2nd Manitoba Legislature

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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]

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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]

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]

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 31, 1875May 14, 1875
2ndJanuary 18, 1876February 4, 1875
3rdJanuary 30, 1877February 28, 1877
4thJanuary 10, 1878February 2, 1878

Alexander Morris was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until October 8, 1877, when Joseph-Édouard Cauchon became lieutenant governor. [4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1874: [1]

MemberElectoral districtAffiliation [5] First elected / previously electedNotes
Felix Chenier Baie St. Paul Independent1874
John Taylor Headingly Independent1870, 1874
James Cowan High Bluff Opposition1874
John Sutherland Kildonan Opposition1870
Angus McKay Lake Manitoba Independent1870
James McKay Independent1877
Francis Evans Cornish Poplar Point Opposition1874
Kenneth McKenzie Portage la Prairie Opposition1874
William Fisher Luxton Rockwood Opposition1874
John Gunn St. Andrews North Independent1874
John Norquay St. Andrews South Government1870
Marc-Amable Girard St. Boniface Government1870
Alexander Murray St. Charles Independent1874
Thomas Howard St. Clements Independent1870
Maxime Lépine St. Francois Xavier East Government1874
Joseph Royal St. Francois Xavier West Government1870
Edwin Bourke St. James Government1870
Joseph Dubuc St. Norbert Government1870
Curtis Bird St. Pauls Independent1870
Alexander Black Government1876
Joseph Lemay St. Vital Government1870
Alphonse-Fortunat Martin Ste. Agathe Opposition1874
Charles Nolin Ste. Anne Government1874
William Dick Springfield Independent1874
Corydon Partlow Brown Westbourne Independent1874
Robert Atkinson Davis Winnipeg Government1874

Notes:

    By-elections

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

    Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
    Kildonan John Sutherland OppositionApril 1875New Writ issued due to a tie. [6]
    St. Pauls Alexander Black [7] GovernmentNovember 25, 1876CJ Bird died on June 13, 1876 [8]
    Lake Manitoba James McKay [9] OppositionJanuary 17, 1877A McKay resigned in December 1876 [10]

    Notes:

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      2. ↑ Swan, Ruth (1994). "Davis, Robert Atkinson". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
      3. ↑ Donnelly, Murray S (April 1959). "Manitoba's Legislative Council". Manitoba Pageant. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
      4. ↑ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
      5. ↑ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
      6. ↑ "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
      7. ↑ Mackintosh, CH (1877). The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register . Retrieved 2012-09-23.
      8. ↑ "Curtis James Bird (1838–1876)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
      9. ↑ "James McKay (1828–1879)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
      10. ↑ "Angus McKay (1836-?)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
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