9th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 9th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in January 1896. The legislature sat from February 6, 1896, to November 16, 1899. ^[1]

The Liberals led by Thomas Greenway formed the government. ^[2]

Rodmond Roblin served as Leader of the Opposition. ^[3]

Finlay McNaughton Young served as speaker for the assembly. ^[1]

There were four sessions of the 9th Legislature: ^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	February 6, 1896	April 16, 1896
2nd	February 11, 1897	April 16, 1897
3rd	March 10, 1898	April 27, 1898
4th	March 16, 1899	July 21, 1899

James Colebrooke Patterson was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. ^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1896: ^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party [5]	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
	Thomas Dickie	Avondale	Liberal	1896	1st term
	William Sirett	Beautiful Plains	Patrons of Industry	1896	1st term
	Charles Mickle	Birtle	Liberal	1888	3rd term
	Charles Adams	Brandon City	Liberal	1893	2nd term
	Clifford Sifton	Brandon North	Liberal	1888	3rd term
	Alexander Cumming Fraser (1896)		Liberal	1896	1st term
	Herbert Graham	Brandon South	Liberal	1888	3rd term
	Frank Oliver Fowler (1897)		Liberal	1897	1st term
	Roger Marion	Carillon	Conservative	1886, 1896	3rd term*
	Alfred Doig	Cypress	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Theodore Burrows	Dauphin	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Charles Alexander Young	Deloraine	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Watson Crosby	Dennis	Patrons of Industry	1896	1st term
	William James Kennedy (1897)		Liberal	1897	1st term
	David Henry McFadden	Emerson	Conservative	1892	2nd term
	Hector Sutherland	Kildonan	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Finlay Young	Killarney	Liberal	1883	5th term
	John Rutherford	Lakeside	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	James McKenzie (1896)		Liberal	1896	1st term
	Tobias Norris	Lansdowne	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Théophile Paré	La Verendrye	Conservative	1892	2nd term
	James Riddell	Lorne	Liberal	1896	1st term
	John Donald McIntosh	Manitou	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Robert Myers	Minnedosa	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Thomas Duncan	Morden	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Stewart Mulvey	Morris	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Liberal	1879	6th term
	George Rogers	Norfolk	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Robert Watson	Portage la Prairie	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Valentine Winkler	Rhineland	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Samuel Jacob Jackson	Rockwood	Liberal	1883	5th term
	Enoch Winkler	Rosenfeldt	Liberal	1888	3rd term
	James Fisher	Russell	Independent	1888	3rd term
	Sigtryggur Jonasson	St. Andrews	Liberal	1896	1st term
	James Prendergast	St. Boniface	Liberal	1888	3rd term
	David McNaught	Saskatchewan	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Archibald McIntyre Campbell	Souris	Liberal	1888	3rd term
	Thomas Henry Smith	Springfield	Liberal	1888	3rd term
	John Hettle	Turtle Mountain	Liberal	1888	3rd term
	James Johnson (1897)		Independent Conservative	1897	1st term
	Thomas Lewis Morton	Westbourne	Liberal	1888	3rd term
	Daniel Hunter McMillan	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal	1880, 1888	4th term*
	Peter McIntyre	Winnipeg North	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	John Donald Cameron	Winnipeg South	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Rodmond Roblin	Woodlands	Conservative	1888, [a] 1896	3rd term*

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Lakeside	James McKenzie	Liberal	November 19, 1896	J Rutherford ran for federal seat [6]
Birtle	Charles Mickle	Liberal	December 19, 1896	C Mickle appointed Provincial Secretary [6]
Brandon North	Alexander Cumming Fraser	Liberal	December 19, 1896	C Sifton named federal minister [6]
St. Boniface	Jean-Baptiste Lauzon	Conservative	February 20, 1897	J Prendergast named county court judge [6]
Dennis	William James Kennedy	Liberal	July 15, 1897 [6]	WM Crosby died March 19, 1897 [7]
Brandon South	Frank Oliver Fowler	Liberal	November 20, 1897	H Graham resigned seat [6]
Turtle Mountain	James Johnson	Independent Conservative	November 27, 1897 [6]	J Hettle died September 20, 1897 [8]

Notes

1. Dufferin North

References

1. "Members of the Ninth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1896–1899)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
2. Thomas Greenway – Parliament of Canada biography
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. "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
7. "Watson Montgomery Crosby (1857–1897)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
8. "John Hettle (1842–1897)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-19.