29th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 29th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1969.^[1] The legislature sat from August 14, 1969, to May 25, 1973.^[2]

The New Democratic Party led by Edward Schreyer formed the government.^[1]

Walter Weir of the Progressive Conservative Party was Leader of the Opposition. Sidney Spivak became opposition leader^[3] after Weir retired as leader in 1971.^[4]

Ben Hanuschak served as speaker for the assembly until August 1970. Peter Fox succeeded Hanuschak as speaker in 1971.^[1]

There were five sessions of the 29th Legislature:^[2]

Session	Start	End
1st	August 14, 1969	October 10, 1969
2nd	March 12, 1970	August 13, 1970
3rd	April 7, 1971	July 27, 1971
4th	March 9, 1972	July 20, 1972
5th	February 22, 1973	May 25, 1973

Richard Spink Bowles was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until September 2, 1970, when William John McKeag became lieutenant governor.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1969:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[6]	First elected / previously elected	Notes
	J. Douglas Watt	Arthur	Progressive Conservative	1959
	Stephen Patrick	Assiniboia	Liberal	1962
	Harry Graham	Birtle-Russell	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Leonard Evans	Brandon East	NDP	1969
	Edward McGill	Brandon West	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Ben Hanuschak	Burrows	NDP	1966
	Arthur Moug	Charleswood	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Gordon Beard	Churchill	Independent	1962,[a] 1969
	Cy Gonick	Crescentwood	NDP	1969
	Peter Burtniak	Dauphin	NDP	1969
	Russell Doern	Elmwood	NDP	1966
	Gabriel Girard	Emerson	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Thomas Barrow	Flin Flon	NDP	1969
	Bud Sherman	Fort Garry	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Inez Trueman	Fort Rouge	Progressive Conservative	1969
	John Gottfried	Gimli	NDP	1969
	James Ferguson	Gladstone	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Sidney Green	Inkster	NDP	1966
	Peter Fox	Kildonan	NDP	1966
	Samuel Uskiw	Lac du Bonnet	NDP	1966
	Harry Enns	Lakeside	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Leonard Barkman	La Verendrye	Liberal	1962
	William Jenkins	Logan	NDP	1969
	Walter Weir	Minnedosa	Progressive Conservative	1959	Until September 1971
	Dave Blake (1971)			1971	From November 16, 1971
	Warner Jorgenson	Morris	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Ian Turnbull	Osborne	NDP	1969
	George Henderson	Pembina	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Donald Malinowski	Point Douglas	NDP	1969
	Gordon Johnston	Portage la Prairie	Liberal	1962
	Harry Shafransky	Radisson	NDP	1969
	Jacob Froese	Rhineland	Social Credit	1959
	Donald Craik	Riel	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Sidney Spivak	River Heights	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Wally McKenzie	Roblin	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Henry Einarson	Rock Lake	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Edward Schreyer	Rossmere	NDP	1958,[b] 1969
	Jean Allard	Rupertsland	NDP	1969	Until April 7, 1972
			Independent		From April 7, 1972
	Laurent Desjardins	St. Boniface	Liberal	1959	Until July 8, 1969
			Independent		From July 8, 1969 to December 1, 1971
			NDP		From December 1, 1971
	Bill Uruski	St. George	NDP	1969
	Al Mackling	St. James	NDP	1969
	Saul Cherniack	St. Johns	NDP	1962
	Wally Johannson	St. Matthews	NDP	1969
	Jack Hardy	St. Vital	Progressive Conservative	1969	Until February 16, 1971
	Jim Walding (1971)		NDP	1971	From April 5, 1971
	Gildas Molgat	Ste. Rose	Liberal	1953	Until October 7, 1970
	Aime Adam (1971)		NDP	1971	From April 5, 1971
	Howard Pawley	Selkirk	NDP	1969
	Saul Miller	Seven Oaks	NDP	1966
	Malcolm Earl McKellar	Souris-Killarney	Progressive Conservative	1958
	Rene Toupin	Springfield	NDP	1969
	Frank Johnston	Sturgeon Creek	Progressive Conservative	1969
	James Bilton	Swan River	Progressive Conservative	1962
	Ron McBryde	The Pas	NDP	1969
	Joseph Borowski	Thompson	NDP	1969	Until June 25, 1972
			Independent		From June 25, 1972
	Russ Paulley	Transcona	NDP	1953
	Morris McGregor	Virden	Progressive Conservative	1962
	Philip Petursson	Wellington	NDP	1966
	Bud Boyce	Winnipeg Centre	NDP	1969
	Leonard Claydon	Wolseley	Progressive Conservative	1969	Died in office December 8, 1971
	Israel Asper (1972)		Liberal	1972	From June 16, 1972

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. Vital	Jim Walding	NDP	April 5, 1971	J Hardy retired February 16, 1971[7]
Ste. Rose	Aime Adam	NDP	April 5, 1971	G Molgat resigned October 7, 1970[7]
Minnedosa	Dave Blake	Progressive Conservative	November 16, 1971	W Weir resigned September 1971[7]
Wolseley	Israel Asper	Liberal	June 16, 1972[7]	L Claydon died December 8, 1971[8]

Notes

1. First elected as a Progressive Conservative
2. Brokenhead