Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1986)

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The Manitoba general election of 1986 was held on 18 March. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
New Democratic	Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)	198,261	30
Progressive Conservative	Gary Albert Filmon	193,728	26
Liberal	Sharon Carstairs	66,469	1
Confederation of Regions	Dennis Heeney	11,677	0
Independent	-	4,076	0
Manitoba Progressive	Sidney “Sid” Green	2,451	0
Western Canada Concept	Fred Cameron	672	0
Communist	Paula Fletcher	356	0
Libertarian	Clancy Smith	195	0
Totals		477,885	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	James Erwin “Jim” Downey	Progressive Conservative	4,569
	Peter J. Neufeld	Confederation of Regions	1,198
	Steve Bobiak	New Democratic	1,009
	Moira Gwendolyn “Moi” Bonar (1936-2018)	Liberal	701
Assiniboia	Rurik “Ric” Nordman (1919-1996)	Progressive Conservative	3,813
	Max Melnyk	New Democratic	2,195
	Stan Blady	Liberal	1,379
Brandon East	Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)	New Democratic	4,173
	Jim Armstrong	Progressive Conservative	3,184
	Eileen May McFadden (1930-2011)	Liberal	535
Brandon West	James Collus “Jim” McCrae	Progressive Conservative	5,537
	Arnold G. Grambo	New Democratic	4,128
	Kerry Auriat	Liberal	760
Burrows	Conrado De Regla “Conrad” Santos (1934-2016)	New Democratic	3,547
	William “Bill” Chornopyski (1922-2002)	Independent	1,437
	Nick Trusewych	Progressive Conservative	950
	Rory MacLeod	Liberal	587
	Paula Fletcher	Communist	131
	Ted DuRussel	Independent	36
Charleswood	James Arthur “Jim” Ernst	Progressive Conservative	6,524
	Mike MacIsaac	New Democratic	2,826
	Shari Nelson	Liberal	2,211
Churchill	Jay Marine Cowan (1946-2022)	New Democratic	2,940
	Walter Menard	Progressive Conservative	857
	Mildred Wilke	Liberal	203
Concordia	Gary Albert Doer	New Democratic	4,525
	Brent Aubertin	Progressive Conservative	2,684
	Gail Ellen Stapon (1936-2015)	Liberal	909
	Fred Cameron	Western Canada Concept	204
Dauphin	John Stuart Hans Plohman	New Democratic	4,886
	Erv Tycholis	Progressive Conservative	3,121
	Peter Rampton	Liberal	1,341
Ellice	Harvey Smith (1936-2017)	New Democratic	3,989
	Seecharan Gajadharsingh (c1942-2017)	Progressive Conservative	1,731
	Ted Alcuitas	Liberal	929
	Alex Arenson	Manitoba Progressive	268
Elmwood	James P. “Jim” Maloway	New Democratic	3,241
	Russell John “Russ” Doern (1935-1987)	Independent	2,006
	Ray Brunka	Progressive Conservative	1,435
	Gilbert Benoit	Liberal	389
Emerson	Albert Driedger (1936-2011)	Progressive Conservative	4,758
	Ron Buzahora	New Democratic	3,780
	Joe Antoshkiw	Liberal	656
Flin Flon	Jerry Thomas Storie	New Democratic	3,316
	Mary Semaniuk	Progressive Conservative	1,072
	J. Brian King	Liberal	384
Fort Garry	Charles T. “Charlie” Birt	Progressive Conservative	5,146
	Nora Losey	New Democratic	3,158
	Ian Band	Liberal	2,114
	Ivan Merritt	Western Canada Concept	204
Fort Rouge	Roland Penner (1924-2018)	New Democratic	4,223
	Robert P. Haier	Progressive Conservative	2,590
	Lionel Ditz	Liberal	1,683
	Clancy Smith	Libertarian	101
	Nigel Hanrahan	Communist	46
Gimli	John M. Bucklaschuk	New Democratic	4,906
	Edward Russell “Ed” Helwer	Progressive Conservative	3,955
	Morley Murray	Liberal	649
	Neil Knight	Western Canada Concept	141
Gladstone	Charlotte Louise Kingdon Oleson (1932-2017)	Progressive Conservative	3,402
	Les Sendull	Confederation of Regions	1,754
	Edna Mattson	Liberal	879
	Fred Tait	New Democratic	872
Inkster	Donald Arthur “Don” Scott	New Democratic	5,480
	Bayani Morcilla	Progressive Conservative	1,726
