The Manitoba general election of November 17, 1981 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the lieutenant governor form the Legislature of Manitoba, the legislature of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Fifty-seven members are elected to this assembly in provincial general elections, all in single-member constituencies with first-past-the-post...

 of the Province of Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was won by the opposition New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...

, which took 34 of 57 seats. The governing Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

 took the remaining 23, while the Manitoba Liberal Party

Manitoba Liberal Party

The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...

 was shut out from the legislature for the only time in its history. The newly formed Progressive Party failed to win any seats.

Sterling Lyon

Sterling Lyon

Sterling Rufus Lyon, PC, OC was a lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th Premier of Manitoba, Canada from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen as a local version of the government of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom...

's Progressive Conservative government ran on a promise to continue investing in the province's "mega-projects" (including as a $500 million Alcan aluminum smelter, a $600 million potash mine and a "Western power grid"), and suggested that an NDP government would jeopardize these plans. The NDP campaign, which was largely co-ordinated by Wilson Parasiuk

Wilson Parasiuk

Wilson Parasiuk is an entrepreneur with experience in the private and public sectors. As founder and CEO of the Vancouver–area based Paralink Group of Companies, Parasiuk organizes private sector/public sector partnerships in the export of Canada’s health care, education and governmental expertise...

, questioned the Lyon government's fiscal accountability in such matters, noting that it had sold 50% of Trout Lake Copper Mine stock, possibly at a major loss. Jacques Bougie, the Alcan administrator for Manitoba, was also described as holding undue influence over the government.

The NDP campaign generally focused on the economy, and drew attention to the issue of Manitobans emigrating from the province because of job losses. Progressive Party leader Sidney Green described Lyon's initiaves as "bega-projects", a reference to the government's controversial fundraising with foreign corporations.

The election was considered too close to call until the final week, when the NDP campaign gained momentum.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				Before1	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change	New Democratic New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Howard Pawley Howard Pawley Howard Russell Pawley, PC, OC, OM is a Canadian politician and professor who was the 18th Premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988.-Personal life:...	57	20	34	+70.0%	228,784	47.38%	+8.76	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...	Sterling Lyon Sterling Lyon Sterling Rufus Lyon, PC, OC was a lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th Premier of Manitoba, Canada from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen as a local version of the government of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom...	57	32	23	-28.1%	211,602	43.82%	-4.93	Liberal Manitoba Liberal Party The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...	Doug Lauchlan Doug Lauchlan Doug Lauchlan is a Canadian politician, minister and educator. From 1980 to 1982, he was the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party.Lauchlan was an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, and was the President of Mount Royal College, Calgary during the 1970s...	39	1	-	-100%	32,373	6.70%	-5.59	Progressive	Sidney Green	36	3	-	-100%	8,731	1.81%	+1.81	Communist	Paula Fletcher Paula Fletcher Paula Fletcher is a Canadian politician. In 2003, she was elected to the Toronto City Council for Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth.-Background:...	2	-	-	-	261	.05%	-0.01	Independent		4	1	-	-100%	1,141	.24%	+0.24
	Vacant			1	n.a.
Total			195	57	57	-	487,154	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.

Riding results

Party key:

• PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
  Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
  The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...
  
  
• L: Manitoba Liberal Party
  Manitoba Liberal Party
  The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...
  
  
• NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba
  New Democratic Party of Manitoba
  The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...
  
  
• P: Progressive Party of Manitoba
• Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba
• Ind: Independent
• M-L: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada - Manitoba
  Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (in Manitoba)
  The Communist Party of Canada is a political party that espouses revolutionary communism. Its orientation is Anti-Revisionist . Between 1970 and 1997, the party was led by Hardial Bains; since his death, it was led by Sandra L. Smith...
  
   (see by-elections)
• WCC: Western Canada Concept Party of Manitoba
  Western Canada Concept Party of Manitoba
  The Western Canada Concept was a Canadian political party. It was founded in 1980, and promoted the separation from Canada of all provinces and territories west of Ontario....
  
   (see by-elections; leader: Fred Cameron)

Note: There was one vacant seat at the time of the election.

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

• (x)Jim Downey (PC) 5468
• Earl Sterling (NDP) 1772

Assiniboia:

• Ric Nordman
  Ric Nordman
  Rurik Nordman was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada.Nordman served on Winnipeg City Council, representing the St...
  
