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The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on 30 October. The results were as follows:
Riding
Candidate
Party
Votes
Brandon-Souris
Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916-1982)
Progressive Conservative
17,923
Gary Belecki
Liberal
5,968
Kenneth John Singleton
New Democratic
5,501
William Lea
Independent
190
Churchill
Charles Keith Taylor
Progressive Conservative
9,462
Don Duff
New Democratic
9,059
William Bruce Dunlop (1924-2018)
Liberal
8,536
R. Jim Henry
Independent
327
Dauphin
William Gordon David Ritchie (1918-1998)
Progressive Conservative
12,584
Bernhard Dirauf
New Democratic
6,234
Ferdinand A. Guiboche
Liberal
4,305
Lisgar
Progressive Conservative
17,253
Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)
Liberal
4,469
New Democratic
1,627
John L. Harms
Social Credit
943
Marquette
Craig Stewart (1928-2009)
Progressive Conservative
16,155
Ken Houston
New Democratic
4,917
Sidney N. Lachter
Liberal
4,572
Portage
Peter Paul Masniuk (1920-1995)
Progressive Conservative
9,781
Gerald Richard Joseph Cobbe (1927-2004)
Liberal
7,474
Nick Manchur
New Democratic
4,036
Travis I. Fitch
none
199
Provencher
Progressive Conservative
11,262
Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914-1989)
Liberal
6,489
Alf Chorney
New Democratic
6,304
Jake Wall
Social Credit
784
St. Boniface
Joseph-Philippe Guay (1915-2001)
Liberal
22,200
Joseph F. Sherwood
New Democratic
13,857
Peter Hillcoff
Progress Conservative
13,033
Gilles J. Ouellet
Social Credit
643
Russ Maley
none
241
Selkirk
Doug Rowland
New Democratic
17,872
Dean Whiteway
Progressive Conservative
17,842
Svein Olafur Sigfusson (1912-1992)
Liberal
8,709
Robert Luining
Social Credit
418
Winnipeg North
David Orlikow (1919-1998)
New Democratic
15,931
Serge Radchuk
Liberal
11,150
Anne Steen
Progressive Conservative
9,446
William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)
Communist
587
C. Aili Waldman
none
114
Winnipeg North Centre
Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)
New Democratic
13,263
Frank W. Crockett
Progressive Conservative
7,050
Norman Frederick Turner
Liberal
6,984
Don Hawryluk
Social Credit
440
Don Currie
none
186
Barry John Carlson
none
134
Winnipeg South
James Armstrong Richardson (1922-2004)
Liberal
25,534
Boyd Robertson
Progressive Conservative
17,022
James Gilbert Burrows
New Democratic
7,413
Diane Lynne Waldman
none
205
Winnipeg South Centre
Alvin Daniel “Dan” McKenzie (1924-1989)
Progressive Conservative
25,550
Edmund Boyd Osler (1919-1987)
Liberal
20,516
Harvey H. Moats
New Democratic
10,460
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Twenty-Ninth Canadian Parliament (1973-1974)
History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 July 2023