2011 Manitoba general election

2011 Manitoba general election
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57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
29 seats are needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout55.77%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Greg Selinger Hugh McFadyen Jon Gerrard
Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader since October 17, 2009 April 29, 2006 October 17, 1998
Leader's seat St. Boniface Fort Whyte River Heights
Last election 36 seats, 48.00% 19 seats, 37.89% 2 seats, 12.39%
Seats won 37 19 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 199,066 188,528 32,420
Percentage 46.16% 43.71% 7.52%
Swing Decrease1.84% Increase5.97% Decrease4.60%
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.
Premier before election

Greg Selinger
New Democratic

Premier after election

Greg Selinger
New Democratic

The 2011 Manitoba general election was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. It took place on October 4, 2011, due to the new fixed-date election laws. In the outgoing legislature, the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) held 37 of the 57 seats, the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PC Party) held 19 of the 57 seats and the Liberal Party of Manitoba held one of the 57 seats, after Kevin Lamoureux resigned his seat in the riding of Inkster to run as a Liberal candidate in a federal by-election.[1]

Following the last census, electoral district boundaries were adjusted. There are 57 electoral districts.

Despite being perceived as a tight race in the run-up to voting, with The Globe and Mail expecting it to be the "closest in more than a decade",[2] the NDP won its fourth consecutive term in government, taking 37 seats, an improvement of one from the 2007 election – thus gaining their largest majority ever in the Assembly – whilst the Progressive Conservatives failed to make any gains beyond closing the gap in the popular vote, and not a single incumbent was defeated.[3] The PC leader Hugh McFadyen announced shortly thereafter that he would resign his post. Also facing a disappointing result in the election, Liberal leader Jon Gerrard also announced shortly after the election that he would resign his post once the party crowned a new leader in 2013.[4]

  1. ^ Lamoureux resigns as MLA, eyes federal run. Winnipeg Free Press, November 1, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Lambert, Steve (October 4, 2011). "Manitoba election expected to be the closest in more than a decade". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  3. ^ "NDP wins another Manitoba election". The Montreal Gazette. October 5, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Manitoba Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard Won't Run Again Archived October 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Huffington Post, October 19, 2011.