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Manitoba general election, 1966

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The Manitoba general election held on June 23, 1966, was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a third consecutive majority win for the Progressive Conservative Party led by Dufferin Roblin. Roblin's Tories won 31 seats, against 14 for the Liberal Party, 11 for the New Democratic Party and one for Social Credit.

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Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
1962 Elected % Change # % % Change |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|     Progressive Conservative
Dufferin Roblin
  36 31 -13.9%   39.7%   |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     Liberal
Gildas Molgat
  13 14 align="right"
7.7%
  32.9%   |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"|     New Democratic
Russell Paulley
  7 11 align="right"
57.1%
  23.0%   |- |bgcolor="lightgreen"|     Social Credit
Jacob Froese
  1 1 -   3.5%   |- |bgcolor="tomato"|     Communist
William Cecil Ross
  - - -       |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|     Independent   align="right"
– align="right"
     
Total   57 57 -   100%  


Preceded by:
1962 Manitoba election 		List of Manitoba elections Followed by:
1969 Manitoba election

See also

Riding results

Party key:

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon:

Brokenhead:

Burrows:

Carillon:

Churchill (deferred to July 7, 1966):

Cypress:

Dauphin:

Dufferin:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Ethelbert Plains:

Fisher:

Flin Flon:

Fort Garry:

Fort Rouge:

Gimli:

Gladstone:

Hamiota:

Inkster:

Kildonan:

Lac Du Bonnet:

Lakeside:

La Verendrye:

Logan:

Minnedosa:

Morris:

Osborne:

Pembina:

Portage La Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

River Heights:

Roblin:

Rock Lake:

Rockwood-Iberville:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. George:

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Matthews:

St. Vital:

Ste. Rose:

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

Souris-Lansdowne:

Springfield:

Swan River:

The Pas:

Turtle Mountain:

Virden:

Wellington:

Winnipeg Centre:

Wolseley:

Post-election changes

Note: These by-election results are taken from newspaper reports, and may not exactly match the official returns.

Gordon Beard (PC) became (Ind) in 1968.

Turtle Mountain (results overturned and seat declared vacant, January 30, 1968), March 4, 1968:

Birtle-Russell (res. Rod Clement, June 5, 1968), February 20, 1969):

Churchill (res. Gordon Beard, October 8, 1968), February 20, 1969):

[Borowski’s victory was narrowed to seven votes in the final count, and was confirmed by recount.]

Morris (dec. Harry Shewman, July 13, 1968), February 20, 1969:

Wolseley (res. Duff Roblin, May 1968), February 20, 1969):

 

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