# Manitoba Legislature

The Manitoba Legislature is the legislature of the province of Manitoba, Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada) and the unicameral assembly called the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. The legislature has existed since Manitoba was formed out of part of Rupert's Land in 1870.
Like the Canadian federal government, Manitoba uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Manitoba and Executive Council of Manitoba. The premier is Manitoba's head of government, while the King of Canada is its head of state.
An upper house, the Legislative Council of Manitoba, was established in 1870 but was abolished in 1876 as a cost-cutting measure and as a condition for federal funding.
Before 1879, candidates in Manitoba elections were not affiliated with political parties. However, some candidates declared their support for (or opposition to) the administration of the time.

## List of Legislatures

Following is a list of all the legislatures convened since 1870.
| Assembly Sessions | Election | From To | Governing Party | Premier | Official Opposition Party Leader | Speaker of the House |
| 1st Legislature 4 sessions | 1st general | March 15, 1871 December 16, 1874 | none | Alfred Boyd Marc-Amable Girard Henry Joseph Clarke Marc-Amable Girard | none | Joseph Royal Curtis James Bird |
| 2nd Legislature 4 sessions | 2nd general | March 31, 1875 November 11, 1878 | none | Robert Atkinson Davis | none | Joseph Dubuc |
| 3rd Legislature 1 session | 3rd general | February 1, 1879 November 26, 1879 | none | John Norquay | none | John Wright Sifton |
| 4th Legislature 4 sessions | 4th general | January 22, 1880 November 13, 1882 | Conservative | John Norquay | Thomas Greenway | John Wright Sifton |
| 5th Legislature 4 sessions | 5th general | May 17, 1883 November 11, 1886 | Conservative | John Norquay | Liberal Thomas Greenway | Alexander Murray |
| 6th Legislature 2 sessions | 6th general | April 14, 1887 June 16, 1888 | Conservative Liberal | John Norquay David Howard Harrison Thomas Greenway | Liberal Thomas Greenway | David Glass |
| 7th Legislature 5 sessions | 7th general | August 28, 1888 June 27, 1892 | Liberal | Thomas Greenway | Conservative John Norquay Rodmond Roblin | William Winram Samuel Jacob Jackson |
| 8th Legislature 3 sessions | 8th general | February 2, 1893 December 11, 1895 | Liberal | Thomas Greenway | Conservative William Alexander Macdonald John Andrew Davidson | Samuel Jacob Jackson Finlay McNaughton Young |
| 9th Legislature 4 sessions | 9th general | February 6, 1896 November 16, 1899 | Liberal | Thomas Greenway | Conservative Rodmond Roblin | Finlay McNaughton Young |
| 10th Legislature 4 sessions | 10th general | March 29, 1900 June 25, 1903 | Conservative | Hugh John Macdonald Rodmond Roblin | Liberal Thomas Greenway | William Hespeler |
| 11th Legislature 4 sessions | 11th general | January 7, 1904 February 28, 1907 | Conservative | Rodmond Roblin | Liberal Thomas Greenway Charles Mickle | James Johnson |
| 12th Legislature 3 sessions | 12th general | January 2, 1908 June 30, 1910 | Conservative | Rodmond Roblin | Liberal Charles Mickle Tobias Norris | James Johnson |
| 13th Legislature 4 sessions | 13th general | February 9, 1911 June 15, 1914 | Conservative | Rodmond Roblin | Liberal Tobias Norris | James Johnson |
| 14th Legislature 2 sessions | 14th general | September 15, 1914 July 16, 1915 | Conservative | Rodmond Roblin | Liberal Tobias Norris | James Johnson |
| 15th Legislature 5 sessions | 15th general | January 6, 1916 March 27, 1920 | Liberal | Tobias Norris | Conservative Albert Prefontaine | James Bryson Baird |
| 16th Legislature 2 sessions | 16th general | February 10, 1921 June 24, 1922 | Liberal | Tobias Norris | Conservative John Thomas Haig | James Bryson Baird |
| 17th Legislature 6 sessions | 17th general | January 18, 1923 June 4, 1927 | United Farmers of Manitoba | John Bracken | Liberal Tobias Norris | Philippe Adjutor Talbot |
| 18th Legislature 5 sessions | 18th general | December 1, 1927 May 7, 1932 | United Farmers of Manitoba | John Bracken | Conservative Fawcett Taylor | Philippe Adjutor Talbot |
| 19th Legislature 4 sessions | 19th general | February 14, 1933 June 12, 1936 | Progressive Party of Manitoba Liberal | John Bracken | Conservative Fawcett Taylor William Sanford Evans | Philippe Adjutor Talbot |
| 20th Legislature 5 sessions | 20th general | February 18, 1937 March 12, 1941 | Liberal-Progressive | John Bracken | Conservative Errick Willis | Robert Hawkins |
| 21st Legislature 5 sessions | 21st general | December 9, 1941 September 8, 1945 | Coalition government | John Bracken Stuart Garson | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Seymour Farmer | Robert Hawkins |
| 22nd Legislature 4 sessions | 22nd general | February 19, 1946 September 29, 1949 | Coalition government | Stuart Garson Douglas Lloyd Campbell | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Seymour Farmer Edwin Hansford | Robert Hawkins |
