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. It consisted of 20 representatives of the French community and 20 representatives of the English community.
French
Andre Beauchemin (1824-1902) - St. Vital
Jean Baptiste Beauchemin (1838-1900) - St. Charles
Magnus Bernard Birston (1828-?) - Baie St. Paul
Pierre Delorme (1832-1912) - Pointe Coupe
Joseph Genthon (1830-?) - St. Boniface
Auguste Harrison (1836-1920) - Oak Point
Georges Klyne (1828-1906) - Pointe à Grouette
Louis Lacerte (1821-?) - Pointe Coupe
Norbert Larence (1821-?) - St. Norbert
Ambroise Didyme Lépine (1840-1923) - St. Boniface
Charles Nolin (1837-1907) - Oak Point
William Bernard O’Donoghue (1843-1878) - St. Boniface
Alexandre Pagé (1831-?) - Baie St. Paul
François Xavier Pagé (1833-1912) - St. François Xavier
Pierre Parenteau (1817-1893) - St. Norbert
Pierre Poitras (1836-?) - St. François Xavier
Louis “David” Riel (1844-1885) - St. Vital
Louis Schmidt (1844-1935) - St. Boniface
Pierre Thibert (1812-1894) - Baie St. Paul
Jean Baptiste Tourond (1838-?) - St. Norbert
English
Curtis James Bird (1838-1876) - St. Paul
John Black (1817-1879) - St. Andrew’s
Alfred Boyd (c1836-1908) - St. Andrew’s
Thomas Bunn (1830-1875) - St. Clements
Henry Cochrane (c1834-1898) - St. Peter’s
William Cummings (?-?) - St. Margaret’s
George Flett (1840-?) - St. James
John Fraser (1819-1920) - Kildonan
Donald Gunn (1797-1878) - St. Andrew’s
George Gunn (1833-1901) - Ste. Anne’s
William Thomas Lonsdale (1838-?) - Headingly
Alexander Black McKenzie (1828-1873) - St. Clements
Kenneth McKenzie [Mackenzie] (1822-1911) - St. Mary’s
James Ross (1835-1871) - St. John’s
Alfred Henry Scott (c1840-1872) - Winnipeg
David Spence (1824-1885) - Ste. Anne’s
Thomas Spence (1832-1900) - St. Peter’s
John Sutherland (1821-1899) - Kildonan
Robert Tait (1830-1912) - St. James
John Taylor (1834-1925) - Headingly
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: 26 February 2025
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