   (PC) 4006
• Max Melnyk (NDP) 2822
• Peter Moss (L) 817
• Fran Huck
  Fran Huck
  Anthony Francis Huck is a retired ice hockey player. While Fran Huck played professionally in both the NHL and WHA his greatest contributions may have been representing Canada with the National Team program during years before NHL professionals were allowed to compete internationally...
  
   (P) 378

Brandon East:

• (x)Len Evans
  Leonard Evans
  Leonard Salusbury Evans is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1969 to 1999, and was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of New Democratic Premiers Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley.- Early life and career :Evans was born in Winnipeg, and...
  
   (NDP) 4941
• Gary Nowazek (PC) 2626
• Margaret Workman (L) 512

Brandon West:

• Henry Carroll
  Henry Carroll
  Henry Nelson Carroll was a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1986, initially as a New Democrat but subsequently as an independent.Carroll was educated at the University of Manitoba, and practiced as a lawyer after...
  
   (NDP) 5069
• John Allen (PC) 4634
• David Campbell (L) 547

Burrows:

• Conrad Santos
  Conrad Santos
  Conrad Santos is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and again from 1990 to 2007....
  
   (NDP) 4890
• Mary Shore (PC) 1384
• (x)Ben Hanuschak
  Ben Hanuschak
  Ben Hanuschak is a Manitoba politician. He was a cabinet minister in the government of New Democratic Premier Edward Schreyer, and was subsequently a founding member of the Progressive Party of Manitoba....
  
   (P) 728
• Wayne Anderson (L) 617
• Paula Fletcher
  Paula Fletcher
  Paula Fletcher is a Canadian politician. In 2003, she was elected to the Toronto City Council for Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth.-Background:...
  
   (Comm) 144

Charleswood:

• (x)Sterling Lyon
  Sterling Lyon
  Sterling Rufus Lyon, PC, OC was a lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th Premier of Manitoba, Canada from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen as a local version of the government of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom...
  
   (PC) 6334
• Toni Vosters (NDP) 3243
• Ken Brown (L) 969
• Demetre Mastoris (P) 231

Churchill:

• (x)Jay Cowan
  Jay Cowan
  Jay Marine Cowan is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1990, and a cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley from 1981 to 1988....
  
   (NDP) 2247
• Mark Ingebrigtson (PC) 883
• Andrew Kirkness (L) 266
• Doug MacLachlan (P) 85

Dauphin:

• John Plohman
  John Plohman
  John Stuart Hans Plohman was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1995, and a cabinet minister in the NDP government of Premier Howard Pawley from 1982 to 1988....
  
   (NDP) 4680
• (x)James Galbraith
  James Galbraith
  James Galbraith is a politician in Manitoba. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981 for the riding of Dauphin....
  
   (PC) 4044
• Bob Hawkins (L) 1049

Ellice:

• (x)Brian Corrin
  Brian Corrin
  Brian Mark Corrin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1986, sitting as a New Democrat....
  
   (NDP) 4233
• Gavin Scott (PC) 1712
• Rod Cantiveros (L) 782
• Adam Klym (P) 222
• Bart Monaco (Ind) 56

Elmwood:

• (x)Russell Doern
  Russell Doern
  Russell Doern was a Manitoba politician. He served as a cabinet minister in the New Democratic government of Edward Schreyer , but left the New Democratic Party in 1984....
  
   (NDP) 5140
• Eveline Holtmann (PC) 1910
• Eric Wood
  Eric Wood
  -Buffalo Bills:Wood was selected with the 28th pick of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. Counted on to start at right guard, Wood joined a completely retooled offensive line that was expected to feature two rookie starters—him, and second round pick Andy Levitre at left guard—and no players...
  
   (L) 347
• Curtis Bloodworth (P) 181

Emerson:

• (x)Albert Driedger
  Albert Driedger
  Albert Driedger was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1999, and a cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1997....
  
   (PC) 4376
• Paul Dupuis
  Paul Dupuis
  Paul Dupuis was a French Canadian film actor who was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and performed in British films during the late 1940s. The roles he played were mainly as the romantic leading man...
  
   (NDP) 4020
• Stephen Zaretski (L) 308
• Jack Thiessen (P) 116

Flin Flon:

• Jerry Storie
  Jerry Storie
  Jerry Thomas Storie is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1995, and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley from 1982 to 1988....
  
