The Manitoba General Election of June 25, 1969 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was a watershed moment in the province's political history. The social-democratic New Democratic Party emerged for the first time as the largest party in the legislature, winning 28 out of 57 seats. The governing Progressive Conservative Party fell to 22, and the once-dominant Liberal Party fell to an historical low of five. The Social Credit Party won one seat, and there was also one Independent elected.

It was not clear what form the government would take in the days immediately following the election. There were negotiations among the Liberal and Progressive Conservatives to form a minority coalition government, supported by the Social Credit and Independent members; under this scenario, former Liberal leader Gildas Molgat would have become Premier. These plans came to nothing when Liberal MLA Laurent Desjardins announced that he would sit as a "Liberal Democrat" supporting the NDP. Edward Schreyer became the province's first social democratic Premier shortly thereafter.

Results

See also

• List of Manitoba political parties

Riding results

Party key:

• PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
• L: Manitoba Liberal Party
• NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba
• SC: Manitoba Social Credit Party
• Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba
• Ind: Independent

(x) denotes incumbent.

Arthur:

• (x)J. Douglas Watt (PC) 3133
• John McRae (L) 1375
• Raymond Jones (NDP) 980

Assiniboia:

• (x)Stephen Patrick (L) 2355
• Bill Docking (PC) 2329
• Curtis Nordman (NDP) 1466

Birtle-Russell :

• (x)Harry Graham (PC) 2374
• Don Kostesky (NDP) 2263
• John Braendle (L) 1360

Brandon East:

• Leonard Evans (NDP) 3035
• Emily Lyons (PC) 1962
• Don Martin (L) 1194

Brandon West:

• Edward McGill (PC) 2814
• James Skinner (NDP) 2310
• Terry Penton (L) 1796

Burrows:

• (x)Ben Hanuschak (NDP) 3418
• W.M. Swystun (PC) 1317
• Olga Lewicki (L) 751
• Andrew Bileski (Comm) 323

Charleswood:

• Arthur Moug (PC) 3401
• Duncan Edmonds (L) 2361
• John Hilgenga (NDP) 1325

Churchill:

• Gordon Beard (Ind) 1151
• Walter Perepeluk (L) 971
• Andre Champagne (PC) 913
• Wilf Hudson (NDP) 822

Crescentwood:

• Cy Gonick (NDP) 2689
• (x)Gurney Evans (PC) 2416
• Frank Muldoon (L) 1422

Dauphin:

• Peter Burtniak (NDP) 2933
• (x)Stewart McLean (PC) 2892
• Robert Sheldon (L) 620

Elmwood:

• (x)Russell Doern (NDP) 3803
• Alan Gardiner (PC) 1526
• John Kozoriz (L) 1053

Emerson:

• Gabriel Girard (PC) 2467
• (x)John Tanchak (L) 2014
• Stephen Zaretski (NDP) 695
• Jacob Wall (SC) 237

Flin Flon:

• Thomas Barrow (NDP) 2045
• (x)Charles H. Witney (PC) 1675
• Francis Jobin (L) 1276

Fort Garry:

• Bud Sherman (PC) 3570
• Grant Cosby (NDP) 2063
• Richard Wankling (L) 1936

Fort Rouge:

• Inez Trueman (PC) 2750
• Una Decter (NDP) 2446
• Jane Heffelfinger (L) 1941

Gimli:

• John Gottfried (NDP) 2159
• Eric Stefanson (PC) 1936
• Walter Griffin (L) 1663

Gladstone:

• James Ferguson (PC) 3000
• (x)Nelson Shoemaker (L) 2583
• Mary McIntosh (NDP) 1064

Inkster:

• (x)Sidney Green (NDP) 4001
• Robert Armstrong (PC) 989
• Gurzon Harvey (L) 661

Kildonan:

• (x)Peter Fox (NDP) 4589
• Don Mills (PC) 1876
• John Gugulyn (L) 851

Lac Du Bonnet:

• (x)Samuel Uskiw (NDP) 4060
• (x)Fred Klym (PC) 1267
• Al Tymko (L) 806

Lakeside:

• (x)Harry Enns (PC) 2532
• Robert Bend (L) 2190

La Verendrye:

• (x)Leonard Barkman (L) 1933
• John Blatz (PC) 1051
• Elmer Reimer (NDP) 721

Logan:

• William Jenkins (NDP) 3029
• Sam Minuk (PC) 871
• Howard Ferguson (L) 679

Minnedosa:

• (x)Walter Weir (PC) 3525
• Emile Roy (NDP) 1713
• Donald McNabb (L) 1028

Morris:

• (x)Warner Jorgenson (PC) 2742
• Joseph Legault (L) 1183
• William Loftus (NDP) 712
• Henry Funk (SC) 231

Osborne:

• Ian Turnbull (NDP) 3188
• (x)Obie Baizley (PC) 2565
• Win Loewen (L) 965

Pembina:

• George Henderson (PC) 2823
• Kenneth Draper (L) 1815
• David Harms (SC) 521
• Edith Alsop (NDP) 336

Point Douglas:

• Donald Malinowski (NDP) 2253
• Slaw Rebchuk (PC) 1088
• Roger Garrity (L) 528
• William A. Kardash (Comm) 421

Portage La Prairie:

• (x)Gordon Johnston (L) 2451
• Harvey Carmichael (PC) 2440
• Sidney Coulthard (NDP) 1049

Radisson:

• Harry Shafransky (NDP) 3707
• Edward Kotowich (L) 2284
• Moreen Henderson (PC) 1054

Rhineland:

• (x)Jacob Froese (SC) 1981
• Henry Hildebrand (PC) 1853
• W.S. Forrester (L) 782
• Jacob Heinrichs (NDP) 181

Riel:

• (x)Donald Craik (PC) 3125
• James Buchanan (NDP) 3096
• Raymond Spence (L) 1423

River Heights:

• (x)Sidney Spivak (PC) 4623
• Mark Danzker (L) 1573
• Jack Silverberg (NDP) 1051

Roblin :

• (x)J. Wally McKenzie (PC) 2579
• (x)Mike Kawchuk (NDP) 2448
• J.R. Mitchell (L) 516

Rock Lake :

• (x)Henry Einarson (PC) 3064
• Remi de Pape (L) 1818
• Timothy Leonard (NDP) 763

Rossmere:

• Edward Schreyer (NDP) 4089
• David Pekary (PC) 1746
• Vern Breckman (L) 631
• Stanley Copp (Ind) 238

Rupertsland:

• Jean Allard (NDP) 1366
• S.P. Berthelette (L) 1142
• Paul Burelle (PC) 1026

St. Boniface:

• (x)Laurent Desjardins (L) 3365
• Kam Gajdosik (NDP) 2040
• Maurice Arpin (PC) 818

St. George :

• Bill Uruski (NDP) 2284
• (x)Elman Guttormson (L) 1886
• Joseph Schwartz (PC) 1169

St. James:

• Al Mackling (NDP) 3642
• (x)Douglas Stanes (PC) 2676
• Peter Moss (L) 1404

St. Johns:

• (x)Saul Cherniack (NDP) 3642
• Joe Rozmus (PC) 1014
• George Strewchuk (L) 736

St. Matthews :

• Wally Johannson (NDP) 2974
• (x)Robert Steen (PC) 2217
• Rudy Peters (L) 1119

St. Vital:

• Jack Hardy (PC) 2587
• Jim Walding (NDP) 2564
• Joe Stangl (L) 2034

Ste. Rose:

• (x)Gildas Molgat (L) 2247
• Heinz Marohn (PC) 1198
• Leon Hoefer (NDP) 754
• Norma Oswald (SC) 313

Selkirk:

• Howard Pawley (NDP) 3374
• R.S. Oliver (PC) 2054
• George Sigurdson (L) 835
• Thomas Norquay (Ind) 57

Seven Oaks:

• (x)Saul Miller (NDP) 4203
• Daniel Yanofsky (PC) 1505
• Evelyne Rosborough (L) 813

Souris-Killarney :

• (x)Malcolm Earl McKellar (PC) 3053
• (x)Edward Dow (L) 1982
• Wayne Williams (NDP) 892

Springfield:

• Rene Toupin (NDP) 2724
• George Mulder (PC) 1551
• Hector Bahuaud (L) 807

Sturgeon Creek:

• Frank Johnston (PC) 2781
• Robert Chipman (L) 2251
• Stanley Carter (NDP) 1251
• William J. Turner (Ind) 336
• James Farrell (Ind) 238

Swan River:

• (x)James Bilton (PC) 1920
• Alex Filuk (NDP) 1757
• Jerry Webb (SC) 1252
• Gordon Beaumont (L) 766

The Pas:

• Ron McBryde (NDP) 1556
• (x)John Carroll (PC) 1361
• Calvert Gibson (L) 963

Thompson:

• (x)Joseph Borowski (NDP) 2436
• Thomas Farrell (PC) 1500
• Maurice Desjardins (L) 843

Transcona:

• (x)Russ Paulley (NDP) 4614
• Thelma Call (L) 1488
• Kenn Gunn-Walberg (PC) 1052

Virden:

• (x)Morris McGregor (PC) 2161
• (x)Earl Dawson (L) 1571
• Ralph Rowan (NDP) 1531

Wellington:

• (x)Philip Petursson (NDP) 3260
• William McGrava (PC) 1522
• Thomas Bernes (L) 1035

Winnipeg Centre :

• Joseph Boyce (NDP) 2398
• (x)James Cowan (PC) 1451
• Joseph Wapemoose (L) 822

Wolseley:

• (x)Leonard Claydon (PC) 2360
• Hans Wittich (NDP) 1743
• Paul DuVal (L) 1391

Post-election changes

St. Vital (res. Jack Hardy, February 16, 1971), April 5, 1971:

• Jim Walding (NDP) 3378
• Daniel Kennedy (L) 3083
• Kenneth Pratt (PC) 2925
• S. Bordman (Ind) 13

Ste. Rose (res. Gildas Molgat, October 7, 1970), April 5, 1971:

• Aime Adam (NDP) 2785
• Fred Werbiski (L) 2118
• John Borcher (PC) 1792

Minnedosa (res. Walter Weir, September 1971), November 16, 1971:

• Dave Blake (PC) 3532
• Emil Shellborn (NDP) 2348
• Hugh Stephenson (L) 1129

Laurent Desjardins formally joined the NDP in 1971.

Wolseley (dec. Leonard Claydon, 1971), June 16, 1972:

• Israel Asper (L) 3530
• Ernie J. Enns (PC) 2271
• Vic Schroeder (NDP) 2174
• William Hawryluk (Ind) 45

Jean Allard left the NDP to sit as an Independent on April 7, 1972. Joseph Borowski left the NDP caucus on June 25, 1972.