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

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. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
3. "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. 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.
6. "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. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
8. "Charles Edward Hamilton (1844-?)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-10.