2nd Manitoba Legislature | |||
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March 31, 1875 – November 11, 1878 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | Robert Atkinson Davis December 3, 1874 – October 16, 1878 | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Non-partisan | ||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Joseph Dubuc March 31, 1875 – December 1, 1878 | ||
Members | 26 MLA seats | ||
Legislative Council | |||
Speaker of the Council | John Harrison O'Donnell March 31, 1875 – May 14, 1875 | ||
Colin Inkster January 18, 1876 – February 4, 1876 | |||
Counsellors | 7 counsellor seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Queen Victoria June 20, 1837 – January 22, 1901 | ||
Lieutenant Governor | Alexander Morris December 2, 1872 – October 7, 1877 | ||
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon October 8, 1877 – September 28, 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]
Member | Electoral district | Affiliation [5] | First elected / previously elected | No.# of term(s) | Notes |
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Felix Chenier | Baie St. Paul | Independent | 1874 | 1st term | |
John Taylor | Headingly | Independent | 1870, 1874 | 2nd term* | |
James Cowan | High Bluff | Opposition | 1874 | 1st term | |
John Sutherland | Kildonan | Opposition | 1870 | 2nd term | |
Angus McKay | Lake Manitoba | Independent | 1870 | 2nd term | |
James McKay (1877) | Independent | 1877 | 1st term | ||
Francis Evans Cornish | Poplar Point | Opposition | 1874 | 1st term | |
Kenneth McKenzie | Portage la Prairie | Opposition | 1874 | 1st term | |
William Fisher Luxton | Rockwood | Opposition | 1874 | 1st term | |
John Gunn | St. Andrews North | Independent | 1874 | 1st term | |
John Norquay | St. Andrews South | Government | 1870 | 2nd term | |
Marc-Amable Girard | St. Boniface | Government | 1870 | 2nd term | |
Alexander Murray | St. Charles | Independent | 1874 | 1st term | |
Thomas Howard | St. Clements | Independent | 1870 | 2nd term | |
Maxime Lépine | St. Francois Xavier East | Government | 1874 | 1st term | |
Joseph Royal | St. Francois Xavier West | Government | 1870 | 2nd term | |
Edwin Bourke | St. James | Government | 1870 | 2nd term | |
Joseph Dubuc | St. Norbert | Government | 1870 | 2nd term | |
Curtis Bird | St. Pauls | Independent | 1870 | 2nd term | |
Alexander Black (1876) | Government | 1876 | 1st term | ||
Joseph Lemay | St. Vital | Government | 1870 | 2nd term | |
Alphonse-Fortunat Martin | Ste. Agathe | Opposition | 1874 | 1st term | |
Charles Nolin | Ste. Anne | Government | 1874 | 1st term | |
William Dick | Springfield | Independent | 1874 | 1st term | |
Corydon Partlow Brown | Westbourne | Independent | 1874 | 1st term | |
Robert Atkinson Davis | Winnipeg | Government | 1874 | 2nd term |
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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