2nd Manitoba Legislature

March 31, 1875 - November 11, 1878
Parliament leaders
Premier| Robert Atkinson Davis
December 3, 1874 - October 16, 1878
Party caucuses
Government| Non-partisan
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly| Joseph Dubuc
March 31, 1875 - December 1, 1878
Members| 26 MLA seats
Legislative Council
Speaker of the
Council| John Harrison O'Donnell
March 31, 1875 - May 14, 1875
| Colin Inkster
January 18, 1876 - February 4, 1876
Counsellors| 7 counsellor seats
Sovereign
Monarch| Queen Victoria
June 20, 1837 - January 22, 1901
Lieutenant
Governor| Alexander Morris
December 2, 1872 - October 7, 1877
| Joseph-Édouard Cauchon
October 8, 1877 - September 28, 1882
Sessions
1st session
31 Mar 1875 – 14 May 1875
2nd session
18 Jan 1876 – 4 Feb 1876
3rd session
30 Jan 1877 – 28 Feb 1877
4th session
10 Jan 1878 – 2 Feb 1878
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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, 1876
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

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

Member  | Electoral district  | Affiliation[5] | First elected / previously elected  | Notes

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Felix Chenier | Baie St. Paul | Independent  | 1874  |
John Taylor | Headingly | Independent  | 1870, 1874  |
James Cowan | High Bluff | Opposition  | 1874  |
John Sutherland | Kildonan | Opposition  | 1870  |
Angus McKay | Lake Manitoba | Independent  | 1870  |
James McKay (1877)  | Independent  | 1877  |
Francis Evans Cornish | Poplar Point | Opposition  | 1874  |
Kenneth McKenzie | Portage la Prairie | Opposition  | 1874  |
William Fisher Luxton | Rockwood | Opposition  | 1874  |
John Gunn | St. Andrews North | Independent  | 1874  |
John Norquay | St. Andrews South | Government  | 1870  |
Marc-Amable Girard | St. Boniface | Government  | 1870  |
Alexander Murray | St. Charles | Independent  | 1874  |
Thomas Howard | St. Clements | Independent  | 1870  |
Maxime Lépine | St. Francois Xavier East | Government  | 1874  |
Joseph Royal | St. Francois Xavier West | Government  | 1870  |
Edwin Bourke | St. James | Government  | 1870  |
Joseph Dubuc | St. Norbert | Government  | 1870  |
Curtis Bird | St. Pauls | Independent  | 1870  |
Alexander Black (1876)  | Government  | 1876  |
Joseph Lemay | St. Vital | Government  | 1870  |
Alphonse-Fortunat Martin | Ste. Agathe | Opposition  | 1874  |
Charles Nolin | Ste. Anne | Government  | 1874  |
William Dick | Springfield | Independent  | 1874  |
Corydon Partlow Brown | Westbourne | Independent  | 1874  |
Robert Atkinson Davis | Winnipeg | Government  | 1874  |

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## By-elections

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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

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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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