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The Manitoba general election of 1977 was held on 11 October. The results were as follows:
Party
Leader
Votes
Seats
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)
237,496
33
188,124
23
Charles Richard Huband (1932-2023)
59,865
1
John William Gross (1914-1994)
1,323
0
William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)
299
0
Independent
-
47
0
Totals
487,154
57
The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
Arthur
4,405
Earl Sterling
1,172
Murray Lee
901
Assiniboia
Norma Killeen Price (1920-2008)
7,863
Stephen Clifford “Steve” Patrick (1932-2014)
4,271
Max Melnyk
2,106
Birtle-Russell
Henry Edward “Harry” Graham (1921-2006)
3,066
Peter Merry
2,612
Douglas MacIsaac
1,169
Brandon East
Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)
4,217
James Thornborough
3,195
James Manishen
558
Brandon West
Edward Robert McGill (1912-1996)
5,680
Henry Nelson Carroll (1937-2015)
4,601
Phil Cels
807
John William Gross (1914-1994)
107
Burrows
4,103
Ken Alylula
1,688
Anne Percheson
490
Charleswood
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)
10,559
Maureen Lucille Hemphill
4,216
Beverly Riley
1,493
Churchill
Jay Marine Cowan (1946-2022)
2,280
Mark Ingebrigtson
1,992
Andrew Kirkness
1,140
Crescentwood
Warren J. Steen (1940-2009)
3,253
3,181
Charles Richard Huband (1932-2023)
2,702
Dauphin
James Gordon “Jim” Galbraith
4,590
Peter Burtniak (1925-2004)
4,330
Elmwood
Russell John “Russ” Doern (1935-1987)
4,136
Ken Gunn-Walberg
3,282
Ken Vincent
675
Emerson
Albert Driedger (1936-2011)
3,125
Steve Derewianchuk
2,153
Gabriel Catellier
1,439
Flin Flon
Thomas Aiden Barrow (1916-1982)
2,917
Nyall Hyndman
2,522
Walter Shmon
309
Fort Garry
Louis Ralph “Bud” Sherman (1926-2015)
10,052
Ruth Pear
4,157
Beth Candlish
2,423
Fort Rouge
4,153
Julian Hugh McDonald
3,486
Ermano Barone
2,863
Gimli
Keith Alan Cosens (1932-1990)
4,515
George B. Schreyer (1920-2017)
3,795
Gladstone
James Robert “Jim” Ferguson (1925-2013)
4,635
William “Bill” Werbiski
2,151
Sid Lachter
662
Inkster
5,175
Barrie Jones
2,711
Barry Krawchuk
934
William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)
86
Kildonan
Peter Fox (1921-1989)
5,568
James “Jim” Hanson
4,651
Norm Stapon
929
Lac du Bonnet
Samuel “Sam” Uskiw (1933-2011)
5,037
John Vaags
3,795
Robert “Bob” Dyne
515
Lakeside
Harry John Enns (1931-2010)
3,987
Phillip “Phil” Schwarz
1,494
Douglas Clifford
1,034
La Verendrye
Robert Banman
4,914
Alphonse Fournier
1,601
Robert “Bob” Rempel
924
Logan
William Walter “Bill” Jenkins (1921-1995)
2,956
Rita Serbin
1,449
Piercy Augustus “Percy” Haynes (1911-1992)
578
Minnedosa
David Robert “Dave” Blake (1925-2008)
3,912
John Martens
2,311
Albert Moad
474
C. V. Hutton
272
Morris
Warner Herbert Jorgenson (1918-2005)
4,484
Al Lenz
1,152
Donald “Don” MacGillivray
516
Osborne
3,803
Ian Turnbull
3,707
Gilbert Ivan Paul (1922-2004)
655
Larry Johnston
Independent
47
Pembina
5,214
Victor Epp
1,141
Marianne Martin
1,117
Point Douglas
Donald Marto Malinowski (1924-2003)
3,116
Margaret Didenko
915
Donald Dean “Don” Marks (1953-2016)
769
Harold Dyck
62
Peter Stevens
59
Portage la Prairie
Lloyd George “Jiggs” Hyde (1920-1985)
