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.{{cite web |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mla1878.shtml |title=Members of the Third Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1878–1879) |work=Memorable Manitobans |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society |access-date=2012-09-18}}

Premier John Norquay with the support of Joseph Royal was able to form a majority government. 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.{{Cite DCB|ID=5737|name=Norquay, John |volume=XI |last=Friesen |first=Gerald}}

John Wright Sifton served as speaker for the assembly.

There was one session of the 3rd Legislature:

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Session !Start !End
1st \| February 1, 1879 \| June 25, 1879

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Session

!Start

!End

1st

| February 1, 1879

| June 25, 1879

Joseph-Édouard Cauchon was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.{{cite web|url=http://www.manitobalg.ca/past-govs.php |title=Past lieutenant governors |publisher=Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba |access-date=2014-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105191427/http://www.manitobalg.ca/past-govs.php |archive-date=2014-01-05 }}

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1878:

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!Member

!Electoral district

!Affiliation{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4029899 |title=Manitoba, its resources and people |page=264 |year=1904 |last=Bryce |first=George |access-date=2012-09-27}}

!First elected / previously elected

Andrew Bourke

|Baie St. Paul

|Government

|1878

Kenneth McKenzie

|Burnside

|Government

|1874

John Taylor

|Headingly

|Government