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The Manitoba general election of 1981 was held on 17 November. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)
228,784
34
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)
211,602
23
Doug Lauchlan
32,373
0
8,731
0
Independent
-
1,141
0
Paula Fletcher
261
0
Totals
482,892
57
The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
Arthur
5,468
Earl Sterling
1,772
Assiniboia
Rurik “Ric” Nordman (1919-1996)
4,006
Max Melnyk
2,822
Peter Moss
817
Fran Huck
378
Brandon East
Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)
4,941
Garry Nowazek
2,626
Margaret Workman
512
Brandon West
Henry Nelson Carroll (1937-2015)
5,069
John Allen
4,634
David Campbell
547
Burrows
Conrado De Regla “Conrad” Santos (1934-2016)
4,890
Mary Shore
1,384
728
Wayne Anderson
617
Paula Fletcher
144
Charleswood
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)
6,334
Antonia Johanna “Toni” Vosters (1932-2019)
3,243
Ken Brown
969
Demetre Mastoris
231
Churchill
Jay Marine Cowan (1946-2022)
2,247
Mark Ingebrigtson
883
Andrew Kirkness
266
Doug MacLachlan
85
Crescentwood
Peter Fox (1921-1989)
5,333
Scotty McVicar
2,586
Gail Ellen Stapon (1936-2015)
309
Josephine Young
306
Bob Fraser
Independent
221
Dauphin
John Plohman
4,680
James Gordon “Jim” Galbraith
4,044
Bob Hawkins
1,049
Ellice
Brian Mark Corrin
4,233
Gavin Scott
1,712
Rod Cantiveros
782
Adam Klym
222
Bart Monaco
Independent
56
Elmwood
Russell John “Russ” Doern (1935-1987)
5,140
Eveline Holtmann
1,910
Eric Wood
347
Curtis Bloodworth
181
Emerson
Albert Driedger (1936-2011)
4,376
Paul Dupuis
4,020
Steven Zaretski
308
Jack Thiessen
116
Flin Flon
Jerry Storie
3,557
Bob McNeil
2,126
Fort Garry
Louis Ralph “Bud” Sherman (1926-2015)
6,227
Hans Wittich
3,705
Lil Haus
1,042
James Goodridge
203
Fort Rouge
Roland Penner (1924-2018)
4,342
Perry Schulman
2,843
June Alwyn Westbury (1921-2004)
2,415
Joseph Russell “Bud” Boyce (1924-1984)
143
Gimli
4,825
Keith Alan Cosens (1932-1990)
3,995
Allan Chambers
276
Pat Bazan
127
Gladstone
Charlotte Louise Kingdon Oleson (1932-2017)
4,447
Irvin Joel
1,650
Alex Suderman
737
Inkster
Don Scott
6,283
Bill Dueck
1,561
783
Myroslaw Tracz
364
Interlake
4,599
Neil Dueck
2,181
Bob Lundale
372
Kildonan
Mary Elisabeth Brugger Dolin (1936-1985)
6,794
Ken Galanchuk
4,478
Alex Berkowits
755
Dan Tokarz
300
Kirkfield Park
Geraldine Rose “Gerrie” Hammond (?-1992)
6,443
Lee Monk
3,551
Lac du Bonnet
Samuel “Sam” Uskiw (1933-2011)
4,682
Berton Trainor
2,809
Lakeside
Harry John Enns (1931-2010)
5,055
Larry Verner Moldowan (1940-2013)
2,630
Bill Ridgeway
592
Hugh McCaw
107
La Verendrye
Bob Banman
4,418
Jim Henry
1,149
Alphonse Fornier
704
Logan
Maureen Lucille Hemphill
3,759
Stephen H. “Steve” Juba (1914-1993)
Independent
700
Aurèle J. LeClaire (1963-2020)
659
Art Potvin
103
Minnedosa
David Blake
4,160
Gary Grant
3,397
Morris
Clayton Manness
4,579
Peter Francis
1,821
Niakwa
Abe Kovnats (1928-1996)
5,432
Lloyd Schreyer
4,736
Douglas Biggs
1,345
Osborne
5,371
Ben Lindsey
2,726
Fraser Dunford
1,262
George Buss
165
Pembina
6,361
Jeff Taylor
862
Ken Popkes
696
John Brooks
274
Portage la Prairie
Lloyd George “Jiggs” Hyde (1920-1985)
3,620
Audrey Evelyn Bowley Tufford (1919-2006)
2,413
Hugh Moran
1,601
Radisson
Gerard Lecuyer
6,108
George Provost
2,566
Joel Morassutti
376
Rhineland
Arnold Brown
4,116
Ralph William Eisbrenner (1918-2012)
1,181
