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]
     Alexander Murray Assiniboia Conservative
     Joseph Woodworth Brandon Conservative
     Edward Leacock Birtle Conservative
     Edward Fairbanks Baie St. Paul Conservative
     Isaiah Mawhinney Burnside Conservative
     Joseph Lecomte Cartier Conservative
     John Andrew Davidson Dauphin Conservative
     David H. Wilson Dufferin North Conservative
     William Winram Dufferin South Liberal
     Frederick Ernest Burnham Emerson Liberal
     William Crawford High Bluff and Poplar Point Conservative
     Alexander Sutherland Kildonan and St. Paul Conservative
     Maxime Goulet La Verendrye Conservative
     David Howard Harrison Minnedosa Conservative
     Henry Tennant Morris Conservative
     Thomas Greenway Mountain Liberal
     Charles Hay Norfolk Liberal
     Joseph Martin Portage la Prairie Liberal
     Samuel Jacob Jackson Rockwood Liberal
     James Andrew Miller[nb 1][7] Rat Portage Conservative
     John Norquay St. Andrews Conservative
     Alphonse Larivière St. Boniface Conservative
     John Beresford Allan St. Clements Conservative
     Edward Gigot St. Francois Xavier Conservative
     Alexander Kittson Ste. Agathe Conservative
     John Hedley Bell Springfield Liberal
     Finlay Young Turtle Mountain Liberal
     Corydon Partlow Brown Westbourne Conservative
     Elias George Conklin Winnipeg North Liberal
     Albert Clements Killam Winnipeg South Liberal
     William Wagner Woodlands Conservative

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 Conservative 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:

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "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. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
    3. 1 2 Robertson, John Palmerston (1887). A political manual of the province of Manitoba and the North-west Territories. pp. 92–94. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
    4. ↑ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
    5. ↑ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. 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. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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