Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1969)

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The Manitoba general election of 1969 was held on 25 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
New Democratic	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	128,080	28
Progressive Conservative	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)	119,021	22
Liberal	Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)	80,288	5
Social Credit	Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)	4,535	1
Independent	-	2,020	1
Communist	William Cecil Ross (1911-1998)	744	0
Totals		334,688	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	3,133
		John W. McRae	Liberal	1,375
		Raymond E. Jones	New Democratic	980
Assiniboia	Mrs. Marion McKenzie	Stephen Clifford “Steve” Patrick (1932-2014)	Liberal	2,355
		Bill Docking	Progressive Conservative	2,329
		Curtis Nordman	New Democratic	1,466
Birtle-Russell	John Hepworth	Henry Edward “Harry” Graham (1921-2006)	Progressive Conservative	2,374
		Don Kostesky	New Democratic	2,263
		John Norman Braendle (1916-2018)	Liberal	1,360
Brandon East	J. F. McCullagh	Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)	New Democratic	3,035
		Emily Lyons	Progressive Conservative	1,962
		Don Martin	Liberal	1,194
Brandon West	Constance M. Wilton	Edward Robert McGill (1912-1996)	Progressive Conservative	2,814
		James M. Skinner	New Democratic	2,310
		Terence “Terry” Penton (1917-1985)	Liberal	1,796
Burrows	Mrs. Lucy Loeppky	Ben Hanuschak	New Democratic	3,418
		Wasyl Michael “Bill” Swystun (1935-2004)	Progressive Conservative	1,317
		Olga E. Lewicki	Liberal	751
		Andrew Bileski	Communist	323
Charleswood	Mrs. Jean A. Putnam	Arthur Thomas “Art” Moug (1926-2003)	Progressive Conservative	3,401
		J. Duncan Edmonds	Liberal	2,361
		Jan K. “John” Hilgenga (1906-1992)	New Democratic	1,325
Churchill	Mrs. Elaine Miller	Gordon Wilbert Beard (1920-1972)	Independent	1,151
		Walter Perepeluk	Liberal	971
		Andre Champagne	Progressive Conservative	913
		Wilf Hudson	New Democratic	822
Crescentwood	John L. Sinclair	Cyril W. “Cy” Gonick	New Democratic	2,689
		Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	2,416
		Francis Creighton “Frank” Muldoon (1930-2013)	Liberal	1,422
Dauphin	William Cruise	Peter Burtniak (1925-2004)	New Democratic	2,933
		Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	2,892
		Robert E. Sheldon	Liberal	620
Elmwood	Mrs. Evelyn Strachan	Russell John “Russ” Doern (1935-1987)	New Democratic	3,803
		Alan George Gardiner	Progressive Conservative	1,526
		John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)	Liberal	1,053
Emerson	Mrs. Ces Kyle	Gabriel Jean Girard (1935-2006)	Progressive Conservative	2,467
		John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal	2,014
		Stephen Zaretski	New Democratic	695
		Jacob Wall	Social Credit	237
Flin Flon	G. B. George	Thomas Aiden Barrow (1916-1982)	New Democratic	2,045
		Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	1,675
		Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Liberal	1,276
Fort Garry	Gerald A. Williams	Louis Ralph “Bud” Sherman (1926-2015)	Progressive Conservative	3,570
		G. Grant Cosby	New Democratic	2,063
		Richard Alan “Dick” Wankling (1926-2004)	Liberal	1,936
Fort Rouge	Charles G. Phelan	Inez Geneva Gandrud Trueman (1917-2015)	Progressive Conservative	2,750
		Una Decter	New Democratic	2,446
		Jane Sayler Heffelfinger (?-2011)	Liberal	1,941
Gimli	Mrs. Mary Shepherd	John Charles Gottfried (1917-1980)	New Democratic	2,159
		Eric Stefanson (1913-1977)	Progressive Conservative	1,936
		Walter John Griffin	Liberal	1,663
Gladstone	Errol Berry	James Robert “Jim” Ferguson (1925-2013)	Progressive Conservative	3,000
		Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal	2,583
		Mary Emma McIntosh	New Democratic	1,064
Inkster	Olga Fuga (1929-2024)	Sidney “Sid” Green	New Democratic	4,001
		Robert Armstrong	Progressive Conservative	989
		J. Gurzon Harvey	Liberal	661
Kildonan	Mrs. Joyce G. Tawns	Peter Fox (1921-1989)	New Democratic	4,589
