22nd Manitoba Legislature

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The members of the 22nd Manitoba Legislature of Manitoba were elected in the Manitoba general election held in October 1945. The legislature sat from February 19, 1946, to September 29, 1949. [1]

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A coalition government of the Liberal-Progressive Party, the Progressive Conservative Party and the Social Credit League held a majority of seats in the assembly. Stuart Garson served as Premier until 1948, when he entered federal politics. [2] Douglas Lloyd Campbell succeeded Garson as Premier. [3]

Seymour Farmer of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was Leader of the Opposition. Farmer resigned as party leader in 1947 and was replaced by Edwin Hansford. [4]

In 1948, the Labour Relations Act was passed. It was intended to protect both employers and employees, and established the Manitoba Labour Board to deal with labour disputes. [5]

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

There were four sessions of the 22nd Legislature: [1]

SessionStartEnd
1stFebruary 19, 1946April 13, 1946
2ndFebruary 25, 1947April 16, 1947
3rdFebruary 10, 1948April 22, 1948
4thFebruary 8, 1949February 22, 1949

Roland Fairbairn McWilliams was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. [6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1945: [1]

MemberElectoral districtParty [7] Notes
  John R. Pitt Arthur Liberal-Progressive
  Ernest Draffin Assiniboia CCF
  John Poole Beautiful Plains Progressive Conservative
  Francis Campbell Bell Birtle Liberal-Progressive
  Leslie McDorman Brandon City Liberal-Progressive
  Edmond Prefontaine Carillon Liberal-Progressive
  James Christie Cypress Liberal-Progressive
  Robert Hawkins Dauphin Liberal-Progressive
  James O. Argue Deloraine Progressive Conservative
  Earl Collins Dufferin Independent Coalition
  John R. Solomon Emerson Liberal-Progressive
  Michael Sawchuk Ethelbert CCF
  Stuart Garson Fairford Liberal-Progressive Resigned November 13, 1948
  Nicholas Bachynsky Fisher Liberal-Progressive
  Stanley Fox Gilbert Plains Social Credit
  Steinn Thompson Gimli Liberal-Progressive
  William Morton Gladstone Liberal-Progressive
  Gilbert Grant Glenwood Liberal-Progressive
  Norman Turnbull Hamiota Social Credit
  John McDowell Iberville Independent Coalition
  James McLenaghen Kildonan and St. Andrews Progressive Conservative
  Abram Harrison Killarney Progressive Conservative
  Douglas Lloyd Campbell Lakeside Liberal-Progressive
  Matthew Sutherland Lansdowne Liberal-Progressive
  Sauveur Marcoux La Verendrye Liberal-Progressive
  Hugh Morrison Manitou Progressive Conservative
  Earl Rutledge Minnedosa Progressive Conservative Resigned July 13, 1948
  Wallace C. Miller Morden-Rhineland Progressive Conservative
  John C. Dryden Morris Liberal-Progressive
  Ivan Schultz Mountain Liberal-Progressive
  John Lawrie Norfolk Progressive Conservative
  Charles Greenlay Portage la Prairie Progressive Conservative
  Ronald Robertson Roblin Independent Coalition
  William Campbell Rockwood Progressive Conservative
  Daniel Hamilton Rupertsland Liberal-Progressive
  William Wilson Russell Liberal-Progressive
  Edwin Hansford St. Boniface CCF
  Wilbert Doneleyko St. Clements CCF
  Christian Halldorson St. George Liberal-Progressive
  Maurice Dane MacCarthy Ste. Rose Liberal-Progressive
  George Olive Springfield CCF
  George Renouf Swan River Progressive Conservative
  Beresford Richards The Pas Independent CCF
  Errick Willis Turtle Mountain Progressive Conservative
  Robert Mooney Virden Liberal-Progressive
  Seymour Farmer Winnipeg CCF
  Morris Gray CCF
  Bill Kardash Labor–Progressive
  John Stewart McDiarmid Liberal-Progressive
  William Scraba Liberal-Progressive
  Charles Rhodes Smith Liberal-Progressive
  Lloyd Stinson CCF
  Lewis Stubbs Independent Anti-coalition
  Gunnar Thorvaldson Progressive Conservative
  Donovan Swailes CCF

Notes:

    By-elections

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

    Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
    Army Service Representative Gordon Churchill [8] IndependentJanuary 1946 [7] Special armed forces seat
    Navy Service Representative Alex J. Stringer [8] IndependentJanuary 1946 [7] Special armed forces seat
    Air Force Service Representative Ronald Turner [8] IndependentJanuary 1946 [7] Special armed forces seat
    Minnedosa Henry Rungay Liberal-Progressive November 2, 1948E Rutledge resigned July 13, 1948 [8]
    Fairford James Anderson Liberal-Progressive December 23, 1948S Garson resigned November 13, 1948 [8]

    Notes:

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      2. ↑ "Stuart Garson and the Manitoba Progressive Coalition". Manitoba History. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
      3. ↑ Ferguson, Barry Glen; Wardhaugh, Robert (2010). Manitoba Premiers of 19th and 20th Centuries. University of Regina Press. pp. 213–231. ISBN   0889772169 . Retrieved 2013-05-11.
      4. ↑ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
      5. ↑ "A History of Manitoba Labour Programs". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
      6. ↑ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
      7. 1 2 3 4 "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
      8. 1 2 3 4 5 "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
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