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The Manitoba general election of 1966 was held on 23 June. The results were as follows:
The voting results for individual constituencies were as follows:
Constituency |
Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
Arthur |
James Douglas “Doug” Watt (1914-1985) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,920 |
Frank S. Patmore |
Liberal |
1,807 |
Clark Robson |
New Democratic |
494 |
Assiniboia |
Stephen Clifford “Steve” Patrick (1932-2014) |
Liberal |
5,168 |
Stewart Millet |
Progressive Conservative |
4,800 |
Charles Norman |
New Democratic |
2,943 |
Birtle-Russell |
Rodney Stewart “Rod” Clement (1919-1969) |
Liberal |
2,223 |
Robert Gordon Smellie (1923-2005) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,078 |
Ronald Kostesky |
New Democratic |
446 |
Brandon |
Reginald Otto Lissaman (1908-1974) |
Progressive Conservative |
3,810 |
Terence “Terry” Penton (1917-1985) |
Liberal |
3,661 |
Harold Weitman |
New Democratic |
1,439 |
Ben Van Hoffen |
Social Credit |
504 |
Brokenhead |
Samuel “Sam” Uskiw (1933-2011) |
New Democratic |
1,889 |
George Mulder |
Progressive Conservative |
1,315 |
Stanley Copp (1915-1987) |
Independent Liberal |
669 |
Ken Skiba |
Social Credit |
365 |
Burrows |
Ben Hanuschak |
New Democratic |
2,415 |
Mark Gerald Smerchanski (1914-1989) |
Liberal |
1,487 |
Walter Paschak |
Progressive Conservative |
1,301 |
Carillon |
Leonard A. Barkman (1920-1979) |
Liberal |
2,352 |
Zephirin “Zeph” Audet (1909-1987) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,217 |
Alex Morrison |
New Democratic |
116 |
Churchill |
Gordon Wilbert Beard (1920-1972) |
Progressive Conservative |
3,159 |
Wilfred L. Hudson |
New Democratic |
2,192 |
Cypress |
Thelma Bessie Brown Forbes (1910-2012) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,331 |
Duncan Campbell |
Liberal |
1,888 |
Dauphin |
Stewart Edgertson McLean (1913-1996) |
Progressive Conservative |
3,149 |
Edward Demkiw |
Liberal |
1,512 |
Michael J. Sotas |
New Democratic |
236 |
Dufferin |
William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,135 |
Cam Johnston |
Liberal |
1,280 |
Walter D. Taylor |
Social Credit |
583 |
Elmwood |
Russell John “Russ” Doern (1935-1987) |
New Democratic |
2,765 |
Tom Snowdon |
Progressive Conservative |
1,816 |
John Michael “Big John” Kozoriz (1917-2006) |
Liberal |
1,458 |
Walter Bowden |
Social Credit |
744 |
Emerson |
John Peter Tanchak (1905-1983) |
Liberal |
2,180 |
Gabriel J. Girard (1935-2006) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,015 |
Ethelbert Plains |
Michael Kawchuk |
New Democratic |
1,246 |
William Paziuk |
Liberal |
1,182 |
Melvin George Pipe |
Social Credit |
884 |
John L. Tycholis |
Progressive Conservative |
548 |
Fisher |
Peter Paul Masniuk (1920-1995) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,480 |
Peter Wagner (1916-1995) |
New Democratic |
1,368 |
Arthur Robert Devlin (1908-1981) |
Liberal |
712 |
John Palamarchuk |
Independent |
97 |
Flin Flon |
Charles Hubert “Buck” Witney (1919-1991) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,750 |
Scott Day |
New Democratic |
1,090 |
Mickey Perepeluk |
Liberal |
1,071 |
Fort Garry |
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010) |
Progressive Conservative |
6,131 |
Peter Ronald Stokes |
Liberal |
2,435 |
Victor Ratsma |
New Democratic |
1,769 |
Fort Rouge |
Edward Gurney Vaux Evans (1907-1987) |
Progressive Conservative |
3,767 |
Francis Creighton “Frank” Muldoon (1930-2013) |
Liberal |
2,451 |
Len Green |
New Democratic |
1,845 |
Gimli |
George Johnson (1920-1995) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,981 |
Gunnar O. Eggertson |
Liberal |
1,021 |
Zado Zator |
New Democratic |
767 |
Gladstone |
Nelson Menno Shoemaker (1911-2003) |
Liberal |
2,926 |
John A. McPhedran |
Progressive Conservative |
1,787 |
William A. Yuel |
