1986 Manitoba general election

1986 Manitoba general election

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57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Howard Pawley Gary Filmon Sharon Carstairs Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since November 4, 1979 December 10, 1983 March 4, 1984 Leader's seat Selkirk Tuxedo River Heights Last election 34 23 0 Seats won 30 26 1 Seat change 4 3 1 Popular vote 198,261 193,728 66,469 Percentage 41.50% 40.56% 13.92% Swing 5.88pp 3.26pp 7.22pp
Map of Election Results
Premier before election Howard Pawley New Democratic Premier after election Howard Pawley New Democratic

The 1986 Manitoba general election was held on March 18, 1986 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which took 30 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party won 26 seats and formed the official opposition. The Manitoba Liberal Party, which had not been represented in the previous legislature, won one seat.

Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	NDP	PC	MLP	Other	ME	Sample
Election 1986	March 18, 1986		41.50	40.56	13.92	2.96
Institute of Social and Economic Research	February 1986	[1]	44.5	39.5	14.1	—	—	683
Institute of Social and Economic Research	April 1984	[2]	26.5	59.5	14	—	—	—
Election 1981	November 17, 1981		47.38	43.82	6.70	2.10

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				Before1	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	New Democratic	Howard Pawley	57	32	30	-6.3%	198,261	41.50%	-5.88
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	57	22	26	+18.2%	193,728	40.56%	-3.26
	Liberal	Sharon Carstairs	57	-	1		66,469	13.92%	+7.22
	Confederation of Regions	Dennis Heeney	14	-	-	-	11,677	2.44%	+2.44
	Progressive	Sidney Green	12	-	-	-	2,451	0.51%	-1.30
	Western Canada Concept	Fred Cameron	5	-	-	-	672	0.14%	+0.14
	Communist	Paula Fletcher	5	-	-	-	356	0.08%	+0.03
	Independent		9	2	-	-100%	4,076	0.85%	+0.61
	Libertarian	Clancy Smith	(4)	-	-	-
Total			216	57	57	-	477,690	100%

¹ "Before" refers to standings in the Legislature at dissolution, and not to the results of the previous election. These numbers therefore reflect changes in party standings as a result of by-elections and members crossing the floor.

Popular vote New Democratic   41.50% PC   40.56% Liberal   13.92% Others   4.02%

Seats summary New Democratic   52.63% PC   45.61% Liberal   1.75%

Riding results

Party key:

• PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
• L: Manitoba Liberal Party
• NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba
• P: Progressive Party of Manitoba
• Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba
• Ind: Independent
• M-L: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada - Manitoba (see by-elections)
• WCC: Western Canada Concept Party of Manitoba
• CoR: Confederation of Regions Party of Manitoba
• Lbt: Libertarian Party of Manitoba (The Libertarian Party nominated four candidates in this election. As the party was not officially recognized, they ran as independents. Two of these candidates were Clancy Smith (who was probably the party's leader) and C. Dennis Owens; the other two have not yet been identified.)

Arthur:

• (incumbent)Jim Downey (PC) 4569
• Peter Neufeld (CoR) 1198
• Steve Bobiak (NDP) 1009
• Moira Bonar (L) 701

1986 Manitoba general election : Assiniboia
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ric Nordman	3,813	51.62	1.69
	New Democratic	Max Melnyk	2,195	29.71	-5.46
	Liberal	Stan Blady	1,379	18.67	8.48
Total valid votes			7,387	–	–
Rejected			26	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,575	64.04	-7.29
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Brandon East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Leonard Evans	4,173	52.88	-8.28
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Armstrong	3,184	40.34	7.84
	Liberal	Eileen May McFadden	535	6.78	0.44
Total valid votes			7,892	–	–
Rejected			20	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,806	67.02	-3.42
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Brandon West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McCrae	5,537	53.11	7.90
	New Democratic	Arnold G. Grambo	4,128	39.60	-9.86
	Liberal	Kerry Auriat	760	7.29	1.95
Total valid votes			10,425	–	–
Rejected			24	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			14,733	70.92	-7.84
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Burrows
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Conrad Santos	3,547	53.04	-9.96
	Independent	William Chornopyski	1,437	21.49	–
	Progressive Conservative	Nick Trusewych	950	14.20	-3.62
	Liberal	Rory MacLeod	587	8.78	0.83
	Communist	Paula Fletcher	131	1.96	0.10
	Independent	Ted DuRussel	36	0.54	–
Total valid votes			6,688	–	–
Rejected			27	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			10,902	61.59	-6.03
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Charleswood
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Ernst	6,524	56.43	-2.34
	New Democratic	Mike MacIsaac	2,826	24.44	-5.65
	Liberal	Shari Nelson	2,211	19.12	10.13
Total valid votes			11,561	–	–
Rejected			24	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			16,665	69.52	-5.13
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Churchill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jay Cowan	2,940	73.50	8.95
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Menard	857	21.43	-3.94
	Liberal	Mildred Wilke	203	5.08	-2.57
Total valid votes			4,000	–	–
Rejected			11	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			6,570	61.05	-0.06
Source(s) [3]

