Manitoba general election, 1999

September 21, 1999

57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
		PC
Leader	Gary Doer	Gary Filmon	Jon Gerrard
Party	New Democratic	Progressive Conservative	Liberal
Leader since	March 30, 1988	December 10, 1983	October 17, 1998
Leader's seat	Concordia	Tuxedo	River Heights
Last election	23	31	3
Seats won	32	24	1
Seat change	9	7	2
Popular vote	219,679	201,562	66,111
Percentage	44.51%	40.84%	13.40%
Swing	11.70%	2.03%	10.33%

Map of Manitoba with the ridings coloured to indicate the winning parties and their popular vote

Premier before election

Gary Filmon
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Gary Doer
New Democratic

The Manitoba general election of September 21, 1999 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.

The New Democratic Party (NDP) was returned to government after sitting in opposition since the 1988 election. The NDP won 32 seats, against 24 for the Progressive Conservative Party. The Manitoba Liberal Party won one seat.

Results

Summary of the September 21, 1999 Manitoba Legislature election results


Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	Candidates	1995	Dissol.	1999	+ / —	#	%	Change
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	57	23	23	32	+9	219,689	44.51%	+11.70%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	57	31	31	24	–7	201,562	40.84%	-2.03%
	Liberal	Jon Gerrard	50	3	2	1	-2	66,111	13.40%	-10.33%
	Manitoba Party	Roger Woloshyn	12	0	0	0	—	2,869	0.58%	—
	Green	Markus Buchart	6	0	0	0	—	973	0.20%	—
	Libertarian	Dennis Rice	6	0	0	0	—	658	0.13%	+0.01%
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	6	0	0	0	—	446	0.09%
	Independents and no affiliation		4	0	0	0	—	1,226	0.25%	—
	Vacant				1
Total Valid Votes			198	57	57	57	—	493,534	68.11%
Registered Voters								729,188

Candidates by riding

Northern Manitoba/Parkland

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Dauphin-Roblin	Stan Struthers 5,596 (55.67%)	Lorne Boguski 4,001 (39.80%)			Doug McPhee (Manitoba Party) 455 (4.53%)	Stan Struthers
Flin Flon	Gerard Jennissen 3,026 (64.91%)	Tom Therien 1,368 (29.34%)			Phillip Ng (Independent) 268 (5.75%)	Gerrard Jennissen
Rupertsland	Eric Robinson 2,007 (59.15%)	David Harper 678 (19.98%)	Darcy Wood 708 (20.87%)			Eric Robinson
Swan River	Rosann Wowchuk 4,931 (54.97%)	Maxine Plesiuk 3,482 (38.81%)			Wayne Klekta (Manitoba Party) 558 (6.22%)	Rosann Wowchuk
The Pas	Oscar Lathlin 2,952 (46.85%)	Ron Evans 2,737 (43.44%)	Don Sandberg 612 (9.71%)			Oscar Lathlin
Thompson	Steve Ashton 3,793 (70.99%)	Cecil Thorne 1,306 (24.44%)	Pascal Bighetty 244 (4.57%)			Steve Ashton

Westman

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Arthur-Virden	Perry Kalynuk 3,063 (35.79%)	Larry Maguire 4,215 (49.24%)	Bob Brigden 1,281 (14.97%)			Larry Maguire
Brandon East	Drew Caldwell 4,840 (61.28%)	Marty Snelling 2,080 (26.34%)	Peter Logan 453 (5.74%)		Don Jessiman (Ind.) 525 (6.65%)	Leonard Evans
Brandon West	Scott Smith 4,898 (49.26%)	James McCrae 4,546 (45.72%)	Lisa Roy 407 (4.09%)		Lisa Gallagher (Communist) 92 (0.93%)	James McCrae
Minnedosa	Harvey Paterson 2,841 (37.72%)	Harold Gilleshammer 3,744 (49.71%)	Gordon Powell 578 (7.67%)		Brion Pollon (Manitoba Party) 369 (4.90%)	Harold Gilleshammer
Russell	Vince Lelond 3,802 (46.37%)	Len Derkach 4,397 (53.63%)				New riding

