The 2016 Manitoba general election was held on April 19, 2016, to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada.Voting in a Manitoba Provincial Election . Retrieved June 24, 2012. The New Democratic Party of Manitoba, led by Greg Selinger, were defeated by the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba led by Brian Pallister, ending nearly 17 years of NDP government. The Progressive Conservatives won 40 seats, one of the largest majority governments in Manitoba history, the other one was in 1915 when Liberals also won 40 seats.

The election also removed one of the two New Democratic governments in the country, the other being formed by the Alberta New Democratic Party.

Date Under the Manitoba Elections Act, the general election is to be held on the first Tuesday of October in the fourth calendar year, following the previous election.Elections Act, sec. 49.1(2). As the last election was held in 2011, that date would be October 6, 2015. However, the act also provides that if, as of January 1 of the election year, the election period would overlap with a federal election period, the provincial election is to be postponed until the third Tuesday of the following April.Elections Act, sec. 49.1(3). Under the federal fixed-term act, on January 1, 2015, the next federal election was tentatively scheduled for October 19, 2015, overlapping election periods by approximately three weeks. Thus the next Manitoba election was scheduled for April 19, 2016. The Lieutenant Governor retains the power to dissolve the Legislative Assembly early.Elections Act, sec. 49.1(1). The legislature was dissolved and writs for the election were dropped on March 16, 2016.

Campaign The election was relatively unique within Canadian politics, in that opinion polling indicated that most voters were basing their decision on the local candidate in their riding or the party platform, not the performance of the leader. In most Canadian elections, such as the 2016 Saskatchewan election, the behaviour of the party leader was a stronger motivator for constituents when voting; in the context of the Manitoba election, however, polling found that none of the three main party leaders was particularly well-liked or trusted by the electorate."Voters don't trust leaders, but Pallister fares better than rivals: poll". Winnipeg Free Press, April 9, 2016. Although Pallister fared best with 33 per cent support in public opinion polling on the question of preferred premier, even he finished only one point ahead of "none of the above" at 32 per cent.

The campaigns of all three parties were based on themes of change, with even Selinger suggesting the incumbent NDP government would be able to respond to constituent concerns and change problematic policies in the leaders' debate. Opinion polling during the campaign suggested a lack of enthusiasm for all party leaders, and a general desire for change.

Incumbents not contesting their seats

+ Retiring incumbentsParty Riding IncumbentNDPAssiniboia Jim RondeauDauphin Stan StruthersDawson TrailRon LemieuxFort Rouge Jennifer HowardRadissonBidhu JhaCBC News Manitoba, 24-11-2015St. Johns Gord MackintoshSt. Vital Nancy AllanSeine River Theresa OswaldTranscona Daryl ReidProgressive ConservativeAgassiz Stu BrieseRiding MountainLeanne RowatRiver East Bonnie Mitchelson

Opinion polls

Polling firm Last dateof polling Link NDP PC Liberal Green OtherInsights West28531071Insightrix Research22491991Forum ResearchProgressive Conservatives to take more than half the vote Forum Research Inc.2152189Mainstreet Research2655119Insights West26491771Insightrix Research2449225Mainstreet Research2450179Probe Research Inc2846206Mainstreet Research2345247Mainstreet Research2444247Forum Research22462381Mainstreet Research2743247Mainstreet Research2150236Mainstreet Research2151207Mainstreet Research2052209Mainstreet Research2344276Insightrix Research19393651Probe Research Inc2243296Probe Research Inc2545245Probe Research Inc2946195Probe Research Inc2944207Probe Research IncHTML2648197Mainstreet Research275320Probe Research Inc3042208Probe Research IncHTML3245167Probe Research Inc2846233Insightrix Research2449189Probe Research Inc2648206Probe Research Inc2943208Probe Research Inc28461710Probe Research Inc3542158Probe Research Inc3943117Probe Research Inc4538116Probe Research Inc4440133Probe Research Inc40451052011 election46.243.77.52.50.1Polling firmLast dateof pollingLinkOtherNDPPCLiberalGreen

Results The Tories went into the election as heavy favourites, having led opinion polls for almost four years. They scored a near-sweep of rural southern and central Manitoba, and also made significant inroads in Winnipeg, taking every seat in the southern and western portions of the capital. In many cases, previously safe NDP seats either fell to the Tories or saw the NDP margins cut by more than half.

