8th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 8th Manitoba Legislature was elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1892. The legislature sat from February 2, 1893 to December 11, 1895.^[1]

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

William A. Macdonald served as Leader of the Opposition in 1893. After Macdonald's election was overturned, John Andrew Davidson became opposition leader in 1894. Davidson was subsequently unseated and James Fisher served as de facto opposition leader during the period that followed.^[3]

Samuel Jacob Jackson was speaker for the assembly until January 1895.^[4] Finlay McNaughton Young succeeded Winram as speaker.^[1]

There were three sessions of the 8th Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	February 2, 1893	March 11, 1893
2nd	January 11, 1894	March 2, 1894
3rd	February 14, 1895	June 28, 1895

John Christian Schultz was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1892:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[6]
	James Hartney	Avondale	Conservative
	John Davidson	Beautiful Plains	Conservative
	Charles Mickle	Birtle	Liberal
	William A. Macdonald	Brandon City	Conservative
	Clifford Sifton	Brandon North	Liberal
	Herbert Graham	Brandon South	Liberal
	Martin Jérôme	Carillon	Independent Liberal
	Alfred Doig	Cypress	Liberal
	Theodore Burrows	Dauphin	Conservative Government supporter
	Thomas Henry Kellett	Deloraine	Conservative
	James Frame	Dennis	Conservative
	David Henry McFadden	Emerson	Conservative
	J. Bird	Kildonan	Liberal
	Finlay Young	Killarney	Liberal
	John Rutherford	Lakeside	Liberal
	Edward Dickson	Lansdowne	Liberal
	Théophile Paré	La Verendrye	Conservative
	Robert George O'Malley	Lorne	Conservative
	Robert Ironside	Manitou	Liberal
	Robert Myers	Minnedosa	Liberal
	Thomas Duncan	Morden	Liberal
	Alphonse-Fortunat Martin	Morris	Liberal
	Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Liberal
	Robert Fern Lyons	Norfolk	Conservative
	Robert Watson	Portage la Prairie	Liberal
	Valentine Winkler	Rhineland	Liberal
	Samuel Jacob Jackson	Rockwood	Liberal
	Enoch Winkler	Rosenfeldt	Liberal
	James Fisher	Russell	Liberal
	Frederick Colcleugh	St. Andrews	Liberal
	James Prendergast	St. Boniface	Conservative Government supporter
	David McNaught	Saskatchewan	Liberal
	Archibald McIntyre Campbell	Souris	Liberal
	Thomas Henry Smith	Springfield	Liberal
	John Hettle	Turtle Mountain	Liberal
	Thomas Lewis Morton	Westbourne	Independent Liberal
	Daniel Hunter McMillan	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal
	Peter McIntyre	Winnipeg North	Liberal
	John Donald Cameron	Winnipeg South	Liberal
	Hugh Armstrong	Woodlands	Conservative

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Winnipeg South	John Donald Cameron	Liberal	January 20, 1893	JD Cameron appointed Provincial Secretary[7]
Brandon City	Charles Adams	Liberal	September 8, 1893	Results of 1892 election declared invalid[7]
Brandon City	Charles Adams	Liberal	August 23, 1894	Results of 1893 by-election declared invalid[7]
Beautiful Plains	John Forsyth	Patrons of Industry	August 23, 1894[1]	Results of 1892 election declared invalid[7]

Notes:

References

1. "Members of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1892-1895)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
2. Thomas Greenway – Parliament of Canada biography
3. Adams, Christopher (2003). Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters. University of Manitoba Press. p. 26. ISBN 088755704X. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
4. Samuel Jacob Jackson – Parliament of Canada biography
5. "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
6. "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
7. "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.