Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1980)

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The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on 18 February. The results were as follows:

Riding	Candidate	Party	Votes
Brandon-Souris	Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916-1982)	Progressive Conservative	16,098
	Joe Mullally	Liberal	9,661
	David Serle	New Democratic	8,509
	Marnie Frain	Marxist-Leninist	76
Churchill	Rodney Edward “Rod” Murphy	New Democratic	10,319
	Alan Ross	Liberal	7,092
	Cec Smith	Progressive Conservative	6,084
	Roland Campbell	Rhino	352
Dauphin	Laverne Mitchell Lewycky (1946-2020)	New Democratic	12,960
	Orville Heschuk	Progressive Conservative	11,116
	Ron Hale	Liberal	4,849
Lisgar	Jack Burnett Murta	Progressive Conservative	18,057
	Peter Cole	Liberal	7,016
	Herman Rempel	New Democratic	3,353
	George G. Elias	Independent	396
Portage-Marquette	Charles James “Charlie” Mayer	Progressive Conservative	16,219
	Maude Lelond	New Democratic	7,221
	Joe Sponarski	Liberal	6,973
	Douglas Michalchuk	Marxist-Leninist	174
Provencher	Arthur Jacob “Jake” Epp	Progressive Conservative	14,677
	Richard Rattai	New Democratic	9,281
	Clare Cremer	Liberal	8,271
	Lawrence Feilberg	Rhino	433
St. Boniface	Robert Theodore Bockstael (1923-2017)	Liberal	20,076
	Tom Denton	Progressive Conservative	13,044
	Marc Boily	New Democratic	11,191
	Sharon Segal	Marxist-Leninist	57
Selkirk-Interlake	Terence James “Terry” Sargeant	New Democratic	15,055
	Jon Johnson	Progressive Conservative	11,847
	Bill Shead	Liberal	5,953
	Ken Kalturnyk	Marxist-Leninist	97
Winnipeg Assiniboine	Alvin Daniel “Dan” McKenzie (1924-1989)	Progressive Conservative	22,160
	David Matas	Liberal	15,424
	Max Melnyk	New Democratic	7,304
	Peter Penner	Independent	201
	Rubin Kantorovih	Marxist-Leninist	45
Winnipeg Birds Hill	William Alexander “Bill” Blaikie (1951-2022)	New Democratic	24,672
	John Froese	Progressive Conservative	13,385
	Ron Wally	Liberal	7,020
	Don Bergen	Rhino	322
	Karen Naylor	Marxist-Leninist	60
Winnipeg Fort Garry	Lloyd Norman Axworthy	Liberal	18,694
	Inez Geneva Gandrud Trueman (1917-2015)	Progressive Conservative	13,854
	Brad McKenzie	New Democratic	7,293
	Dave Balderstone	Rhino	405
	Manuel Gitterman	Marxist-Leninist	90
Winnipeg North	David Orlikow (1918-1998)	New Democratic	18,561
	Walter Maxwell Hlady (1924-1986)	Liberal	9,517
	Roy Koniuk	Progressive Conservative	8,313
	William C. Ross	Communist	195
	Brian Ostrow	Marxist-Leninist	149
Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)	New Democratic	12,637
	A. G. J. Harold Davis	Liberal	5,176
	Joseph C. “Joe” Kerr (?-2000)	Progressive Conservative	4,113
	Paula Fletcher	Communist	176
	Manjit Singh	Marxist-Leninist	69
Winnipeg St. James	Cyril Keeper	New Democratic	11,078
	Bob Lane	Progressive Conservative	10,640
	Richard Mercier	Liberal	7,531
	Al Simmons	Rhino	236
	Linda Lloyd	Marxist-Leninist	77

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Thirty-Second Canadian Parliament (1980-1984)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 July 2023