The Manitoba Liberal Party ran a full slate of 57 candidates in the 1988 provincial election, and elected twenty Members of the Legislative Assembly to become the Official Opposition party.

Several of the party's candidates have their own biography pages. Information about others may be found on this page.

Candidates +RidingCandidates NameNotesResidence Occupation Votes%RankArthurDouglas Mosset2,171AssiniboiaEd Mandrake3,918Brandon EastLois Fjeldsted2,260Brandon WestJohn Worley3,618BurrowsWilliam Chornopyski3,114CharleswoodShan Nelson5,850ChurchillGeorge Kernaghan714ConcordiaBarbara BlomeleyBlomeley received 2,948 votes (30.03%), finishing second against New Democratic Party leader Gary Doer.2,948DauphinPeter Rampton2,475ElliceAvis Gray3,081ElmwoodEd Price2,839EmersonMartin Stadler2,615Flin FlonJ. Brian King867Fort GarryLaurie Evans6,055Fort RougeJim CarrGimliMorley MurrayGladstoneCordell BarkerInksterKevin LamoureuxInterlakeClyde SigurdsonKildonanHy BermanKirkfield ParkIrene FriesenLac du BonnetPeter RaymondLakesideDelmer NottLa VerendryeCornelius GoertzenLoganJohn DobbinMinnedosaTerry DrebitMorrisBarbara PlasNiakwaHerold DriedgerOsborneReg AlcockPembinaMarilyn SkuboviusPortage la PrairieDarlene HammRadissonAllan PattersonRhinelandWalter HiebertRielChris SigurdsonSigurdson contested Riel as the Liberal candidate in the 1986 Manitoba provincial elections as well as in 1988. In 2010 he was elected as a School trustee in the Louis Riel School Division. He was re-elected in 2014, 2018 and 2022, he served as Board Chair from 2014-2018. He is currently running for City Councillor in the St. Vital Ward in the 2026 Winnipeg municipal election. Sigurdson works as a Criminal Defense Lawyer.River EastMorley GoldenRiver HeightsSharon CarstairsRoblin–RussellNeil StewartRossmereCecilia DonnellyRupertslandMaurice BerensSt. BonifaceNeil GaudrySt. JamesPaul EdwardsSt. JohnsRuth ObermanSt. NorbertJohn AngusSt. VitalBob RoseSte. RoseBrent JohnsonSelkirkGwen CharlesSeven OaksMark MinenkoSpringfieldLance LauferSturgeon CreekIva YeoSwan RiverDon DennisThe PasScott GrayThompsonJanice PronteauTransconaRichard KozakTurtle MountainRoss McMillanTuxedoJasper McKeeVirdenBill DavisonWolseleyHarold Taylor

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