1986_Manitoba_general_election

1986 Manitoba general election
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba ; 29 seats were needed for a majority
	Map of Election Results
Premier before election; Howard Pawley; New Democratic	Premier after election ; Howard Pawley; New Democratic

1986 Manitoba general election

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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.

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Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	NDP	PC	MLP	Other	ME	Sample
Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source					ME	Sample
Election 1986	March 18, 1986		41.50	40.56	13.92	2.96
Institute of Social and Economic Research	February 1986	^[1]	44.5	39.5	14.1	—	—	683
Institute of Social and Economic Research	April 1984	^[2]	26.5	59.5	14	—	—	—
Election 1981	November 17, 1981		47.38	43.82	6.70	2.10

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	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%

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election: Concordia
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	4,525	54.37	-6.54
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Aubertin	2,684	32.25	2.71
	Liberal	Gail Stapon	909	10.92	7.39
	WCC	Fred Cameron	204	2.45	–
Total valid votes			8,322	–	–
Rejected			13	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			12,587	66.22	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-4.63
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election: Ellice
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Harvey Smith	3,989	57.67
	Progressive Conservative	Seech Gajadharsingh	1,731	25.03
	Liberal	Ted Alcuitas	929	13.43
	Progressive	Alex Arenson	268	3.87
Turnout
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Manitoba^[3]

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election: Elmwood
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Maloway	3,241	45.84	-21.99
	Independent	Russell Doern	2,006	28.37	–
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Brunka	1,435	20.29	-4.91
	Liberal	Gilbert Benoit	389	5.50	0.92
Total valid votes			7,071	–	–
Rejected			34	–
Eligible voters / Turnout			11,044	64.33	-1.84
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source(s) Source: Manitoba. Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Statement of Votes for the 37th Provincial General Election, September 21, 1999 (PDF) (Report). Winnipeg: Elections Manitoba.

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1986 Manitoba general election

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v t e 1986 Manitoba general election: Morris
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clayton Manness	4,378	68.78	-2.77
	New Democratic	Audreen House	1,140	17.91	-10.54
	Liberal	Calvin Knaggs	847	13.31	n/a
Turnout			6,382	59.73	-5.09
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.89
Source: Elections Manitoba^[5]

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election: St. Boniface
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Laurent Desjardins	4,978	60.77	-2.61
	Liberal	Georges Bohemier	1,951	23.82	+2.94
	Progressive Conservative	Wes Rowson	1,114	13.60	-1.37
	Progressive	James Jackson	149	1.82	+0.67
Turnout			8,220	69.73
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.78
Source: Elections Manitoba^[7]

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election: Seven Oaks
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Eugene Kostyra	5,158	64.71	+8.73
	Progressive Conservative	George Finkle	1,841	23.10	-0.69
	Liberal	Wayne Glowacki	907	11.38	+6.07
	Communist	Harold Dyck	65	0.82	n/a
Turnout			7,988	63.36	-8.74
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.71
Source: Elections Manitoba^[9]

v t e 1986 Manitoba general election: Sturgeon Creek
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Johnston	4,994	55.17	-3.02
	New Democratic	Leslie Campbell	2,402	26.54	-7.59
	Liberal	Robert Inman	1,530	16.90	+9.22
	Independent	S. Dalgliesh	126	1.39	n/a
Turnout			9,073	67.45	-5.62
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.28
Source: Elections Manitoba^[10]