19th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 19th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1932. The legislature sat from February 14, 1933 to June 12, 1936.^[1]

A coalition between the Progressive Party of Manitoba led by John Bracken and the Liberal Party led by Murdoch Mackay formed the government.^[2] Bracken served as premier.^[1]

Fawcett Taylor of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition. After Taylor resigned in 1933, William Sanford Evans became party leader.^[3]

The Minimum Wage Act was amended to include male workers over the age of 18. The minimum hourly wage in Manitoba was $0.25 for urban workers and $0.21 for rural workers. Up until 1931, the minimum wage only applied to female workers.^[4]

Philippe Adjutor Talbot served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were four sessions of the 19th Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	February 14, 1933	May 4, 1933
2nd	February 8, 1934	April 7, 1934
3rd	February 12, 1935	April 6, 1935
4th	February 18, 1936	April 7, 1936

James Duncan McGregor was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until December 1, 1934, when William Johnston Tupper became lieutenant governor.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1932:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party^[6]
Duncan Lloyd McLeod	Arthur	Liberal-Progressive
Ralph Webb	Assiniboia	Conservative
Adalbert Poole	Beautiful Plains	Liberal-Progressive
John Pratt	Birtle	Liberal-Progressive
George Dinsdale	Brandon City	Conservative
Albert Préfontaine	Carillon	Liberal-Progressive
James Christie	Cypress	Liberal-Progressive
Robert Hawkins	Dauphin	Liberal-Progressive
Hugh McKenzie	Deloraine	Liberal-Progressive
John Munn	Dufferin	Liberal-Progressive
Robert Curran	Emerson	Liberal-Progressive
Nicholas Hryhorczuk	Ethelbert	Liberal-Progressive
Stuart Garson	Fairford	Liberal-Progressive
Nicholas Bachynsky	Fisher	Liberal-Progressive
Arthur Berry	Gilbert Plains	Liberal-Progressive
Ingimar Ingaldson	Gimli	Liberal-Progressive
William Morton	Gladstone	Liberal-Progressive
James Breakey	Glenwood	Liberal-Progressive
Thomas Wolstenholme	Hamiota	Liberal-Progressive
Arthur Boivin	Iberville	Independent Liberal-Progressive
James McLenaghen	Kildonan and St. Andrews	Conservative
Andrew Foster	Killarney	Liberal-Progressive
Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Lakeside	Liberal-Progressive
Donald Gordon McKenzie	Lansdowne	Liberal-Progressive
Philippe Talbot	La Verendrye	Liberal-Progressive
Frank McIntosh	Manitou	Liberal-Progressive
Earl Rutledge	Minnedosa	Conservative
Cornelius Wiebe	Morden and Rhineland	Liberal-Progressive
William Clubb	Morris	Liberal-Progressive
Ivan Schultz	Mountain	Liberal-Progressive
John Muirhead	Norfolk	Liberal-Progressive
Fawcett Taylor	Portage la Prairie	Conservative
William James Westwood	Roblin	Independent Labour
William McKinnell	Rockwood	Liberal-Progressive
Ewan McPherson	Rupertsland	Liberal-Progressive
Isaac Griffiths	Russell	Liberal-Progressive
Harold Lawrence	St. Boniface	Independent Labour
Robert Hoey	St. Clements	Liberal-Progressive
Skuli Sigfusson	St. George	Liberal-Progressive
Maurice Dane MacCarthy	Ste. Rose	Liberal-Progressive
Clifford Barclay	Springfield	Independent Farmer-Labour
George Renouf	Swan River	Conservative
John Bracken	The Pas	Liberal-Progressive
Alexander Welch	Turtle Mountain	Conservative
Robert Mooney	Virden	Liberal-Progressive
William Sanford Evans	Winnipeg	Conservative
Seymour Farmer		Independent Labour
John Thomas Haig		Conservative
Marcus Hyman		Independent Labour
Huntly Ketchen		Conservative
William Major		Liberal-Progressive
Ralph Maybank		Liberal-Progressive
John Stewart McDiarmid		Liberal-Progressive
William Ivens		Independent Labour
John Queen		Independent Labour

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Portage la Prairie	William Sexsmith	Conservative	November 27, 1933	F Taylor resigned^[7]
Arthur	John R. Pitt	Liberal-Progressive	June 24, 1935	D McLeod died May 10, 1935^[7]
Russell	Isaac Griffiths	Liberal-Progressive	July 4, 1935	I Griffiths appointed Minister of Health And Public Welfare^[7]
Carillon	Edmond Prefontaine	Liberal-Progressive	July 4, 1935^[7]	A Prefontaine died February 21, 1935^[8]

Notes:

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Members of the Nineteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1933-1936)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
^ Adams, Christopher (2008). Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters. University of Manitoba Press. p. 78. ISBN 0887553559. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
^ "Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba". Government of Manitoba.
^ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-11-14.

[mhs-1] "Members of the Nineteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1933-1936)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-03-03.

[2] Adams, Christopher (2008). Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters. University of Manitoba Press. p. 78. ISBN 0887553559. Retrieved 2013-02-15.

[3] "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

[4] "Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba". Government of Manitoba.

[5] "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

[members-7] "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] "Albert Prefontaine (1861-1935)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-11-14.

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