2nd Canadian Parliament

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2nd Canadian Parliament
Majority parliament
Mar. 5, 1873 – Jan. 2, 1874
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Parliament leaders
Prime
minister 		Rt Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
Jul. 1, 1867 – Nov. 5, 1873
Rt Hon. Alexander Mackenzie
Nov. 7, 1873 – Oct. 8, 1878
Cabinets 1st Canadian Ministry
2nd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition 		Alexander Mackenzie
March 6, 1873 – November 5, 1873
Sir John A. Macdonald
November 6, 1873 – October 16, 1878
Party caucuses
Government Conservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
Opposition Liberal Party*
* The Liberal Party briefly formed government at the end of the 2nd Parliament.
House of Commons
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Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons 		Hon. James Cockburn
November 6, 1867 – March 5, 1874
Members200 seats MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate 		The Hon. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
February 21, 1872 – January 8, 1874
Government
Senate leader 		Alexander Campbell
July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873
Luc Letellier de St-Just
November 5, 1873 – December 14, 1876
Opposition
Senate leader 		Alexander Campbell
November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878
Senators79 seats senator seats
List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch Victoria
1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor
general 		The Earl of Dufferin
25 June 1872 – 25 Nov. 1878
Sessions
1st session
March 5, 1873 – August 13, 1873
2nd session
October 23, 1873 – November 7, 1873
←  1st →  3rd
Sir John A. Macdonald, depicted in this poster from 1891, was Prime Minister during most of the 2nd Canadian Parliament. John A Macdonald election poster 1891.jpg
Sir John A. Macdonald, depicted in this poster from 1891, was Prime Minister during most of the 2nd Canadian Parliament.
Alexander Mackenzie and his Liberal Party briefly took power at the end of the 2nd Parliament. Alexander mackenzie.jpg
Alexander Mackenzie and his Liberal Party briefly took power at the end of the 2nd Parliament.

The 2nd Canadian Parliament was in session from March 5, 1873, until January 2, 1874 (303 days). The membership was set by the 1872 federal election from July 20 to October 12, 1872, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1874 election. Among the by-elections were the first election of PEI MPs, PEI joining Confederation in 1873.

Contents

It was first controlled by a Conservative/Liberal-Conservative majority under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 1st Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Alexander Mackenzie. After a scandal in the Conservative Party, the Liberals took power, forming the 2nd Canadian Ministry. Alexander Mackenzie, now Prime Minister, immediately called an election.

The Speaker was James Cockburn. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1872-1873 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

The unusual case of a new party taking control of the government between elections has only happened in the federal government twice; the other occasion was in the 15th Canadian parliament.

There were 2 sessions of the 2nd Parliament:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 5, 1873August 13, 1873
2ndOctober 23, 1873November 7, 1873

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the second parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Key:

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

British Columbia

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst electedNo. of terms
Cariboo Joshua Spencer Thompson Liberal-Conservative 18712nd term
New Westminster Hugh Nelson Liberal-Conservative 18712nd term
Vancouver Francis Hincks Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Victoria* Henry Nathan Jr. Liberal 18712nd term
Amor De Cosmos Liberal 18712nd term
Yale Edgar Dewdney Conservative 18721st term

Manitoba

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst electedNo. of terms
Lisgar John Christian Schultz Conservative 18712nd term
Marquette Robert Cunningham Liberal 18721st term
Provencher The Honourable Sir George-Étienne Cartier (to May 20, 1873) (death) Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Louis Riel (from October 13, 1873)Independent18731st term
Selkirk Donald A. Smith Independent Conservative 18712nd term

