2nd Manitoba Legislature | |||
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31 March 1875 – 11 November 1878 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Robert Atkinson Davis 3 Dec 1874 – 16 Oct 1878 | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Non-partisan | ||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Joseph Dubuc 31 Mar 1875 – 1 Dec 1878 | ||
Members | 26 MLA seats | ||
Legislative Council | |||
Speaker of the Council | John Harrison O'Donnell 31 Mar 1875 – 14 May 1875 | ||
Colin Inkster 18 Jan 1876 – 4 Feb 1876 | |||
Counsellors | 7 counsellor seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Queen Victoria 20 Jun 1837 – 22 Jan 1901 | ||
Lieutenant Governor | Alexander Morris 2 Dec 1872 – 7 Oct 1877 | ||
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon 8 Oct 1877 – 28 Sep 1882 | |||
Sessions | |||
1st session 31 Mar 1875 – 14 May 1875 | |||
2nd session 18 Jan 1876 – 4 Feb 1876 | |||
3rd session 30 Jan 1877 – 28 Feb 1877 | |||
4th session 10 Jan 1878 – 2 Feb 1878 | |||
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The members of the 2nd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1874. The legislature sat from March 31, 1875, to November 11, 1878. [1]
Premier Robert Atkinson Davis with the support of Joseph Royal was able to form a minority government. Davis offered a cabinet seat to John Norquay, which won him the support of moderate English-speaking members. [2]
The Legislative Council of Manitoba was abolished. In 1874, representatives of the provincial government requested additional funding from the federal government in Ottawa. The federal cabinet agreed on the condition that the legislative council be abolished. The council itself rejected two bills calling for its abolition. Finally, in 1876, a sufficient number of members of the council were persuaded by the lieutenant-governor to support the bill. [3]
Joseph Dubuc served as speaker for the assembly. [1]
There were four sessions of the 2nd Legislature: [1]
Session | Start | End |
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1st | March 31, 1875 | May 14, 1875 |
2nd | January 18, 1876 | February 4, 1876 |
3rd | January 30, 1877 | February 28, 1877 |
4th | January 10, 1878 | February 2, 1878 |
Alexander Morris was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until October 8, 1877, when Joseph-Édouard Cauchon became lieutenant governor. [4]
The following members were elected to the assembly in 1874: [1]
Notes:
By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
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Kildonan | John Sutherland | Opposition | April 1875 | New Writ issued due to a tie. [6] |
St. Pauls | Alexander Black [7] | Government | November 25, 1876 | CJ Bird died on June 13, 1876 [8] |
Lake Manitoba | James McKay [9] | Opposition | January 17, 1877 | A McKay resigned in December 1876 [10] |
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