1973 Manitoba general election

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1973 Manitoba general election
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←  1969 June 28, 1973 1977  →
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Edward Richard Schreyer.jpg PCLIB
Leader Edward Schreyer Sidney Spivak Izzy Asper
Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader since June 7, 1969 February 27, 1971 October 31, 1970
Leader's seat Rossmere River Heights Wolseley
Last election28225
Seats won31215
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg0
Popular vote197,585171,55388,907
Percentage42.31%36.73%19.04%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.04pp Increase2.svg1.17pp Decrease2.svg4.95pp
Manitoba general election, 1973 results by riding.svg
Map of Election Results
Premier before election

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

Premier after election

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

The 1973 Manitoba general election was held on June 28, 1973 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the social-democratic New Democratic Party, which took 31 of 57 seats to win government in its own right for the first time. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with 21, while the Manitoba Liberal Party took the remaining five. The Manitoba Social Credit Party lost its only seat. [1] [2]

Contents

A right-of-centre municipal organization known as the Independent Citizens' Election Committee tried to convince the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties to avoid competing against each other in certain Winnipeg-area ridings, such that a single "anti-socialist" alternative to the NDP could be offered. This campaign was generally unsuccessful.[ citation needed ]

Results

Sources: [1] [2]

PartyParty Leader# of
candidates		SeatsPopular Vote
1969 Elected% Change#%Change
  New Democratic Edward Schreyer 572831+10.7%197,58542.31%+4.04
  Progressive Conservative Sidney Spivak 522221-4.5%171,55336.73%+1.17
  Liberal Israel Asper 5055-88,90719.04%-4.95
Social Credit Jacob Froese 31--100%1,7090.37%-0.99
Communist William Cecil Ross 3---2520.05%-0.17
Marxist–Leninist 3---690.01%+0.01
 Independent181--100%6,9691.49%+0.89
Total1865757 467,044100% 

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Popular vote
New Democratic
 
42.31%
PC
 
36.73%
Liberal
 
19.04%
Others
 
1.92%
Seats summary
New Democratic
 
54.39%
PC
 
36.84%
Liberal
 
8.77%

Riding results

Sources: [1] [2]

Party key:

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon East:

Brandon West:

Burrows:

Charleswood:

Churchill:

Crescentwood:

Dauphin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Flin Flon:

Fort Garry:

Fort Rouge:

Gimli:

Gladstone:

Inkster:

Kildonan:

Lac Du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

La Verendrye:

Logan:

Minnedosa:

Morris:

Osborne:

Pembina:

1973 Manitoba general election : Point Douglas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Donald Malinowski 3,67665.55
Independent Joseph Borowski 1,12720.10
Liberal Lawrence Belanger56910.15
Independent George Munroe 2364.21
Total valid votes5,608100.00
Rejected and discarded votes100
Turnout5,70865.56
Electors on the lists8,706

Portage la Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

Riel:

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

Rossmere:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

1973 Manitoba general election : St. Vital
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Jim Walding 3,87039.25+3.56
Liberal Dan Kennedy 3,76538.18+9.87
Progressive Conservative John Gee2,22522.57−13.44
Total valid votes9,860100.00
Rejected votes51
Turnout9,91185.84
17.80
Electors on the lists11,546
New Democratic hold Swing -3.15

Ste. Rose:

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

Souris-Killarney:

Springfield:

Sturgeon Creek:

Swan River:

The Pas:

1973 Manitoba general election : Thompson
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Ken Dillen 2,74237.54
Progressive Conservative Anna Denby2,48033.95
Liberal Blain Johnston2,08328.51
Total valid votes7,305100.00
Rejected votes33
Turnout7,33871.30
Electors on the lists10,292

Transcona:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

Post-election changes

St. Boniface (election declared void), December 20, 1974:

Wolseley (res. Israel Asper, March 1, 1975), June 25, 1975:

Crescentwood (election declared void, February 20, 1975), June 25, 1975:

Souris-Killarney (dec. Earl McKellar, April 18, 1976), November 7, 1976:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sayers, Anthony (2017). "1973 Manitoba Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Results Summaries: 1870 to 1995". www.electionsmanitoba.ca. Elections Manitoba. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
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1969 Manitoba election 		List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by
1977 Manitoba election
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