The 1977 Manitoba municipal elections were held in October 1977 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.

Cities

Brandon

1977 Brandon municipal election:
Councillor, Ward Three
Candidate Total votes  % of total votes
Rick Borotsik 704 40.91
Jonathan Robin Toogood 508 29.52
(x)Paul Hudy 404 23.47
Lew Heming 105 6.10
Total votes cast 1,721 100.00
  • Jonathan Robin Toogood appears to have been a first-time candidate.
  • Paul Edward Hudy is an insurance executive. He was elected to the Brandon City Council in 1974 for Victoria Ward, and was defeated in 1977. He strongly criticized the federal government of Brian Mulroney in 1987.[1]
  • Lew Heming appears to have been a first-time candidate.

Towns

Hartney

1977 Hartney municipal election, Mayor of Hartney
Candidate Total votes  % of total votes
Allan Lougheed 174 60.42
(incumbent)Allen Moffat 114 39.58
Total votes cast 288 100.00
  • Allan Lougheed appears to have served as Mayor of Hartney until either 1980 or 1981, when he was replaced by Reg Atkinson. There is a councillor named Allan Lougheed in the nearby Rural Municipality of Whitewater as of 2007, although this may not be the same person.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Fred McGuiness, "Manitoba shoots down flights of fancy", Toronto Star, 31 January 1987, B5.


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