15th Manitoba Legislature

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The members of the 15th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in August 1915. The legislature sat from January 6, 1916, to March 27, 1920. [1]

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The Liberal Party led by Tobias Norris formed the government. [1]

Albert Prefontaine of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition. [2]

On January 16, 1916, a bill was passed to amend the Manitoba Election Act to grant women the right to vote. Manitoba became the first Canadian province where women were allowed to vote and hold office. [3]

In a referendum held on March 13, 1916, the province's voters supported prohibition. On June 1, the Manitoba Temperance Act came into effect, which banned the sale of liquor in the province, except by pharmacists for medical purposes. However, bringing alcohol into the province for personal use or for wholesale outside the province was still legal. [4]

Also in 1916, the Workers Compensation Act was passed, which established the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. The act established an employer-funded compensation system for work-related injuries or illness and, in exchange, employers were granted protection against lawsuits by workers for these occurrences. [5]

In 1918, a Minimum Wage Act was passed. Manitoba and British Columbia were the first provinces in Canada to introduce minimum wage legislation. [6] In 1921, the minimum hourly wage in Manitoba was $0.25. Up until 1931, the minimum wage only applied to female workers. [7]

James Bryson Baird served as speaker for the assembly. [1]

There were five sessions of the 15th Legislature: [1]

SessionStartEnd
1stJanuary 6, 1916April 1, 1916
2ndJanuary 11, 1917March 9, 1917
3rdJanuary 17, 1918March 6, 1918
4thJanuary 21, 1919March 14, 1919
5thJanuary 22, 1920March 27, 1920

Douglas Colin Cameron was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until August 3, 1916, when James Albert Manning Aikins became lieutenant governor. [8]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1915: [1]

MemberElectoral districtParty [9] First elected / previously elected
  John Williams Arthur Liberal 1907, 1914
  John W. Wilton Assiniboia Liberal 1915
  William Robertson Wood Beautiful Plains Liberal 1915
  George Malcolm Birtle Liberal 1909
  Stephen Emmett Clement Brandon City Liberal 1915
  Albert Prefontaine Carillon Conservative 1903, 1915
  Andrew Watson Myles Cypress Liberal 1915
  William Harrington Dauphin Liberal 1915
  Robert Stirton Thornton Deloraine Liberal 1907, 1914
  Edward August Dufferin Liberal 1915
  Thomas Glendenning Hamilton Elmwood Liberal 1915
  John David Baskerville Emerson Liberal 1915
  William Findlater Gilbert Plains Liberal 1915
  Taras Ferley Gimli Liberal 1915
  James William Armstrong Gladstone Liberal 1907
  James Breakey Glenwood Liberal 1914
  John Henry McConnell Hamiota Liberal 1914
  Aimé Bénard Iberville Conservative 1907
  Arthur Boivin Conservative 1917
  George Prout Kildonan and St. Andrews Liberal 1915
  Samuel Hayden Killarney Liberal 1915
  Charles Duncan McPherson Lakeside Liberal 1910, 1915
  Tobias Norris Lansdowne Liberal 1896, 1907
  Philippe Talbot La Verendrye Liberal 1915
  George Thomas Armstrong Manitou Liberal 1915
  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
  William James Westwood Independent Liberal 1917
  Arthur Lobb Rockwood Liberal 1915
  John Morrison Rupertsland Liberal 1916
  William Wilber Wilfred Wilson Russell Liberal 1915
  Joseph Dumas St. Boniface Liberal 1915
  Donald A. Ross St. Clements Liberal 1907
  Skuli Sigfusson St. George Liberal 1915
  Joseph Hamelin Ste. Rose Conservative 1914
  William Henry Sims Swan River Liberal 1914
  Edward Brown The Pas [nb 1] [10] Liberal 1915
  George William McDonald Turtle Mountain Liberal 1915
  George Clingan Virden Liberal 1914
  Thomas Herman Johnson Winnipeg Centre A Liberal 1907
  Fred Dixon Winnipeg Centre BIndependent1914
  Robert Newton Lowery Winnipeg North A Liberal 1915
  Richard Rigg Winnipeg North B Social Democratic 1915
  Robert Jacob Liberal 1918
  Albert Hudson Winnipeg South A Liberal 1914
  William Parrish Winnipeg South B Liberal 1914

Notes:

  1. ↑ Election held August 25, 1915

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
Rupertsland John Morrison Independent-LiberalSeptember 16, 1916 [10] New riding created
Iberville Arthur Boivin Conservative November 1, 1917A Bénard named to Senate of Canada [10]
Roblin William James Westwood Independent-LiberalNovember 19, 1917F Newton resigned seat [10]
Killarney George Grierson Liberal November 30, 1917G Grierson appointed Minister of Public Works [10]
Winnipeg North B Robert Jacob Union January 15, 1918R Rigg ran for federal seat [10]

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  2. ↑ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  3. ↑ "Women's Right to Vote in Canada". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  4. ↑ Woolley, Jon (2003). "A century of integrity: Manitoba Justice, 1870–1970" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. pp. 31–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  5. ↑ "Overview". Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  6. ↑ "Minimum wage laws – the state of pay in Canada". CBC News. January 23, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  8. ↑ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
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