Manitoba general election, 2003

June 3, 2003

57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
		PC
Leader	Gary Doer	Stuart Murray	Jon Gerrard
Party	New Democratic	Progressive Conservative	Liberal
Leader since	March 30, 1988	November 4, 2000	October 17, 1998
Leader's seat	Concordia	Kirkfield Park	River Heights
Last election	32	24	1
Seats won	35	20	2
Seat change	3	4	1
Popular vote	195,425	142,967	52,123
Percentage	49.47%	36.19%	13.19%
Swing	4.96 points	4.65 points	0.21 points

Map of Manitoba with the ridings coloured to indicate the winning parties and their popular vote

Premier before election

Gary Doer
New Democratic

Premier-designate

Gary Doer
New Democratic

The Manitoba general election held on June 3, 2003 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which won 35 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with twenty seats. The Liberal Party won two seats.

Results

Summary of the June 3, 2003 Manitoba Legislature election results


Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	Candidates	1999	Dissol.	2003	+ / —	#	%	Change
	New Democratic	Gary Doer	57	32	31	35	+3	195,425	49.47%	+4.96%
	Progressive Conservative	Stuart Murray	56	24	23	20	−4	142,967	36.19%	−4.65%
	Liberal	Jon Gerrard	57	1	1	2	+1	52,123	13.19%	−0.21%
	Green	Markus Buchart	14	0	0	0	—	3,792	0.96%	+0.76%
	Communist	Darrell Rankin	5	0	0	0	—	334	0.08%	−0.01%
	Libertarian	Chris Buors	5	0	0	0	—	248	0.06%	-0.07%
	Independents and no affiliation		2	0	1	0	—	167	0.04%	−0.19%
	Vacant				2
Total			196	57	57	57	—	397,069	54.17%
Registered Voters								732,946

¹ One of the two independent candidates is a member of the federal Christian Heritage Party, while the other was formerly a candidate of the Libertarian Party.

Candidates by Riding

Party key:

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
Ind: Independent

(x) denotes incumbent. Election expenditures refer only to candidate expenses.

Northern Manitoba/Parkland

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Dauphin-Roblin^[1]	Stan Struthers 4602 (54.27%)	Bill Griffin 2979 (35.13%)	Joelle Robinson 683 (8.05%)	Larry Powell 216 (2.55%)		Stan Struthers
Flin Flon^[2]	Gerard Jennissen 2402 (73.21%)	Lloyd Macdonald 322 (9.81%)	Garry Zamzow 557 (16.98%)			Gerrard Jennissen
Rupertsland^[3]	Eric Robinson 2203 (87.52%)	Cory Phillips 152 (6.04%)	Orville Woodford 162 (6.44%)			Eric Robinson
Swan River^[4]	Rosann Wowchuk 4701 (63.00%)	Jason Shaw 2223 (29.79%)	Russell McKay 538 (7.21%)			Rosann Wowchuk
The Pas^[5]	Oscar Lathlin 3104 (65.61%)	Richard Goudy 791 (16.72%)	Mark Sweeny 836 (17.67%)			Oscar Lathlin
Thompson^[6]	Steve Ashton 3291 (82.73%)	Bill Archer 532 (13.37%)	Myrle Traverse 155 (3.90%)			Steve Ashton

Westman

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Arthur-Virden^[7]	Perry Kalynuk 3,219 (41.89%)	Larry Maguire 4,135 (53.80%)	Vaughn Ramsay 331 (4.31%)			Larry Maguire
Brandon East^[8]	Drew Caldwell 3,870 (62.04%)	Greg Dinsdale 2,036 (32.64%)	Scott Brigden 274 (4.39%)		Lisa Gallagher (Communist) 58 (0.93%)	Drew Caldwell
Brandon West^[9]	Scott Smith 5,210 (61.02%)	Reg Atkinson 2,982 (34.93%)	Candace Sigurdson 346 (4.05%)			Scott Smith
Minnedosa^[10]	Harvey Paterson 3,247 (47.19%)	Leanne Rowat 3,259 (47.37%)	Gordon Powell 268 (3.90%)		Colin Atkins (Independent) 106 (1.54%)	Harold Gilleshammer
Russell^[11]	Don Yanick 3,208 (40.78%)	Len Derkach 4,087 (51.96%)	Joan Clement 571 (7.26%)			Len Derkach

