1986 Manitoba general election

1986 Manitoba general election

March 18, 1986
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Howard Pawley Gary Filmon Sharon Carstairs Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since November 4, 1979 December 10, 1983 March 4, 1984 Leader's seat Selkirk Tuxedo River Heights Last election 34 23 0 Seats won 30 26 1 Seat change 4 3 1 Popular vote 198,261 193,728 66,469 Percentage 41.50% 40.56% 13.92% Swing 5.88pp 3.26pp 7.22pp
Map of Election Results
Premier before election Howard Pawley New Democratic Premier after election Howard Pawley New Democratic

The 1986 Manitoba general election was held on March 18, 1986 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which took 30 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party won 26 seats and formed the official opposition. The Manitoba Liberal Party, which had not been represented in the previous legislature, won one seat.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				Before1	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	New Democratic	Howard Pawley	57	32	30	-6.3%	198,261	41.50%	-5.88
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	57	22	26	+18.2%	193,728	40.56%	-3.26
	Liberal	Sharon Carstairs	57	-	1		66,469	13.92%	+7.22
	Confederation of Regions	Dennis Heeney	14	-	-	-	11,677	2.44%	+2.44
	Progressive	Sidney Green	12	-	-	-	2,451	0.51%	-1.30
	Western Canada Concept	Fred Cameron	5	-	-	-	672	0.14%	+0.14
	Communist	Paula Fletcher	5	-	-	-	356	0.08%	+0.03
	Independent		9	2	-	-100%	4,076	0.85%	+0.61
	Libertarian	Clancy Smith	(4)	-	-	-
Total			216	57	57	-	477,690	100%

¹ "Before" refers to standings in the Legislature at dissolution, and not to the results of the previous election. These numbers therefore reflect changes in party standings as a result of by-elections and members crossing the floor.

Popular vote New Democratic   41.50% PC   40.56% Liberal   13.92% Others   4.02%

Seats summary New Democratic   52.63% PC   45.61% Liberal   1.75%

Riding results

Party key:

• PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
• L: Manitoba Liberal Party
• NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba
• P: Progressive Party of Manitoba
• Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba
• Ind: Independent
• M-L: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada - Manitoba (see by-elections)
• WCC: Western Canada Concept Party of Manitoba
• CoR: Confederation of Regions Party of Manitoba
• Lbt: Libertarian Party of Manitoba (The Libertarian Party nominated four candidates in this election. As the party was not officially recognized, they ran as independents. Two of these candidates were Clancy Smith (who was probably the party's leader) and C. Dennis Owens; the other two have not yet been identified.)

Arthur:

• (incumbent)Jim Downey (PC) 4569
• Peter Neufeld (CoR) 1198
• Steve Bobiak (NDP) 1009
• Moira Bonar (L) 701

Assiniboia:

• (incumbent)Ric Nordman (PC) 3813
• Max Melnyk (NDP) 2195
• Stan Blady (L) 1379

Brandon East:

• (incumbent)Leonard Evans (NDP) 4173
• Jim Armstrong (PC) 3184
• Eileen McFadden (L) 535

Brandon West:

• James McCrae (PC) 5537
• Arnold Gambo (NDP) 4128
• Kerry Auriat (L) 760

Burrows:

• (incumbent)Conrad Santos (NDP) 3547
• William Chornopyski (Ind) 1437
• Nick Trusewych (PC) 950
• Rory MacLeod (L) 587
• Paula Fletcher (Comm) 131
• Ted DuRussel (Ind) 36

Charleswood:

• Jim Ernst (PC) 6524
• Mike MacIsaac (NDP) 2826
• Shari Nelson (L) 2211

Churchill:

• (incumbent)Jay Cowan (NDP) 2940
• Walter Menard (PC) 857
• Mildred Wilke (L) 203

Dauphin:

• (incumbent)John Plohman (NDP) 4886
• Erv Tycholis (PC) 3121
• Peter Rampton (L) 1341

