Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1979)

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The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on 22 May. The results were as follows:

Riding	Candidate	Party	Votes
Brandon-Souris	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916-1982)	Progressive Conservative	19,108
	David Serle	New Democratic	8,949
	Vaughn Ramsay	Liberal	7,918
	John William Gross (1914-1994)	Social Credit	302
Churchill	Rod Murphy	New Democratic	12,544
	Cecil Smith	Progressive Conservative	7,802
	Andrew Kirkness	Liberal	3,936
Dauphin	William Gordon David Ritchie (1918-1998)	Progressive Conservative	12,239
	Laverne Mitchell Lewycky (1946-2020)	New Democratic	11,770
	Robert Klimchuk	Liberal	4,311
Lisgar	Jack Burnett Murta	Progressive Conservative	21,366
	Peter Cole	Liberal	6,201
	Keith W. D. Poulson	New Democratic	2,920
Portage-Marquette	Charles James “Charlie” Mayer	Progressive Conservative	18,824
	Maude Lelond	New Democratic	6,612
	Joe Sponarski	Liberal	6,164
	K. F. Baker	Social Credit	347
	Kenneth B. Morrison	Independent	319
Provencher	Arthur Jacob “Jake” Epp	Progressive Conservative	17,030
	Richard C. Greenway	New Democratic	8,473
	Howard J. Loewen (1927-2023)	Liberal	7,459
St. Boniface	Robert Theodore Bockstael (1923-2017)	Liberal	19,752
	John Harold “Jack” Hare (1920-2009)	Progressive Conservative	16,987
	Grant Wichenko	New Democratic	11,455
	Manuel Gitterman	Marxist-Leninist	60
	Russ Maley	none	56
Selkirk-Interlake	Terry Sargeant	New Democratic	14,225
	Peter Paul Masniuk (1920-1995)	Progressive Conservative	13,569
	Bill Shead	Liberal	5,522
Winnipeg North	David Orlikow (1919-1998)	New Democratic	22,417
	Anne Steen	Progressive Conservative	11,749
	Walter Maxwell Hlady (1924-1986)	Liberal	8,002
	William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)	Communist	242
	Brian Ostrow	Marxist-Lennonist	141
Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)	New Democratic	15,121
	Frank Johnson	Liberal	5,428
	Joseph C. “Joe” Kerr (?-2000)	Progressive Conservative	5,408
	Paula Fletcher	Communist	182
	Marnie Frain	Marxist-Leninist	97
Winnipeg-Assiniboine	Alvin Daniel “Dan” McKenzie (1924-1989)	Progressive Conservative	28,192
	David Matas	Liberal	13,668
	Max Melnyk	New Democratic	7,949
	Peter Stevens	Social Credit	150
	Anne Segal	Marxist-Leninist	72
Winnipeg-Birds Hill	William Alexander “Bill” Blaikie (1951-2022)	New Democratic	25,492
	Dean Whiteway	Progressive Conservative	19,536
	Ronald Wally	Liberal	5,674
	Harold J. Dyck	Communist	62
	Karen Naylor	Marxist-Leninist	56
Winnipeg-Fort Garry	Lloyd Norman Axworthy	Liberal	18,822
	Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002)	Progressive Conservative	18,337
	Vivian Rachlis	New Democratic	8,176
	Tony Reznowski	Social Credit	245
	Douglas Michalchuk	Marxist-Leninist	90
	Larry E. Johnston	none	87
Winnipeg-St. James	Robert “Bob” Lane	Progressive Conservative	12,640
	J. Frank Syms (c1924-1992)	New Democratic	11,747
	Richard Mercier	Liberal	7,636
	Linda Lloyd	Marxist-Leninist	135

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Thirtieth Canadian Parliament (1974-1979)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 August 2023