Memorable Manitobans: Convention of Forty

This meeting, to draw up a list of rights to be presented to the Canadian government, occurred at the Red River Settlement from 25 January to 10 February 1870.

Representatives

Andre Beauchemin (1824-1902) - St. Vital (French)

Baptiste Beauchemin (1838-1900) - St. Charles (French)

Curtis James Bird (1838-1876) - St. Paul (English)

Magnus Bernard Birston (1828-?) - Baie St. Paul (French)

John Black (1817-1879) - St. Andrew’s (English)

Alfred Boyd (c1836-1908) - St. Andrew’s (English)

Thomas Bunn (1830-1875) - St. Clements (English)

Henry Cochrane (c1834-1898) - St. Peter’s (English)

William Cummings (?-?) - St. Margaret’s (English)

Pierre Delorme (1832-1912) - Pointe Coupe (French)

George Flett (1840-?) - St. James (English)

John Fraser (1819-1920) - Kildonan (English)

Joseph Genthon (1830-?) - St. Boniface (French)

Donald Gunn (1797-1878) - St. Andrew’s (English)

George Gunn (1833-1901) - Ste. Anne’s (English)

Auguste Harrison (1836-1920) - Oak Point (French)

Georges Klyne (1828-1906) - Pointe à Grouette (French)

Louis Lacerte (1821-?) - Pointe Coupe (French)

Norbert Larence (1821-?) - St. Norbert (French)

Ambroise Didyme Lépine (1840-1923) - St. Boniface (French)

William Thomas Lonsdale (1838-?) - Headingly (English)

Alexander Black McKenzie (1828-1873) - St. Clements (English)

Kenneth McKenzie [Mackenzie] (1822-1911) - St. Mary’s (English)

Charles Nolin (1837-1907) - Oak Point (French)

William Bernard O’Donoghue (1843-1878) - St. Boniface (French)

Alexandre Pagé (1831-?) - Baie St. Paul (French)

François Xavier Pagé (1833-1912) - St. François Xavier (French)

Pierre Parenteau (1817-1894) - St. Norbert (French)

Pierre Poitras (1836-?) - St. François Xavier (French)

Louis “David” Riel (1844-1885) - St. Vital (French)

James Ross (1835-1871) - St. John’s (English)

Louis Schmidt (1844-1935) - St. Boniface (French)

Alfred Henry Scott (c1840-1872) - Winnipeg (English)

David Spence (1824-1885) - Ste. Anne’s (English)

Thomas Spence (1832-1900) - St. Peter’s (English)

John Sutherland (1821-1899) - Kildonan (English)

Robert Tait (1830-1912) - St. James (English)

John Taylor (1834-1925) - Headingly (English)

Pierre Thibert (1812-1894) - Baie St. Paul (French)

Jean Baptiste Tourond (1838-?) - St. Norbert (French)

Sources:

Manitoba's Provisional Government of 1870: The Convention of Forty by Lawrence J. Barkwell, Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2011.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 April 2023

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