33rd_Manitoba_Legislature

33rd Manitoba Legislature

33rd Manitoba Legislature

Add article description

The members of the 33rd Manitoba Legislature were elected in the Manitoba general election held in March 1986.[1] The legislature sat from May 8, 1986, to March 9, 1988.[2]

The New Democratic Party led by Howard Pawley formed the government.[1]

Gary Filmon of the Progressive Conservative Party was Leader of the Opposition.[3]

Myrna Phillips served as speaker for the assembly.[1]

The government was defeated on March 8, 1988, when one of its members, Jim Walding, voted with the opposition against the budget.[4]

Although the Pawley government had supported the Meech Lake Accord, a resolution on the Accord had not been put before the legislature before the government was defeated.[5]

There were three sessions of the 33rd Legislature:[2]

More information Session, Start ...

Pearl McGonigal was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba until December 11, 1986, when George Johnson became lieutenant governor.[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1986:[1]

More information Member, Electoral district ...

Notes:

    By-elections

    None

    References

    1. [1]
      "Members of the Thirty-Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1986–1988)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
    2. [2]
      "Hansard". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
    3. [3]
      "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
    4. [4]
      "By One Vote: The Defeat of the Manitoba Government". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 12 (1). 1989. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
    5. [5]
      Watts, Ronald Lampman; Reid, Darrel Robert; Herperger, Dwight (1990). Parallel Accords: The American Precedent. Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University. p. 57. ISBN 0889115680. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
    6. [6]
      "Past lieutenant governors". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
    7. [7]
      "Historical Summaries" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
    Share this article:

    This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 33rd_Manitoba_Legislature, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.