29th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 29th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1969. The legislature sat from August 14, 1969, to May 25, 1973.
The New Democratic Party led by Edward Schreyer formed the government.
Walter Weir of the Progressive Conservative Party was Leader of the Opposition. Sidney Spivak became opposition leader after Weir retired as leader in 1971.
Ben Hanuschak served as speaker for the assembly until August 1970. Peter Fox succeeded Hanuschak as speaker in 1971.
There were five sessions of the 29th Legislature:

Session	Start	End
1st	August 14, 1969	October 10, 1969
2nd	March 12, 1970	August 13, 1970
3rd	April 7, 1971	July 27, 1971
4th	March 9, 1972	July 20, 1972
5th	February 22, 1973	May 25, 1973

Richard Spink Bowles was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until September 2, 1970, when William John McKeag became lieutenant governor.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1969:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term	Notes	J. Douglas Watt	Arthur	Progressive Conservative	1959	4th term	Stephen Patrick	Assiniboia	Liberal	1962	3rd term	Harry Graham	Birtle-Russell	Progressive Conservative	1969	2nd term	Leonard Evans	Brandon East	NDP	1969	1st term	Edward McGill	Brandon West	Progressive Conservative	1969	1st term	Ben Hanuschak	Burrows	NDP	1966	2nd term	Arthur Moug	Charleswood	Progressive Conservative	1969	1st term	Gordon Beard	Churchill	Independent	1962, 1969	3rd term*	Cy Gonick	Crescentwood	NDP	1969	1st term	Peter Burtniak	Dauphin	NDP	1969	1st term	Russell Doern	Elmwood	NDP	1966	2nd term	Gabriel Girard	Emerson	Progressive Conservative	1969	1st term	Thomas Barrow	Flin Flon	NDP	1969	1st term	Bud Sherman	Fort Garry	Progressive Conservative	1969	1st term	Inez Trueman	Fort Rouge	Progressive Conservative	1969	1st term	John Gottfried	Gimli	NDP	1969	1st term	James Ferguson	Gladstone	Progressive Conservative	1969	1st term	Sidney Green	Inkster	NDP	1966	2nd term	Peter Fox	Kildonan	NDP	1966	2nd term	Samuel Uskiw	Lac du Bonnet	NDP	1966	2nd term	Harry Enns	Lakeside	Progressive Conservative	1966	2nd term	Leonard Barkman	La Verendrye	Liberal	1962	3rd term	William Jenkins	Logan	NDP	1969	1st term	Walter Weir	Minnedosa	Progressive Conservative	1959	4th term	Until September 1971	Dave Blake	1971	1st term	From November 16, 1971	Warner Jorgenson	Morris	Progressive Conservative	1969	2nd term	Ian Turnbull	Osborne	NDP	1969	1st term	George Henderson	Pembina	Progressive Conservative	1969	1st term	Donald Malinowski	Point Douglas	NDP	1969	1st term	Gordon Johnston	Portage la Prairie	Liberal	1962	3rd term	Harry Shafransky	Radisson	NDP	1969	1st term	Jacob Froese	Rhineland	Social Credit	1959	4th term	Donald Craik	Riel	Progressive Conservative	1966	2nd term	Sidney Spivak	River Heights	Progressive Conservative	1966	2nd term	Wally McKenzie	Roblin	Progressive Conservative	1966	2nd term	Henry Einarson	Rock Lake	Progressive Conservative	1966	2nd term	Edward Schreyer	Rossmere	NDP	1958, 1969	4th term*	Jean Allard	Rupertsland	NDP	1969	1st term	Until April 7, 1972	Independent	From April 7, 1972	Laurent Desjardins	St. Boniface	Liberal	1959	4th term	Until July 8, 1969	Independent	From July 8, 1969 to December 1, 1971	NDP	From December 1, 1971	Bill Uruski	St. George	NDP	1969	1st term	Al Mackling	St. James	NDP	1969	1st term	Saul Cherniack	St. Johns	NDP	1962	3rd term	Wally Johannson	St. Matthews	NDP	1969	1st term	Jack Hardy	St. Vital	Progressive Conservative	1969	1st term	Until February 16, 1971	Jim Walding	NDP	1971	1st term	From April 5, 1971	Gildas Molgat	Ste. Rose	Liberal	1953	6th term	Until October 7, 1970	Aime Adam	NDP	1971	1st term	From April 5, 1971	Howard Pawley	Selkirk	NDP	1969	1st term	Saul Miller	Seven Oaks	NDP	1966	2nd term	Malcolm Earl McKellar	Souris-Killarney	Progressive Conservative	1958	5th term	Rene Toupin	Springfield	NDP	1969	1st term	Frank Johnston	Sturgeon Creek	Progressive Conservative	1969	1st term	James Bilton	Swan River	Progressive Conservative	1962	3rd term	Ron McBryde	The Pas	NDP	1969	1st term	Joseph Borowski	Thompson	NDP	1969	2nd term	Until June 25, 1972	Independent	From June 25, 1972	Russ Paulley	Transcona	NDP	1953	6th term	Morris McGregor	Virden	Progressive Conservative	1962	3rd term	Philip Petursson	Wellington	NDP	1966	2nd term	Bud Boyce	Winnipeg Centre	NDP	1969	1st term	Leonard Claydon	Wolseley	Progressive Conservative	1969	2nd term	Died in office December 8, 1971	Israel Asper	Liberal	1972	1st term	From June 16, 1972
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By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. Vital	Jim Walding	NDP	April 5, 1971	J Hardy retired February 16, 1971
Ste. Rose	Aime Adam	NDP	April 5, 1971	G Molgat resigned October 7, 1970
Minnedosa	Dave Blake	Progressive Conservative	November 16, 1971	W Weir resigned September 1971
Wolseley	Israel Asper	Liberal	June 16, 1972	L Claydon died December 8, 1971