Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1973)

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The Manitoba general election of 1973 was held on 28 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
New Democratic	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	197,585	31
Progressive Conservative	Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002)	171,553	21
Liberal	Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper (1932-2003)	88,907	5
Independent	-	6,969	0
Social Credit	Jacob M. “Jake” Froese (1917-2003)	1,709	0
Communist	William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)	252	0
Marxist-Leninist	?	69	0
Totals		467,044	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	James Douglas “Doug” Watt (1914-1985)	Progressive Conservative	3,487
	Lorne Thomas Watt (1917-1979)	New Democratic	1,981
	M. F. Mac Corbett	Liberal	1,181
Assiniboia	Stephen Clifford “Steve” Patrick (1932-2014)	Liberal	5,105
	Norma Killeen Price (1920-2008)	Progressive Conservative	4,309
	Larry Iwan	New Democratic	3,029
Birtle-Russell	Henry Edward “Harry” Graham (1921-2006)	Progressive Conservative	3,203
	Michael Sotas	New Democratic	2,967
	John Norman Braendle (1916-2018)	Liberal	685
Brandon East	Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)	New Democratic	4,123
	Kenneth John Burgess (1928-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,912
	Terence “Terry” Penton (1917-1985)	Liberal	855
	John William Gross (1914-1994)	Social Credit	78
Brandon West	Edward Robert McGill (1912-1996)	Progressive Conservative	5,070
	Henry Nelson Carroll (1937-2015)	New Democratic	4,028
	Guy Marcel Savoie (1934-2023)	Liberal	806
Burrows	Ben Hanuschak	New Democratic	5,277
	Doug Krochak	Progressive Conservative	1,044
	Bob Major	Liberal	741
	William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997)	Communist	108
	Glen Brown	Marxist-Leninist	33
Charleswood	Arthur Thomas “Art” Moug (1926-2003)	Progressive Conservative	6,180
	Roy Neil Benson	New Democratic	3,554
	Jim Spencer	Liberal	3,456
Churchill	Leslie Milton “Les” Osland (1921-1993)	New Democratic	2,041
	Andy Champagne	Progressive Conservative	1,367
	Walter Perepeluk	Liberal	1,256
	Andrew Kirkness	Independent	880
Crescentwood	Harvey Norman Murray Patterson (1924-2014)	New Democratic	3,729
	Lawrence Oliver “Lawrie” Pollard (1928-2019)	Progressive Conservative	3,729
	Susanna June Menzies (1925-2020)	Liberal	1,734
Dauphin	Peter Burtniak (1925-2004)	New Democratic	4,261
	Arthur Vincent “Art” Rampton (1920-2000)	Progressive Conservative	3,262
	Hugh Dunlop	Liberal	1,091
Elmwood	Russell John “Russ” Doern (1935-1987)	New Democratic	4,987
	Edward Tymchuk	Progressive Conservative	2,361
	Ray Brunka	Liberal	1,363
Emerson	Steve Derewianchuk	New Democratic	2,374
	Garnet Kyle	Progressive Conservative	1,937
	Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914-1989)	Liberal	1,768
	Walter Hoover	Independent	83
Flin Flon	Thomas Aiden Barrow (1916-1982)	New Democratic	3,112
	George Njegovan	Progressive Conservative	1,803
	Roy Veness	Liberal	893
Fort Garry	Louis Ralph “Bud” Sherman (1926-2015)	Progressive Conservative	4,783
	Henry Janzen	Liberal	4,331
	C. G. “Giff” Gifford (?-1993)	New Democratic	4,006
Fort Rouge	Lloyd Norman Axworthy	Liberal	4,181
	Samia Friesen	New Democratic	3,614
	Inez Geneva Gandrud Trueman (1917-2015)	Progressive Conservative	3,531
	Lane McDonald	Independent	131
Gimli	John Charles Gottfried (1917-1980)	New Democratic	3,546
	Edward Turner “Ted” Revel (1925-2008)	Progressive Conservative	3,490
	Charles Arnason	Independent	164
