3rd Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 3rd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1878. The legislature sat from February 1, 1879, to November 26, 1879.[1]

Premier John Norquay with the support of Joseph Royal was able to form a majority government.[2] However, Royal demanded that the government must have the support of a majority among both French-speaking and English-speaking representatives in the assembly. Royal, in partnership with Thomas Scott, attempted to take control of the government. Norquay countered by aligning himself with the English-speaking members of the assembly excluding Scott. A new election was held later in the year.[3]

John Wright Sifton served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

There was one session of the 3rd Legislature:[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	February 1, 1879	June 25, 1879

Joseph Édouard Cauchon was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1878:[1]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation[2]
Andrew Bourke	Baie St. Paul	Government
Kenneth McKenzie	Burnside	Government
John Taylor	Headingly	Government
John Drummond	High Bluff	Opposition
Alexander Sutherland	Kildonan	Opposition
John Stevenson	Pembina	Opposition
James Cowan	Portage la Prairie	Independent
Thomas Lusted	Rockwood	Opposition
John Gunn	St. Andrews North	Government
John Norquay	St. Andrews South	Government
Alphonse Larivière	St. Boniface	Government
Alexander Murray	St. Charles	Government
John Wright Sifton	St. Clements	Government
Louis Schmidt	St. Francois Xavier East	Government
Joseph Royal	St. Francois Xavier West	Government
David Marr Walker	St. James	Government
Pierre Delorme	St. Norbert	Government
Samuel Clarke Biggs	St. Pauls	Independent
Maxime Goulet	St. Vital	Government
Joseph Taillefer	Ste. Agathe	Government
Charles Nolin	Ste. Anne	Government
Arthur Wellington Ross	Springfield	Opposition
Corydon Partlow Brown	Westbourne	Government
Thomas Scott	Winnipeg	Opposition

Notes:

By-elections

No by-elections were held to replace members.

References

1. "Members of the Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1878–1879)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
2. Bryce, George (1904). Manitoba, its resources and people. p. 264. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
3. Friesen, Gerald (1982). "Norquay, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
4. "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.