In that year, Sterling Lyon's Progressive Conservatives won an upset victory over Edward Schreyer's New Democrats.
[1] Ransom did not serve long in this position, as Lyon's government fell to the NDP under Howard Pawley at another election later in the year.
Ransom was easily re-elected in the riding of Turtle Mountain, defeating New Democrat Joan Johannson by 3,115 votes.
[2] Subsequently, supporters of Ransom would allege that the Filmon camp encouraged third-place candidate Clayton Manness to run as a means of splitting the conservative vote.
He subsequently became chairman of the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board,[4] and worked as a consultant in sustainable development.