   (NDP) 3557
• Bob McNeil
  Bob McNeil
  Bob McNeil was a Scottish footballer who played both North and South of the border. In Scotland for Hamilton Academical and in England for Chelsea...
  
   (PC) 2126

Fort Garry:

• (x)Bud Sherman
  Bud Sherman
  Louis Ralph Sherman is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Canadian House of Commons during the 1960s, and was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1984, serving as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling...
  
   (PC) 6227
• Hans Wittich (NDP) 3705
• Lil Haus (L) 1042
• James Goodridge
  James Goodridge
  James Goodridge was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Goodridge was born in 1852 in Vaughan, Ontario. He later moved to Winnipeg before coming west to Edmonton by ox-train in 1882...
  
   (P) 203

Fort Rouge:

• Roland Penner
  Roland Penner
  Roland Penner was Dean of Law at the University of Manitoba and a is a former politician and Manitoba Cabinet minister.Penner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Winnipeg alderman Jacob Penner...
  
   (NDP) 4342
• Perry Schulman (PC) 2843
• (x)June Westbury
  June Westbury
  June Westbury was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1979 to 1981, sitting as a Liberal....
  
   (L) 2415
• (x)J.R. Bud Boyce (P) 143

Gimli:

• John Bucklaschuk
  John Bucklaschuk
  John Bucklaschuk is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley from 1982 to 1988.Bucklaschuk was educated at Brandon University and the University of...
  
   (NDP) 4825
• (x)Keith Cosens
  Keith Cosens
  Keith Cosens was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.Cosens was educated at the University of Manitoba, and was vice-principal of...
  
   (PC) 3995
• Allan Chambers (L) 276
• Pat Bazan (P) 127

Gladstone

Gladstone (electoral district)

Gladstone is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1879 in what was then the province's western tip, with the expansion of the province's western boundary, and eliminated by redistribution in 1881. It was re-established in 1903 and was not...

:

• Charlotte Oleson
  Charlotte Oleson
  Charlotte Oleson is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1990, and a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1990.-Career:Oleson was educated at Minnedosa Collegiate, the Manitoba...
  
   (PC) 4447
• Irvin Joel (NDP) 1650
• Abe Suderman (L) 737

Inkster:

• Don Scott (NDP) 6283
• Bill Dueck (PC) 1561
• (x)Sidney Green (P) 783
• Myroslaw Tracz (L) 364

Interlake:

• (x)Bill Uruski
  Bill Uruski
  Bill Uruski is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party governments of Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley.Uruski did not attend a university; however, he was a Royal Canadian...
  
   (NDP) 4599
• Neil Dueck (PC) 2181
• Bob Lundale (L) 372

Kildonan:

• Mary Beth Dolin
  Mary Beth Dolin
  Mary Elisabeth Dolin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in 1981 as a New Democrat, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley prior to her death.Dolin was educated at Webster College, St...
  
   (NDP) 6794
• Ken Galanchuk (PC) 4478
• Alex Berkowits (L) 755
• Dan Tokarz (P) 300

Kirkfield Park:

• Gerrie Hammond
  Gerrie Hammond
  Geraldine Rose Hammond was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1990, and a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1990....
  
   (PC) 6443
• Lee Monk (NDP) 3551

Lac Du Bonnet:

• (x)Sam Uskiw
  Sam Uskiw
  Samuel Uskiw is a politician and political fundraiser in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1986, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley...
  
   (NDP) 4682
• Bert Trainer (PC) 2809

Lakeside:

• (x)Harry Enns
  Harry Enns
  Harry Enns was a Manitoba politician. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Dufferin Roblin, Walter Weir, Sterling Lyon and Gary Filmon, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba in 1971...
  
   (PC) 5055
• Larry Moldowan (NDP) 2630
• Bill Ridgeway (L) 592
• Hubert John McCaw (P) 107

La Verendrye:

• (x)Robert Banman
  Robert Banman
  Robert Banman is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1986, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon....
  
   (PC) 4418
• Jim Henry (NDP) 1149
• Alphonse Fournier
  Alphonse Fournier
  Alphonse Fournier, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Methuen, Massachusetts, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Hull in the 1930 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1935, 1940, 1945, and 1949.From 1942 to 1953, he was the...
  