Gladstone	James Robert “Jim” Ferguson (1925-2013)	Progressive Conservative	3,605
	Gordon Stewart	New Democratic	2,394
	Gordon McPhail	Liberal	1,698
	Kenneth Morrison	Independent	106
Inkster	Sidney “Sid” Green	New Democratic	5,442
	John Sulymko	Liberal	1,686
	Joe McMullan	Progressive Conservative	1,622
	Don Currie	Communist	78
	Aili Waldman	Marxist-Leninist	12
Kildonan	Peter Fox (1921-1989)	New Democratic	5,718
	Don Lynn Heidman	Progressive Conservative	2,660
	Ann McTavish	Liberal	2,097
Lac du Bonnet	Samuel “Sam” Uskiw (1933-2011)	New Democratic	5,461
	Jo Anne Hillier	Liberal	2,244
Lakeside	Harry John Enns (1931-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,969
	George B. Schreyer (1920-2017)	New Democratic	1,793
	Percy Alan Beachell (1924-2015)	Liberal	1,778
La Verendrye	Robert Banman	Progressive Conservative	2,912
	Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)	Liberal	2,387
	Roger Smith	New Democratic	1,514
Logan	William Walter “Bill” Jenkins (1921-1995)	New Democratic	3,671
	Rita Serbin	Progressive Conservative	1,582
	Andrew Mazur	Liberal	644
	William Hawryluk	Independent	61
	Gordon Anderson	Independent	48
Minnedosa	David Robert “Dave” Blake (1925-2008)	Progressive Conservative	3,777
	Lawrence Bell	New Democratic	2,708
	Ed Turner	Liberal	739
Morris	Warner Herbert Jorgenson (1918-2005)	Progressive Conservative	3,650
	Lawrence Lewco	New Democratic	1,602
	Norm Dashevsky	Liberal	825
Osborne	Ian Denys Turnbull	New Democratic	3,945
	June Alwyn Westbury (1921-2004)	Liberal	2,347
	Edward Albert “Ted” Speers (1918-2013)	Progressive Conservative	2,344
Pembina	George Lindsay Henderson (1916-2008)	Progressive Conservative	4,408
	Robert Stewart “Bob” McKenzie (1938-2018)	Liberal	1,553
	Paul Klassen	New Democratic	1,013
Point Douglas	Donald Marto Malinowski (1924-2003)	New Democratic	3,676
	Joseph Paul “Joe” Borowski (1932-1996)	Independent	1,127
	Lawrence Belanger	Liberal	569
	George Munroe	Independent	236
Portage la Prairie	Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005)	Liberal	2,628
	George Clark Fairfield (1912-1978)	Progressive Conservative	2,592
	Albert Barrett	New Democratic	1,933
Radisson	Harry Shafransky (1930-1986)	New Democratic	4,267
	Abe Kovnats (1928-1996)	Progressive Conservative	3,635
	D'Arcy Pagan	Liberal	1,740
Rhineland	Peter Arnold Brown (1927-1994)	Progressive Conservative	2,903
	Jacob M. “Jake” Froese (1917-2003)	Social Credit	1,587
	Jake Heinrichs	New Democratic	1,002
	Harry Friesen	Liberal	578
	John Epps	Independent	52
Riel	Donald William Craik (1931-1985)	Progressive Conservative	7,944
	Wilson Parasiuk	New Democratic	6,181
	Art Gill	Liberal	1,782
River Heights	Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002)	Progressive Conservative	5,167
	Charles Richard Huband (1932-2023)	Liberal	2,906
	Muriel Ann Lipsey Smith	New Democratic	1,413
Roblin	Wally McKenzie	Progressive Conservative	3,388
	John Oldham	New Democratic	2,779
Rock Lake	Henry John Einarson (1918-1992)	Progressive Conservative	3,470
	Paul Cenerini	New Democratic	1,825
	Arnold Collins	Liberal	1,361
Rossmere	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	New Democratic	6,827
	Alfred Penner	Progressive Conservative	6,239
Rupertsland	Harvey Kenneth Bostrom	New Democratic	2,093
	John Ateah (1913-2002)	Liberal	1,329
	Raymond Guiboche	Progressive Conservative	504
	David “Dave” Courchene (1950-2021)	Independent	415
	Lorne Lester	Independent	166
St. Boniface	Joseph Paul Marion (1927-2023)	Liberal	4,301
	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	New Democratic	4,300
St. George	William “Bill” Uruski	New Democratic	3,552
