14th Manitoba Legislature

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The members of the 14th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1914. The legislature sat from September 15, 1914, to July 16, 1915. [1]

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The Conservatives led by Rodmond Roblin formed the government. [1]

Tobias Norris of the Liberal Party was Leader of the Opposition. [2]

The Roblin government was forced to resign in 1915 after a royal commission initiated by the Lieutenant Governor found evidence of corruption in the awarding of contracts for the construction of new legislative buildings. The house was dissolved and a new election was held in August 1915. [3]

James Johnson served as speaker for the assembly. [1]

There were two sessions of the 14th Legislature: [1]

SessionStartEnd
1stSeptember 15, 1914September 18, 1914
2ndFebruary 10, 1915April 1, 1915

Douglas Colin Cameron was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. [4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1914: [1]

MemberElectoral districtParty [5] First elected / previously elected
  John Williams Arthur Liberal 1907, 1914
  John Thomas Haig Assiniboia Conservative 1914
  James H. Howden Beautiful Plains Conservative 1903
  George Malcolm Birtle Liberal 1909
  George R. Coldwell Brandon City Conservative 1907
  Thomas B. Molloy Carillon Liberal 1914
  George R. Ray Churchill [nb 1] [6] Conservative 1914
  George Steel Cypress Conservative 1899
  William Buchanan Dauphin Conservative 1914
  Robert Stirton Thornton Deloraine Liberal 1907, 1914
  Rodmond Roblin Dufferin Conservative 1888 [a] , 1896
  Harry Mewhirter Elmwood Conservative 1914
  David Henry McFadden Emerson Conservative 1892, 1910
  Samuel Hughes Gilbert Plains Conservative 1910
  Sveinn Thorvaldson Gimli Conservative 1914
  James William Armstrong Gladstone Liberal 1907
  James Breakey Glenwood Liberal 1914
  Hugh Armstrong Grand Rapids Conservative 1892 [b] , 1902 [c] , 1914
  John Henry McConnell Hamiota Liberal 1914
  Aimé Bénard Iberville Conservative 1907
  Walter Humphries Montague Kildonan and St. Andrews Conservative 1913
  George Lawrence Killarney Conservative 1899
  John J. Garland Lakeside Conservative 1914
  Tobias Norris Lansdowne Liberal 1896, 1907
  Jean-Baptiste Lauzon La Verendrye Conservative 1896, 1907, 1914
  James Morrow Manitou Conservative 1911
  George Grierson Minnedosa Liberal 1914
  Valentine Winkler Morden and Rhineland Liberal 1892
  Jacques Parent Morris Conservative 1914
  James Bryson Baird Mountain Liberal 1907
  John Graham Norfolk Liberal 1914
  Ewan McPherson Portage la Prairie Liberal 1914
  Frederic Newton Roblin Conservative 1911
  Isaac Riley Rockwood Conservative 1899
  Donald Cromwell McDonald Russell Liberal 1914
  Joseph Bernier St. Boniface Conservative 1900, 1907
  Donald A. Ross St. Clements Liberal 1907
  Edmund L. Taylor St. George Conservative 1913
  Joseph Hamelin Ste. Rose Conservative 1914
  William Henry Sims Swan River Liberal 1914
  Robert Orok The Pas Conservative 1912
  James Johnson Turtle Mountain Conservative 1897
  George Clingan Virden Liberal 1914
  Thomas Herman Johnson Winnipeg Centre A Liberal 1907
  Fred Dixon Winnipeg Centre BIndependent1914
  Joseph P. Foley Winnipeg North A Conservative 1914
  Daniel McLean Winnipeg North B Conservative 1914
  Albert Hudson Winnipeg South A Liberal 1914
  William Parrish Winnipeg South B Liberal 1914

Notes:

  1. ↑ Election held August 1, 1914

By-elections

None

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Members of the Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1914–1915)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  2. ↑ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Legislature Scandal". TimeLinks. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  4. ↑ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  5. ↑ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  6. ↑ "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
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