Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1997)

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The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on 2 June. The results were as follows:

Riding	Candidate	Party	Votes
Brandon-Souris	Rick Borotsik	Progressive Conservative	13,216
	Ed Agnew	Reform	11,883
	Glen McKinnon	Liberal	6,583
	Jennifer Howard	New Democratic	4,983
	Geoff Gorf Borden	Independent	244
	Neil Paterson	Christian Heritage	229
Charleswood-Assiniboia	John Harvard (1938-2016)	Liberal	15,925
	Felix Holtmann	Progressive Conservative	8,664
	Cyril McFate	Reform	8,398
	Rupert Forde	New Democratic	3,923
	Mary Stanley	Marxist-Leninist	154
Churchill	Bev Desjarlais	New Democratic	9,616
	Elijah Harper (1949-2013)	Liberal	6,852
	Corky Peterson	Reform	4,438
	Don Knight	Progressive Conservative	2,452
Dauphin-Swan River	Inky Mark	Reform	12,668
	Lorne Boguski	Progressive Conservative	7,716
	Betty Findlay	New Democratic	7,575
	Marlene Cowling	Liberal	7,408
	Tony Riley	Independent	326
Portage-Lisgar	Jake E. Hoeppner	Reform	13,532
	Brian William Pallister	Progressive Conservative	12,083
	Heather Mack	Liberal	4,913
	Glen Hallick	New Democratic	2,420
	Martin Dewit	Christian Heritage	517
	Roy Lyall	Canadian Action	159
Provencher	David William Iftody (1956-2001)	Liberal	14,595
	Larry Tardiff	Reform	12,798
	Clare Braun	Progressive Conservative	5,955
	Martha Wiebe Owen	New Democratic	3,137
St. Boniface	Ronald J. “Ron” Duhamel (1938-2002)	Liberal	18,948
	Peter D. Carney	New Democratic	6,663
	Denis Simard	Reform	6,658
	Jennifer Clark	Progressive Conservative	4,555
	Rubin Kantorovich	Marxist-Leninist	171
Selkirk-Interlake	Howard E. Hilstrom	Reform	10,937
	Jon Gerrard	Liberal	10,871
	Kathleen McCallum	New Democratic	10,749
	Reid Kelner	Progressive Conservative	5,730
	Paul Kalyniuk	Christian Heritage	363
Winnipeg Centre	Pat Martin	New Democratic	10,979
	David Walker	Liberal	9,895
	Reginald A. Smith	Reform	3,095
	Campbell Alexander	Progressive Conservative	2,442
	Greg Krawchuk	Independent	148
	Glenn Michalchuk	Marxist-Leninist	136
	Darrell Rankin	Independent	108
	Didz Zuzens	Independent	44
Winnipeg North Centre	Judy Wasylycia-Leis	New Democratic	13,663
	Judy Opitz Silver	Liberal	7,801
	Mike Wiens	Reform	3,678
	Marni Larkin	Progressive Conservative	1,742
	Elizabeth Innes	Natural Law	169
	Sharon Segal	Marxist-Leninist	128
Winnipeg North-St. Paul	Rey D. Pagtakhan	Liberal	13,524
	Roman Yereniuk	New Democratic	9,487
	Terry Lewis	Reform	7,108
	George Wall	Progressive Conservative	5,430
	David Reimer	Christian Heritage	442
	Gurdeep Singh	Marxist-Leninist	92
Winnipeg South	Reginald Bygott “Reg” Alcock (1948-2011)	Liberal	18,800
	Greg Yost	Reform	7,510
	Bill Mackness	Progressive Conservative	6,547
	Iris Taylor	New Democratic	4,629
	M. Rhino Olito	Independent	191
	Larry Decter	Natural Law	153
	Diane Zack	Marxist-Leninist	94
Winnipeg South Centre	Lloyd Norman Axworthy	Liberal	20,006
	Sara Malabar	New Democratic	5,717
	Andrea Rolstone	Progressive Conservative	5,011
	Gary Hollingshead	Reform	4,457
	Ron Decter	Natural Law	224
	Jim Blomquist	Independent	202
	Karen Naylor	Marxist-Leninist	180
Winnipeg Transcona	William Alexander “Bill” Blaikie (1951-2022)	New Democratic	16,640
	Rosemary Broadbent	Liberal	7,105
	Helen Sterzer	Reform	5,703
	Glenn Buffie	Progressive Conservative	2,968
	Robert Scott	Christian Heritage	423
	Theresa Ducharme (1945-2004)	Independent	161
	Ken Kalturnyk	Marxist-Leninist	104

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Thirty-Sixth Canadian Parliament (1997-2000)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 24 September 2022