Manitoba Legislature

Legislature of Manitoba, Canada

Manitoba Legislature
Législature du Manitoba

Manitoba coat of arms
Type
Type|

* Bicameral (1870–1876)
* Unicameral (1876–present)

Houses|

* Legislative Council (until 1876)
* Legislative Assembly

Sovereign| The lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada)
History
Founded| 1870 (1870)
Meeting place
Manitoba Legislative Building

The Manitoba Legislature is the legislature of the province of Manitoba, Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada)[1] and the unicameral assembly called the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The legislature has existed since Manitoba was formed out of part of Rupert's Land in 1870.

Like the Canadian federal government, Manitoba uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Manitoba and Executive Council of Manitoba. The premier is Manitoba's head of government, while the King of Canada is its head of state.

An upper house, the Legislative Council of Manitoba, was established in 1870 but was abolished in 1876 as a cost-cutting measure and as a condition for federal funding.[2]

Before 1879, candidates in Manitoba elections were not affiliated with political parties. However, some candidates declared their support for (or opposition to) the administration of the time.[3][4][5]

## List of Legislatures

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Following is a list of all the legislatures convened since 1870.

Assembly
Sessions | Election  | From
To[6][nb 1] | Governing Party  | Premier[7] | Official Opposition Party
Leader[8] | Speaker of the House[9]

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1st Legislature

4 sessions

| 1st general | March 15, 1871
December 16, 1874  | none[nb 2] | Alfred Boyd[nb 3][nb 4]

Marc-Amable Girard[nb 5]
Henry Joseph Clarke[nb 6]
Marc-Amable Girard

| none[nb 7] | Joseph Royal[nb 8]

Curtis James Bird

2nd Legislature

4 sessions

| 2nd general | March 31, 1875
November 11, 1878  | none  | Robert Atkinson Davis | none  | Joseph Dubuc
3rd Legislature

1 session

| 3rd general | February 1, 1879
November 26, 1879  | none  | John Norquay | none  | John Wright Sifton
4th Legislature

4 sessions

| 4th general | January 22, 1880
November 13, 1882  | Conservative | John Norquay | Thomas Greenway | John Wright Sifton
5th Legislature

4 sessions

| 5th general | May 17, 1883
November 11, 1886  | Conservative | John Norquay | Liberal

Thomas Greenway

| Alexander Murray
6th Legislature

2 sessions

| 6th general | April 14, 1887
June 16, 1888  | Conservative[nb 9]

Liberal

| John Norquay[nb 10]

David Howard Harrison[nb 9]
Thomas Greenway

| Liberal

Thomas Greenway[nb 9]

| David Glass
7th Legislature

5 sessions

| 7th general | August 28, 1888
June 27, 1892  | Liberal | Thomas Greenway | Conservative

John Norquay[nb 11]
Rodmond Roblin

| William Winram[nb 12]

Samuel Jacob Jackson

8th Legislature

3 sessions

| 8th general | February 2, 1893
December 11, 1895  | Liberal | Thomas Greenway | Conservative

William Alexander Macdonald[nb 13]
John Andrew Davidson[nb 14]

| Samuel Jacob Jackson[nb 15]

Finlay McNaughton Young

9th Legislature

4 sessions

| 9th general | February 6, 1896
November 16, 1899  | Liberal | Thomas Greenway | Conservative

Rodmond Roblin

| Finlay McNaughton Young
10th Legislature

4 sessions

| 10th general | March 29, 1900
June 25, 1903  | Conservative | Hugh John Macdonald[nb 16]

Rodmond Roblin

| Liberal

Thomas Greenway

| William Hespeler
11th Legislature

4 sessions

| 11th general | January 7, 1904
February 28, 1907  | Conservative | Rodmond Roblin | Liberal

Thomas Greenway[nb 17]
Charles Mickle

| James Johnson
12th Legislature

3 sessions

| 12th general | January 2, 1908
June 30, 1910  | Conservative | Rodmond Roblin | Liberal

Charles Mickle[nb 18]
Tobias Norris

| James Johnson
13th Legislature

4 sessions

| 13th general | February 9, 1911
June 15, 1914  | Conservative | Rodmond Roblin | Liberal

Tobias Norris

| James Johnson
14th Legislature

2 sessions

| 14th general | September 15, 1914
July 16, 1915  | Conservative | Rodmond Roblin | Liberal

