18th Manitoba Legislature

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The members of the 18th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1927. The legislature sat from December 1, 1927, to May 7, 1932. [1]

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The Progressive Party of Manitoba led by John Bracken formed the government. [1]

Fawcett Taylor of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition. [2]

The Minimum Wage Act, which previously only applied to female workers, was amended to include male workers under the age of 18. The minimum wage was $0.25 per hour. [3]

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

There were five sessions of the 18th Legislature: [1]

SessionStartEnd
1stDecember 1, 1927March 16, 1928
2ndFebruary 11, 1929May 26, 1929
3rdJanuary 21, 1930April 14, 1930
4thJanuary 27, 1931April 20, 1931
5thFebruary 29, 1932May 7, 1932

Theodore Arthur Burrows was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until January 18, 1929, when James Duncan McGregor became lieutenant governor. [4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1927: [1]

MemberElectoral districtParty [5] First elected / previously electedNotes
  Duncan Lloyd McLeod Arthur Progressive 1922
  Joseph Cotter Assiniboia Conservative 1927
  Adalbert Poole Beautiful Plains Progressive 1927
  John Pratt Birtle Progressive 1927
  John Edmison Brandon City Independent1920
  Albert Préfontaine Carillon Progressive 1903 [a] , 1915 [b] , 1922
  William H. Spinks Cypress Conservative 1920
  Robert Ferguson Dauphin Conservative 1927
  Hugh McKenzie Deloraine Progressive 1927
  John Munn Dufferin Progressive 1927
  Robert Curran Emerson Progressive 1927
  Nicholas Hryhorczuk Ethelbert Progressive 1920
  Stuart Garson Fairford Progressive 1927
  Nicholas Bachynsky Fisher Progressive 1922
  Arthur Berry Gilbert Plains Progressive 1922
  Ingimar Ingaldson Gimli Progressive 1927
  William Morton Gladstone Progressive 1927
  James Breakey Glenwood Liberal 1914, 1922
  Thomas Wolstenholme Hamiota Progressive 1922
  Arthur Boivin Iberville Progressive 1917 [c]
  James McLenaghen Kildonan and St. Andrews Conservative 1927
  John Laughlin Killarney Conservative 1927
  Douglas Lloyd Campbell Lakeside Progressive 1922
  Tobias Norris Lansdowne Liberal 1896, 1907Resigned March 14, 1928.
  Donald Gordon McKenzie Progressive 1928
  Philippe Talbot La Verendrye Progressive 1915 [d]
  Joseph Lusignan Manitou Conservative 1927
  Earl Rutledge Minnedosa Conservative 1927
  Hugh McGavin Morden and Rhineland Conservative 1927
  William Clubb Morris Progressive 1920
  Irving Cleghorn Mountain Liberal 1927Died in office November 14, 1929
  Ivan Schultz Liberal 1930
  John Muirhead Norfolk Progressive 1922
  Fawcett Taylor Portage la Prairie Conservative 1920
  Frederic Newton Roblin Conservative 1911 [e] , 1922
  William McKinnell Rockwood Progressive 1920
  Herbert Beresford Rupertsland Progressive 1927
  Isaac Griffiths Russell Progressive 1922
  Joseph Bernier St. Boniface Conservative 1900 [f] , 1907 [g] , 1920
  Robert Hoey St. Clements Progressive 1927
  Skuli Sigfusson St. George Liberal 1915, 1922
  Maurice Dane MacCarthy Ste. Rose Progressive 1927
  Murdoch Mackay Springfield Liberal 1927
  Andrew McCleary Swan River Progressive 1927
  John Bracken The Pas Progressive 1922
  Richard Gardiner Willis Turtle Mountain Conservative 1922Died in office February 1929
  Alexander Welch Conservative 1929
  Robert Mooney Virden Progressive 1922
  William Major Winnipeg Progressive 1927
  Edward William Montgomery Progressive 1927
  John Thomas Haig Conservative 1914 [h] , 1920
  William Sanford Evans Conservative 1922
  William Tobias Conservative 1927
  Hugh Robson Liberal 1927
  Edith Rogers Liberal 1920
  John Queen Independent Labour 1920
  Seymour Farmer Independent Labour 1922
  William Ivens Independent Labour 1920

By-elections

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

Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
Lansdowne Donald Gordon McKenzie Progressive November 10, 1928T Norris resigned March 14, 1928. [6]
Morris William Clubb Progressive May 30, 1929W Clubb appointed Minister of Public Works [6]
Turtle Mountain Alexander Welch Conservative June 22, 1929R G Willis died February 1929 [6]
Mountain Ivan Schultz Conservative January 29, 1930 [6] I Cleghorn died November 14, 1929 [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ First elected as Conservative
  2. ↑ Re-elected as Conservative
  3. ↑ First elected as a Conservative
  4. ↑ First elected as a Liberal
  5. ↑ Russell
  6. ↑ First elected as a Conservative
  7. ↑ Re-elected as a Conservative
  8. ↑ Assiniboia

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Members of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1927–1932)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  3. ↑ "Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  5. ↑ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
  7. ↑ "Dr. Cleghorn Dies". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon. November 14, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
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