Central Manitoba

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Carman^[12]	Bill Harrison 1,445 (21.27%)	Denis Rocan 3,523 (51.86%)	Don Oldcorn 1,825 (26.87%)			Denis Rocan†
Gimli^[13]	Peter Bjornson 5,500 (56.56%)	Vern Sabeski 3,651 (37.54%)	Lynn Clark 574 (5.90%)			Ed Helwer
Interlake^[14]	Tom Nevakshonoff 3,858 (63.76%)	Betty Green 1,796 (29.68%)	Leslie Jacobson 397 (6.56%)			Tom Nevakshonoff
Lakeside^[15]	Robert Marshall 3,015 (38.85%)	Ralph Eichler 4,110 (52.96%)	Louis Allain 636 (8.19%)			Harry Enns
Morris^[16]	John Auger 1,588 (22.71%)	Mavis Taillieu 3,996 (57.16%)	Michael van Walleghem 1,407 (20.13%)			Frank Pitura
Pembina^[17]	Mary Johnson 877 (14.24%)	Peter George Dyck 4,694 (76.24%)	Marilyn Skubovious 505 (8.20%)		Aaron Crossman (Communist) 81 (1.32%)	Peter George Dyck
Portage la Prairie^[18]	Bob Kriski 3,023 (42.73%)	David Faurschou 3,524 (49.82%)	Mike Lefebvre 527 (7.45%)			David Faurschou
Selkirk^[19]	Greg Dewar 4,580 (62.69%)	Doug Neal 1,257 (17.20%)	Jack Jonasson 1,469 (20.11%)			Greg Dewar
Ste. Rose^[19]	John Harapiak 2,301 (35.14%)	Glen Cummings 3,709 (56.64%)	Wendy Menzies 538 (8.22%)			Glen Cummings†
Turtle Mountain^[20]	Lonnie Patterson 1,893 (28.72%)	Merv Tweed 3,956 (60.01%)	Bev Leadbeater 743 (11.27%)			Merv Tweed

Eastman

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Emerson	Luc Gendreau 1,137 (19.25%)	Jack Penner 3,509 (59.41%)	Len Schieman 1,260 (21.34%)			Jack Penner†
Lac du Bonnet	Michael Hameluck 3,875 (45.35%)	Gerald Hawranik 4,380 (51.26%)	Cheryl Appleyard 290 (3.39%)			Gerald Hawranik
La Verendrye	Ron Lemieux 3,881 (58.07%)	Gerard Simard 2,310 (34.57%)	Paula Ryplanski Marsch 492 (7.36%)			Ron Lemieux
Springfield	Georgine Spooner 2,512 (30.97%)	Ron Schuler 4,917 (60.62%)	Vince Boileau 682 (8.41%)			Ron Schuler
Steinbach	Bonnie Schmidt 875 (15.24%)	Kelvin Goertzen 4,284 (74.63%)	Monica Guetre 455 (7.93%)	Connie Jantz 126 (2.20%)		Jim Penner

Northwest Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Burrows	Doug Martindale 4,004 (69.01%)	Derek Lambert 423 (7.29%)	Tony Sanchez 1,252 (21.58%)	Catherine Johannson 123 (2.12%)		Doug Martindale
Inkster	Mario Santos 2,851 (41.46%)	Michael Ledarney 251 (3.65%)	Kevin Lamoureux 3,671 (53.39%)	Mario Ducusin 103 (1.50%)		Becky Barrett
Kildonan	Dave Chomiak 5,123 (70.13%)	Garreth McDonald 1,100 (15.06%)	Michael Lazar 942 (12.90%)	Frank Luschak 140 (1.92%)		Dave Chomiak
Point Douglas	George Hickes 2,877 (74.86%)	Wyatt McIntyre 337 (8.77%)	Mary Lou Bourgeois 547 (14.23%)		Darrell Rankin (Communist) 82 (2.14%)	George Hickes
St. Johns	Gord Mackintosh 4,224 (72.40%)	Ray Garnett 612 (10.49%)	Ed Kolodziej 745 (12.77%)	Alon Weinberg 221 (3.79%)	Chris Buors (Libertarian) 32 (0.55%)	Gord Mackintosh
The Maples	Cris Aglugub 3,781 (68.12%)	Tammy Witko 885 (15.94%)	Angelina Olivier-Job 885 (15.94%)			Cris Aglugub†
Wellington	Conrad Santos 3,119 (73.96%)	Jon Penner 413 (9.79%)	Rylan Reed 640 (15.18%)		Glen Wreggitt (Communist) 45 (1.07%)	Conrad Santos

