Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1990)

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The Manitoba general election of 1990 was held on 11 September. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive Conservative	Gary Albert Filmon	206,022	30
New Democratic	Gary Albert Doer	141,328	20
Liberal	Sharon Carstairs	138,146	7
Confederation of Regions	Irene Armishaw	1,564	0
Western Independence	Fred Cameron	1,355	0
Manitoba Progressive	Sidney “Sid” Green	1,163	0
Libertarian	Clancy Smith	637	0
Independent	-	450	0
Communist	Frank Goldspink	25	0
Totals		490,690	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur-Virden	James Erwin “Jim” Downey	Progressive Conservative	4,773
	Glen McKinnon	Liberal	2,085
	Goldwyn Jones	New Democratic	1,197
Assiniboia	Linda G. McIntosh	Progressive Conservative	4,054
	Edward Charles “Ed” Mandrake (1938-2010)	Liberal	2,730
	Joan Johannson	New Democratic	1,348
Brandon East	Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)	New Democratic	4,760
	Ron Arnst	Progressive Conservative	3,216
	Brenda Avionitis	Liberal	919
Brandon West	James Collus “Jim” McCrae	Progressive Conservative	4,736
	Shari Decter-Hirst	New Democratic	2,374
	Abby Hampton	Liberal	1,428
Broadway	Conrado De Regla “Conrad” Santos (1934-2016)	New Democratic	2,508
	Avis Gray	Liberal	2,400
	Craig Johnson	Progressive Conservative	1,570
Burrows	Doug Martindale	New Democratic	4,206
	William Chornopyski	Liberal	2,056
	Chris Aune	Progressive Conservative	1,478
Charleswood	Jim Ernest	Progressive Conservative	5,419
	Ken Brown	Liberal	2,912
	Antonia Johanna “Toni” Vosters (1932-2019)	New Democratic	1,084
Concordia	Gary Albert Doer	New Democratic	4,588
	Vic Hubiletz	Progressive Conservative	1,937
	Gunther Grosskamper	Liberal	1,059
	Fred Cameron	Western Independence	168
	Guy Beaudry	Libertarian	135
Crescentwood	James Gordon “Jim” Carr (1951-2022)	Liberal	4,588
	Tom DeNardi	Progressive Conservative	3,278
	Neil Cohen	New Democratic	2,184
Dauphin	John S. Plohman	New Democratic	4,802
	Martin Bidzinski	Progressive Conservative	3,424
	Peter Rampton	Liberal	1,608
Elmwood	Jim Maloway	New Democratic	4,127
	Vic Toews	Progressive Conservative	3,035
	Ed Price	Liberal	1,623
Emerson	John “Jack” Penner	Progressive Conservative	4,529
	Real Tetrault	Liberal	1,739
	Georgine Spooner	New Democratic	1,055
Flin Flon	Jerry Storie	New Democratic	4,153
	Ron Black	Progressive Conservative	1,126
	Pascall Bighetty	Liberal	733
Fort Garry	Rosemary Vodrey	Progressive Conservative	5,105
	Laurie Evans	Liberal	3,992
	Shirley Lord	New Democratic	1,500
	Jan Mandseth	Western Independence	249
Gimli	Ed Helwer	Progressive Conservative	5,118
	Tom Hughes	New Democratic	2,666
	Darlene Skaritko	Liberal	1,978
Gladstone	Denis Rocan	Progressive Conservative	4,371
	Cordell Barker	Liberal	1,812
	Michael Newman	New Democratic	788
	Warren Murray	Confederation of Regions	411
Inkster	Kevin Lamoureux	Liberal	3,602
	Ajit Kaur Dhillon Deol (1926-2024)	New Democratic	2,637
	Raj Mehta	Progressive Conservative	1,416
	G. L. Haddad	Western Independence	198
Interlake	Clifford Brian “Clif” Evans (1948-2022)	New Democratic	2,941
	Ed Trachuk	Progressive Conservative	2,533
