6th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 6th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1886. The legislature sat from April 14, 1887, to June 16, 1888. ^[1]

Premier John Norquay formed a majority government. A falling-out with Canadian prime minister John A. Macdonald over railway development led to a financial shortfall in the Manitoba government accounts and the fall of the Norquay government in December 1887. David Howard Harrison served as premier for less than a month and then the Liberals led by Thomas Greenway took power. ^[2]

Thomas Greenway served as Leader of the Opposition until 1888, when John Norquay became opposition leader. ^[3]

David Glass served as speaker for the assembly. ^[1]

There were two sessions of the 6th Legislature: ^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	April 14, 1887	June 10, 1887
2nd	January 12, 1888	May 8, 1888

James Cox Aikins was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. ^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1886: ^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party [5]	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)	Notes
	Alexander Murray	Assiniboia	Conservative	1874	5th term
	Duncan MacArthur (1888)		Liberal	1888	1st term	from January 10, 1888
	John Crawford	Beautiful Plains	Liberal	1886	1st term
	James A. Smart	Brandon East	Liberal	1886	1st term
	John Kirchhoffer	Brandon West	Conservative	1886	1st term
	Roger Marion	Carillon	Conservative	1886	1st term
	Thomas Gelley	Cartier	Conservative	1886	1st term
	Robert Schuyler Thompson	Cypress	Liberal	1886	1st term
	Daniel McLean	Dennis	Liberal	1886	1st term
	David H. Wilson	Dufferin North	Conservative	1881	3rd term
	William Winram	Dufferin South	Liberal	1879	3rd term
	Rodmond Roblin (1888)		Conservative	1888	1st term
	Charles Douglas	Emerson	Conservative	1883	2nd term
	John MacBeth	Kildonan and St. Paul	Conservative	1884	2nd term
	Kenneth McKenzie	Lakeside	Liberal	1874, [a] 1886	3rd term*
	James Prendergast	La Verendrye	Conservative	1885	2nd term
	John MacDonnell	Lorne	Liberal	1886	1st term
	James Gillies	Minnedosa East	Conservative	1886	1st term
	David Howard Harrison	Minnedosa West	Conservative	1883	2nd term
	Alphonse-Fortunat Martin	Morris	Liberal	1874, [b] 1886	2nd term*
	Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Liberal	1879	3rd term
	Samuel Thompson	Norfolk	Liberal	1886	1st term
	Joseph Martin	Portage la Prairie	Liberal	1883	2nd term
	Samuel Jacob Jackson	Rockwood	Liberal	1883	2nd term
	Edward Leacock	Russell	Conservative	1882	3rd term
	John Norquay	St. Andrews	Conservative	1870	6th term
	Alphonse Larivière	St. Boniface	Conservative	1878	4th term
	David Glass	St. Clements	Independent	1886	1st term
	Joseph Burke	St. Francois Xavier	Conservative	1886	1st term
	Frederick Francis (1888)		Liberal	1888	1st term
	Charles Edward Hamilton	Shoal Lake	Conservative	1886	1st term
	Lyman Melvin Jones (1888)		Liberal	1888	1st term
	James Peterkin Alexander	Souris	Conservative	1881, [c] 1888	2nd term*
	Thomas Henry Smith	Springfield	Conservative	1886	1st term
	Finlay Young	Turtle Mountain	Liberal	1883	2nd term
	Corydon Partlow Brown	Westbourne	Conservative	1874	5th term
	Edward Drewery	Winnipeg North	Liberal	1886	1st term
	William Luxton	Winnipeg South	Liberal	1874, [d] 1886	2nd term*
	John Moore Robinson	Woodlands	Conservative	1886	1st term

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Assiniboia	Duncan MacArthur	Liberal	January 10, 1888 [6]	Resignation of A. Murray
St. Francois Xavier	Frederick Francis	Liberal	January 12, 1888 [6]	J Burke ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary [7]
Brandon East	James A. Smart	Liberal	February 9, 1888	J. A. Smart ran for reelection upon appointment as Minister of Public Works [6]
Mountain	Thomas Greenway	Liberal	February 9, 1888	T. Greenway ran for reelection upon appointment as Premier [6]
La Verendrye	James Prendergast	Liberal	February 16, 1888	J. Prendergast ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary [6]
Portage la Prairie	Joseph Martin	Liberal	February 16, 1888	J. Martin ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General [6]
Shoal Lake	Lyman Melvin Jones	Liberal	March 10, 1888 [6]	CE Hamilton left province [8]
Dufferin North	Rodmond Roblin	Independent	March 12, 1888 [6]	Resignation of D.H. Wilson

Notes

1. Portage la Prairie
2. Ste. Agathe
3. Turtle Mountain
4. Rockwood

References

1. "Members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1886–1888)". 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. "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
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. "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
7. Gawron, Zenon (1994). "Harrison, David Howard". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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