New Brunswick

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst electedNo. of terms
Albert John Wallace Liberal 18672nd term
Carleton The Honourable Charles Connell Liberal 18672nd term
Charlotte John McAdam Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
City and County of St. John* Isaac Burpee Liberal 18721st term
Acalus Lockwood Palmer Liberal 18721st term
City of St. John The Honourable Samuel Leonard Tilley (to November 15, 1873)
(named Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick)		 Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber (from December 1, 1873) Liberal 18731st term
Gloucester Timothy Warren Anglin Liberal 18672nd term
Kent Robert Barry Cutler Liberal 18721st term
King's James Domville Conservative 18721st term
Northumberland The Honourable Peter Mitchell Independent18721st term
Queen's John Ferris Liberal 18672nd term
Restigouche George Moffat Conservative 18702nd term
Sunbury Charles Burpee Liberal 18672nd term
Victoria John Costigan Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Westmorland The Honourable Albert James Smith Liberal 18672nd term
York John Pickard Independent Liberal 18682nd term

Two MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.

Nova Scotia

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst electedNo. of terms
Annapolis William Hallett Ray Liberal 18672nd term
Antigonish Hugh McDonald (to May 11, 1873) (appointed to Supreme Court of Nova Scotia) Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Angus McIsaac (from December 20, 1873) Liberal 18731st term
Cape Breton* Newton LeGayet Mackay Conservative 18721st term
William McDonald Conservative 18721st term
Colchester Frederick M. Pearson Liberal 18702nd term
Cumberland Charles Tupper Conservative 18672nd term
Digby Alfred William Savary Conservative 18672nd term
Guysborough Stewart Campbell Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Halifax* William Johnston Almon Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Stephen Tobin Liberal 18721st term
Hants Joseph Howe (to July 5, 1873) Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Monson Henry Goudge (from July 5, 1873) Liberal 18731st term
Inverness Samuel McDonnell Conservative 18721st term
Kings Leverett de Veber Chipman Liberal 18702nd term
Lunenburg Charles Edward Church Liberal 18721st term
Pictou* Robert Doull Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
James McDonald Conservative 18721st term
Queens James Fraser Forbes Liberal 18672nd term
Richmond Isaac Le Vesconte Conservative 18692nd term
Shelburne Thomas Coffin Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Liberal
Victoria William Ross (to July 11, 1873) (appointment to cabinet) Liberal 18672nd term
William Ross (from December 20, 1873) Liberal
Yarmouth Frank Killam Liberal 18682nd term

Two MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.