3,552
Peter Swidnicki
2,067
Hugh Moran
1,893
Radisson
Abe Kovnats (1928-1996)
4,535
Harry Shafransky (1930-1986)
3,757
Evelyne Reese
1,394
Rhineland
Peter Arnold Brown (1927-1994)
3,610
Jacob Heinrichs
1,001
Ray Hamm
943
Jacob M. “Jake” Froese (1917-2003)
813
Riel
Donald William Craik (1931-1985)
10,412
Doreen Dodick
6,427
Charles F. Greene
2,589
River Heights
Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002)
6,175
David C. Walker
1,662
Jill Oliver
1,091
Roblin
James Wallace “Wally” McKenzie (1914-1999)
3,291
Ken Mikolayenko
2,351
Joe Andronyk
410
Rock Lake
Henry John Einarson (1918-1992)
4,243
Ronald Devos
1,167
Eric B. Irwin (1955-2017)
1,029
Rossmere
9,246
Henry Krahn
8,516
Brian Norris
680
Rupertsland
Harvey Kenneth Bostrom
2,141
George R. Weiss
1,625
Norman Gunn
741
St. Boniface
Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012)
4,266
W. J. “Pete” Poitras
1,833
George Ricard
1,699
St. George
3,103
Albert Rohl
2,568
Duncan Edward Geisler (1948-2019)
369
St. James
Clement George Minaker (1937-2012)
5,199
Curtis Nordman
2,853
John Wilson
749
St. Johns
Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018)
3,845
John Borger
1,892
Myroslaw Tracz
733
Don Plowman
81
St. Matthews
Leonard Anthony “Len” Domino
3,119
2,995
Roy Yerex
459
Richard Stonyk
72
St. Vital
Derek James “Jim” Walding (1937-2007)
3,924
Gil Shaw
3,390
Eddie Coutu
2,115
Ste. Rose
Aimé Rawleigh “Pete” Adam (1913-2009)
2,611
Arthur Erickson
1,830
John Fleming
1,219
Selkirk
Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)
5,159
Tom Denton
4,452
Ed Motkaluk
573
Seven Oaks
Saul Alecs Miller (1917-1993)
7,597
Carl Zawatsky
6,777
Sue Juravsky
798
Charles J. C. Watson
70
Souris-Killarney
Alan Brian Ransom (1940-2020)
4,519
Howard Nixon
1,500
Jean Strath
1,207
Springfield
Robert “Bob” Anderson
5,843
Rene Ernest Toupin (1934-2014)
3,995
Rita Roeland
700
Sturgeon Creek
John Franklin “Frank” Johnston (1929-2017)
7,407
James Donald “Don” Simpson
2,655
Peter Moss Jr.
1,736
Swan River
Douglas MacLeod “Doug” Gourlay
3,909
Leonard Harapiuk
3,179
The Pas
Sydney Ronald “Ron” McBryde (1941-1989)
3,471
Percy Pielak
1,965
Edwin Jebb
714
Thompson
Ken MacMaster
3,947
Kenneth George “Ken” Dillen (1938-2020)
3,031
Oliver James Monkman (1938-2020)
283
Transcona
Wilson Parasiuk
6,474
Tony Leonard
4,749
Douglas Dennison
767
Virden
Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003)
3,669
Edward Raymond “Ed” Arndt (1939-2019)
1,635
Wellington
Brian Mark Corrin
3,591
Geoff Dixon
2,376
Mario Santos
591
Winnipeg Centre
Joseph Russell “Bud” Boyce (1924-1984)
2,217
1,587
Ken Wong
727
Wolseley
2,763
Murdoch MacKay (1930-2023)
2,689
Norma McCormick
1,286
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1979)
Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Thirty-First Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1977-1981)
“Manitoba takes on a new political hue – Tory blue,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 October 1977, page 16.
Historical Summaries, ElectionsManitoba.
Obituary [Oliver James Monkman], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 August 2020.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 June 2024