3rd Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 3rd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in December 1878. The legislature sat from February 1, 1879, to November 26, 1879.^[1]

Premier John Norquay with the support of Joseph Royal was able to form a majority government.^[2] However, Royal demanded that the government must have the support of a majority among both French-speaking and English-speaking representatives in the assembly. Royal, in partnership with Thomas Scott, attempted to take control of the government. Norquay countered by aligning himself with the English-speaking members of the assembly excluding Scott. A new election was held later in the year.^[3]

John Wright Sifton served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There was one session of the 3rd Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	February 1, 1879	June 25, 1879

Joseph-Édouard Cauchon was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1878:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Affiliation[2]	First elected / previously elected
Andrew Bourke	Baie St. Paul	Government	1878
Kenneth McKenzie	Burnside	Government	1874
John Taylor	Headingly	Government	1870, 1874
John Drummond	High Bluff	Opposition	1878
Alexander Sutherland	Kildonan	Opposition	1878
John Stevenson	Pembina	Opposition	1878
James Cowan	Portage la Prairie	Independent	1874
Thomas Lusted	Rockwood	Opposition	1878
John Gunn	St. Andrews North	Government	1878
John Norquay	St. Andrews South	Government	1870
Alphonse Larivière	St. Boniface	Government	1878
Alexander Murray	St. Charles	Government	1874
John Wright Sifton	St. Clements	Government	1878
Louis Schmidt	St. Francois Xavier East	Government	1870, 1878
Joseph Royal	St. Francois Xavier West	Government	1870
David Marr Walker	St. James	Government	1878
Pierre Delorme	St. Norbert	Government	1870, 1878
Samuel Clarke Biggs	St. Pauls	Independent	1878
Maxime Goulet	St. Vital	Government	1878
Joseph Taillefer	Ste. Agathe	Government	1878
Charles Nolin	Ste. Anne	Government	1874
Arthur Wellington Ross	Springfield	Opposition	1878
Corydon Partlow Brown	Westbourne	Government	1874
Thomas Scott	Winnipeg	Opposition	1878

Notes:

By-elections

No by-elections were held to replace members.