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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.^[1]

The Progressive Party of Manitoba led by John Bracken formed the government.^[1]

Fawcett Taylor of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition.^[2]

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.^[3]

Philippe Adjutor Talbot served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were five sessions of the 18th Legislature:^[1]

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.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1927:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party^[5]	Notes
Duncan Lloyd McLeod	Arthur	Progressive
Joseph Cotter	Assiniboia	Conservative
Adalbert Poole	Beautiful Plains	Progressive
John Pratt	Birtle	Progressive
John Edmison	Brandon City	Independent
Albert Préfontaine	Carillon	Progressive
William H. Spinks	Cypress	Conservative
Robert Ferguson	Dauphin	Conservative
Hugh McKenzie	Deloraine	Progressive
John Munn	Dufferin	Progressive
Robert Curran	Emerson	Progressive
Nicholas Hryhorczuk	Ethelbert	Progressive
Stuart Garson	Fairford	Progressive
Nicholas Bachynsky	Fisher	Progressive
Arthur Berry	Gilbert Plains	Progressive
Ingimar Ingaldson	Gimli	Progressive
William Morton	Gladstone	Progressive
James Breakey	Glenwood	Liberal
Thomas Wolstenholme	Hamiota	Progressive
Arthur Boivin	Iberville	Progressive
James McLenaghen	Kildonan and St. Andrews	Conservative
John Laughlin	Killarney	Conservative
Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Lakeside	Progressive
Tobias Norris	Lansdowne	Liberal	Resigned March 14, 1928.
Philippe Talbot	La Verendrye	Progressive
Joseph Lusignan	Manitou	Conservative
Earl Rutledge	Minnedosa	Conservative
Hugh McGavin	Morden and Rhineland	Conservative
William Clubb	Morris	Progressive
Irving Cleghorn	Mountain	Liberal	Died in office November 14, 1929
John Muirhead	Norfolk	Progressive
Fawcett Taylor	Portage la Prairie	Conservative
Frederic Newton	Roblin	Conservative
William McKinnell	Rockwood	Progressive
Herbert Beresford	Rupertsland	Progressive
Isaac Griffiths	Russell	Progressive
Joseph Bernier	St. Boniface	Conservative
Robert Hoey	St. Clements	Progressive
Skuli Sigfusson	St. George	Liberal
Maurice Dane MacCarthy	Ste. Rose	Progressive
Murdoch Mackay	Springfield	Liberal
Andrew McCleary	Swan River	Progressive
John Bracken	The Pas	Progressive
Richard Gardiner Willis	Turtle Mountain	Conservative	Died in office February 1929
Robert Mooney	Virden	Progressive
William Major	Winnipeg	Progressive
Edward William Montgomery		Progressive
John Thomas Haig		Conservative
William Sanford Evans		Conservative
William Tobias		Conservative
Hugh Robson		Liberal
Edith Rogers		Liberal
John Queen		Independent Labour
Seymour Farmer		Independent Labour
William Ivens		Independent Labour

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.^[6]
Morris	William Clubb	Progressive	May 30, 1929	W Clubb appointed Minister of Public Works^[6]
Turtle Mountain	Alexander Welch	Conservative	June 22, 1929	R G Willis died February 1929^[6]
Mountain	Ivan Schultz	Conservative	January 29, 1930^[6]	I Cleghorn died November 14, 1929^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Members of the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1927–1932)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
^ "Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
^ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
^ "Dr. Cleghorn Dies". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon. November 14, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 2013-02-06.