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] First elected / previously electedNotes
  John R. Pitt Arthur Liberal-Progressive 1935
  Ernest Draffin Assiniboia CCF 1945
  John Poole Beautiful Plains Progressive Conservative 1936
  Francis Campbell Bell Birtle Liberal-Progressive 1936
  Leslie McDorman Brandon City Liberal-Progressive 1945
  Edmond Prefontaine Carillon Liberal-Progressive 1935
  James Christie Cypress Liberal-Progressive 1932
  Robert Hawkins Dauphin Liberal-Progressive 1932
  James O. Argue Deloraine Progressive Conservative 1945
  Earl Collins Dufferin Independent Coalition1943
  John R. Solomon Emerson Liberal-Progressive 1941
  Michael Sawchuk Ethelbert CCF 1945
  Stuart Garson Fairford Liberal-Progressive 1927Resigned November 13, 1948
  James Anderson Liberal-Progressive 1948
  Nicholas Bachynsky Fisher Liberal-Progressive 1922
  Stanley Fox Gilbert Plains Social Credit 1936
  Steinn Thompson Gimli Liberal-Progressive 1945
  William Morton Gladstone Liberal-Progressive 1927
  Gilbert Grant Glenwood Liberal-Progressive 1945
  Norman Turnbull Hamiota Social Credit 1936
  John McDowell Iberville Independent Coalition1945
  James McLenaghen Kildonan and St. Andrews Progressive Conservative 1927
  Abram Harrison Killarney Progressive Conservative 1943
  Douglas Lloyd Campbell Lakeside Liberal-Progressive 1922
  Matthew Sutherland Lansdowne Liberal-Progressive 1936
  Sauveur Marcoux La Verendrye Liberal-Progressive 1936
  Hugh Morrison Manitou Progressive Conservative 1936
  Earl Rutledge Minnedosa Progressive Conservative 1936Resigned July 13, 1948
  Henry Rungay Liberal-Progressive 1948
  Wallace C. Miller Morden-Rhineland Progressive Conservative 1936
  John C. Dryden Morris Liberal-Progressive 1941
  Ivan Schultz Mountain Liberal-Progressive 1930
  John Lawrie Norfolk Progressive Conservative 1936
  Charles Greenlay Portage la Prairie Progressive Conservative 1943
  Ronald Robertson Roblin Independent Coalition1945
  William Campbell Rockwood Progressive Conservative 1945
  Daniel Hamilton Rupertsland Liberal-Progressive 1941
  William Wilson Russell Liberal-Progressive 1915, 1941
  Edwin Hansford St. Boniface CCF 1945
  Wilbert Doneleyko St. Clements CCF 1945
  Christian Halldorson St. George Liberal-Progressive 1945
  Maurice Dane MacCarthy Ste. Rose Liberal-Progressive 1927
  George Olive Springfield CCF 1945
  George Renouf Swan River Progressive Conservative 1932
  Beresford Richards The Pas Independent CCF1943
  CCF
  Errick Willis Turtle Mountain Progressive Conservative 1936
  Robert Mooney Virden Liberal-Progressive 1922
  Seymour Farmer Winnipeg CCF 1922
  Morris Gray CCF 1941
  Bill Kardash Labor–Progressive 1941
  John Stewart McDiarmid Liberal-Progressive 1932
  William Scraba Liberal-Progressive 1945
  Charles Rhodes Smith Liberal-Progressive 1941
  Lloyd Stinson CCF 1945
  Lewis Stubbs Independent Anti-coalition1936
  Gunnar Thorvaldson Progressive Conservative 1941
  Donovan Swailes CCF 1945
Active Service Voters
  Gordon Churchill Army Service RepresentativeIndependent1946
  Alex J. Stringer Navy Service RepresentativeIndependent1946
  Progressive Conservative
  Ronald Turner Air Force Service RepresentativeIndependent1946
  Liberal-Progressive

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]

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      References

      1. 1 2 3 4 "Members of the Twenty-Second Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1946–1949)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
      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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