2007 Manitoba general election

The 2007 Manitoba general election was held on May 22, 2007 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which won 36 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with nineteen seats. The Liberal Party won two seats. As a result, Premier of Manitoba Gary Doer received a mandate to form a third consecutive majority government, becoming the first Premier of Manitoba to achieve this since Duff Roblin in 1966.

2007 Manitoba general election

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57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gary Doer Hugh McFadyen Jon Gerrard Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since March 30, 1988 April 29, 2006 October 17, 1998 Leader's seat Concordia Fort Whyte River Heights Last election 35 20 2 Seats won 36 19 2 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 200,834 158,511 51,857 Percentage 48.00% 37.89% 12.39% Swing 1.47% 1.70% 0.80%
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election Gary Doer New Democratic Premier after election Gary Doer New Democratic

Riding-by-riding results

The election resulted in very few changes from the party standings at the dissolution of the previous legislature. One New Democrat incumbent was defeated by a Progressive Conservative challenger, and one Progressive Conservative incumbent was defeated by a New Democrat. The PCs picked up one seat that was previously held by an independent, and the NDP picked up one seat that was vacant at dissolution. The other 53 seats in the legislature were all retained by their incumbent parties. The popular vote was also very similar, with the New Democrats dropping 1.47% and the Progressive Conservatives gaining 1.70% overall.

Results

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Summary of the May 22, 2007 Manitoba Legislature election results

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2003	Dissol.	2007	+/—	#	%	Change
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	57	35	35	36	+1	200,834	48.00%	–1.47%
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh McFadyen	56	20	18	19	–1	158,511	37.89%	+1.70%
	Liberal	Jon Gerrard	57	2	2	2	0	51,857	12.39%	–0.80%
	Green	Andrew Basham	15	0	0	0	—	5,586	1.34%	+0.38%
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	6	0	0	0	—	367	0.09%	+0.01%
	Independents and no affiliation		5	0	1	0	—	1,235	0.30%	+0.26%
	Vacant				1
Total			196	57	57	57	—	420,540	56.75%
Registered Voters								740,991

Popular vote New Democratic   48.00% PC   37.89% Liberal   12.39% Others   1.72%

Seats summary New Democratic   63.16% PC   33.33% Liberal   3.51%

Results by region

Party Name			Northern	Parkland	Westman	Eastman	Winnipeg	Central Plains	Pembina Valley	Interlake	Total
	NDP	Seats:	4	2	1	1	25	0	0	3	36
		Popular Vote:	69.33%	55.92%	41.34%	29.46%	52.86%	28.11%	27.66%	52.03%	48.00%
	PC	Seats:	0	0	4	4	4	4	2	1	19
		Popular Vote:	17.84%	39.65%	51.99%	59.61%	29.25%	62.67%	57.66%	40.04%	37.89%
	Liberal	Seats:	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
		Popular Vote:	12.83%	4.43%	5.63%	9.26%	15.46%	9.22%	14.68%	6.88%	12.39%
	Green	Seats:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Popular Vote:	xx	xx	0.74%	0.70%	1.96%	xx	xx	1.05%	1.34%
	Communist	Seats:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Popular Vote:	xx	xx	0.11%	xx	0.14%	xx	xx	xx	0.09%
	Independent	Seats:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Popular Vote:	xx	xx	0.19%	0.98%	0.33%	xx	xx	xx	0.30%
Total seats:			4	2	5	5	31	4	2	4	57

Results by place

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
	New Democratic Party	36	20	1	0
	Progressive Conservative	19	28	9	0
	Liberal Party	2	8	45	2
	Green	0	1	1	13
	Communist	0	0	0	2
	Independent	0	0	0	2

Candidates by riding

Northern Manitoba/Parkland

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Dauphin-Roblin		Stan Struthers 4,214 (53.50%)		Lloyd McKinney 3,257 (41.35%)		Yarko Petryshyn 385 (4.89%)						Stan Struthers
Flin Flon		Gerard Jennissen 2,255 (76.73%)				Gary Zamzow 651 (22.08%)						Gerrard Jennissen
Rupertsland		Eric Robinson 2,092 (58.21%)		David Harper 1,285 (35.75%)		Earl Fontaine 202 (5.62%)						Eric Robinson
Swan River		Rosann Wowchuk 4,522 (58.18%)		Maxine Plesiuk 2,915 (37.51%)		Niomi Spence-Pranteau 306 (3.93%)						Rosann Wowchuk
The Pas		Oscar Lathlin 3,262 (68.30%)		George Muswaggon 1,016 (21.27%)		James Houston 459 (9.61%)						Oscar Lathlin
Thompson		Steve Ashton 3,036 (73.44%)		Cory Phillips 416 (10.06%)		Kenny Braun 651 (15.89%)						Steve Ashton
Totals		NDP 19,381 (62.67%)		PC 8,889 (28.74%)		Liberal 2,654 (8.58%)