   (P) 704

Logan:

• Maureen Hemphill
  Maureen Hemphill
  Maureen Hemphill was a Manitoba politician. She served in the cabinet of NDP Premier Howard Pawley, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the party's leadership in 1988....
  
   (NDP) 3759
• Stephen Juba
  Stephen Juba
  Stephen Juba, OC was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1953 to 1959, and served as the 37th Mayor of Winnipeg from 1957 to 1977. He was the first Ukrainian Canadian to hold high political office in the city.Juba left school at age fifteen, when...
  
   (Ind) 700
• Aurele Joseph LeClaire (PC) 659
• Art Potvin (P) 103

Minnedosa:

• (x)David Robert Blake (PC) 4160
• Garry Grant (NDP) 3397

Morris:

• Clayton Manness
  Clayton Manness
  Clayton Manness is a Manitoba politician. In 1983, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba....
  
   (PC) 4579
• Peter Francis (NDP) 1821

Niakwa:

• (x)Abe Kovnats
  Abe Kovnats
  Abe Kovnats was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1988, serving as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....
  
   (PC) 5432
• Lloyd Schreyer (NDP) 4736
• Doug Biggs (L) 1345

Osborne:

• Muriel Smith
  Muriel Smith
  Muriel Smith, OC is a Manitoba politician. She ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba in 1979, and subsequently served in the cabinet of NDP Premier Howard Pawley....
  
   (NDP) 5371
• Ben Lindsey (PC) 2726
• Fraser Dunford (L) 1262
• George Buss (P) 165

Pembina:

• (x)Donald Orchard
  Donald Orchard
  Donald Orchard is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Sterling Lyon and Gary Filmon....
  
   (PC) 6361
• Jeff Taylor
  Jeff Taylor
  Jeff Taylor is a founder of the online jobs site Monster.com. He is a graduate of the program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In August 2005, he left Monster to found a new venture called Eons.com, a social networking website for people over age 50. In 2008, Taylor started...
  
   (NDP) 862
• Kenneth Popkes (L) 696
• John Brooks
  John Brooks
  John Brooks was the 11th Governor of Massachusetts from 1816 to 1823; he was the last significant Federalist elected official in office in the United States....
  
   (P) 274

Portage La Prairie:

• (x)Lloyd Hyde
  Lloyd Hyde
  Lloyd George Hyde was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 until his death in 1985....
  
   (PC) 3620
• Audrey Tufford (NDP) 2413
• Hugh Moran
  Hugh Moran
  Hugh Moran is a Manitoba businessman and politician.In 1975, Moran became president of By-Pass Ranch Ltd. The company has operated a ranching business, a top producing real estate brokerage, Canada Trust Moran Real Estate and one of Canada’s leading management companies, BPR Communications.Moran...
  
   (L) 1601

Radisson:

• Gerard Lecuyer
  Gerard Lecuyer
  Gerard Lecuyer is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley from 1983 to 1988.Lecuyer was educated at the University of Manitoba, and worked as an...
  
   (NDP) 6108
• George Provost
  George Provost
  George R. Provost was a businessman and city councillor in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He served on council from 1977 to 1980, and later sought election to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Councillor:...
  
   (PC) 2566
• Joel Morasutti (P) 376

Rhineland:

• (x)Arnold Brown
  Arnold Brown (Manitoba politician)
  Peter Arnold Brown was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1988, representing the riding of Rhineland for the Progressive Conservative Party.Brown worked as a businessman and a farmer before entering political life...
  
   (PC) 4116
• Ralph EisBrenner (NDP) 1181
• Jacob Froese
  Jacob Froese
  Jacob Froese was a politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba. He was the province's only Social Credit MLA between 1959 and 1973, and was the party's leader for most if not all of the period from 1959 to 1977....
  
   (P) 349

Riel:

• Doreen Dodick
  Doreen Dodick
  Doreen Dodick is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1986....
  
   (NDP) 4362
• (x)Don Craik (PC) 4120
• John Karasevich (L) 1087
• Dino Kotis (P) 98

River East:

• Phil Eyler
  Phil Eyler
  Phil Eyler is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1986....
  
   (NDP) 5949
• Harold Piercy (PC) 5903
• Shirley Wolechuk (L) 259
• Lindsay Ulrich (P) 177

River Heights:

• (x)Warren Steen
  Warren Steen
  Warren Steen is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1975 to 1986, as a Progressive Conservative.- Biography :...
  