New Democratic |
236 |
Hamiota |
Earl Phillip Dawson (1925-1987) |
Liberal |
2,194 |
Barry Peill Strickland (1923-1968) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,043 |
Michael Stephen Antonation (1913-1985) |
New Democratic |
412 |
Inkster |
Sidney “Sid” Green |
New Democratic |
3,644 |
Olga Fuga |
Progressive Conservative |
1,713 |
Roy Babick |
Liberal |
1,557 |
William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998) |
Communist |
312 |
Kildonan |
Peter Fox (1921-1989) |
New Democratic |
4,644 |
James Thomas Mills (1914-1997) |
Progressive Conservative |
3,808 |
James Smith |
Liberal |
2,966 |
Henry W. Redekopp |
Social Credit |
1,331 |
Lac du Bonnet |
Oscar Ferdinand Bjornson (1906-1972) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,342 |
James L. Desilets |
Liberal |
1,262 |
Walter Zarecki (1922-2010) |
New Democratic |
1,151 |
Ruben R. Thomas |
Social Credit |
474 |
Lakeside |
Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995) |
Liberal |
1,780 |
William Frank Sims (1920-1990) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,428 |
Francis Harry Mason |
New Democratic |
272 |
La Verendrye |
Albert Vielfaure (1923-2007) |
Liberal |
1,807 |
Stan Bisson |
Progressive Conservative |
860 |
Logan |
Lemuel Harris (1907-1996) |
New Democratic |
1,975 |
Wally Fox-Decent |
Progressive Conservative |
1,657 |
W. M. Swystun |
Liberal |
1,019 |
Minnedosa |
Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,136 |
Don McNabb |
Liberal |
1,615 |
C. V. Hutton |
Social Credit |
774 |
John Lee |
New Democratic |
648 |
Morris |
Harold P. “Harry” Shewman (1900-1969) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,518 |
Bruce MacKenzie |
Liberal |
1,288 |
William T. Loftus |
New Democratic |
370 |
Osborne |
William Obadiah “Obie” Baizley (1917-2000) |
Progressive Conservative |
3,363 |
Bob Murdoch |
New Democratic |
2,189 |
Howard J. Loewen (1927-2023) |
Liberal |
2,141 |
Pembina |
Carolyne Alexandra McBean Morrison (1905-1997) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,057 |
Vernon Norris Spangelo |
Liberal |
1,545 |
Frederick Hamm |
Social Credit |
878 |
Robert Keith Wallcraft (1929-2012) |
New Democratic |
129 |
Portage la Prairie |
Gordon Ellwood Johnston (1920-2005) |
Liberal |
2,726 |
John Aaron Christianson (1923-2010) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,991 |
Sybil A. Barnett |
New Democratic |
312 |
Radisson |
Andrew Russell “Russ” Paulley (1909-1984) |
New Democratic |
7,114 |
Joseph-Philippe Guay (1915-2001) |
Liberal |
4,905 |
Nelson A. McLean |
Progressive Conservative |
2,421 |
Rhineland |
Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003) |
Social Credit |
1,676 |
Bruce Walter Gunn |
Progressive Conservative |
1,324 |
Alf Loewen |
Liberal |
696 |
River Heights |
Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002) |
Progressive Conservative |
5,325 |
Scott Wright |
Liberal |
4,083 |
Lionel Gordon Orlikow (1932-2008) |
New Democratic |
826 |
Roblin |
James Wallace “Wally” McKenzie (1914-1999) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,798 |
Joseph P. Perchaluk |
New Democratic |
1,583 |
Jack R. Mitchell |
Liberal |
863 |
Rock Lake |
Henry John Einarson (1918-1992) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,835 |
Ronald Gardiner |
Liberal |
1,691 |
Jacob Harms |
Social Credit |
505 |
Ernest H. Sloane |
New Democratic |
333 |
Rockwood-Iberville |
Harry John Enns (1931-2010) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,091 |
Douglas Trick |
Liberal |
1,429 |
Armand J. De Ryck |
New Democratic |
804 |
Wilmer Antonius |
Social Credit |
228 |
Rupertsland |
Joseph Ernest Jeannotte (1902-1988) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,865 |
Jean Allard |
Liberal |
953 |
Douglas A. MacLachlan |
New Democratic |
363 |
St. Boniface |
Laurent Louis “Larry” Desjardins (1923-2012) |
Liberal |
4,040 |
Remi Lafreniere |
