1977 Manitoba general election

1977 Manitoba general election
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba ; 29 seats were needed for a majority
	Map of Election Results
Premier before election; Edward Schreyer; New Democratic	Premier after election ; Sterling Lyon; Progressive Conservative

The 1977 Manitoba general election was held on October 11, 1977, to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, which took 33 seats out of 57. The governing New Democratic Party fell to 23 seats, while the Liberal Party won only one seat.

Quick facts 57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority, First party ...

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1973	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	57	21	33	+57.1%	237,496	48.75%	+12.02
	New Democratic	Edward Schreyer	57	31	23	-25.8%	188,124	38.62%	-3.69
	Liberal	Charles Huband	53	5	1	-80.0%	59,865	12.29%	-6.75
	Social Credit	Jacob Froese	5	-	-	-	1,323	0.27%	-0.10
	Communist	William Cecil Ross	4	-	-	-	299	0.06%	+0.01
	Revolutionary Workers		1	*	–	*	47	0.01%	*
	Independent		-	1	-	-100%	-	-	-1.49
Total			177	57	57	-	487,154	100%

v t e 1977 Manitoba general election: Point Douglas
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Donald Malinowski	3,116	63.32
	Progressive Conservative	Margaret Didenko	915	18.59
	Liberal	Don Marks	769	15.63
	Communist	Harold Dyck	62	1.26
	Social Credit	Peter Stevens	59	1.20
Total valid votes			4,921	100.00
Rejected votes			85
Turnout			5,006	61.10
Electors on the lists			8,193

v t e 1977 Manitoba general election: St. Vital
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Walding	3,924	41.62	+2.37
	Progressive Conservative	Gil Shaw	3,390	35.95	+13.38
	Liberal	Eddie Coutu	2,115	22.43	−15.75
Total valid votes			9,429	100.00
Rejected votes			18
Turnout			9,447	84.70	−1.14
Electors on the lists			11,154
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-5.50

v t e 1977 Manitoba general election: Wolseley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Wilson	2,763	41.01	+18.63
	New Democratic	Murdoch MacKay	2,689	39.90	+1.12
	Liberal	Norma McCormick	1,286	19.09	-19.74
Turnout			6,873	74.98
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.18
Source: Elections Manitoba^[1]

Results