Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1969)

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The Manitoba general election of 1969 was held on 25 June. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
New Democratic	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	128,080	28
Progressive Conservative	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)	119,021	22
Liberal	Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)	80,288	5
Social Credit	Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)	4,535	1
Independent	-	2,020	1
Communist	-	744	0
Totals		334,688	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur	James Douglas “Doug” Watt (1914-1985)	Progressive Conservative	3,133
	John W. McRae	Liberal	1,375
	Raymond E. Jones	New Democratic	980
Assiniboia	Stephen Clifford “Steve” Patrick (1932-2014)	Liberal	2,355
	Bill Docking	Progressive Conservative	2,329
	Curtis Nordman	New Democratic	1,466
Birtle-Russell	Henry Edward “Harry” Graham (1921-2006)	Progressive Conservative	2,374
	Don Kostesky	New Democratic	2,263
	John Norman Braendle (1916-2018)	Liberal	1,360
Brandon East	Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)	New Democratic	3,035
	Emily Lyons	Progressive Conservative	1,962
	Don Martin	Liberal	1,194
Brandon West	Edward Robert McGill (1912-1996)	Progressive Conservative	2,814
	James M. Skinner	New Democratic	2,310
	Terence “Terry” Penton (1917-1985)	Liberal	1,796
Burrows	Ben Hanuschak	New Democratic	3,418
	Wasyl Michael “Bill” Swystun (1935-2004)	Progressive Conservative	1,317
	Olga E. Lewicki	Liberal	751
	Andrew Bileski	Communist	323
Charleswood	Arthur Thomas “Art” Moug (1926-2003)	Progressive Conservative	3,401
	J. Duncan Edmonds	Liberal	2,361
	Jan K. “John” Hilgenga (1906-1992)	New Democratic	1,325
Churchill	Gordon Wilbert Beard (1920-1972)	Independent	1,151
	Walter Perepeluk	Liberal	971
	Andre Champagne	Progressive Conservative	913
	Wilf Hudson	New Democratic	822
Crescentwood	Cy Gonick	New Democratic	2,689
	Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987)	Progressive Conservative	2,416
	Francis Creighton “Frank” Muldoon (1930-2013)	Liberal	1,422
Dauphin	Peter Burtniak (1925-2004)	New Democratic	2,933
	Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996)	Progressive Conservative	2,892
	Robert E. Sheldon	Liberal	620
Elmwood	Russell John “Russ” Doern (1935-1987)	New Democratic	3,803
	Alan George Gardiner	Progressive Conservative	1,526
	John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006)	Liberal	1,053
Emerson	Gabriel J. Girard (1935-2006)	Progressive Conservative	2,467
	John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983)	Liberal	2,014
	Stephen Zaretski	New Democratic	695
	Jacob Wall	Social Credit	237
Flin Flon	Thomas Aiden Barrow (1916-1982)	New Democratic	2,045
	Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991)	Progressive Conservative	1,675
	Francis Laurence “Bud” Jobin (1914-1995)	Liberal	1,276
Fort Garry	Louis Ralph “Bud” Sherman (1926-2015)	Progressive Conservative	3,570
	G. Grant Cosby	New Democratic	2,063
	Richard Alan “Dick” Wankling (1926-2004)	Liberal	1,936
Fort Rouge	Inez Geneva Gandrud Trueman (1917-2015)	Progressive Conservative	2,750
	Una Decter	New Democratic	2,446
	Jane Sayler Heffelfinger (?-2011)	Liberal	1,941
Gimli	John Charles Gottfried (1917-1980)	New Democratic	2,159
	Eric Stefanson (1913-1977)	Progressive Conservative	1,936
	Walter John Griffin	Liberal	1,663
Gladstone	James Robert “Jim” Ferguson (1925-2013)	Progressive Conservative	3,000
	Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003)	Liberal	2,583
	Mary Emma McIntosh	New Democratic	1,064