Progressive Conservative |
1,750 |
Maurice Paul |
New Democratic |
1,033 |
St. George |
Elman Keisler Guttormson (1929-2000) |
Liberal |
2,009 |
Arthur Schwartz (1923-2016) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,418 |
Stanley W. Burdett |
New Democratic |
357 |
St. James |
Douglas Moncreiff Stanes (1917-2001) |
Progressive Conservative |
3,034 |
Lloyd Axworthy |
Liberal |
2,244 |
Jim Rose |
New Democratic |
1,497 |
St. Johns |
Saul Mark Cherniack (1917-2018) |
New Democratic |
2,427 |
Dan Zaharia |
Progressive Conservative |
1,215 |
Harry Meronek |
Liberal |
970 |
Don Currie |
Communist |
326 |
St. Matthews |
Robert Ashley Steen (1933-1979) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,941 |
Andrew N. Robertson |
New Democratic |
1,950 |
Donald I. Cook |
Liberal |
1,922 |
St. Vital |
Donald William Craik (1931-1985) |
Progressive Conservative |
4,432 |
Douglas E. Honeyman |
Liberal |
2,927 |
William J. Hutton |
New Democratic |
2,310 |
Ste. Rose |
Gildas Laurent “Gil” Molgat (1927-2001) |
Liberal |
2,410 |
Michael “Mike” Posmituck (1918-1996) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,187 |
David L. G. Dunning |
Social Credit |
275 |
Harry Shafransky (1930-1986) |
New Democratic |
86 |
Selkirk |
Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896-1991) |
Liberal |
1,832 |
Sydney S. Sarbit |
Progressive Conservative |
1,792 |
Alan Bruce Cooper |
New Democratic |
876 |
Jens H. Magnusson |
Social Credit |
227 |
Seven Oaks |
Saul Alecs Miller (1917-1993) |
New Democratic |
5,295 |
Nathan “Nate” Nurgitz (1934-2019) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,596 |
Melvin Fenson |
Liberal |
2,010 |
Souris-Lansdowne |
Malcolm Earl McKellar (1918-1976) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,919 |
Frank Ellis |
Liberal |
1,556 |
Margaret Gray |
Social Credit |
387 |
Irene Bauman |
New Democratic |
238 |
Springfield |
Fred Theodore Klym (1907-1988) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,697 |
Richard Loeb |
New Democratic |
1,274 |
William Lucko (1911-1998) |
Liberal |
1,113 |
Swan River |
James H. Bilton (1908-1988) |
Progressive Conservative |
1,591 |
Gerald Edgar Webb |
Social Credit |
1,185 |
Claude Dunbar |
Liberal |
793 |
George Higgs |
New Democratic |
602 |
The Pas |
John Benson “Jack” Carroll (1921-1986) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,278 |
Calvin D. Gibson |
Liberal |
1,769 |
Glen F. Allen |
New Democratic |
288 |
Turtle Mountain |
Edward Ingo “Ed” Dow (1904-1992) |
Liberal |
2,149 |
Peter James McDonald (1912-1971) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,144 |
Peter H. Sawatsky |
Social Credit |
690 |
Selwyn Burrows |
New Democratic |
141 |
Virden |
Donald Morris McGregor (1923-2003) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,092 |
Ronald A. Tolton |
Liberal |
1,265 |
Donald J. Rowan |
Social Credit |
743 |
Vernon Mazawasicuna |
New Democratic |
256 |
Wellington |
Philip Markus Petursson (1902-1988) |
New Democratic |
3,153 |
Richard Harry Seaborn (1917-1991) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,447 |
John Gurzon Harvey (1906-1970) |
Liberal |
1,117 |
Winnipeg Centre |
James “Jim” Cowan (1914-1997) |
Progressive Conservative |
2,982 |
Ross White |
Liberal |
1,917 |
Donald Marto Malinowski (1924-2003) |
New Democratic |
1,434 |
Wolseley |
Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010) |
Progressive Conservative |
3,086 |
Julius Koteles |
Liberal |
1,768 |
Cecil E. Wood |
New Democratic |
1,487 |
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial By-Elections (1968-1969)
Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twenty-Eighth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1966-1969)
Sources:
Manitoba Election Records (December 1870 to November 1957, June 1958 to June 1969), Manitoba Legislative Library.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 May 2023 |