Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1995)

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The Manitoba general election of 1995 was held on 25 April. The results were as follows:

Party	Leader	Votes	Seats
Progressive Conservative	Gary Albert Filmon	216,246	31
New Democratic	Gary Albert Doer	165,489	23
Liberal	Paul Edwards	119,677	3
Independent	-	2,396	0
Libertarian	Dennis Rice	634	0
Totals		504,442	57

The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur-Virden	James Erwin “Jim” Downey	Progressive Conservative	5,015
	Ray Cantelo	New Democratic	1,519
	Murray Lee	Liberal	1,258
Assiniboia	Linda McIntosh	Progressive Conservative	4,315
	Allan Green	Liberal	2,185
	Jo-Anne Swayze	New Democratic	1,648
Brandon East	Leonard Salusbury “Len” Evans (1929-2016)	New Democratic	4,395
	Greg Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative	2,608
	Elizabeth “Liz” Roberts	Liberal	1,169
Brandon West	James Collus “Jim” McCrae	Progressive Conservative	4,471
	Derry Decter	New Democratic	2,790
	Mark Barber	Liberal	1,789
Broadway	Conrado De Regla “Conrad” Santos (1934-2016)	New Democratic	3,126
	Fred De Villa	Liberal	1,613
	Ba Van Nguyen	Progressive Conservative	1,529
	Una Truscott	Independent	262
Burrows	Doug Martindale	New Democratic	4,748
	Bill McGee	Progressive Conservative	1,266
	Naty Yankech	Liberal	1,024
Charleswood	Jim Ernest	Progressive Conservative	5,737
	Gail Watson	Liberal	2,958
	Dale Walker	New Democratic	1,197
Concordia	Gary Albert Doer	New Democratic	4,827
	Paul Murphy	Progressive Conservative	1,845
	Bret Dobbin	Liberal	816
	Guy Beaudry	Libertarian	104
Crescentwood	Tim Sale	New Democratic	3,733
	Debbie Vivian	Progressive Conservative	3,455
	Avis Gray	Liberal	3,170
Dauphin	Stan Struthers	New Democratic	4,673
	Gord Ryz	Progressive Conservative	3,880
	Ranjit Sarin	Liberal	996
	Carey Contois	Independent	111
Elmwood	Jim Maloway	New Democratic	4,264
	Clayton McMurren	Progressive Conservative	2,552
	John Petryshyn	Liberal	1,227
Emerson	John “Jack” Penner	Progressive Conservative	4,965
	Lorne Hamblin	Liberal	1,983
	Georgine Spooner	New Democratic	945
Flin Flon	Gerard Jennissen	New Democratic	2,732
	Scott Merrell	Progressive Conservative	2,017
	Florence Allen	Liberal	500
Fort Garry	Rosemary Vodrey	Progressive Conservative	5,959
	Jim Woodman	Liberal	4,434
	Brock Holowachuk	New Democratic	1,857
	Alex Pressey	Libertarian	91
Gimli	Ed Helwer	Progressive Conservative	5,591
	Fran Frederickson	New Democratic	3,746
	Donald Glen “Don” Forfar (1950-2022)	Liberal	1,702
Gladstone	Denis Rocan	Progressive Conservative	4,629
	Eric Bzikot	Liberal	1,454
	Joyce Penner	New Democratic	1,347
Inkster	Kevin Lamoureux	Liberal	4,394
	Poy Gomez	New Democratic	2,649
	Scott Fielding	Progressive Conservative	1,384
	Scott Kowal	Independent	223
Interlake	Clifford Brian “Clif” Evans (1948-2022)	New Democratic	3,791
	Ed Trachuk	Progressive Conservative	2,562
	Duncan Edward Geisler (1948-2019)	Liberal	766
	Darryl Sutherland	Independent	289
Kildonan	Dave Chomiak	New Democratic	5,812
	Robert Praznik	Progressive Conservative	3,324
	Joe Gallagher	Liberal	2,041
Kirkfield Park	Eric Stefanson	Progressive Conservative	5,949
	Vic Wieler	Liberal	2,616
	Darryl Livingstone	New Democratic	1,325
Lac du Bonnet	Darren Praznik	Progressive Conservative	5,986
	Marguerite Ogilvie	New Democratic	3,463
	Bill Flett	Liberal	1,039
Lakeside	Harry John Enns (1931-2010)	Progressive Conservative	4,376
	Eduard Hiebert	New Democratic	1,802
	Dorothy Hudson	Liberal	1,373
	Gary Bergen	Libertarian	110
La Verendrye	Ben Sveinson	Progressive Conservative	4,581
	Marinus Van Osch	Liberal	2,507
	Renald Fiola	New Democratic	2,452
Minnedosa	Harold Gilleshammer	Progressive Conservative	4,498
	Joe Anderson	New Democratic	2,041
	Elaine Shuttleworth	Liberal	1,702
Morris	Franklin Paul “Frank” Pitura (1943-2019)	Progressive Conservative	5,662
	Bill Roth	Liberal	2,329
	Glen Hallick	New Democratic	1,158
	Dennis Rice	Libertarian	135
Niakwa	Jack Reimer	Progressive Conservative	5,908
	Evelyne Reese	Liberal	3,748
	Leslie Fingler	New Democratic	1,961
Osborne	Diane McGifford	New Democratic	3,969
	Norma McCormick	Liberal	2,978
	Shelley Mitchell	Progressive Conservative	2,766
Pembina	Peter George Dyck	Progressive Conservative	5,092
	Walter Hoeppner	Liberal	2,632
	Sean Espey	New Democratic	452
