Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1966)

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The Manitoba general election of 1966 was held on 23 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive Conservative	Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	130,102	31
Liberal	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	107,841	14
New Democratic	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	75,333	11
Social Credit	Jacob M. “Jake” Froese (1917-2003)	11,538	1
Communist	William Cecil Ross (1911-1998)	735	0
Independent	-	97	0
Totals		325,646	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Returning Officer	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	Adam David Anderson (1890-1971)	James Douglas “Doug” Watt (1914-1985)	Progressive Conservative	1,920
		Frank S. Patmore	Liberal	1,807
		Clark Robson	New Democratic	494
Assiniboia	Robert Guy Smethurst	Stephen Clifford “Steve” Patrick (1932-2014)	Liberal	5,168
		Stewart Congdon Millett (1925-1984)	Progressive Conservative	4,800
		Charles Norman	New Democratic	2,943
Birtle-Russell	James Stanley Dalton	Rodney Stewart “Rod” Clement (1919-1969)	Liberal	2,223
		Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,078
		Ronald Kostesky	New Democratic	446
Brandon	Constance M. Wilton	Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974)	Progressive Conservative	3,810
		Terence “Terry” Penton (1917-1985)	Liberal	3,661
		Harold Weitman	New Democratic	1,439
		Ben Van Hoffen	Social Credit	504
Brokenhead	Henry J. Shale	Samuel “Sam” Uskiw (1933-2011)	New Democratic	1,889
		George Mulder	Progressive Conservative	1,315
		Stanley Copp (1915-1987)	Independent Liberal	669
		Ken Skiba	Social Credit	365
Burrows	Mrs. Margaret Balagus	Ben Hanuschak	New Democratic	2,415
		Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914-1989)	Liberal	1,487
		Walter Paschak	Progressive Conservative	1,301
Carillon	Rosario N. Rochon	Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)	Liberal	2,352
		Zephirin “Zeph” Audet (1909-1987)	Progressive Conservative	1,217
		Alex Morrison	New Democratic	116
Churchill	John F. Clarke	Gordon Wilbert Beard (1920-1972)	Progressive Conservative	3,159
		Wilfred L. Hudson	New Democratic	2,192
Cypress	Errol A. Berry	Thelma Bessie Brown Forbes (1910-2012)	Progressive Conservative	2,331
		Duncan Campbell	Liberal	1,888
Dauphin	William Cruise	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	3,149
		Edward Demkiw	Liberal	1,512
		Michael J. Sotas	New Democratic	236
Dufferin	Mrs. Katie Brown	William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,135
		Cam Johnston	Liberal	1,280
		Walter D. Taylor	Social Credit	583
Elmwood	Mrs. June Popovitch	Russell John “Russ” Doern (1935-1987)	New Democratic	2,765
		Tom Snowdon	Progressive Conservative	1,816
		John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)	Liberal	1,458
		Walter Bowden	Social Credit	744
Emerson	Ben Comeault	John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal	2,180
		Gabriel Jean Girard (1935-2006)	Progressive Conservative	2,015
Ethelbert Plains	Anthony Semeniuk	Michael Kawchuk	New Democratic	1,246
		William Paziuk	Liberal	1,182
		Melvin George Pipe	Social Credit	884
		John L. Tycholis	Progressive Conservative	548
Fisher	Robert J. Grant	Peter Paul Masniuk (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	1,480
		Peter Wagner (1916-1995)	New Democratic	1,368
		Arthur Robert Devlin (1908-1981)	Liberal	712
		John Palamarchuk	Independent	97
Flin Flon	Garfield M. Walker	Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	1,750
		Scott Day	New Democratic	1,090
		Mickey Perepeluk	Liberal	1,071
Fort Garry	Clarence R. Warren	Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)	Progressive Conservative	6,131
		Peter Ronald Stokes	Liberal	2,435
		Victor Ratsma	New Democratic	1,769
Fort Rouge	Edward Brown	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	3,767
		Francis Creighton “Frank” Muldoon (1930-2013)	Liberal	2,451
		Len Green	New Democratic	1,845
