# 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.
The Progressive Party of Manitoba led by John Bracken formed the government.
Fawcett Taylor of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition.
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.
Philippe Adjutor Talbot served as speaker for the assembly.
There were five sessions of the 18th Legislature:
| 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.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1927:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | 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 |
| John Pratt | Birtle | Independent | 1927 |
| John Edmison | Brandon City | Independent | 1920 |
| Albert Préfontaine | Carillon | Progressive | 1903, 1915, 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 |
| 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 | Lansdowne | Progressive | 1928 |
| Philippe Talbot | La Verendrye | Progressive | 1915 |
| 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 | Mountain | Liberal | 1930 |
| John Muirhead | Norfolk | Progressive | 1922 |
| Fawcett Taylor | Portage la Prairie | Conservative | 1920 |
| Frederic Newton | Roblin | Conservative | 1911, 1922 |
| William McKinnell | Rockwood | Progressive | 1920 |
| Herbert Beresford | Rupertsland | Progressive | 1927 |
| Isaac Griffiths | Russell | Progressive | 1922 |
| Joseph Bernier | St. Boniface | Conservative | 1900, 1907, 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 | Turtle Mountain | Conservative | 1929 |
| Robert Mooney | Virden | Progressive | 1922 |
| William Major | Winnipeg | Progressive | 1927 |
| Edward William Montgomery | Winnipeg | Progressive | 1927 |
| John Thomas Haig | Winnipeg | Conservative | 1914, 1920 |
| William Sanford Evans | Winnipeg | Conservative | 1922 |
| William Tobias | Winnipeg | Conservative | 1927 |
| Hugh Robson | Winnipeg | Liberal | 1927 |
| Edith Rogers | Winnipeg | Liberal | 1920 |
| John Queen | Winnipeg | Independent Labour | 1920 |
| Seymour Farmer | Winnipeg | Independent Labour | 1922 |
| William Ivens | Winnipeg | 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. |
| Morris | William Clubb | Progressive | May 30, 1929 | W Clubb appointed Minister of Public Works |
| Turtle Mountain | Alexander Welch | Conservative | June 22, 1929 | R G Willis died February 1929 |
| Mountain | Ivan Schultz | Conservative | January 29, 1930 | I Cleghorn died November 14, 1929 |