21st Manitoba Legislature

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The members of the 21st Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in April 1941. The legislature sat from December 9, 1941, to September 8, 1945. [1]

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A coalition government of all four legal political parties in the province was formed in December 1940. John Bracken served as Premier [2] until 1943, when he entered federal politics. Stuart Garson succeeded Bracken as Premier. [3]

There was no official opposition until the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation left the coalition in 1943 and Seymour Farmer became Leader of the Opposition. [4]

Robert Hawkins served as speaker for the assembly. [1]

There were five sessions of the 21st Legislature: [1]

SessionStartEnd
1stDecember 9, 1941March 31, 1942
2ndFebruary 2, 1943March 17, 1943
3rdFebruary 8, 1944April 6, 1944
4thFebruary 6, 1945April 7, 1945
5thSeptember 4, 1945September 8, 1945

Roland Fairbairn McWilliams was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. [5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1941: [1]

MemberElectoral districtParty [6] Notes
  John R. Pitt Arthur Liberal-Progressive
  David Best Assiniboia Conservative Anti-coalition
  John Poole Beautiful Plains Conservative Anti-coalition
  Francis Campbell Bell Birtle Liberal-Progressive
  George Dinsdale Brandon City Conservative Died in office September 21, 1943
  Edmond Prefontaine Carillon Liberal-Progressive
  James Christie Cypress Liberal-Progressive
  Robert Hawkins Dauphin Liberal-Progressive
  Errick Willis Deloraine Conservative
  John Munn Dufferin Liberal-Progressive Died in office January 25, 1942
  John R. Solomon Emerson Independent Coalition
  Nicholas Hryhorczuk Ethelbert Liberal-Progressive
  Stuart Garson Fairford Liberal-Progressive
  Nicholas Bachynsky Fisher Liberal-Progressive
  Stanley Fox Gilbert Plains Social Credit
  Joseph Wawrykow Gimli CCF
  William Morton Gladstone Liberal-Progressive
  James Breakey Glenwood Liberal-Progressive
  Norman Turnbull Hamiota Social Credit
  Arthur Boivin Iberville Independent Coalition
  James McLenaghen Kildonan and St. Andrews Conservative
  John Laughlin Killarney Conservative Died in office August 19, 1941
  Douglas Lloyd Campbell Lakeside Liberal-Progressive
  Matthew Sutherland Lansdowne Liberal-Progressive
  Sauveur Marcoux La Verendrye Liberal-Progressive
  Hugh Morrison Manitou Conservative
  Earl Rutledge Minnedosa Conservative
  Wallace Miller Morden and Rhineland Conservative
  John C. Dryden Morris Independent Coalition
  Ivan Schultz Mountain Liberal-Progressive
  John Lawrie Norfolk Conservative
  Toby Sexsmith Portage la Prairie Conservative Died in office August 23, 1943
  Sydney Rogers Roblin Social Credit
  Mungo Lewis Rockwood Independent Coalition
  Daniel Hamilton Rupertsland Liberal-Progressive
  William Wilson Russell Liberal-Progressive
  Austin Clarke St. Boniface Liberal-Progressive
  Nicholas Stryk St. Clements Liberal-Progressive
  Skuli Sigfusson St. George Liberal-Progressive
  Maurice Dane MacCarthy Ste. Rose Liberal-Progressive
  Evelyn Shannon Springfield Liberal-Progressive
  George Renouf Swan River Conservative
  John Bracken The Pas Liberal-Progressive Resigned January 15, 1943
  Alexander Welch Turtle Mountain Conservative
  Robert Mooney Virden Liberal-Progressive
  Paul Bardal Winnipeg Liberal-Progressive
  Seymour Farmer CCF
  Morris Gray CCF
  Bill Kardash Communist Anti-coalition
  Huntly Ketchen Conservative Anti-coalition
  Stephen Krawchyk Independent Coalition
  John Stewart McDiarmid Liberal-Progressive
  Charles Rhodes Smith Liberal-Progressive
  Lewis Stubbs Independent Anti-coalition
  Gunnar Thorvaldson Conservative

    By-elections

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

    Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
    Dufferin Earl Collins Conservative June 22, 1943 [7] J Munn died January 25, 1942 [8]
    Killarney Abram Harrison Conservative June 22, 1943 [7] J Laughlin died August 19, 1941 [9]
    The Pas Beresford Richards CCF August 17, 1943J Bracken resigned January 15, 1943 [7]
    Brandon City Dwight Johnson CCF November 18, 1943 [7] G Dinsdale died September 21, 1943 [10]
    Portage la Prairie Charles Greenlay Conservative November 18, 1943 [7] W Sexsmith died August 23, 1943 [11]

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      2. ↑ Adams, Christopher (2008). Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters. University of Manitoba Press. p. 32. ISBN   978-0887553554 . Retrieved 2013-04-18.
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