19th Manitoba Legislature explained

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]	Notes	Duncan Lloyd McLeod	Arthur	Liberal-Progressive	Died in office May 10, 1935	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	Died in office February 21, 1935	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	Resigned April 1933	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

1. Web site: Members of the Nineteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1933–1936) . Memorable Manitobans . Manitoba Historical Society . 2013-03-03.
2. Book: Adams, Christopher . Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters . 78 . 2008 . 0887553559 . University of Manitoba Press . 2013-02-15.
3. Web site: Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba . Library of Parliament . 2012-12-13 . 2013-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029230602/http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Province.aspx?Item=674174e0-0472-4cd4-bb1e-d66b7aff8b79&MenuID=Compilations.ProvinceTerritory.aspx.Menu&Language=E&Section=LeaderOpposition . dead .
4. Web site: Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba . Government of Manitoba . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150828162840/http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/labmgt/wages/histmin.html . 2015-08-28 . dead .
5. Web site: Past lieutenant governors . Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba . 2014-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140105191427/http://www.manitobalg.ca/past-govs.php . 2014-01-05 .
6. Web site: Historical Summaries . Elections Manitoba . 2013-02-05.

By-elections

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

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

Notes:

1. Web site: Members of the Nineteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1933–1936) . Memorable Manitobans . Manitoba Historical Society . 2013-03-03.
2. Book: Adams, Christopher . Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters . 78 . 2008 . 0887553559 . University of Manitoba Press . 2013-02-15.
3. Web site: Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba . Library of Parliament . 2012-12-13 . 2013-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029230602/http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Province.aspx?Item=674174e0-0472-4cd4-bb1e-d66b7aff8b79&MenuID=Compilations.ProvinceTerritory.aspx.Menu&Language=E&Section=LeaderOpposition . dead .
4. Web site: Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba . Government of Manitoba . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150828162840/http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/labmgt/wages/histmin.html . 2015-08-28 . dead .
5. Web site: Past lieutenant governors . Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba . 2014-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140105191427/http://www.manitobalg.ca/past-govs.php . 2014-01-05 .
6. Web site: Historical Summaries . Elections Manitoba . 2013-02-05.
7. Web site: Biographies of Deceased Members . Legislative Assembly of Manitoba . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155427/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html . 2014-03-30 .
8. Web site: Albert Prefontaine (1861–1935) . Memorable Manitobans . Manitoba Historical Society . 2012-11-14.