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1st Manitoba Legislature

FieldValue
jurisdictionMB
ministry2
pm3Henry Joseph Clarke
pmterm3March 1872 - July 1874
scJoseph Royal
scterm1871 - 1872
sc2Curtis James Bird
scterm21873
ministry3
pm2Marc-Amable Girard
sessionbegin
sessionend
sessionbegin2
sessionend2
sessionbegin3
sessionend3
sessionbegin4
pmterm2December 1871 - March 1872
loterm1871-1874
#1st
loEdward Hay
statusinactive
term-beginMarch 15, 1871
term-endDecember 16, 1874
pmAlfred Boyd
pmtermSeptember 1870 - December 1871
partyNon-partisan
ministry
monarchQueen Victoria
monarchterm20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901
viceroyAdams George Archibald
viceroy-begin20 May 1870
viceroy-end2 December 1872
viceroy2Alexander Morris
viceroy-begin22 December 1872
viceroy-end27 October 1877
members24
nextparl2nd
senators7
ssJames McKay
ss-begin15 March 1871
ss-end22 July 1874
sessionend4

|#=1st |term-begin=March 15, 1871 |term-end=December 16, 1874 |viceroy-begin= 20 May 1870 |viceroy-end= 2 December 1872 |viceroy-begin2= 2 December 1872 |viceroy-end2= 7 October 1877 |ss-begin= 15 March 1871 |ss-end= 22 July 1874 The members of the 1st Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1870, the first general election for the new province. The legislature sat from March 15, 1871, to December 16, 1874.

Lieutenant Governor Adams George Archibald's "Government party" held the balance of power in the assembly with 17 seats. The Canadian Party, also known as the "Loyal party", led by John Christian Schultz, won 5 seats; they demanded swift punishment for the leaders of the Red River Rebellion. Henry Joseph Clarke served as government house leader in the assembly but Lieutenant Governor Archibald performed the functions of Premier. In December 1872, Alexander Morris replaced Archibald as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

In July 1874, a government led by Henry Joseph Clarke was defeated by a motion of non-confidence. Marc-Amable Girard was asked to form a government and was allowed to select the members of his cabinet, thus introducing responsible government to the province. On December 1, 1874, all but one member of the Girard cabinet resigned due to ethnic tensions. Robert Atkinson Davis was asked to form a new government which went to the polls later that month.

Joseph Royal served as speaker for the assembly from 1871 to 1872. Curtis James Bird was speaker from 1873 to 1874.

There were four sessions of the 1st Legislature:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 15, 1871May 3, 1871
2ndJanuary 16, 1872February 21, 1872
3rdFebruary 3, 1873July 22, 1873
4thNovember 4, 1873July 22, 1874

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1870:

MemberElectoral districtAffiliationFirst electedNo.# of term(s)Notes
Joseph DubucBaie St. PaulGovernment18701st term
John TaylorTaylor's election was later overturned and Government supporter James Cunningham was declared electedHeadinglyOpposition18701st term
James CunninghamGovernment18711st term
John NorquayHigh BluffGovernment18701st term
John SutherlandKildonanOpposition18701st term
Angus McKayLake ManitobaGovernment18701st term
David SpencePoplar PointGovernment18701st term
Frederick BirdPortage la PrairieOpposition18701st term
Alfred BoydSt. Andrews NorthGovernment18701st term
Edward HaySt. Andrews SouthOpposition18701st term
Marc-Amable GirardSt. Boniface EastGovernment18701st term
Louis SchmidtSt. Boniface WestGovernment18701st term
Henry Joseph ClarkeSt. CharlesGovernment18701st term
Thomas BunnSt. ClementsIndependent18701st term
Pascal BrelandSt. Francois Xavier EastGovernment18701st term
Joseph RoyalSt. Francois Xavier WestGovernment18701st term
Edwin BourkeSt. JamesOpposition18701st term
Joseph LemaySt. Norbert NorthGovernment18701st term
Pierre DelormeSt. Norbert SouthGovernment18701st term
Curtis BirdSt. PaulsGovernment18701st term
Thomas HowardSt PetersGovernment18701st term
André BeaucheminSt. VitalGovernment18701st term
George KlyneSte. AgatheIndependent18701st term
John McTavishSte. AnneGovernment18701st term
Donald Alexander SmithSmith was forced to resign when serving in both provincial and federal legislatures became illegal in May 1873Winnipeg and St. JohnGovernment18701st term
Robert Atkinson Davis (1874)Opposition18741st term

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral districtMember electedAffiliationElection dateReason
Winnipeg and St. JohnRobert Atkinson DavisOppositionApril 1874DA Smith resigned after dual representation abolished

Notes:

References

References

  1. "First Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1871–1874)". Manitoba Historical Society.
  2. "The Establishment of Manitoba's First Provincial Government". Manitoba Historical Society.
  3. {{Canadian Parliament links
  4. {{Cite DCB. Swan. Ruth
  5. "First Legislative Assembly of Manitoba".
  6. "Historical Summaries". Elections Manitoba.
  7. Russenholt, Edgar Stanford. (1968). "The heart of the continent : being the history of Assiniboia--the truly typical Canadian community".
  8. "Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal".
  9. "Robert Atkinson Davis (1841–1903)". Manitoba Historical Society.
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