2nd Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 2nd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1874. The legislature sat from March 31, 1875, to November 11, 1878.[1]

Premier Robert Atkinson Davis with the support of Joseph Royal was able to form a minority government. Davis offered a cabinet seat to John Norquay, which won him the support of moderate English-speaking members.[2]

The Legislative Council of Manitoba was abolished. In 1874, representatives of the provincial government requested additional funding from the federal government in Ottawa. The federal cabinet agreed on the condition that the legislative council be abolished. The council itself rejected two bills calling for its abolition. Finally, in 1876, a sufficient number of members of the council were persuaded by the lieutenant-governor to support the bill.[3]

Joseph Dubuc served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

There were four sessions of the 2nd Legislature:[1]

Session  | Start  | End

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1st  | March 31, 1875  | May 14, 1875
2nd  | January 18, 1876  | February 4, 1875
3rd  | January 30, 1877  | February 28, 1877
4th  | January 10, 1878  | February 2, 1878

Alexander Morris was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until October 8, 1877, when Joseph-Édouard Cauchon became lieutenant governor.[4]

## Members of the Assembly[edit]

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1874:[1]

Member  | Electoral district  | Affiliation[5]

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Felix Chenier | Baie St. Paul | Independent
John Taylor | Headingly | Independent
James Cowan | High Bluff | Opposition
John Sutherland | Kildonan | Opposition
Angus McKay | Lake Manitoba | Independent
Francis Evans Cornish | Poplar Point | Opposition
Kenneth McKenzie | Portage la Prairie | Opposition
William Fisher Luxton | Rockwood | Opposition
John Gunn | St. Andrews North | Independent
John Norquay | St. Andrews South | Government
Marc-Amable Girard | St. Boniface | Government
Alexander Murray | St. Charles | Independent
Thomas Howard | St. Clements | Independent
Maxime Lépine | St. Francois Xavier East | Government
Joseph Royal | St. Francois Xavier West | Government
Edwin Bourke | St. James | Government
Joseph Dubuc | St. Norbert | Government
Curtis Bird | St. Pauls | Independent
Joseph Lemay | St. Vital | Government
Alphonse-Fortunat Martin | Ste. Agathe | Opposition
Charles Nolin | Ste. Anne | Government
William Dick | Springfield | Independent
Corydon Partlow Brown | Westbourne | Independent
Robert Atkinson Davis | Winnipeg | Government

Notes:

## By-elections[edit]

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

Electoral district  | Member elected  | Affiliation  | Election date  | Reason

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Kildonan | John Sutherland | Opposition  | April 1875  | New Writ issued due to a tie.[6]
St. Pauls | Alexander Black[7] | Government  | November 25, 1876  | CJ Bird died on June 13, 1876[8]
Lake Manitoba | James McKay[9] | Opposition  | January 17, 1877  | A McKay resigned in December 1876[10]

Notes:

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d "Second Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1875–1878)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
2. ^ Swan, Ruth (1994). "Davis, Robert Atkinson". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
3. ^ Donnelly, Murray S (April 1959). "Manitoba's Legislative Council". Manitoba Pageant. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
4. ^ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
5. ^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
6. ^ "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
7. ^ Mackintosh, CH (1877). The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
8. ^ "Curtis James Bird (1838–1876)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
9. ^ "James McKay (1828–1879)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
10. ^ "Angus McKay (1836-?)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-23.

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