1973 Manitoba general election

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.

1973 Manitoba general election
June 28, 1973
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  PC LIB
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 election 28 22 5
Seats won 31 21 5
Seat change Increase3 Decrease1 Steady0
Popular vote 197,585 171,553 88,907
Percentage 42.31% 36.73% 19.04%
Swing Increase4.04pp Increase1.17pp Decrease4.95pp
Map of Election Results
Premier before election

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

 Premier after election

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

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
Party Party Leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1969 Elected % Change # % Change
  New Democratic Edward Schreyer 57 28 31 +10.7% 197,585 42.31% +4.04
  Progressive Conservative Sidney Spivak 52 22 21 -4.5% 171,553 36.73% +1.17
  Liberal Israel Asper 50 5 5 - 88,907 19.04% -4.95
Social Credit Jacob Froese 3 1 - -100% 1,709 0.37% -0.99
Communist William Cecil Ross 3 - - - 252 0.05% -0.17
Marxist–Leninist   3 - - - 69 0.01% +0.01
  Independent 18 1 - -100% 6,969 1.49% +0.89
Total 186 57 57   467,044 100%  

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

Party key:

Arthur:

  • (incumbent)Douglas Watt (PC) 3487
  • Lorne Watt (NDP) 1981
  • M.F. Mac Corbett (L) 1181

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

  • (incumbent)Harry Graham (PC) 3203
  • Michael Sotas (NDP) 2967
  • John Braendle (L) 685

Brandon East:

Brandon West:

Burrows:

Charleswood:

  • (incumbent)Arthur Moug (PC) 6180
  • Roy Neil Benson (NDP) 3554
  • Jim Spencer (L) 3456

Churchill:

  • Les Osland (NDP) 2041
  • Andy Champagne (PC) 1367
  • Walter Perepeluk (L) 1256
  • Andrew Kirkness (Ind) 880

Crescentwood:

Dauphin:

  • (incumbent)Peter Burtniak (NDP) 4261
  • Art Rampton (PC) 3262
  • Hugh Dunlop (L) 1091

Elmwood:

  • (incumbent)Russell Doern (NDP) 4987
  • Edward Tymchuk (PC) 2361
  • Ray Brunka (L) 1363

Emerson:

Flin Flon:

  • (incumbent)Thomas Barrow (NDP) 3112
  • George Njegovan (PC) 1803
  • Roy Veness (L) 893

Fort Garry:

Fort Rouge:

Gimli:

  • (incumbent)John Gottfried (NDP) 3546
  • Ted Revel (PC) 3490
  • Charles Arnason (Ind) 164

Gladstone:

  • (incumbent)James Ferguson (PC) 3605
  • Gordon Stewart (NDP) 2394
  • Gordon McPhail (L) 1698
  • Kenneth Morrison (Ind) 106

Inkster:

  • (incumbent)Sidney Green (NDP) 5442
  • John Sulymko (L) 1686
  • Joe McMullen (PC) 1622
  • Don Currie (Comm) 78
  • Aili Waldman (M-L) 12

Kildonan:

  • (incumbent)Peter Fox (NDP) 5718
  • Don Lynn Heidman (PC) 2660
  • Ann McTavish (L) 2097

Lac Du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

  • (incumbent)Harry Enns (PC) 2969
  • George Schreyer (NDP) 1793
  • Alan Beachell (L) 1778

La Verendrye:

Logan:

  • (incumbent)William Jenkins (NDP) 2671
  • Rita Servin (PC) 1582
  • Andrew Mazur (L) 644
  • William Hawryluk (Ind) 671
  • Gordon Anderson (Ind) 48

Minnedosa:

  • (incumbent)Dave Blake (PC) 3777
  • Lawrence Bell (NDP) 2708
  • Ed Turner (L) 739

Morris:

  • (incumbent)Warner Jorgenson (PC) 3650
  • Lawrence Lewco (NDP) 1602
  • Norm Dashevsky (L) 825

Osborne:

Pembina:

  • (incumbent)George Henderson (PC) 4408
  • Robert McKenzie (L) 1553
  • Paul Klassen (NDP) 1013
1973 Manitoba general election: Point Douglas
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDonald Malinowski3,67665.55
IndependentJoseph Borowski1,12720.10
LiberalLawrence Belanger56910.15
IndependentGeorge Munroe2364.21
Total valid votes 5,608 100.00
Rejected and discarded votes 100
Turnout 5,708 65.56
Electors on the lists 8,706

Portage la Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

  • Arnold Brown (PC) 2903
  • (incumbent)Jacob Froese (SC) 1587
  • Jake Heinrichs (NDP) 1002
  • Harry Friesen (L) 578
  • John Epp (Ind) 52

Riel:

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

  • (incumbent)Henry Einarson (PC) 3470
  • Paul Cenerini (NDP) 1825
  • Arnold Collins (L) 1361

Rossmere:

Rupertsland:

  • Harvey Bostrom (NDP) 2093
  • John Ateah (L) 1329
  • Raymond Guiboche (PC) 504
  • Dave Courchene Jr. (Ind) 415
  • Lorne Lester (Ind) 166

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

  • (incumbent)Wally Johannson (NDP) 3875
  • Einar Arnason (PC) 2492
  • Norm Kirton (L) 1365
1973 Manitoba general election: St. Vital
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJim Walding3,87039.25+3.56
LiberalDan Kennedy3,76538.18+9.87
Progressive ConservativeJohn Gee2,22522.57−13.44
Total valid votes 9,860 100.00
Rejected votes 51
Turnout 9,911 85.84
17.80
Electors on the lists 11,546
New Democratic hold Swing -3.15

Ste. Rose:

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

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

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

Souris-Killarney:

Springfield:

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

Sturgeon Creek:

Swan River:

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

The Pas:

  • (incumbent)Ron McBryde (NDP) 3673
  • George Takashima (Ind) 1873
1973 Manitoba general election: Thompson
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticKen Dillen2,74237.54
Progressive ConservativeAnna Denby2,48033.95
LiberalBlain Johnston2,08328.51
Total valid votes 7,305100.00
Rejected votes 33
Turnout 7,33871.30
Electors on the lists 10,292

Transcona:

Virden:

  • (incumbent)Morris McGregor (PC) 2981
  • Barry Forman (NDP) 1741
  • Duncan McDonald (L) 911

Wellington:

  • (incumbent)Philip Petursson (NDP) 4190
  • Brandson Thornson (PC) 2272
  • Neil Baker (Ind) 1165

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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