15th Manitoba Legislature

The members of the 15th Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in August 1915. The legislature sat from January 6, 1916, to March 27, 1920.^[1]

The Liberal Party led by Tobias Norris formed the government.^[1]

Albert Prefontaine of the Conservatives was Leader of the Opposition.^[2]

On January 16, 1916, a bill was passed to amend the Manitoba Election Act to grant women the right to vote. Manitoba became the first Canadian province where women were allowed to vote and hold office.^[3]

In a referendum held on March 13, 1916, the province's voters supported prohibition. On June 1, the Manitoba Temperance Act came into effect, which banned the sale of liquor in the province, except by pharmacists for medical purposes. However, bringing alcohol into the province for personal use or for wholesale outside the province was still legal.^[4]

Also in 1916, the Workers Compensation Act was passed, which established the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. The act established an employer-funded compensation system for work-related injuries or illness and, in exchange, employers were granted protection against lawsuits by workers for these occurrences.^[5]

In 1918, a Minimum Wage Act was passed. Manitoba and British Columbia were the first provinces in Canada to introduce minimum wage legislation.^[6] In 1921, the minimum hourly wage in Manitoba was $0.25. Up until 1931, the minimum wage only applied to female workers.^[7]

James Bryson Baird served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

There were five sessions of the 15th Legislature:^[1]

Session	Start	End
1st	January 6, 1916	April 1, 1916
2nd	January 11, 1917	March 9, 1917
3rd	January 17, 1918	March 6, 1918
4th	January 21, 1919	March 14, 1919
5th	January 22, 1920	March 27, 1920

Douglas Colin Cameron was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until August 3, 1916, when James Albert Manning Aikins became lieutenant governor.^[8]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1915:^[1]

Member	Electoral district	Party^[9]	First elected / previously elected
John Williams	Arthur	Liberal	1907, 1914
John W. Wilton	Assiniboia	Liberal	1915
William Robertson Wood	Beautiful Plains	Liberal	1915
George Malcolm	Birtle	Liberal	1909
Stephen Emmett Clement	Brandon City	Liberal	1915
Albert Prefontaine	Carillon	Conservative	1903, 1915
Andrew Watson Myles	Cypress	Liberal	1915
William Harrington	Dauphin	Liberal	1915
Robert Stirton Thornton	Deloraine	Liberal	1907, 1914
Edward August	Dufferin	Liberal	1915
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton	Elmwood	Liberal	1915
John David Baskerville	Emerson	Liberal	1915
William Findlater	Gilbert Plains	Liberal	1915
Taras Ferley	Gimli	Liberal	1915
James William Armstrong	Gladstone	Liberal	1907
James Breakey	Glenwood	Liberal	1914
John Henry McConnell	Hamiota	Liberal	1914
Aimé Bénard	Iberville	Conservative	1907
Arthur Boivin	Iberville	Conservative	1917
George Prout	Kildonan and St. Andrews	Liberal	1915
Samuel Hayden	Killarney	Liberal	1915
Charles Duncan McPherson	Lakeside	Liberal	1910, 1915
Tobias Norris	Lansdowne	Liberal	1896, 1907
Philippe Talbot	La Verendrye	Liberal	1915
George Thomas Armstrong	Manitou	Liberal	1915
George Grierson	Minnedosa	Liberal	1914
Valentine Winkler	Morden and Rhineland	Liberal	1892
Jacques Parent	Morris	Conservative	1914
James Bryson Baird	Mountain	Liberal	1907
John Graham	Norfolk	Liberal	1914
Ewan McPherson	Portage la Prairie	Liberal	1914
Frederic Newton	Roblin	Conservative	1911
William James Westwood	Roblin	Independent Liberal	1917
Arthur Lobb	Rockwood	Liberal	1915
John Morrison	Rupertsland	Liberal	1916
William Wilber Wilfred Wilson	Russell	Liberal	1915
Joseph Dumas	St. Boniface	Liberal	1915
Donald A. Ross	St. Clements	Liberal	1907
Skuli Sigfusson	St. George	Liberal	1915
Joseph Hamelin	Ste. Rose	Conservative	1914
William Henry Sims	Swan River	Liberal	1914
Edward Brown	The Pas^{[nb 1]}^[10]	Liberal	1915
George William McDonald	Turtle Mountain	Liberal	1915
George Clingan	Virden	Liberal	1914
Thomas Herman Johnson	Winnipeg Centre A	Liberal	1907
Fred Dixon	Winnipeg Centre B	Independent	1914
Robert Newton Lowery	Winnipeg North A	Liberal	1915
Richard Rigg	Winnipeg North B	Social Democratic	1915
Robert Jacob	Winnipeg North B	Liberal	1918
Albert Hudson	Winnipeg South A	Liberal	1914
William Parrish	Winnipeg South B	Liberal	1914

Notes:

^ Election held August 25, 1915

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Affiliation	Election date	Reason
Rupertsland	John Morrison	Independent-Liberal	September 16, 1916^[10]	New riding created
Iberville	Arthur Boivin	Conservative	November 1, 1917	A Bénard named to Senate of Canada^[10]
Roblin	William James Westwood	Independent-Liberal	November 19, 1917	F Newton resigned seat^[10]
Killarney	George Grierson	Liberal	November 30, 1917	G Grierson appointed Minister of Public Works^[10]
Winnipeg North B	Robert Jacob	Union	January 15, 1918	R Rigg ran for federal seat^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Members of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1916–1920) (1914–1915)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
^ "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
^ "Women's Right to Vote in Canada". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
^ Woolley, Jon (2003). "A century of integrity: Manitoba Justice, 1870–1970" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. pp. 31–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
^ "Overview". Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Minimum wage laws – the state of pay in Canada". CBC News. January 23, 2009.
^ "Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
^ "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.

[10] Election held August 25, 1915

[mhs-1] "Members of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1916–1920) (1914–1915)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

[2] "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

[3] "Women's Right to Vote in Canada". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2012-12-21.

[4] Woolley, Jon (2003). "A century of integrity: Manitoba Justice, 1870–1970" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. pp. 31–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-12-22.

[5] "Overview". Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[6] "Minimum wage laws – the state of pay in Canada". CBC News. January 23, 2009.

[7] "Historical Summary of Minimum Wage Rates in Manitoba". Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-22.

[8] "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[9] "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2012-09-23.

[members-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.

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15th Manitoba Legislature

Members of the Assembly

By-elections

References

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