1966 Manitoba general election


The 1966 Manitoba general election was held on June 23, 1966 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.

Results

Riding results

Party key:
denotes incumbent.
Arthur:
Assiniboia:
Birtle-Russell:
Brandon:
Brokenhead:
Burrows:
Churchill :
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:
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:
Note: These by-election results are taken from newspaper reports, and may not exactly match the official returns.
Gordon Beard became in 1968.
Turtle Mountain, March 4, 1968:
Four seats became vacant in 1968:
By-elections for all four ridings were called for February 20, 1969. The Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties fielded candidates in all four ridings, and there was also an independent candidate in Churchill. The Social Credit Party intended to field a candidate in Morris, but ultimately did not do so.
The results for Birtle-Russell, Morris and Wolseley are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, 21 February 1969. The result from Churchill reflects the findings of a judicial review, and is taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, 19 March 1969.