Jacob M. “Jake” Froese (1917-2003)
349
Riel
Doreen Dodick
4,362
Donald William Craik (1931-1985)
4,120
John Karasevich
1,087
Dino Kostis
98
River East
Phil Eyler
5,949
Harold Piercy
5,903
Shirley Cecilia Wolechuk (1926-2015)
259
Lindsay Ulrich
177
River Heights
Warren J. Steen (1940-2009)
4,905
David McNichol Sanders (1947-2016)
3,217
Jay Prober
2,526
Janet Beatrice Lundman (1930-2024)
142
Roblin-Russell
James Wallace “Wally” McKenzie (1914-1999)
4,508
Zane Wonitoway
3,673
Rossmere
Vic Schroeder
5,776
Ian Sutherland
4,293
Bill deJong
389
Merv Unger
142
Rupertsland
Elijah Harper (1949-2013)
3,032
Allan Ross
1,004
Nelson Scribe
272
Frances Thompson
56
St. Boniface
Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)
5,844
Guy Marcel Savoie (1934-2023)
1,925
Wes Rowson
1,346
Don Forsyth
106
St. James
5,376
Clement George Minaker (1937-2012)
4,597
Harvey Norbas
180
St. Johns
Donald Marto Malinowski (1924-2003)
4,004
Don Cilinsky
1,785
Henry Kozlowski
674
Bernie Bellan
446
William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)
117
St. Norbert
5,728
Ruth Pear
3,826
Grant Temple
857
Allan Yap
216
Ste. Rose
Aimé Rawleigh “Pete” Adam (1913-2009)
4,031
Ivan Llewellyn Traill (1932-2022)
3,823
Valerie Wilson
194
St. Vital
Derek James “Jim” Walding (1937-2007)
5,504
John Robertson
4,236
Gord Patterson
684
Selkirk
Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)
5,626
Eugene Kinaschuk
3,020
Max Hofford
131
Seven Oaks
Eugene Michael Kostyra (1947-2020)
6,127
Al Christie
2,179
Wayne Glowacki
486
Morley Golden
367
Springfield
Andy Anstett
5,303
Bob Anderson
4,833
Peter Sanderson
327
Dennis Sweatman
113
Sturgeon Creek
John Franklin “Frank” Johnston (1929-2017)
5,546
Robert Adams
3,253
John Epp
732
Swan River
Douglas MacLeod “Doug” Gourlay
3,884
Leonard Harapiak
3,615
George Simpson
138
The Pas
Harry Myrislaw Harapiak (1938-2000)
4,236
Percy Pielak
1,303
Laverne Jaeb
509
Thompson
Steve Ashton
2,890
Ken MacMaster
2,818
Cy Hennessey
138
Transcona
6,013
Stephania Jo Lopuck (1923-2021)
2,269
Albert Smaczylo
120
Turtle Mountain
Alan Brian Ransom (1940-2020)
4,775
Joan Johannson
1,660
Bill Harrison
Independent
164
Tuxedo
6,731
Terri Gray
2,433
Bev McCaffrey
1,257
Virden
Henry Edward “Harry” Graham (1921-2006)
5,059
Maude Lelond
2,859
Wolseley
Myrna Phillips
4,370
Leonard Anthony “Len” Domino
2,904
Doug Lauchlan
1,539
Murdoch MacKay (1930-2023)
224
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1984-1985)
Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Thirty-Second Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1982-1986)
“Manitoba voters have spoken,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 November 1981, page 18.
Historical Summaries, ElectionsManitoba.
Obituary [Audrey Evelyn Tufford], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 January 2006.
Obituary [Shirley Cecilia Wolechuk], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 February 2015.
Obituary [Antonia Johanna Vosters], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 May 2019.
Obituary [Aurèle J. LeClaire], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 August 2020.
Obituary [Stephania Jo Lopuck], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 March 2021.
Obituary [Janet Beatrice Lundman], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 April 2024.
We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 December 2024