	Duncan Edward Geisler (1948-2019)	Liberal	1,781
Kildonan	David Chomiak	New Democratic	3,904
	David Langtry	Progressive Conservative	3,694
	Claudia Sarbit	Liberal	2,771
	Sidney “Sid” Green	Manitoba Progressive	570
Kirkfield Park	Eric Stefanson	Progressive Conservative	5,813
	James Stanley Colton “Jasper” McKee	Liberal	3,430
	Shirley Manson	New Democratic	1,035
	Frank Goldspink	Communist	25
Lac du Bonnet	Darren Praznik	Progressive Conservative	5,162
	Leonard Kolton	New Democratic	3,142
	Frank Thibedeau	Liberal	1,309
Lakeside	Harry John Enns (1931-2010)	Progressive Conservative	3,719
	Delmer Nott	Liberal	1,936
	Eduard Hiebert	New Democratic	1,248
	Irene Armishaw	Confederation of Regions	486
	Dennis Rice	Libertarian	95
La Verendrye	Ben Sveinson	Progressive Conservative	3,731
	Claire Noel	Liberal	2,718
	Ronald Fiola	New Democratic	1,938
Minnedosa	Harold Gilleshammer	Progressive Conservative	4,294
	Terry Drebit	Liberal	2,203
	Sean Espey	New Democratic	1,605
Morris	Clayton Manness	Progressive Conservative	5,353
	William Keith “Bill” Roth (1940-2023)	Liberal	2,036
	Gary Nelson	New Democratic	721
	Mark Edmondson	Confederation of Regions	302
Niakwa	Jack Reimer	Progressive Conservative	4,950
	Linda Asper	Liberal	4,301
	Michael Stimpson	New Democratic	1,394
Osborne	Reginald Bygott “Reg” Alcock (1948-2011)	Liberal	3,941
	Donald Bailey	New Democratic	2,861
	Sondra Braid	Progressive Conservative	2,859
	Jim Weidman	Libertarian	139
Pembina	Donald Warder “Don” Orchard	Progressive Conservative	5,497
	Marilyn Skubovis	Liberal	833
	Albert John “Bert” Siemens (1956-2022)	New Democratic	652
Point Douglas	George Hickes	New Democratic	2,778
	Errol Lewis	Liberal	1,550
	Calvin Pompana	Progressive Conservative	575
	William Hawryluk	Independent	108
	Roy Price	Independent	66
Portage la Prairie	Edward James “Ed” Connery (1933-2019)	Progressive Conservative	4,276
	Darlene Hamm	Liberal	2,329
	Arden Campbell	New Democratic	1,092
	Roy Lyall	Confederation of Regions	243
Radisson	Marianne Cerilli	New Democratic	4,055
	Mike Thompson	Progressive Conservative	2,692
	Reginald Allan “Al” Patterson (1919-2009)	Liberal	1,925
Riel	Gerry Ducharme	Progressive Conservative	3,756
	Ed Benjamin	Liberal	2,874
	Bob Ages	New Democratic	2,041
River East	Bonnie Bester Mitchelson	Progressive Conservative	4,963
	Rob DeGroot	New Democratic	2,489
	Edna Harder Mattson	Liberal	1,960
River Heights	Sharon Carstairs	Liberal	5,467
	Shaun McCaffrey	Progressive Conservative	4,601
	Peter Sim	New Democratic	1,190
	Clancy Smith	Libertarian	138
Roblin-Russell	Len Derkach	Progressive Conservative	4,382
	William Nicholson	New Democratic	2,238
	Neil Stewart	Liberal	1,757
Rossmere	Harold Neufeld	Progressive Conservative	3,893
	Maxine Hamilton	New Democratic	2,725
	Terry Duguid	Liberal	2,416
	Katharina Cameron	Western Independence	163
Rupertsland	Elijah Harper (1949-2013)	New Democratic	3,798
	Hugh Wynne	Progressive Conservative	804
	George Kernaghan	Liberal	307
St. Boniface	Neil Gaudry (1937-1999)	Liberal	4,928
	Robert Gooding	New Democratic	2,046
	Dr. Henri Marcoux	Progressive Conservative	1,921
St. James	Paul Edwards	Liberal	3,014
	Joanne Thibault	Progressive Conservative	2,719
	Len Sawatsky	New Democratic	2,586