Point Douglas	George Hickes	New Democratic	3,095
	Linda Cantiveros	Liberal	1,132
	Claire Riddle	Progressive Conservative	578
	Lyle Morrisseau	Independent	105
Portage la Prairie	Brian William Pallister	Progressive Conservative	3,977
	Bob Turner	Liberal	2,117
	Connie Gretsinger	New Democratic	1,519
	Ralph Jackson	Independent	130
Radisson	Marianne Cerilli	New Democratic	4,891
	Art Miki	Liberal	2,401
	Jennifer Clark	Progressive Conservative	2,107
Riel	David Newman	Progressive Conservative	3,561
	Gord Steeves	Liberal	3,120
	Bob Herzog	New Democratic	2,653
River East	Bonnie Mitchelson	Progressive Conservative	4,938
	Karen Botting	New Democratic	3,176
	Chris Walby	Liberal	2,347
River Heights	Mike Radcliffe	Progressive Conservative	5,429
	Anita Schwartz Neville	Liberal	4,435
	Graham Dowdell	New Democratic	1,352
	Clancy Smith	Libertarian	98
Roblin-Russell	Len Derkach	Progressive Conservative	4,672
	Fred Embryk	New Democratic	2,688
	Neil Stewart	Liberal	1,239
Rossmere	Vic Toews	Progressive Conservative	4,318
	Harry Schellenberg	New Democratic	4,201
	Cecilia Connelly	Liberal	875
Rupertsland	Eric Robinson	New Democratic	2,249
	Harry Wood	Liberal	1,018
	Eric Kennedy	Progressive Conservative	619
	Jerry Fontaine	Independent	541
St. Boniface	Neil Gaudry (1937-1999)	Liberal	4,021
	Rachel Massicotte	New Democratic	2,829
	Kim Sigurdson	Progressive Conservative	1,686
	Ivan Lecuyer	Independent	306
St. James	MaryAnn Mihychuk	New Democratic	3,019
	Paul Edwards	Liberal	2,853
	Clifford Allbutt	Progressive Conservative	2,601
St. Johns	Gord Mackintosh	New Democratic	4,513
	Bron Gorski	Liberal	1,610
	Mami Larkin	Progressive Conservative	1,587
St. Norbert	Marcel Laurendeau	Progressive Conservative	4,699
	Val Thompson	Liberal	4,172
	Pat Peters	New Democratic	1,833
St. Vital	Shirley Hurst Render	Progressive Conservative	4,021
	Sig Laser	New Democratic	3,357
	Timothy Joseph “Tim” Ryan (1943-2004)	Liberal	2,319
Ste. Rose	Glen Cummings	Progressive Conservative	3,762
	John Morrisseau	New Democratic	2,341
	David Martin	Liberal	1,133
Seine River	Louise Dacquay	Progressive Conservative	6,462
	Bobbi Ethier	Liberal	4,376
	Wilson Ho	New Democratic	2,163
Selkirk	Greg Dewar	New Democratic	4,758
	Brian Ketcheson	Progressive Conservative	3,839
	Elmer Keryluk	Liberal	2,273
Springfield	Glen M. Findlay	Progressive Conservative	6,355
	Steve Pochuk	New Democratic	4,275
	Bob Singh	Liberal	1,461
	Francis Trueman	Libertarian	96
Steinbach	Albert Driedger (1936-2011)	Progressive Conservative	5,975
	Cornelius Goertzen	Liberal	1,206
	Peter Hiebert	New Democratic	787
Sturgeon Creek	Gerry McAlpine	Progressive Conservative	4,747
	Bob Douglas	Liberal	3,051
	Tamain Collings	New Democratic	1,688
	Richard McIntyre	Independent	180
Swan River	Rosann Wowchuk	New Democratic	4,021
	Fred Betcher	Progressive Conservative	3,985
	David Gray	Liberal	559
	Nelson Contois	Independent	118
The Maples	Gary Kowalski	Liberal	4,254
	Inderjit Claire	New Democratic	2,634
	Fred Arrojado	Progressive Conservative	1,960
The Pas	Oscar Lathlin (1947-2008)	New Democratic	3,616
	Alfred MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	2,501
	Clem Jones	Liberal	877
Thompson	Steven Ashton	New Democratic	3,619
	Charles Shobe	Progressive Conservative	1,320
	Tim Johnston	Liberal	926
Transcona	Daryl Reid	New Democratic	5,163
	Richard Bueckert	Progressive Conservative	2,372
	Ingrid Pokrant	Liberal	1,216
	Jack Lang	Independent	131
Turtle Mountain	Merv Tweed	Progressive Conservative	4,781
	Doug Collins	Liberal	1,735
	Robert Smith	New Democratic	1,334
Tuxedo	Gary Albert Filmon	Progressive Conservative	8,691
	Rick Rosenberg	Liberal	2,975
	Martha Owen	New Democratic	1,457
Wellington	Becky Barrett	New Democratic	3,788
	Osmond Theodore “O. T.” Anderson (1929-2002)	Liberal	1,996
	Steven A. Place	Progressive Conservative	1,226
Wolseley	Jean Friesen	New Democratic	4,048
	Marilyn MacKinnon	Liberal	1,577
	David Kovnats	Progressive Conservative	1,555

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1997-1998)

Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Thirty-Sixth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1995-1999)

Sources:

“How Manitobans voted,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 April 1995, page 18.

Results Summaries 1870 to 1995, Elections Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 August 2023