40th Manitoba Legislature

The 40th Manitoba Legislature was created following a general election in 2011.

40th Manitoba Legislature
Majority parliament
Parliament leaders
Premier	Greg Selinger
Leader of the Opposition	Hugh McFadyen
	Brian Pallister
Party caucuses
Government	New Democrat
Opposition	Progressive Conservative
Unrecognized	Liberal
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Daryl Reid
Members	57 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 Feb. 1952 – present
Lieutenant Governor	Hon. Philip S. Lee Hon. Janice Filmon
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The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Greg Selinger formed a majority government.[1]

Following the election, Hugh McFadyen of the Progressive Conservative Party stepped down as Leader of the Opposition.[1] Brian Pallister became Progressive Conservative party leader and Leader of the Opposition in September 2012.[2]

The Lieutenant Governor was Philip S. Lee until 2015, then Janice Filmon.

Members of the 40th Legislative Assembly

	Name	Party	Riding
	Nancy Allan	NDP	St. Vital
	Rob Altemeyer	NDP	Wolseley
	Steve Ashton	NDP	Thompson
	Peter Bjornson	NDP	Gimli
	Jim Maloway	NDP	Elmwood
	Reg Helwer	Progressive Conservative	Brandon West
	Erna Braun	NDP	Rossmere
	Dave Gaudreau	NDP	St. Norbert
	Stu Briese	Progressive Conservative	Agassiz
	Drew Caldwell	NDP	Brandon East
	David Chomiak	NDP	Kildonan
	Cliff Cullen	Progressive Conservative	Spruce Woods
	Sharon Blady	NDP	Kirkfield Park
	Leanne Rowat	Progressive Conservative	Riding Mountain
	Gregory Dewar	NDP	Selkirk
	Myrna Driedger	Progressive Conservative	Charleswood
	Blaine Pedersen	Progressive Conservative	Midland
	Ralph Eichler	Progressive Conservative	Lakeside
	Cameron Friesen	Progressive Conservative	Morden-Winkler
	Ian Wishart	Progressive Conservative	Portage la Prairie
	Jon Gerrard	Liberal	River Heights
	Kelvin Goertzen	Progressive Conservative	Steinbach
	Cliff Graydon	Progressive Conservative	Emerson
	Wayne Ewasko	Progressive Conservative	Lac Du Bonnet
	Kevin Chief	NDP	Point Douglas
	Jennifer Howard	NDP	Fort Rouge
	James Allum	NDP	Fort Garry-Riverview
	Kerri Irvin-Ross	NDP	Fort Richmond
	Clarence Pettersen	NDP	Flin Flon
	Bidhu Jha	NDP	Radisson
	Deanne Crothers	NDP	St. James
	Ted Marcelino	NDP	Tyndall Park
	Dennis Smook	Progressive Conservative	La Verendrye
	Ron Lemieux	NDP	Dawson Trail
	Gord Mackintosh	NDP	St. Johns
	Larry Maguire (until 25 November 2014)	Progressive Conservative	Arthur-Virden
	Doyle Piwniuk
	Flor Marcelino	NDP	Logan
	Melanie Wight	NDP	Burrows
	Hugh McFadyen (until July 30, 2012)	Progressive Conservative	Fort Whyte
	Brian Pallister
	Christine Melnick	NDP	Riel
	Bonnie Mitchelson	Progressive Conservative	River East
	Tom Nevakshonoff	NDP	Interlake
	Theresa Oswald	NDP	Seine River
	Daryl Reid	NDP	Transcona
	Eric Robinson	NDP	Kewatinook
	Jim Rondeau	NDP	Assiniboia
	Mohinder Saran	NDP	The Maples
	Ron Schuler	Progressive Conservative	St. Paul
	Erin Selby	NDP	Southdale
	Greg Selinger	NDP	St. Boniface
	Heather Stefanson	Progressive Conservative	Tuxedo
	Stan Struthers	NDP	Dauphin
	Andrew Swan	NDP	Minto
	Mavis Taillieu (until February 2, 2013)	Progressive Conservative	Morris
	Shannon Martin (after January 28, 2014)
	Frank Whitehead (to May 26, 2014)	NDP	The Pas
	Amanda Lathlin (from April 22, 2015)	NDP
	Matt Wiebe	NDP	Concordia
	Ron Kostyshyn	NDP	Swan River

• Members in bold are in the Cabinet of Manitoba

^† Speaker of the Assembly

Source: "MLA Alphabetical Listing". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved 2014-07-23.

Standings changes in the 40th Assembly

Number of members per party by date		2011	2012		2013		2014				2015
		Oct 6	July 30	Sep 4	Feb 12	Nov 25	Jan 28	Feb 4	May 16	November 13	April 22
	NDP	37						36	35	36	37
	Progressive Conservative	19	18	19	18	17	19
	Liberal	1
	Independent	0						1		0
	Total members	57	56	57	56	55	57		56		57
	Vacant	0	1	0	1	2	0		1		0
	Government Majority	17	18	17	18	19	17	16	15	16	17

Membership changes in the 40th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	October 4, 2011	See List of Members			Election day of the 40th Manitoba general election
	July 30, 2012	Hugh McFadyen	Fort Whyte	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat.
	September 4, 2012	Brian Pallister	Fort Whyte	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election.
	February 12, 2013	Mavis Taillieu	Morris	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat.
	November 25, 2013	Larry Maguire	Arthur-Virden	Progressive Conservative	Vacated seat to run in federal election
	January 28, 2014	Shannon Martin	Morris	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election.
	January 28, 2014	Doyle Piwniuk	Arthur-Virden	Progressive Conservative	Elected in a by-election.
	February 4, 2014	Christine Melnick	Riel	NDP	Removed from caucus.[3]
	May 16, 2014	Frank Whitehead	The Pas	NDP	Vacated seat.
	November 13, 2014	Christine Melnick	Riel	NDP	Readmitted to NDP caucus.
	April 22, 2015	Amanda Lathlin	The Pas	NDP	Elected in a by-election

Source: "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

See also

• 2007 Manitoba general election
• Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

References

1. "Manitoba NDP wins majority government". CBC News. October 4, 2011.
2. "Leaders of the Opposition - Manitoba". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
3. Kusch, Larry (2014-02-04). "Selinger removes Melnick from caucus". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg. Retrieved 2014-02-04.