4th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 4th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1879. The legislature sat from January 22, 1880, to November 13, 1882.^[1]

Premier John Norquay formed a majority government.^[2] There appears to have been some debate at the time of this election whether or not candidates were running for election based on party lines.^[3]

Thomas Greenway was Leader of the Opposition.^[4]

John Wright Sifton served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were four sessions of the 4th Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	January 22, 1880	February 14, 1880
2nd	December 16, 1880	December 23, 1880
3rd	March 3, 1881	May 25, 1881
4th	April 22, 1882	May 30, 1882

Joseph-Édouard Cauchon was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until September 29, 1882, when James Cox Aikins became lieutenant governor.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1879:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation^[6]
Alexander Murray	Assiniboia	Liberal-Conservative
Marc Amable Girard	Baie St. Paul	Conservative
John Smith	Burnside	Independent
Gilbert McMicken	Cartier	Liberal-Conservative
Andrew Laughlin	Dufferin North	Conservative
William Winram	Dufferin South	Liberal
William Hill Nash	Emerson	Conservative
Corydon Partlow Brown	Gladstone	Liberal
John Drummond	High Bluff and Poplar Point	Conservative
Alexander Sutherland	Kildonan and St. Paul	Liberal-Conservative
Maxime Goulet	La Verendrye	Independent
Joseph Taillefer	Morris	Independent
Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Independent Conservative
James Cowan	Portage la Prairie	Independent Liberal
John Aikins	Rockwood	Liberal-Conservative
John Norquay	St. Andrews	Conservative
Alphonse Larivière	St. Boniface	Liberal-Conservative
Edward Hay	St. Clements	Independent Liberal
Patrice Breland	St. Francois Xavier	Conservative
Alexander Kittson	Ste. Agathe	Liberal-Conservative
Arthur Wellington Ross	Springfield	Liberal
David Marr Walker	Westbourne	Liberal-Conservative
Thomas Scott	Winnipeg	Conservative
Francis Wesley Lipsett	Woodlands	Liberal-Conservative

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[7]

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Emerson	Thomas Carney	Conservative	August 1880	WH Nash named registrar
Winnipeg	Daniel H. MacMillan	Liberal	December 4, 1880	T Scott elected to Canadian House of Commons
Dufferin North	David H. Wilson	Conservative	August 1, 1881	A Laughlin named registrar
Birtle	Stephen Clement	Liberal	November 2, 1881	new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended
Brandon	John Wright Sifton	Liberal	November 2, 1881	new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended
Dauphin	John Andrew Davidson	Liberal	November 2, 1881	new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended
Minnedosa	John Crerar	Liberal	November 2, 1881	new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended
Turtle Mountain	James Peterkin Alexander	Conservative	November 2, 1881	new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended
St. Boniface	Alphonse Larivière	Conservative	December 15, 1881	A Larivière ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary
La Verendrye	Maxime Goulet	Conservative	December 15, 1881	M Goulet ran for reelection upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture
La Verendrye	Louis Arthur Prud'homme	Conservative	July 20, 1882	M Goulet named registrar
Springfield	Charles Edie	Conservative	August 24, 1882	AW Ross ran for federal seat
Birtle	Edward Leacock	Conservative	September 1, 1882	S Clement named sheriff for the Western judicial district
Kildonan and St. Paul	Alexander Sutherland	Conservative	September 14, 1882	A Sutherland ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General

Notes:

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Members of the Fourth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1879–1883)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
^ Friesen, Gerald (1982). "Norquay, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
^ Adams, Christopher (2008). Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters. University of Manitoba Press. p. 2. ISBN 088755704X. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
^ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
^ Robertson, John Palmerston (1887). A political manual of the province of Manitoba and the North-west Territories. Call printing Company. pp. 90–92. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[mhs-1] "Members of the Fourth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1879–1883)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-27.

[2] Friesen, Gerald (1982). "Norquay, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[3] Adams, Christopher (2008). Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters. University of Manitoba Press. p. 2. ISBN 088755704X. Retrieved 2012-09-27.

[4] "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-01.

[5] "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[6] "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.

[7] Robertson, John Palmerston (1887). A political manual of the province of Manitoba and the North-west Territories. Call printing Company. pp. 90–92. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

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