Manitoba Legislature

Manitoba Legislature
40th Manitoba Legislature
Type
Type	Bicameral (1870–1876) Unicameral (1876–)
Houses	Legislative Council (until 1876) Legislative Assembly
History
Founded	1870
Meeting place
Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

The Legislature of Manitoba is the legislature of the province of Manitoba, Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba,^[1] and the unicameral assembly called the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The legislature has existed since Manitoba was formed out of part of Rupert's Land in 1870.

Like the Canadian federal government, Manitoba uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Manitoba and Executive Council of Manitoba. The premier acts as Manitoba's head of government, while the Queen of Canada acts as its head of state.

An upper house, the Legislative Council of Manitoba, was established in 1870 but was abolished in 1876 as a cost-cutting measure and as a condition for federal funding.^[2]

Before 1879, candidates in Manitoba elections were not affiliated with political parties. However, some candidates declared their support for (or opposition to) the administration of the time.

List of Legislatures

Following is a list of all the legislatures convened since 1870.

Assembly Sessions	Election	From To[3] [nb 1]	Governing Party	Premier[4]	Official Opposition Party Leader[5]	Speaker of the House[6]
1st Legislature 4 sessions	1st general	March 15, 1871 December 16, 1874	none[nb 2]	Alfred Boyd[nb 3][nb 4] Marc-Amable Girard[nb 5] Henry Joseph Clarke[nb 6] Marc-Amable Girard	none[nb 7]	Joseph Royal[nb 8] Curtis James Bird
2nd Legislature 4 sessions	2nd general	March 31, 1875 November 11, 1878	none	Robert Atkinson Davis	none	Joseph Dubuc
3rd Legislature 1 session	3rd general	February 1, 1879 November 26, 1879	none	John Norquay	none	John Wright Sifton
4th Legislature 4 sessions	4th general	January 22, 1880 November 13, 1882	Conservative	John Norquay	Thomas Greenway	John Wright Sifton
5th Legislature 4 sessions	5th general	May 17, 1883 November 11, 1886	Conservative	John Norquay	Liberal Thomas Greenway	Alexander Murray
6th Legislature 2 sessions	6th general	April 14, 1887 June 16, 1888	Conservative[nb 9] Liberal	John Norquay[nb 10] David Howard Harrison[nb 9] Thomas Greenway	Liberal Thomas Greenway[nb 9]	David Glass
7th Legislature 5 sessions	7th general	August 28, 1888 June 27, 1892	Liberal	Thomas Greenway	Conservative John Norquay[nb 11] Rodmond Roblin	William Winram[nb 12] Samuel Jacob Jackson
8th Legislature 3 sessions	8th general	February 2, 1893 December 11, 1895	Liberal	Thomas Greenway	Conservative William Alexander Macdonald[nb 13] John Andrew Davidson[nb 14]	Samuel Jacob Jackson[nb 15] Finlay McNaughton Young
9th Legislature 4 sessions	9th general	February 6, 1896 November 16, 1899	Liberal	Thomas Greenway	Conservative Rodmond Roblin	Finlay McNaughton Young
10th Legislature 4 sessions	10th general	March 29, 1900 June 25, 1903	Conservative	Hugh John Macdonald[nb 16] Rodmond Roblin	Liberal Thomas Greenway	William Hespeler
11th Legislature 4 sessions	11th general	January 7, 1904 February 28, 1907	Conservative	Rodmond Roblin	Liberal Thomas Greenway[nb 17] Charles Mickle	James Johnson
12th Legislature 3 sessions	12th general	January 2, 1908 June 30, 1910	Conservative	Rodmond Roblin	Liberal Charles Mickle[nb 18] Tobias Norris	James Johnson
13th Legislature 4 sessions	13th general	February 9, 1911 June 15, 1914	Conservative	Rodmond Roblin	Liberal Tobias Norris	James Johnson
14th Legislature 2 sessions	14th general	September 15, 1914 July 16, 1915	Conservative	Rodmond Roblin	Liberal Tobias Norris	James Johnson
15th Legislature 5 sessions	15th general	January 6, 1916 March 27, 1920	Liberal	Tobias Norris	Conservative Albert Prefontaine	James Bryson Baird
16th Legislature 2 sessions	16th general	February 10, 1921 June 24, 1922	Liberal	Tobias Norris	Conservative John Thomas Haig	James Bryson Baird
17th Legislature 6 sessions	17th general	January 18, 1923 June 4, 1927	United Farmers of Manitoba	John Bracken	Liberal Tobias Norris	Philippe Adjutor Talbot
18th Legislature 5 sessions	18th general	December 1, 1927 May 7, 1932	United Farmers of Manitoba	John Bracken	Conservative Fawcett Taylor	Philippe Adjutor Talbot
19th Legislature 4 sessions	19th general	February 14, 1933 June 12, 1936	Progressive Party of Manitoba Liberal[nb 19]	John Bracken	Conservative Fawcett Taylor[nb 20] William Sanford Evans	Philippe Adjutor Talbot
20th Legislature 5 sessions	20th general	February 18, 1937 March 12, 1941	Liberal-Progressive	John Bracken	Conservative Errick Willis	Robert Hawkins
21st Legislature 5 sessions	21st general	December 9, 1941 September 8, 1945	Coalition government	John Bracken[nb 21] Stuart Garson	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation[nb 22] Seymour Farmer	Robert Hawkins
22nd Legislature 4 sessions	22nd general	February 19, 1946 September 29, 1949	Coalition government	Stuart Garson[nb 23] Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Seymour Farmer[nb 24] Edwin Hansford	Robert Hawkins
23rd Legislature 7 sessions	23rd general	February 14, 1950 April 23, 1953	Liberal-Progressive	Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Progressive Conservative Errick Willis	Wallace Miller[nb 25] Nicholas Bachynsky
24th Legislature 4 sessions	24th general	February 2, 1954 April 30, 1958	Liberal-Progressive	Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Progressive Conservative Errick Willis[nb 26] Duff Roblin	Nicholas Bachynsky
25th Legislature 2 sessions	25th general	October 23, 1958 March 31, 1959	Progressive Conservative	Duff Roblin	Liberal-Progressive Douglas Lloyd Campbell	Abram Harrison
26th Legislature 5 sessions	26th general	June 9, 1959 November 9, 1962	Progressive Conservative	Duff Roblin	Liberal-Progressive[nb 27] Douglas Lloyd Campbell[nb 28] Gildas Molgat	Abram Harrison
27th Legislature 5 sessions	27th general	February 28, 1963 May 18, 1966	Progressive Conservative	Duff Roblin	Liberal Gildas Molgat	James Bilton
28th Legislature 3 sessions	28th general	December 5, 1966 May 22, 1969	Progressive Conservative	Duff Roblin[nb 29] Walter Weir	Liberal Gildas Molgat	James Bilton
29th Legislature 5 sessions	29th general	August 14, 1969 May 25, 1973	New Democratic Party	Edward Schreyer	Progressive Conservative Walter Weir[nb 30] Sidney Spivak	Ben Hanuschak[nb 31] Peter Fox
30th Legislature 4 sessions	30th general	January 31, 1974 September 6, 1977	New Democratic Party	Edward Schreyer	Progressive Conservative Sidney Spivak[nb 32] Donald Craik[nb 33] Sterling Lyon	Peter Fox
31st Legislature 5 sessions	31st general	November 24, 1977 October 13, 1981	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Lyon	New Democratic Party Edward Schreyer[nb 34] Howard Pawley	Harry Graham
32nd Legislature 4 sessions	32nd general	February 25, 1982 February 11, 1986	New Democratic Party	Howard Pawley	Progressive Conservative Sterling Lyon[nb 35] Gary Filmon	Jim Walding
33rd Legislature 4 sessions	33rd general	May 8, 1986 March 9, 1988	New Democratic Party	Howard Pawley	Progressive Conservative Gary Filmon	Myrna Phillips
34th Legislature 4 sessions	34th general	July 21, 1988 August 7, 1990	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	Liberal Sharon Carstairs	Denis Rocan
35th Legislature 6 sessions	35th general	October 11, 1990 March 21, 1995	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	New Democratic Party Gary Doer	Denis Rocan
36th Legislature 5 sessions	36th general	May 23, 1995 August 17, 1999	Progressive Conservative	Gary Filmon	New Democratic Party Gary Doer	Louise Dacquay
37th Legislature 4 sessions	37th general	November 18, 1999 May 2, 2003	New Democratic Party	Gary Doer	Progressive Conservative Gary Filmon[nb 36] Bonnie Mitchelson[nb 37] Stuart Murray	George Hickes
38th Legislature 5 sessions	38th general	June 23, 2003 April 20, 2007	New Democratic Party	Gary Doer	Progressive Conservative Stuart Murray[nb 38] Hugh McFadyen	George Hickes
39th Legislature 5 sessions	39th general	November 20, 2008 September 6, 2011	New Democratic Party	Gary Doer[nb 39] Greg Selinger	Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen	George Hickes
40th Legislature 3 sessions	40th general	October 20, 2011 March 16, 2016	New Democratic Party	Greg Selinger	Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen[nb 40] Brian Pallister	Daryl Reid

