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]
This was the second Manitoba general election and was held on December 30, 1874.
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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]
Robert Atkinson Davis was a businessman and Manitoba politician who served as the fourth Premier of Manitoba.
Joseph Royal was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, businessman, and Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories.
A minority government, minority cabinet or minority parliament is a cabinet formed in a parliamentary system when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament. It is sworn into office, with or without the formal support of other parties, to enable a government to be formed. Under such a government, legislation can only be passed with the support of enough other members of the legislature to provide a majority, encouraging multi-partisanship. In bicameral parliaments, the term relates to the situation in chamber whose confidence is considered most crucial to the continuance in office of the government.
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]
The Legislative Council of Manitoba was the upper house of the Legislature of Manitoba. Created in 1870 and abolished in 1876, the council was the only provincial upper house in Canada that was not a direct or indirect continuation of a pre-confederation upper house. It was also the first provincial upper house to be abolished.
Joseph Dubuc served as speaker for the assembly. [1]
Sir Joseph Dubuc, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge who was born in Lower Canada and became an important political figure from Manitoba.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature.
There were four sessions of the 2nd Legislature: [1]
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | March 31, 1875 | May 14, 1875 |
| 2nd | January 18, 1876 | February 4, 1875 |
| 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]
Alexander Morris was a Canadian politician. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (1869–1872), and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (1872–1877). He also served as the founder and first Lieutenant Governor of the District of Keewatin.
The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba is the viceregal representative in Manitoba of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom. The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties. The present, and 25th, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba is Janice Filmon, who has served in the role since 19 June 2015.
