# 20th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 20th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1936. The legislature sat from February 18, 1937, to March 12, 1941.
The Liberal-Progressive Party led by John Bracken formed a minority government with the support of Social Credit members.
Errick Willis of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition.
Robert Hawkins served as speaker for the assembly.
There were five sessions of the 20th Legislature:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | February 18, 1937 | April 17, 1937 |
| 2nd | December 9, 1937 | March 23, 1938 |
| 3rd | February 20, 1939 | April 17, 1939 |
| 4th | February 20, 1940 | April 5, 1940 |
| 5th | November 18, 1940 | December 17, 1940 |
William Johnston Tupper was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until November 1, 1940, when Roland Fairbairn McWilliams became lieutenant governor.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1936:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| John R. Pitt | Arthur | Liberal-Progressive | 1935 |
| James Aiken | Assiniboia | ILP-CCF | 1936 |
| John Poole | Beautiful Plains | Conservative | 1936 |
| Francis Campbell Bell | Birtle | Liberal-Progressive | 1936 |
| George Dinsdale | Brandon City | Conservative | 1932 |
| 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 |
| Herbert Wright | Emerson | Independent Liberal | 1936 |
| William Lisowsky | Ethelbert | Social Credit | 1936 |
| Stuart Garson | Fairford | Liberal-Progressive | 1927 |
| Nicholas Bachynsky | Fisher | Liberal-Progressive | 1922 |
| Stanley Fox | Gilbert Plains | Social Credit | 1936 |
| Joseph Wawrykow | Gimli | ILP-CCF | 1936 |
| William Morton | Gladstone | Liberal-Progressive | 1927 |
| James Breakey | Glenwood | Liberal-Progressive | 1914, 1922 |
| Norman Turnbull | Hamiota | Social Credit | 1936 |
| John Salmon Lamont | Iberville | Liberal-Progressive | 1936 |
| James McLenaghen | Kildonan and St. Andrews | Conservative | 1927 |
| John Laughlin | Killarney | Conservative | 1927, 1936 |
| 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 |
| William Clubb | Morris | Liberal-Progressive | 1920 |
| Ivan Schultz | Mountain | Liberal-Progressive | 1930 |
| John Lawrie | Norfolk | Conservative | 1936 |
| Toby Sexsmith | Portage la Prairie | Conservative | 1933 |
| Sydney Rogers | Roblin | Social Credit | 1936 |
| Mungo Lewis | Rockwood | Conservative | 1936 |
| Oddur Olafson | Rupertsland | Independent Liberal | 1936 |
| Isaac Griffiths | Russell | Liberal-Progressive | 1922 |
| Harold Lawrence | St. Boniface | Independent Labour | 1932 |
| Herbert Sulkers | St. Clements | Independent Labour | 1936 |
| Salome Halldorson | St. George | Social Credit | 1936 |
| 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 |
| Alexander Welch | Turtle Mountain | Conservative | 1929 |
| Robert Mooney | Virden | Liberal-Progressive | 1922 |
| James Alexander Barry | Winnipeg | Conservative | 1936 |
| Seymour Farmer | Winnipeg | Independent Labour | 1922 |
| Marcus Hyman | Winnipeg | Independent Labour | 1932 |
| Huntly Ketchen | Winnipeg | Conservative | 1932 |
| James Litterick | Winnipeg | Communist | 1936 |
| William Major | Winnipeg | Liberal-Progressive | 1927 |
| John Stewart McDiarmid | Winnipeg | Liberal-Progressive | 1932 |
| John Queen | Winnipeg | Independent Labour | 1920 |
| Lewis Stubbs | Winnipeg | Independent | 1936 |
| Ralph Webb | Winnipeg | Conservative | 1932 |
Notes:
* ↑ Election held August 22, 1936
* ↑ Election held August 26, 1936

## By-elections

None.