	Eric Hope	Liberal	938
	Lester Landry	Manitoba Progressive	256
	Lajpat P. Sharma	Independent	101
	Cathy Plowman	Communist	49
Interlake	William “Bill” Uruski	New Democratic	4,634
	Joe Schwartz	Progressive Conservative	2,181
	Bob Lundale	Liberal	455
	Dieter Wenzel	Confederation of Regions	289
Kildonan	Martin Mathew “Marty” Dolin (1939-2018)	New Democratic	6,199
	Bev Rayburn	Progressive Conservative	4,210
	Hy Berman	Liberal	1,134
	Ben Hanuschak	Manitoba Progressive	459
Kirkfield Park	Geraldine Rose “Gerrie” Hammond	Progressive Conservative	5,497
	Cliff Hodgins	New Democratic	2,191
	Irene Friesen	Liberal	1,932
Lac du Bonnet	Clarence Baker (1928-2006)	New Democratic	3,903
	Darren Thomas Praznik	Progressive Conservative	3,601
	Jerry Fontaine	Liberal	959
Lakeside	Harry John Enns (1931-2010)	Progressive Conservative	4,303
	Frieda Krpan	New Democratic	2,400
	Hubert L. Good	Confederation of Regions	1,052
	Roger Chabot	Liberal	959
La Verendrye	Helmut Pankratz	Progressive Conservative	3,618
	Walter McDowell	New Democratic	1,768
	Walter Hiebert	Liberal	734
Logan	Maureen Lucille Hemphill	New Democratic	3,765
	Doris Perron	Progressive Conservative	791
	Kevin Lamoureux	Liberal	502
	C. Dennis Owens	Libertarian	94
Minnedosa	David Robert Blake	Progressive Conservative	3,316
	Gary Grant	New Democratic	2,369
	Dennis Heeney	Confederation of Regions	1,508
	Steve Wilson	Liberal	745
Morris	Clayton Sidney Manness	Progressive Conservative	4,378
	Audreen House	New Democratic	1,140
	Calvin Knaggs	Liberal	847
Niakwa	Abe Kovnats (1928-1996)	Progressive Conservative	6,437
	Allan MacDonald	New Democratic	4,831
	James Radford	Liberal	2,300
Osborne	Muriel Ann Lipsey Smith	New Democratic	4,747
	Jack McGuinness	Progressive Conservative	2,348
	Chris Sturgeon	Liberal	1,259
	Alex J. MacKenzie	Manitoba Progressive	217
Pembina	Donald Warder “Don” Orchard	Progressive Conservative	5,270
	Abe Giesbrecht	Confederation of Regions	944
	Edourd Hiebert	New Democratic	913
	Lynn Rempel	Liberal	849
	John M. Brooks	Manitoba Progressive	108
Portage la Prairie	Edward James “Ed” Connery (1933-2019)	Progressive Conservative	3,693
	Bill Zettler	New Democratic	1,457
	Georgina Cuthbert	Confederation of Regions	1,074
	Hugh O'Neil Kennedy	Liberal	968
Radisson	Gerard Lecuyer	New Democratic	4,810
	Brian Benoit	Progressive Conservative	2,666
	Reginald Allan Patterson (1919-2009)	Liberal	1,239
	Herold Leonhard Driedger (1942-2024)	Manitoba Progressive	240
Rhineland	Peter Arnold Brown	Progressive Conservative	3,037
	Albert St. Hilaire	New Democratic	1,549
	John Douglas Kuhl	Liberal	1,329
Riel	Gerald “Gerry” Ducharme	Progressive Conservative	4,479
	Doreen Lois Dodick	New Democratic	3,710
	Chris Sigurdson	Liberal	1,133
	Al Fostey	Confederation of Regions	187
River East	Bonnie Bester Mitchelson	Progressive Conservative	6,598
	Philip Lee “Phil” Eyler	New Democratic	5,848
	Robert Shelton	Liberal	696
	Al MacDonald	Confederation of Regions	280
	Katharina Cameron	Western Canada Concept	76
River Heights	Sharon Carstairs	Liberal	4,620
	Warren J. Steen (1940-2009)	Progressive Conservative	3,135
	Murray Rhodes Smith (1930-2002)	New Democratic	2,516
Roblin-Russell	Leonard “Len” Derkach	Progressive Conservative	3,241
	Fred Embryk	New Democratic	3,203
	Garry Gaber	Liberal	2,065
Rossmere	Victor Harold “Vic” Schroeder	New Democratic	4,613
	Harold Neufeld	Progressive Conservative	4,086
	Cecilia Connelly	Liberal	1,108
Rupertsland	Elijah Harper (1949-2013)	New Democratic	2,302
	Leonard McKay	Progressive Conservative	931
	Ed Price	Liberal	577
St. Boniface	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	New Democratic	4,978
