Manitoba general election, 1973

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Manitoba general election, 1973
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57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Edward Schreyer (crop).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
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Map of Election Results
Premier before election

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

Premier-designate

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

The Manitoba General Election of June 28, 1973 was held 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.

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.

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.

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A right-of-centre municipal organization known as the Independent Citizens' Election Committee convinced 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.

Results

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.

Riding results

Party key:

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.

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.

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.

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

James Douglas Watt was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1977, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Walter Weir.

Assiniboia:

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

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.

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:

Manitoba general election, 1973 : Point Douglas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Donald Malinowski 3,67665.55
    Independent Joseph Borowski 1,12720.10
Liberal Lawrence Belanger56910.15
    IndependentGeorge Munroe2364.21
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:

Manitoba general election, 1973 : 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

Ste. Rose:

  • (x)A.R. Pete Adam (NDP) 2627
  • Dwight Hopfner (L) 1748
  • Alf O'Loughlin (PC) 1516

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

  • (x)Saul Miller (NDP) 6579
  • Carl Zawatsky (PC) 4921
  • Henry Froese (L) 1386

Souris-Killarney:

Springfield:

  • (x)Rene Toupin (NDP) 3611
  • John Vaags (PC) 3245
  • Len Mendes (L) 694
  • Harry Meronek (Ind) 333

Sturgeon Creek:

Swan River:

  • (x)James Bilton (PC) 3370
  • Omar Lamb (NDP) 2669
  • Vic Mearon (L) 687

The Pas:

Manitoba general election, 1973 : 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:

  • Sterling Lyon (PC) 4478
  • Jean Strath (L) 1272
  • Howard Nixon (NDP) 1073

See also

Preceded by
1969 Manitoba election 		List of Manitoba elections Succeeded by
1977 Manitoba election
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