Tobias Norris

| James Johnson
15th Legislature

5 sessions

| 15th general | January 6, 1916
March 27, 1920  | Liberal | Tobias Norris | Conservative

Albert Prefontaine

| James Bryson Baird
16th Legislature

2 sessions

| 16th general | February 10, 1921
June 24, 1922  | Liberal | Tobias Norris | Conservative

John Thomas Haig

| James Bryson Baird
17th Legislature

6 sessions

| 17th general | January 18, 1923
June 4, 1927  | United Farmers of Manitoba | John Bracken | Liberal

Tobias Norris

| Philippe Adjutor Talbot
18th Legislature

5 sessions

| 18th general | December 1, 1927
May 7, 1932  | United Farmers of Manitoba | John Bracken | Conservative

Fawcett Taylor

| Philippe Adjutor Talbot
19th Legislature

4 sessions

| 19th general | February 14, 1933
June 12, 1936  | Progressive Party of Manitoba

Liberal[nb 19]

| John Bracken | Conservative

Fawcett Taylor[nb 20]
William Sanford Evans

| Philippe Adjutor Talbot
20th Legislature

5 sessions

| 20th general | February 18, 1937
March 12, 1941  | Liberal-Progressive | John Bracken | Conservative

Errick Willis

| Robert Hawkins
21st Legislature

5 sessions

| 21st general | December 9, 1941
September 8, 1945  | Coalition government  | John Bracken[nb 21]

Stuart Garson

| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation[nb 22]

Seymour Farmer

| Robert Hawkins
22nd Legislature

4 sessions

| 22nd general | February 19, 1946
September 29, 1949  | Coalition government  | Stuart Garson[nb 23]

Douglas Lloyd Campbell

| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Seymour Farmer[nb 24]
Edwin Hansford

| Robert Hawkins
23rd Legislature

7 sessions

| 23rd general | February 14, 1950
April 23, 1953  | Liberal-Progressive | Douglas Lloyd Campbell | Progressive Conservative

Errick Willis

| Wallace C. Miller[nb 25]

Nicholas Bachynsky

24th Legislature

4 sessions

| 24th general | February 2, 1954
April 30, 1958  | Liberal-Progressive | Douglas Lloyd Campbell | Progressive Conservative

Errick Willis[nb 26]
Duff Roblin

| Nicholas Bachynsky
25th Legislature

2 sessions

| 25th general | October 23, 1958
March 31, 1959  | Progressive Conservative | Duff Roblin | Liberal-Progressive

Douglas Lloyd Campbell

| Abram Harrison
26th Legislature

5 sessions

| 26th general | June 9, 1959
November 9, 1962  | Progressive Conservative | Duff Roblin | Liberal-Progressive[nb 27]

Douglas Lloyd Campbell[nb 28]
Gildas Molgat

| Abram Harrison
27th Legislature

5 sessions

| 27th general | February 28, 1963
May 18, 1966  | Progressive Conservative | Duff Roblin | Liberal

Gildas Molgat

| James Bilton
28th Legislature

3 sessions

| 28th general | December 5, 1966
May 22, 1969  | Progressive Conservative | Duff Roblin[nb 29]

Walter Weir

| Liberal

Gildas Molgat

| James Bilton
29th Legislature

5 sessions

| 29th general | August 14, 1969
May 25, 1973  | New Democratic Party | Edward Schreyer | Progressive Conservative

Walter Weir[nb 30]
Sidney Spivak

| Ben Hanuschak[nb 31]

Peter Fox

30th Legislature

4 sessions

| 30th general | January 31, 1974
September 6, 1977  | New Democratic Party | Edward Schreyer | Progressive Conservative

Sidney Spivak[nb 32]
Donald Craik[nb 33]
Sterling Lyon

| Peter Fox
31st Legislature

5 sessions

| 31st general | November 24, 1977
October 13, 1981  | Progressive Conservative | Sterling Lyon | New Democratic Party

Edward Schreyer[nb 34]
Howard Pawley

| Harry Graham
32nd Legislature

4 sessions

| 32nd general | February 25, 1982
February 11, 1986  | New Democratic Party | Howard Pawley | Progressive Conservative

Sterling Lyon[nb 35]
Gary Filmon

| Jim Walding
33rd Legislature

4 sessions

| 33rd general | May 8, 1986
March 9, 1988  | New Democratic Party | Howard Pawley | Progressive Conservative

