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Manitoba General Election, 1981The Manitoba general election of November 17, 1981 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the opposition New Democratic Party, which took 34 of 57 seats. The governing Progressive Conservative Party took the remaining 23, while the Manitoba Liberal Party was shut out from the legislature for the first and only time in its history. The newly-formed Progressive Party failed to win any seats. Sterling Lyon's Progressive Conservative government ran on a promise to continue investing in the province's "mega-projects" (including as a $500 million Alcan aluminum smelter, a $600 million potash mine and a "Western power grid"), and suggested that an NDP government would jeopardize these plans. The NDP campaign, which was largely co-ordinated by Wilson Parasiuk, questioned the Lyon government's fiscal accountability in such matters, noting that it had sold 50% of Trout Lake Copper Mine stock, possibly at a major loss. Jacques Bougie, the Alcan administrator for Manitoba, was also seen as holding undue influence over the government. The NDP campaign generally focused on the economy, and drew attention to the issue of Manitobans emigrating from the province because of job losses. Progressive Party leader Sidney Green described Lyon's initiaves as "bega-projects", a reference to the government's controversial fundraising with foreign corporations. The election was considered too close to call until the final week, when the NDP campaign gained momentum. 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/New-Democratic-Party-of-Manitoba" title="New Democratic Party of Manitoba">New Democratic | Howard Pawley | align=center|20 | align=center|34 | align=center|% | | | | a href="/encyclopedia/Progressive-Conservative-Party-of-Manitoba" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba">Progressive Conservative | Sterling Lyon | align=center|32 | align=center|23 | align=center|% | | | | a href="/encyclopedia/Manitoba-Liberal-Party" title="Manitoba Liberal Party">Liberal | Doug Lauchlan | align=center|1 | align=center|0 | align=center|% | | | | Progressive | Sidney Green | align=center| 3 | align=center|0 | align=center|% | | | | Communist | Paula Fletcher | 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% | Note: There was one vacant seat at the time of the election. See also Riding-by-riding results Party key: (x) denotes incumbent. Arthur: Assiniboia: Brandon East: Brandon West: Burrows: Charleswood: Churchill: Concordia: Dauphin: Ellice: Elmwood: Emerson: Flin Flon: Fort Garry: Fort Rouge: Gimli: Gladstone: Inkster: Interlake: Kildonan: Kirkfield Park: Lac Du Bonnet: Lakeside: La Verendrye: Logan: Minnedosa: Morris: Niakwa: Osborne: Pembina: Portage La Prairie: Radisson: Rhineland: Riel: River East: River Heights: Roblin-Russell: Rossmere: Rupertsland: St. Boniface: St. James: St. Johns: St. Norbert: St. Vital: Ste. Rose: Selkirk: Seven Oaks: Springfield: Sturgeon Creek: Swan River: The Pas: Thompson: Transcona: Turtle Mountain: Tuxedo: Virden: Wolseley: post-election changes: Henry Carroll (NDP) became (Ind), August 19, 1982. Russell Doern (NDP) became (Ind), March 7, 1984. Fort Garry (res. Louis Sherman, August 5, 1984), October 2, 1984: Kildonan (dec. Mary Beth Dolin, April 10, 1985), October 1, 1985: Portage La Prairie (dec. Lloyd Hyde, August 25, 1985) General election, 1981
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