31st Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 31st Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in October 1977. The legislature sat from November 24, 1977, to October 13, 1981.
The Progressive Conservative Party led by Sterling Lyon formed the government.
Edward Schreyer of the New Democratic Party was Leader of the Opposition. Howard Pawley became opposition leader in 1979 after Schreyer was named Governor General.
Harry Graham served as speaker for the assembly.
There were five sessions of the 31st Legislature:

Session	Start	End
1st	November 24, 1977	December 12, 1977
2nd	March 16, 1978	July 20, 1978
3rd	February 15, 1979	June 15, 1979
4th	February 21, 1980	July 10, 1980
5th	December 11, 1980	May 20, 1981

Francis Lawrence Jobin was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1977:

	Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term	Notes	James Downey	Arthur	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Norma Price	Assiniboia	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Harry Graham	Birtle-Russell	Progressive Conservative	1969	4th term	Leonard Evans	Brandon East	NDP	1969	3rd term	Edward McGill	Brandon West	Progressive Conservative	1969	3rd term	Ben Hanuschak	Burrows	NDP	1966	4th term	Until March 3, 1981	Progressive	From March 3, 1981	Sterling Lyon	Charleswood	Progressive Conservative	1958, 1976	6th term*	Jay Cowan	Churchill	NDP	1977	1st term	Warren Steen	Crescentwood	Progressive Conservative	1975	2nd term	James Galbraith	Dauphin	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Russell Doern	Elmwood	NDP	1966	4th term	Albert Driedger	Emerson	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Thomas Barrow	Flin Flon	NDP	1969	3rd term	Bud Sherman	Fort Garry	Progressive Conservative	1969	3rd term	Lloyd Axworthy	Fort Rouge	Liberal	1973	2nd term	Until April 6, 1979	June Westbury	1979	1st term	From October 16, 1979	Keith Cosens	Gimli	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	James Ferguson	Gladstone	Progressive Conservative	1969	3rd term	Sidney Green	Inkster	NDP	1966	4th term	Until December 4, 1979	Independent	From December 4, 1979 to March 3, 1981	Progressive	From March 3, 1981	Peter Fox	Kildonan	NDP	1966	4th term	Samuel Uskiw	Lac du Bonnet	NDP	1966	4th term	Harry Enns	Lakeside	Progressive Conservative	1966	4th term	Robert Banman	La Verendrye	Progressive Conservative	1973	2nd term	William Jenkins	Logan	NDP	1969	3rd term	Dave Blake	Minnedosa	Progressive Conservative	1971	3rd term	Warner Jorgenson	Morris	Progressive Conservative	1969	4th term	Gerald Mercier	Osborne	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Donald Orchard	Pembina	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Donald Malinowski	Point Douglas	NDP	1969	3rd term	Lloyd Hyde	Portage la Prairie	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Abe Kovnats	Radisson	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Arnold Brown	Rhineland	Progressive Conservative	1973	2nd term	Donald Craik	Riel	Progressive Conservative	1966	4th term	Sidney Spivak	River Heights	Progressive Conservative	1966	4th term	Until April 12, 1979	Gary Filmon	1979	1st term	From October 16, 1979	Wally McKenzie	Roblin	Progressive Conservative	1966	4th term	Henry Einarson	Rock Lake	Progressive Conservative	1966	4th term	Edward Schreyer	Rossmere	NDP	1958, 1969	6th term*	Until December 7, 1978	Victor Schroeder	1979	1st term	From October 16, 1979	Harvey Bostrom	Rupertsland	NDP	1973	2nd term	Laurent Desjardins	St. Boniface	NDP	1959, 1974	6th term*	Bill Uruski	St. George	NDP	1969	3rd term	George Minaker	St. James	Progressive Conservative	1973	2nd term	Saul Cherniack	St. Johns	NDP	1962	5th term	Len Domino	St. Matthews	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Jim Walding	St. Vital	NDP	1971	3rd term	Pete Adam	Ste. Rose	NDP	1971	3rd term	Howard Pawley	Selkirk	NDP	1969	3rd term	Saul Miller	Seven Oaks	NDP	1966	4th term	Brian Ransom	Souris-Lansdowne	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Bob Anderson	Springfield	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Frank Johnston	Sturgeon Creek	Progressive Conservative	1969	3rd term	Douglas Gourlay	Swan River	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Ron McBryde	The Pas	NDP	1969	3rd term	Ken MacMaster	Thompson	Progressive Conservative	1977	1st term	Wilson Parasiuk	Transcona	NDP	1977	1st term	Morris McGregor	Virden	Progressive Conservative	1962	5th term	Brian Corrin	Wellington	NDP	1977	1st term	Bud Boyce	Winnipeg Centre	NDP	1969	3rd term	Until March 3, 1981	Progressive	From March 3, 1981	Robert Wilson	Wolseley	Progressive Conservative	1975	2nd term	Until November 20, 1980	Independent	From November 20, 1980
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ben Hanuschak	Burrows	-	1966	4th term	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Fort Rouge	Liberal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Sidney Green	Inkster	-	1966	4th term	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	River Heights	Progressive Conservative	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Rossmere	NDP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Bud Boyce	Winnipeg Centre	-	1969	3rd term	-	-	-	Robert Wilson	Wolseley	-	1975	2nd term	-	-	-
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By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Fort Rouge	June Westbury	Liberal	October 16, 1979	L Axworthy resigned April 6, 1979, to run for federal seat
River Heights	Gary Filmon	Progressive Conservative	October 16, 1979	S Spivak resigned April 12, 1979 to run for federal seat
Rossmere	Victor Schroeder	NDP	October 16, 1979	E Schreyer resigned December 7, 1978, to become Governor General