Ontario

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst electedNo. of terms
Addington Schuyler Shibley Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Algoma John Beverley Robinson Conservative 18721st term
Bothwell David Mills Liberal 18672nd term
Brant North Gavin Fleming Liberal 18721st term
Brant South William Paterson Liberal 18721st term
Brockville Jacob Dockstader Buell Liberal 18721st term
Bruce North John Gillies Liberal 18721st term
Bruce South Edward Blake Liberal 18721st term
Cardwell John Hillyard Cameron Conservative 18672nd term
Carleton John Rochester Conservative 18721st term
Cornwall Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Dundas William Gibson Independent Liberal 18721st term
Durham East Lewis Ross Liberal Reformer18721st term
Durham West Edward Blake (to April 10, 1873) (dual election in Durham West and Bruce South) Liberal 18672nd term
Edmund Burke Wood (from April 10, 1873) Liberal 18731st term
Elgin East William Harvey Liberal 18721st term
Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 18721st term
Essex John O'Connor Conservative 18672nd term
Frontenac George Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative 18702nd term
Glengarry Donald Alexander Macdonald Liberal 18672nd term
Grenville South William Henry Brouse Liberal 18721st term
Grey East William Kingston Flesher Conservative 18721st term
Grey North George Snider Liberal 18672nd term
Grey South George Landerkin Liberal 18721st term
Haldimand David Thompson Liberal 18672nd term
Halton John White Liberal 18672nd term
Hamilton* Daniel Black Chisholm Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Henry Buckingham Witton Conservative Labour 18721st term
Hastings East John White Conservative 18712nd term
Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell Conservative 18672nd term
Hastings West James Brown Conservative 18672nd term
Huron Centre Horace Horton Liberal 18721st term
Huron North Thomas Farrow Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Huron South Malcolm Colin Cameron Liberal 18672nd term
Kent Rufus Stephenson Conservative 18672nd term
Kingston The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Lambton Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 18672nd term
Lanark North Daniel Galbraith Liberal 18721st term
Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 18721st term
Leeds North and Grenville North Francis Jones Conservative 18672nd term
Leeds South Albert Norton Richards Liberal 18721st term
Lennox Richard John Cartwright Liberal 18672nd term
Lincoln Thomas Rodman Merritt Liberal 18682nd term
London John Carling Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Middlesex East David Glass Conservative 18721st term
Middlesex North Thomas Scatcherd Liberal 18672nd term
Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal 18721st term
Monck James David Edgar Liberal 18721st term
Muskoka Alexander Peter Cockburn Liberal 18721st term
Niagara Angus Morrison Conservative 18672nd term
Norfolk North John Charlton Liberal 18721st term
Norfolk South William Wallace Conservative 18721st term
Northumberland East Joseph Keeler Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Northumberland West James Cockburn (†) Conservative 18672nd term
Ontario North William Henry Gibbs Conservative 18721st term
Ontario South Thomas Nicholson Gibbs Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Ottawa (City of)* John Bower Lewis Conservative 18721st term
Joseph Merrill Currier Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Oxford North Thomas Oliver Liberal 18672nd term
Oxford South Ebenezer Vining Bodwell Liberal 18672nd term
Peel Robert Smith Liberal 18721st term
Perth North Thomas Mayne Daly Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Perth South James Trow Liberal 18721st term
Peterborough East Peregrine Maitland Grover Conservative 18672nd term
Peterborough West John Bertram Liberal 18721st term
William Cluxton (not elected candidate but designated by return) [1] Conservative 18721st term
Prescott Albert Hagar Liberal 18672nd term
Prince Edward Walter Ross Liberal 18672nd term
Renfrew North James Findlay Liberal 18721st term
Renfrew South James O'Reilly Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Russell James Alexander Grant Conservative 18672nd term
Simcoe North Herman Henry Cook Liberal 18721st term
Simcoe South William Carruthers Little Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Stormont Cyril Archibald Liberal 18721st term
Toronto Centre Robert Wilkes Liberal 18721st term
Toronto East James Beaty Conservative 18672nd term
Victoria North Joseph Staples Conservative 18721st term
Victoria South George Dormer Conservative 18721st term
Waterloo North Isaac Erb Bowman Liberal 18672nd term
Waterloo South James Young Liberal 18672nd term
Welland Thomas Clark Street (died September 20, 1872, 22 days before the election) Conservative 18672nd term
William Alexander Thomson (from November 23, 1872) Liberal 18721st term
Wellington Centre James Ross Liberal 18692nd term
Wellington North Nathaniel Higinbotham Liberal 18721st term
Wellington South David Stirton Liberal 18672nd term
Wentworth North Thomas Bain Liberal 18721st term
Wentworth South Joseph Rymal Liberal 18672nd term
West Toronto John Willoughby Crawford (to November 4, 1873) (resigned) Conservative 18721st term
Thomas Moss (from December 18, 1873) Liberal 18731st term
York East James Metcalfe Liberal 18672nd term
York North Anson Dodge Conservative 18721st term
York West David Blain Liberal 18721st term

Five MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.

