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
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Start
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End
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| 1st
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December 9, 1941
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March 31, 1942
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| 2nd
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February 2, 1943
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March 17, 1943
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| 3rd
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February 8, 1944
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April 6, 1944
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| 4th
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February 6, 1945
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April 7, 1945
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| 5th
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September 4, 1945
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September 8, 1945
|
Roland Fairbairn McWilliams was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.[5]
Members of the Assembly
The following members were elected to the assembly in 1941:[1]
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|
Member
|
Electoral district
|
Party[6]
|
First elected / previously elected
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No.# of term(s)
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Notes
|
|
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John R. Pitt
|
Arthur
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1935
|
3rd term
|
|
|
David Best
|
Assiniboia
|
Conservative Anti-coalition
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
John Poole
|
Beautiful Plains
|
Conservative Anti-coalition
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Francis Campbell Bell
|
Birtle
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
George Dinsdale
|
Brandon City
|
Conservative
|
1932
|
3rd term
|
Died in office September 21, 1943
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|
|
Dwight Johnson (1943)
|
CCF
|
1943
|
1st term
|
|
|
Edmond Prefontaine
|
Carillon
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1935
|
3rd term
|
|
|
James Christie
|
Cypress
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1932
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Robert Hawkins
|
Dauphin
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1932
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Errick Willis
|
Deloraine
|
Conservative
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
John Munn
|
Dufferin
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1927
|
4th term
|
Died in office January 25, 1942
|
|
|
Earl Collins (1943)
|
Conservative
|
1943
|
1st term
|
|
|
John R. Solomon
|
Emerson
|
Independent Coalition
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
Nicholas Hryhorczuk
|
Ethelbert
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1920,[a] 1941
|
5th term*
|
|
|
Stuart Garson
|
Fairford
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1927
|
4th term
|
|
|
Nicholas Bachynsky
|
Fisher
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1922
|
5th term
|
|
|
Stanley Fox
|
Gilbert Plains
|
Social Credit
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Joseph Wawrykow
|
Gimli
|
CCF
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
William Morton
|
Gladstone
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1927
|
4th term
|
|
|
James Breakey
|
Glenwood
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1914, 1922
|
7th term*
|
|
|
Norman Turnbull
|
Hamiota
|
Social Credit
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Arthur Boivin
|
Iberville
|
Independent Coalition
|
1917,[b] 1941
|
6th term*
|
|
|
James McLenaghen
|
Kildonan and St. Andrews
|
Conservative
|
1927
|
4th term
|
|
|
John Laughlin
|
Killarney
|
Conservative
|
1927, 1936
|
3rd term*
|
Died in office August 19, 1941
|
|
|
Abram Harrison (1943)
|
Conservative
|
1943
|
1st term
|
|
|
Douglas Lloyd Campbell
|
Lakeside
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1922
|
5th term
|
|
|
Matthew Sutherland
|
Lansdowne
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Sauveur Marcoux
|
La Verendrye
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Hugh Morrison
|
Manitou
|
Conservative
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Earl Rutledge
|
Minnedosa
|
Conservative
|
1927
|
4th term
|
|
|
Wallace C. Miller
|
Morden and Rhineland
|
Conservative
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
John C. Dryden
|
Morris
|
Independent Coalition
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
Ivan Schultz
|
Mountain
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1930
|
4th term
|
|
|
John Lawrie
|
Norfolk
|
Conservative
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Toby Sexsmith
|
Portage la Prairie
|
Conservative
|
1933
|
3rd term
|
Died in office August 23, 1943
|
|
|
Charles Greenlay (1943)
|
Conservative
|
1943
|
1st term
|
|
|
Sydney Rogers
|
Roblin
|
Social Credit
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Mungo Lewis
|
Rockwood
|
Independent Coalition
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Daniel Hamilton
|
Rupertsland
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
William Wilson
|
Russell
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1915, 1941
|
3rd term*
|
|
|
Austin Clarke
|
St. Boniface
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
Nicholas Stryk
|
St. Clements
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
Skuli Sigfusson
|
St. George
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1914, 1922, 1941
|
5th term*
|
|
|
Maurice Dane MacCarthy
|
Ste. Rose
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1927
|
4th term
|
|
|
Evelyn Shannon
|
Springfield
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
George Renouf
|
Swan River
|
Conservative
|
1932
|
3rd term
|
|
|
John Bracken
|
The Pas
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1922
|
5th term
|
Resigned January 15, 1943
|
|
|
Beresford Richards (1943)
|
CCF
|
1943
|
1st term
|
|
|
Alexander Welch
|
Turtle Mountain
|
Conservative
|
1929
|
4th term
|
|
|
Robert Mooney
|
Virden
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1922
|
5th term
|
|
|
Paul Bardal
|
Winnipeg
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
Seymour Farmer
|
CCF
|
1922
|
5th term
|
|
|
Morris Gray
|
CCF
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
Bill Kardash
|
Communist Anti-coalition
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
Huntly Ketchen
|
Conservative Anti-coalition
|
1932
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Stephen Krawchyk
|
Independent Coalition
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
John Stewart McDiarmid
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1932
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Charles Rhodes Smith
|
Liberal-Progressive
|
1941
|
1st term
|
|
|
Lewis Stubbs
|
Independent Anti-coalition
|
1936
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Gunnar Thorvaldson
|
Conservative
|
1941
|
1st term
|
By-elections
By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district
|
Member elected
|
Affiliation
|
Election date
|
Reason
|
| 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
- ^ First elected as a Independent Farmer
- ^ First elected as a Conservative
References
- ^ a b c d "Members of the Twenty-First Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1941–1945)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- ^ Adams, Christopher (2008). Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters. University of Manitoba Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0887553554. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- ^ "Hon. Stuart Sinclair Garson CC KC". Distinguished Graduates. University of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- ^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
- ^ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
- ^ a b c d e "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
- ^ "John Alfred Munn". Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science. 6 (2): 33–34. 1942. PMC 1584091. PMID 17647840.
- ^ "J.B. Laughlin, 62, Dies". Montreal Gazette. August 20, 1941. p. 12. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Memorable Manitobans: William Raymond "Toby" Sexsmith (1885–1943)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 27 July 2017.