5th Manitoba Legislature

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The members of the 5th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in January 1883. The legislature sat from May 17, 1883, to November 11, 1886. [1]

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Premier John Norquay formed a majority government. [2] This is believed to be the first Manitoba provincial election where candidates ran for election purely on party lines. [3]

Thomas Greenway was Leader of the Opposition. [4]

Alexander Murray served as speaker for the assembly. [1]

There were four sessions of the 5th Legislature: [1]

SessionStartEnd
1stMay 17, 1883July 7, 1883
2ndMarch 13, 1884June 3, 1884
3rdMarch 19, 1885May 2, 1885
4thMarch 4, 1886May 28, 1886

James Cox Aikins was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. [5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1883: [1]

MemberElectoral districtParty [6]
  Alexander Murray Assiniboia Conservative
  Joseph Woodworth Brandon Conservative
  Edward Leacock Birtle Conservative
  Edward Fairbanks Baie St. Paul Conservative
  Isaiah Mawhinney Burnside Conservative
  Joseph Lecomte Cartier Conservative
  John Andrew Davidson Dauphin Conservative
  David H. Wilson Dufferin North Conservative
  William Winram Dufferin South Liberal
  Frederick Ernest Burnham Emerson Liberal
  William Crawford High Bluff and Poplar Point Conservative
  Alexander Sutherland Kildonan and St. Paul Conservative
  Maxime Goulet La Verendrye Conservative
  David Howard Harrison Minnedosa Conservative
  Henry Tennant Morris Conservative
  Thomas Greenway Mountain Liberal
  Charles Hay Norfolk Liberal
  Joseph Martin Portage la Prairie Liberal
  Samuel Jacob Jackson Rockwood Liberal
  James Andrews Miller [nb 1] [7] Rat Portage Conservative
  John Norquay St. Andrews Conservative
  Alphonse Larivière St. Boniface Conservative
  John Beresford Allan St. Clements Conservative
  Edward Gigot St. Francois Xavier Conservative
  Alexander Kittson Ste. Agathe Conservative
  John Hedley Bell Springfield Liberal
  Finlay Young Turtle Mountain Liberal
  Corydon Partlow Brown Westbourne Conservative
  Elias George Conklin Winnipeg North Liberal
  Albert Clements Killam Winnipeg South Liberal
  William Wagner Woodlands Conservative

Notes:

  1. Election held September 21, 1883, because part of division was located in disputed territory; division dissolved in 1884 after Privy Council of Canada ruled against Manitoba's claim

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: [3]

Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
Portage la Prairie Joseph Martin Liberal May 26, 1883J Martin unseated after election declared invalid
Ste. Agathe Joseph Cyr Conservative June 15, 1883A Kittson died
Emerson Charles Douglas Conservative June 23, 1883FE Burnham unseated after election declared invalid
La Verendrye Louis Prud'homme Conservative January 15, 1884M Goulet unseated after election declared invalid
Kildonan and St. Paul John MacBeth Conservative April 8, 1884A Sutherland died
Dufferin North David H. Wilson Conservative May 13, 1884DH Wilson ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary
Winnipeg South Charles Edward Hamilton Conservative February 24, 1885AC Killam named to Supreme Court of Canada
La Verendrye James Prendergast Conservative August 24, 1885L Prud'homme named a county court judge

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