Quebec

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst electedNo. of terms
Argenteuil John Abbott Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Bagot Pierre-Samuel Gendron Conservative 18672nd term
Beauce Christian Pozer Liberal 18672nd term
Beauharnois Ulysse-Janvier Robillard Independent Conservative 18721st term
Bellechasse Télesphore Fournier Liberal 18702nd term
Berthier Anselme-Homère Pâquet Liberal 18672nd term
Bonaventure Théodore Robitaille Conservative 18672nd term
Brome Edward Carter Conservative 18712nd term
Chambly Pierre Benoit Conservative 18672nd term
Champlain John Jones Ross Conservative 18672nd term
Charlevoix Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal 18672nd term
Châteauguay Luther Hamilton Holton Liberal 18672nd term
Chicoutimi—Saguenay William Evan Price Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Compton John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Dorchester Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative 18672nd term
Drummond—Arthabaska Pierre-Nérée Dorion Liberal 18721st term
Gaspé Pierre Fortin Conservative 18672nd term
Hochelaga Louis Beaubien Conservative 18721st term
Huntingdon Julius Scriver Liberal 18692nd term
Iberville François Béchard Liberal 18672nd term
Jacques Cartier Rodolphe Laflamme Liberal 18721st term
Joliette Louis François Georges Baby Conservative 18721st term
Kamouraska Charles Pelletier Liberal 18692nd term
Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault Conservative 18672nd term
L'Assomption Louis Archambeault Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Laval Joseph Bellerose (to July 10, 1873) (called to the Senate) Conservative 18672nd term
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (from October 28, 1873) Liberal-Conservative 18731st term
Lévis Joseph Blanchet Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
L'Islet Philippe Baby Casgrain Liberal 18721st term
Lotbinière Henri Joly de Lotbinière Liberal 18672nd term
Maskinongé Louis-Alphonse Boyer Liberal 18721st term
Mégantic Édouard-Émery Richard Liberal 18721st term
Missisquoi George Baker Liberal-Conservative 18702nd term
Montcalm Firmin Dugas Conservative 18712nd term
Montmagny Henri-Thomas Taschereau Liberal 18721st term
Montmorency Jean Langlois Conservative 18672nd term
Montreal Centre Michael Patrick Ryan Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Montreal East Louis-Amable Jetté Liberal 18721st term
Montreal West John Young Liberal 18721st term
Napierville Antoine-Aimé Dorion Liberal 18721st term
Nicolet Joseph Gaudet Conservative 18672nd term
Ottawa (County of) Alonzo Wright Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Pontiac William McKay Wright Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Portneuf Esdras Alfred de St-Georges Liberal 18721st term
Quebec-Centre Joseph-Édouard Cauchon Conservative 18721st term
Quebec County Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (to February 20, 1873) (called to the Senate) Conservative 18672nd term
Adolphe-Philippe Caron (from March 28, 1873) Conservative 18731st term
Quebec East Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau Conservative 18702nd term
Quebec West Thomas McGreevy Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Richelieu Michel Mathieu Conservative 18721st term
Richmond—Wolfe William Hoste Webb Conservative 18672nd term
Rimouski Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 18721st term
Rouville Honoré Mercier Liberal 18721st term
Saint Maurice Élie Lacerte Conservative 18682nd term
Shefford Lucius Huntington Liberal 18672nd term
Town of Sherbrooke Edward Towle Brooks Conservative 18721st term
Soulanges Jacques-Philippe Lantier Conservative 18721st term
St. Hyacinthe Louis Delorme Liberal 18702nd term
St. John's François Bourassa Liberal 18672nd term
Stanstead Charles Colby Liberal-Conservative 18672nd term
Témiscouata Élie Mailloux Conservative 18721st term
Terrebonne Louis Masson Conservative 18672nd term
Three Rivers William McDougall Conservative 18682nd term
Two Mountains Wilfrid Prévost Liberal 18721st term
Vaudreuil Robert Harwood Liberal-Conservative 18721st term
Verchères Félix Geoffrion Liberal 18672nd term
Yamaska Joseph Duguay Conservative 18721st term

Three MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island joined Canada on July 1, 1873. By-elections for the House of Commons were held on September 29, 1873.

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst electedNo. of terms
King's County* Daniel Davies Conservative 18731st term
Augustine Colin Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 18731st term
Prince County* James Colledge Pope Conservative 18731st term
James Yeo Liberal 18731st term
Queen's County* David Laird Liberal 18731st term
Peter Sinclair Sr. Liberal 18731st term

References

By-elections

References

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