1986 Manitoba general election

The 1986 Manitoba general election was held on March 18, 1986 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which took 30 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party won 26 seats and formed the official opposition. The Manitoba Liberal Party, which had not been represented in the previous legislature, won one seat.

Opinion polls

+ Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source NDP PC MLP Other SampleElection 1986March 18, 198641.5040.5613.922.96Institute of Social and Economic ResearchFebruary 198644.539.514.1Institute of Social and Economic ResearchApril 198426.559.514Election 1981November 17, 198147.3843.826.702.10

Results PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular VoteBefore1Elected% Change#%Change New Democratic Howard Pawley5732 30-6.3%198,26141.50%-5.88 Progressive Conservative Gary Filmon5722 26 +18.2%193,72840.56%-3.26 Liberal Sharon Carstairs57 -1  66,46913.92%+7.22 Dennis Heeney14---11,6772.44%+2.44 Sidney Green12---2,4510.51%-1.30 Western Canada Concept Fred Cameron5---6720.14%+0.14 Paula Fletcher5---3560.08%+0.03Independent92 --100%4,0760.85%+0.61 Clancy Smith(4)---    Total21657 57-477,690100% 

1 "Before" refers to standings in the Legislature at dissolution, and not to the results of the previous election. These numbers therefore reflect changes in party standings as a result of by-elections and members crossing the floor.

