Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1984)

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The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on 4 September. The results were as follows:

Riding	Candidate	Party	Votes
Brandon-Souris	Walter Leland Rutherford “Lee” Clark (1936-2008)	Progressive Conservative	18,813
	Dennis Heeney	Confederation of Regions Western	6,322
	Jake Janzen	New Democratic	5,631
	David Campbell	Liberal	5,278
Churchill	Rodney Edward “Rod” Murphy	New Democratic	10,829
	Harvey Hanson	Progressive Conservative	8,010
	John Vincent Macdonald “Jack” Kennedy (1929-2016)	Liberal	4,272
	Andrew Kirkness	Independent	377
	Keith Muirhead	Libertarian	281
Dauphin-Swan River	Brian White	Progressive Conservative	11,973
	Laverne Mitchell Lewycky (1946-2020)	New Democratic	10,219
	Douglas Cowling	Liberal	4,352
	Douglas Switzer	Confederation of Regions Western	1,589
Lisgar	Jack Burnett Murta	Progressive Conservative	15,557
	James Fallis	Confederation of Regions	8,976
	Anne-Marie McEachern	Liberal	4,423
	Peter Hiebert	New Democratic	2,052
	Bill Harrison	Rhino	437
Portage-Marquette	Charles James “Charlie” Mayer	Progressive Conservative	15,378
	Doug Edmondson	Confederation of Regions	6,957
	Garry Grant	New Democratic	4,447
	Abe Suderman	Liberal	4,161
	Dennis Owens	Libertarian	204
Provencher	Arthur Jacob “Jake” Epp	Progressive Conservative	20,077
	Ronald “Ron” Buzahora	New Democratic	6,941
	Waldemar “Wally” Rempel (1936-2015)	Liberal	4,859
	Ron Bowers	Confederation of Regions	2,347
	Donald Ives	Libertarian	232
St. Boniface	Leo Duguay	Progressive Conservative	19,548
	Robert Theodore Bockstael (1923-2017)	Liberal	16,763
	Armand T. Bedard	New Democratic	11,279
	Dennis A. Epps	Confederation of Regions	1,649
Selkirk-Interlake	Felix Holtmann	Progressive Conservative	13,750
	Terry Sargeant	New Democratic	13,088
	Ed Anderson	Liberal	3,510
	Doug Stefanson	Confederation of Regions	3,301
	Bob Quenett	Libertarian	163
Winnipeg Assiniboine	Alvin Daniel “Dan” McKenzie (1924-1989)	Progressive Conservative	27,567
	David Matas	Liberal	16,200
	Robert Johannson	New Democratic	7,067
	Lillian Stevens	Confederation of Regions Western	1,344
	Stephen Kenzie	Libertarian	472
Winnipeg Birds Hill	William Alexander “Bill” Blaikie (1951-2022)	New Democratic	23,903
	John Hare	Progressive Conservative	20,644
	Lil Johnson	Liberal	5,447
	Al Macdonald	Confederation of Regions Western	1,069
	Don Bergen	Rhino	569
	Edward G. Price	Independent	549
Winnipeg Fort Garry	Lloyd Norman Axworthy	Liberal	21,286
	Louis Ralph “Bud” Sherman (1926-2015)	Progressive Conservative	18,932
	Gail Coyston	New Democratic	5,932
	Clangy Smith	Libertarian	308
	Frank Goldspink	Communist	115
Winnipeg North	David Orlikow	New Democratic	18,209
	Luba Fedorkiw	Progressive Conservative	12,705
	Chris Lorenc	Liberal	10,421
	Paula Fletcher	Communist	283
	William Hawryluk	Independent	243
	E. T. Dolski	Independent	180
Winnipeg North Centre	Cyril Keeper	New Democratic	10,559
	Joseph N. H. “Joe” Du (1933-2017)	Progressive Conservative	6,470
	Frank Bueti	Liberal	5,144
	Monty A. McDonald	Independent	484
	Don Hogan	Independent	234
Winnipeg St. James	Clement George Minaker (1937-2012)	Progressive Conservative	12,523
	Lissa Donner	New Democratic	9,843
	Diana Ryback	Liberal	6,007
	Fred Debrecen	Confederation of Regions Western	830
	John R. Talarico	Libertarian	164
	Paul Pugh	Communist	86

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Thirty-Third Canadian Parliament (1984-1988)

Sources:

“Election ‘84 results,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 September 1984, page 19.

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 January 2023