		Don Mills	Progressive Conservative	1,876
		John Gugulyn	Liberal	851
Lac du Bonnet	Walter Novak	Samuel Uskiw (1933-2011)	New Democratic	4,060
		Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,267
		Al Tymko	Liberal	806
Lakeside	H. Q. Procter	Harry John Enns (1931-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,532
		Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)	Liberal	2,190
		Charles Lucas	New Democratic	573
La Verendrye	Camille Chaput	Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)	Liberal	1,933
		John Blatz	Progressive Conservative	1,051
		Elmer Reimer	New Democratic	721
Logan	Mrs. Hester Harding	William Walter “Bill” Jenkins (1921-1995)	New Democratic	3,029
		Samuel “Sam” Minuk (1927-2015)	Progressive Conservative	871
		Howard Ferguson	Liberal	679
Minnedosa	Mrs. Max McConnell	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)	Progressive Conservative	3,525
		Emile Roy Shellborn	New Democratic	1,713
		Donald Argyle McNabb	Liberal	1,028
Morris	Jack P. McFarlane	Warner Herbert Jorgenson (1918-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,472
		Joseph Legault	Liberal	1,183
		William T. Loftus	New Democratic	712
		Henry Funk	Social Credit	231
Osborne	J. J. McLennan	Ian Denys Turnbull	New Democratic	3,188
		William Obadiah “Obie” Baizley (1917-2000)	Progressive Conservative	2,565
		Winelda Naomi “Toadie/Win” Gardner (1929-2008)	Liberal	965
Pembina	Mrs. Fronie Huehn	George Lindsay Henderson (1916-2008)	Progressive Conservative	2,823
		Kenneth John Draper	Liberal	1,815
		David Harms	Social Credit	521
		Edith Alsop	New Democratic	336
Point Douglas	Mrs. Stella Tutkaluk	Donald Marto Malinowski (1924-2003)	New Democratic	2,253
		Jaroslaw “Slaw” Rebchuk (1907-1996)	Progressive Conservative	1,088
		Roger J. Garrety	Liberal	528
		William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997)	Communist	421
Portage la Prairie	Mrs. Doreen Bagrie	Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005)	Liberal	2,451
		Harvey Carmichael	Progressive Conservative	2,440
		Sidney Coulthard	New Democratic	1,049
Radisson	Forrest Aitken	Harry Shafransky (1930-1986)	New Democratic	3,707
		Edward Joseph Albert “Ed” Kotowich (1934-1986)	Liberal	2,284
		Moreen Henderson	Progressive Conservative	1,054
Rhineland	A. K. Braun	Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)	Social Credit	1,981
		Henry D. “H. D.” Hildebrand (1927-2015)	Progressive Conservative	1,853
		Willo Sterritt Forrester (1901-1992)	Liberal	782
		Jacob W. Heinrichs	New Democratic	181
Riel	Mrs. G. Hainsworth	Donald William Craik (1931-1985)	Progressive Conservative	3,152
		James Edward Buchanan	New Democratic	3,096
		Raymond Spence	Liberal	1,423
River Heights	Mrs. Helen U. Houston	Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002)	Progressive Conservative	4,623
		Mark Harold Danzker (1902-1995)	Liberal	1,573
		Jack Silverberg (1910-1987)	New Democratic	1,051
Roblin	William C. Dodd	James Wallace “Wally” McKenzie (1914-1999)	Progressive Conservative	2,579
		Mike Kawchuk	New Democratic	2,448
		Jack R. Mitchell	Liberal	516
Rock Lake	Mrs. M. Shewfelt	Henry John Einarson (1918-1992)	Progressive Conservative	3,064
		Remi Engelbert DePape (1910-1998)	Liberal	1,818
		C. Timothy Leonard	New Democratic	763
Rossmere	Hugh McKay	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	New Democratic	4,089
		David Wilfred Pekary (1926-2007)	Progressive Conservative	1,746
		Vern Breckman	Liberal	631
		Stanley Copp (1915-1987)	Independent	238
Rupertsland	Robert Shindruk	Jean Rene Allard (1930-2020)	New Democratic	1,366
		Sylvio P. “Bert” Berthelette (1926-2024)	Liberal	1,142
		Paul Burelle	Progressive Conservative	1,026
St. Boniface	Mrs. Sandra Ringaert	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	Liberal	3,365
		Kamil Michael “Kam” Gajdosik (1937-2003)	New Democratic	2,040
		Maurice J. Arpin (1923-1983)	Progressive Conservative	818
St. George	Eric Janson	William “Bill” Uruski	New Democratic	2,284
		Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal	1,886
		Joseph Leo “Joe” Schwartz (1925-1993)	Progressive Conservative	1,169
St. James	Mrs. Gwen Fletcher	Alvin H. "Al" Mackling	New Democratic	3,642
		Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	2,676
		Peter Moss	Liberal	1,404
St. Johns	Mrs. Dorothy Bilash	Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)	New Democratic	3,642
		Joe Rozmus	Progressive Conservative	1,014
		George Strewchuk	Liberal	736
St. Matthews	Mrs. J. Appleyard	Thorkell Wallace “Wally” Johannson	New Democratic	2,974
		Robert Ashley Steen (1933-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,217
		Rudy Peters	Liberal	1,119
St. Vital	Mrs. Gladys Rothwell	Jackson Alexander “Jack” Hardy (1924-2006)	Progressive Conservative	2,587
		Derek James “Jim” Walding (1937-2007)	New Democratic	2,564
		Joseph C. Stangl (1919-2013)	Liberal	2,034
Ste. Rose	John O. Shineton	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal	2,247
		Heinz Marohn	Progressive Conservative	1,198
		Leon Hoefer	New Democratic	754
		Norma Oswald	Social Credit	313
Selkirk	Mervin Jenkins	Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)	New Democratic	3,374
		Robert Stefan “Bud” Oliver	Progressive Conservative	2,054
		George S. Sigurdson	Liberal	835
		Thomas Norquay	Independent	57
Seven Oaks	Mrs. Anne Steen	Saul Alecs Miller (1917-1993)	New Democratic	4,203
		Daniel Abraham “Abe” Yanofsky (1925-2000)	Progressive Conservative	1,505
		Evelyne Mary Gessler “Ev” Rosborough (1933-2022)	Liberal	813
Souris-Killarney	Reg. M. Sanderson	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	3,053
		Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992)	Liberal	1,982
		Wayne Williams	New Democratic	892
Springfield	Mrs. Mary B. Sellen	Rene Ernest Toupin (1934-2014)	New Democratic	2,724
		George Mulder	Progressive Conservative	1,551
		Hector Bahuaud	Liberal	807
Sturgeon Creek	George F. Dangerfield	John Franklin “Frank” Johnston (1929-2017)	Progressive Conservative	2,781
		Robert Megill “Bob” Chipman (1926-2013)	Liberal	2,251
		Stanley J. Carter	New Democratic	1,251
		William John Turner	Independent	336
		James Farrell	Independent	238
Swan River	William G. Thompson	James Herbert Bilton (1908-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,920
		Alex Filuk	New Democratic	1,757
		Jerry Webb	Social Credit	1,252
		Gordon Beaumont	Liberal	766
The Pas	Wilbur Francis Booth	Sydney Ronald “Ron” McBryde (1941-1989)	New Democratic	1,556
		John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	1,361
		Calvert D. Gibson	Liberal	963
Thompson	Mrs. Anna Denby	Joseph Paul “Joe” Borowski (1932-1996)	New Democratic	2,436
		Thomas Farrell	Progressive Conservative	1,500
		Maurice Desjardins	Liberal	843
Transcona	Eric Ball	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	New Democratic	4,614
		Thelma Jean Opseth Call (c1928-1981)	Liberal	1,488
		Ken Gunn-Walberg	Progressive Conservative	1,052
Virden	Martin Wareham	Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003)	Progressive Conservative	2,161
		Earl Phillip Dawson (1925-1987)	Liberal	1,571
		Ralph Rowan	New Democratic	1,531
Wellington	Harold J. Johnson	Philip Markus Petursson (1902-1988)	New Democratic	3,260
		William “Bill” McGarva (1906-1991)	Progressive Conservative	1,522
		Thomas Bernes	Liberal	1,035
Winnipeg Centre	Ken S. Wong	Joseph Russell “Bud” Boyce (1924-1984)	New Democratic	2,398
		James Cowan (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	1,451
		Joseph Wapemoose	Liberal	822
Wolseley	Edwin B. Loewen	Leonard Harold Claydon (1915-1971)	Progressive Conservative	2,360
		Hans J. Wittich	New Democratic	1,743
		Paul N. Duval	Liberal	1,391

See also:

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

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

Sources:

Obituary [Evelyn Mary Rosborough], Vancouver Sun, 15 January 2022.

Obituary [Sylvio P. Berthelette], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 May 2024.

We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 December 2024