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party !rowspan="2"|Leader !rowspan="2"|Candidates !colspan="4"|Seats !colspan="3"|Popular vote |- !2011 !Dissol. !2016 !+/- !Votes !% !% change

|align=left|Brian Pallister |57 ||19 |||19 || 40|| +21||232,215 ||53.10 ||+9.39

|align=left|Greg Selinger |57 ||37 ||35 || 14|| -21||112,748 ||25.78 ||−20.38

|align=left|Rana Bokhari |51 ||1 ||1 || 3|| +2||62,973 ||14.40 ||+6.88

|align=left|James Beddome |30 ||– ||– || –|| –||22,188 ||5.07 ||+2.55

|align=left|Gary Marshall |16 ||– ||– || –|| –||4,887 ||1.12 ||n/a

|align=left|Darrell Rankin |6 ||– ||– || –|| –||305 ||0.07 ||+0.03

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Independents |4 ||– ||– || –|| –||2,032 ||0.46 ||+0.41

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Vacant |2 | colspan="5" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total |221 ||57 ||57 ||57 || ||437,348 || ||

Vote and seat summaries

Results by riding Note that names in bold type represent Cabinet members, while italics represent party leaders.

Northern Manitoba

| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Flin Flon || |Tom Lindsey1,106 | |Angela Enright954 | |Leslie Beck948

|Clarence Pettersen (Ind.)359 || |Clarence Pettersen |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kewatinook | |Eric Robinson1,207 | |Edna Nabess375 || |Judy Klassen1,565

|Eric Robinson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Swan River | |Ron Kostyshyn2,408 || |Rick Wowchuk4,081 | |Shayne Lynxleg483 | |Dan Soprovich296

|Ron Kostyshyn |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|The Pas || |Amanda Lathlin1,976 | |Doug Lauvstad1,765 | |Tyler Duncan586 | |Patrick Wood217

|Amanda Lathlin |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Thompson | |Steve Ashton1,527 || |Kelly Bindle1,712 | |Inez Vystrcil-Spence638

|Steve Ashton

Westman/Parkland

| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Agassiz | |Courtney Lucas450 || |Eileen Clarke5,228

|Robert Smith409 | |Damian Dempsey (Ind.)910 || |Stu Briese |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Arthur-Virden | |Lorne Topolniski600 || |Doyle Piwniuk6,006

|Frank Godon (Manitoba)846 || |Doyle Piwniuk |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Brandon East | |Drew Caldwell2,534 || |Len Isleifson3,669 | |Vanessa Hamilton830

|Drew Caldwell |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Brandon West | |Linda Ross1,884 || |Reg Helwer5,624 | |William Moore631

|Reg Helwer |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dauphin | |Darcy Scheller1,899 || |Brad Michaleski4,795 | |Garry Gurke505 | |Kate Storey595 | |Darrell Inkster (Manitoba)168 || |Stan Struthers |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Riding Mountain | |Béla Gyarmati601 || |Greg Nesbitt5,311 | |Jordan Fleury1,028 | |Mark Olenick779

|Leanne Rowat |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Spruce Woods | |Amanda Chmelyk665 || |Cliff Cullen5,210 | |Jaron Hart512

|Malcolm McKellar (Manitoba)738 || |Cliff Cullen

Central Manitoba

| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Emerson | |Alanna Jones432 || |Cliff Graydon4,943 | |Loren Braul1,423

|Cliff Graydon |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gimli | |Armand Bélanger 2,579 || |Jeff Wharton 5,614

|Dwight Harfield 843 | |Ed Paquette (Manitoba) 239 || |vacant |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Interlake | |Tom Nevakshonoff1,428 || |Derek Johnson3,685 | |Jamal Abas 2,068

|Tom Nevakshonoff |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lakeside | |Matt Austman1,369 || |Ralph Eichler 6,077

|Ralph Eichler |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Midland | |Jacqueline Theroux 714 || |Blaine Pedersen 6,168 | |Julia Sisler 523 | |Stacey O’Neill 797

