20th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 20th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1936. The legislature sat from February 18, 1937, to March 12, 1941.{{cite web |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mla1937.shtml |title=Members of the Twentieth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1937–1940) |work=Memorable Manitobans |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society |accessdate=2013-03-30}}

The Liberal-Progressive Party led by John Bracken formed a minority government with the support of Social Credit members.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/tacrerarpolitica0000reaj |url-access=registration |title=T.A. Crerar: A Political Life |page=[https://archive.org/details/tacrerarpolitica0000reaj/page/177 177] |last=Rea |first=J |year=1997 |ISBN=0773516298 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press |accessdate=2013-03-29}}

Errick Willis of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition.{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Province.aspx?Item=674174e0-0472-4cd4-bb1e-d66b7aff8b79&MenuID=Compilations.ProvinceTerritory.aspx.Menu&Language=E&Section=LeaderOpposition |title=Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba |publisher=Library of Parliament |accessdate=2012-12-13 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029230602/http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Province.aspx?Item=674174e0-0472-4cd4-bb1e-d66b7aff8b79&MenuID=Compilations.ProvinceTerritory.aspx.Menu&Language=E&Section=LeaderOpposition |url-status=dead }}

Robert Hawkins served as speaker for the assembly.

There were five sessions of the 20th Legislature:

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Session !Start !End
1st | February 18, 1937 | April 17, 1937
2nd | December 9, 1937 | March 23, 1938
3rd | February 20, 1939 | April 17, 1939
4th | February 20, 1940 | April 5, 1940
5th | November 18, 1940 | December 17, 1940

William Johnston Tupper was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until November 1, 1940, when Roland Fairbairn McWilliams became lieutenant governor.{{cite web|url=http://www.manitobalg.ca/past-govs.php |title=Past lieutenant governors |publisher=Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba |accessdate=2014-07-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105191427/http://www.manitobalg.ca/past-govs.php |archivedate=2014-01-05 }}