7th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 7th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1888. The legislature sat from August 28, 1888 to June 27, 1892.^[1]

The Liberals led by Thomas Greenway formed the government.^[2]

John Norquay served as Leader of the Opposition until his death in 1889.^[3] Rodmond Roblin was leader of the opposition from 1890 to 1892.^[4]

On March 31, 1890, the legislative assembly enacted the Public Schools Act of 1890 which removed public funding for Catholic and Protestant denominational schools and established a tax-funded non-denominational public school system. On the same date, the assembly enacted the Official Language Act, making English the sole language of records, minutes and Manitoba government laws.^[5] This removed the rights granted to French-speaking Manitobans under the Manitoba Act of 1870.^[6]

William Winram served as speaker for the assembly until his death in February 1891.^[7] Samuel Jacob Jackson succeeded Winram as speaker.^[1]

There were five sessions of the 7th Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	August 28, 1888	October 16, 1888
2nd	November 8, 1888	March 5, 1889
3rd	January 30, 1890	March 31, 1890
4th	February 26, 1891	April 28, 1891
5th	March 10, 1892	April 20, 1892

John Christian Schultz was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.^[8]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1888:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[9]
	John Crawford	Beautiful Plains	Liberal
	Charles Mickle	Birtle	Liberal
	James A. Smart	Brandon City	Liberal
	Clifford Sifton	Brandon North	Liberal
	Herbert Graham	Brandon South	Liberal
	Martin Jérôme	Carillon	Liberal
	Thomas Gelley	Cartier	Liberal
	Ernest Jameson Wood	Cypress	Conservative
	Daniel McLean	Dennis	Liberal
	Rodmond Palen Roblin	Dufferin	Liberal
	James Thomson	Emerson	Liberal
	John Norquay	Kildonan	Conservative
	Finlay McNaughton Young	Killarney	Liberal
	Kenneth McKenzie	Lakeside	Liberal
	Edward Dickson	Lansdowne	Liberal
	William Lagimodière	La Verendrye	Liberal
	Robert George O'Malley	Lorne	Conservative
	William Winram	Manitou	Liberal
	James Gillies	Minnedosa	Conservative
	Alexander Lawrence	Morden	Liberal
	Alphonse-Fortunat Martin	Morris	Liberal
	Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Liberal
	Samuel Thompson	Norfolk	Liberal
	Joseph Martin	Portage la Prairie	Liberal
	Samuel Jacob Jackson	Rockwood	Liberal
	Enoch Winkler	Rosenfeldt	Liberal
	James Fisher	Russell	Liberal
	Frederick Colcleugh	St. Andrews	Liberal
	Roger Marion	St. Boniface	Conservative
	James Harrower	Shoal Lake	Liberal
	Archibald McIntyre Campbell	Souris	Liberal
	Thomas Henry Smith	Springfield	Independent
	John Hettle	Turtle Mountain	Liberal
	Thomas Lewis Morton	Westbourne	Liberal
	Daniel Hunter McMillan	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal
	Lyman Melvin Jones	Winnipeg North	Liberal
	Isaac Campbell	Winnipeg South	Liberal
	James Prendergast	Woodlands	Liberal

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Winnipeg Centre	Daniel Hunter McMillan	Liberal	May 18, 1889	D.M. Hunter ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Treasurer[10]
Dennis	Daniel McLean	Liberal	September 15, 1889	D. McLean ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary[10]
Kildonan	Thomas Norquay	Conservative	February 1, 1890[10]	J Norquay died July 5, 1889[11]
Portage la Prairie	Joseph Martin	Liberal	March 28, 1891	J. Martin ran for federal seat[10]
Brandon North	Clifford Sifton	Liberal	August 8, 1891	C. Sifton ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General[10]
Manitou	James Huston	Liberal	January 13, 1892[1]	W Winram died February 12, 1891[7]
Winnipeg South	John Donald Cameron	Liberal	January 13, 1892[1]	I Campbell ran for federal seat[12]

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References

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2. Thomas Greenway – Parliament of Canada biography
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5. Statutes of the Province of Manitoba. Province of Manitoba. pp. 55, 179–233. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
6. "Manitoba Act". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
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8. "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
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