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Concordia
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	4,525	54.37	-6.54
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Aubertin	2,684	32.25	2.71
	Liberal	Gail Stapon	909	10.92	7.39
	Western Canada Concept	Fred Cameron	204	2.45	–
Total valid votes			8,322	–	–
Rejected			13	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,587	66.22	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-4.63
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Dauphin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Plohman	4,886	52.27	4.38
	Progressive Conservative	Erv Tycholis	3,121	33.39	-7.99
	Liberal	Peter Rampton	1,341	14.35	3.61
Total valid votes			9,348	–	–
Rejected			21	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,904	78.70	-5.51
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Ellice
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Harvey Smith	3,989	57.67
	Progressive Conservative	Seech Gajadharsingh	1,731	25.03
	Liberal	Ted Alcuitas	929	13.43
	Progressive	Alex Arenson	268	3.87
Turnout
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Manitoba [4]

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Elmwood
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Maloway	3,241	45.84	-21.99
	Independent	Russell Doern	2,006	28.37	–
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Brunka	1,435	20.29	-4.91
	Liberal	Gilbert Benoit	389	5.50	0.92
Total valid votes			7,071	–	–
Rejected			34	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,044	64.33	-1.84
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Emerson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Driedger	4,758	51.75	2.14
	New Democratic	Ron Buzahora	3,780	41.11	-4.46
	Liberal	Joe Antoshkiw	656	7.14	3.64
Total valid votes			9,194	–	–
Rejected			8	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,607	72.99	-1.64
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Flin Flon
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jerry Storie	3,316	69.49	6.90
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Semaniuk	1,072	22.46	-14.95
	Liberal	J. Brian King	384	8.05	–
Total valid votes			4,772	–	–
Rejected			12	–
Eligible voters / turnout			8,485	56.38	-9.32
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Fort Garry
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Birt	5,146	48.45	3.86
	New Democratic	Nora Losey	3,158	29.73	14.57
	Liberal	Ian Band	2,114	19.90	-5.05
	Western Canada Concept	Ivan Merritt	204	1.92	-0.41
Total valid votes			10,622	–	–
Rejected			23	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			16,072	66.23	–
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Fort Rouge
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Roland Penner	4,223	48.86	4.30
	Progressive Conservative	Robert P. Haier	2,590	29.97	0.79
	Liberal	Lionel Ditz	1,683	19.47	-5.31
	Libertarian	Clancy Smith	101	1.17	–
	Communist	Nigel Hanrahan	46	0.53	–
Total valid votes			8,643	–	–
Rejected			53	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			13,517	64.33	-7.50
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Gimli
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Bucklaschuk	4,906	50.83	-1.48
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Helwer	3,955	40.98	-2.34
	Liberal	Morley Murray	649	6.72	3.73
	Western Canada Concept	Neil Knight	141	1.46	–
Total valid votes			9,651	–	–
Rejected			17	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,862	75.17	-2.57
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

Gladstone:

• (incumbent)Charlotte Oleson (PC) 3402
• Les Sendull (CoR) 1754
• Edna Mattson (L) 879
• Fred Tait (NDP) 872

Inkster:

• (incumbent)Don Scott (NDP) 5480
• Bayani Morcilla (PC) 1726
• Eric Hope (L) 938
• Lester Landry (P) 256
• Lajpat Sharma (Ind) 101
• Cathy Plowman (Comm) 49

