Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1971)

The results of provincial by-elections held in 1971 were as follows:

Constituency	Election Date	Candidate	Party	Votes
Minnedosa	16 November 1971	David Robert “Dave” Blake (1925-2008)	Progressive Conservative	3,532
		Emil Shellborn	New Democratic	2,348
		Hugh Milton Stephenson (1920-2009)	Liberal	1,129
Ste. Rose	5 April 1971	Aimé Rawleigh “Pete” Adam (1913-2009)	New Democratic	2,785
		Fred Werbiski	Liberal	2,118
		John Boerchers	Progressive Conservative	1,792
St. Vital	5 April 1971	Derek James “Jim” Walding (1937-2007)	New Democratic	3,378
		Daniel Patrick “Dan” Kennedy (1939-2017)	Liberal	3,083
		Kenneth Reginald Dixon Pratt (1926-1980)	Progressive Conservative	2,925
		Samuel “Sam” Bordman	Independent	13
Wolseley	16 June 1971	Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper (1932-2003)	Liberal	3,530
		Ernest John “Ernie” Enns (1920-2006)	Progressive Conservative	2,271
		Victor Harold “Vic” Schroeder	New Democratic	2,174
		William Hawryluk	Independent	45

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1969)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Ninth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1969-1973)

Sources:

“Hospital vote tallied,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 April 1971, page 3.

“Minnedosa byelection,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 November 1971, page 1.

This page was prepared by Jacques Marcoux and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 June 2021