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 Andrews 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:

^ 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Members of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1883–1886)". 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.
^ ^a ^b Robertson, John Palmerston (1887). A political manual of the province of Manitoba and the North-west Territories. Call printing Company. pp. 92–94. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
^ "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.
^ Gibson, Lee (1982). "Miller, James Andrews". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[7] 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

[mhs-1] "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 (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[robertson-3] Robertson, John Palmerston (1887). A political manual of the province of Manitoba and the North-west Territories. Call printing Company. pp. 92–94. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

[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.

[8] Gibson, Lee (1982). "Miller, James Andrews". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

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