3rd Canadian Parliament

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3rd Canadian Parliament
Majority parliament
Feb. 21, 1874 – Aug. 16, 1878
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Parliament leaders
Prime
minister 		Hon. Alexander Mackenzie
Nov. 7, 1873 – Oct. 8, 1878
Cabinet 2nd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition 		Sir John A. Macdonald
Nov. 6, 1873 – Oct. 16, 1878
Party caucuses
Government Liberal Party
Opposition Conservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
House of Commons
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Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons 		Timothy Warren Anglin
March 26, 1874 – February 12, 1879
Members206 seats MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate 		The Hon. David Christie
January 9, 1874 – October 16, 1878
Government
Senate leader 		Luc Letellier de St-Just
November 5, 1873 – December 14, 1876
Sir Richard William Scott
December 14, 1876 – October 7, 1878
Opposition
Senate leader 		Alexander Campbell
November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878
Senators92 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 26, 1874 – May 26, 1874
2nd session
February 4, 1875 – April 8, 1875
3rd session
February 10, 1876 – April 12, 1876
4th session
February 8, 1877 – April 28, 1877
5th session
February 7, 1878 – May 10, 1878
←  2nd →  4th

The 3rd Canadian Parliament was in session from March 26, 1874, until August 17, 1878 (4 years and 144 days). The membership was set by the 1874 federal election on January 22, 1874. It was dissolved prior to the 1878 election.

Contents

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie and the 2nd Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative, first led by Sir John A. Macdonald.

The Speaker was Timothy Warren Anglin. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1873-1882 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were five sessions of the 3rd Parliament:

SessionStartEnd
1stMarch 26, 1874May 26, 1874
2ndFebruary 4, 1875April 8, 1875
3rdFebruary 10, 1876April 12, 1876
4thFebruary 8, 1877April 28, 1877
5thFebruary 7, 1878May 10, 1878

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the third 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 elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Cariboo Joshua Spencer Thompson Liberal-Conservative 18713rd term
New Westminster James Cunningham Liberal 18741st term
Thomas Robert McInnes (from March 25, 1878)Independent18781st term
Vancouver Arthur Bunster Liberal 18741st term
Victoria Francis James Roscoe Independent Liberal 18741st term
Amor De Cosmos Liberal 18713rd term
Yale Edgar Dewdney Conservative 18722nd term

Manitoba

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Lisgar John Christian Schultz Conservative 18713rd term
Marquette Robert Cunningham (died 4 July 1874) Liberal 18722nd term
Joseph O'Connell Ryan (from August 25, 1874) Liberal 18741st term
Provencher Louis Riel (expelled from the House of Commons, reelected, reexpelled and banished from Canada)Independent18732nd term
Andrew Bannatyne (from March 31, 1875) Liberal 18751st term
Selkirk Donald A. Smith Independent Conservative 18713rd term

One MP recontested his seat in a byelection, and was reelected.

New Brunswick

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Albert John Wallace Liberal 18673rd term
Carleton Stephen Burpee Appleby Liberal 18722nd term
Charlotte Arthur Hill Gillmor Liberal 18741st term
City and County of St. John Isaac Burpee Liberal 18722nd term
Acalus Lockwood Palmer Liberal 18722nd term
City of St. John Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber Liberal 18732nd term
Gloucester Timothy Warren Anglin (†) Liberal 18673rd term
Kent George McLeod Independent18741st term
King's James Domville Conservative 18722nd term
Northumberland Peter Mitchell Independent18722nd term
Queen's John Ferris Liberal 18673rd term
Restigouche George Moffat Conservative 18703rd term
George Haddow (from January 12, 1878)Independent18781st term
Sunbury Charles Burpee Liberal 18673rd term
Victoria John Costigan Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Westmorland Albert James Smith Liberal 18673rd term
York John Pickard Independent Liberal 18683rd term

Two MPs recontested their seats in a byelection, and were reelected:

Nova Scotia

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Annapolis William Hallett Ray Liberal 18673rd term
Antigonish Angus McIsaac Liberal 18732nd term
Cape Breton Newton LeGayet Mackay Liberal 18722nd term
Cape Breton William McDonald Conservative 18722nd term
Colchester Thomas McKay Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
Cumberland Charles Tupper Conservative 18673rd term
Digby Edwin Randolph Oakes Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
William Berrian Vail (from October 26, 1874) Liberal 18741st term
John Chipman Wade (from January 29, 1878)Independent18781st term
Guysborough John Angus Kirk Liberal 18741st term
Halifax Alfred Gilpin Jones Independent1867, 18742nd term*
Halifax Patrick Power Independent Liberal 1867, 18742nd term*
Hants Monson Henry Goudge Liberal 18732nd term
Inverness Samuel McDonnell Liberal 18722nd term
Kings Frederick William Borden Liberal 18741st term
Lunenburg Charles Edward Church Liberal 18722nd term
Pictou* James William Carmichael Liberal 1867, 18742nd term*
John A. Dawson Liberal 18741st term
Queens James Fraser Forbes Liberal 18673rd term
Richmond Edmund Power Flynn Liberal 18741st term
Shelburne Thomas Coffin Liberal 18673rd term
Victoria William Ross Liberal 18673rd term
Charles James Campbell (from December 17, 1874) Conservative 18741st term
Barclay Edmund Tremaine (from April 28, 1875) Liberal 18751st term
Charles James Campbell (from September 21, 1876) Conservative 18761st term
Yarmouth Frank Killam Liberal 18683rd term