Emerson:

• (incumbent)Albert Driedger (PC) 4758
• Ron Buzahora (NDP) 3780
• Joe Antoshkiw (L) 656

Flin Flon:

• (incumbent)Jerry Storie (NDP) 3316
• Mary Semaniuk (PC) 1072
• J. Brian King (L) 384

Fort Garry:

• (incumbent)Charlie Birt (PC) 5146
• Nora Losey (NDP) 3158
• Ian Band (L) 2114
• Ivan Merritt (WCC) 204

Fort Rouge:

• (incumbent)Roland Penner (NDP) 4223
• Robert Haier (PC) 2590
• Lionel Ditz (L) 1683
• Clancy Smith (Ind [Lbt]) 101
• Nigel Hanrahan (Comm) 46

Gimli:

• (incumbent)John Bucklaschuk (NDP) 4906
• Ed Helwer (PC) 3955
• Morley Murray (L) 649
• Neil Knight (WCC) 141

Gladstone:

• (incumbent)Charlotte Oleson (PC) 3402
• Les Sendull (CoR) 1754
• Edna Mattson (L) 879
• Fred Tait (NDP) 872

Inkster:

• (incumbent)Don Scott (NDP) 5480
• Bayani Morcilla (PC) 1726
• Eric Hope (L) 938
• Lester Landry (P) 256
• Lajpat Sharma (Ind) 101
• Cathy Plowman (Comm) 49

Interlake:

• (incumbent)Bill Uruski (NDP) 4634
• Joe Schwartz (PC) 2181
• Bob Lundale (L) 455
• Dieter Wenzel (CoR) 289

Kirkfield Park:

• (incumbent)Gerrie Hammond (PC) 5497
• Cliff Hodgins (NDP) 2191
• Irene Friesen (L) 1932

Lakeside:

• (incumbent)Harry Enns (PC) 4303
• Frieda Krpan (NDP) 2400
• Hubert Good (CoR) 1052
• Roger Chabot (L) 959

La Verendrye:

• Helmut Pankratz (PC) 3618
• Walter McDowell (NDP) 1768
• Walter Hiebert (L) 734

1986 Manitoba general election: Logan
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maureen Hemphill	3,765	73.07	+1.08
	Progressive Conservative	Doris Perron	791	15.35	+2.73
	Liberal	Kevin Lamoureux	502	9.74	–
	Libertarian	Dennis Owens	94	1.84	–
Turnout			5,195	56.00	-5.72
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.83
Source: Elections Manitoba

Minnedosa:

• (incumbent)Dave Blake (PC) 3316
• Gary Grant (NDP) 2369
• Dennis Heeney (CoR) 1508
• Steve Wilson (L) 745

Template:Manitoba provincial election, 1986/Electoral District/Morris Niakwa:

• (incumbent)Abe Kovnats (PC) 6437
• Allan MacDonald (NDP) 4831
• James Radford (L) 2300

Osborne:

• (incumbent)Muriel Smith (NDP) 4747
• Jack McGuinness (PC) 2348
• Chris Sturgeon (L) 1259
• Alex MacKenzie (P) 217

Pembina:

• (incumbent)Don Orchard (PC) 5270
• Abe Giesbrecht (CoR) 944
• Edourd Hiebert (NDP) 913
• Lynn Rempel (L) 849
• John Brooks (P) 108

Portage la Prairie:

• Ed Connery (PC) 3693
• Bill Zettler (NDP) 1457
• Georgina Cuthbert (CoR) 1074
• Hugh Kennedy (L) 968

Rhineland:

• (incumbent)Arnold Brown (PC) 3037
• Albert St. Hilaire (NDP) 1549
• John Kuhl (L) 1329

Riel:

• Gerry Ducharme (PC) 4479
• (incumbent)Doreen Dodick (NDP) 3710
• Chris Sigurdson (L) 1133
• Al Fostey (CoR) 187

