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Manitoba General Election, 1977The Manitoba general election of October 11, 1977 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, which took 33 seats out of 57. The governing New Democrats fell to 23 seats, while the Liberal Party won only one seat. See also: List of Manitoba general elections Provincial results | colspan=5|Party Standings | | rowspan=2|Party | rowspan=2|Leader | rowspan=2|Pre-election seats | colspan=2|Results | | eats | % of votes cast | | | | a href="/encyclopedia/Progressive-Conservative-Party-of-Manitoba" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba">Progressive Conservative | Sterling Lyon | align=center| | align=center|33 | align=center|% | | | | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party-of-Manitoba" title="New Democratic Party of Manitoba">New Democratic | Edward Schreyer | align=center| | align=center|23 | align=center|% | | | | a href="/encyclopedia/Manitoba-Liberal-Party" title="Manitoba Liberal Party">Liberal | Charles Huband | align=center| | align=center|1 | align=center|% | | | | Social Credit | Jacob Froese | align=center| | align=center|0 | align=center|% | | | | Communist | William Cecil Ross | align=center| 0 | align=center|0 | align=center|% | | | | Revolutionary Workers | | align=center| 0 | align=center|0 | align=center|% | | | | ndependent | n/a | align=center|0 | align=center|0 | align=center|% | | otal | | align=center| | align=center|57 | align=center|100.0% | Riding-by-riding results Party key: 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: La 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: Rossmere (Edward Schreyer appointed Governor-General of Canada, December 7, 1978), October 16, 1979: River Heights (res. Sidney Spivak, April 12, 1979), October 16, 1979: Fort Rouge (res. Lloyd Axworthy, April 6, 1979), October 16, 1979: Sidney Green (NDP) changed his party affiliation to Independent NDP on December 4, 1979. Robert Wilson was expelled from the Progressive Conservative caucus on November 20, 1980, and from the Progressive Conservative party on November 28, 1980. On June 17, 1981, he was expelled from the legislature entirely, having been sentenced to seven years in prison. Ben Hanuschak (NDP) became an Independent MLA on February 26, 1981. On February 27, 1981, J.R. Bud Boyce left the NDP caucus. On March 3, 1981, Green, Hanuschak and Boyce announced their membership in the new Progressive Party of Manitoba. General election, 1977
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