Hugh McKenzie

Background

The son of John McKenzie and Eliza Hogan, McKenzie was educated at Lovant, and served sixteen years as a municipal councillor and reeve in Deloraine, Manitoba.

Career

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1927 provincial election as a Progressive, defeating Conservative candidate Attorney - General Hainsworth by 160 votes. In 1932, the Progressives formed an alliance with the provincial Liberal Party. Government members became known as "Liberal-Progressives", and it was under this banner that McKenzie was re-elected in the 1932 campaign.

He did not seek re-election in 1936.

Achievements

• The Progressives won the election, and McKenzie served as a backbench supporter of John Bracken"s government.

Membership

He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936.