23rd Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 23rd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in November 1949. The legislature sat from February 14, 1950, to April 23, 1953.[1]

A coalition government of the Liberal-Progressive Party and the Progressive Conservative Party held a majority of seats in the assembly. Douglas Lloyd Campbell served as Premier.[2] The Progressive Conservatives withdrew from the coalition in 1950.[3]

Edwin Hansford of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was Leader of the Opposition. Errick Willis of the Progressive Conservatives became opposition leader after his party left the coalition in 1950.[4]

Wallace Miller served as speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet in August 1950.[5]Nicholas Bachynsky succeeded Miller as speaker.[1]

There were seven sessions of the 23rd Legislature:[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	February 14, 1950	April 22, 1950
2nd	November 7, 1950	November 16, 1950
3rd	February 1, 1951
4th	February 5, 1952
5th	July 22, 1952	July 26, 1952
6th	January 13, 1953	January 16, 1953
7th	February 24, 1953	April 18, 1953

Roland Fairbairn McWilliams was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1949:[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[7]
	John R. Pitt	Arthur	Liberal-Progressive
	Reginald Wightman	Assiniboia	Liberal-Progressive
	Francis Campbell Bell	Birtle	Liberal-Progressive
	Joseph Donaldson	Brandon City	Progressive Conservative
	Edmond Prefontaine	Carillon	Independent Liberal Anti-Coalition
	James Christie	Cypress	Liberal-Progressive
	Ernest McGirr	Dauphin	Progressive Conservative
	James O. Argue	Deloraine—Glenwood	Progressive Conservative
	Walter McDonald	Dufferin	Liberal-Progressive
	John R. Solomon	Emerson	Liberal-Progressive
	Michael Hryhorczuk	Ethelbert	Liberal-Progressive
	James Anderson	Fairford	Liberal-Progressive
	Nicholas Bachynsky	Fisher	Liberal-Progressive
	Ray Mitchell	Gilbert Plains	Liberal-Progressive
	Steinn Thompson	Gimli	Liberal-Progressive
	William Morton	Gladstone	Liberal-Progressive
	Charles Shuttleworth	Hamiota	Liberal-Progressive
	John McDowell	Iberville	Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition
	George Olive	Kildonan-Transcona	CCF
	Abram Harrison	Killarney	Progressive Conservative
	Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Lakeside	Liberal-Progressive
	Thomas Seens	Lansdowne	Progressive Conservative
	Sauveur Marcoux	La Verendrye	Liberal-Progressive
	Hugh Morrison	Manitou—Morden	Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition
	Henry Rungay	Minnedosa	Liberal-Progressive
	Harry Shewman	Morris	Independent Coalition
	Ivan Schultz	Mountain	Liberal-Progressive
	Samuel Burch	Norfolk—Beautiful Plains	Liberal-Progressive
	Charles Greenlay	Portage la Prairie	Progressive Conservative
	Wallace Miller	Rhineland	Progressive Conservative
	Ronald Robertson	Roblin	Independent Coalition
	Robert Bend	Rockwood	Independent Progressive Conservative Coalition
	Daniel Hamilton	Rupertsland	Liberal-Progressive
	Rodney Clement	Russell	Independent Coalition
	James McLenaghen	St. Andrews	Progressive Conservative
	Joseph Van Belleghem	St. Boniface	Liberal-Progressive
	Edwin Hansford	CCF
	Nicholas Stryk	St. Clements	Liberal-Progressive
	Christian Halldorson	St. George	Liberal-Progressive
	Maurice Dane MacCarthy	Ste. Rose	Liberal-Progressive
	William Lucko	Springfield	Liberal-Progressive
	George Renouf	Swan River	Independent Conservative Anti-Coalition
	Francis Jobin	The Pas	Independent Liberal Coalition
	Errick Willis	Turtle Mountain	Progressive Conservative
	Robert Mooney	Virden	Liberal-Progressive
	Paul Bardal	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal-Progressive
	Gordon Fines		CCF
	Charles Rhodes Smith	Liberal-Progressive
	Donovan Swailes	CCF
	Morris Gray	Winnipeg North	CCF
	Frank Chester		Liberal-Progressive
	John Hawryluk	CCF
	Bill Kardash	Labor–Progressive
	John Stewart McDiarmid	Winnipeg South	Liberal-Progressive
	Duff Roblin		Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition
	Lloyd Stinson	CCF
	Ronald Turner	Liberal-Progressive

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. Andrews	Thomas P. Hillhouse	Liberal-Progressive	October 24, 1950	J McLenaghen died June 23, 1950[5]
St. Clements	Albert Trapp	Liberal-Progressive	October 24, 1950[5]	N Stryk died July 11, 1950[8]
Brandon City	Reginald Lissaman	Progressive Conservative	January 21, 1952	J Donaldson resigned April 18, 1951[5]
La Verendrye	Edmond Brodeur	Liberal-Progressive	January 21, 1952	S Marcoux died November 16, 1951[5]

Notes:

References

1. "Members of the Twenty-Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1950–1953)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
2. 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.
3. McDonell, James K; Campbell, Robert Bennett (1997). Lords of the North. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. p. 175. ISBN 1896182712. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
4. "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
5. "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
6. "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
7. "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
8. "Nicholas John Stryk (1896–1950)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-04-24.