# 8th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 8th Manitoba Legislature was elected in the Manitoba general election held in July 1892. The legislature sat from February 2, 1893, to December 11, 1895.
The Liberals led by Thomas Greenway formed the government.
William A. Macdonald served as Leader of the Opposition in 1893. After Macdonald's election was overturned, John Andrew Davidson became opposition leader in 1894. Davidson was subsequently unseated and James Fisher served as de facto opposition leader during the period that followed.
Samuel Jacob Jackson was speaker for the assembly until January 1895. Finlay McNaughton Young succeeded Winram as speaker.
There were three sessions of the 8th Legislature:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | February 2, 1893 | March 11, 1893 |
| 2nd | January 11, 1894 | March 2, 1894 |
| 3rd | February 14, 1895 | June 28, 1895 |
John Christian Schultz was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1892:
| Member | Electoral district | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| James Hartney | Avondale | Conservative | 1892 |
| John Davidson | Beautiful Plains | Conservative | 1881, 1892 |
| John Forsyth | Beautiful Plains | Patrons of Industry | 1894 |
| Charles Mickle | Birtle | Liberal | 1888 |
| William A. Macdonald | Brandon City | Conservative | 1892 |
| Charles Adams | Brandon City | Liberal | 1893 |
| Clifford Sifton | Brandon North | Liberal | 1888 |
| Herbert Graham | Brandon South | Liberal | 1888 |
| Martin Jérôme | Carillon | Independent Liberal | 1888 |
| Alfred Doig | Cypress | Liberal | 1892 |
| Theodore Burrows | Dauphin | Conservative Government supporter | 1892 |
| Thomas Henry Kellett | Deloraine | Conservative | 1892 |
| James Frame | Dennis | Conservative | 1892 |
| David Henry McFadden | Emerson | Conservative | 1892 |
| J. Bird | Kildonan | Liberal | 1892 |
| Finlay Young | Killarney | Liberal | 1883 |
| John Rutherford | Lakeside | Liberal | 1892 |
| Edward Dickson | Lansdowne | Liberal | 1888 |
| Théophile Paré | La Verendrye | Conservative | 1892 |
| Robert George O'Malley | Lorne | Conservative | 1888 |
| Robert Ironside | Manitou | Liberal | 1892 |
| Robert Myers | Minnedosa | Liberal | 1892 |
| Thomas Duncan | Morden | Liberal | 1892 |
| Alphonse-Fortunat Martin | Morris | Liberal | 1874, 1886 |
| Thomas Greenway | Mountain | Liberal | 1879 |
| Robert Fern Lyons | Norfolk | Conservative | 1892 |
| 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 | Liberal | 1888 |
| Frederick Colcleugh | St. Andrews | Liberal | 1888 |
| James Prendergast | St. Boniface | Conservative Government supporter | 1888 |
| David McNaught | Saskatchewan | Liberal | 1892 |
| Archibald McIntyre Campbell | Souris | Liberal | 1888 |
| Thomas Henry Smith | Springfield | Liberal | 1888 |
| John Hettle | Turtle Mountain | Liberal | 1888 |
| Thomas Lewis Morton | Westbourne | Independent Liberal | 1888 |
| Daniel Hunter McMillan | Winnipeg Centre | Liberal | 1879, 1888 |
| Peter McIntyre | Winnipeg North | Liberal | 1892 |
| John Donald Cameron | Winnipeg South | Liberal | 1892 |
| Hugh Armstrong | Woodlands | Conservative | 1892 |
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## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
| Winnipeg South | John Donald Cameron | Liberal | January 20, 1893 | JD Cameron appointed Provincial Secretary |
| Brandon City | Charles Adams | Liberal | September 8, 1893 | Results of 1892 election declared invalid |
| Brandon City | Charles Adams | Liberal | August 23, 1894 | Results of 1893 by-election declared invalid |
| Beautiful Plains | John Forsyth | Patrons of Industry | August 23, 1894 | Results of 1892 election declared invalid |