Westman

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Arthur-Virden		Bob Senff 2,141 (30.81%)		Larry Maguire 4,451 (64.05%)		Fred Curry 357 (5.14%)						Larry Maguire
Brandon East		Drew Caldwell 3,760 (53.95%)		Mike Waddell 2,655 (38.10%)		Cheryl Burke 554 (7.95%)						Drew Caldwell
Brandon West		Scott Smith 4,674 (47.48%)		Rick Borotsik 4,730 (48.04%)		M.J. Willard 398 (4.04%)				Lisa Gallagher (Communist) 43 (0.44%)		Scott Smith
Minnedosa		Harvey Paterson 2,769 (38.44%)		Leanne Rowat 3,790 (52.62%)		Christopher Baker 268 (3.72%)		James Beddome 281 (3.90%)		Colin Atkins (Ind) 72 (1.00%)		Leanne Rowat
Russell		Teri Nicholson 2,375 (33.45%)		Len Derkach 4,141 (58.32%)		Clarice Wilson 564 (7.94%)						Len Derkach
Totals		NDP 15,719 (41.34%)		PC 19,767 (51.99%)		Liberal 2,141 (5.60%)		Green 281 (0.74%)		Other 115 (0.30%)

Central Manitoba

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Carman		Sharon Sadowy 1,440 (21.71%)		Blaine Pedersen 3,845 (57.96%)		Don Oldcorn 1,293 (19.49%)						Denis Rocan†
Gimli		Peter Bjornson 5,946 (58.43%)		Chris Bourgeois 3,450 (33.90%)		Lynn Greenberg 727 (7.14%)						Peter Bjornson
Interlake		Tom Nevakshonoff 4,047 (59.30%)		Garry Wasylowski 2,445 (35.82%)		Franklin Swark 309 (4.53%)						Tom Nevakshonoff
Lakeside		Mitch Obach 2,631 (33.08%)		Ralph Eichler 4,448 (55.93%)		Ian Band 488 (6.14%)		David Michael Carey 349 (4.39%)				Ralph Eichler
Morris		Kevin Stevenson 2,517 (32.31%)		Mavis Taillieu 4,404 (56.53%)		Michael Sherby 808 (10.37%)						Mavis Taillieu
Pembina		Lisa Moore 960 (14.25%)		Peter Dyck 5,192 (77.06%)		Ralph Gowan 570 (8.46%)						Peter Dyck
Portage la Prairie		James Kostuchuk 2,935 (42.23%)		David Faurschou 3,344 (48.16%)		Marvin Krawec 643 (9.25%)						David Faurschou
Selkirk		Greg Dewar 4,584 (55.26%)		Gordie Dehn 2,951 (35.57%)		Karen Keppler 704 (8.49%)						Greg Dewar
Ste. Rose		Denise Harder 2,022 (33.08%)		Stu Briese 3,599 (58.89%)		Janelle Mailhot 465 (7.61%)						Glen Cummings†
Turtle Mountain		Faron Douglas 1,476 (22.45%)		Cliff Cullen 4,318 (65.67%)		Allen Hunter 739 (11.24%)						Cliff Cullen
Totals		NDP 28,558 (38.64%)		PC 37,996 (51.40%)		Liberal 6,746 (9.12%)		Green 617 (0.83%)

Eastman

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Emerson		Chris Murash 1,296 (21.23%)		Cliff Graydon 3,636 (59.56%)		Monica Guetre 1,117 (18.30%)						Jack Penner†
Lac du Bonnet		Patrick O'Connor 2,773 (33.51%)		Gerald Hawranik 4,855 (58.81%)		Christopher Gmiterek 607 (7.33%)						Gerald Hawranik
La Verendrye		Ron Lemieux 4,018 (51.12%)		Bob Stefaniuk 2,973 (37.82%)		Roland Chaput 490 (6.23%)				Jay Murray (Ind) 379 (4.82%)		Ron Lemieux
Springfield		Ernest Muswagon 2,656 (29.91%)		Ron Schuler 5,165 (58.16%)		James Johnston 1,014 (11.42%)						Ron Schuler
Steinbach		Rawle Squires 641 (8.66%)		Kelvin Goertzen 6,143 (82.98%)		John Thiessen 350 (4.74%)		Janine Gibson 268 (3.62%)				Kelvin Goertzen
Totals		NDP 11,384 (30.05%)		PC 22,272 (58.79%)		Liberal 3,578 (9.46%)		Green 268 (0.70%)		Other 379 (1.00%)

