# 17th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 17th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1922. The legislature sat from January 18, 1923, to June 4, 1927.
The United Farmers of Manitoba formed the government. John Bracken, who had not run in the election, was chosen as party leader. He was subsequently elected to the assembly in a deferred election held in The Pas. The United Farmers would later identify themselves as the Progressive Party.
Tobias Norris of the Liberals was Leader of the Opposition.
In a 1923 referendum, Manitoba voters approved the sale of beer and wine under the control of the government, ending prohibition in the province.
Philippe Adjutor Talbot served as speaker for the assembly.
There were six sessions of the 17th Legislature:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | January 18, 1923 | May 5, 1923 |
| 2nd | July 25, 1923 | July 27, 1923 |
| 3rd | January 10, 1924 | April 5, 1924 |
| 4th | January 15, 1925 | April 9, 1925 |
| 5th | January 21, 1926 | April 23, 1926 |
| 6th | February 3, 1927 | April 9, 1927 |
James Albert Manning Aikins was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until October 9, 1926, when Theodore Arthur Burrows became lieutenant governor.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1922:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Duncan Lloyd McLeod | Arthur | United Farmers | 1922 |
| William Bayley | Assiniboia | Independent Labour Party | 1920 |
| George Little | Beautiful Plains | United Farmers | 1920 |
| William J. Short | Birtle | United Farmers | 1920 |
| John Edmison | Brandon City | Independent | 1920 |
| Albert Préfontaine | Carillon | United Farmers | 1903, 1915, 1922 |
| William H. Spinks | Cypress | Conservative | 1920 |
| Archibald Esplen | Dauphin | Liberal | 1922 |
| Duncan Stuart McLeod | Deloraine | United Farmers | 1922 |
| William Brown | Dufferin | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Dmytro Yakimischak | Emerson | Independent | 1920 |
| Nicholas Hryhorczuk | Ethelbert | United Farmers | 1920 |
| Albert Kirvan | Fairford | Liberal | 1920 |
| Nicholas Bachynsky | Fisher | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Arthur Berry | Gilbert Plains | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Michael Rojeski | Gimli | Liberal | 1922 |
| Albert McGregor | Gladstone | United Farmers | 1922 |
| James Breakey | Glenwood | Liberal | 1914, 1922 |
| Thomas Wolstenholme | Hamiota | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Arthur Boivin | Iberville | United Farmers | 1917 |
| Charles Albert Tanner | Kildonan and St. Andrews | Independent Labour Party | 1920 |
| Andrew Foster | Killarney | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Douglas Lloyd Campbell | Lakeside | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Tobias Norris | Lansdowne | Liberal | 1896, 1907 |
| Philippe Talbot | La Verendrye | United Farmers | 1915 |
| George Compton | Manitou | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Neil Cameron | Minnedosa | United Farmers | 1922 |
| John Kennedy | Morden and Rhineland | Conservative | 1920 |
| William Clubb | Morris | United Farmers | 1920 |
| Charles Cannon | Mountain | United Farmers | 1922 |
| John Muirhead | Norfolk | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Fawcett Taylor | Portage la Prairie | Conservative | 1920 |
| Frederic Newton | Roblin | Conservative | 1911, 1922 |
| William McKinnell | Rockwood | United Farmers | 1920 |
| Francis Black | Rupertsland | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Isaac Griffiths | Russell | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Joseph Bernier | St. Boniface | Independent | 1900, 1907, 1920 |
| Donald A. Ross | St. Clements | Independent | 1907, 1922 |
| Skuli Sigfusson | St. George | Liberal | 1915, 1922 |
| Joseph Hamelin | Ste. Rose | Independent | 1914 |
| Clifford Barclay | Springfield | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Robert Emmond | Swan River | United Farmers | 1920 |
| John Bracken | The Pas | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Richard Gardiner Willis | Turtle Mountain | Conservative | 1922 |
| Robert Mooney | Virden | United Farmers | 1922 |
| Fred Dixon | Winnipeg | Independent Labour Party | 1914 |
| Robert Jacob | Winnipeg | Liberal | 1918, 1922 |
| John K. Downes | Winnipeg | Independent | 1922 |
| William Sanford Evans | Winnipeg | Conservative | 1922 |
| John Thomas Haig | Winnipeg | Conservative | 1914, 1920 |
| John Queen | Winnipeg | Labour | 1920 |
| Seymour Farmer | Winnipeg | Independent Labour Party | 1922 |
| William Ivens | Winnipeg | Independent Labour Party | 1920 |
| Edith Rogers | Winnipeg | Liberal | 1920 |
| Richard Craig | Winnipeg | United Farmers | 1922 |
Notes:
* ↑ Election held August 26, 1922
* ↑ Election held September 13, 1922
* ↑ Election held October 5, 1922

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
| Arthur | Duncan Lloyd McLeod | United Farmers | August 26, 1922 | DL McLeod appointed Provincial Secretary |
| Minnedosa | Neil Cameron | United Farmers | August 26, 1922 | N Cameron appointed Minister of Agriculture |
| Morris | William Clubb | United Farmers | August 26, 1922 | W Clubb appointed Minister of Public Works |
| Mountain | Charles Cannon | United Farmers | December 24, 1923 | C Cannon appointed Minister of Education |
| Carillon | Albert Préfontaine | United Farmers | December 24, 1923 | A Préfontaine appointed Provincial Secretary |
| Lansdowne | Tobias Norris | Liberal | December 9, 1925 | T Norris resigned to run for federal seat |