Gimli	Valdimar Stefanson (1889-1981)	George Johnson (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	1,981
		Gunnar O. Eggertson	Liberal	1,021
		Zado Zator	New Democratic	767
Gladstone	Clifford Benson	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal	2,926
		John A. McPhedran	Progressive Conservative	1,787
		William A. Yuel	New Democratic	236
Hamiota	Martin Wareham	Earl Phillip Dawson (1925-1987)	Liberal	2,194
		Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968)	Progressive Conservative	2,043
		Michael Stephen Antonation (1913-1985)	New Democratic	412
Inkster	John Roth	Sidney “Sid” Green	New Democratic	3,644
		Olga Fuga (1929-2024)	Progressive Conservative	1,713
		Roy Babick	Liberal	1,557
		William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)	Communist	312
Kildonan	Hugh J. McKay	Peter Fox (1921-1989)	New Democratic	4,644
		James Thomas Mills (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	3,808
		James Gordon “Jim” Smith (1932-2001)	Liberal	2,966
		Henry W. Redekopp (1913-1988)	Social Credit	1,331
Lac du Bonnet	Walter Whyte	Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (1906-1972)	Progressive Conservative	1,342
		James L. Desilets	Liberal	1,262
		Walter Zarecki (1922-2010)	New Democratic	1,151
		Ruben R. Thomas	Social Credit	474
Lakeside	Joseph W. Boddy	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)	Liberal	1,780
		William Frank Sims (1920-1990)	Progressive Conservative	1,428
		Francis Harry Mason	New Democratic	272
La Verendrye	Camille Chaput	Albert Vielfaure (1923-2007)	Liberal	1,807
		Stan Bisson	Progressive Conservative	860
Logan	Mrs. M. H. Harding	Lemuel Harris (1907-1996)	New Democratic	1,975
		Wally Fox-Decent	Progressive Conservative	1,657
		W. M. Swystun	Liberal	1,019
Minnedosa	Jack Cutter	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)	Progressive Conservative	2,136
		Don McNabb	Liberal	1,615
		Charles V. Hutton	Social Credit	774
		John Lee	New Democratic	648
Morris	Daniel Lohr	Harold P. “Harry” Shewman (1900-1969)	Progressive Conservative	1,518
		Bruce MacKenzie	Liberal	1,288
		William T. Loftus	New Democratic	370
Osborne	J. Allistair Mitchell	William Obadiah “Obie” Baizley (1917-2000)	Progressive Conservative	3,363
		Bob Murdoch	New Democratic	2,189
		Howard J. Loewen (1927-2023)	Liberal	2,141
Pembina	Walter Goode	Carolyne Alexandra McBean Morrison (1905-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,057
		Vernon Norris Spangelo	Liberal	1,545
		Frederick Hamm	Social Credit	878
		Robert Keith Wallcraft (1929-2012)	New Democratic	129
Portage la Prairie	Harvey Carmichael	Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005)	Liberal	2,726
		John Aaron Christianson (1923-2010)	Progressive Conservative	1,991
		Sybil A. Barnett	New Democratic	312
Radisson	Eric J. Ball	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	New Democratic	7,114
		Joseph-Philippe Guay (1915-2001)	Liberal	4,905
		Nelson A. McLean	Progressive Conservative	2,421
Rhineland	Oscar Martel	Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)	Social Credit	1,676
		Bruce Walter Gunn	Progressive Conservative	1,324
		Alf Loewen	Liberal	696
River Heights	Ian Plant	Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002)	Progressive Conservative	5,325
		Scott Wright	Liberal	4,083
		Lionel Gordon Orlikow (1932-2008)	New Democratic	826
Roblin	William C. Dodd	James Wallace “Wally” McKenzie (1914-1999)	Progressive Conservative	1,798
		Joseph P. Perchaluk	New Democratic	1,583
		Jack R. Mitchell	Liberal	863
Rock Lake	Mrs. Myrtle Shewfelt	Henry John Einarson (1918-1992)	Progressive Conservative	1,835
		Ronald Gardiner	Liberal	1,691
		Jacob Harms	Social Credit	505
		Ernest H. Sloane	New Democratic	333
Rockwood-Iberville	Mrs. Mary Shepherd	Harry John Enns (1931-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,091
		Douglas Trick	Liberal	1,429
		Armand J. De Ryck	New Democratic	804
		Wilmer Antonius	Social Credit	228
Rupertsland	Robert Shindruk	Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,865
		Jean Allard	Liberal	953