   (PC) 4905
• David Sanders (NDP) 3217
• Jay Prober (L) 2526
• Janet Lundman (P) 142

Roblin-Russell:

• (x)Wally McKenzie
  Wally McKenzie
  James Wallace McKenzie was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1986....
  
   (PC) 4508
• Zen Wonitoway (NDP) 3673

Rossmere:

• (x)Vic Schroeder
  Vic Schroeder
  Victor Harold Schroeder is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1979 to 1988, and a senior cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley from 1981 to 1988.-Education:Schroeder was educated at Mennonite College in...
  
   (NDP) 5776
• Ian Sutherland
  Ian Sutherland
  Ian Sutherland is the mayor of the District of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.Sutherland has been the mayor of the District of Squamish since November 2002. He won the elections by a large margin in Squamish's first local slate, Squamish New Directions . In the 2005 elections, he again won, but...
  
   (PC) 4293
• William De Jong (L) 389
• Merv Unger (P) 142

Rupertsland:

• Elijah Harper
  Elijah Harper
  Elijah Harper is an Aboriginal Cree Canadian politician and band chief. He was a key player in the rejection of the Meech Lake Accord, an attempt at Canadian constitutional reform.- Early life :...
  
   (NDP) 3032
• Alan Ross (L) 1004
• Nelson Scribe Sr. (PC) 272
• Frances Thompson (P) 56

St. Boniface:

• (x)Laurent Desjardins
  Laurent Desjardins
  Laurent Desjardins is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Manitoba legislature for most of the period from 1959 to 1988, and was a cabinet minister under New Democratic Premiers Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley.Desjardins was educated at St. Boniface College, St...
  
   (NDP) 5844
• Guy Savoie
  Guy Savoie
  Guy Savoie is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a city councillor in Winnipeg from 1980 to 1989.Savoie first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1973, campaigning as a Liberal in Brandon West...
  
   (L) 1925
• Wes Rowson (PC) 1346
• Don Forsyth (P) 106

St. James:

• Al Mackling
  Al Mackling
  Alvin Mackling, a retired lawyer, born December 31, 1927 in Winnipeg, Manitoba is a longtime Democratic Socialist. He was an alderman in the former city of St. James from 1961 to 1969 and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1973 and from 1981 to 1988...
  
   (NDP) 5376
• (x)George Minaker
  George Minaker
  Clement George Minaker is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1981, and served in the cabinet of Sterling Lyon...
  
   (PC) 4597
• Harvey Nerbas (P) 180

St. Norbert:

• (x)Gerry Mercier
  Gerry Mercier
  Gerald Mercier is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1988, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Sterling Lyon.Mercier was educated at St...
  
   (PC) 5728
• Ruth Pear (NDP) 3826
• Grant Temple (L) 857
• Allan Yap (P) 216

Ste. Rose:

• (x)A.R. Pete Adam (NDP) 4031
• Ivan Traill (PC) 3823
• Valerie Wilson (P) 194

Selkirk:

• (x)Howard Pawley
  Howard Pawley
  Howard Russell Pawley, PC, OC, OM is a Canadian politician and professor who was the 18th Premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988.-Personal life:...
  
   (NDP) 5626
• Eugene Kinaschuk (PC) 3020
• Max Hofford (P) 131

Seven Oaks:

• Eugene Kostyra
  Eugene Kostyra
  Eugene Michael Kostyra is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley for all of this period.Kostyra dropped out of St...
  
   (NDP) 6127
• Al Christie (PC) 2179
• Wayne Glowacki (L) 486
• Morely Golden (P) 367

Springfield:

• Andy Anstett
  Andy Anstett
  Andy Anstett is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the New Democratic Party government of Premier Howard Pawley, and made an unsuccessful bid for the party's leadership in 1988....
  
   (NDP) 5303
• (x)Bob Anderson
  Bob Anderson (politician)
  Robert Colin Anderson is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, he was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981....
  
   (PC) 4833
• Peter Anderson (L) 327
• Dennis Sweatman (P) 113

Sturgeon Creek:

• (x)Frank Johnston
  Frank Johnston (politician)
  John Franklin Johnston is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1988, and served as a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Sterling Lyon.Johnston did not attend university...
  
   (PC) 5546
• Robert Adams (NDP) 3253
• John Epp (L) 732

Swan River:

• (x)Doug Gourlay
  Doug Gourlay
  Douglas MacLeod Gourlay is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1986, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.Gourlay was educated at the University of Manitoba , the University of...
  
