7th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 7th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1888. The legislature sat from August 28, 1888, to June 27, 1892.^[1]

The Liberals led by Thomas Greenway formed the government.^[2]

John Norquay served as Leader of the Opposition until his death in 1889.^[3] Rodmond Roblin was leader of the opposition from 1890 to 1892.^[4]

On March 31, 1890, the legislative assembly enacted the Public Schools Act of 1890 which removed public funding for Catholic and Protestant denominational schools and established a tax-funded non-denominational public school system. On the same date, the assembly enacted the Official Language Act, making English the sole language of records, minutes and Manitoba government laws.^[5] This removed the rights granted to French-speaking Manitobans under the Manitoba Act of 1870.^[6]

William Winram served as speaker for the assembly until his death in February 1891.^[7] Samuel Jacob Jackson succeeded Winram as speaker.^[1]

There were five sessions of the 7th Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	August 28, 1888	October 16, 1888
2nd	November 8, 1888	March 5, 1889
3rd	January 30, 1890	March 31, 1890
4th	February 26, 1891	April 28, 1891
5th	March 10, 1892	April 20, 1892

John Christian Schultz was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.^[8]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1888:^[1]

	Member	Electoral district	Party[9]	First elected / previously elected
	John Crawford	Beautiful Plains	Liberal	1886
	Charles Mickle	Birtle	Liberal	1888
	James A. Smart	Brandon City	Liberal	1886
	Clifford Sifton	Brandon North	Liberal	1888
	Herbert Graham	Brandon South	Liberal	1888
	Martin Jérôme	Carillon	Liberal	1888
	Thomas Gelley	Cartier	Liberal	1886
	Ernest Jameson Wood	Cypress	Conservative	1888
	Daniel McLean	Dennis	Liberal	1886
	Rodmond Roblin	Dufferin	Liberal	1888
	James Thomson	Emerson	Liberal	1888
	John Norquay	Kildonan	Conservative	1870
	Thomas Norquay		Conservative	1890
	Finlay McNaughton Young	Killarney	Liberal	1883
	Kenneth McKenzie	Lakeside	Liberal	1874[a], 1886
	Edward Dickson	Lansdowne	Liberal	1888
	William Lagimodière	La Verendrye	Liberal	1888
	Robert George O'Malley	Lorne	Conservative	1888
	William Winram	Manitou	Liberal	1879
	James Huston (1892)		Conservative	1892
	James Gillies	Minnedosa	Conservative	1886
	Alexander Lawrence	Morden	Liberal	1888
	Alphonse-Fortunat Martin	Morris	Liberal	1874[b], 1886
	Thomas Greenway	Mountain	Liberal	1879
	Samuel Thompson	Norfolk	Liberal	1886
	Joseph Martin	Portage la Prairie	Liberal	1883
	Samuel Jacob Jackson	Rockwood	Liberal	1883
	Enoch Winkler	Rosenfeldt	Liberal	1888
	James Fisher	Russell	Liberal	1888
	Frederick Colcleugh	St. Andrews	Liberal	1888
	Roger Marion	St. Boniface	Conservative	1886
	James Harrower	Shoal Lake	Liberal	1888
	Archibald McIntyre Campbell	Souris	Liberal	1888
	Thomas Henry Smith	Springfield	Independent	1888
	John Hettle	Turtle Mountain	Liberal	1888
	Thomas Lewis Morton	Westbourne	Liberal	1888
	Daniel Hunter McMillan	Winnipeg Centre	Liberal	1879, 1888
	Lyman Melvin Jones	Winnipeg North	Liberal	1888
	John Donald Cameron (1892)		Liberal	1892
	Isaac Campbell	Winnipeg South	Liberal	1888
	John Donald Cameron (1892)		Liberal	1892
	James Prendergast	Woodlands	Liberal	1888

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Winnipeg Centre	Daniel Hunter McMillan	Liberal	May 18, 1889	D.M. Hunter ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Treasurer[10]
Dennis	Daniel McLean	Liberal	September 15, 1889	D. McLean ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary[10]
Kildonan	Thomas Norquay	Conservative	February 1, 1890[10]	J Norquay died July 5, 1889[11]
Portage la Prairie	Joseph Martin	Liberal	March 28, 1891	J. Martin ran for federal seat[10]
Brandon North	Clifford Sifton	Liberal	August 8, 1891	C. Sifton ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General[10]
Manitou	James Huston	Liberal	January 13, 1892[1]	W Winram died February 12, 1891[7]
Winnipeg South	John Donald Cameron	Liberal	January 13, 1892[1]	I Campbell ran for federal seat[12]

Notes

1. Portage la Prairie
2. Ste. Agathe

References

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2. Thomas Greenway – Parliament of Canada biography
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