	Georges Bohemier	Liberal	1,951
	Wes Rowson	Progressive Conservative	1,114
	James Jackson	Manitoba Progressive	149
St. James	Alvin H. "Al" Mackling	New Democratic	4,120
	Eldon Ross	Progressive Conservative	3,965
	Tom Thompson	Liberal	922
	Fred Debrecen	Confederation of Regions	175
	Charles Lamont	Manitoba Progressive	89
	Merle R. Hartlin	Western Canada Concept	47
St. Johns	Klazina Judith “Judy” Wasylycia-Leis	New Democratic	3,753
	John Baluta	Progressive Conservative	1,949
	Joyce Popkes	Liberal	632
	Cyril Fogel	Manitoba Progressive	142
	William Hawryluk	Independent	115
	Frank Goldspink	Communist	65
St. Norbert	Gerald Wayne Joseph “Gerry” Mercier	Progressive Conservative	5,788
	Ruth Pear	New Democratic	2,839
	Mark O’Neill	Liberal	2,784
St. Vital	Derek James “Jim” Walding (1937-2007)	New Democratic	4,430
	Paul Herriot	Progressive Conservative	3,872
	Walter Pederson	Liberal	1,472
Ste. Rose	James Glen Cummings	Progressive Conservative	3,735
	Garry Anderson	New Democratic	3,020
	Rafi Mohammed	Liberal	952
	Dave Mutch	Confederation of Regions	454
Selkirk	Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)	New Democratic	5,135
	Eugene Kinaschuk	Progressive Conservative	3,119
	Gwen Charles	Liberal	1,023
	Raye Porhownik	Manitoba Progressive	72
Seven Oaks	Eugene Michael Kostyra (1947-2020)	New Democratic	5,158
	George Finkle	Progressive Conservative	1,841
	Wayne Glowacki	Liberal	907
	Harold Dyck	Communist	65
Springfield	Gilles Roch	Progressive Conservative	5,094
	Andrew John “Andy” Anstett	New Democratic	5,039
	Laurie E. Evans	Liberal	1,376
Sturgeon Creek	John Franklin “Frank” Johnston (1929-2017)	Progressive Conservative	4,994
	Leslie Campbell	New Democratic	2,402
	C. Robert Inman	Liberal	1,530
	S. Dalgliesh	Independent	126
Swan River	Leonard Harapiak	New Democratic	3,773
	Douglas MacLeod “Doug” Gourlay	Progressive Conservative	3,708
	Donald Washenfelder	Liberal	399
The Pas	Harry Myrislaw Harapiak (1938-2000)	New Democratic	4,051
	Ernest Polsom	Progressive Conservative	1,088
	Scott Gray	Liberal	789
Thompson	Steven John “Steve” Ashton	New Democratic	3,852
	Ken Biglow	Progressive Conservative	1,498
	George Printeau	Liberal	433
Transcona	Wilson Dwight Peter Parasiuk	New Democratic	4,631
	Earl R. Swayzie	Progressive Conservative	1,966
	Bob Lee	Liberal	1,200
Turtle Mountain	Denis Rocan	Progressive Conservative	3,390
	Gordon Kennedy	New Democratic	1,353
	Ross McMillan	Liberal	1,242
	Bob Yake	Confederation of Regions	1,150
Tuxedo	Gary Albert Filmon	Progressive Conservative	5,268
	James Gordon “Jim” Carr (1951-2022)	Liberal	3,544
	Bill Armstrong	New Democratic	1,816
	David Pearlman	Manitoba Progressive	104
Virden	Glen Marshall Findlay	Progressive Conservative	4,251
	Phil Schwarz	New Democratic	1,750
	Alex G. Gabrielle	Confederation of Regions	1,497
	Lyman Smith	Liberal	524
Wolseley	Myrna A. Phillips	New Democratic	4,099
	John Campbell	Progressive Conservative	2,218
	Tom Harrison	Liberal	1,132
	Sidney “Sid” Green	Manitoba Progressive	347
	Donald B. Oliver	Confederation of Regions	115
	Barry Marchand	Independent	60

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Thirty-Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1986-1988)

Sources:

“Voters cast Manitoba’s future,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 March 1986, page 18.

Obituary [Seecharan Gajadharsingh], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 July 2017.

Obituary [Moira Gwendolyn Bonar], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 October 2018.

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