21st Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 21st Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in April 1941. The legislature sat from December 9, 1941, to September 8, 1945.[1]

A coalition government of all four legal political parties in the province was formed in December 1940. John Bracken served as Premier[2] until 1943, when he entered federal politics. Stuart Garson succeeded Bracken as Premier.[3]

There was no official opposition until the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation left the coalition in 1943 and Seymour Farmer became Leader of the Opposition.[4]

Robert Hawkins served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

There were five sessions of the 21st Legislature:[1]

Session  | Start  | End

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1st  | December 9, 1941  | March 31, 1942
2nd  | February 2, 1943  | March 17, 1943
3rd  | February 8, 1944  | April 6, 1944
4th  | February 6, 1945  | April 7, 1945
5th  | September 4, 1945  | September 8, 1945

Roland Fairbairn McWilliams was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.[5]

## Members of the Assembly

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The following members were elected to the assembly in 1941:[1]

| Member  | Electoral district  | Party[6] | First elected / previously elected  | Notes

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| John R. Pitt | Arthur | Liberal-Progressive | 1935
| David Best | Assiniboia | Conservative Anti-coalition  | 1941
| John Poole | Beautiful Plains | Conservative Anti-coalition  | 1936
| Francis Campbell Bell | Birtle | Liberal-Progressive | 1936
| George Dinsdale | Brandon City | Conservative | 1932  | Died in office September 21, 1943
| Dwight Johnson | CCF | 1943
| Edmond Prefontaine | Carillon | Liberal-Progressive | 1935
| James Christie | Cypress | Liberal-Progressive | 1932
| Robert Hawkins | Dauphin | Liberal-Progressive | 1932
| Errick Willis | Deloraine | Conservative | 1936
| John Munn | Dufferin | Liberal-Progressive | 1927  | Died in office January 25, 1942
| Earl Collins | Conservative | 1943
| John R. Solomon | Emerson | Independent Coalition  | 1941
| Nicholas Hryhorczuk | Ethelbert | Liberal-Progressive | 1920[a], 1941
| Stuart Garson | Fairford | Liberal-Progressive | 1927
| Nicholas Bachynsky | Fisher | Liberal-Progressive | 1922
| Stanley Fox | Gilbert Plains | Social Credit | 1936
| Joseph Wawrykow | Gimli | CCF | 1936
| William Morton | Gladstone | Liberal-Progressive | 1927
| James Breakey | Glenwood | Liberal-Progressive | 1914, 1922
| Norman Turnbull | Hamiota | Social Credit | 1936
| Arthur Boivin | Iberville | Independent Coalition  | 1917[b], 1941
| James McLenaghen | Kildonan and St. Andrews | Conservative | 1927
| John Laughlin | Killarney | Conservative | 1927, 1936  | Died in office August 19, 1941
| Abram Harrison | Conservative | 1943
| Douglas Lloyd Campbell | Lakeside | Liberal-Progressive | 1922
| Matthew Sutherland | Lansdowne | Liberal-Progressive | 1936
| Sauveur Marcoux | La Verendrye | Liberal-Progressive | 1936
| Hugh Morrison | Manitou | Conservative | 1936
| Earl Rutledge | Minnedosa | Conservative | 1927
| Wallace C. Miller | Morden and Rhineland | Conservative | 1936
| John C. Dryden | Morris | Independent Coalition  | 1941
| Ivan Schultz | Mountain | Liberal-Progressive | 1930
| John Lawrie | Norfolk | Conservative | 1936
| Toby Sexsmith | Portage la Prairie | Conservative | 1933  | Died in office August 23, 1943
| Charles Greenlay | Conservative | 1943
| Sydney Rogers | Roblin | Social Credit | 1936
| Mungo Lewis | Rockwood | Independent Coalition  | 1936
| Daniel Hamilton | Rupertsland | Liberal-Progressive | 1941
| William Wilson | Russell | Liberal-Progressive | 1915, 1941
| Austin Clarke | St. Boniface | Liberal-Progressive | 1941
| Nicholas Stryk | St. Clements | Liberal-Progressive | 1941
| Skuli Sigfusson | St. George | Liberal-Progressive | 1914, 1922, 1941
| Maurice Dane MacCarthy | Ste. Rose | Liberal-Progressive | 1927
| Evelyn Shannon | Springfield | Liberal-Progressive | 1936
| George Renouf | Swan River | Conservative | 1932
| John Bracken | The Pas | Liberal-Progressive | 1922  | Resigned January 15, 1943
| Beresford Richards | CCF | 1943
| Alexander Welch | Turtle Mountain | Conservative | 1929
| Robert Mooney | Virden | Liberal-Progressive | 1922
| Paul Bardal | Winnipeg | Liberal-Progressive | 1941
| Seymour Farmer | CCF | 1922
| Morris Gray | CCF | 1941
| Bill Kardash | Communist Anti-coalition  | 1941
| Huntly Ketchen | Conservative Anti-coalition  | 1932
| Stephen Krawchyk | Independent Coalition  | 1941
| John Stewart McDiarmid | Liberal-Progressive | 1932
| Charles Rhodes Smith | Liberal-Progressive | 1941
| Lewis Stubbs | Independent Anti-coalition  | 1936
| Gunnar Thorvaldson | Conservative | 1941

## By-elections

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

Electoral district  | Member elected  | Affiliation  | Election date  | Reason

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Dufferin | Earl Collins | Conservative | June 22, 1943[7] | J Munn died January 25, 1942[8]
Killarney | Abram Harrison | Conservative | June 22, 1943[7] | J Laughlin died August 19, 1941[9]
The Pas | Beresford Richards | CCF | August 17, 1943  | J Bracken resigned January 15, 1943[7]
Brandon City | Dwight Johnson | CCF | November 18, 1943[7] | G Dinsdale died September 21, 1943[10]
Portage la Prairie | Charles Greenlay | Conservative | November 18, 1943[7] | W Sexsmith died August 23, 1943[11]

## Notes

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1. ^ First elected as a Independent Farmer
2. ^ First elected as a Conservative

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Members of the Twenty-First Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1941–1945)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
2. ^ Adams, Christopher (2008). Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters. University of Manitoba Press. p. 32\. ISBN 978-0887553554. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
3. ^ "Hon. Stuart Sinclair Garson CC KC". Distinguished Graduates. University of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
4. ^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
5. ^ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
6. ^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
7. ^ a b c d e "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
8. ^ "John Alfred Munn". Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science. 6 (2): 33–34\. 1942. PMC 1584091. PMID 17647840.
9. ^ "J.B. Laughlin, 62, Dies". Montreal Gazette. August 20, 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
10. ^ "G. Dinsdale, Brandon M.L.A., Dies At Home". Winnipeg Evening Tribune. September 21, 1943. p. 11\. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
11. ^ "Memorable Manitobans: William Raymond "Toby" Sexsmith (1885–1943)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

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