20th Manitoba Legislature

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The members of the 20th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1936. The legislature sat from February 18, 1937, to March 12, 1941. [1]

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The Liberal-Progressive Party led by John Bracken formed a minority government with the support of Social Credit members. [2]

Errick Willis of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition. [3]

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

There were five sessions of the 20th Legislature: [1]

SessionStartEnd
1stFebruary 18, 1937April 17, 1937
2ndDecember 9, 1937March 23, 1938
3rdFebruary 20, 1939April 17, 1939
4thFebruary 20, 1940April 5, 1940
5thNovember 18, 1940December 17, 1940

William Johnston Tupper was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until November 1, 1940, when Roland Fairbairn McWilliams became lieutenant governor. [4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1936: [1]

MemberElectoral districtParty [5]
  John R. Pitt Arthur Liberal-Progressive
  James Aiken Assiniboia ILP-CCF
  John Poole Beautiful Plains Conservative
  Francis Campbell Bell Birtle Liberal-Progressive
  George Dinsdale Brandon City Conservative
  Edmond Prefontaine Carillon Liberal-Progressive
  James Christie Cypress Liberal-Progressive
  Robert Hawkins Dauphin Liberal-Progressive
  Errick Willis Deloraine Conservative
  John Munn Dufferin Liberal-Progressive
  Herbert Wright Emerson Independent Liberal
  William Lisowsky Ethelbert Social Credit
  Stuart Garson Fairford Liberal-Progressive
  Nicholas Bachynsky Fisher Liberal-Progressive
  Stanley Fox Gilbert Plains Social Credit
  Joseph Wawrykow Gimli ILP-CCF
  William Morton Gladstone Liberal-Progressive
  James Breakey Glenwood Liberal-Progressive
  Norman Turnbull Hamiota Social Credit
  John Salmon Lamont Iberville Liberal-Progressive
  James McLenaghen Kildonan and St. Andrews Conservative
  John Laughlin Killarney Conservative
  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
  William Clubb Morris Liberal-Progressive
  Ivan Schultz Mountain Liberal-Progressive
  John Lawrie Norfolk Conservative
  Toby Sexsmith Portage la Prairie Conservative
  Sydney Rogers Roblin Social Credit
  Mungo Lewis Rockwood Conservative
  Oddur Olafson Rupertsland [nb 1] Independent Liberal
  Isaac Griffiths Russell Liberal-Progressive
  Harold Lawrence St. Boniface Independent Labour
  Herbert Sulkers St. Clements Independent Labour
  Salome Halldorson St. George Social Credit
  Maurice Dane MacCarthy Ste. Rose Liberal-Progressive
  Evelyn Shannon Springfield Liberal-Progressive
  George Renouf Swan River Conservative
  John Bracken The Pas [nb 2] Liberal-Progressive
  Alexander Welch Turtle Mountain Conservative
  Robert Mooney Virden Liberal-Progressive
  James Alexander Barry Winnipeg Conservative
  Seymour Farmer Independent Labour
  Marcus Hyman Independent Labour
  Huntly Ketchen Conservative
  James Litterick Communist
  William Major Liberal-Progressive
  John Stewart McDiarmid Liberal-Progressive
  John Queen Independent Labour
  Lewis Stubbs Independent
  Ralph Webb Conservative

Notes:

  1. ↑ Election held August 22, 1936
  2. ↑ Election held August 26, 1936

By-elections

None.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Members of the Twentieth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1937–1940)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  2. ↑ Rea, J (1997). T.A. Crerar: A Political Life . McGill-Queen's Press. p.  177. ISBN   0773516298 . Retrieved 2013-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  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.
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