# 24th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 24th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1953. The legislature sat from February 2, 1954 to April 30, 1958.
The Liberal-Progressive Party led by Douglas Lloyd Campbell formed the government.
Errick Willis of the Progressive Conservative Party was Leader of the Opposition. Duff Roblin defeated Willis at a leadership convention in June 1954 to become party leader.
In 1957, the Employment Standards Act was passed; it was intended to standardize conditions of employment such as hours of work and termination of employment. In the same year, the Equal Pay Act was also passed, which provided for equal pay for equal work within the same organization.
Nicholas Bachynsky served as speaker for the assembly.
There were four sessions of the 24th Legislature:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | February 2, 1954 | March 25, 1954 |
| 2nd | February 1, 1955 | March 31, 1955 |
| 3rd | January 31, 1956 | April 23, 1956 |
| 4th | January 29, 1957 | April 5, 1957 |
John Stewart McDiarmid was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1953:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected | Notes |
| J. Arthur Ross | Arthur | Progressive Conservative | 1953 |
| Reginald Wightman | Assiniboia | Liberal-Progressive | 1949 |
| Francis Campbell Bell | Birtle | Liberal-Progressive | 1936 |
| Reginald Lissaman | Brandon City | Progressive Conservative | 1952 |
| Edmond Prefontaine | Carillon | Liberal-Progressive | 1935 |
| Francis Ferg | Cypress | Liberal-Progressive | 1953 |
| William Bullmore | Dauphin | Social Credit | 1953 |
| James O. Argue | Deloraine—Glenwood | Progressive Conservative | 1945 | Died in Office 1955 |
| Albert Draper | Deloraine—Glenwood | Progressive Conservative | 1955 | From June 27, 1955 |
| Walter McDonald | Dufferin | Liberal-Progressive | 1949 |
| John R. Solomon | Emerson | Independent Liberal-Progressive | 1941 | Appointed Judge Resigned seat in 1957 |
| John Tanchak | Emerson | Liberal-Progressive | 1957 | From November 14, 1957 |
| 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 | Progressive Conservative | 1945 |
| Russell Paulley | Kildonan-Transcona | CCF | 1953 |
| Abram Harrison | Killarney | Progressive Conservative | 1943 |
| Douglas Lloyd Campbell | Lakeside | Liberal-Progressive | 1922 |
| Matthew R. Sutherland | Lansdowne | Liberal-Progressive | 1936, 1953 |
| Edmond Brodeur | La Verendrye | Liberal-Progressive | 1952 |
| Hugh Morrison | Manitou—Morden | Progressive Conservative | 1936 | Died in office January 9, 1957 |
| Maurice Ridley | Manitou—Morden | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | From November 14, 1957 |
| Gilbert Hutton | Minnedosa | Social Credit | 1953 |
| Harry Shewman | Morris | Independent | 1949 |
| Ivan Schultz | Mountain | Liberal-Progressive | 1930 | Appointed Judge resigned seat January 22, 1955 |
| Walter Clark | Mountain | Liberal-Progressive | 1955 | From June 27, 1955 |
| Samuel Burch | Norfolk—Beautiful Plains | Liberal-Progressive | 1949 |
| Charles Greenlay | Portage la Prairie | Liberal-Progressive | 1943 |
| Wallace C. Miller | Rhineland | Liberal-Progressive | 1936 |
| Ronald Robertson | Roblin | Liberal-Progressive | 1945 |
| Robert Bend | Rockwood | Independent Liberal-Progressive | 1949 |
| Roy Brown | Rupertsland | Liberal-Progressive | 1953 |
| Rodney Clement | Russell | Independent Liberal-Progressive | 1949 |
| Thomas Hillhouse | St. Andrews | Liberal-Progressive | 1950 |
| L. Raymond Fennell | St. Boniface | Liberal-Progressive | 1953 |
| Roger Teillet | St. Boniface | Liberal-Progressive | 1953 |
| Stanley Copp | St. Clements | Liberal-Progressive | 1953 |
| Christian Halldorson | St. George | Liberal-Progressive | 1945 | Died in office September 18, 1956 |
| Elman Guttormson | St. George | Liberal-Progressive | 1956 | From December 3, 1956 |
| Gildas Molgat | Ste. Rose | Liberal-Progressive | 1953 |
| William Lucko | Springfield | Liberal-Progressive | 1949 |
| George Renouf | Swan River | Progressive Conservative | 1932 |
| Francis Jobin | The Pas | Liberal-Progressive | 1949 |
| Errick Willis | Turtle Mountain | Progressive Conservative | 1936 |
| John Thompson | Virden | Progressive Conservative | 1953 |
| Stephen Juba | Winnipeg Centre | Independent | 1953 |
| Jack St. John | Winnipeg Centre | Liberal-Progressive | 1953 |
| Hank Scott | Winnipeg Centre | Progressive Conservative | 1953 |
| Donovan Swailes | Winnipeg Centre | CCF | 1945 |
| Morris Gray | Winnipeg North | CCF | 1941 |
| John Hawryluk | Winnipeg North | CCF | 1949 |
| Bill Kardash | Winnipeg North | Communist | 1941 |
| Alex Turk | Winnipeg North | Liberal-Progressive | 1953 |
| Gurney Evans | Winnipeg South | Progressive Conservative | 1953 |
| Duff Roblin | Winnipeg South | Progressive Conservative | 1949 |
| Lloyd Stinson | Winnipeg South | CCF | 1945 |
| Ronald Turner | Winnipeg South | Liberal-Progressive | 1946 |
Notes:
* 1 2 Election deferred to July 6, 1953

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
| Deloraine—Glenwood | Albert Draper | Progressive Conservative | June 27, 1955 | J O Argue died |
| Mountain | Walter Clark | Liberal-Progressive | June 27, 1955 | I Schultz named judge January 22, 1955 |
| St. George | Elman Guttormson | Liberal-Progressive | December 3, 1956 | C Halldorson died September 18, 1956 |
| Emerson | John Tanchak | Liberal-Progressive | November 14, 1957 | J R Solomon named judge |
| Manitou—Morden | Maurice Ridley | Progressive Conservative | November 14, 1957 | Hugh Morrison died January 9, 1957 |
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