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

Ontario

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Addington Schuyler Shibley Liberal-Conservative 18722nd term
Algoma Edward Borron Liberal 18741st term
Bothwell David Mills Liberal 18673rd term
Brant North Gavin Fleming Liberal 18722nd term
Brant South William Paterson Liberal 18722nd term
Brockville Jacob Dockstader Buell Liberal 18722nd term
Bruce North John Gillies Liberal 18722nd term
Bruce South Edward Blake Liberal 18722nd term
Cardwell John Hillyard Cameron Conservative 18673rd term
Dalton McCarthy (from December 14, 1876) Liberal-Conservative 18761st term
Carleton John Rochester Conservative 18722nd term
Cornwall Alexander Francis Macdonald Liberal 18741st term
Dundas William Gibson Independent Liberal 18722nd term
Durham East Lewis Ross Liberal Reformer 18722nd term
Durham West Edmund Burke Wood Liberal 18673rd term
Harvey William Burk (from April 7, 1874) Liberal 18741st term
Elgin East William Harvey Liberal 18722nd term
Colin MacDougall (from August 11, 1874) Liberal 18741st term
Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 18722nd term
Essex William McGregor Liberal 18741st term
Frontenac George Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative 18703rd term
Glengarry Donald Alexander MacDonald Liberal 18673rd term
Archibald McNab (from July 7, 1875) Liberal 18751st term
Grenville South William Henry Brouse Liberal 18722nd term
Grey East William Kingston Flesher Conservative 18722nd term
Grey North George Snider Liberal 18673rd term
Grey South George Landerkin Liberal 18722nd term
Haldimand David Thompson Liberal 18673rd term
Halton Daniel Black Chisholm Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
William McCraney (from January 25, 1875) Liberal 18751st term
Hamilton Aemilius Irving Liberal 18741st term
Hamilton Andrew Trew Wood Liberal 18741st term
Hastings East John White Conservative 18713rd term
Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell Conservative 18673rd term
Hastings West James Brown Conservative 18673rd term
Huron Centre Horace Horton Liberal 18722nd term
Huron North Thomas Farrow Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Huron South Malcolm Colin Cameron (election overturned in 1875) Liberal 18673rd term
Thomas Greenway (from 1875) Independent 18751st term
Kent Rufus Stephenson Conservative 18673rd term
Kingston Sir John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Lambton Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 18673rd term
Lanark North Daniel Galbraith Liberal 18722nd term
Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 18722nd term
Leeds North and Grenville North Charles Frederick Ferguson Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
Leeds South David Ford Jones Conservative 18741st term
Lennox Richard John Cartwright Liberal 18673rd term
Lincoln James Norris Liberal 18741st term
London John Walker Liberal 18741st term
James Harshaw Fraser (from February 18, 1875) Liberal-Conservative 18751st term
Middlesex East Crowell Willson (election successfully contested 1874) Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
Duncan Macmillan (from January 28, 1875) Liberal-Conservative 18751st term
Middlesex North Thomas Scatcherd Liberal 18673rd term
Robert Colin Scatcherd (from June 7, 1876) Liberal 18761st term
Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal 18722nd term
Monck Lachlin McCallum Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
Muskoka Alexander Peter Cockburn Liberal 18722nd term
Niagara Josiah Burr Plumb Conservative 18741st term
Norfolk North John M. Charlton Liberal 18722nd term
Norfolk South John Stuart Liberal 18741st term
William Wallace (from December 16, 1874) Conservative 18741st term
Northumberland East James Lyons Biggar Independent Liberal 18741st term
Northumberland West William Kerr Liberal 18741st term
Ontario North Adam Gordon Liberal 18741st term
William Henry Gibbs (from July 5, 1876) Conservative 18741st term
Ontario South Malcolm Cameron Liberal Party of Canada 18741st term
Thomas Nicholson Gibbs (from July 5, 1876) Liberal-Conservative 18761st term
Ottawa (City of)* Pierre St. Jean Liberal 18741st term
Joseph Merrill Currier Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Oxford North Thomas Oliver Liberal 18673rd term
Oxford South Ebenezer Vining Bodwell (until April 1874 when he became superintendent of the Welland Canal) Liberal 18673rd term
James Atchison Skinner (from May 23, 1874) Liberal 18741st term
Peel Robert Smith Liberal 18722nd term
Perth North Andrew Monteith Conservative 18741st term
Perth South James Trow Liberal 18722nd term
Peterborough East James Hall Liberal 18741st term
Peterborough West John Bertram Liberal 18741st term
Prescott Albert Hagar Liberal 18673rd term
Prince Edward Walter Ross Liberal 18673rd term
Renfrew North Peter White Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
William Murray (from November 4, 1874) Liberal 18741st term
Peter White (from January 21, 1876) Liberal-Conservative 18761st term
Renfrew South John Lorn McDougall Liberal 1867, 18742nd term*
Russell Robert Blackburn Liberal 18741st term
Simcoe North Hermon Henry Cook Liberal 18722nd term
Simcoe South William Carruthers Little Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Stormont Cyril Archibald Liberal 18722nd term
Toronto Centre Robert Wilkes Liberal 18722nd term
John Macdonald (from May 21, 1875)Independent Liberal18751st term
Toronto East John O'Donohoe Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
Samuel Platt (from January 18, 1875)Independent18751st term
Victoria North James Maclennan Liberal 18741st term
Hector Cameron (from September 17, 1875) Conservative 18751st term
Victoria South Arthur McQuade Conservative 18741st term
Waterloo North Isaac Erb Bowman Liberal 18673rd term
Waterloo South James Young Liberal 18673rd term
Welland William Alexander Thomson Liberal 18722nd term
Wellington Centre George Turner Orton Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
Wellington North Nathaniel Higinbotham Liberal 18722nd term
Wellington South David Stirton Liberal 18673rd term
Donald Guthrie (from July 5, 1876) Liberal 18761st term
Wentworth North Thomas Bain Liberal 18722nd term
Wentworth South Joseph Rymal Liberal 18673rd term
West Toronto Thomas Moss Liberal 18732nd term
John Beverley Robinson (from November 6, 1875) Conservative 18751st term
York East James Metcalfe Liberal 18673rd term
York North Alfred Hutchinson Dymond Liberal 18741st term
York West David Blain Liberal 18722nd term

