# 4th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 4th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1879. The legislature sat from January 22, 1880, to November 13, 1882.
Premier John Norquay formed a majority government. There appears to have been some debate at the time of this election whether or not candidates were running for election based on party lines.
Thomas Greenway was Leader of the Opposition.
John Wright Sifton served as speaker for the assembly.
There were four sessions of the 4th Legislature:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | January 22, 1880 | February 14, 1880 |
| 2nd | December 16, 1880 | December 23, 1880 |
| 3rd | March 3, 1881 | May 25, 1881 |
| 4th | April 22, 1882 | May 30, 1882 |
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until September 29, 1882, when James Cox Aikins became lieutenant governor.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1879:
| Member | Electoral district | Affiliation | First elected / previously elected |
| Alexander Murray | Assiniboia | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Marc Amable Girard | Baie St. Paul | Conservative | 1870, 1879 |
| Stephen Clement | Birtle | Liberal | 1881 |
| Edward Leacock (1882) | Birtle | Conservative | 1882 |
| John Wright Sifton | Brandon | Liberal | 1881 |
| John Smith | Burnside | Independent | 1879 |
| Gilbert McMicken | Cartier | Liberal-Conservative | 1879 |
| John Andrew Davidson | Dauphin | Liberal | 1881 |
| Andrew Laughlin | Dufferin North | Conservative | 1879 |
| David H. Wilson (1881) | Dufferin North | Conservative | 1881 |
| William Winram | Dufferin South | Liberal | 1879 |
| William Hill Nash | Emerson | Conservative | 1879 |
| Thomas Carney (1880) | Emerson | Conservative | 1880 |
| Corydon Partlow Brown | Gladstone | Liberal | 1874 |
| John Drummond | High Bluff and Poplar Point | Conservative | 1878 |
| Alexander Sutherland | Kildonan and St. Paul | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Maxime Goulet | La Verendrye | Independent | 1878 |
| Louis Arthur Prud'homme (1882) | La Verendrye | Conservative | 1882 |
| John Crerar | Minnedosa | Liberal | 1881 |
| Joseph Taillefer | Morris | Independent | 1878 |
| Thomas Greenway | Mountain | Independent Conservative | 1879 |
| James Cowan | Portage la Prairie | Independent Liberal | 1874 |
| John Aikins | Rockwood | Liberal-Conservative | 1879 |
| John Norquay | St. Andrews | Conservative | 1870 |
| Alphonse Larivière | St. Boniface | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Edward Hay | St. Clements | Independent Liberal | 1870, 1879 |
| Patrice Breland | St. Francois Xavier | Conservative | 1879 |
| Alexander Kittson | Ste. Agathe | Liberal-Conservative | 1879 |
| Arthur Wellington Ross | Springfield | Liberal | 1878 |
| Charles Edie (1882) | Springfield | Conservative | 1882 |
| James Peterkin Alexander | Turtle Mountain | Conservative | 1881 |
| David Marr Walker | Westbourne | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Thomas Scott | Winnipeg | Conservative | 1878 |
| Daniel H. MacMillan (1880) | Winnipeg | Liberal | 1880 |
| Francis Wesley Lipsett | Woodlands | Liberal-Conservative | 1879 |
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## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Affiliation | Election date | Reason |
| Emerson | Thomas Carney | Conservative | August 1880 | WH Nash named registrar |
| Winnipeg | Daniel H. MacMillan | Liberal | December 4, 1880 | T Scott elected to Canadian House of Commons |
| Dufferin North | David H. Wilson | Conservative | August 1, 1881 | A Laughlin named registrar |
| Birtle | Stephen Clement | Liberal | November 2, 1881 | new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended |
| Brandon | John Wright Sifton | Liberal | November 2, 1881 | new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended |
| Dauphin | John Andrew Davidson | Liberal | November 2, 1881 | new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended |
| Minnedosa | John Crerar | Liberal | November 2, 1881 | new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended |
| Turtle Mountain | James Peterkin Alexander | Conservative | November 2, 1881 | new riding created when western boundary of Manitoba extended |
| St. Boniface | Alphonse Larivière | Conservative | December 15, 1881 | A Larivière ran for reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary |
| La Verendrye | Maxime Goulet | Conservative | December 15, 1881 | M Goulet ran for reelection upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture |
| La Verendrye | Louis Arthur Prud'homme | Conservative | July 20, 1882 | M Goulet named registrar |
| Springfield | Charles Edie | Conservative | August 24, 1882 | AW Ross ran for federal seat |
| Birtle | Edward Leacock | Conservative | September 1, 1882 | S Clement named sheriff for the Western judicial district |
| Kildonan and St. Paul | Alexander Sutherland | Conservative | September 14, 1882 | A Sutherland ran for reelection upon appointment as Attorney-General |