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The 23rd Legislative Assembly of Manitoba was elected in the Manitoba general election held in November 1949. The assembly sat from February 14, 1950 to April 23, 1953.^[1]

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.^[2] The Progressive Conservatives withdrew from the coalition in 1950.^[3]

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.^[4]

Wallace Miller served as speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet in August 1950.^[5]Nicholas Bachynsky succeeded Miller as speaker.^[1]

There were seven sessions of the 23rd Assembly:^[1]

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

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1949:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party^[6]
John R. Pitt	Arthur	Liberal-Progressive
Reginald Wightman	Assiniboia	Liberal-Progressive
Francis Campbell Bell	Birtle	Liberal-Progressive
Joseph Donaldson	Brandon City	Progressive Conservative
Edmond Prefontaine	Carillon	Independent Liberal Anti-Coalition
James Christie	Cypress	Liberal-Progressive
Ernest McGirr	Dauphin	Progressive Conservative
James O. Argue	Deloraine—Glenwood	Progressive Conservative
Walter McDonald	Dufferin	Liberal-Progressive
John R. Solomon	Emerson	Liberal-Progressive
Michael Hryhorczuk	Ethelbert	Liberal-Progressive
James Anderson	Fairford	Liberal-Progressive
Nicholas Bachynsky	Fisher	Liberal-Progressive
Ray Mitchell	Gilbert Plains	Liberal-Progressive
Steinn Thompson	Gimli	Liberal-Progressive
William Morton	Gladstone	Liberal-Progressive
Charles Shuttleworth	Hamiota	Liberal-Progressive
John McDowell	Iberville	Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition
George Olive	Kildonan-Transcona	CCF
Abram Harrison	Killarney	Progressive Conservative
Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Lakeside	Liberal-Progressive
Thomas Seens	Lansdowne	Progressive Conservative
Sauveur Marcoux	La Verendrye	Liberal-Progressive
Hugh Morrison	Manitou—Morden	Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition
Henry Rungay	Minnedosa	Liberal-Progressive
Harry Shewman	Morris	Independent Coalition
Ivan Schultz	Mountain	Liberal-Progressive
Samuel Burch	Norfolk—Beautiful Plains	Liberal-Progressive
Charles Greenlay	Portage La Prairie	Progressive Conservative
Wallace Miller	Rhineland	Progressive Conservative
Ronald Robertson	Roblin	Independent Coalition
Robert Bend	Rockwood	Independent Progressive Conservative Coalition
Daniel Hamilton	Rupertsland	Liberal-Progressive
Rodney Clement	Russell	Independent Coalition
James McLenaghen	St. Andrews	Progressive Conservative
Joseph Van Belleghem	St. Boniface	Liberal-Progressive
Edwin Hansford	St. Boniface	CCF
Nicholas Stryk	St. Clements	Liberal-Progressive
Christian Halldorson	St. George	Liberal-Progressive
Maurice Dane MacCarthy	Ste. Rose	Liberal-Progressive
William Lucko	Springfield	Liberal-Progressive
George Renouf	Swan River	Independent Conservative Anti-Coalition
Francis Jobin	The Pas	Independent Liberal Coalition
Errick Willis	Turtle Mountain	Progressive Conservative
Robert Mooney	Virden	Liberal-Progressive
Paul Bardal	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal-Progressive
Gordon Fines		CCF
Charles Rhodes Smith		Liberal-Progressive
Donovan Swailes		CCF
Morris Gray	Winnipeg North	CCF
Frank Chester		Liberal-Progressive
John Hawryluk		CCF
William Kardash		Labour Progressive
John Stewart McDiarmid	Winnipeg South	Liberal-Progressive
Duff Roblin		Independent Progressive Conservative Anti-Coalition
Lloyd Stinson		CCF
Ronald Turner		Liberal-Progressive

Notes:

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^[5]
St. Clements	Albert Trapp	Liberal-Progressive	October 24, 1950^[5]	N Stryk died July 11, 1950^[7]
Brandon City	Reginald Lissaman	Progressive Conservative	January 21, 1952	J Donaldson resigned April 18, 1951^[5]
La Verendrye	Edmond Brodeur	Liberal-Progressive	January 21, 1952	S Marcoux died November 16, 1951^[5]

Notes:

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Members of the Twenty-Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1950-1953)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
^ Ferguson, Barry Glen; Wardhaugh, Robert (2010). Manitoba Premiers of 19th and 20th Centuries. University of Regina Press. pp. 213–231. ISBN 0889772169. Retrieved 2013-05-11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ McDonell, James K (1997). Lords of the North. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. p. 175. ISBN 1896182712. Retrieved 2013-06-12. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
^ "Nicholas John Stryk (1896-1950)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-04-24.

[mhs-1] "Members of the Twenty-Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1950-1953)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

[2] Ferguson, Barry Glen; Wardhaugh, Robert (2010). Manitoba Premiers of 19th and 20th Centuries. University of Regina Press. pp. 213–231. ISBN 0889772169. Retrieved 2013-05-11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] McDonell, James K (1997). Lords of the North. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. p. 175. ISBN 1896182712. Retrieved 2013-06-12. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[4] "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

[members-5] "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

[votes-6] "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

[7] "Nicholas John Stryk (1896-1950)". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-04-24.

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