20th Manitoba Legislature

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]

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]

Session Start End
1st February 18, 1937 April 17, 1937
2nd December 9, 1937 March 23, 1938
3rd February 20, 1939 April 17, 1939
4th February 20, 1940 April 5, 1940
5th November 18, 1940 December 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]

Member Electoral district Party[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
     William 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 St. George Stubbs Independent
     Ralph Webb Conservative

Notes:

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

By-elections

None.

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. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  4. "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  5. "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
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