Manitoba general election, 1977

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Manitoba general election, 1977
Flag of Manitoba.svg
  1973 October 11, 1977 1981  

57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 PC Edward Schreyer (crop).jpg LIB
Leader Sterling Lyon Edward Schreyer Charles Huband
Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal
Leader since December 6, 1975 June 7, 1969 February 22, 1975
Leader's seat Charleswood Rossmere Ran in Crescentwood (lost)
Last election21315
Seats won33231
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg8Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote237,496188,12459,865
Percentage48.75%38.62%12.29%
SwingIncrease2.svg12.02pp Decrease2.svg3.69pp Decrease2.svg6.75pp

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Map of Election Results

Premier before election

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

Premier-designate

Sterling Lyon
Progressive Conservative

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.

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba form the Legislature of Manitoba, Canada

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the Queen of Canada in Right of Manitoba, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba form the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post voting. The Manitoba Legislative Building is located in central Winnipeg, at the meeting point of the Wolseley and Fort Rouge constituencies.

Manitoba Province of Canada

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada. It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi) with a widely varied landscape, stretching from the northern oceanic coastline to the southern border with the United States. The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut to the north, and Northwest Territories to the northwest, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a right-of-centre political party in Manitoba, Canada and the only right-leaning party in the province. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 provincial election.

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Results

PartyParty Leader# of
candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1973 Elected% Change#%Change
  Progressive Conservative Sterling Lyon 572133+57.1%237,49648.75%+12.02
  New Democratic Edward Schreyer 573123-25.8%188,12438.62%-3.69
  Liberal Charles Huband 5351-80.0%59,86512.29%-6.75
Social Credit Jacob Froese 5---1,3230.27%-0.10
Communist William Cecil Ross 4---2990.06%+0.01
  Revolutionary Workers 1**470.01%*
 Independent-1--100%---1.49
Total1775757-487,154100% 

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Riding results

Party key:

Manitoba Liberal Party centrist political party in Manitoba, Canada

The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.

New Democratic Party of Manitoba political party

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. It is currently the opposition party in Manitoba.

The Manitoba Social Credit Party was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Norma Lorraine Price was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1977 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.

Stephen Clifford Patrick was a Canadian politician and athlete. Patrick was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1977.

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon East:

Leonard Salusbury Evans was a Canadian politician in Manitoba. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1969 to 1999, and was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of New Democratic Premiers Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley.

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:

Manitoba general election, 1977 : Point Douglas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Donald Malinowski 3,11663.32
     Progressive Conservative Margaret Didenko91518.59
Liberal Don Marks 76915.63
Communist Harold Dyck621.26
Social Credit Peter Stevens591.20
Total valid votes4,921100.00
Rejected votes85
Turnout5,00661.10
Electors on the lists8,193

Portage la Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

Riel:

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

Rossmere:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

Manitoba general election, 1977 : St. Vital
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Jim Walding 3,92441.62+2.37
     Progressive Conservative Gil Shaw3,39035.95+13.38
Liberal Eddie Coutu2,11522.43−15.75
Total valid votes9,429100.00
Rejected votes18
Turnout9,44784.70−1.14
Electors on the lists11,154

Ste. Rose:

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

Souris-Killarney:

Springfield:

Sturgeon Creek:

Swan River:

The Pas:

Thompson:

Transcona:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

Post-election changes

Rossmere (Edward Schreyer appointed Governor-General of Canada, December 7, 1978), October 16, 1979:

River Heights (res. Sidney Spivak, April 12, 1979), October 16, 1979:

Fort Rouge (res. Lloyd Axworthy, April 6, 1979), October 16, 1979:

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.

See also

Preceded by
1973 Manitoba election
List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by
1981 Manitoba election

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