Northeast Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Concordia	Gary Doer 4,450 (76.67%)	Conor Lloyd 935 (16.11%)	Tanya Parks 419 (7.22%)			Gary Doer
Elmwood	Jim Maloway 3,954 (65.92%)	Bryan McLeod 1,229 (20.49%)	Walt Roberts 748 (12.47%)		Gavin Whittaker (Libertarian) 67 (1.12%)	Jim Maloway
Radisson	Bidhu Jha 3,888 (52.45%)	Linda West 2,901 (39.13%)	Murray Cliff 624 (8.42%)			Bidhu Jha
River East	Doug Longstaffe 4,402 (45.75%)	Bonnie Mitchelson 4,935 (51.28%)	Fred Curry 286 (2.97%)			Bonnie Mitchelson
Rossmere	Harry Schellenberg 5,057 (65.55%)	Virginia Larsson 2,296 (29.76%)	Sam Bhalesar 362 (4.69%)			Harry Schellenberg†
St. Boniface	Greg Selinger 4,904 (74.34%)	Dan Zahari 741 (11.23%)	Dougald Lamont 952 (14.43%)			Greg Selinger
Transcona	Daryl Reid 4,414 (69.48%)	Nansy Marsiglia 915 (14.40%)	Betty Ann Watts 1,024 (16.12%)			Daryl Reid

West Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Assiniboia	Jim Rondeau 5,147 (63.05%)	Dennis Wishanski 2,257 (27.65%)	Monique Graboski 657 (8.05%)	Jessie Tottle 102 (1.25%)		Jim Rondeau
Charleswood	Mel Willis 1,436 (17.52%)	Myrna Driedger 3,961 (48.32%)	Rick Ross 2,800 (34.16%)			Myrna Driedger
Kirkfield Park	Dennis Kshyk 2,855 (31.06%)	Stuart Murray 4,294 (46.72%)	Brian Head 2,042 (22.22%)			Stuart Murray
St. James	Bonnie Korzeniowski 3,982 (53.68%)	Cliff Allbutt 2,473 (33.34%)	Alana McKenzie 963 (12.98%)			Bonnie Korzeniowski
Tuxedo^[21]	Sonia Taylor 2,023 (25.36%)	Heather Stefanson 4,213 (52.81%)	Marla Billinghurst 1,741 (21.83%)			Heather Stefanson

Central Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Fort Rouge	Tim Sale 4,118 (57.64%)	Mark Francis 1,409 (19.72%)	David Henteleff 1,212 (16.96%)	Mikel Magnusson 355 (4.97%)	Jim Weidman (Libertarian) 51 (0.71%)	Tim Sale†
Lord Roberts	Diane McGifford 4,352 (61.99%)	Andrew Hymers 1,179 (16.79%)	Ali Lamont 982 (13.99%)	Vere Scott 442 (6.29%)	Andy Caisse (Libertarian) 66 (0.94%)	Diane McGifford
Minto	MaryAnn Mihychuk 3,586 (69.47%)	David Laurence 626 (12.13%)	Mario Javier 685 (13.27%)	Joan Johannson 197 (3.81%)	Cheryl-Anne Carr (Communist) 68 (1.32%)	MaryAnn Mihychuk
River Heights	Kristin Bingeman 1,824 (19.74%)	Mike Radcliffe 2,675 (28.95%)	Jon Gerrard 4,500 (48.70%)	Linda Goosen 209 (2.26%)	Clancy Smith (Libertarian) 32 (0.35%)	Jon Gerrard
Wolseley	Rob Altemeyer 3,482 (56.90%)	Ashley Burner 679 (11.09%)	Val Mollison 766 (12.52%)	Markus Buchart 1,193 (19.49%)		Jean Friesen

