12th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 12th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in March 1907. The legislature sat from January 2, 1908, to June 30, 1910.^[1]

The Conservatives led by Rodmond Roblin formed the government.^[1]

Charles Mickle of the Liberal Party served as Leader of the Opposition. After Mickle was named a judge in 1909, Tobias Norris became party leader and leader of the opposition.^[2]

James Johnson served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were three sessions of the 12th Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	January 2, 1908	February 26, 1908
2nd	February 4, 1909	March 10, 1909
3rd	February 10, 1910	March 16, 1910

Daniel Hunter McMillan was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.^[3]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1907:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[4]
	John Williams	Arthur	Liberal
	Aimé Bénard	Assiniboia	Conservative
	James Argue	Avondale	Conservative
	James H. Howden	Beautiful Plains	Conservative
	Charles Mickle	Birtle	Liberal
	Stanley McInnis	Brandon City	Conservative
	Alfred Carroll	Brandon South	Conservative
	Albert Prefontaine	Carillon	Conservative
	George Steel	Cypress	Conservative
	John A. Campbell	Dauphin	Liberal
	Robert Stirton Thornton	Deloraine	Liberal
	Rodmond Roblin	Dufferin	Conservative
	George Walton	Emerson	Liberal
	Glenlyon Campbell	Gilbert Plains	Conservative
	Sigtryggur Jonasson	Gimli	Liberal
	James William Armstrong	Gladstone	Liberal
	William Ferguson	Hamiota	Conservative
	Orton Grain	Kildonan and St. Andrews	Conservative
	George Lawrence	Killarney	Conservative
	Edwin D. Lynch	Lakeside	Conservative
	Tobias Norris	Lansdowne	Liberal
	Jean Lauzon	La Verendrye	Conservative
	Robert Rogers	Manitou	Conservative
	William B. Waddell	Minnedosa	Conservative
	Benjamin McConnell	Morden	Liberal
	Colin Campbell	Morris	Conservative
	James Bryson Baird	Mountain	Liberal
	Robert Fern Lyons	Norfolk	Conservative
	Hugh Armstrong	Portage la Prairie	Conservative
	Valentine Winkler	Rhineland	Liberal
	Isaac Riley	Rockwood	Conservative
	Angus L. Bonnycastle	Russell	Conservative
	Joseph Bernier	St. Boniface	Conservative
	Donald A. Ross	Springfield	Liberal
	James Wells Robson	Swan River	Conservative
	James Johnson	Turtle Mountain	Conservative
	John Hume Agnew	Virden	Conservative
	Thomas William Taylor	Winnipeg Centre	Conservative
	John F. Mitchell	Winnipeg North	Conservative
	James Thomas Gordon	Winnipeg South	Conservative
	Thomas Herman Johnson	Winnipeg West	Liberal

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Beautiful Plains	James H. Howden	Conservative	March 26, 1907	J H Howden appointed Railway Commissioner[5]
Brandon City	Stanley McInnis	Conservative	July 16, 1907	S McInnis appointed Provincial Secretary[5]
Brandon City	George R. Coldwell	Conservative	November 25, 1907	S McInnis died November 4, 1907[5]
Gilbert Plains	Duncan Cameron	Conservative	November 17, 1908	G Campbell ran for federal seat[5]
Portage la Prairie	Hugh Armstrong	Conservative	November 30, 1908	H Armstrong appointed Provincial Treasurer[5]
Virden	Harvey Simpson	Conservative	January 9, 1909	J H Agnew died November 9, 1908[5]
Birtle	George Malcolm	Liberal	November 27, 1909	C Mickle named judge in 1909[5]

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References

1. "Members of the Twelfth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1908-1910)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
2. "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
3. "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
4. "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
5. "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.