   (PC) 3884
• Leonard Harapiak (NDP) 3615
• George Simpson (P) 138

The Pas:

• Harry Harapiak
  Harry Harapiak
  Harry Harapiak was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley...
  
   (NDP) 4236
• Percy Pielak (PC) 1303
• Laverne Jaeb (L) 509

Thompson:

• Steve Ashton
  Steve Ashton
  Steve Ashton is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is a long-serving member of the Manitoba legislature, and is currently a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Greg Selinger....
  
   (NDP) 2890
• (x)Ken MacMaster
  Ken MacMaster
  Kenneth MacMaster is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon....
  
   (PC) 2818
• Cy Hennessey (L) 138

Transcona:

• (x)Wilson Parasiuk
  Wilson Parasiuk
  Wilson Parasiuk is an entrepreneur with experience in the private and public sectors. As founder and CEO of the Vancouver–area based Paralink Group of Companies, Parasiuk organizes private sector/public sector partnerships in the export of Canada’s health care, education and governmental expertise...
  
   (NDP) 6013
• Jo Lopuck (PC) 2269
• Albert Smaczylo (P) 120

Tuxedo:

• (x)Gary Filmon
  Gary Filmon
  Gary Albert Filmon, PC, OC, OM is a Manitoba politician. He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 1983 to 2000, and served as the 19th Premier from 1988 to 1999.-Early life and municipal career:...
  
   (PC) 6731
• Terri Gray (NDP) 2433
• Beverly McCaffrey (L) 1257

Virden:

• (x)Harry Graham (PC) 5059
• Maude Lelong (NDP) 2859

Wolseley:

• Myrna Phillips
  Myrna Phillips
  Myrna Phillips is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988, and served as speaker of the assembly from 1986 to 1988.Phillips was born in Roland, Manitoba...
  
   (NDP) 4370
• (x)Len Domino
  Len Domino
  Leonard Anthony Domino is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981....
  
   (PC) 2904
• Doug Lauchlan
  Doug Lauchlan
  Doug Lauchlan is a Canadian politician, minister and educator. From 1980 to 1982, he was the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party.Lauchlan was an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, and was the President of Mount Royal College, Calgary during the 1970s...
  
   (L) 1539
• Murdoch MacKay
  Murdoch MacKay
  Murdoch MacKay is a lawyer and former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was president of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba during the 1970s, and later joined the breakaway Progressive Party....
  
   (P) 224

Post-election changes

Henry Carroll

Henry Carroll

Henry Nelson Carroll was a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1986, initially as a New Democrat but subsequently as an independent.Carroll was educated at the University of Manitoba, and practiced as a lawyer after...

 (NDP) became (Ind), August 19, 1982.
Russell Doern

Russell Doern

Russell Doern was a Manitoba politician. He served as a cabinet minister in the New Democratic government of Edward Schreyer , but left the New Democratic Party in 1984....

 (NDP) became (Ind), March 7, 1984.

Fort Garry (res. Louis Sherman, August 5, 1984), October 2, 1984:

• Charles Birt (PC) 3561
• Sharon Carstairs
  Sharon Carstairs
  Sharon Carstairs, PC is a Canadian politician and former Senator.-Early life:Carstairs was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of former Nova Scotia Premier Harold Connolly and his wife Vivian...
  
   (L) 1993
• Shirley Lord (NDP) 1211
• Sidney Green (P) 1035
• Fred Cameron (WCC) 186

Kildonan (dec. Mary Beth Dolin

Mary Beth Dolin

Mary Elisabeth Dolin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in 1981 as a New Democrat, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley prior to her death.Dolin was educated at Webster College, St...

, April 10, 1985), October 1, 1985:

• Martin Dolin (NDP) 4332
• Bev Rayburn (PC) 3248
• Chris Guly (L) 988
• Ben Hanuschak
  Ben Hanuschak
  Ben Hanuschak is a Manitoba politician. He was a cabinet minister in the government of New Democratic Premier Edward Schreyer, and was subsequently a founding member of the Progressive Party of Manitoba....
  
   (P) 546

Portage La Prairie (dec. Lloyd Hyde

Lloyd Hyde

Lloyd George Hyde was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 until his death in 1985....

, August 25, 1985)