31st Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 31st Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in October 1977.^[1] The legislature sat from November 24, 1977, to October 13, 1981.^[2]

The Progressive Conservative Party led by Sterling Lyon formed the government.^[1]

Edward Schreyer of the New Democratic Party was Leader of the Opposition. Howard Pawley became opposition leader in 1979^[3] after Schreyer was named Governor General.^[4]

Harry Graham served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were five sessions of the 31st Legislature:^[2]

Session	Start	End
1st	November 24, 1977	December 12, 1977
2nd	March 16, 1978	July 20, 1978
3rd	February 15, 1979	June 15, 1979
4th	February 21, 1980	July 10, 1980
5th	December 11, 1980	May 20, 1981

Francis Lawrence Jobin was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1977:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[6]	First elected / previously elected	Notes
	James Downey	Arthur	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Norma Price	Assiniboia	Progressive Conservative	1977
	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	Until March 3, 1981
			Progressive		From March 3, 1981
	Sterling Lyon	Charleswood	Progressive Conservative	1958,[a] 1976
	Jay Cowan	Churchill	NDP	1977
	Warren Steen	Crescentwood	Progressive Conservative	1975
	James Galbraith	Dauphin	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Russell Doern	Elmwood	NDP	1966
	Albert Driedger	Emerson	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Thomas Barrow	Flin Flon	NDP	1969
	Bud Sherman	Fort Garry	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Lloyd Axworthy	Fort Rouge	Liberal	1973	Until April 6, 1979
	June Westbury (1979)			1979	From October 16, 1979
	Keith Cosens	Gimli	Progressive Conservative	1977
	James Ferguson	Gladstone	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Sidney Green	Inkster	NDP	1966	Until December 4, 1979
			Independent		From December 4, 1979 to March 3, 1981
			Progressive		From March 3, 1981
	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
	Gerald Mercier	Osborne	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Donald Orchard	Pembina	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Donald Malinowski	Point Douglas	NDP	1969
	Lloyd Hyde	Portage la Prairie	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Abe Kovnats	Radisson	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Arnold Brown	Rhineland	Progressive Conservative	1973
	Donald Craik	Riel	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Sidney Spivak	River Heights	Progressive Conservative	1966	Until April 12, 1979
	Gary Filmon (1979)			1979	From October 16, 1979
	Wally McKenzie	Roblin	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Henry Einarson	Rock Lake	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Edward Schreyer	Rossmere	NDP	1958,[b] 1969	Until December 7, 1978
	Victor Schroeder (1979)			1979	From October 16, 1979
	Harvey Bostrom	Rupertsland	NDP	1973
	Laurent Desjardins	St. Boniface	NDP	1959,[c] 1974
	Bill Uruski	St. George	NDP	1969
	George Minaker	St. James	Progressive Conservative	1973
	Saul Cherniack	St. Johns	NDP	1962
	Len Domino	St. Matthews	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Jim Walding	St. Vital	NDP	1971
	Pete Adam	Ste. Rose	NDP	1971
	Howard Pawley	Selkirk	NDP	1969
	Saul Miller	Seven Oaks	NDP	1966
	Brian Ransom	Souris-Lansdowne	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Bob Anderson	Springfield	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Frank Johnston	Sturgeon Creek	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Douglas Gourlay	Swan River	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Ron McBryde	The Pas	NDP	1969
	Ken MacMaster	Thompson	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Wilson Parasiuk	Transcona	NDP	1977
	Morris McGregor	Virden	Progressive Conservative	1962
	Brian Corrin	Wellington	NDP	1977
	Bud Boyce	Winnipeg Centre	NDP	1969	Until March 3, 1981
			Progressive		From March 3, 1981
	Robert Wilson	Wolseley	Progressive Conservative	1975	Until November 20, 1980
			Independent		From November 20, 1980

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Fort Rouge	June Westbury	Liberal	October 16, 1979[7]	L Axworthy resigned April 6, 1979, to run for federal seat[4]
River Heights	Gary Filmon	Progressive Conservative	October 16, 1979[4]	S Spivak resigned April 12, 1979[7] to run for federal seat[8]
Rossmere	Victor Schroeder	NDP	October 16, 1979	E Schreyer resigned December 7, 1978, to become Governor General[4]

Notes

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