Events in Manitoba History: Canadian Federal Election (1974)

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The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on 8 July. The results were as follows:

Riding

Candidate

Party

Votes

Brandon-Souris

Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916-1982)

Progressive Conservative

16,624

John W. McRae

Liberal

5,988

Cam Connor

New Democratic

5,616

John William Gross (1914-1994)

Social Credit

540

Churchill

Cecil Morris Smith

Progressive Conservative

11,225

Dan Reagan

New Democratic

8,415

J. R. Allard

Liberal

7,212

Ed Heinrichs

Social Credit

577

Dauphin

William Gordon David Ritchie (1918-1998)

Progressive Conservative

11,439

Laverne Mitchell Lewycky (1946-2020)

New Democratic

7,743

Ronald Hale

Liberal

5,300

Lisgar

Jack Burnett Murta

Progressive Conservative

16,465

Norm Dashevsky

Liberal

4,414

Frank Froese

New Democratic

1,278

Jacob M. Froese (1917-2003)

Social Credit

1,164

Marquette

Craig Stewart (1928-2009)

Progressive Conservative

15,933

Allan Lytle

Liberal

4,498

Maude A. Lelond

New Democratic

3,094

Kenneth B. Morrison

Independent

286

Portage

Peter Paul Masniuk (1920-1995)

Progressive Conservative

11,829

Joseph Gerald Omichinski (1916-2002)

Liberal

6,671

Rens Renooy

New Democratic

2,857

Ted Bezan

Social Credit

179

Travis Fitch

none

97

Provencher

Arthur Jacob “Jake” Epp

Progressive Conservative

13,405

Thomas F. “Tom” Copeland (1925-1998)

Liberal

5,558

Jack Feely

New Democratic

4,907

Jake Wall

Social Credit

613

St. Boniface

Joseph-Philippe Guay (1915-2001)

Liberal

21,853

John Harold “Jack” Hare (1920-2009)

Progressive Conservative

18,604

Jim Garwood

New Democratic

10,364

Thomas L. Cruickshank

Social Credit

536

Selkirk

Dean Whiteway

Progressive Conservative

22,441

Doug Rowland

New Democratic

20,667

Eddie Coutu

Liberal

7,239

Bill Kalturnyk

Marxist-Leninist

148

Winnipeg North

David Orlikow (1919-1998)

New Democratic

15,026

Anne Steen

Progressive Conservative

12,196

Robert Parashin

Liberal

8,677

William Hawryluk

Social Credit

410

William Cecil Ross (c1911-1998)

Communist

390

Avrum Rosner

Marxist-Leninist

80

Winnipeg North Centre

Stanley Howard Knowles (1908-1997)

New Democratic

12,023

Frank W. Crockett

Progressive Conservative

8,521

Alan Travers Sweatman (1920-2012)

Liberal

5,883

Ed Storozuk

Social Credit

225

Mary Kardash

Communist

198

William Murray Smith (1930-2010)

none

79

Aili C. Waldman

Marxist-Leninist

67

Winnipeg South

James Armstrong Richardson (1922-2004)

Liberal

23,297

Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)

Progressive Conservative

22,031

Jill Oliver

New Democratic

5,016

William Frank Zemianski

Social Credit

141

Ross F. Clancy Smith

none

86

Glen A. Brown

Marxist-Leninist

80

Harold James Dyck

Communist

79

Winnipeg South Centre

Alvin Daniel “Dan” McKenzie (1924-1989)

Progressive Conservative

32,277

Doug McEwen

Liberal

15,956

Andy Robertson

New Democratic

7,823

Monty A. McDonald

Social Credit

365

Marnie Frain

Marxist-Leninist

102

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Members of the Thirtieth Canadian Parliament (1974-1979)

Sources:

History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 July 2023