6th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 6th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1886. The legislature sat from April 14, 1887, to June 16, 1888.^[1]

Premier John Norquay formed a majority government. A falling-out with Canadian prime minister John A. Macdonald over railway development led to a financial shortfall in the Manitoba government accounts and the fall of the Norquay government in December 1887. David Howard Harrison served as premier for less than a month and then the Liberals led by Thomas Greenway took power.^[2]

Thomas Greenway served as Leader of the Opposition until 1888, when John Norquay became opposition leader.^[3]

David Glass served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were two sessions of the 6th Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	April 14, 1887	June 10, 1887
2nd	January 12, 1888	May 8, 1888

James Cox Aikins was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1886:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party^[5]
Alexander Murray	Assiniboia	Conservative
John Crawford	Beautiful Plains	Liberal
James A. Smart	Brandon East	Liberal
John Kirchhoffer	Brandon West	Conservative
Roger Marion	Carillon	Conservative
Thomas Gelley	Cartier	Conservative
Robert Schuyler Thompson	Cypress	Liberal
Daniel McLean	Dennis	Liberal
David H. Wilson	Dufferin North	Conservative
William Winram	Dufferin South	Liberal
Charles Douglas	Emerson	Conservative
John MacBeth	Kildonan and St. Paul	Conservative
Kenneth McKenzie	Lakeside	Liberal
James Prendergast	La Verendrye	Conservative
John MacDonnell	Lorne	Liberal
James Gillies	Minnedosa East	Conservative
David Howard Harrison	Minnedosa West	Conservative
Alphonse-Fortunat Martin	Morris	Liberal
Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Liberal
Samuel Thompson	Norfolk	Liberal
Joseph Martin	Portage la Prairie	Liberal
Samuel Jacob Jackson	Rockwood	Liberal
Edward Leacock	Russell	Conservative
John Norquay	St. Andrews	Conservative
Alphonse Larivière	St. Boniface	Conservative
David Glass	St. Clements	Independent
Joseph Burke	St. Francois Xavier	Conservative
Charles Edward Hamilton	Shoal Lake	Conservative
James Peterkin Alexander	Souris	Conservative
Thomas Henry Smith	Springfield	Conservative
Finlay Young	Turtle Mountain	Liberal
Corydon Partlow Brown	Westbourne	Conservative
Edward Drewery	Winnipeg North	Liberal
William Luxton	Winnipeg South	Liberal
John Moore Robinson	Woodlands	Conservative

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Assiniboia	Duncan MacArthur	Liberal	January 10, 1888^[6]	Resignation of A. Murray
St. Francois Xavier	Frederick Francis	Liberal	January 12, 1888^[6]	J Burke ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary^[7]
Brandon East	James A. Smart	Liberal	February 9, 1888	J. A. Smart ran for reelection upon appointment as Minister of Public Works^[6]
Mountain	Thomas Greenway	Liberal	February 9, 1888	T. Greenway ran for reelection upon appointment as Premier ^[6]
La Verendrye	James Prendergast	Liberal	February 16, 1888	J. Prendergast ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary ^[6]
Portage la Prairie	Joseph Martin	Liberal	February 16, 1888	J. Martin ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General ^[6]
Shoal Lake	Lyman Melvin Jones	Liberal	March 10, 1888^[6]	CE Hamilton left province^[8]
Dufferin North	Rodmond Roblin	Independent	March 12, 1888^[6]	Resignation of D.H. Wilson

Notes:

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1886–1888)". 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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
^ Gawron, Zenon (1994). "Harrison, David Howard". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
^ "Charles Edward Hamilton (1844-?)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-10.

[mhs-1] "Members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1886–1888)". 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] "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-01.

[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.

[members-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.

[7] Gawron, Zenon (1994). "Harrison, David Howard". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[8] "Charles Edward Hamilton (1844-?)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-10.

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