23rd Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 23rd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in November 1949. The legislature sat from February 14, 1950, to April 23, 1953.^[1]

A coalition government of the Liberal-Progressive Party and the Progressive Conservative Party held a majority of seats in the assembly. Douglas Lloyd Campbell served as Premier.^[2] The Progressive Conservatives withdrew from the coalition in 1950.^[3]

Edwin Hansford of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was Leader of the Opposition. Errick Willis of the Progressive Conservatives became opposition leader after his party left the coalition in 1950.^[4]

Wallace C. Miller served as speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet in August 1950.^[5]Nicholas Bachynsky succeeded Miller as speaker.^[1]

There were seven sessions of the 23rd Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	February 14, 1950	April 22, 1950
2nd	November 7, 1950	November 16, 1950
3rd	February 1, 1951
4th	February 5, 1952
5th	July 22, 1952	July 26, 1952
6th	January 13, 1953	January 16, 1953
7th	February 24, 1953	April 18, 1953

Roland Fairbairn McWilliams was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1949:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[7]	First elected / previously elected	Notes
	John R. Pitt	Arthur	Liberal-Progressive	1935
	Reginald Wightman	Assiniboia	Liberal-Progressive	1949
	Francis Campbell Bell	Birtle	Liberal-Progressive	1936
	Joseph Donaldson	Brandon City	Progressive Conservative	1949	Resigned April 18, 1951
	Reginald Lissaman		Progressive Conservative	1952
	Edmond Prefontaine	Carillon	Independent Liberal Anti-Coalition	1935
			Liberal-Progressive
	James Christie	Cypress	Liberal-Progressive	1932
	Ernest McGirr	Dauphin	Progressive Conservative	1949
	James O. Argue	Deloraine—Glenwood	Progressive Conservative	1945
	Walter McDonald	Dufferin	Liberal-Progressive	1949
	John R. Solomon	Emerson	Liberal-Progressive	1941
	Michael Hryhorczuk	Ethelbert	Liberal-Progressive	1949
	James Anderson	Fairford	Liberal-Progressive	1948
	Nicholas Bachynsky	Fisher	Liberal-Progressive	1922
	Ray Mitchell	Gilbert Plains	Liberal-Progressive	1949
	Steinn Thompson	Gimli	Liberal-Progressive	1945
	William Morton	Gladstone	Liberal-Progressive	1927
	Charles Shuttleworth	Hamiota	Liberal-Progressive	1949
	John McDowell	Iberville	Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition	1945
			Progressive Conservative
	George Olive	Kildonan-Transcona	CCF	1945
	Abram Harrison	Killarney	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Lakeside	Liberal-Progressive	1922
	Thomas Seens	Lansdowne	Progressive Conservative	1949
	Sauveur Marcoux	La Verendrye	Liberal-Progressive	1936	Died in office November 16, 1951
	Edmond Brodeur		Liberal-Progressive	1952
	Hugh Morrison	Manitou—Morden	Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition	1936
			Progressive Conservative
	Henry Rungay	Minnedosa	Liberal-Progressive	1948
	Harry Shewman	Morris	Independent Coalition	1949
	Ivan Schultz	Mountain	Liberal-Progressive	1930
	Samuel Burch	Norfolk—Beautiful Plains	Liberal-Progressive	1949
	Charles Greenlay	Portage la Prairie	Progressive Conservative	1943
	Wallace C. Miller	Rhineland	Progressive Conservative	1936
	Ronald Robertson	Roblin	Independent Coalition	1945
			Liberal-Progressive
	Robert Bend	Rockwood	Independent Progressive Conservative Coalition	1949
	Daniel Hamilton	Rupertsland	Liberal-Progressive	1941
	Rodney Clement	Russell	Independent Coalition	1949
	James McLenaghen	St. Andrews	Progressive Conservative	1927	Died in office June 23, 1950
	Thomas P. Hillhouse		Liberal-Progressive	1950
	Joseph Van Belleghem	St. Boniface	Liberal-Progressive	1949
	Edwin Hansford		CCF	1945
	Nicholas Stryk	St. Clements	Liberal-Progressive	1941, 1949	Died in office July 11, 1950
	Thomas P. Hillhouse		Liberal-Progressive	1950
	Christian Halldorson	St. George	Liberal-Progressive	1945
	Maurice Dane MacCarthy	Ste. Rose	Liberal-Progressive	1927
	William Lucko	Springfield	Liberal-Progressive	1949
	George Renouf	Swan River	Independent Conservative Anti-Coalition	1932
	Francis Jobin	The Pas	Independent Liberal Coalition	1949
	Errick Willis	Turtle Mountain	Progressive Conservative	1936
	Robert Mooney	Virden	Liberal-Progressive	1922
	Paul Bardal	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal-Progressive	1941, 1949
	Gordon Fines		CCF	1949
	Charles Rhodes Smith		Liberal-Progressive	1941
	Donovan Swailes		CCF	1945
	Morris Gray	Winnipeg North	CCF	1941
	Frank Chester		Liberal-Progressive	1949
	John Hawryluk		CCF	1949
	Bill Kardash		Labor–Progressive	1941
	John Stewart McDiarmid	Winnipeg South	Liberal-Progressive	1932
	Duff Roblin		Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition	1949
			Progressive Conservative
	Lloyd Stinson		CCF	1945
	Ronald Turner		Liberal-Progressive	1946

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
St. Andrews	Thomas P. Hillhouse	Liberal-Progressive	October 24, 1950	J McLenaghen died June 23, 1950[5]
St. Clements	Albert Trapp	Liberal-Progressive	October 24, 1950[5]	N Stryk died July 11, 1950[8]
Brandon City	Reginald Lissaman	Progressive Conservative	January 21, 1952	J Donaldson resigned April 18, 1951[5]
La Verendrye	Edmond Brodeur	Liberal-Progressive	January 21, 1952	S Marcoux died November 16, 1951[5]

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