Central Manitoba

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Carman	Diane Beresford 1,519 (20.23%)	Denis Rocan 3,698 (49.25%)	Raymond Le Neal 2,291 (30.51%)			New riding
Gimli	Fran Fredrickson 5,086 (43.87%)	Ed Helwer 5,488 (47.34%)	Pat Carroll 1,019 (8.79%)			Ed Helwer
Interlake	Tom Nevakshonoff 3,809 (48.59%)	Betty Green 3,260 (41.59%)	Margaret Swan 770 (9.82%)			Tom Nevakshonoff
Lakeside	Paul Pododworny 2,785 (30.68%)	Harry Enns 4,426 (48.75%)	Dave Harcus 1,646 (18.13%)		Marcel Van De Kerckhove (Manitoba Party) 222 (2.45%)	Harry Enns
Morris	Paul Hagen 1,796 (20.51%)	Frank Pitura 4,673 (53.38%)	Herm Martens 2,179 (24.89%)		Dennis Rice (Libertarian) 107 (1.22%)	Frank Pitura
Pembina	Celso Arévalo 1,120 (16.08%)	Peter Dyck 4,808 (69.01%)	Marilyn Skubovious 1,039 (14.91%)			Peter Dyck
Portage la Prairie	Connie Gretsinger 2,769 (37.06%)	David Faurschou 3,476 (46.52%)	Dave Cook 1,116 (14.94%)		Gary Bergen (Libertarian) 111 (1.49%)	David Faurschou
Selkirk	Greg Dewar 5,376 (54.35%)	Barry Uskiw 3,353 (33.90%)	Joe Smolinski 1,162 (11.75%)			Greg Dewar
Ste. Rose	Louise Wilson 3,293 (42.46%)	Glen Cummings 3,871 (49.92%)	Fred Juskowiak 591 (7.62%)			Glen Cummings†
Turtle Mountain	Janet Brady 1,902 (26.47%)	Mervin Tweed 4,037 (56.18%)	Lorne Hanks 1,247 (17.35%)			Mervin Tweed

Eastman

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Emerson	David Kiansky 1,332 (18.05%)	Jack Penner 3,994 (54.12%)	Ted Klassen 2,054 (27.83%)			Jack Penner†
Lac du Bonnet	Michael Hameluck 4,686 (49.22%)	Darren Praznik 4,835 (50.78%)				Darren Praznik
La Verendrye	Ron Lemieux 3,533 (41.20%)	Ben Sveinson 3,367 (39.26%)	Léon Morrissette 1,465 (17.08%)		Bonnie Fedak (Manitoba Party) 211 (2.46%)	Ben Sveinson
Springfield	Leonard Kimacovich 4,058 (40.58%)	Ron Schuler 4,969 (49.68%)	Patricia Aitken 771 (7.71%)		Roger Woloshyn (Manitoba Party) 203 (2.03%)	Glen Findlay
Steinbach	Peter Hiebert 910 (12.46%)	Jim Penner 5,708 (78.13%)	Rick Ginter 688 (9.42%)			Albert Driedger

