10th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 10th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1899. The legislature sat from March 29, 1900, to June 25, 1903.^[1]

The Conservatives led by Hugh John Macdonald formed the government. After Macdonald resigned in 1900 to run for a federal seat,^[2] Rodmond Roblin became party leader and premier.^[1]

Thomas Greenway of the Liberal Party was Leader of the Opposition.^[3]

William Hespeler served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were four sessions of the 10th Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	March 29, 1900	July 5, 1900
2nd	February 21, 1901	March 29, 1901
3rd	January 9, 1902	March 1, 1902
4th	February 12, 1903	March 18, 1903

James Colebrooke Patterson was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until October 10, 1900, when Daniel Hunter McMillan became lieutenant governor.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1899:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[5]
	James Argue	Avondale	Conservative
	Robert C. Ennis	Beautiful Plains	Liberal
	Charles Mickle	Birtle	Liberal
	Stanley McInnis	Brandon City	Conservative
	Thomas Greenwood	Brandon North	Liberal-Conservative
	Frank Oliver Fowler	Brandon South	Liberal
	Martin Jérôme	Carillon	Liberal
	George Steel	Cypress	Liberal-Conservative
	Theodore Burrows	Dauphin	Liberal
	Charles Alexander Young	Deloraine	Liberal
	David Henry McFadden	Emerson	Conservative
	Baldwin Baldwinson	Gimli	Conservative
	Orton Grain	Kildonan and St. Andrews	Liberal-Conservative
	George Lawrence	Killarney	Conservative
	James McKenzie	Lakeside	Liberal
	Tobias Norris	Lansdowne	Liberal
	William Lagimodière	La Verendrye	Liberal
	James Riddell	Lorne	Liberal
	Robert Rogers	Manitou	Conservative
	Robert Myers	Minnedosa	Liberal
	John Ruddell	Morden	Conservative
	Colin Campbell	Morris	Conservative
	Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Liberal
	Robert Fern Lyons	Norfolk	Conservative
	William Garland	Portage la Prairie	Conservative
	Valentine Winkler	Rhineland	Liberal
	Isaac Riley	Rockwood	Conservative
	William Hespeler	Rosenfeldt	Independent Conservative
	Henry Mullins	Russell	Conservative
	S.A.D. Bertrand	St. Boniface	Liberal
	William Ferguson	Saskatchewan	Conservative
	Allen Thompson	Souris	Conservative
	Thomas Henry Smith	Springfield	Liberal
	James Johnson	Turtle Mountain	Independent Conservative
	James Simpson	Virden	Conservative
	Thomas Lewis Morton	Westbourne	Liberal
	Daniel Hunter McMillan	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal
	William Neilson	Winnipeg North	Conservative
	Hugh John Macdonald	Winnipeg South	Conservative
	Rodmond Roblin	Woodlands	Conservative

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Emerson	David Henry McFadden	Conservative	January 30, 1900	D. H. McFadden ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Public Works[6]
Winnipeg South	Hugh John Macdonald	Conservative	January 30, 1900	HJ Macdonald ran for reelection upon becoming Premier[6]
Beautiful Plains	John Andrew Davidson	Conservative	March 10, 1900	RC Ennis resigned seat[6]
Morris	Colin H. Campbell	Conservative	October 29, 1900	C. H. Campbell ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General[6]
Winnipeg Centre	Thomas William Taylor	Conservative	November 1, 1900	DH McMillan named lieutenant-governor for Manitoba[6]
Woodlands	Rodmond Roblin	Conservative	November 8, 1900	R Roblin ran for reelection upon appointment as Premier[6]
Rhineland	Valentine Winkler	Liberal	November 19, 1900	V Minkler ran for federal seat[6]
St. Boniface	Joseph Bernier	Conservative	November 24, 1900	SAD Bertrand ran for federal seat[6]
Manitou	Robert Rogers	Conservative	December 31, 1900	R Rogers ran for reelection upon appointment as Minister of Public Works[6]
Winnipeg South	James Thomas Gordon	Conservative	January 24, 1901	HJ Macdonald ran for federal seat[6]
Portage la Prairie	Hugh Armstrong	Conservative	February 6, 1902[6]	W Garland died November 11, 1901[7]

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References

1. "Members of the Tenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1900-1903)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
2. Hugh John Macdonald – Parliament of Canada biography
3. "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
4. "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
5. "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
6. "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
7. "William Garland (1856-1901)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-19.