		Douglas A. MacLachlan	New Democratic	363
St. Boniface	J. C. Ringaert	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	Liberal	4,040
		Remi Lafreniere	Progressive Conservative	1,750
		Maurice Paul	New Democratic	1,033
St. George	Dan McFadyen	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal	2,009
		Arthur Schwartz (1923-2016)	Progressive Conservative	1,418
		Stanley W. Burdett	New Democratic	357
St. James	Mrs. M. W. Pennie	Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	3,034
		Lloyd Axworthy	Liberal	2,244
		Jim Rose	New Democratic	1,497
St. Johns	Mrs. Dorothy Bilash	Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)	New Democratic	2,427
		Daniel Alexander “Dan” Zaharia (c1916-1997)	Progressive Conservative	1,215
		Harry Meronek	Liberal	970
		Don Currie	Communist	326
St. Matthews	Mrs. J. Appleyard	Robert Ashley Steen (1933-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,941
		Andrew N. Robertson	New Democratic	1,950
		Donald I. Cook	Liberal	1,922
St. Vital	Mrs. Gladys Rothwell	Donald William Craik (1931-1985)	Progressive Conservative	4,432
		Douglas E. Honeyman	Liberal	2,927
		William J. Hutton	New Democratic	2,310
Ste. Rose	John O. Shineton	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal	2,410
		Michael “Mike” Posmituck (1918-1996)	Progressive Conservative	1,187
		David L. G. Dunning	Social Credit	275
		Harry Shafransky (1930-1986)	New Democratic	86
Selkirk	Mervin Jenkins	Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991)	Liberal	1,832
		Sydney S. Sarbit	Progressive Conservative	1,792
		Alan Bruce Cooper	New Democratic	876
		Jens H. Magnusson	Social Credit	227
Seven Oaks	Berry Minuk	Saul Alecs Miller (1917-1993)	New Democratic	5,295
		Nathan “Nate” Nurgitz (1934-2019)	Progressive Conservative	2,596
		Melvin Fenson	Liberal	2,010
Souris-Lansdowne	William J. Ross	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	1,919
		Frank Ellis	Liberal	1,556
		Margaret Gray	Social Credit	387
		Irene Bauman	New Democratic	238
Springfield	Walter Novak	Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,697
		Richard Loeb	New Democratic	1,274
		William Lucko (1911-1998)	Liberal	1,113
Swan River	William G. Thompson	James Herbert Bilton (1908-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,591
		Gerald Edgar Webb	Social Credit	1,185
		Claude Dunbar	Liberal	793
		George Higgs	New Democratic	602
The Pas	Robert W. Lowe	John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	2,278
		Calvin D. Gibson	Liberal	1,769
		Glen F. Allen	New Democratic	288
Turtle Mountain	Arthur McKnight	Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992)	Liberal	2,149
		Peter James McDonald (1912-1971)	Progressive Conservative	2,144
		Peter H. Sawatsky	Social Credit	690
		Selwyn Burrows	New Democratic	141
Virden	Edward W. Hallett	Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003)	Progressive Conservative	2,092
		Ronald A. Tolton	Liberal	1,265
		Donald J. Rowan	Social Credit	743
		Vernon Mazawasicuna	New Democratic	256
Wellington	John V. Sampson	Philip Markus Petursson (1902-1988)	New Democratic	3,153
		Richard Harry Seaborn (1917-1991)	Progressive Conservative	2,447
		John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970)	Liberal	1,117
Winnipeg Centre	Leo C. de Gagne	James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	2,982
		Ross White	Liberal	1,917
		Donald Marto Malinowski (1924-2003)	New Democratic	1,434
Wolseley	Mrs. Ida Volume	Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)	Progressive Conservative	3,086
		Julius Koteles	Liberal	1,768
		Cecil E. Wood	New Democratic	1,487

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1968-1969)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Eighth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1966-1969)

Sources:

Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.

Obituary [Fred Paulley], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 March 1997, page 41.

We thank Jim Smith for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 11 December 2024