Roblin:
Wally McKenzie (PC) 1798
Joseph Perchaluk (NDP) 1583
Jack Mitchell (L) 863
Rock Lake:
Henry Einarson (PC) 1835
Ronald Gardiner (L) 1691
Jacob Harms (SC) 505
Ernest Sloane (NDP) 333
Rockwood-Iberville:
Harry Enns (PC) 2091
Douglas Trick (L) 1429
Armand De Ryck (NDP) 804
Wilmer Antonius (SC) 228
Rupertsland:
(x)Joseph Jeannotte (PC) 1866
Jean Allard (L) 953
Douglas MacLachlan (NDP) 363
St. Boniface:
(x)Laurent Desjardins (L) 4040
Remi Lafreniere (PC) 1750
Maurice Paul (NDP) 1033
St. George:
(x)Elman Guttormson (L) 2009
Arthur Schwartz (PC) 1418
Stanley Burdett (NDP) 357
St. James:
(x)Douglas Stanes (PC) 3034
Lloyd Axworthy (L) 2244
Jim Rose (NDP) 1487
St. Johns:
(x)Saul Cherniack (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:
Donald Craik (PC) 4432
Douglas Honeyman (L) 2927
William Hutton (NDP) 2310
Ste. Rose:
(x)Gildas Molgat (L) 2410
Michael Posmituck (PC) 1187
David Duning (SC) 275
Harry Shafransky (NDP) 86
Selkirk:
(x)Thomas Hillhouse (L) 1832
Syndey 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:
(x)Malcolm McKellar (PC) 1919
Frank Ellis (L) 1556
Margaret Gray (SC) 387
Irene Bauman (NDP) 238
Springfield:
(x)Fred Klym (PC) 1697
Richard Loeb (NDP) 1274
William Lucko (L) 1113
Swan River:
(x)James Bilton (PC) 1591
Gerald Webb (SC) 1185
Claude Dunbar (L) 793
George Higgs (NDP) 602
The Pas:
(x)John Carroll (PC) 2278
Calvin Gibson (L) 1769
Glen Allen (NDP) 288
Turtle Mountain:
Edward Dow (L) 2149
(x)Peter J. McDonald (PC) 2144
Peter Sawatsky (SC) 690
Selwyn Burrows (NDP) 141
Virden:
(x)Donald Morris McGregor (PC) 2092
Roland Tolton (L) 1245
Donald Rowan (SC) 743
Vernon Mazawasicuna (NDP) 256
Wellington:
Philip Petursson (NDP) 3153
(x)Richard Seaborn (PC) 2447
Gurzon Harvey (L) 1117
Winnipeg Centre:
(x)James Cowan (PC) 2982
Ross White (L) 1917
Donald Malinowski (NDP) 1434
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:
Dufferin Roblin (PC, Wolseley) and Rod Clement (Lib, Birtle-Russell) resigned to seek election to the Canadian House of Commons 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.
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.
