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Manitoba general election, 1986

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The Manitoba general election of March 18, 1986 was held 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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Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
Before1 Elected % Change # % % Change |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"|     New Democratic Howard Pawley   32 30 align="right"
  41.3%   |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|     Progressive Conservative Gary Filmon   22 26 +18.2%   40.4%   |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     Liberal Sharon Carstairs   - 1     13.8%   |- |bgcolor=#EEAAEE|     Progressive Sidney Green   align="right"
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      |- |bgcolor="#66CC66"|     Confederation of Regions Dennis Heeney     -         |- |bgcolor="tomato"|     Communist Paula Fletcher   align="right"
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      |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|     Western Canada Concept Fred Cameron     align="right"
        |- |bgcolor="green"|     Libertarian candidates Clancy Smith     align="right"
        |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|     Independent   2 - align="right"
     
Total   57 57 -   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.


Preceded by:
1981 Manitoba election 		List of Manitoba elections Followed by:
1988 Manitoba election

See also

Riding results

Party key:

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Brandon East:

Brandon West:

Burrows:

Charleswood:

Churchill:

Concordia:

Dauphin:

Ellice:

Elmwood:

Emerson:

Flin Flon:

Fort Garry:

Fort Rouge:

Gimli:

Gladstone:

Inkster:

Interlake:

Kildonan:

Kirkfield Park:

Lac du Bonnet:

Party Candidate Votes % ±% |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"|     New Democratic Party Clarence Baker 3,903 46.12 |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|     Progressive Conservative Darren Praznik 3,601 42.55 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|     Liberal Jerry Fontaine 959 11.33
Total valid votes 8,463 100.00
Rejected votes 17
Turnout 8,480 73.94

Lakeside:

La Verendrye:

Logan:

Minnedosa:

Morris:

Niakwa:

Osborne:

Pembina:

Portage La Prairie:

Radisson:

Rhineland:

Riel:

River East:

River Heights:

Roblin-Russell:

Rossmere:

Rupertsland:

St. Boniface:

St. James:

St. Johns:

St. Norbert:

St. Vital:

Ste. Rose:

Selkirk:

Seven Oaks:

Springfield:

Sturgeon Creek:

Swan River:

The Pas:

Thompson:

Transcona:

Turtle Mountain:

Tuxedo:

Virden:

Wolseley:

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.

 

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