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] First elected / previously electedNo.# of term(s)
  Alexander Murray Assiniboia Conservative 18744th term
  Joseph Woodworth Brandon Conservative 18831st term
  Edward Leacock Birtle Conservative 18822nd term
  Edward Fairbanks Baie St. Paul Conservative 18831st term
  Isaiah Mawhinney Burnside Conservative 18831st term
  Joseph Lecomte Cartier Conservative 18831st term
  John Andrew Davidson Dauphin Conservative 18812nd term
  David H. Wilson Dufferin North Conservative 18812nd term
  William Winram Dufferin South Liberal 18792nd term
  Frederick Ernest Burnham Emerson Liberal 18831st term
  Charles Douglas (1883) Conservative 18831st term
  William Crawford High Bluff and Poplar Point Conservative 18831st term
  Alexander Sutherland Kildonan and St. Paul Conservative 18783rd term
  John MacBeth (1884) Conservative 18841st term
  Maxime Goulet La Verendrye Conservative 1878, [a] 18832nd term*
  Louis Prud'homme (1884) Conservative 1882, 18842nd term*
  James Prendergast (1885) Conservative 18851st term
  David Howard Harrison Minnedosa Conservative 18831st term
  Henry Tennant Morris Conservative 18831st term
  Thomas Greenway Mountain Liberal 18792nd term
  Charles Hay Norfolk Liberal 18831st term
  Joseph Martin Portage la Prairie Liberal 18831st term
  Samuel Jacob Jackson Rockwood Liberal 18831st term
  James Andrews Miller [nb 1] [7] Rat Portage Conservative 18831st term
  John Norquay St. Andrews Conservative 18705th term
  Alphonse Larivière St. Boniface Conservative 18783rd term
  John Beresford Allan St. Clements Conservative 18831st term
  Edward Gigot St. Francois Xavier Conservative 18831st term
  Alexander Kittson Ste. Agathe Conservative 18792nd term
  Joseph Cyr (1883) Liberal 18831st term
  John Hedley Bell Springfield Liberal 18831st term
  Finlay Young Turtle Mountain Liberal 18831st term
  Corydon Partlow Brown Westbourne Conservative 18744th term
  Elias George Conklin Winnipeg North Liberal 18831st term
  Albert Clements Killam Winnipeg South Liberal 18831st term
  Charles Edward Hamilton (1885) Conservative 18851st term
  William Wagner Woodlands Conservative 18831st term

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 Liberal 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

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Members of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1883–1886)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  2. ↑ Friesen, Gerald (1982). "Norquay, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  3. 1 2 Robertson, John Palmerston (1887). A political manual of the province of Manitoba and the North-west Territories. Call printing Company. pp.  92–94. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  4. ↑ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
  5. ↑ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  6. ↑ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  7. ↑ Gibson, Lee (1982). "Miller, James Andrews". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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