1986 Manitoba general election : Interlake
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Bill Uruski	4,634	61.30	-3.00
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Schwartz	2,181	28.85	-1.64
	Liberal	Bob Lundale	455	6.02	0.82
	Confederation of Regions	Dieter Wenzel	289	3.82	–
Total valid votes			7,559	–	–
Rejected			18	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,466	66.08	-1.81
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Kildonan
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marty Dolin	6,199	51.65	4.12
	Progressive Conservative	Bev Rayburn	4,210	35.08	-0.56
	Liberal	Hy Berman	1,134	9.45	-1.39
	Progressive	Ben Hanuschak	459	3.82	-2.17
Total valid votes			12,002	–	–
Rejected			30	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			18,957	63.47	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-1.10
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

Kirkfield Park:

• (incumbent)Gerrie Hammond (PC) 5497
• Cliff Hodgins (NDP) 2191
• Irene Friesen (L) 1932

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Lac du Bonnet
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Clarence Baker	3,903	46.12	-16.38
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Praznik	3,601	42.55	5.05
	Liberal	Jerry Fontaine	959	11.33	–
Total valid votes			8,463	–	–
Rejected			17	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,469	73.94	3.61
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Lakeside
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Enns	4,303	49.38	-10.91
	New Democratic	Frieda Krpan	2,400	27.54	-3.83
	Confederation of Regions	Hubert L. Good	1,052	12.07	–
	Liberal	Roger Chabot	959	11.01	3.94
Total valid votes			8,714	–	–
Rejected			17	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,289	71.05	-2.49
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : La Verendrye
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Helmut Pankratz	3,618	59.12	-11.33
	New Democratic	Walter McDowell	1,768	28.89	10.57
	Liberal	Walter Hiebert	734	11.99	–
Total valid votes			6,120	–	–
Rejected			27	–
Eligible voters / turnout			12,192	50.42	-7.84
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Logan
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen Hemphill	3,765	73.07	+1.08
	Progressive Conservative	Doris Perron	791	15.35	+2.73
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	502	9.74	–
	Libertarian	Dennis Owens	94	1.84	–
Turnout			5,195	56.00	-5.72
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.83
Source: Elections Manitoba [5]

1986 Manitoba general election : Minnedosa
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Blake	3,316	41.77	-13.27
	New Democratic	Gary Grant	2,369	29.84	-15.11
	Confederation of Regions	Dennis Heeney	1,508	19.00	–
	Liberal	Steve Wilson	745	9.39	–
Total valid votes			7,938	–	–
Rejected			8	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,457	69.35	2.03
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Morris
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Manness	4,378	68.78	-2.77
	New Democratic	Audreen House	1,140	17.91	-10.54
	Liberal	Calvin Knaggs	847	13.31	n/a
Turnout			6,382	59.73	-5.09
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.89
Source: Elections Manitoba [6]

Niakwa:

• (incumbent)Abe Kovnats (PC) 6437
• Allan MacDonald (NDP) 4831
• James Radford (L) 2300

Osborne:

• (incumbent)Muriel Smith (NDP) 4747
• Jack McGuinness (PC) 2348
• Chris Sturgeon (L) 1259
• Alex MacKenzie (P) 217

1986 Manitoba general election : Pembina
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Orchard	5,270	65.19	-12.45
	Confederation of Regions	Abe Giesbrecht	944	11.68	–
	New Democratic	Edourd Hiebert	913	11.29	0.77
	Liberal	Lynn Rempel	849	10.50	2.01
	Progressive	John M. Brooks	108	1.34	-2.01
Total valid votes			8,084	–	–
Rejected			5	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,660	63.89	-3.27
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Portage la Prairie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Connery	3,693	51.35%	3.93%
	New Democratic	Bill Zettler	1,457	20.26%	-11.35%
	Confederation of Regions	Georgina Cuthbert	1,074	14.93%	–
	Liberal	Hugh O'Neil Kennedy	968	13.46%	-7.51%
Total			7,192	–	–
Rejected			21	–
Eligible voters / turnout			11,092	64.84%
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba. pp. 211–277.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Radisson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gerard Lecuyer	4,810	53.71	-13.78
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Benoit	2,666	29.77	1.42
	Liberal	Allan Patterson	1,239	13.84	–
	Progressive	Herold Driedger	240	2.68	-1.47
Total valid votes			8,955	–	–
Rejected			33	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,924	69.55	-6.62
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-7.60
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

Rhineland:

• (incumbent)Arnold Brown (PC) 3037
• Albert St. Hilaire (NDP) 1549
• John Kuhl (L) 1329

Riel:

• Gerry Ducharme (PC) 4479
• (incumbent)Doreen Dodick (NDP) 3710
• Chris Sigurdson (L) 1133
• Al Fostey (CoR) 187

River East:

• Bonnie Mitchelson (PC) 6598
• (incumbent)Phil Eyler (NDP) 5848
• Robert Shelton (L) 696
• Al MacDonald (CoR) 280
• Katharina Cameron (WCC) 76

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : River Heights
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sharon Carstairs	4,620	44.98	+21.57
	Progressive Conservative	Warren Steen	3,135	30.52	-14.94
	New Democratic	Murray Smith	2,516	24.50	-5.31
Turnout			10,287	80.66
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+18.26
Source: Elections Manitoba [7]

Roblin-Russell:

• Len Derkach (PC) 3241
• Fred Embryk (NDP) 3203
• Garry Gaber (L) 2065

1986 Manitoba general election : Rossmere
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Vic Schroeder	4,613	47.04	-7.45
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Neufeld	4,086	41.66	1.16
	Liberal	Cecilia Connelly	1,108	11.30	7.63
Total valid votes			9,807	–	–
Rejected			20	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,614	77.91	-4.23
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Rupertsland
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Elijah Harper	2,302	60.42	-9.06
	Progressive Conservative	Leonard McKay	931	24.44	18.20
	Liberal	Ed Price	577	15.14	-7.86
Total valid votes			3,810	–	–
Rejected			39	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			9,172	41.96	-11.72
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : St. Boniface
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Laurent Desjardins	4,978	60.77	-2.61
	Liberal	Georges Bohemier	1,951	23.82	+2.94
	Progressive Conservative	Wes Rowson	1,114	13.60	-1.37
	Progressive	James Jackson	149	1.82	+0.67
Turnout			8,220	69.73
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.78
Source: Elections Manitoba [8]

1986 Manitoba general election : St. James
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Al Mackling	4,120	44.22%	-8.73%
	Progressive Conservative	Eldon Ross	3,965	42.55%	-2.73%
	Liberal	Tom Thompson	922	9.89%	–
	Confederation of Regions	Fred Debrecen	175	1.88%	–
	Progressive	Charles Lamont	89	0.96%	-0.82%
	Western Canada Concept	Merle R. Hartlin	47	0.50%	–
Total valid votes			9,318	–	–
Rejected			27	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,892	72.28%	-4.88%
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2084 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

St. Johns:

• Judy Wasylycia-Leis (NDP) 3753
• John Baluta (PC) 1949
• Joyce Popkes (L) 632
• Cyril Fogel (P) 142
• William Hawryluk (Ind) 115
• Frank Goldspink (Comm) 65

1986 Manitoba general election : St. Norbert
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Mercier	5,788	50.72%	-3.18%
	New Democratic	Ruth Pear	2,839	24.88%	-11.12%
	Liberal	Mark O’Neill	2,784	24.40%	16.33%
Total			11,411	–	–
Rejected			15	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			16,589	68.79%	-4.97%
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 2084 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : St. Vital
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Walding	4,430	45.32	−7.48
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Herriot	3,872	39.62	−1.02
	Liberal	Walter Pederson	1,472	15.06	+8.50
Total valid votes			9,774	–	–
Rejected			31	–
Eligible voters / turnout			13,285	73.57%	-6.77%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-3.23
Source: Elections Manitoba [9]

1986 Manitoba general election : Ste. Rose
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Cummings	3,735	45.77	-1.74
	New Democratic	Garry Anderson	3,020	37.01	-13.08
	Liberal	Rafi Mohammed	952	11.67	–
	Confederation of Regions	Dave Mutch	454	5.56	–
Total valid votes			8,161	–	–
Rejected			18	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,258	72.65	-0.48
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Selkirk
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Howard Pawley	5,135	54.93	-9.17
	Progressive Conservative	Eugene Kinaschuk	3,119	33.36	-1.05
	Liberal	Gwen Charles	1,023	10.94	–
	Progressive	Raye Porhownik	72	0.77	-0.72
Total valid votes			9,349	–	–
Rejected			19	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,502	74.93	-0.10
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-4.06
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Seven Oaks
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Eugene Kostyra	5,158	64.71	+8.73
	Progressive Conservative	George Finkle	1,841	23.10	-0.69
	Liberal	Wayne Glowacki	907	11.38	+6.07
	Communist	Harold Dyck	65	0.82	n/a
Turnout			7,988	63.36	-8.74
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.71
Source: Elections Manitoba [10]

