32nd Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 32nd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in November 1981.^[1] The legislature sat from February 25, 1982, to February 11, 1986.^[2]

The New Democratic Party led by Howard Pawley formed the government.^[1]

Sterling Lyon of the Progressive Conservative Party was Leader of the Opposition. Gary Filmon became opposition leader in 1983^[3] after Lyon resigned as party leader.^[4]

Jim Walding served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were four sessions of the 32nd Legislature:^[2]

Session	Start	End
1st	February 25, 1982	June 30, 1982
2nd	December 2, 1982	February 27, 1984
3rd	April 12, 1984	March 6, 1985
4th	March 7, 1985	July 11, 1985

Pearl McGonigal was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1981:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[6]	First elected / previously elected	Notes
	James Downey	Arthur	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Ric Nordman	Assiniboia	Progressive Conservative	1981
	Leonard Evans	Brandon East	NDP	1969
	Henry Nelson Carroll	Brandon West	NDP	1981	Until August 19, 1982
			Independent		From August 19, 1982
	Conrad Santos	Burrows	NDP	1981
	Sterling Lyon	Charleswood	Progressive Conservative	1958,[a] 1976
	Jay Cowan	Churchill	NDP	1977
	Peter Fox	Concordia	NDP	1966
	John Plohman	Dauphin	NDP	1981
	Brian Corrin	Ellice	NDP	1977
	Russell Doern	Elmwood	NDP	1966	Until March 7, 1984
			Independent		From March 7, 1984
	Albert Driedger	Emerson	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Jerry Storie	Flin Flon	NDP	1981
	Bud Sherman	Fort Garry	Progressive Conservative	1969	Until August 5, 1984
	Charles Birt (1984)			1984	From October 7, 1984
	Roland Penner	Fort Rouge	NDP	1981
	John Bucklaschuk	Gimli	NDP	1981
	Charlotte Oleson	Gladstone	Progressive Conservative	1981
	Don Scott	Inkster	NDP	1981
	Bill Uruski	Interlake	NDP	1969
	Mary Beth Dolin	Kildonan	NDP	1981	Died in office April 9, 1985
	Martin Dolin (1985)			1985	From October 1, 1985
	Gerrie Hammond	Kirkfield Park	Progressive Conservative	1981
	Samuel Uskiw	Lac du Bonnet	NDP	1966
	Harry Enns	Lakeside	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Robert Banman	La Verendrye	Progressive Conservative	1973
	Maureen Hemphill	Logan	NDP	1981
	Dave Blake	Minnedosa	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Clayton Manness	Morris	Progressive Conservative	1981
	Abe Kovnats	Niakwa	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Muriel Smith	Osborne	NDP	1981
	Donald Orchard	Pembina	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Lloyd Hyde	Portage la Prairie	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Gerard Lecuyer	Radisson	NDP	1981
	Arnold Brown	Rhineland	Progressive Conservative	1973
	Doreen Dodick	Riel	NDP	1981
	Phil Eyler	River East	NDP	1981
	Warren Steen	River Heights	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Wally McKenzie	Roblin-Russell	Progressive Conservative	1966
	Vic Schroeder	Rossmere	NDP	1979
	Elijah Harper	Rupertsland	NDP	1981
	Laurent Desjardins	St. Boniface	NDP	1959,[b] 1974
	Al Mackling	St. James	NDP	1969, 1981
	Donald Malinowski	St. Johns	NDP	1969
	Gerry Mercier	St. Norbert	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Jim Walding	St. Vital	NDP	1971
	Pete Adam	Ste. Rose	NDP	1971
	Howard Pawley	Selkirk	NDP	1969
	Eugene Kostyra	Seven Oaks	NDP	1981
	Andy Anstett	Springfield	NDP	1981
	Frank Johnston	Sturgeon Creek	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Douglas Gourlay	Swan River	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Harry Harapiak	The Pas	NDP	1981
	Steve Ashton	Thompson	NDP	1981
	Wilson Parasiuk	Transcona	NDP	1977
	Brian Ransom	Turtle Mountain	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Gary Filmon	Tuxedo	Progressive Conservative	1979
	Harry Graham	Virden	Progressive Conservative	1969
	Myrna Phillips	Wolseley	NDP	1981

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Fort Garry	Charles Birt	Progressive Conservative	October 2, 1984	L Sherman resigned August 5, 1984, to run in federal election[7]
Kildonan	Martin Dolin	NDP	October 1, 1985[7]	M B Dolin died April 9, 1985[8]

Notes

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