Vote and seat summaries

Synopsis of results + 1986 Manitoba general election – synopsis of riding results Electoraldivision Winning partyVotesAll parties with more than 1% of the vote are shown individually. Independent candidates and other minor parties are aggregated separately.1981 1stplace Votes Share Margin# Margin% 2ndplace NDP PC Lib CoR Total  Arthur PC PC 4,569 61.11% 3,371 45.08% CoR 1,009 4,569 701 1,198 – – 7,477Assiniboia PC PC 3,813 51.62% 1,618 21.90% NDP 2,195 3,813 1,379 – – – 7,387Brandon East NDP NDP 4,173 52.88% 989 12.53% PC 4,173 3,184 535 – – – 7,892Brandon West NDP PC 5,537 53.11% 1,409 13.52% NDP 4,128 5,537 760 – – – 10,425Burrows NDP NDP 3,547 53.04% 2,110 31.55% Ind 3,547 950 587 – 1,473William Chornopyski, long-time city councillor in Winnipeg and active NDP supporter, left the NDP and stood as an Independent, winning 1,437 votes and finishing in second place. 131 6,688Charleswood PC PC 6,524 56.43% 3,698 31.99% NDP 2,826 6,524 2,211 – – – 11,561Churchill NDP NDP 2,940 73.50% 2,083 52.08% PC 2,940 857 203 – – – 4,000Concordia NDP NDP 4,525 54.37% 1,841 22.12% PC 4,525 2,684 909 – – 204 8,322Dauphin NDP NDP 4,886 52.27% 1,765 18.88% PC 4,886 3,121 1,341 – – – 9,348Ellice NDP NDP 3,989 57.67% 2,258 32.64% PC 3,989 1,731 929 – – 268 6,917Elmwood NDP NDP 3,241 45.84% 1,235 17.47% Ind 3,241 1,435 389 – 2,006Russell Doern, NDP Cabinet minister under Edward Schreyer and Howard Pawley, left the NDP in 1984. – 7,071Emerson PC PC 4,758 51.75% 978 10.64% NDP 3,780 4,758 656 – – – 9,194Flin Flon NDP NDP 3,316 69.49% 2,244 47.02% PC 3,316 1,072 384 – – – 4,772Fort Garry PC PC 5,146 48.45% 1,988 18.72% NDP 3,158 5,146 2,114 – – 204 10,622Fort Rouge NDP NDP 4,223 48.86% 1,633 18.89% PC 4,223 2,590 1,683 – 101 46 8,643Gimli NDP NDP 4,906 50.83% 951 9.85% PC 4,906 3,955 649 – – 141 9,651Gladstone PC PC 3,402 49.25% 1,648 23.86% CoR 872 3,402 879 1,754 – – 6,907Inkster NDP NDP 5,480 64.09% 3,754 43.91% PC 5,480 1,726 938 – 101 305 8,550Interlake NDP NDP 4,634 61.30% 2,453 32.45% PC 4,634 2,181 455 289 – – 7,559Kildonan NDP NDP 6,199 51.65% 1,989 16.57% PC 6,199 4,210 1,134 – – 459 12,002Kirkfield Park PC PC 5,497 57.14% 3,306 34.37% NDP 2,191 5,497 1,932 – – – 9,620La Vérendrye PC PC 3,618 59.12% 1,850 30.23% NDP 1,768 3,618 734 – – – 6,120Lac du Bonnet NDP NDP 3,903 46.12% 302 3.57% PC 3,903 3,601 959 – – – 8,463Lakeside PC PC 4,303 49.38% 1,903 21.84% NDP 2,400 4,303 959 1,052 – – 8,714Logan NDP NDP 3,765 73.08% 2,974 57.73% PC 3,765 791 502 – 94 – 5,152Minnedosa PC PC 3,316 41.77% 947 11.93% NDP 2,369 3,316 745 1,508 – – 7,938Morris PC PC 4,378 68.78% 3,238 50.87% NDP 1,140 4,378 847 – – – 6,365Niakwa PC PC 6,437 47.44% 1,606 11.84% NDP 4,831 6,437 2,300 – – – 13,568Osborne NDP NDP 4,747 55.38% 2,399 27.99% PC 4,747 2,348 1,259 – – 217 8,571Pembina PC PC 5,270 65.19% 4,326 53.51% CoR 913 5,270 849 944 – 108 8,084Portage la Prairie PC PC 3,693 51.35% 2,236 31.09% NDP 1,457 3,693 968 1,074 – – 7,192Radisson NDP NDP 4,810 53.71% 2,144 23.94% PC 4,810 2,666 1,239 – – 240 8,955Rhineland PC PC 3,037 51.34% 1,488 25.16% NDP 1,549 3,037 1,329 – – – 5,915Riel NDP PC 4,479 47.10% 769 8.09% NDP 3,710 4,479 1,133 187 – – 9,509River East NDP PC 6,598 48.88% 750 5.56% NDP 5,848 6,598 696 280 – 76 13,498River Heights PC Liberal 4,620 44.98% 1,485 14.46% PC 2,516 3,135 4,620 – – – 10,271Roblin-Russell PC PC 3,241 38.09% 38 0.45% NDP 3,203 3,241 2,065 – – – 8,509Rossmere NDP NDP 4,613 47.04% 527 5.37% PC 4,613 4,086 1,108 – – – 9,807Rupertsland NDP NDP 2,302 60.42% 1,371 35.98% PC 2,302 931 577 – – – 3,810Selkirk NDP NDP 5,135 54.93% 2,016 21.56% PC 5,135 3,119 1,023 – – 72 9,349Seven Oaks NDP NDP 5,158 64.71% 3,317 41.61% PC 5,158 1,841 907 – – 65 7,971Springfield NDP PC 5,094 44.26% 55 0.48% NDP 5,039 5,094 1,376 – – – 11,509St. Boniface NDP NDP 4,978 60.77% 3,027 36.95% Lib 4,978 1,114 1,951 – – 149 8,192St. James NDP NDP 4,120 44.22% 155 1.66% PC 4,120 3,965 922 175 – 136 9,318St. Johns NDP NDP 3,753 56.39% 1,804 27.10% PC 3,753 1,949 632 – 115 207 6,656St. Norbert PC PC 5,788 50.72% 2,949 25.84% NDP 2,839 5,788 2,784 – – – 11,411St. Vital NDP NDP 4,430 45.32% 558 5.71% PC 4,430 3,872 1,472 – – – 9,774Ste. Rose NDP PC 3,735 45.77% 715 8.76% NDP 3,020 3,735 952 454 – – 8,161Sturgeon Creek PC PC 4,994 55.17% 2,592 28.63% NDP 2,402 4,994 1,530 – 126 – 9,052Swan River PC NDP 3,773 47.88% 65 0.82% PC 3,773 3,708 399 – – – 7,880The Pas NDP NDP 4,051 68.34% 2,963 49.98% PC 4,051 1,088 789 – – – 5,928Thompson NDP NDP 3,852 66.61% 2,354 40.71% PC 3,852 1,498 433 – – – 5,783Transcona NDP NDP 4,631 59.39% 2,665 34.18% PC 4,631 1,966 1,200 – – – 7,797Turtle Mountain PC PC 3,390 47.51% 2,037 28.55% NDP 1,353 3,390 1,242 1,150 – – 7,135Tuxedo PC PC 5,268 49.09% 1,724 16.06% Lib 1,816 5,268 3,544 – – 104 10,732Virden PC PC 4,251 52.99% 2,501 31.18% NDP 1,750 4,251 524 1,497 – – 8,022Wolseley NDP NDP 4,099 51.42% 1,881 23.60% PC 4,099 2,218 1,132 115 60 347 7,971

