30th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 30th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1973. The legislature sat from January 31, 1974, to September 6, 1977.
The New Democratic Party led by Edward Schreyer formed the government.
Sidney Spivak of the Progressive Conservative Party was Leader of the Opposition. Donald Craik became acting opposition leader in 1976 after Spivak was replaced by Sterling Lyon as party leader; Lyon was elected to the assembly in a by-election held later that year.
In 1976, the Workplace Safety and Health Act was passed; it established standards intended to help keep workers safe and healthy.
Peter Fox served as speaker for the assembly.
There were four sessions of the 30th Legislature:

Session	Start	End
1st	January 31, 1974	June 14, 1974
2nd	March 4, 1975	June 19, 1975
3rd	February 12, 1976	June 11, 1976
4th	February 17, 1977	June 18, 1977

William John McKeag was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until March 15, 1976, when Francis Lawrence Jobin became lieutenant governor.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1973:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term	Notes	J. Douglas Watt	Arthur	Progressive Conservative	1959	5th term	Stephen Patrick	Assiniboia	Liberal	1962	4th term	Harry Graham	Birtle-Russell	Progressive Conservative	1969	3rd term	Leonard Evans	Brandon East	NDP	1969	2nd term	Edward McGill	Brandon West	Progressive Conservative	1969	2nd term	Ben Hanuschak	Burrows	NDP	1966	3rd term	Arthur Moug	Charleswood	Progressive Conservative	1969	2nd term	Les Osland	Churchill	NDP	1973	1st term	Harvey Patterson	Crescentwood	NDP	1973	1st term	Election overturned February 20, 1975	Warren Steen	Progressive Conservative	1975	1st term	From June 25, 1975	Peter Burtniak	Dauphin	NDP	1969	2nd term	Russell Doern	Elmwood	NDP	1966	3rd term	Steve Derewianchuk	Emerson	NDP	1973	1st term	Thomas Barrow	Flin Flon	NDP	1969	2nd term	Bud Sherman	Fort Garry	Progressive Conservative	1969	2nd term	Lloyd Axworthy	Fort Rouge	Liberal	1973	1st term	John Gottfried	Gimli	NDP	1969	2nd term	James Ferguson	Gladstone	Progressive Conservative	1969	2nd term	Sidney Green	Inkster	NDP	1966	3rd term	Peter Fox	Kildonan	NDP	1966	3rd term	Samuel Uskiw	Lac du Bonnet	NDP	1966	3rd term	Harry Enns	Lakeside	Progressive Conservative	1966	3rd term	Robert Banman	La Verendrye	Progressive Conservative	1973	1st term	William Jenkins	Logan	NDP	1969	2nd term	Dave Blake	Minnedosa	Progressive Conservative	1971	2nd term	Warner Jorgenson	Morris	Progressive Conservative	1969	3rd term	Ian Turnbull	Osborne	NDP	1969	2nd term	George Henderson	Pembina	Progressive Conservative	1969	2nd term	Donald Malinowski	Point Douglas	NDP	1969	2nd term	Gordon Johnston	Portage la Prairie	Liberal	1962	4th term	Harry Shafransky	Radisson	NDP	1969	2nd term	Arnold Brown	Rhineland	Progressive Conservative	1973	1st term	Donald Craik	Riel	Progressive Conservative	1966	3rd term	Sidney Spivak	River Heights	Progressive Conservative	1966	3rd term	Wally McKenzie	Roblin	Progressive Conservative	1966	3rd term	Henry Einarson	Rock Lake	Progressive Conservative	1966	3rd term	Edward Schreyer	Rossmere	NDP	1958, 1969	5th term*	Harvey Bostrom	Rupertsland	NDP	1973	1st term	Paul Marion	St. Boniface	Liberal	1973	1st term	Election overturned December 20, 1974	Laurent Desjardins	NDP	1959, 1974	5th term*	From December 20, 1974	Bill Uruski	St. George	NDP	1969	2nd term	George Minaker	St. James	Progressive Conservative	1973	1st term	Saul Cherniack	St. Johns	NDP	1962	4th term	Wally Johannson	St. Matthews	NDP	1969	2nd term	Jim Walding	St. Vital	NDP	1971	2nd term	Pete Adam	Ste. Rose	NDP	1971	2nd term	Howard Pawley	Selkirk	NDP	1969	2nd term	Saul Miller	Seven Oaks	NDP	1966	3rd term	Malcolm Earl McKellar	Souris-Lansdowne	Progressive Conservative	1958	6th term	Died in office April 18, 1976	Sterling Lyon	1958, 1976	5th term*	From November 7, 1976	Rene Toupin	Springfield	NDP	1969	2nd term	Frank Johnston	Sturgeon Creek	Progressive Conservative	1969	2nd term	James Bilton	Swan River	Progressive Conservative	1962	4th term	Ron McBryde	The Pas	NDP	1969	2nd term	Ken Dillen	Thompson	NDP	1973	1st term	Russ Paulley	Transcona	NDP	1953	7th term	Morris McGregor	Virden	Progressive Conservative	1962	4th term	Philip Petursson	Wellington	NDP	1966	3rd term	Bud Boyce	Winnipeg Centre	NDP	1969	3rd term	Izzy Asper	Wolseley	Liberal	1972	2nd term	Until March 1, 1975	Robert Wilson	Progressive Conservative	1975	1st term	From June 25, 1975
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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. Boniface	Laurent Desjardins	NDP	December 20, 1974	Election overturned by the Controverted Elections Act
Crescentwood	Warren Steen	Progressive Conservative	June 25, 1975	Election overturned by the Controverted Elections Act
Wolseley	Robert Wilson	Progressive Conservative	June 25, 1975	I Asper resigned March 1, 1975
Souris-Lansdowne	Sterling Lyon	Progressive Conservative	November 7, 1976	M E McKellar died April 18, 1976