Northwest Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Burrows	Doug Martindale 5,151 (66.34%)	Cheryl Clark 724 (9.32%)	Mike Babinsky 1,849 (23.81%)		Darrell Rankin (Communist) 41 (0.53%)	Doug Martindale
Inkster	Becky Barrett 3,501 (44.45%)	George Sandhu 1,017 (12.91%)	Kevin Lamoureux 3,358 (42.64%)			Kevin Lamoureux
Kildonan	Dave Chomiak 6,101 (62.66%)	Shannon Martin 2,542 (26.11%)	Michael Lazar 1,093 (11.23%)			Dave Chomiak
Point Douglas	George Hickes 3,338 (53.34%)	Mary Richard 1,224 (19.56%)	Ajay Chopra 1,336 (21.35%)		Peter Juba (Independent) 360 (5.75%)	George Hickes
St. Johns	Gord Mackintosh 5,766 (72.00%)	Ray Larkin 1,635 (20.42%)	Patrick Fontaine 607 (7.58%)			Gord Mackintosh
The Maples	Cris Aglugub 4,329 (54.49%)	Ellen Kowalski 2,310 (29.07%)	Sudhir Sandhu 1,233 (15.52%)		Caneda Menard (Independent) 73 (0.92%)	Cris Aglugub
Wellington	Conrad Santos 4,102 (69.28%)	Allison Frate 935 (15.79%)	Bernie Doucette 757 (12.79%)		Paul Baskerville (Manitoba Party) 127 (2.14%)	Conrad Santos
*Totals*	NDP 32,288 (60.34%)	PC 10,387 (19.41%)	Liberal 10,223 (19.13%)		Other 601 (0.12%)

Northeast Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Concordia	Gary Doer 5,691 (70.09%)	Paul Murphy 1,898 (23.37%)	Chris Hlady 444 (5.47%)	C. David Nickarz 87 (1.07%)		Gary Doer
Elmwood	Jim Maloway 5,176 (62.86%)	Elsie Bordynuik 2,659 (32.29%)			Gavin Whittaker (Libertarian) 320 (3.89%) James Hoagaboam (Communist) 79 (0.96%)	Jim Maloway
Radisson	Marianne Cerilli 5,198 (55.02%)	Henry A. McDonald 3,114 (32.96%)	Betty Ann Watts 1,136 (12.02%)			Marianne Cerilli
River East	Ross Eadie 4,624 (43.31%)	Bonnie Mitchelson 5,366 (50.25%)	Patrick Saydak 688 (6.44%)			Bonnie Mitchelson
Rossmere	Harry Schellenberg 5,097 (49.21%)	Vic Toews 4,803 (46.37%)	Cecilia Connelly 396 (3.82%)		Chris Buors (Libertarian) 62 (0.60%)	Vic Toews
St. Boniface	Greg Selinger 5,439 (56.57%)	Robert Olson 1,181 (12.28%)	Jean-Paul Boily 2,994 (31.14%)			Neil Gaudry
Transcona	Daryl Reid 5,620 (63.88%)	Dan Turner 2,409 (27.38%)	Vibart C. Stewart 713 (8.10%)		Paul Sidon (Communist) 56 (0.64%)	Daryl Reid

West Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Assiniboia	Jim Rondeau 4,347 (44.24%)	Linda McIntosh 4,344 (44.20%)	J. Deborah Shiloff 1,136 (11.56%)			Linda McIntosh
Charleswood	Darryl Livingstone 2,176 (21.28%)	Myrna Driedger 5,437 (54.46%)	Alana McKenzie 2,323 (23.27%)			Myrna Driedger
Kirkfield Park	Dennis Kshyk 3,060 (26.51%)	Eric Stefanson 6,108 (52.92%)	Vic Wieler 2,306 (19.98%)			Eric Stefanson
St. James	Bonnie Korzeniowski 4,483 (44.76%)	Gerry McAlpine 3,845 (38.39%)	Wayne Helgason 1,625 (16.23%)			MaryAnn Mihychuk
Tuxedo	Jack Dubois 2,333 (23.80%)	Gary Filmon 5,952 (60.72%)	Rochelle Zimberg 1,391 (14.19%)	Markus Buchart 126 (1.29%)		Gary Filmon

