5th Manitoba Legislature

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]

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]

Session Start End
1st May 17, 1883 July 7, 1883
2nd March 13, 1884 June 3, 1884
3rd March 19, 1885 May 2, 1885
4th March 4, 1886 May 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]

Member Electoral district Party[6] First elected / previously elected
  Alexander Murray Assiniboia Conservative 1874
  Joseph Woodworth Brandon Conservative 1883
  Edward Leacock Birtle Conservative 1882
  Edward Fairbanks Baie St. Paul Conservative 1883
  Isaiah Mawhinney Burnside Conservative 1883
  Joseph Lecomte Cartier Conservative 1883
  John Andrew Davidson Dauphin Conservative 1881
  David H. Wilson Dufferin North Conservative 1881
  William Winram Dufferin South Liberal 1879
  Frederick Ernest Burnham Emerson Liberal 1883
  Charles Douglas Conservative 1883
  William Crawford High Bluff and Poplar Point Conservative 1883
  Alexander Sutherland Kildonan and St. Paul Conservative 1878
  John MacBeth Conservative 1884
  Maxime Goulet La Verendrye Conservative 1878[a], 1883
  Louis Prud'homme Conservative 1882, 1884
  James Prendergast Conservative 1885
  David Howard Harrison Minnedosa Conservative 1883
  Henry Tennant Morris Conservative 1883
  Thomas Greenway Mountain Liberal 1879
  Charles Hay Norfolk Liberal 1883
  Joseph Martin Portage la Prairie Liberal 1883
  Samuel Jacob Jackson Rockwood Liberal 1883
  James Andrews Miller[nb 1][7] Rat Portage Conservative 1883
  John Norquay St. Andrews Conservative 1870
  Alphonse Larivière St. Boniface Conservative 1878
  John Beresford Allan St. Clements Conservative 1883
  Edward Gigot St. Francois Xavier Conservative 1883
  Alexander Kittson Ste. Agathe Conservative 1879
  Joseph Cyr Liberal 1883
  John Hedley Bell Springfield Liberal 1883
  Finlay Young Turtle Mountain Liberal 1883
  Corydon Partlow Brown Westbourne Conservative 1874
  Elias George Conklin Winnipeg North Liberal 1883
  Albert Clements Killam Winnipeg South Liberal 1883
  Charles Edward Hamilton Conservative 1885
  William Wagner Woodlands Conservative 1883

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

Notes

  1. ^ St. Vital

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b 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.