	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal	2,465
St. James	Clement George Minaker (1937-2012)	Progressive Conservative	4,483
	Alvin H. "Al" Mackling	New Democratic	4,109
	Michael Scholl	Liberal	1,340
	George Zucawich	Independent	30
St. Johns	Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)	New Democratic	4,519
	Murray Krovats	Progressive Conservative	1,686
	Ben Karsinski	Liberal	1,061
	William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)	Communist	66
	Joe Smith	Independent	45
	Diane Waldman	Marxist Leninist	24
St. Matthews	Thorkell Wallace “Wally” Johannson	New Democratic	3,875
	Einar Arnason	Progressive Conservative	2,492
	Norm Kirton	Liberal	1,365
St. Vital	Derek James “Jim” Walding (1937-2007)	New Democratic	3,870
	Daniel Patrick “Dan” Kennedy (1939-2017)	Liberal	3,765
	Curtis John Gee (c1937-1987)	Progressive Conservative	2,225
Ste. Rose	Aimé Rawleigh “Pete” Adam (1913-2009)	New Democratic	2,627
	Dwight Hopfner	Liberal	1,748
	Alf O'Loughlin	Progressive Conservative	1,516
Selkirk	Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)	New Democratic	4,745
	John Linney	Progressive Conservative	3,429
Seven Oaks	Saul Alecs Miller (1917-1993)	New Democratic	6,579
	Carl Zawatsky	Progressive Conservative	4,921
	Henry Froese	Liberal	1,386
Souris-Killarney	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	4,669
	John M. Bucklaschuk	New Democratic	1,557
	Gordon Martin	Liberal	890
Springfield	Rene Ernest Toupin (1934-2014)	New Democratic	3,611
	John Vaags	Progressive Conservative	3,245
	Len Mendes	Liberal	694
	Harry Meronek	Independent	333
Sturgeon Creek	John Franklin “Frank” Johnston (1929-2017)	Progressive Conservative	6,467
	Laverne Mitchell Lewycky (1946-2020)	New Democratic	2,924
	Marjorie McGillivray “Marj” Gillies (1923-2020)	Liberal	1,647
	Dale Hibbard	Independent	54
Swan River	James Herbert Bilton (1908-1988)	Progressive Conservative	3,370
	Omar Lamb	New Democratic	2,669
	Vic Mearon	Liberal	687
The Pas	Sydney Ronald “Ron” McBryde (1941-1989)	New Democratic	3,673
	George Takashima (1934-2020)	Independent	1,873
Thompson	Kenneth George “Ken” Dillen (1938-2020)	New Democratic	2,742
	Anna Denby	Progressive Conservative	2,480
	Blain Johnston	Liberal	2,083
Transcona	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	New Democratic	6,275
	Philip Antonio “Phil / Tony” Rizzuto (1926-2004)	Progressive Conservative	4,151
Virden	Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003)	Progressive Conservative	2,981
	Barry Forman	New Democratic	1,741
	Duncan McDonald	Liberal	911
Wellington	Philip Markus Petursson (1902-1988)	New Democratic	4,190
	Brandson Thornson	Progressive Conservative	2,272
	Neil Baker	Independent	1,165
Winnipeg Centre	Joseph Russell “Bud” Boyce (1924-1984)	New Democratic	3,010
	Robert George “Bob” Wilson	Progressive Conservative	1,520
	Ken Arenson	Liberal	1,092
	Ed Storozuk	Social Credit	44
Wolseley	Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper (1932-2003)	Liberal	3,135
	Murdoch MacKay (1930-2023)	New Democratic	3,131
	Robert Ashley Steen (1933-1979)	Progressive Conservative	1,807

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1974-1976)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Thirtieth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1973-1977)

Sources:

“How Manitoba voted,” Brandon Sun, 29 June 1973, page 9.

Obituary [C. G. Gifford], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 March 1993, page 44.

Obituary [George Takashima], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 2020.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 November 2024