List of Manitoba general elections explained

The Canadian province of Manitoba hold elections to its unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The normal period between general elections of the assembly is five years, but the Lieutenant Governor is able to call one at any time.^[1] The number of seats has increased over time, from 24 for the first election, to the present 57.

The chart on the upper right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections towards the right. It show the dominance of the Conservative party (blue) and Liberal party (red) prior to World War I; the inter-war wins of the United Farmers party (yellow); and the post-World War II rise of the NDP (orange), which mirrors the decline of the Liberal Party. The narrow wins of the Progressive Conservative Party (blue) in the 1960s and 1980s can also be made out.__TOC__

Summary of results

The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. The winning party's total is shown in bold. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.

Year	Seats			Liberal		NDP				United Farmers		Independent		Other Parties
Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)	Seats	Votes (%)
1879			24	6		2						5		11		Liberal-Conservative(7), Independent Conservative (2), Independent Liberal, National
1883			30	20		10
1886			35	20		15
1888			38	4		33						1
1892			40	9		28						1		2		Independent Liberal
1896			40	5		32						1		2		Patrons of Industry
1899			40	18		17								5		Independent Conservative (2) Liberal-Conservative (3)
1903			40	32	49.0	8	44.6
1907			41	28	50.6	13	47.9
1910			41	28	50.7	13	47.1
1914			49	28	46.9	20	42.4					1
1915			47	5	33.0	40	55.1	1				1
1920			55	8	18.5	21	35.1	11		12		3
1922			55	7	15.5	8	33.2	6		28		5		1		Ind. Labourers
1927			55	15	27.2	7	20.7	3		29		1
1932			55	10	35.4	38	39.6	5				2
1936			55	16	27.8	23	35.3	7	12.0	5		3		1		Communist
1941			55	12	19.9	27	35.1	3	17.0	3		7		3		Anti-coalition Conservative
1945			55	13	15.9	25	32.2	9	33.8	2		5		1		Labor-Progressive
1949			57	9	19.1	31	38.7	7	25.6			9		1		Labor-Progressive
1953			57	12	21.0	35	44.1	5	16.6	2		2		1		Labor-Progressive
1958			57	26	40.6	19	34.7	11	20.0			1
1959			57	36	46.3	11	30.0	10	21.8
1962			57	36	44.7	13	36.1	7	15.2	1
1966			57	31	40.0	14	33.1	11	23.1	1
1969			57	22	35.6	5	24.0	28	38.3	1		1
1973			57	21	36.7	5	19.0	31	42.3
1977			57	33	48.8	1	12.3	23	38.6
1981			57	23	43.8	–	6.7	34	47.4
1986			57	26	40.6	1	13.9	30	41.5
1988			57	25	38.4	20	35.5	12	23.6
1990			57	30	42.0	7	28.2	20	28.8
1995			57	31	42.9	3	23.7	23	32.8
1999			57	24	40.8	1	13.4	32	44.5
2003	width="3"		57	20	36.2	2	13.2	35	49.5
2007	width="3"		57	19	38.2	2	12.4	36	47.7
2011	width="3"		57	19	43.9	1	7.5	37	46.2
2016			57	40	53.2	3	14.5	14	25.7
2019			57	36	47.1	3	14.5	18	31.4
2023			57	22	42.1	1	10.8	34	45.5

Notes

Includes results for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1936 to 1959), Independent Labour Party (1922 to 1936), Labour (1920), Socialists (1920) and Social Democrats (1915 and 1920).

Includes results for Progressive Conservatives, and also the Independent Conservative candidate elected in 1903.

Includes results for the Liberal-Progressive party.

Includes results for the Progressive party in 1927.

Includes the two Liberal-Conservatives elected, who were members of the government.

Includes those of unknown party status.

Elections prior to provincial political parties

Until the 1879 election, political parties were not active in the province. However, some candidates declared their support for (or opposition to) the administration of the time. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.

Year	width=40	Seats	Government	width=100	Opposition	Other
1870	24	17	5	2
1874	24	9	6	9
1878	24	16	8

See also

• Timeline of Canadian elections
• List of political parties in Manitoba
• Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation candidates, 1949 Manitoba provincial election

References

• Web site: Historical Summaries . PDF . Government of Manitoba . June 3, 2003 . Statement of Votes for the 38th Provincial General Election . Elections Manitoba . 2006-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070620190303/http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/pdf/2003_statvotes_history.pdf . June 20, 2007 . dead .
• Web site: Official Election Results . ASP . Government of Manitoba . June 10, 2003 . Manitoba's 38th General Election . Elections Manitoba . 2006-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070211045638/http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/main/election/past/elect03/results/results.asp . February 11, 2007 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Legislative Assembly Act. 2016. December 21, 2016. Section 4(1).

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