# 9th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 9th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in January 1896. The legislature sat from February 6, 1896, to November 16, 1899.
The Liberals led by Thomas Greenway formed the government.
Rodmond Roblin served as Leader of the Opposition.
Finlay McNaughton Young served as speaker for the assembly.
There were four sessions of the 9th Legislature:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | February 6, 1896 | April 16, 1896 |
| 2nd | February 11, 1897 | April 16, 1897 |
| 3rd | March 10, 1898 | April 27, 1898 |
| 4th | March 16, 1899 | July 21, 1899 |
James Colebrooke Patterson was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1896:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Thomas Dickie | Avondale | Liberal | 1896 |
| William Sirett | Beautiful Plains | Patrons of Industry | 1896 |
| Charles Mickle | Birtle | Liberal | 1888 |
| Charles Adams | Brandon City | Liberal | 1893 |
| Clifford Sifton | Brandon North | Liberal | 1888 |
| Alexander Cumming Fraser | Brandon North | Liberal | 1896 |
| Herbert Graham | Brandon South | Liberal | 1888 |
| Frank Oliver Fowler | Brandon South | Liberal | 1897 |
| Roger Marion | Carillon | Conservative | 1886, 1896 |
| Alfred Doig | Cypress | Liberal | 1892 |
| Theodore Burrows | Dauphin | Liberal | 1892 |
| Charles Alexander Young | Deloraine | Liberal | 1896 |
| Watson Crosby | Dennis | Patrons of Industry | 1896 |
| William James Kennedy | Dennis | Liberal | 1897 |
| David Henry McFadden | Emerson | Conservative | 1892 |
| Hector Sutherland | Kildonan | Conservative | 1896 |
| Finlay Young | Killarney | Liberal | 1883 |
| John Rutherford | Lakeside | Liberal | 1892 |
| James McKenzie | Lakeside | Liberal | 1896 |
| Tobias Norris | Lansdowne | Liberal | 1896 |
| Théophile Paré | La Verendrye | Conservative | 1892 |
| James Riddell | Lorne | Liberal | 1896 |
| John Donald McIntosh | Manitou | Liberal | 1896 |
| Robert Myers | Minnedosa | Liberal | 1892 |
| Thomas Duncan | Morden | Liberal | 1892 |
| Stewart Mulvey | Morris | Liberal | 1896 |
| Thomas Greenway | Mountain | Liberal | 1879 |
| George Rogers | Norfolk | Liberal | 1896 |
| Robert Watson | Portage la Prairie | Liberal | 1892 |
| Valentine Winkler | Rhineland | Liberal | 1892 |
| Samuel Jacob Jackson | Rockwood | Liberal | 1883 |
| Enoch Winkler | Rosenfeldt | Liberal | 1888 |
| James Fisher | Russell | Independent | 1888 |
| Sigtryggur Jonasson | St. Andrews | Liberal | 1896 |
| James Prendergast | St. Boniface | Liberal | 1888 |
| David McNaught | Saskatchewan | Liberal | 1892 |
| Archibald McIntyre Campbell | Souris | Liberal | 1888 |
| Thomas Henry Smith | Springfield | Liberal | 1888 |
| John Hettle | Turtle Mountain | Liberal | 1888 |
| James Johnson | Turtle Mountain | Independent Conservative | 1897 |
| Thomas Lewis Morton | Westbourne | Liberal | 1888 |
| Daniel Hunter McMillan | Winnipeg Centre | Liberal | 1879, 1888 |
| Peter McIntyre | Winnipeg North | Liberal | 1892 |
| John Donald Cameron | Winnipeg South | Liberal | 1892 |
| Rodmond Roblin | Woodlands | Conservative | 1888, 1896 |
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## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
| Lakeside | James McKenzie | Liberal | November 19, 1896 | J Rutherford ran for federal seat |
| Birtle | Charles Mickle | Liberal | December 19, 1896 | C Mickle appointed Provincial Secretary |
| Brandon North | Alexander Cumming Fraser | Liberal | December 19, 1896 | C Sifton named federal minister |
| St. Boniface | Jean-Baptiste Lauzon | Conservative | February 20, 1897 | J Prendergast named county court judge |
| Dennis | William James Kennedy | Liberal | July 15, 1897 | WM Crosby died March 19, 1897 |
| Brandon South | Frank Oliver Fowler | Liberal | November 20, 1897 | H Graham resigned seat |
| Turtle Mountain | James Johnson | Independent Conservative | November 27, 1897 | J Hettle died September 20, 1897 |