= open seat = winning candidate was in previous Legislature = incumbent had switched allegiance = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature = other incumbents renominated = Libertarian candidate - party not recognized by Elections Manitoba = multiple candidates

Turnout, winning shares and swings + Summary of riding results by turnout, vote share for winning candidate, and swing (vs 1981)Riding and winning partyTurnoutVote shareShare won by winning candidate, with difference noted from share achieved by the same party in 1981.SwingPositive indicates improvement to standing of party winning in 1981; negative points to 1981's second-place party being swung to. % Change (pp) % Change (pp) To Change (pp)  Arthur PC Hold 67.11 61.11 NDP Assiniboia PC Hold 64.04 51.62 PC Brandon East NDP Hold 67.02 52.88 PC Brandon West PC Gain 70.92 53.11 PC Burrows NDP Hold 61.59 53.04 PC Charleswood PC Hold 69.52 56.43 PC Churchill NDP Hold 61.05 73.50 NDP Concordia NDP Hold 66.22 54.37 PC Dauphin NDP Hold 78.70 52.27 NDP Ellice NDP Hold 66.37 57.67 PC Elmwood NDP Hold 64.33 45.84 PC Emerson PC Hold 72.99 51.75 PC Flin Flon NDP Hold 56.38 69.49 NDP Fort Garry PC Hold 66.23 48.45 NDP Fort Rouge NDP Hold 64.33 48.86 NDP Gimli NDP Hold 75.17 50.83 NDP Gladstone PC Hold 62.62 49.25 NDP Inkster NDP Hold 60.25 64.09 PC Interlake NDP Hold 66.08 61.30 PC Kildonan NDP Hold 63.47 51.65 PC Kirkfield Park PC Hold 68.62 57.14 PC La Vérendrye PC Hold 50.42 59.12 NDP Lac du Bonnet NDP Hold 73.94 46.12 PC Lakeside PC Hold 71.05 49.38 NDP Logan NDP Hold 56.00 73.08 N/AStephen Juba, previously an MLA before moving to municipal politics and becoming Mayor of Winnipeg, had campaigned as an Independent in 1981, finishing second. He decided not to campaign again in 1986.Minnedosa PC Hold 69.35 41.77 PC Morris PC Hold 59.73 68.78 PC Niakwa PC Hold 71.57 47.44 PC Osborne NDP Hold 69.15 55.38 NDP Pembina PC Hold 63.89 65.19 NDP Portage la Prairie PC Hold 65.03 51.35 PC Radisson NDP Hold 69.55 53.71 PC Rhineland PC Hold 50.50 51.34 NDP Riel PC Gain 74.24 47.10 PC River East PC Gain 73.45 48.88 PC River Heights Lib Gain 80.66 44.98 NDP Roblin-Russell PC Hold 78.60 38.09 NDP Rossmere NDP Hold 77.91 47.04 PC Rupertsland NDP Hold 41.96 60.42 Lib Selkirk NDP Hold 74.93 54.93 PC Seven Oaks NDP Hold 63.36 64.71 PC Springfield PC Gain 73.33 44.26 PC St. Boniface NDP Hold 69.73 60.77 Lib St. James NDP Hold 72.49 44.22 PC St. Johns NDP Hold 62.42 56.39 PC St. Norbert PC Hold 68.88 50.72 PC St. Vital NDP Hold 73.81 45.32 PC Ste. Rose PC Gain 72.65 45.77 PC Sturgeon Creek PC Hold 67.45 55.17 PC Swan River NDP Gain 80.18 47.88 NDP The Pas NDP Hold 68.18 68.34 NDP Thompson NDP Hold 71.50 66.61 NDP Transcona NDP Hold 65.56 59.39 PC Turtle Mountain PC Hold 69.23 47.51 NDP Tuxedo PC Hold 71.84 49.09 NDP Virden PC Hold 67.85 52.99 PC Wolseley NDP Hold 65.95 51.42 NDP

