A Legislative Assembly, formed by Louis Riel’s Provisional Government in 1870, met between 9 March and 24 June. Its members were, in alphabetical order, are listed below. Louis Riel was elected President and William Coldwell was appointed Clerk. Three men were selected to go to Ottawa as representatives of the Assembly: John Black, Rev. Joseph-Noel Ritchot, and Alfred Henry Scott.
Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne
(St. John’s)
Andre Beauchemin
(St. Vital)
Baptiste Beauchemin
(St. Charles)
Curtis James Bird
(St. Paul’s)
John Bruce
(St. Boniface)
Thomas Bunn
(St. Clement’s)
François Dauphinais
(St. François-Xavier)
Pierre Delorme
(Pointe Coupée)
William Fraser
(Kildonan)
William Garrioch
(St. Mary’s la Prairie)
George Gunn
(St. Ann’s)
Auguste Harrison
(Ste.-Anne)
Edward Henry George Gunter Hay
(St. Andrew’s)
Louis Lacerte
(Pointe Coupée)
Ambrose Lepine
(St. Vital)
James McKay
(St. James)
John Lazarus Norquay
(St. Margaret’s)
William Bernard O’Donoghue
(St. Boniface)
Hugh Francis O’Lone
(Winnipeg)
François-Xavier Page
(St. François-Xavier)
Pierre Parenteau
(St. Norbert)
Pierre Poitras
(Baie St. Paul and Prairie du Cheval Blanc)
Louis Riel
(President)
Louis Schmidt
(St. Boniface)
Alfred Henry Scott
(Winnipeg)
John Sinclair
(St. Peter’s)
Thomas Sinclair
(St. Andrew’s)
William Auld Tait
(Headingly)
Baptiste Tourond
(St. Norbert)
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: Louis Riel and his Councillors (circa 1869)
See also:
Convention of Forty (1870)
Governors of Red River Settlement (1812-1870)
Provisional Government of Manitoba / Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia (1870)
Lieutenant-Governors of Manitoba (1870-present)
Premiers of Manitoba (1870-present)
Legislative Assemblies of Manitoba (1870-present)
Speakers of the Manitoba Legislature (1871-present)
Legislative Council of Manitoba (1871-1876)
Manitoba Members of Parliament (1870-present)
Manitoba Recipients of the Order of Canada
Manitoba Recipients of the Order of Manitoba
Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt
Manitoba Senators (1870-present)
Manitoba Judges (1870-present)
Mayors of Brandon (1882-present)
Mayors of Winnipeg (1874-present)
Sessional Journal of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia, Archives of Manitoba, Red River Disturbance Collection MG3 A1-15.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 April 2023
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