1st Manitoba Legislature | |||
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15 March 1871 – 16 December 1874 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Alfred Boyd September 1870 - December 1871 | ||
Marc-Amable Girard December 1871 - March 1872 | |||
Henry Joseph Clarke March 1872 - July 1874 | |||
Leader of the Opposition | Edward Hay 1871-1874 | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Non-partisan | ||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Joseph Royal 1871 - 1872 | ||
Curtis James Bird 1873 | |||
Members | 24 MLA seats | ||
Sessions | |||
1st session March 15, 1871 – May 3, 1871 | |||
2nd session January 16, 1872 – February 21, 1872 | |||
3rd session February 3, 1873 – July 22, 1873 | |||
4th session November 4, 1873 – July 22, 1874 | |||
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The members of the 1st Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1870, the first general election for the new province. The legislature sat from March 15, 1871, to December 16, 1874. [1]
Lieutenant Governor Adams George Archibald's "Government party" held the balance of power in the assembly with 17 seats. The Canadian Party, also known as the "Loyal party", led by John Christian Schultz, won 5 seats; they demanded swift punishment for the leaders of the Red River Rebellion. Henry Joseph Clarke served as government house leader in the assembly but Lieutenant Governor Archibald performed the functions of Premier. [2] In December 1872, Alexander Morris replaced Archibald as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. [3]
In July 1874, a government led by Henry Joseph Clarke [1] was defeated by a motion of non-confidence. Marc-Amable Girard was asked to form a government and was allowed to select the members of his cabinet, thus introducing responsible government to the province. On December 1, 1874, all but one member of the Girard cabinet resigned due to ethnic tensions. Robert Atkinson Davis was asked to form a new government which went to the polls later that month. [4]
Joseph Royal served as speaker for the assembly from 1871 to 1872. Curtis James Bird was speaker from 1873 to 1874. [1]
There were four sessions of the 1st Legislature: [1]
Session | Start | End |
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1st | March 15, 1871 | May 3, 1871 |
2nd | January 16, 1872 | February 21, 1872 |
3rd | February 3, 1873 | July 22, 1873 |
4th | November 4, 1873 | July 22, 1874 |
The following members were elected to the assembly in 1870: [1] [5]
Notes:
By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
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Winnipeg and St. John | Robert Atkinson Davis [9] | Opposition | April 1874 | DA Smith resigned after dual representation abolished [8] |
Notes:
Events from the year 1871 in Canada.
The premier of Manitoba is the first minister for the Canadian province of Manitoba—as well as the de facto President of the province's Executive Council.
Marc-Amable Girard was the second premier of Manitoba, and the first Franco-Manitoban to hold that post. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide lists Girard as having been Premier from 1871 to 1872, but he did not have this title at the time and was not the government leader. In 1874, however, Girard led Manitoba's first ministry to be constituted on principles of "responsible government". In this sense, he may be regarded as the first Premier of Manitoba.
Henry Joseph Clarke, who sometimes used the middle names Hynes and O'Connell, was a lawyer and politician in Manitoba, Canada.
The 1870 Manitoba general election held on December 27, 1870, resulted in a victory for Lieutenant Governor Adams George Archibald's governing coalition. Archibald had previously been appointed as the province's Lieutenant Governor by George-Étienne Cartier, and promoted a model of "consensus government," which included members of the province's different ethnic, religious, and linguistic groups.
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The members of the 24th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in June 1953. The legislature sat from February 2, 1954 to April 30, 1958.
The Legislature of Manitoba is the legislature of the province of Manitoba, Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the King of Canada in Right of Manitoba, represented by the lieutenant governor of Manitoba, and the unicameral assembly called the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The legislature has existed since Manitoba was formed out of part of Rupert's Land in 1870.
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