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Canadian Federal Election (1974) | Canadian Federal Election (1980)
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 |
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 |
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: 13 May 2023
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