Central Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Fort Rouge	Tim Sale 4,759 (48.42%)	Ron Paley 2,971 (30.23%)	John Shanski 1,870 (19.03%)	Alex Reid 355 (4.97%)		Jim Carr
Lord Roberts	Diane McGifford 5,240 (52.99%)	Maggie Nishimura 2,678 (27.08%)	Allen Mills 1,776 (17.96%)	Lyle Ford 136 (1.38%)		New riding
Minto	MaryAnn Mihychuk 4,534 (63.92%)	Harry Lehotsky 2,035 (28.69%)	Duane Poettcker 452 (6.37%)		Harold Dyck (Communist) 45 (0.63%) Didz Zuzens (Libertarian) 27 (0.38%)	New riding
River Heights	Peter Reimer 1,492 (12.98%)	Mike Radcliffe 4,708 (40.95%)	Jon Gerrard 5,173 (45.00%)	Chris Billows 92 (0.80%)	Clancy Smith (Libertarian) 31 (0.27%)	Jon Gerrard
Wolseley	Jean Friesen 5,282 (69.15%)	Carol Friesen 1,685 (22.06%)		Phyllis Abbé 356 (4.66%)	David Allison (Communist) 133 (1.74%)	Jean Friesen

South Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Fort Garry	Lawrie Cherniack 4,406 (43.46%)	Joy Smith 4,436 (43.76%)	Ted Gilson 1,143 (11.27%)		Denise Van Rooyen Manitoba Party 116 (1.14%)	Rosemary Vodrey
Fort Whyte	Bidhu Jha 2,815 (26.82%)	John Loewen 6,480 (61.73%)	Malli Aulakh 1,202 (11.45%)			New riding
Riel	Linda Asper 4,883 (46.68%)	David Newman 4,559 (44.03%)	Clayton Weselowski 820 (7.92%)		Mike Kubara (Manitoba Party) 91 (0.88%)	David Newman
Seine River	Leslie Fingler 3,464 (35.34%)	Louise Dacquay 4,684 (47.78%)	Jake Pankratz 1,493 (15.23%)		Warren Goodwin (Manitoba Party) 129 (1.32%)	Louise Dacquay
Southdale	Iris Taylor 2,909 (27.28%)	Jack Reimer 5,455 (51.16%)	Shirley Chaput 2,064 (19.36%)		Paul Gibson (Manitoba Party) 200 (1.88%)	Jack Reimer
St. Norbert	Marilyn Brick 3,483 (38.69%)	Marcel Laurendeau 4,152 (46.14%)	Mohinder Dhillon 1,313 (14.59%)			Marcel Laurendeau
St. Vital	Nancy Allan 5,298 (50.91%)	Shirley Render 3,699 (36.09%)	Lynn Clark 1,099 (10.72%)		Brian Hanslip (Manitoba Party) 188 (1.83%)	Shirley Render

Riding results

Party code:

PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
L: Manitoba Liberal Party
NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba
G: Manitoba Green Party
Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba
Lbt: Libertarian Party of Manitoba
M: Manitoba Party

(x) denotes or boldface incumbent. Expenditures refer only to candidate election expenses.

Post-election changes

Eric Stefanson (PC) resigned as the member for Kirkfield Park on September 7, 2000. A by-election was called for November 21 of the same year.

Manitoba provincial by-election, November 21, 2000: Kirkfield Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Stuart Murray	4,369	53.94	$9,841
	Liberal	Vic Wieler	2,158	26.64	$4,355
	New Democratic	Dawn Thompson	1,512	18.67	$4,291
	Libertarian	Dennis Rice	61	0.75	$0.00
Total valid votes			8,100	100.00
Rejected and discarded votes			25
Turnout			8,125	54.87
Registered voters			14,809

Tuxedo (res. Gary Filmon, September 18, 2000), November 21, 2000:

Heather Stefanson (PC) 2692
Rochelle Zimberg (L) 1586
Iona Starr (NDP) 916

Lac Du Bonnett (res. Darren Praznik, February 8, 2002), March 12, 2002:

Gerald Hawranik (PC) 3398
Michael Hameluck (NDP) 3234
George Harbotte (L) 1647

Riel (res. Linda Asper, April 24, 2003)

Steinbach (res. Jim Penner, April 24, 2003)

References

Elections in Manitoba

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Municipal elections	1977 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

See also: List of Manitoba by-elections

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