| 23rd Legislature 7 sessions | 23rd general | February 14, 1950 April 23, 1953 | Liberal-Progressive | Douglas Lloyd Campbell | Progressive Conservative Errick Willis | Wallace C. Miller Nicholas Bachynsky |
| 24th Legislature 4 sessions | 24th general | February 2, 1954 April 30, 1958 | Liberal-Progressive | Douglas Lloyd Campbell | Progressive Conservative Errick Willis Duff Roblin | Nicholas Bachynsky |
| 25th Legislature 2 sessions | 25th general | October 23, 1958 March 31, 1959 | Progressive Conservative | Duff Roblin | Liberal-Progressive Douglas Lloyd Campbell | Abram Harrison |
| 26th Legislature 5 sessions | 26th general | June 9, 1959 November 9, 1962 | Progressive Conservative | Duff Roblin | Liberal-Progressive Douglas Lloyd Campbell Gildas Molgat | Abram Harrison |
| 27th Legislature 5 sessions | 27th general | February 28, 1963 May 18, 1966 | Progressive Conservative | Duff Roblin | Liberal Gildas Molgat | James Bilton |
| 28th Legislature 3 sessions | 28th general | December 5, 1966 May 22, 1969 | Progressive Conservative | Duff Roblin Walter Weir | Liberal Gildas Molgat | James Bilton |
| 29th Legislature 5 sessions | 29th general | August 14, 1969 May 25, 1973 | New Democratic Party | Edward Schreyer | Progressive Conservative Walter Weir Sidney Spivak | Ben Hanuschak Peter Fox |
| 30th Legislature 4 sessions | 30th general | January 31, 1974 September 6, 1977 | New Democratic Party | Edward Schreyer | Progressive Conservative Sidney Spivak Donald Craik Sterling Lyon | Peter Fox |
| 31st Legislature 5 sessions | 31st general | November 24, 1977 October 13, 1981 | Progressive Conservative | Sterling Lyon | New Democratic Party Edward Schreyer Howard Pawley | Harry Graham |
| 32nd Legislature 4 sessions | 32nd general | February 25, 1982 February 11, 1986 | New Democratic Party | Howard Pawley | Progressive Conservative Sterling Lyon Gary Filmon | Jim Walding |
| 33rd Legislature 4 sessions | 33rd general | May 8, 1986 March 9, 1988 | New Democratic Party | Howard Pawley | Progressive Conservative Gary Filmon | Myrna Phillips |
| 34th Legislature 4 sessions | 34th general | July 21, 1988 August 7, 1990 | Progressive Conservative | Gary Filmon | Liberal Sharon Carstairs | Denis Rocan |
| 35th Legislature 6 sessions | 35th general | October 11, 1990 March 21, 1995 | Progressive Conservative | Gary Filmon | New Democratic Party Gary Doer | Denis Rocan |
| 36th Legislature 5 sessions | 36th general | May 23, 1995 August 17, 1999 | Progressive Conservative | Gary Filmon | New Democratic Party Gary Doer | Louise Dacquay |
| 37th Legislature 4 sessions | 37th general | November 18, 1999 May 2, 2003 | New Democratic Party | Gary Doer | Progressive Conservative Gary Filmon Bonnie Mitchelson Stuart Murray | George Hickes |
| 38th Legislature 5 sessions | 38th general | June 23, 2003 April 20, 2007 | New Democratic Party | Gary Doer | Progressive Conservative Stuart Murray Hugh McFadyen | George Hickes |
| 39th Legislature 5 sessions | 39th general | November 20, 2008 September 6, 2011 | New Democratic Party | Gary Doer Greg Selinger | Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen | George Hickes |
| 40th Legislature 3 sessions | 40th general | October 20, 2011 March 16, 2016 | New Democratic Party | Greg Selinger | Progressive Conservative Hugh McFadyen Brian Pallister | Daryl Reid |
| 41st Legislature 4 sessions | 41st general | March 16, 2016 August 12, 2019 | Progressive Conservative | Brian Pallister | New Democratic Party Flor Marcelino Wab Kinew Liberal Dougald Lamont | Myrna Driedger |
| 42nd Legislature 5 sessions | 42nd general | August 12, 2019 September 5, 2023 | Progressive Conservative | Brian Pallister Kelvin Goertzen Heather Stefanson | New Democratic Party Wab Kinew | Myrna Driedger |
| 43rd Legislature 1 session | 43rd general | October 18, 2023 present | New Democratic Party | Wab Kinew | Progressive Conservative Heather Stefanson Wayne Ewasko | Tom Lindsey |
Notes:
* ↑ From opening day of legislature to the day that the legislature was dissolved.
* ↑ Political parties did not exist in the Manitoba legislature before 1879
* ↑ Acted as provincial secretary; Lieutenant Governor Archibald performed the functions of Premier
* ↑ Until December 14, 1871
* ↑ Until March 14, 1872
* ↑ Until July 8, 1874
* ↑ Did not exist until 1880
* ↑ Until 1872
* 1 2 3 Until January 19, 1888
* ↑ Until December 24, 1887
* ↑ Until 1889
* ↑ Until February 1891
* ↑ Until 1894
* ↑ Until 1895
* ↑ Until February 1891
* ↑ Until October 29, 1900
* ↑ Until November 1904
* ↑ Until 1909
* ↑ Coalition government
* ↑ Until 1933
* ↑ Until 1943
* ↑ From 1943
* ↑ Until 1948
* ↑ Until 1947
* ↑ Until August 1950
* ↑ Until June 1954
* ↑ In 1961, renamed the Manitoba Liberal Party
* ↑ Until 1961
* ↑ Until 1967
* ↑ Until 1971
* ↑ Until August 1970
* ↑ Until 1976
* ↑ Acting leader until November 1976
* ↑ Until 1979
* ↑ Until 1983
* ↑ Until 2000
* ↑ Acting until November 2000
* ↑ Until April 2006
* ↑ Until October 2009
* ↑ Until July 2012
* ↑ Until September 2017
* ↑ Until September 2021
* ↑ Until November 2021
* ↑ Until January 2024