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]	First elected / previously elected	Notes
	Duncan Lloyd McLeod	Arthur	Progressive	1922
	Joseph Cotter	Assiniboia	Conservative	1927
	Adalbert Poole	Beautiful Plains	Progressive	1927
	John Pratt	Birtle	Progressive	1927
			Independent
	John Edmison	Brandon City	Independent	1920
	Albert Préfontaine	Carillon	Progressive	1903,[a] 1915,[b] 1922
	William H. Spinks	Cypress	Conservative	1920
	Robert Ferguson	Dauphin	Conservative	1927
	Hugh McKenzie	Deloraine	Progressive	1927
	John Munn	Dufferin	Progressive	1927
	Robert Curran	Emerson	Progressive	1927
	Nicholas Hryhorczuk	Ethelbert	Progressive	1920
	Stuart Garson	Fairford	Progressive	1927
	Nicholas Bachynsky	Fisher	Progressive	1922
	Arthur Berry	Gilbert Plains	Progressive	1922
	Ingimar Ingaldson	Gimli	Progressive	1927
	William Morton	Gladstone	Progressive	1927
	James Breakey	Glenwood	Liberal	1914, 1922
	Thomas Wolstenholme	Hamiota	Progressive	1922
	Arthur Boivin	Iberville	Progressive	1917[a]
	James McLenaghen	Kildonan and St. Andrews	Conservative	1927
	John Laughlin	Killarney	Conservative	1927
	Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Lakeside	Progressive	1922
	Tobias Norris	Lansdowne	Liberal	1896, 1907	Resigned March 14, 1928.
	Donald Gordon McKenzie (1928)		Progressive	1928
	Philippe Talbot	La Verendrye	Progressive	1915[c]
	Joseph Lusignan	Manitou	Conservative	1927
	Earl Rutledge	Minnedosa	Conservative	1927
	Hugh McGavin	Morden and Rhineland	Conservative	1927
	William Clubb	Morris	Progressive	1920
	Irving Cleghorn	Mountain	Liberal	1927	Died in office November 14, 1929
	Ivan Schultz (1930)		Liberal	1930
	John Muirhead	Norfolk	Progressive	1922
	Fawcett Taylor	Portage la Prairie	Conservative	1920
	Frederic Newton	Roblin	Conservative	1911,[d] 1922
	William McKinnell	Rockwood	Progressive	1920
	Herbert Beresford	Rupertsland	Progressive	1927
	Isaac Griffiths	Russell	Progressive	1922
	Joseph Bernier	St. Boniface	Conservative	1900,[a] 1907,[b] 1920
	Robert Hoey	St. Clements	Progressive	1927
	Skuli Sigfusson	St. George	Liberal	1915, 1922
	Maurice Dane MacCarthy	Ste. Rose	Progressive	1927
	Murdoch Mackay	Springfield	Liberal	1927
	Andrew McCleary	Swan River	Progressive	1927
	John Bracken	The Pas	Progressive	1922
	Richard Gardiner Willis	Turtle Mountain	Conservative	1922	Died in office February 1929
	Alexander Welch (1929)		Conservative	1929
	Robert Mooney	Virden	Progressive	1922
	William Major	Winnipeg	Progressive	1927
	Edward William Montgomery		Progressive	1927
	John Thomas Haig		Conservative	1914,[e] 1920
	William Sanford Evans		Conservative	1922
	William Tobias		Conservative	1927
	Hugh Robson	Liberal	1927
	Edith Rogers	Liberal	1920
	John Queen	Independent Labour	1920
	Seymour Farmer	Independent Labour	1922
	William Ivens	Independent Labour	1920

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]

Notes

1. First elected as Conservative
2. Re-elected as Conservative
3. First elected as a Liberal
4. Russell
5. Assiniboia