Notes:

1. From opening day of legislature to the day that the legislature was dissolved.
2. Political parties did not exist in the Manitoba legislature before 1879
3. Acted as provincial secretary; Lieutenant Governor Archibald performed the functions of Premier
4. Until December 14, 1871
5. Until March 14, 1872
6. Until July 8, 1874
7. Did not exist until 1880
8. Until 1872
9. Until January 19, 1888
10. Until December 24, 1887
11. Until 1889
12. Until February 1891
13. Until 1894
14. Until 1895
15. Until February 1891
16. Until October 29, 1900
17. Until November 1904
18. Until 1909
19. Coalition government
20. Until 1933
21. Until 1943
22. From 1943
23. Until 1948
24. Until 1947
25. Until August 1950
26. Until June 1954
27. In 1961, renamed the Manitoba Liberal Party
28. Until 1961
29. Until 1967
30. Until 1971
31. Until August 1970
32. Until 1976
33. Acting leader until November 1976
34. Until 1979
35. Until 1983
36. Until 2000
37. Acting until November 2000
38. Until April 2006
39. Until October 2009
40. Until July 2012

References

1. The Legislative Assembly Act, CCSM [1987], c. L110, s. 2 .
2. "Manitoba's Legislative Council". Manitoba Pageant. Manitoba Historical Society.
3. "Legislative Assemblies of Manitoba". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
4. "Provincial Premiers". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
5. "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
6. "Speakers of the Manitoba Legislature". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-09-06.

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