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:

^ Election held August 22, 1936
^ Election held August 26, 1936

By-elections

None.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Members of the Twentieth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1937-1940)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
^ Rea, J (1997). T.A. Crerar: A Political Life. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 177. ISBN 0773516298. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
^ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

[6] Election held August 22, 1936

[7] Election held August 26, 1936

[mhs-1] "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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