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Manitoba General Election, 1969The Manitoba General Election of June 25, 1969 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was a watershed moment in the province's political history. The social-democratic New Democratic Party emerged for the first time as the largest party in the legislature, winning 28 out of 57 seats. The governing Progressive Conservative Party fell to 22, and the once-dominant Liberal Party fell to an historical low of five. The Social Credit Party elected one member, and there was also one Independent. It was not clear what form the government would take in the days immediately following the election. There were negotiations among the Liberal and Progressive Conservatives to form a minority coalition government, supported by the Social Credit and Independent members; under this scenario, former Liberal leader Gildas Molgat would have become Premier. These plans came to nothing when Liberal MLA Laurent Desjardins announced that he would sit as a Liberal Democrat supporting the NDP. Edward Schreyer became the province's first social-democratic Premier shortly thereafter. Party Key: (x) denotes incumbent. Riding results Arthur: Assiniboia: Birtle-Russell: Brandon East: Brandon West: Burrows: Charleswood: Churchill: Crescentwood: Dauphin: Elmwood: Emerson: Flin Flon: Fort Garry: Fort Rouge: Gimli: Gladstone: Inkster: Kildonan: Lac Du Bonnet: Lakeside: La Verendrye: Logan: Minnedosa: Morris: Osborne: Pembina: Point Douglas: Portage La Prairie: Radisson: Rhineland: Riel: River Heights: Roblin: Rock Lake: Rossmere: Rupertsland: St. Boniface: St. George: St. James: St. Johns: St. Matthews: St. Vital: Ste. Rose: Selkirk: Seven Oaks: Souris-Killarney: Springfield: Sturgeon Creek: Swan River: The Pas: Thompson: Transcona: Virden: Wellington: Winnipeg Centre: Wolseley: post-election changes: St. Vital (res. Jack Hardy, February 16, 1971), April 5, 1971: Ste. Rose (res. Gildas Molgat, October 7, 1970), April 5, 1971: Minnedosa (res. Walter Weir, September 1971), November 16, 1971: Laurent Desjardins formally joined the NDP in 1971. Wolseley (dec. Leonard Claydon, 1971), June 16, 1972: Jean Allard left the NDP to sit as an Independent on April 7, 1972. Joseph Borowski left the NDP caucus on June 25, 1972. General election, 1969
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