17th Manitoba Legislature

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The members of the 17th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1922. The legislature sat from January 18, 1923, to June 4, 1927. [1]

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The United Farmers of Manitoba formed the government. [1] John Bracken, who had not run in the election, was chosen as party leader. He was subsequently elected to the assembly in a deferred election held in The Pas. [2] The United Farmers would later identify themselves as the Progressive Party. [3]

Tobias Norris of the Liberals was Leader of the Opposition. [4]

In a 1923 referendum, Manitoba voters approved the sale of beer and wine under the control of the government, ending prohibition in the province. [5]

Philippe Adjutor Talbot served as speaker for the assembly. [1]

There were six sessions of the 17th Legislature: [1]

SessionStartEnd
1stJanuary 18, 1923May 5, 1923
2ndJuly 25, 1923July 27, 1923
3rdJanuary 10, 1924April 5, 1924
4thJanuary 15, 1925April 9, 1925
5thJanuary 21, 1926April 23, 1926
6thFebruary 3, 1927April 9, 1927

James Albert Manning Aikins was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until October 9, 1926, when Theodore Arthur Burrows became lieutenant governor. [6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1922: [1]

MemberElectoral districtParty [7] First elected / previously electedNotes
  Duncan Lloyd McLeod Arthur United Farmers 1922
  William Bayley Assiniboia Independent Labour Party 1920
  George Little Beautiful Plains United Farmers 1920
  William J. Short Birtle United Farmers 1920
  John Edmison Brandon City Independent1920
  Albert Préfontaine Carillon United Farmers 1903, [a] 1915, [b] 1922
  William H. Spinks Cypress Conservative 1920
  Archibald Esplen Dauphin Liberal 1922
  Duncan Stuart McLeod Deloraine United Farmers 1922
  William Brown Dufferin United Farmers 1922
  Dmytro Yakimischak Emerson Independent1920 [c]
  Nicholas Hryhorczuk Ethelbert [nb 1] United Farmers 1920
  Albert Kirvan Fairford Liberal 1920
  Nicholas Bachynsky Fisher United Farmers 1922
  Arthur Berry Gilbert Plains United Farmers 1922
  Michael Rojeski Gimli Liberal 1922
  Albert McGregor Gladstone United Farmers 1922
  James Breakey Glenwood Liberal 1914, 1922
  Thomas Wolstenholme Hamiota United Farmers 1922
  Arthur Boivin Iberville United Farmers 1917 [d]
  Charles Albert Tanner Kildonan and St. Andrews Independent Labour Party 1920
  Andrew Foster Killarney United Farmers 1922
  Douglas Lloyd Campbell Lakeside United Farmers 1922
  Tobias Norris Lansdowne Liberal 1896, 1907
  Philippe Talbot La Verendrye United Farmers 1915 [e]
  George Compton Manitou United Farmers 1922
  Neil Cameron Minnedosa United Farmers 1922
  John Kennedy Morden and Rhineland Conservative 1920
  William Clubb Morris United Farmers 1920
  Charles Cannon Mountain United Farmers 1922
  John Muirhead Norfolk United Farmers 1922
  Fawcett Taylor Portage la Prairie Conservative 1920
  Frederic Newton Roblin Conservative 1911, [f] 1922
  William McKinnell Rockwood United Farmers 1920
  Francis Black Rupertsland [nb 2] United Farmers 1922
  Isaac Griffiths Russell United Farmers 1922
  Joseph Bernier St. Boniface Independent1900, [g] 1907, [h] 1920
  Donald A. Ross St. Clements Independent1907, [i] 1922
  Skuli Sigfusson St. George Liberal 1915, 1922
  Joseph Hamelin Ste. Rose Independent1914 [j]
  Clifford Barclay Springfield United Farmers 1922
  Robert Emmond Swan River United Farmers 1920
  John Bracken The Pas [nb 3] United Farmers 1922
  Richard Gardiner Willis Turtle Mountain Conservative 1922
  Robert Mooney Virden United Farmers 1922
  Fred Dixon Winnipeg Independent Labour Party 1914
  Robert Jacob Liberal 1918, 1922
  John K. Downes Independent1922
  William Sanford Evans Conservative 1922
  John Thomas Haig Conservative 1914, [k] 1920
  John Queen Labour 1920
  Seymour Farmer Independent Labour Party 1922
  William Ivens Independent Labour Party 1920
  Edith Rogers Liberal 1920
  Richard Craig United Farmers 1922

Notes:

  1. ↑ Election held August 26, 1922
  2. ↑ Election held September 13, 1922
  3. ↑ Election held October 5, 1922

By-elections

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

Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
Arthur Duncan Lloyd McLeod United Farmers August 26, 1922DL McLeod appointed Provincial Secretary [8]
Minnedosa Neil Cameron United Farmers August 26, 1922N Cameron appointed Minister of Agriculture [8]
Morris William Clubb United Farmers August 26, 1922W Clubb appointed Minister of Public Works [8]
Mountain Charles Cannon United Farmers December 24, 1923C Cannon appointed Minister of Education [8]
Carillon Albert Préfontaine United Farmers December 24, 1923A Préfontaine appointed Provincial Secretary [8]
Lansdowne Tobias Norris Liberal December 9, 1925 [8] T Norris resigned to run for federal seat [9]

Notes

  1. ↑ First elected as Conservative
  2. ↑ Re-elected as Conservative
  3. ↑ First elected as a Progressive
  4. ↑ First elected as a Conservative
  5. ↑ First elected as a Liberal
  6. ↑ Russell
  7. ↑ First elected as a Conservative
  8. ↑ Re-elected as a Conservative
  9. ↑ Springfield (First elected as a Liberal)
  10. ↑ First elected as a Conservative
  11. ↑ Assiniboia

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  2. ↑ Nelles, V (1981). "Review: John Kendle, "John Bracken: A Political Biography"". Manitoba History (1). Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  3. ↑ Adams, Christopher (2008). Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters. University of Manitoba Press. p. 3. ISBN   088755704X . Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  4. ↑ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  5. ↑ Woolley, Jon (2003). "A century of integrity: Manitoba Justice, 1870–1970" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  6. ↑ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  7. ↑ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
  9. ↑ "Tobias Crawford Norris (1861–1936)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-01-18.|
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