The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba ran a full slate of fifty-seven candidates in the 1966 provincial election, and elected thirty-six members to form their third consecutive majority government.
Michael Klewchuk was raised and educated in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and moved to Flin Flon, Manitoba in 1958.
He later moved to Snow Lake in 1965, where he was a merchant and was active with the local Chamber of Commerce.
He once took part in a delegation to Ottawa to investigate possibilities for television development in northern Manitoba.
[2] He received 1,109 votes (13.74%), finishing fourth against New Democratic Party candidate Joseph Borowski.