30th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 30th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1973.^[1] The legislature sat from January 31, 1974, to September 6, 1977.^[2]

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

Sidney Spivak of the Progressive Conservative Party was Leader of the Opposition. Donald Craik became acting opposition leader in 1976^[3] after Spivak was replaced by Sterling Lyon as party leader;^[4] Lyon was elected to the assembly in a by-election held later that year.^[1]

In 1976, the Workplace Safety and Health Act was passed; it established standards intended to help keep workers safe and healthy.^[5]

Peter Fox served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were four sessions of the 30th Legislature:^[2]

Session	Start	End
1st	January 31, 1974	June 14, 1974
2nd	March 4, 1975	June 19, 1975
3rd	February 12, 1976	June 11, 1976
4th	February 17, 1977	June 18, 1977

William John McKeag was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until March 15, 1976, when Francis Lawrence Jobin became lieutenant governor.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1973:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[7]	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
	Les Osland	Churchill	NDP	1973
	Harvey Patterson	Crescentwood[nb 1]	NDP	1973	Election overturned February 20, 1975
	Warren Steen (1975)		Progressive Conservative	1975	From June 25, 1975
	Peter Burtniak	Dauphin	NDP	1969
	Russell Doern	Elmwood	NDP	1966
	Steve Derewianchuk	Emerson	NDP	1973
	Thomas Barrow	Flin Flon	NDP	1969
	Bud Sherman	Fort Garry	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Lloyd Axworthy	Fort Rouge	Liberal	1973
	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
	Robert Banman	La Verendrye	Progressive Conservative	1973
	William Jenkins	Logan	NDP	1969
	Dave Blake	Minnedosa	Progressive Conservative	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
	Arnold Brown	Rhineland	Progressive Conservative	1973
	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,[a] 1969
	Harvey Bostrom	Rupertsland	NDP	1973
	Paul Marion	St. Boniface	Liberal	1973	Election overturned December 20, 1974
	Laurent Desjardins (1974)		NDP	1959,[b] 1974	From December 20, 1974
	Bill Uruski	St. George	NDP	1969
	George Minaker	St. James	Progressive Conservative	1973
	Saul Cherniack	St. Johns	NDP	1962
	Wally Johannson	St. Matthews	NDP	1969
	Jim Walding	St. Vital	NDP	1971
	Pete Adam	Ste. Rose	NDP	1971
	Howard Pawley	Selkirk	NDP	1969
	Saul Miller	Seven Oaks	NDP	1966
	Malcolm Earl McKellar	Souris-Lansdowne	Progressive Conservative	1958	Died in office April 18, 1976
	Sterling Lyon (1976)			1958,[c] 1976	From November 7, 1976
	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
	Ken Dillen	Thompson	NDP	1973
	Russ Paulley	Transcona	NDP	1953
	Morris McGregor	Virden	Progressive Conservative	1962
	Philip Petursson	Wellington	NDP	1966
	Bud Boyce	Winnipeg Centre	NDP	1969
	Izzy Asper	Wolseley	Liberal	1972	Until March 1, 1975
	Robert Wilson (1975)		Progressive Conservative	1975	From June 25, 1975

Notes:

1. The returning officer cast his vote in favour of Patterson, causing him to win by one vote.

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. Boniface	Laurent Desjardins	NDP	December 20, 1974	Election overturned by the Controverted Elections Act[8]
Crescentwood	Warren Steen	Progressive Conservative	June 25, 1975[8]	Election overturned by the Controverted Elections Act[9]
Wolseley	Robert Wilson	Progressive Conservative	June 25, 1975	I Asper resigned March 1, 1975[8]
Souris-Lansdowne	Sterling Lyon	Progressive Conservative	November 7, 1976	M E McKellar died April 18, 1976[8]

Notes

1. Brokenhead
2. First elected as a Liberal Progressive
3. Fort Garry