From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

7th Manitoba Legislature

Canadian legislative group

The members of the 7th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1888. The legislature sat from August 28, 1888, to June 27, 1892.

The Liberals led by Thomas Greenway formed the government.

John Norquay served as Leader of the Opposition until his death in 1889. Rodmond Roblin was leader of the opposition from 1890 to 1892.

On March 31, 1890, the legislative assembly enacted the Public Schools Act of 1890 which removed public funding for Catholic and Protestant denominational schools and established a tax-funded non-denominational public school system. On the same date, the assembly enacted the Official Language Act, making English the sole language of records, minutes and Manitoba government laws. This removed the rights granted to French-speaking Manitobans under the Manitoba Act of 1870.

William Winram served as speaker for the assembly until his death in February 1891. Samuel Jacob Jackson succeeded Winram as speaker.

There were five sessions of the 7th Legislature:

Session	Start	End
1st	August 28, 1888	October 16, 1888
2nd	November 8, 1888	March 5, 1889
3rd	January 30, 1890	March 31, 1890
4th	February 26, 1891	April 28, 1891
5th	March 10, 1892	April 20, 1892

John Christian Schultz was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1888:

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
John Crawford	Beautiful Plains	Liberal	1886	2nd term
Charles Mickle	Birtle	Liberal	1888	1st term
James A. Smart	Brandon City	Liberal	1886	2nd term
Clifford Sifton	Brandon North	Liberal	1888	1st term
Herbert Graham	Brandon South	Liberal	1888	1st term
Martin Jérôme	Carillon	Liberal	1888	1st term
Thomas Gelley	Cartier	Liberal	1886	2nd term
Ernest Jameson Wood	Cypress	Conservative	1888	1st term
Daniel McLean	Dennis	Liberal	1886	2nd term
Rodmond Roblin	Dufferin	Liberal	1888	2nd term
James Thomson	Emerson	Liberal	1888	1st term
John Norquay	Kildonan	Conservative	1870	7th term
Finlay McNaughton Young	Killarney	Liberal	1883	3rd term
Kenneth McKenzie	Lakeside	Liberal	1874, 1886	4th term*
Edward Dickson	Lansdowne	Liberal	1888	1st term
William Lagimodière	La Verendrye	Liberal	1888	1st term
Robert George O'Malley	Lorne	Conservative	1888	1st term
William Winram	Manitou	Liberal	1879	5th term
James Gillies	Minnedosa	Conservative	1886	2nd term
Alexander Lawrence	Morden	Liberal	1888	1st term
Alphonse-Fortunat Martin	Morris	Liberal	1874, 1886	3rd term*
Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Liberal	1879	5th term
Samuel Thompson	Norfolk	Liberal	1886	2nd term
Joseph Martin	Portage la Prairie	Liberal	1883	3rd term
Samuel Jacob Jackson	Rockwood	Liberal	1883	3rd term
Enoch Winkler	Rosenfeldt	Liberal	1888	1st term
James Fisher	Russell	Liberal	1888	1st term
Frederick Colcleugh	St. Andrews	Liberal	1888	1st term
Roger Marion	St. Boniface	Conservative	1886	2nd term
James Harrower	Shoal Lake	Liberal	1888	1st term
Archibald McIntyre Campbell	Souris	Liberal	1888	1st term
Thomas Henry Smith	Springfield	Independent	1888	1st term
John Hettle	Turtle Mountain	Liberal	1888	1st term
Thomas Lewis Morton	Westbourne	Liberal	1888	1st term
Daniel Hunter McMillan	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal	1880, 1888	2nd term*
Lyman Melvin Jones	Winnipeg North	Liberal	1888	2nd term
Isaac Campbell	Winnipeg South	Liberal	1888	1st term
John Donald Cameron (1892)	Liberal	1892	1st term
James Prendergast	Woodlands	Liberal	1888	1st term

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Winnipeg Centre	Daniel Hunter McMillan	Liberal	May 18, 1889	url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html	title=MLA Biographies - Deceased	work=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155427/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html	archive-date=2014-03-30 }}
Dennis	Daniel McLean	Liberal	September 15, 1889	D. McLean ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary
Kildonan	Thomas Norquay	Conservative	February 1, 1890	J Norquay died July 5, 1889
Portage la Prairie	Joseph Martin	Liberal	March 28, 1891	J. Martin ran for federal seat
Brandon North	Clifford Sifton	Liberal	August 8, 1891	C. Sifton ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General
Manitou	James Huston	Liberal	January 13, 1892	W Winram died February 12, 1891
Winnipeg South	John Donald Cameron	Liberal	January 13, 1892	I Campbell ran for federal seat

Notes

References

"Members of the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1888–1892)". Manitoba Historical Society.
{{Canadian Parliament links
"Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament.
Adams, Christopher. (2003). "Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters". University of Manitoba Press.
"Statutes of the Province of Manitoba". Province of Manitoba.
"Manitoba Act".
"William James Winram (1838–1891)". Manitoba Historical Society.
"Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
"Historical Summaries". Elections Manitoba.
"MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
"John Norquay (1841–1889)". Manitoba Historical Society.
"Isaac Campbell (1853–1929)". Manitoba Historical Society.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

terms-of-the-manitoba-legislature 1888-establishments-in-manitoba 1892-disestablishments-in-manitoba

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 7th Manitoba Legislature — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report