South Winnipeg

Electoral District						Incumbent
Electoral District	NDP	PC	Liberal	Green	Other	Incumbent
Fort Garry	Kerri Irvin-Ross 3,852 (46.75%)	Joy Smith 3,765 (45.69%)	Taran Malik 562 (6.82%)		Didz Zuzens (Independent) 61 (1.12%)	Joy Smith
Fort Whyte	Janine Ballingall Scotten 2,647 (28.13%)	John Loewen 4,960 (52.71%)	Gerry Sankar 1,803 (19.16%)			John Loewen
Riel	Christine Melnick 4,455 (54.03%)	Shirley Render 3,119 (37.83%)	Kristopher Ade 671 (8.14%)			Linda Asper
Seine River	Theresa Oswald 4,314 (51.06%)	Louise Dacquay 3,582 (42.40%)	Luciano Vacca 553 (6.54%)			Louise Dacquay
Southdale	Carolyn Frost 3,123 (36.04%)	Jack Reimer 4,422 (51.03%)	Chuck Mrena 1,120 (12.93%)			Jack Reimer
St. Norbert	Marilyn Brick 3,355 (48.68%)	Marcel Laurendeau 2,610 (37.87%)	Jocelyn Greenwood 741 (10.75%)	Keith Barber 186 (2.70%)		Marcel Laurendeau
St. Vital	Nancy Allan 4,409 (63.43%)	Kirsty Reilly 1,656 (23.82%)	Justin Beaudry 707 (10.17%)	Nelson Morrison 179 (2.58%)		Nancy Allan

Post-election changes

MaryAnn Mihychuk (Minto) resigned her seat on May 21, 2004 to campaign for Mayor of Winnipeg. A by-election was held on June 22, 2004 to determine her successor.

Manitoba provincial by-election, June 22, 2004: Minto
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Andrew Swan	2,848	54.69	$14,208.77
	Liberal	Wayne Helgason	1,616	31.03	$9,826.24
	Progressive Conservative	David Laurence	631	12.12	$41.20
	Communist	Cheryl-Anne Carr	113	2.17	$0.00
Total valid votes			5,208	100.00
Rejected ballots			43
Turnout			5,251	47.18
Registered voters			11,129

Merv Tweed (Turtle Mountain) resigned his seat to campaign for the Canadian House of Commons. A by-election was held on July 2, 2004 to determine his successor.

Manitoba provincial by-election, July 2, 2004: Turtle Mountain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Cullen	3,632	63.01	$11,273.31
	Liberal	Bev Leadbeter	1,084	18.81	$2,256.63
	New Democratic	Betty Storie	1,048	18.18	$12,037.72
Total valid votes			5,764	100.00
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			5,778	47.10
Registered voters			12,267

John Loewen (Fort Whyte) resigned his seat on September 26, 2005 to campaign for the Canadian House of Commons. A by-election was held on December 16, 2005, to determine his successor.

Manitoba provincial by-election, December 16, 2005: Fort Whyte
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh McFadyen	3,542	52.26	−0.45	$27,219.00
	New Democratic	Christina McDonald	1,650	24.34	−3.79	$18,333.89
	Liberal	Jean Paterson	1,466	21.63	+2.47	$6,134.47
	Green	Shelagh Pizey-Allen	120	1.77	–	$233.71
Total valid votes			6,778	100.00
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			6,784	38.07	−18.54
Registered voters			17,820

References

↑ "Roblin Results Summary". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
↑ "Flin Flon — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Rupertsland — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Swan River — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "The Pas — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Thompson — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Arthur Virden — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Brandon East — Official Results — 2003 Provincial General Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Brandon West — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Minnedosa — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Russell — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Carman — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Gimli — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Interlake — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Lakeside — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Morris — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Pembina — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Portage la Prairie — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
1 2 "Selkirk — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Elections". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Turtle Mountain — Official Results - 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
↑ "Tuxedo — Official Results — 2003 Provincial Election". Electionsmanitoba.ca. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-16.

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