# Ivan Schultz

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**Ivan Schultz** (November 22, 1891 in [Baldur](/source/Baldur,_Manitoba), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba)[1] – March 5, 1974) was a politician in Manitoba, [Canada](/source/Canada). He served in the [Legislative Assembly of Manitoba](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Manitoba) as a [Liberal-Progressive](/source/Manitoba_Liberal_Party) from 1930 to 1955, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the governments of [John Bracken](/source/John_Bracken), [Stuart Garson](/source/Stuart_Garson) and [Douglas Campbell](/source/Douglas_Lloyd_Campbell).[2]

The son of Frank Albert Schultz and Margaret MacPhail, Schultz was educated at [Wesley College](/source/Wesley_College,_Winnipeg) and the [University of Manitoba](/source/University_of_Manitoba). He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1920 and worked as a barrister, beginning his own practice at Baldur in 1921.[1] He was a member of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, and was appointed a [King's Counsel](/source/King's_Counsel).

Schultz served on the Baldur school board and the Baldur town board from 1922 to 1936. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a [by-election](/source/By-election) on January 29, 1930, in the rural constituency of [Mountain](/source/Mountain_(Manitoba_riding)).[2] The circumstances of Schultz's election were significant for the emerging alliance of Liberals and [Progressives](/source/Progressive_Party_of_Manitoba) in the Manitoba legislature. Schultz, a Liberal, won by acclamation when the Progressives declined to nominate a candidate. The parties created a formal alliance in the legislature two years later, and eventually became known simply as "Liberal-Progressives".

Schultz easily defeated a [Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Manitoba) opponent in the [1932 election](/source/1932_Manitoba_general_election), and a [Social Credit](/source/Social_Credit_Party_of_Manitoba) opponent in the [1936 election](/source/1936_Manitoba_general_election). He was appointed to cabinet on September 21, 1936 as [Minister of Education](/source/Minister_of_Education_(Manitoba)) in John Bracken's government.[2]

Returned by acclamation in the [1941 provincial election](/source/1941_Manitoba_general_election), Schultz was transferred to the [Ministry of Health](/source/Minister_of_Health_(Manitoba)) on February 5, 1944,[2] by Stuart Garson, who had succeeded Bracken as [Premier of Manitoba](/source/Premier_of_Manitoba) one year earlier. Schultz easily defeated a candidate of the [Cooperative Commonwealth Federation](/source/Manitoba_Cooperative_Commonwealth_Federation) in the [1945 election](/source/1945_Manitoba_general_election), and was returned by acclamation again in [1949](/source/1949_Manitoba_general_election).[2]

After another cabinet shuffle on November 7, 1952, Schultz was named as [Attorney General](/source/Attorney_General_(Manitoba)) of Manitoba. He was easily re-elected in the [1953 election](/source/1953_Manitoba_general_election), and stepped down from cabinet and the legislature on January 22, 1955[2] when he was appointed as a judge in the [Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba](/source/Court_of_Queen's_Bench_of_Manitoba).[3]

Schultz was one of the most important figures in the legislature during the 1940s and 1950s. Like most others in the Liberal-Progressive Party, he was essentially conservative in his political views and reluctant to legislate progressive changes. He opposed increases in Mothers' Allowances in the 1940s,[4] and opposed penal reform even prior to his appointment as Attorney General.[citation needed]

## References

1. McCrea, Walter Jackson (1925). [*Pioneers and prominent people in Manitoba*](http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4028437). p. 313. Retrieved 2013-02-12.[dead link]

1. ["MLA Biographies - Deceased"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155427/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html). *Legislative Assembly of Manitoba*. Archived from [the original](https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html#S0) on 2014-03-30.

1. ["Politician Defined"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pDNgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QW8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5088,1503602). *Star-Phoenix*. June 11, 1955. p. 5. Retrieved 2013-02-12.

1. ["Bigger grant impractical?"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3cRTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kjgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6078,1230638). *Leader-Post*. March 8, 1946. p. 14. Retrieved 2013-02-12.

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