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The 1966 Manitoba general election was held on June 23, 1966, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a third consecutive majority win for the Progressive Conservative Party led by Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won 31 seats, against 14 for the Liberal Party, 11 for the New Democratic Party and one for Social Credit.
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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| 1962 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dufferin Roblin | 57 | 36 | 31 | -13.9% | 130,102 | 39.96% | ||
| Liberal | Gildas Molgat | 56 | 13 | 14 | +7.7% | 107,841 | 33.13% | ||
| New Democratic | Russell Paulley | 53 | 7 | 11 | +57.1% | 75,333 | 23.14% | ||
| Social Credit | Jacob Froese | 16 | 1 | 1 | - | 11,538 | 3.54% | ||
| Communist | William Cecil Ross | 2 | - | - | - | 638 | 0.20% | ||
| Independent | 1 | - | – | - | 97 | 0.03% | |||
| Total | 185 | 57 | 57 | - | 325,549 | 100% | |||
| Preceded by 1962 Manitoba election | List of Manitoba elections | Succeeded by 1969 Manitoba election |
Party key:
| 1966 Manitoba general election : Carillon | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Leonard Barkman | 2,352 | 63.83 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Blatz | 1,217 | 33.03 | |||||
| New Democratic | Elmer Reimer | 116 | 3.12 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,685 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and discarded votes | 59 | |||||||
| Turnout | 3,744 | 59.84 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 6,257 | |||||||
Churchill (deferred to July 7, 1966):
| 1966 Manitoba general election : Morris | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Shewman | 1,518 | 47.80 | -0.92 | ||||
| Liberal | Bruce MacKenzie | 1,288 | 40.55 | 7.27 | ||||
| New Democratic | William T. Loftus | 370 | 11.65 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,176 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 33 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 5,275 | 60.83 | -3.72 | |||||
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. | ||||||||
| 1966 Manitoba general election : Wolseley | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dufferin Roblin | 3,132 | 48.88 | |||||
| Liberal | Julius Koteles | 1,780 | 27.78 | |||||
| New Democratic | Cecil Wood | 1,495 | 23.33 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,407 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and discarded votes | 45 | |||||||
| Turnout | 6,452 | 55.52 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 11,621 | |||||||
Note: These by-election results are taken from newspaper reports, and may not exactly match the official returns.
Gordon Beard (PC) became (Ind) in 1968.
Turtle Mountain (results overturned and seat declared vacant, January 30, 1968), March 4, 1968:
Four seats became vacant in 1968:
By-elections for all four ridings were called for February 20, 1969. The Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties fielded candidates in all four ridings, and there was also an independent candidate in Churchill. The Social Credit Party intended to field a candidate in Morris, but ultimately did not do so. [1]
| Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969: Birtle-Russell | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Graham | 2,117 | 46.46 | $1,500.98 | ||||
| Liberal | Edward Shust | 1,406 | 30.85 | – | $2,476.39 | |||
| New Democratic | Donald Kostesky | 1,034 | 22.69 | $1,248.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,557 | 100 | ||||||
| Rejected and discarded votes | 23 | |||||||
| Turnout | 4,580 | 76.30 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 6,003 | |||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969: Churchill | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Joseph Borowski | 2,637 | 32.67 | $2,350.33 | ||||
| Independent | Blain Johnston | 2,616 | 32.41 | $3,733.76 | ||||
| Liberal | Garry Walsh | 1,709 | 21.17 | – | $6,242.87 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Klewchuk | 1,109 | 13.74 | $7,346.47 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,071 | 100 | ||||||
| Rejected and discarded votes | 17 | |||||||
| Turnout | 8,088 | 62.97 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 12,845 | |||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, 1969: Morris | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Warner Jorgenson | 2,146 | 65.77 | 17.97 | $966.85 | |||
| Liberal | Ralph Rasmussen | 841 | 25.77 | -14.78 | $526.56 | |||
| New Democratic | William T. Loftus | 276 | 8.46 | -3.19 | $770.61 | |||
| Total valid votes | 3,263 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected | 15 | – | ||||||
| Eligible voters / Turnout | 5,284 | 62.07 | – | |||||
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. | ||||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, February 20, 1969: Wolseley | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Leonard Claydon | 2,161 | 46.62 | $2,640.69 | ||||
| Liberal | Julius Koteles | 1,528 | 33.01 | – | $10,753.19 | |||
| New Democratic | Archie Stone | 944 | 20.37 | $1,423.50 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,633 | 100 | ||||||
| Rejected and discarded votes | 75 | |||||||
| Turnout | 4,708 | 41.97 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 11,217 | |||||||
The results for Birtle-Russell, Morris and Wolseley are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press , 21 February 1969. The result from Churchill reflects the findings of a judicial review, and is taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, 19 March 1969.
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