12th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 12th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in March 1907. The legislature sat from January 2, 1908, to June 30, 1910.[1]

The Conservatives led by Rodmond Roblin formed the government.[1]

Charles Mickle of the Liberal Party served as Leader of the Opposition. After Mickle was named a judge in 1909, Tobias Norris became party leader and leader of the opposition.[2]

James Johnson served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

There were three sessions of the 12th Legislature:[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	January 2, 1908	February 26, 1908
2nd	February 4, 1909	March 10, 1909
3rd	February 10, 1910	March 16, 1910

Daniel Hunter McMillan was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.[3]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1907:[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[4]	First elected / previously elected
	John Williams	Arthur	Liberal	1907
	Aimé Bénard	Assiniboia	Conservative	1907
	James Argue	Avondale	Conservative	1899
	James H. Howden	Beautiful Plains	Conservative	1903
	Charles Mickle	Birtle	Liberal	1888
	George Malcolm		Liberal	1909
	Stanley McInnis	Brandon City	Conservative	1899
	George R. Coldwell		Conservative	1907
	Alfred Carroll	Brandon South	Conservative	1903
	Albert Prefontaine	Carillon	Conservative	1903
	George Steel	Cypress	Conservative	1899
	John A. Campbell	Dauphin	Liberal	1907
	Robert Stirton Thornton	Deloraine	Liberal	1907
	Rodmond Roblin	Dufferin	Conservative	1888[a], 1896
	George Walton	Emerson	Liberal	1907
	Glenlyon Campbell	Gilbert Plains	Conservative	1903
	Duncan Cameron		Conservative	1908
	Sigtryggur Jonasson	Gimli	Liberal	1896[b], 1907
	James William Armstrong	Gladstone	Liberal	1907
	William Ferguson	Hamiota	Conservative	1899[c], 1907
	Orton Grain	Kildonan and St. Andrews	Conservative	1899, 1907
	George Lawrence	Killarney	Conservative	1899
	Edwin D. Lynch	Lakeside	Conservative	1903
	Tobias Norris	Lansdowne	Liberal	1896, 1907
	Jean Lauzon	La Verendrye	Conservative	1897[d], 1907
	Robert Rogers	Manitou	Conservative	1899
	William B. Waddell	Minnedosa	Conservative	1903
	Benjamin McConnell	Morden	Liberal	1907
	Colin Campbell	Morris	Conservative	1899
	James Bryson Baird	Mountain	Liberal	1907
	Robert Fern Lyons	Norfolk	Conservative	1892, 1899
	Hugh Armstrong	Portage la Prairie	Conservative	1892[e], 1902
	Valentine Winkler	Rhineland	Liberal	1892
	Isaac Riley	Rockwood	Conservative	1899
	Angus Bonnycastle	Russell	Conservative	1907
	Joseph Bernier	St. Boniface	Conservative	1900, 1907
	Donald A. Ross	Springfield	Liberal	1907
	James Wells Robson	Swan River	Conservative	1903
	James Johnson	Turtle Mountain	Conservative	1897
	John Hume Agnew	Virden	Conservative	1903
	Harvey Simpson		Conservative	1909
	Thomas William Taylor	Winnipeg Centre	Conservative	1900
	John F. Mitchell	Winnipeg North	Conservative	1907
	James Thomas Gordon	Winnipeg South	Conservative	1901
	Thomas Herman Johnson	Winnipeg West	Liberal	1907

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Beautiful Plains	James H. Howden	Conservative	March 26, 1907	J H Howden appointed Railway Commissioner[5]
Brandon City	Stanley McInnis	Conservative	July 16, 1907	S McInnis appointed Provincial Secretary[5]
Brandon City	George R. Coldwell	Conservative	November 25, 1907	S McInnis died November 4, 1907[5]
Gilbert Plains	Duncan Cameron	Conservative	November 17, 1908	G Campbell ran for federal seat[5]
Portage la Prairie	Hugh Armstrong	Conservative	November 30, 1908	H Armstrong appointed Provincial Treasurer[5]
Virden	Harvey Simpson	Conservative	January 9, 1909	J H Agnew died November 9, 1908[5]
Birtle	George Malcolm	Liberal	November 27, 1909	C Mickle named judge in 1909[5]

Notes

1. Dufferin North
2. St. Andrews
3. Saskatchewan
4. St. Boniface
5. Woodlands

References

1. "Members of the Twelfth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1908–1910)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
2. "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
3. "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
4. "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
5. "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.