Manitoba general election, 1969

Manitoba general election, 1969

1966 ← June 25, 1969 → 1973

57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   PC LIB Leader Edward Schreyer Walter Weir Robert Bend Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since June 7, 1969 November 25, 1967 May 10, 1969 Leader's seat Rossmere Minnedosa Ran in Lakeside (lost) Last election 11 31 14 Seats won 28 22 5 Seat change 17 9 9 Popular vote 128,080 119,021 80,288 Percentage 38.27% 35.56% 23.99% Swing 15.13pp 4.40pp 9.14pp   Fourth party   SC Leader Jacob Froese Party Social Credit Leader's seat Rhineland Last election 1 Seats won 1 Seat change 0 Popular vote 4,535 Percentage 1.36% Swing 2.18pp

Map of Election Results

Premier before election Walter Weir Progressive Conservative Premier-designate Edward Schreyer New Democratic

Walter Weir
Progressive Conservative

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

The Manitoba General Election of June 25, 1969 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Canadian province of Manitoba. 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.

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