River East:

• Bonnie Mitchelson (PC) 6598
• (incumbent)Phil Eyler (NDP) 5848
• Robert Shelton (L) 696
• Al MacDonald (CoR) 280
• Katharina Cameron (WCC) 76

Roblin-Russell:

• Len Derkach (PC) 3241
• Fred Embryk (NDP) 3203
• Garry Gaber (L) 2065

Rossmere:

• (incumbent)Vic Schroeder (NDP) 4613
• Harold Neufeld (PC) 4086
• Cecilia Connelly (L) 1108

Rupertsland:

• (incumbent)Elijah Harper (NDP) 2302
• Leonard McKay (PC) 931
• Ed Price (L) 577

St. James:

• (incumbent)Al Mackling (NDP) 4120
• Eldon Ross (PC) 3965
• Tom Thompson (L) 922
• Fred Debrecen (CoR) 175
• Charles Lamont (P) 89
• Merle Hartlin (WCC) 47

St. Johns:

• Judy Wasylycia-Leis (NDP) 3753
• John Baluta (PC) 1949
• Joyce Popkes (L) 632
• Cyril Fogel (P) 142
• William Hawryluk (Ind) 115
• Frank Goldspink (Comm) 65

St. Norbert:

• (incumbent)Gerry Mercier (PC) 5788
• Ruth Pear (NDP) 2839
• Mark O’Neill (L) 2784

Ste. Rose:

• Glen Cummings (PC) 3735
• Garry Anderson (NDP) 3020
• Rafi Mohammed (L) 952
• Dave Mutch (CoR) 454

Springfield:

• Gilles Roch (PC) 5094
• (incumbent)Andy Anstett (NDP) 5039
• Laurie Evans (L) 1376

Swan River:

• Leonard Harapiak (NDP) 3773
• (incumbent)Doug Gourlay (PC) 3708
• Donald Washenfelder (L) 399

The Pas:

• (incumbent)Harry Harapiak (NDP) 4051
• Ernest Polsom (PC) 1088
• Scott Gray (L) 789

Thompson:

• (incumbent)Steve Ashton (NDP) 3852
• Ken Biglow (PC) 1498
• George Printeau (L) 433

Transcona:

• (incumbent)Wilson Parasiuk (NDP) 4631
• Earl Swayzie (PC) 1966
• Bob Lee (L) 1200

Turtle Mountain:

• Denis Rocan (PC) 3390
• Gordon Kennedy (NDP) 1353
• Ross McMillan (L) 1242
• Bob Yake (CoR) 1150

1986 Manitoba general election: Tuxedo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	5,268	49.08	-15.51
	Liberal	Jim Carr	3,544	33.02	+20.96
	New Democratic	Bill Armstrong	1,816	16.92	-6.42
	Progressive	David Pearlman	104	0.97	–
Turnout			10,744	71.84
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-18.24
Source: Elections Manitoba

Virden:

• Glen Findlay (PC) 4251
• Phil Schwarz (NDP) 1750
• Alex Gabrielle (CoR) 1497
• Lyman Smith (L) 524

Wolseley:

• (incumbent)Myrna Phillips (NDP) 4099
• John Campbell (PC) 2218
• Tom Harrison (L) 1132
• Sidney Green (P) 347
• Donald Oliver (CoR) 115
• Barry Marchand (Ind) 60

Post-election changes

Early in 1988, Laurent Desjardins announced his retirement from the legislature. Soon after this, NDP backbencher Jim Walding voted against his party's budget, causing the government to fall.

See also

• List of Manitoba political parties
• Manitoba Liberal Party candidates, 1986 Manitoba provincial election

Further reading

• Byers, R. B., ed. (1990). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1986. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442671997.

Preceded by 1981 Manitoba election

List of Manitoba elections

Succeeded by 1988 Manitoba election