Memorable Manitobans: Members of the Twentieth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1937-1940)

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The Assembly was elected on 27 July 1936.

Session

Opening

Prorogation

Dissolution

1

18 February 1937

17 April 1937

-

2

9 December 1937

23 March 1938

-

3

20 February 1939

17 April 1939

-

4

20 February 1940

17 December 1940

-

5

18 November 1940

17 December 1940

12 March 1941

The following persons were members:

John Bracken
John Bracken

(Premier)

Robert Hawkins
Robert Hawkins

(Speaker)

Harry H. Dunwoody
Harry H. Dunwoody

(Clerk)

Thomas Vincent Pemble Smith
Thomas Vincent Pemble Smith
(Sergeant-at-Arms, 1937)

Gareth Stanley Walter
Gareth Stanley Walter

(Sergeant-at-Arms,
1937-1941)

 

 

 


James Aiken
James Aiken

(Assiniboia)

Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky
Nicolas Volodymir Bachynsky

(Fisher)

James Alexander Barry
James Alexander Barry

(Winnipeg)

Francis Campbell Bell
Francis Campbell Bell

(Birtle)

John Bracken
John Bracken

(The Pas)

James Washington Breakey
James Washington Breakey

(Glenwood)

Douglas Lloyd Campbell
Douglas Lloyd Campbell

(Lakeside)

James Lyall Christie
James Lyall Christie

(Cypress)

William Reid Clubb
William Reid Clubb

(Morris)

George Dinsdale
George Dinsdale

(Brandon City)

Seymour James Farmer
Seymour James Farmer

(Winnipeg)

Stanley William Fox
Stanley William Fox

(Gilbert Plains)

Stuart Sinclair Garson
Stuart Sinclair Garson

(Fairford)

Isaac Bertie Griffiths
Isaac Bertie Griffiths

(Russell)

Elin Salome Halldorson
Elin Salome Halldorson

(St. George)

Robert Hawkins
Robert Hawkins

(Dauphin)

Marcus Hyman
Marcus Hyman

(Winnipeg)

Huntley Douglas Brodie Ketchen
Huntley Douglas Brodie Ketchen

(Winnipeg)

John Salmon Lamont
John Salmon Lamont

(Iberville)

John Bell Laughlin
John Bell Laughlin

(Killarney)

Harold Frederick Lawrence
Harold Frederick Lawrence

(St. Boniface)

John Polworth Lawrie
John Polworth Lawrie

(Norfolk)

Mungo Turnbull Lewis
Mungo Turnbull Lewis

(Rockwood)

William Lisowsky
William Lisowsky

(Ethelbert)

James Litterick
James Litterick

(Winnipeg)

Maurice Dane McCarthy
Maurice Dane MacCarthy

(Ste. Rose)

William James Major
William James Major

(Winnipeg)

Sauveur Marcoux
Sauveur Marcoux

(La Verendrye)

John Stewart McDiarmid
John Stewart McDiarmid

(Winnipeg)

James Osborne McLenaghen
James Osborne McLenaghen

(Kildonan & St. Andrews)

Wallace Conrad Miller
Wallace Conrad Miller

(Morden and Rhineland)

Robert Henry Mooney
Robert Henry Mooney

(Virden)

Hugh Borthwick Morrison
Hugh Borthwick Morrison

(Manitou)

William Morton
William Morton

(Gladstone)

John Alfred Munn
John Alfred Munn

(Dufferin)

Oddur Olafson
Oddur Olafson

(Ruperts Land)

John Robertson Pitt
John Robertson Pitt

(Arthur)

John Silas Poole
John Silas Poole

(Beautiful Plains)

Edmund Prefontaine
Edmond Prefontaine

(Carillon)

John Queen
John Queen

(Winnipeg)

George Poddester Renouf
George Poddester Renouf

(Swan River)

Sydney Ernest Rogers
Sydney Ernest Rogers

(Roblin)

Earl James Rutledge
Earl James Rutledge

(Minnedosa)

Ivan Schultz
Ivan Schultz

(Mountain)

William Raymond Sexsmith
William Raymond Sexsmith

(Portage la Prairie)

Evelyn Foster Shannon
Evelyn Foster Shannon

(Springfield)

Lewis St. George Stubbs
Lewis St. George Stubbs

(Winnipeg)

Herbert R. Sulkers
Herbert R. Sulkers

(St. Clements)

Matthew Robinson Sutherland
Matthew Robinson Sutherland

(Lansdowne)

Norman Leslie Turnbull
Norman Leslie Turnbull

(Hamiota)

Joseph Wawrykow
Joseph Wawrykow

(Gimli)

Ralph Humphreys Webb
Ralph Humphreys Webb

(Winnipeg)

Alexander Robert Welch
Alexander Robert Welch

(Turtle Mountain)

Errick French Willis
Errick French Willis

(Deloraine)

Herbert Henry Wright
Herbert Henry Wright

(Emerson)

 

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1936)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 June 2024

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