The Manitoba general election of October 11, 1977 was held 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.
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.
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
(x)Stephen Patrick (L) 4271
Max Melnyk (NDP) 2106
Birtle-Russell:
(x)Harry Graham (PC) 3058
Peter Merry (NDP) 2608
Doug MacIsaac (L) 1169
Brandon East:
(x)Leonard Evans (NDP) 4217
James Thornborough (PC) 3195
James Manishen (L) 558
Brandon West:
(x)Edward McGill (PC) 5680
Henry Carroll (NDP) 4601
Phil Cels (L) 807
John Gross (SC) 107
Burrows:
(x)Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 4103
Ken Alyluia (PC) 1688
Anne Percheson (L) 490
Charleswood:
(x)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:
(x)Warren Steen (PC) 3253
Muriel Smith (NDP) 3181
Charles Huband (L) 2702
Dauphin:
James Galbraith (PC) 4590
(x)Peter Burtniak (NDP) 4330
Elmwood:
(x)Russell Doern (NDP) 4136
Ken Gunn-Walberg (PC) 3282
Ken Vincent (L) 675
Emerson:
Albert Driedger (PC) 3125
(x)Steve Derewianchuk (NDP) 2153
Gabriel Catellier (L) 1439
Flin Flon:
(x)Thomas Barrow (NDP) 2917
Nyall Hyndman (PC) 2522
Walter Shmon (L) 309
Fort Garry:
(x)Bud Sherman (PC) 10052
Ruth Pear (NDP) 4157
Beth Candlish (L) 2423
Fort Rouge:
(x)Lloyd Axworthy (L) 4153
Hugh McDonald (PC) 3486
Ermano Barone (NDP) 2863
Gimli:
Keith Cosens (PC) 4515
George Schreyer (NDP) 3795
Gladstone:
(x)James Ferguson (PC) 4635
William Werbiski (NDP) 2151
Sid Lachter (L) 662
Inkster:
(x)Sidney Green (NDP) 5175
Barrie Jones (PC) 2711
Barry Krawchuk (L) 934
Kildonan:
(x)Peter Fox (NDP) 5658
James Hanson (PC) 4651
Norman Stapon (L) 929
Lac Du Bonnet:
(x)Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 5037
John Vaags (PC) 3795
Robert Dyne (L) 515
Lakeside:
(x)Harry Enns (PC) 3987
Phillip Schwarz (NDP) 1494
Douglas Clifford (L) 1034
La Verendrye:
(x)Robert Banman (PC) 4914
Alphonse Fournier (NDP) 1601
Robert Rempel (L) 924
Logan:
(x)William Jenkins (NDP) 2956
Rita Serbin (PC) 1449
Piercy Haynes (L) 578
Minnedosa:
(x)Dave Blake (PC) 3912
John Martens (NDP) 2311
Albert Moad (L) 474
C.V. Hutton (SC) 272
Morris:
(x)Warner Jorgenson (PC) 4484
Alphonse Lenz (NDP) 1152
Donald Macgillivray (L) 516
Osborne:
Gerald Mercier (PC) 3803
(x)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
(x)Harry Shafransky (NDP) 3757
Evelyne Reese (L) 1394
Rhineland:
(x)Arnold Brown (PC) 3610
Jacob Heinrichs (NDP) 1001
Ray Hamm (L) 943
Jacob Froese (SC) 813
Riel:
(x)Donald Craik (PC) 10412
Doreen Dodick (NDP) 6427
Charles Greene (L) 2539
River Heights:
(x)Sidney Spivak (PC) 6175
David Walker (L) 1662
Jill Oliver (NDP) 1091
Roblin:
(x)Wally McKenzie (PC) 3291
Kenneth Mikolayenko (NDP) 2351
Joe Andronyk (L) 410
Rock Lake:
(x)Henry Einarson (PC) 4243
Ronald Devos (L) 1167
Eric Irwin (NDP) 1029
Rossmere:
(x)Edward Schreyer (NDP) 9246
Henry Krahn (PC) 8516
Brian Norris (L) 680
Rupertsland:
(x)Harvey Bostrom (NDP) 2141
George Weiss (PC) 1625
Norman Gunn (L) 741
St. Boniface:
(x)Laurent Desjardins (NDP) 4266
Peter Poitras (PC) 1833
George Ricard (L) 1699
St. George:
(x)Bill Uruski (NDP) 3103
Albert Rohl (PC) 2568
Duncan Geisler (L) 369
St. James:
(x)George Minaker (PC) 5199
Curtis Nordman (NDP) 2853
John Wilson (L) 749
St. Johns:
(x)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 3845
John Borger (PC) 1892
Myroslaw Tracz (L) 733
Don Plowman (Comm) 81
St. Matthews:
Len Domino (PC) 3119
(x)Wally Johannson (NDP) 2995
Roy Yerex (L) 459
Richard Stonyk (SC) 72
Ste. Rose:
(x)A.R. Pete Adam (NDP) 2611
Arthur Erickson (PC) 1830
John Fleming (L) 1219
Selkirk:
(x)Howard Pawley (NDP) 5519
Tom Denton (PC) 4452
Edward Motkaluk (L) 573
Seven Oaks:
(x)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
(x)Rene Toupin (NDP) 3995
Rita Roeland (L) 700
Sturgeon Creek:
(x)Frank Johnston (PC) 7407
Don Simpson (NDP) 2655
Peter Moss (L) 1736
Swan River:
Douglas Gourlay (PC) 3909
Leonard Harapiuk (NDP) 3179
The Pas:
(x)Ron McBryde (NDP) 3471
Percy Pielak (PC) 1965
Edwin Jebb (L) 714
Thompson:
Ken MacMaster (PC) 3947
(x)Ken Dillen (NDP) 3031
Oliver Monkman (L) 283
Transcona:
Wilson Parasiuk (NDP) 6474
Tony Leonard (PC) 4749
Douglas Dennison (L) 767
Virden:
(x)Morris McGregor (PC) 3669
Edward Arndt (NDP) 1635
Wellington:
Brian Corrin (NDP) 3591
Geoff Dixon (PC) 2376
Mario Santos (L) 591
Winnipeg Centre:
(x)Bud Boyce (NDP) 2217
Philip Lee (PC) 1587
Ken Wong (L) 727
Wolseley:
(x)Robert Wilson (PC) 2763
Murdoch MacKay (NDP) 2689
Norma McCormick (L) 1286
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
Hugh MacDonald (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.
