Manitoba general election 2011

Manitoba general election, 2011

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57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats are needed for a majority
Opinion polls
First party Second party Third party   Leader Greg Selinger Hugh McFadyen Jon Gerrard Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since October 17, 2009 April 29, 2006 October 17, 1998 Leader's seat St. Boniface Fort Whyte River Heights Last election 36 seats, 48.00% 19 seats, 37.89% 2 seats, 12.39% Seats won 37 19 1 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 199,066 188,528 32,420 Percentage 46.16% 43.71% 7.52% Swing 1.84% 5.97% 4.60%
Map of Manitoba with results by riding; colour indicates party and popular vote.
Premier before election Greg Selinger New Democratic Premier-designate Greg Selinger New Democratic

Greg Selinger
New Democratic

Greg Selinger
New Democratic

The 40th general election of Manitoba was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. It took place on October 4, 2011, due to the new fixed-date election laws. In the outgoing legislature, the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) held 37 of the 57 seats, the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PC Party) held 19 of the 57 seats and the Liberal Party of Manitoba held one of the 57 seats, after Kevin Lamoureux resigned his seat in the riding of Inkster to run as a Liberal candidate in a federal by-election.

Following the last census, electoral district boundaries were adjusted. There are 57 electoral districts.

Despite being perceived as a tight race in the run-up to voting, with the Globe and Mail expecting it to be the "closest in more than a decade", the NDP won its fourth consecutive term in government, taking 37 seats, an improvement of one from the 2007 election – thus gaining their largest majority ever in the Assembly – whilst the Progressive Conservatives failed to make any gains beyond closing the gap in the popular vote, and not a single incumbent was defeated. The PC leader Hugh McFadyen announced shortly thereafter that he would resign his post. Also facing a disappointing result in the election, Liberal leader Jon Gerrard also announced shortly after the election that he would resign his post once the party crowned a new leader in 2013.

The Green Party and the NDP have chosen new leaders since the last general election.

On August 27, 2009 Premier Gary Doer, after being Premier of Manitoba for ten years announced his resignation as Premier and leader of the NDP. The following day he was appointed Canada's Ambassador to the United States.