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Springfield
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Roch	5,094	44.26	-1.44
	New Democratic	Andy Anstett	5,039	43.78	-6.36
	Liberal	Laurie Evans	1,376	11.96	8.86
Total valid votes			11,509	–	–
Rejected			28	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			15,732	73.33	-3.03
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+2.46
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Sturgeon Creek
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Johnston	4,994	55.17	-3.02
	New Democratic	Leslie Campbell	2,402	26.54	-7.59
	Liberal	Robert Inman	1,530	16.90	+9.22
	Independent	S. Dalgliesh	126	1.39	n/a
Turnout			9,073	67.45	-5.62
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.28
Source: Elections Manitoba [11]

1986 Manitoba general election : Swan River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Len Harapiak	3,773	47.88	0.55
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Gourlay	3,708	47.06	-3.80
	Liberal	Donald Washenfelder	399	5.06	–
Total valid votes			7,880	–	–
Rejected			35	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			9,872	80.18	2.70
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : The Pas
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Harry Harapiak	4,051	68.34	-1.70
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest Polsom	1,088	18.35	-3.19
	Liberal	Scott Gray	789	13.31	4.89
Total valid votes			5,928	–	–
Rejected			17	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			8,720	68.18	-5.71
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

1986 Manitoba general election : Thompson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Steve Ashton	3,852	66.61	+17.17
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Biglow	1,498	25.90	-22.30
	Liberal	George Printeau	433	7.49	+5.13
Total valid votes			5,783	99.72
Rejected and declined votes			16	0.28	-0.03
Turnout			5,799	71.50	-9.14
Registered voters			8,111
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+19.74
Source: Elections Manitoba [12] [13]

Transcona:

• (incumbent)Wilson Parasiuk (NDP) 4631
• Earl Swayzie (PC) 1966
• Bob Lee (L) 1200

1986 Manitoba general election : Turtle Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Denis Rocan	3,390	47.51	-24.85
	New Democratic	Gordon Kennedy	1,353	18.96	-6.19
	Liberal	Ross McMillan	1,242	17.41	–
	Confederation of Regions	Bob Yake	1,150	16.12	–
Total valid votes			7,135	–	–
Rejected			15	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			10,328	69.23	6.27
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election : Tuxedo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	5,268	49.08	-15.51
	Liberal	Jim Carr	3,544	33.02	+20.96
	New Democratic	Bill Armstrong	1,816	16.92	-6.42
	Progressive	David Pearlman	104	0.97	–
Turnout			10,744	71.84
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-18.24
Source: Elections Manitoba [14]

Virden:

• Glen Findlay (PC) 4251
• Phil Schwarz (NDP) 1750
• Alex Gabrielle (CoR) 1497
• Lyman Smith (L) 524

Wolseley:

• (incumbent)Myrna Phillips (NDP) 4099
• John Campbell (PC) 2218
• Tom Harrison (L) 1132
• Sidney Green (P) 347
• Donald Oliver (CoR) 115
• Barry Marchand (Ind) 60

Post-election changes

Early in 1988, Laurent Desjardins announced his retirement from the legislature. Soon after this, NDP backbencher Jim Walding voted against his party's budget, causing the government to fall.

See also

• List of Manitoba political parties
• Manitoba Liberal Party candidates, 1986 Manitoba provincial election

References

1. Tenszen, Michael (February 19, 1986). "Liberals in Manitoba buoyed by prediction of a party comeback". The Globe and Mail. p. A3.
2. Tenszen, Michael (July 6, 1985). "Manitoba voter polls spark speculation". The Globe and Mail. p. A4.
4. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved December 5, 2018.
5. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2018.
6. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2018.
7. "Candidates: 33rd General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. March 18, 1986. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
8. "Candidates: 34th General Election" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. April 26, 1988. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
9. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2018.
10. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved December 1, 2018.
11. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved December 1, 2018.
12. "Province of Manitoba Thirty-Third General Election Held March 18, 1986 Summary of Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. 1986. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
13. "Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1986)". Manitoba Historical Society. March 23, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
14. "Historical Summary" (PDF). Retrieved November 28, 2018.

Further reading

• Byers, R. B., ed. (1990). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1986 . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN   9781442671997.

Preceded by 1981 Manitoba election

List of Manitoba elections

Succeeded by 1988 Manitoba election