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8th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 8th Manitoba Legislature was elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1892. The legislature sat from February 2, 1893, to December 11, 1895.

The Liberals led by Thomas Greenway formed the government.

William A. Macdonald served as Leader of the Opposition in 1893. After Macdonald's election was overturned, John Andrew Davidson became opposition leader in 1894. Davidson was subsequently unseated and James Fisher served as de facto opposition leader during the period that followed.

Samuel Jacob Jackson was speaker for the assembly until January 1895. Finlay McNaughton Young succeeded Winram as speaker.

There were three sessions of the 8th Legislature:

Session	Start	End
1st	February 2, 1893	March 11, 1893
2nd	January 11, 1894	March 2, 1894
3rd	February 14, 1895	June 28, 1895

John Christian Schultz was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1892:

Member	Electoral district	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
James Hartney	Avondale	Conservative	1892	1st term
John Davidson	Beautiful Plains	Conservative	1881, 1892	3rd term*
Charles Mickle	Birtle	Liberal	1888	2nd term
William A. Macdonald	Brandon City	Conservative	1892	1st term
Clifford Sifton	Brandon North	Liberal	1888	2nd term
Herbert Graham	Brandon South	Liberal	1888	2nd term
Martin Jérôme	Carillon	Independent Liberal	1888	2nd term
Alfred Doig	Cypress	Liberal	1892	1st term
Theodore Burrows	Dauphin	Conservative
Government supporter	1892	1st term
Thomas Henry Kellett	Deloraine	Conservative	1892	1st term
James Frame	Dennis	Conservative	1892	1st term
David Henry McFadden	Emerson	Conservative	1892	1st term
J. Bird	Kildonan	Liberal	1892	1st term
Finlay Young	Killarney	Liberal	1883	5th term
John Rutherford	Lakeside	Liberal	1892	1st term
Edward Dickson	Lansdowne	Liberal	1888	2nd term
Théophile Paré	La Verendrye	Conservative	1892	1st term
Robert George O'Malley	Lorne	Conservative	1888	2nd term
Robert Ironside	Manitou	Liberal	1892	1st term
Robert Myers	Minnedosa	Liberal	1892	1st term
Thomas Duncan	Morden	Liberal	1892	1st term
Alphonse-Fortunat Martin	Morris	Liberal	1874, 1886	4th term*
Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Liberal	1879	6th term
Robert Fern Lyons	Norfolk	Conservative	1892	1st term
Robert Watson	Portage la Prairie	Liberal	1892	1st term
Valentine Winkler	Rhineland	Liberal	1892	1st term
Samuel Jacob Jackson	Rockwood	Liberal	1883	5th term
Enoch Winkler	Rosenfeldt	Liberal	1888	2nd term
James Fisher	Russell	Liberal	1888	2nd term
Frederick Colcleugh	St. Andrews	Liberal	1888	2nd term
James Prendergast	St. Boniface	Conservative
Government supporter	1888	2nd term
David McNaught	Saskatchewan	Liberal	1892	1st term
Archibald McIntyre Campbell	Souris	Liberal	1888	2nd term
Thomas Henry Smith	Springfield	Liberal	1888	2nd term
John Hettle	Turtle Mountain	Liberal	1888	2nd term
Thomas Lewis Morton	Westbourne	Independent Liberal	1888	2nd term
Daniel Hunter McMillan	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal	1880, 1888	3rd term*
Peter McIntyre	Winnipeg North	Liberal	1892	1st term
John Donald Cameron	Winnipeg South	Liberal	1892	1st term
Hugh Armstrong	Woodlands	Conservative	1892	1st term

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Winnipeg South	John Donald Cameron	Liberal	January 20, 1893	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 }}
Brandon City	Charles Adams	Liberal	September 8, 1893	Results of 1892 election declared invalid
Brandon City	Charles Adams	Liberal	August 23, 1894	Results of 1893 by-election declared invalid
Beautiful Plains	John Forsyth	Patrons of Industry	August 23, 1894	Results of 1892 election declared invalid

Notes

References

"Members of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1892–1895)". Manitoba Historical Society.
{{Canadian Parliament links
Adams, Christopher. (2003). "Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters". University of Manitoba Press.
{{Canadian Parliament links
"Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
"Historical Summaries". Elections Manitoba.
"MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

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