1999 Manitoba general election

1999 Manitoba general election

September 21, 1999
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	68.11% (1.09%)
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%
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election Gary Filmon Progressive Conservative Premier after election Gary Doer New Democratic

The 1999 Manitoba general election was held on September 21, 1999 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. The Manitoba PC Party declined in popularity due to unpopular budget cuts on the healthcare system, social programs, and civil servants. The budget cuts on Public Service employees resulted in "Filmon Fridays" where civil servants had to take 10 unpaid days off each year. A vote splitting scandal has also hurt the Manitoba PC Party's reputation when the Independent Native Voice Party was claimed to be funded by the PC Caucus in attempt to take away votes from the NDP during the 1995 election.

Results

Summary of the September 21, 1999 Manitoba Legislature election results

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				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

Popular vote New Democratic   44.51% PC   40.84% Liberal   13.40% Others   1.25%

Seats summary New Democratic   56.14% PC   42.11% Liberal   1.75%

Candidates by riding

Northern Manitoba/Parkland

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
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	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
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	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
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	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
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	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
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%)		Gary Kowalski
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	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
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%)						Cameron Neumann (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 Stewart 713 (8.10%)				Paul Sidon (Communist) 56 (0.64%)		Daryl Reid

West Winnipeg

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
Assiniboia		Jim Rondeau 4,347 (44.24%)		Linda McIntosh 4,344 (44.20%)		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	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
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%)				New riding
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%)		Mike Radcliffe
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	Candidates										Incumbent
	NDP		PC		Liberal		Green		Other
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

Boldface denotes 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 Resignation of Eric Stefanson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Stuart Murray	4,369	53.94	+0.70	$9,841
	Liberal	Vic Wieler	2,158	26.64	+6.54	$4,355
	New Democratic	Dawn Thompson	1,512	18.67	-8.00	$4,291
	Libertarian	Dennis Rice	61	0.75		$0.00
Total valid votes			8,100	99.69
Total rejected ballots			25	0.31	-0.27
Turnout			8,125	54.87	-21.81
Eligible voters			14,809
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.92

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)

See also

• Independent candidates, 1999 Manitoba provincial election