Memorable Manitobans: First Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1871-1874)

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The Assembly was elected on 27 December 1870.

Session

Opening

Prorogation

Dissolution

1

15 March 1871

3 May 1871

-

2

16 January 1872

21 February 1872

-

3

5 February 1873

22 July 1873

-

4

4 November 1873

22 July 1874

16 December 1874

The following persons were members:

Alfred Boyd
Alfred Boyd

(Premier, September 1870 - December 1871)

Marc Amable Girard
Marc Amable Girard

(Premier, December 1871 - March 1872, July - December 1874)

Henry Joseph Clarke
Henry Joseph Clarke

(Premier, March 1872 to July 1874)

Joseph Royal
Joseph Royal

(Speaker, 1871-1872)

Curtis James Bird
Curtis James Bird

(Speaker, 1873-1874)

Frederick Edward Molyneux St. John
Frederick Edward Molyneux St. John

(Clerk)

Rice Meredith Howard
Rice Meredith Howard

(Clerk)

 


Andre Beauchemin
Andre Beauchemin

(St. Vital)

Curtis James Bird
Curtis James Bird

(St. Paul)

Frederick Adolphus Bird
Frederick Adolphus Bird

(Portage la Prairie)

Edwin Bourke
Edwin Bourke

(St. James)

Alfred Boyd
Alfred Boyd

(St. Andrews South)

Pascal Breland
Pascal Breland

(St. Francois Xavier East)

Thomas Bunn
Thomas Bunn

(St. Clements)

Henry Joseph Clarke
Henry Joseph Clarke

(St. Charles)

James Cunningham
James Cunningham

(Headingly)

Robert Atkinson Davis
Robert Atkinson Davis

(Winnipeg & St. John, by-election April 1874)

Pierre Delorme
Pierre Delorme

(St. Norbert South)

Joseph Dubuc
Joseph Dubuc

(Baie St. Paul)

Marc Amable Girard
Marc Amable Girard

(St. Boniface West)

Edward Henry George Gunson Hay
Edward Henry George Gunson Hay

(St. Andrews North)

Thomas Howard
Thomas Howard

(St. Peters)

George Klyne
Georges Klyne

(Ste. Agathe)

Joseph Octave Lemay
Joseph Octave Lemay

(St. Norbert North)

Angus McKay
Angus McKay

(Lake Manitoba)

John Henry McTavish
John Henry McTavish

(Ste. Anne)

John Norquay
John Norquay

(High Bluff)

Joseph Royal
Joseph Royal

(St. Francois Xavier West)

Louis Schmidt
Louis Schmidt

(St. Boniface East)

Donald Alexander Smith
Donald Alexander Smith

(Winnipeg & St. John)

David Spence
David Spence

(Poplar Point)

John Sutherland
John Sutherland

(Kildonan)

 

 

 

See also:

Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba Provincial Election (1870)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 January 2024

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