# 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.
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. The Progressive Conservatives withdrew from the coalition in 1950.
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.
Wallace C. Miller served as speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet in August 1950.Nicholas Bachynsky succeeded Miller as speaker.
There were seven sessions of the 23rd Legislature:
| 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.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1949:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | 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 | Brandon City | Progressive Conservative | 1952 |
| Edmond Prefontaine | Carillon | Independent Liberal Anti-Coalition | 1935 |
| Edmond Prefontaine | Carillon | Liberal-Progressive | 1935 |
| 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 |
| John McDowell | Iberville | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| 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 | La Verendrye | Liberal-Progressive | 1952 |
| Hugh Morrison | Manitou—Morden | Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition | 1936 |
| Hugh Morrison | Manitou—Morden | Progressive Conservative | 1936 |
| 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 |
| Ronald Robertson | Roblin | Liberal-Progressive | 1945 |
| 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 | St. Andrews | Liberal-Progressive | 1950 |
| Joseph Van Belleghem | St. Boniface | Liberal-Progressive | 1949 |
| Edwin Hansford | St. Boniface | CCF | 1945 |
| Nicholas Stryk | St. Clements | Liberal-Progressive | 1941, 1949 | Died in office July 11, 1950 |
| Thomas P. Hillhouse | St. Clements | 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 | Winnipeg Centre | CCF | 1949 |
| Charles Rhodes Smith | Winnipeg Centre | Liberal-Progressive | 1941 |
| Donovan Swailes | Winnipeg Centre | CCF | 1945 |
| Morris Gray | Winnipeg North | CCF | 1941 |
| Frank Chester | Winnipeg North | Liberal-Progressive | 1949 |
| John Hawryluk | Winnipeg North | CCF | 1949 |
| Bill Kardash | Winnipeg North | Labor–Progressive | 1941 |
| John Stewart McDiarmid | Winnipeg South | Liberal-Progressive | 1932 |
| Duff Roblin | Winnipeg South | Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition | 1949 |
| Duff Roblin | Winnipeg South | Progressive Conservative | 1949 |
| Lloyd Stinson | Winnipeg South | CCF | 1945 |
| Ronald Turner | Winnipeg South | Liberal-Progressive | 1946 |
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## 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 |
| St. Clements | Albert Trapp | Liberal-Progressive | October 24, 1950 | N Stryk died July 11, 1950 |
| Brandon City | Reginald Lissaman | Progressive Conservative | January 21, 1952 | J Donaldson resigned April 18, 1951 |
| La Verendrye | Edmond Brodeur | Liberal-Progressive | January 21, 1952 | S Marcoux died November 16, 1951 |
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