title: 6th Manitoba Legislature
text: # 6th Manitoba Legislature
  
  The members of the 6th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1886. The legislature sat from April 14, 1887, to June 16, 1888.
  
  Premier John Norquay formed a majority government. A falling out with Canadian prime minister John A. Macdonald over railway development led to a financial shortfall in the Manitoba government accounts and the fall of the Norquay government in December 1887. David Howard Harrison served as premier for less than a month and then the Liberals led by Thomas Greenway took power.
  
  Thomas Greenway served as Leader of the Opposition until 1888, when John Norquay became opposition leader.
  
  David Glass served as speaker for the assembly.
  
  There were two sessions of the 6th Legislature:
  
  | Session | Start | End |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1st | April 14, 1887 | June 10, 1887 |
  | 2nd | January 12, 1888 | May 8, 1888 |
  
  James Cox Aikins was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
  
  ## Members of the Assembly
  
  The following members were elected to the assembly in 1886:
  
  | Member | Electoral district | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alexander Murray | Assiniboia | Conservative |
  | John Crawford | Beautiful Plains | Liberal |
  | James A. Smart | Brandon East | Liberal |
  | John Kirchhoffer | Brandon West | Conservative |
  | Roger Marion | Carillon | Conservative |
  | Thomas Gelley | Cartier | Conservative |
  | Robert Schuyler Thompson | Cypress | Liberal |
  | Daniel McLean | Dennis | Liberal |
  | David H. Wilson | Dufferin North | Conservative |
  | William Winram | Dufferin South | Liberal |
  | Charles Douglas | Emerson | Conservative |
  | John MacBeth | Kildonan and St. Paul | Conservative |
  | Kenneth McKenzie | Lakeside | Liberal |
  | James Prendergast | La Verendrye | Conservative |
  | John MacDonnell | Lorne | Liberal |
  | James Gillies | Minnedosa East | Conservative |
  | David Howard Harrison | Minnedosa West | Conservative |
  | Alphonse-Fortunat Martin | Morris | Liberal |
  | Thomas Greenway | Mountain | Liberal |
  | Samuel Thompson | Norfolk | Liberal |
  | Joseph Martin | Portage la Prairie | Liberal |
  | Samuel Jacob Jackson | Rockwood | Liberal |
  | Edward Leacock | Russell | Conservative |
  | John Norquay | St. Andrews | Conservative |
  | Alphonse Larivière | St. Boniface | Conservative |
  | David Glass | St. Clements | Independent |
  | Joseph Burke | St. Francois Xavier | Conservative |
  | Charles Edward Hamilton | Shoal Lake | Conservative |
  | James Peterkin Alexander | Souris | Conservative |
  | Thomas Henry Smith | Springfield | Conservative |
  | Finlay Young | Turtle Mountain | Liberal |
  | Corydon Partlow Brown | Westbourne | Conservative |
  | Edward Drewery | Winnipeg North | Liberal |
  | William Luxton | Winnipeg South | Liberal |
  | John Moore Robinson | Woodlands | Conservative |
  
  Notes:
  
  ## By-elections
  
  By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
  
  | Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Assiniboia | Duncan MacArthur | Liberal | January 10, 1888 | Resignation of A. Murray |
  | St. Francois Xavier | Frederick Francis | Liberal | January 12, 1888 | J Burke ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary |
  | Brandon East | James A. Smart | Liberal | February 9, 1888 | J. A. Smart ran for reelection upon appointment as Minister of Public Works |
  | Mountain | Thomas Greenway | Liberal | February 9, 1888 | T. Greenway ran for reelection upon appointment as Premier |
  | La Verendrye | James Prendergast | Liberal | February 16, 1888 | J. Prendergast ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary |
  | Portage la Prairie | Joseph Martin | Liberal | February 16, 1888 | J. Martin ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General |
  | Shoal Lake | Lyman Melvin Jones | Liberal | March 10, 1888 | CE Hamilton left province |
  | Dufferin North | Rodmond Roblin | Independent | March 12, 1888 | Resignation of D.H. Wilson |
  
  Notes:
  
  