Gary Filmon

| Myrna Phillips
34th Legislature

4 sessions

| 34th general | July 21, 1988
August 7, 1990  | Progressive Conservative | Gary Filmon | Liberal

Sharon Carstairs

| Denis Rocan
35th Legislature

6 sessions

| 35th general | October 11, 1990
March 21, 1995  | Progressive Conservative | Gary Filmon | New Democratic Party

Gary Doer

| Denis Rocan
36th Legislature

5 sessions

| 36th general | May 23, 1995
August 17, 1999  | Progressive Conservative | Gary Filmon | New Democratic Party

Gary Doer

| Louise Dacquay
37th Legislature

4 sessions

| 37th general | November 18, 1999
May 2, 2003  | New Democratic Party | Gary Doer | Progressive Conservative

Gary Filmon[nb 36]
Bonnie Mitchelson[nb 37]
Stuart Murray

| George Hickes
38th Legislature

5 sessions

| 38th general | June 23, 2003
April 20, 2007  | New Democratic Party | Gary Doer | Progressive Conservative

Stuart Murray[nb 38]
Hugh McFadyen

| George Hickes
39th Legislature

5 sessions

| 39th general | November 20, 2008
September 6, 2011  | New Democratic Party | Gary Doer[nb 39]

Greg Selinger

| Progressive Conservative

Hugh McFadyen

| George Hickes
40th Legislature

3 sessions

| 40th general | October 20, 2011
March 16, 2016  | New Democratic Party | Greg Selinger | Progressive Conservative

Hugh McFadyen[nb 40]
Brian Pallister

| Daryl Reid
41st Legislature

4 sessions

| 41st general | March 16, 2016
August 12, 2019  | Progressive Conservative | Brian Pallister | New Democratic Party

Flor Marcelino[nb 41]
Wab Kinew

Liberal

Dougald Lamont

| Myrna Driedger
42nd Legislature

5 sessions

| 42nd general | August 12, 2019
September 5, 2023  | Progressive Conservative | Brian Pallister[nb 42]

Kelvin Goertzen[nb 43]
Heather Stefanson

| New Democratic Party

Wab Kinew

| Myrna Driedger
43rd Legislature

1 session

| 43rd general | October 18, 2023
present | New Democratic Party | Wab Kinew | Progressive Conservative

Heather Stefanson[nb 44]

Wayne Ewasko

| Tom Lindsey

Notes:

1. ^ From opening day of legislature to the day that the legislature was dissolved.
2. ^ Political parties did not exist in the Manitoba legislature before 1879
3. ^ Acted as provincial secretary; Lieutenant Governor Archibald performed the functions of Premier
4. ^ Until December 14, 1871
5. ^ Until March 14, 1872
6. ^ Until July 8, 1874
7. ^ Did not exist until 1880
8. ^ Until 1872
9. ^ a b c Until January 19, 1888
10. ^ Until December 24, 1887
11. ^ Until 1889
12. ^ Until February 1891
13. ^ Until 1894
14. ^ Until 1895
15. ^ Until February 1891
16. ^ Until October 29, 1900
17. ^ Until November 1904
18. ^ Until 1909
19. ^ Coalition government
20. ^ Until 1933
21. ^ Until 1943
22. ^ From 1943
23. ^ Until 1948
24. ^ Until 1947
25. ^ Until August 1950
26. ^ Until June 1954
27. ^ In 1961, renamed the Manitoba Liberal Party
28. ^ Until 1961
29. ^ Until 1967
30. ^ Until 1971
31. ^ Until August 1970
32. ^ Until 1976
33. ^ Acting leader until November 1976
34. ^ Until 1979
35. ^ Until 1983
36. ^ Until 2000
37. ^ Acting until November 2000
38. ^ Until April 2006
39. ^ Until October 2009
40. ^ Until July 2012
41. ^ Until September 2017
42. ^ Until September 2021
43. ^ Until November 2021
44. ^ Until January 2024

## References

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1. ^ The Legislative Assembly Act, CCSM [1987], c. L110, s. 2 .
2. ^ "Manitoba's Legislative Council". Manitoba Pageant. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
3. ^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
4. ^ "Result Summaries 1870 to 1995". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
5. ^ Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders and Voters. Christopher Adams. pp. 1–2.
6. ^ "Official Site" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 2020. Pages 685-688. Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
7. ^ "Provincial Premiers". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
8. ^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
9. ^ "Speakers of the Manitoba Legislature". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved September 6, 2013.

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