Northwest Winnipeg

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Burrows		Doug Martindale 3,790 (70.75%)		Rick Negrych 1,005 (18.76%)		Bernd Hohne 562 (11.09%)						Doug Martindale
Inkster		Romulo Magsino 2,358 (34.13%)		Roger Bennett 543 (7.89%)		Kevin Lamoureux 3,962 (57.49%)						Kevin Lamoureux
Kildonan		Dave Chomiak 5,012 (61.35%)		Brent Olynyk 2,360 (28.89%)		Wade Parke 554 (6.78%)		Nathan Zahn 203 (2.49%)				Dave Chomiak
Point Douglas		George Hickes 2,665 (66.36%)		Alexa Rosentreter 481 (11.98%)		Mary Lou Bourgeois 591 (14.72%)		Kristen Andrews 213 (5.30%)		Darrell Rankin (Communist) 66 (1.64%)		George Hickes
St. Johns		Gord Mackintosh 4,223 (68.59%)		Tim Hooper 1,018 (16.53%)		Selina Sapong-Bieber 604 (9.81%)		Dawn Carey 291 (4.72%)				Gord Mackintosh
The Maples		Mohinder Saran 3,617 (55.64%)		Lou Fernandez 1,895 (29.15%)		Pritam Brar 928 (14.27%)						Cris Aglugub†
Wellington		Flor Marcelino 2,332 (53.35%)		José Tomas 570 (12.97%)		Rhonda Gordon Powers 718 (16.72%)				Joe Chan (Ind) 501 (11.53%) Conrad Santos (Ind) 183 (4.19%)		Conrad Santos
Totals		NDP 23,997 (56.75%)		PC 7,872 (18.62%)		Liberal 7,912 (18.71%)		Green 707 (1.67%)		Other 794 (1.88%)

Northeast Winnipeg

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Concordia		Gary Doer 3,862 (69.05%)		Ken Waddell 1,209 (21.62%)		Leslie Worthington 336 (6.01%)		Andrew Basham 186 (3.33%)				Gary Doer
Elmwood		Jim Maloway 3,873 (61.51%)		Allister Carrington 1,323 (21.01%)		David Love 1,101 (17.48%)						Jim Maloway
Radisson		Bidhu Jha 4,804 (56.72%)		Linda West 2,988 (35.28%)		Murray Cliff 677 (7.99%)						Bidhu Jha
River East		Kurt Penner 4,299 (46.07%		Bonnie Mitchelson 4,348 (46.63%)		Margaret von Lau 635 (6.80%)						Bonnie Mitchelson
Rossmere		Erna Braun 4,824 (60.38%)		Cathy Cox 2,602 (32.56%)		Isaiah Oyeleru 521 (6.52%)						Harry Schellenberg†
St. Boniface		Greg Selinger 5,068 (66.04%)		Jennifer Tarrant 999 (12.88%)		Gilbert Laberge 1,044 (13.61%)		Alain Landry 528 (6.88%)		Thane-Dominic Carr (Communist) 44 (0.58%)		Greg Selinger
Transcona		Daryl Reid 4,560 (68.74%)		Bryan McLeod 1,470 (22.16%)		Gerald Basarab 604 (9.10%)						Daryl Reid
Totals		NDP 31,290 (60.28%)		PC 14,939 (28.78%)		Liberal 4,918 (9.48%)		Green 714 (1.38%)		Other 44 (0.08%)

West Winnipeg

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Assiniboia		Jim Rondeau 5,177 (62.21%)		Kelly de Groot 2,686 (32.38%)		Bernie Bellan 459 (5.52%)						Jim Rondeau
Charleswood		Mel Willis 2,598 (31.66%)		Myrna Driedger 4,460 (54.36%)		Michael Rosenberg 1,106 (13.51%)						Myrna Driedger
Kirkfield Park		Sharon Blady 4,985 (49.32%)		Chris Kozier 3,852 (38.12%)		Doug Kayler 1,261 (12.56%)						Vacant
St. James		Bonnie Korzeniowski 4,231 (55.65%)		Kristine McGhee 2,344 (30.83%)		Fred Morris 656 (8.63%)		Mike Johannson 339 (4.47%)				Bonnie Korzeniowski
Tuxedo		Matt Schaubroeck 2,590 (30.62%)		Heather Stefanson 3,982 (47.07%)		Audra Bayer 1,865 (21.92%)						Heather Stefanson
Totals		NDP 19,581 (45.32%)		PC 17,324 (40.10%)		Liberal 5,347 (12.38%)		Green 954 (2.21%)

