18th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 18th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1927. The legislature sat from December 1, 1927, to May 7, 1932.[1]

The Progressive Party of Manitoba led by John Bracken formed the government.[1]

Fawcett Taylor of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition.[2]

The Minimum Wage Act, which previously only applied to female workers, was amended to include male workers under the age of 18. The minimum wage was $0.25 per hour.[3]

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

There were five sessions of the 18th Legislature:[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	December 1, 1927	March 16, 1928
2nd	February 11, 1929	May 26, 1929
3rd	January 21, 1930	April 14, 1930
4th	January 27, 1931	April 20, 1931
5th	February 29, 1932	May 7, 1932

Theodore Arthur Burrows was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until January 18, 1929, when James Duncan McGregor became lieutenant governor.[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1927:[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[5]	Notes
	Duncan Lloyd McLeod	Arthur	Progressive
	Joseph Cotter	Assiniboia	Conservative
	Adalbert Poole	Beautiful Plains	Progressive
	John Pratt	Birtle	Progressive
	John Edmison	Brandon City	Independent
	Albert Préfontaine	Carillon	Progressive
	William H. Spinks	Cypress	Conservative
	Robert Ferguson	Dauphin	Conservative
	Hugh McKenzie	Deloraine	Progressive
	John Munn	Dufferin	Progressive
	Robert Curran	Emerson	Progressive
	Nicholas Hryhorczuk	Ethelbert	Progressive
	Stuart Garson	Fairford	Progressive
	Nicholas Bachynsky	Fisher	Progressive
	Arthur Berry	Gilbert Plains	Progressive
	Ingimar Ingaldson	Gimli	Progressive
	William Morton	Gladstone	Progressive
	James Breakey	Glenwood	Liberal
	Thomas Wolstenholme	Hamiota	Progressive
	Arthur Boivin	Iberville	Progressive
	James McLenaghen	Kildonan and St. Andrews	Conservative
	John Laughlin	Killarney	Conservative
	Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Lakeside	Progressive
	Tobias Norris	Lansdowne	Liberal	Resigned March 14, 1928.
	Philippe Talbot	La Verendrye	Progressive
	Joseph Lusignan	Manitou	Conservative
	Earl Rutledge	Minnedosa	Conservative
	Hugh McGavin	Morden and Rhineland	Conservative
	William Clubb	Morris	Progressive
	Irving Cleghorn	Mountain	Liberal	Died in office November 14, 1929
	John Muirhead	Norfolk	Progressive
	Fawcett Taylor	Portage la Prairie	Conservative
	Frederic Newton	Roblin	Conservative
	William McKinnell	Rockwood	Progressive
	Herbert Beresford	Rupertsland	Progressive
	Isaac Griffiths	Russell	Progressive
	Joseph Bernier	St. Boniface	Conservative
	Robert Hoey	St. Clements	Progressive
	Skuli Sigfusson	St. George	Liberal
	Maurice Dane MacCarthy	Ste. Rose	Progressive
	Murdoch Mackay	Springfield	Liberal
	Andrew McCleary	Swan River	Progressive
	John Bracken	The Pas	Progressive
	Richard Gardiner Willis	Turtle Mountain	Conservative	Died in office February 1929
	Robert Mooney	Virden	Progressive
	William Major	Winnipeg	Progressive
	Edward William Montgomery		Progressive
	John Thomas Haig		Conservative
	William Sanford Evans		Conservative
	William Tobias		Conservative
	Hugh Robson		Liberal
	Edith Rogers		Liberal
	John Queen		Independent Labour
	Seymour Farmer		Independent Labour
	William Ivens		Independent Labour

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Lansdowne	Donald Gordon McKenzie	Progressive	November 10, 1928	T Norris resigned March 14, 1928.[6]
Morris	William Clubb	Progressive	May 30, 1929	W Clubb appointed Minister of Public Works[6]
Turtle Mountain	Alexander Welch	Conservative	June 22, 1929	R G Willis died February 1929[6]
Mountain	Ivan Schultz	Conservative	January 29, 1930[6]	I Cleghorn died November 14, 1929[7]

References

1. "Members of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1927–1932)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
2. "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
3. "Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
4. "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
5. "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
6. "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
7. "Dr. Cleghorn Dies". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon. November 14, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 2013-02-06.