The 1986 Manitoba general election was held on March 18, 1986 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which took 30 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party won 26 seats and formed the official opposition. The Manitoba Liberal Party, which had not been represented in the previous legislature, won one seat. Results 1 "Before" refers to standings in the Legislature at dissolution, and not to the results of the previous election. These numbers therefore reflect changes in party standings as a result of by-elections and members crossing the floor. Riding results Party key: PC: Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba L: Manitoba Liberal Party NDP: New Democratic Party of Manitoba P: Progressive Party of Manitoba Comm: Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba Ind: Independent M-L: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada - Manitoba (see by-elections) WCC: Western Canada Concept Party of Manitoba CoR: Confederation of Regions Party of Manitoba Lbt: Libertarian Party of Manitoba (The Libertarian Party nominated four candidates in this election. As the party was not officially recognized, they ran as independents. Two of these candidates were Clancy Smith (who was probably the party's leader) and C. Dennis Owens; the other two have not yet been identified.) Arthur: (incumbent)Jim Downey (PC) 4569 Peter Neufeld (CoR) 1198 Steve Bobiak (NDP) 1009 Moira Bonar (L) 701 Assiniboia: (incumbent)Ric Nordman (PC) 3813 Max Melnyk (NDP) 2195 Stan Blady (L) 1379 Brandon East: (incumbent)Leonard Evans (NDP) 4173 Jim Armstrong (PC) 3184 Eileen McFadden (L) 535 Brandon West: James McCrae (PC) 5537 Arnold Gambo (NDP) 4128 Kerry Auriat (L) 760 Burrows: (incumbent)Conrad Santos (NDP) 3547 William Chornopyski (Ind) 1437 Nick Trusewych (PC) 950 Rory MacLeod (L) 587 Paula Fletcher (Comm) 131 Ted DuRussel (Ind) 36 Charleswood: Jim Ernst (PC) 6524 Mike MacIsaac (NDP) 2826 Shari Nelson (L) 2211 Churchill: (incumbent)Jay Cowan (NDP) 2940 Walter Menard (PC) 857 Mildred Wilke (L) 203 Dauphin: (incumbent)John Plohman (NDP) 4886 Erv Tycholis (PC) 3121 Peter Rampton (L) 1341 Emerson: (incumbent)Albert Driedger (PC) 4758 Ron Buzahora (NDP) 3780 Joe Antoshkiw (L) 656 Flin Flon: (incumbent)Jerry Storie (NDP) 3316 Mary Semaniuk (PC) 1072 J. Brian King (L) 384 Fort Garry: (incumbent)Charlie Birt (PC) 5146 Nora Losey (NDP) 3158 Ian Band (L) 2114 Ivan Merritt (WCC) 204 Fort Rouge: (incumbent)Roland Penner (NDP) 4223 Robert Haier (PC) 2590 Lionel Ditz (L) 1683 Clancy Smith (Ind [Lbt]) 101 Nigel