Central Winnipeg

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Fort Rouge		Jennifer Howard 3,828 (46.97%)		Christine Waddell 1,202 (14.75%)		Paul Hesse 2,488 (30.53%)		Gerald Enns 511 (6.27%)		Frank Komarniski (Communist) 29 (0.36%) Ron Nash (Ind) 92 (1.13%)		Tim Sale†
Lord Roberts		Diane McGifford 4,499 (57.86%)		Wilf Makus 1,367 (17.58%)		Larry Schenkeveld 1,219 (15.68%)		Vere Scott 655 (8.42%)				Diane McGifford
Minto		Andrew Swan 3,355 (62.82%)		Kenny Daodu 658 (12.32%)		Wayne Helgason 1,158 (21.68%)				Cheryl-Anne Carr (Communist) 102 (1.91%)		Andrew Swan
River Heights		Fiona Shiells 1,843 (19.77%)		Ashley Burner 2,341 (25.11%)		Jon Gerrard 4,760 (51.06%)		Christine Bennet-Clark 378 (4.05%)				Jon Gerrard
Wolseley		Rob Altemeyer 4,005 (63.88%)		Gustav Nelson 712 (11.44%)		Raven Thundersky 700 (11.31%)		Ardythe Basham 761 (12.07%)		David Tymoshchuk (Communist) 82 (1.30%)		Rob Altemeyer
Totals		NDP 17,530 (47.71%)		PC 6,279 (17.09%)		Liberal 10,325 (28.10%)		Green 2305 (6.27%)		Others 305 (0.83%)

South Winnipeg

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Fort Garry		Kerri Irvin-Ross 4,291 (52.60%)		Shaun McCaffrey 2,101 (25.75%)		Craig Hildahl 1,500 (18.39%)		Alon Weinberg 264 (3.26%)				Kerri Irvin-Ross
Fort Whyte		Sunny Dhaliwal 3,895 (33.83%)		Hugh McFadyen 5,981 (51.95%)		Angelina Olivier-Job 1,637 (14.22%)						Hugh McFadyen
Riel		Christine Melnick 4,894 (57.19%)		Trudy Turner 2,620 (30.69%)		Grant Woods 1,024 (11.99%)						Christine Melnick
Seine River		Theresa Oswald 5,786 (56.89%)		Steven Andjelic 3,275 (32.20%)		Jennifer Lukovich 1,111 (14.68%)						Theresa Oswald
Southdale		Erin Selby 5,772 (51.04%)		Jack Reimer 4,493 (39.74%)		Don Woodstock 1,042 (9.22%)						Jack Reimer
St. Norbert		Marilyn Brick 4,044 (53.74%)		Tara Brousseau 2,404 (31.94%)		Wendy Bloomfield 1,077 (14.31%)						Marilyn Brick
St. Vital		Nancy Allan 4,611 (61.74%)		Grant Cooper 1,754 (23.41%)		Harry Wolbert 776 (10.36%)		Kristine Koster 351 (4.68%)				Nancy Allan
Totals		NDP 33,293 (53.63%)		PC 20,008 (32.23%)		Liberal 8,167 (13.15%)		Green 615 (0.99%)

By-elections since 2007

v t e Manitoba provincial by-election, March 2, 2010: Concordia Resignation of Gary Doer
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matt Wiebe	2,065	58.90	-10.15	$20,394.67
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Biebrich	694	19.79	-1.82	$9,160.24
	Liberal	Judi Heppner	613	17.48	11.48	$5,750.52
	Green	Ellen Young	134	3.82	0.50	$762.27
Total valid votes			3,506	–	–
Rejected			11	–
Eligible voters / turnout			11,150	31.44	-15.98
Source(s) Source:

v t e Manitoba provincial by-election, March 24, 2009: Elmwood Resignation of Jim Maloway
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bill Blaikie	2,325	53.76	-7.75	$17,603.25
	Progressive Conservative	Adrian Schulz	913	21.11	0.10	$15,919.78
	Liberal	Regan Wolfrom	877	20.28	2.79	$27,106.33
	Green	James R. Beddome	210	4.86	–	$1,115.73
Total valid votes			4,325	–	–
Rejected			14	–
Eligible voters / turnout			11,907	36.44	−13.54
Source(s) Source:

v t e Manitoba provincial by-election, March 24, 2009: The Pas Death of Oscar Lathlin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Frank Whitehead	2,949	75.11	6.25	25,898.41
	Progressive Conservative	Edna Nabess	722	18.39	-3.06	31,676.75
	Liberal	Maurice Berens	255	6.50	-3.19	9,255.99
Total valid votes			3,926	–	–
Rejected			23	–
Eligible voters / turnout			13,334	29.44	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.66
Source(s) Source: "2009 The Pas Byelection Results" (PDF). Elections Manitoba.

See also

• New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates in the 2007 Manitoba provincial election