Changes in party shares + Share change analysis by party and riding (1986 vs 1981)Riding Liberal NDP PC % Change (pp) % Change (pp) % Change (pp)  Arthur 9.38 13.49 61.11 Assiniboia 18.67 29.71 51.62 Brandon East 6.78 52.88 40.34 Brandon West 7.29 39.60 53.11 Burrows 8.78 53.04 14.20 Charleswood 19.12 24.44 56.43 Churchill 5.08 73.50 21.43 Concordia 10.92 54.37 32.25 Dauphin 14.35 52.27 33.39 Ellice 13.43 57.67 25.03 Elmwood 5.50 45.84 20.29 Emerson 7.14 41.11 51.75 Flin Flon 8.05 69.49 22.46 Fort Garry 19.90 29.73 48.45 Fort Rouge 19.47 48.86 29.97 Gimli 6.72 50.83 40.98 Gladstone 12.73 12.62 49.25 Inkster 10.97 64.09 20.19 Interlake 6.02 61.30 28.85 Kildonan 9.45 51.65 35.08 Kirkfield Park 20.08 22.78 57.14 La Vérendrye 11.99 28.89 59.12 Lac du Bonnet 11.33 46.12 42.55 Lakeside 11.01 27.54 49.38 Logan 9.74 73.08 15.35 Minnedosa 9.39 29.84 41.77 Morris 13.31 17.91 68.78 Niakwa 16.95 35.61 47.44 Osborne 14.69 55.38 27.39 Pembina 10.50 11.29 65.19 Portage la Prairie 13.46 20.26 51.35 Radisson 13.84 53.71 29.77 Rhineland 22.47 26.19 51.34 Riel 11.92 39.02 47.10 River East 5.16 43.32 48.88 River Heights 44.98 24.50 30.52 Roblin-Russell 24.27 37.64 38.09 Rossmere 11.30 47.04 41.66 Rupertsland 15.14 60.42 24.44 Selkirk 10.94 54.93 33.36 Seven Oaks 11.38 64.71 23.10 Springfield 11.96 43.78 44.26 St. Boniface 23.82 60.77 13.60 St. James 9.89 44.22 42.55 St. Johns 9.50 56.39 29.28 St. Norbert 24.40 24.88 50.72 St. Vital 15.06 45.32 39.62 Ste. Rose 11.67 37.01 45.77 Sturgeon Creek 16.90 26.54 55.17 Swan River 5.06 47.88 47.06 The Pas 13.31 68.34 18.35 Thompson 7.49 66.61 25.90 Transcona 15.39 59.39 25.21 Turtle Mountain 17.41 18.96 47.51 Tuxedo 33.02 16.92 49.09 Virden 6.53 21.82 52.99 Wolseley 14.20 51.42 27.83

= did not field a candidate in 1981

Post-election changes Early in 1988, Laurent Desjardins (St. Boniface) announced his retirement from the legislature. Soon after this, NDP backbencher Jim Walding (St. Vital) voted against his party's budget, causing the government to fall.

See also List of Manitoba political parties Manitoba Liberal Party candidates, 1986 Manitoba provincial election

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