|Blaine Pedersen |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Morden-Winkler | |Elizabeth Lynch 215 || |Cameron Friesen 6,598 | |Benjamin Bawdon279 | |Mike Urichuk667

|Cameron Friesen |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Morris | |Mohamed Alli840 || |Shannon Martin6,980 | |John Falk1,430

|Shannon Martin |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Portage la Prairie | |Alex MacDonald 697 || |Ian Wishart4,635 | |Stephen Prince1,238

|Ian Wishart

Eastman

| style="background:whitesmoke;"| Dawson Trail | |Roxane Dupuis1,678 || |Bob Lagassé4,430 | |Terry Hayward1,652

|David Sutherland (Manitoba)516 || |Ron Lemieux |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lac du Bonnet | |Wendy Sol1,647 || |Wayne Ewasko5,666

|Wayne Ewasko |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|La Verendrye | |Echo Asher705 || |Dennis Smook5,262 | |Bill Paulishyn696 | |Janine Gibson724

|Dennis Smook |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Steinbach | |Kathleen McCallum387 || |Kelvin Goertzen6,982 | |Dakota Young-Brown461

|Kelvin Goertzen |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"| St. Paul | |Andrew Podolecki1,757 || |Ron Schuler7,091 | |Pete Sanderson1,055

|Ron Schuler |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Selkirk | |Greg Dewar 2,366 || |Alan Lagimodiere4,686 | |Stefan Jones 1,390

|Greg Dewar

Northwest Winnipeg

| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burrows | |Melanie Wight1,775 | |Rae Wagner1,014 || |Cindy Lamoureux2,641 | |Garrett Bodnaryk216 | |Tony Petrowski (Communist)28 || |Melanie Wight |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kildonan | |Dave Chomiak3,065 || |Nic Curry3,694 | |Navdeep Khangura974 | |Steven Stairs456 | |Gary Marshall (Manitoba)133 || |Dave Chomiak |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Point Douglas || |Kevin Chief2,839 | |Marsha Street811 | |Althea Guiboche956 | |Alberteen Spence247 | |Frank Komarniski (Communist)58 || |Kevin Chief |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Johns || |Nahanni Fontaine2,358 | |Barbara Judt1,869 | |Noel Bernier1,465 | |Elizabeth Puchailo671

|Gord Mackintosh |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|The Maples || |Mohinder Saran2,832 | |Kaur Sidhu 2,705 | |Harbans Singh Brar 1,695 | |John Redekopp582

|Mohinder Saran |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Tyndall Park || |Ted Marcelino2,139 | |Naseer Warraich1,306 | |Aida Champagne1,656 | |Shane Neustaeter391

|Ted Marcelino

Northeast Winnipeg

| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Concordia || |Matt Wiebe 2,761 | |Andrew Frank 2,483 | |Donovan Martin 642

|Terry Scott (Manitoba)254 || |Matt Wiebe |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Elmwood || |Jim Maloway2,993 | |Sarah Langevin2,886

|Albert Ratt (Manitoba)579 || |Jim Maloway |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Radisson | |Preet Singh2,945 || |James Teitsma4,635 | |Scott Newman1,593

|Bidhu Jha |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|River East | |Jody Gillis2,435 || |Cathy Cox6,154 | |Piero Scaramuzzi776

|Bonnie Mitchelson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rossmere | |Erna Braun3,389 || |Andrew Micklefield5,303 | |Malli Aulakh838

|William Sullivan (Manitoba)427 || |Erna Braun |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Boniface || |Greg Selinger3,624 | |Mamadou Ka2,211 | |Alain Landry1,663 | |Signe Knutson1,048

|Greg Selinger |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Transcona | |Barb Burkowski2,281 || |Blair Yakimoski3,948 | |Chad Panting1,465

|Darrell Rankin (Communist)68Ajit Kumar (Manitoba)233 || |Daryl Reid

West Winnipeg

| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Assiniboia | |Joseph McKellep2,196 || |Steven Fletcher3,450 | |Ian McCausland1,631 | |Ileana Ohlsson580

|Jim Rondeau |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Charleswood | |Janna Barkman1,168 || |Myrna Driedger5,298 | |Paul Brault1,187 | |Kevin Nichols1,080

|Myrna Driedger |-