	Charles Lamont	Manitoba Progressive	148
	Fred Debrecen	Confederation of Regions	122
St. Johns	Judy Wasylycia-Leis	New Democratic	4,392
	Mark Minenko	Liberal	2,414
	Lynn Filbert	Progressive Conservative	1,502
St. Norbert	Marcel Laurendeau	Progressive Conservative	4,502
	John Angus	Liberal	4,385
	Andrew Sawatsky	New Democratic	1,011
St. Vital	Shirley Hurst Render	Progressive Conservative	3,361
	Bob Rose	Liberal	3,243
	Kathleen McCallum	New Democratic	2,368
	Doug Browning	Western Independence	288
Ste. Rose	Glen Cummings	Progressive Conservative	3,646
	Ivan Llewellyn Traill (1932-2022)	Liberal	1,882
	Sam Voisey	New Democratic	1,540
Seine River	Louise Dacquay	Progressive Conservative	4,465
	Herold Leonhard Driedger (1942-2024)	Liberal	4,418
	Keith Kendall	New Democratic	1,792
	Lyle Cruickshank	Western Independence	289
Selkirk	Gregory Dewar	New Democratic	3,735
	Russ Farrell	Progressive Conservative	3,467
	Gwen Charles	Liberal	3,009
Springfield	Glen M. Findlay	Progressive Conservative	5,146
	D. Barron McNabb	New Democratic	3,374
	Bob Strong	Liberal	1,958
Steinbach	Albert Driedger	Progressive Conservative	5,540
	Cornelius Goertzen	Liberal	1,171
	Marcel Lagasse	New Democratic	483
	Ken McAllister	Libertarian	130
Sturgeon Creek	Gerry McAlpine	Progressive Conservative	4,676
	Iva Yeo	Liberal	3,907
	Andrew Swan	New Democratic	1,471
Swan River	Rosann Wowchuk	New Democratic	3,872
	Parker Burrell	Progressive Conservative	3,639
	June Connolly-Payton	Liberal	963
The Maples	Gulzar Singh Cheema	Liberal	3,273
	Norman Isler	Progressive Conservative	2,684
	Tony Valen	New Democratic	2,260
The Pas	Oscar Lathlin (1947-2008)	New Democratic	3,390
	Alfred McDonald	Progressive Conservative	3,247
	David Merasty	Liberal	1,005
Thompson	Steve Ashton	New Democratic	4,099
	Loretta Clarke	Progressive Conservative	2,043
	Don McIvor	Liberal	698
Transcona	Daryl Reid	New Democratic	4,363
	Richard Kozak	Liberal	2,554
	Ray Hargreaves	Progressive Conservative	1,732
	Thomas Bunn	Manitoba Progressive	168
Turtle Mountain	David Robert “Bob” Rose (1933-2000)	Progressive Conservative	4,702
	Doug Collins	Liberal	2,091
	Robert Smith	New Democratic	1,047
	Rod Stephenson	Independent	173
Tuxedo	Gary Albert Filmon	Progressive Conservative	7,861
	Campbell Greenway Wright (1960-2005)	Liberal	3,281
	Rosemary Aholt	New Democratic	926
Wellington	Rebecca Catherine “Becky” Barrett (1942-2024)	New Democratic	3,484
	Ernie Gilroy	Liberal	2,324
	William Clyde Perry (1924-2024)	Progressive Conservative	1,534
	Neil Schipper	Manitoba Progressive	128
	Walter Diawol	Independent	68
	Stephen Keki	Independent	35
Wolseley	Jean Friesen	New Democratic	3,265
	Harold Taylor	Liberal	2,520
	Fay Campbell	Progressive Conservative	1,503
	Gordon Pratt	Manitoba Progressive	149

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Thirty-Fifth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1990-1995)

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1992-1993)

Sources:

Obituary [Antonia Johanna Vosters], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 May 2019.

Obituary [Albert John Siemens], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 September 2022.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 November 2024