This meeting, to draw up a list of rights to be presented to the Canadian government, occurred at the Red River Settlement from 25 January to 10 February 1870.
Andre Beauchemin (1824-1902) - St. Vital (French)
Jean Baptiste Beauchemin (1838-1900) - St. Charles (French)
Curtis James Bird (1838-1876) - St. Paul (English)
Magnus Bernard Birston (1828-?) - Baie St. Paul (French)
John Black (1817-1879) - St. Andrew’s (English)
Alfred Boyd (c1836-1908) - St. Andrew’s (English)
Thomas Bunn (1830-1875) - St. Clements (English)
Henry Cochrane (c1834-1898) - St. Peter’s (English)
William Cummings (?-?) - St. Margaret’s (English)
Pierre Delorme (1832-1912) - Pointe Coupe (French)
George Flett (1840-?) - St. James (English)
John Fraser (1819-1920) - Kildonan (English)
Joseph Genthon (1830-?) - St. Boniface (French)
Donald Gunn (1797-1878) - St. Andrew’s (English)
George Gunn (1833-1901) - Ste. Anne’s (English)
Auguste Harrison (1836-1920) - Oak Point (French)
Georges Klyne (1828-1906) - Pointe à Grouette (French)
Louis Lacerte (1821-?) - Pointe Coupe (French)
Norbert Larence (1821-?) - St. Norbert (French)
Ambroise Didyme Lépine (1840-1923) - St. Boniface (French)
William Thomas Lonsdale (1838-?) - Headingly (English)
Alexander Black McKenzie (1828-1873) - St. Clements (English)
Kenneth McKenzie [Mackenzie] (1822-1911) - St. Mary’s (English)
Charles Nolin (1837-1907) - Oak Point (French)
William Bernard O’Donoghue (1843-1878) - St. Boniface (French)
Alexandre Pagé (1831-?) - Baie St. Paul (French)
François Xavier Pagé (1833-1912) - St. François Xavier (French)
Pierre Parenteau (1817-1894) - St. Norbert (French)
Pierre Poitras (1836-?) - St. François Xavier (French)
Louis “David” Riel (1844-1885) - St. Vital (French)
James Ross (1835-1871) - St. John’s (English)
Louis Schmidt (1844-1935) - St. Boniface (French)
Alfred Henry Scott (c1840-1872) - Winnipeg (English)
David Spence (1824-1885) - Ste. Anne’s (English)
Thomas Spence (1832-1900) - St. Peter’s (English)
John Sutherland (1821-1899) - Kildonan (English)
Robert Tait (1830-1912) - St. James (English)
John Taylor (1834-1925) - Headingly (English)
Pierre Thibert (1812-1894) - Baie St. Paul (French)
Jean Baptiste Tourond (1838-?) - St. Norbert (French)
Manitoba's Provisional Government of 1870: The Convention of Forty by Lawrence J. Barkwell, Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2011.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 February 2024
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