Inkster	Sidney “Sid” Green	New Democratic	4,001
	Robert Armstrong	Progressive Conservative	989
	J. Gurzon Harvey	Liberal	661
Kildonan	Peter Fox (1921-1989)	New Democratic	4,589
	Don Mills	Progressive Conservative	1,876
	John Gugulyn	Liberal	851
Lac du Bonnet	Samuel Uskiw (1933-2011)	New Democratic	4,060
	Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,267
	Al Tymko	Liberal	806
Lakeside	Harry John Enns (1931-2010)	Progressive Conservative	2,532
	Robert William “Bobby” Bend (1914-1999)	Liberal	2,190
	Charles Lucas	New Democratic	573
La Verendrye	Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979)	Liberal	1,933
	John Blatz	Progressive Conservative	1,051
	Elmer Reimer	New Democratic	721
Logan	William Walter “Bill” Jenkins (1921-1995)	New Democratic	3,029
	Samuel “Sam” Minuk (1927-2015)	Progressive Conservative	871
	Howard Ferguson	Liberal	679
Minnedosa	Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985)	Progressive Conservative	3,525
	Emile Roy Shellborn	New Democratic	1,713
	Donald Argyle McNabb	Liberal	1,028
Morris	Warner Herbert Jorgenson (1918-2005)	Progressive Conservative	2,472
	Joseph Legault	Liberal	1,183
	William T. Loftus	New Democratic	712
	Henry Funk	Social Credit	231
Osborne	Ian Denys Turnbull	New Democratic	3,188
	William Obadiah “Obie” Baizley (1917-2000)	Progressive Conservative	2,565
	Winelda Naomi “Toadie/Win” Gardner (1929-2008)	Liberal	965
Pembina	George Lindsay Henderson (1916-2008)	Progressive Conservative	2,823
	Kenneth John Draper	Liberal	1,815
	David Harms	Social Credit	521
	Edith Alsop	New Democratic	336
Point Douglas	Donald Marto Malinowski (1924-2003)	New Democratic	2,253
	Jaroslaw “Slaw” Rebchuk (1907-1996)	Progressive Conservative	1,088
	Roger J. Garrety	Liberal	528
	William Arthur “Bill” Kardash (1912-1997)	Communist	421
Portage la Prairie	Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005)	Liberal	2,451
	Harvey Carmichael	Progressive Conservative	2,440
	Sidney Coulthard	New Democratic	1,049
Radisson	Harry Shafransky (1930-1986)	New Democratic	3,707
	Edward Joseph Albert “Ed” Kotowich (1934-1986)	Liberal	2,284
	Moreen Henderson	Progressive Conservative	1,054
Rhineland	Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)	Social Credit	1,981
	Henry D. “H. D.” Hildebrand (1927-2015)	Progressive Conservative	1,853
	Willo Sterritt Forrester (1901-1992)	Liberal	782
	Jacob W. Heinrichs	New Democratic	181
Riel	Donald William Craik (1931-1985)	Progressive Conservative	3,152
	James Edward Buchanan	New Democratic	3,096
	Raymond Spence	Liberal	1,423
River Heights	Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002)	Progressive Conservative	4,623
	Mark Harold Danzker (1902-1995)	Liberal	1,573
	Jack Silverberg (1910-1987)	New Democratic	1,051
Roblin	James Wallace “Wally” McKenzie (1914-1999)	Progressive Conservative	2,579
	Mike Kawchuk	New Democratic	2,448
	Jack R. Mitchell	Liberal	516
Rock Lake	Henry John Einarson (1918-1992)	Progressive Conservative	3,064
	Remi Engelbert DePape (1910-1998)	Liberal	1,818
	C. Timothy Leonard	New Democratic	763
Rossmere	Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer	New Democratic	4,089
	David Wilfred Pekary (1926-2007)	Progressive Conservative	1,746
	Vern Breckman	Liberal	631
	Stanley Copp (1915-1987)	Independent	238
Rupertsland	Jean Rene Allard (1930-2020)	New Democratic	1,366
	S. P. “Bert” Berthelette	Liberal	1,142
	Paul Burelle	Progressive Conservative	1,026
St. Boniface	Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)	Liberal	3,365
	Kamil Michael “Kam” Gajdosik (1937-2003)	New Democratic	2,040
	Maurice J. Arpin (1923-1983)	Progressive Conservative	818
St. George	William “Bill” Uruski	New Democratic	2,284
	Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000)	Liberal	1,886
	Joseph Leo “Joe” Schwartz (1925-1993)	Progressive Conservative	1,169
St. James	Alvin H. "Al" Mackling	New Democratic	3,642
	Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001)	Progressive Conservative	2,676
	Peter Moss	Liberal	1,404
St. Johns	Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)	New Democratic	3,642
	Joe Rozmus	Progressive Conservative	1,014
	George Strewchuk	Liberal	736
St. Matthews	Thorkell Wallace “Wally” Johannson	New Democratic	2,974
	Robert Ashley Steen (1933-1979)	Progressive Conservative	2,217
	Rudy Peters	Liberal	1,119
St. Vital	Jackson Alexander “Jack” Hardy (1924-2006)	Progressive Conservative	2,587
	Derek James “Jim” Walding (1937-2007)	New Democratic	2,564
	Joseph C. Stangl (1919-2013)	Liberal	2,034
Ste. Rose	Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001)	Liberal	2,247
	Heinz Marohn	Progressive Conservative	1,198
	Leon Hoefer	New Democratic	754
	Norma Oswald	Social Credit	313
Selkirk	Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)	New Democratic	3,374
	Robert Stefan “Bud” Oliver	Progressive Conservative	2,054
	George S. Sigurdson	Liberal	835
	Thomas Norquay	Independent	57
Seven Oaks	Saul Alecs Miller (1917-1993)	New Democratic	4,203
	Daniel Abraham “Abe” Yanofsky (1925-2000)	Progressive Conservative	1,505
	Evelyne Rosborough	Liberal	813
Souris-Killarney	Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976)	Progressive Conservative	3,053
	Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992)	Liberal	1,982
	Wayne Williams	New Democratic	892
Springfield	Rene Ernest Toupin (1934-2014)	New Democratic	2,724
	George Mulder	Progressive Conservative	1,551
	Hector Bahuaud	Liberal	807
Sturgeon Creek	John Franklin “Frank” Johnston (1929-2017)	Progressive Conservative	2,781
	Robert Megill “Bob” Chipman (1926-2013)	Liberal	2,251
	Stanley J. Carter	New Democratic	1,251
	William John Turner	Independent	336
	James Farrell	Independent	238
Swan River	James H. Bilton (1908-1988)	Progressive Conservative	1,920
	Alex Filuk	New Democratic	1,757
	Jerry Webb	Social Credit	1,252
	Gordon Beaumont	Liberal	766
The Pas	Sydney Ronald “Ron” McBryde (1941-1989)	New Democratic	1,556
	John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986)	Progressive Conservative	1,361
	Calvert D. Gibson	Liberal	963
Thompson	Joseph Paul “Joe” Borowski (1932-1996)	New Democratic	2,436
	Thomas Farrell	Progressive Conservative	1,500
	Maurice Desjardins	Liberal	843
Transcona	Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984)	New Democratic	4,614
	Thelma Jean Opseth Call (c1928-1981)	Liberal	1,488
	Ken Gunn-Walberg	Progressive Conservative	1,052
Virden	Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003)	Progressive Conservative	2,161
	Earl Phillip Dawson (1925-1987)	Liberal	1,571
	Ralph Rowan	New Democratic	1,531
Wellington	Philip Markus Petursson (1902-1988)	New Democratic	3,260
	William “Bill” McGarva (1906-1991)	Progressive Conservative	1,522
	Thomas Bernes	Liberal	1,035
Winnipeg Centre	Joseph Russell “Bud” Boyce (1924-1984)	New Democratic	2,398
	James Cowan (1914-1997)	Progressive Conservative	1,451
	Joseph Wapemoose	Liberal	822
Wolseley	Leonard Harold Claydon (1915-1971)	Progressive Conservative	2,360
	Hans J. Wittich	New Democratic	1,743
	Paul N. Duval	Liberal	1,391

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1971)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Ninth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1969-1973)

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This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 May 2023