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Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal By-Election (1978)

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Canadian Federal Election (1974) | Canadian Federal Election (1979)

The results of a federal by-election held in Manitoba in 1978 were as follows:

Riding

Election Date

Candidate

Party

Votes

St. Boniface

16 October 1978

John Harold “Jack” Hare (1920-2009)

Progressive Conservative

18,552

Robert Theodore Bockstael (1923-2017)

Liberal

13,804

Grant Wichenko

New Democratic

9,570

Lorne Anthony Reznowski (1929-2011)

Social Credit

1,204

Donald Bryan Oliver

Independent

281

William Hawryluk

Independent

161

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Thirtieth Canadian Parliament (1974-1979)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 20 February 2022

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