Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1965)

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The Canadian federal election of 1965 was held on 8 November. The results were as follows:

Riding

Candidate

Party

Votes

Brandon-Souris

Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916-1982)

Progressive Conservative

15,554

Harry George

Liberal

7,522

Harold E. Weitman

New Democratic

2,913

A. W. Bassingthwaighte

Social Credit

2,518

Churchill

Robert “Bud” Simpson (1910-1990)

Progressive Conservative

10,773

Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)

Liberal

5,694

Ken MacMaster

New Democratic

3,306

Curt R. Shielman

Social Credit

1,352

Dauphin

Richard Elmer Forbes (1894-1978)

Progressive Conservative

6,545

Sigurdur Thorberg Sigurdson

Liberal

4,082

John Zaplitny

New Democratic

3,202

Lawrence A. Milner

Social Credit

2,558

Lisgar

George Robson Muir (1903-1970)

Progressive Conservative

8,988

Fred Westwood

Liberal

4,925

George Loeppky

Social Credit

2,711

Edith Alsop

New Democratic

619

George G. Elias

Independent

237

Marquette

John Nicholas “Nick” Mandziuk (1902-1969)

Progressive Conservative

10,613

Rudy Usick

Liberal

6,424

Michael Stephen Antonation (1913-1985)

New Democratic

1,724

J. D. McKeand

Social Credit

1,623

Portage-Neepawa

Siegfried John “Sig” Enns (1924-2020)

Progressive Conservative

13,043

W. Fred L. Hyde

Liberal

8,260

Charles Norman

New Democratic

2,896

Charles R. Turner

Social Credit

1,060

Provencher

Warner Herbert Jorgenson (1918-2005)

Progressive Conservative

6,470

Gordon Barkman

Liberal

5,243

Wilbert James Tinkler (1908-1988)

Social Credit

1,195

Francis Clement Anderson

New Democratic

542

St. Boniface

Roger Joseph Teillet (1912-2002)

Liberal

13,961

Harry Deleeuw

Progressive Conservative

10,499

Harry Shafransky (1930-1986)

New Democratic

8,923

Selkirk

Eric Stefanson (1913-1977)

Progressive Conservative

8,573

Alan Graeme Stuart Garson (1936-1994)

Liberal

4,765

Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)

New Democratic

4,456

Rodger Epps

Social Credit

678

Springfield

Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer

New Democratic

8,001

Joseph “Joe” Slogan

Progressive Conservative

7,246

William Bilynsky

Liberal

4,104

Robert H. Luining

Social Credit

1,085

Winnipeg North

David Orlikow (1919-1998)

New Democratic

22,950

Robert Tremaine Taft (1904-1990)

Liberal

13,420

Walter Paschak

Progressive Conservative

10,992

Jacob Willms

Social Credit

771

Winnipeg North Centre

Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)

New Democratic

14,056

Matthew McNeil “Bud” Wocks (1901-1969)

Progressive Conservative

6,085

Leo Cholakis

Liberal

5,384

Winnipeg South

Louis Ralph “Bud” Sherman (1926-2015)

Progressive Conservative

23,576

Margaret MacTavish Rogers Konantz (1899-1967)

Liberal

20,396

Sidney “Sid” Green

New Democratic

10,371

Winnipeg South Centre

Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)

Progressive Conservative

15,296

Frederick John “Fred” Douglas (1913-1998)

Liberal

13,262

Philip Markus Petursson (1902-1988)

New Democratic

7,234

Walter Hatch

Social Credit

764

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Twenty-Seventh Canadian Parliament (1966-1968)

Sources:

Obituary [Wilbert James Tinkler], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 April 1988, page 69.

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 December 2024