22 MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected

Prince Edward Island

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
King's County* Daniel Davies Conservative 18732nd term
Peter Adolphus McIntyre Liberal 18741st term
Prince County* Stanislaus Francis Perry Liberal 18741st term
James Yeo Liberal 18732nd term
Queen's County* David Laird Liberal 18732nd term
Peter Sinclair Liberal 18732nd term
James Colledge Pope (from November 22, 1876) Conservative 18761st term

Quebec

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Argenteuil John Abbott Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Lemuel Cushing (from November 4, 1874) Liberal 18741st term
Thomas Christie (from December 31, 1875) Liberal 18751st term
Bagot Joseph-Alfred Mousseau Conservative 18741st term
Beauce Christian Pozer Liberal 18673rd term
Joseph Bolduc (from October 18, 1876) Conservative 18761st term
Beauharnois Ulysse-Janvier Robillard Independent Conservative 18722nd term
Bellechasse Télesphore Fournier Liberal 18703rd term
Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (from November 23, 1875) Conservative 18751st term
Berthier Anselme Homère Pâquet Liberal 18673rd term
Edward Octavian Cuthbert (from February 27, 1875) Conservative 18751st term
Bonaventure Théodore Robitaille Conservative 18673rd term
Brome Nathaniel Pettes Liberal 18741st term
Chambly Amable Jodoin Liberal 18741st term
Pierre-Basile Benoit (from January 7, 1876) Conservative 18761st term
Champlain Hippolyte Montplaisir Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
Charlevoix Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal 18673rd term
Hector-Louis Langevin (from January 22, 1876) Conservative 18761st term
Châteauguay Luther Hamilton Holton Liberal 18673rd term
Chicoutimi—Saguenay Ernest Cimon Conservative 18741st term
Compton John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Dorchester François Fortunat Rouleau Conservative 18741st term
Drummond—Arthabaska Wilfrid Laurier Liberal 18741st term
Désiré Olivier Bourbeau (from October 27, 1877) Conservative 18771st term
Gaspé Louis George Harper Conservative 18741st term
John Short (from July 10, 1875) Conservative 18751st term
Hochelaga Alphonse Desjardins Conservative 18741st term
Huntingdon Julius Scriver Liberal 18693rd term
Iberville François Béchard Liberal 18673rd term
Jacques Cartier Rodolphe Laflamme Liberal 18722nd term
Joliette Louis François Georges Baby Conservative 18722nd term
Kamouraska Charles Pelletier Liberal 18693rd term
Charles-François Roy (from February 19, 1877) Conservative 18771st term
Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault Conservative 18673rd term
L'Assomption Hilaire Hurteau Liberal-Conservative 18741st term
Laval Joseph-Aldric Ouimet Liberal-Conservative 18732nd term
Lévis Louis-Honoré Fréchette Liberal 18741st term
L'Islet Philippe Baby Casgrain Liberal 18722nd term
Lotbinière Henri Bernier Liberal 18741st term
Maskinongé Louis-Alphonse Boyer Liberal 18722nd term
Mégantic Édouard-Émery Richard Liberal 18722nd term
Missisquoi William Donahue Liberal 18741st term
Montcalm Firmin Dugas Conservative 18713rd term
Montmagny Henri-Thomas Taschereau Liberal 18722nd term
Montmorency Jean Langlois Conservative 18673rd term
Montreal Centre Michael Patrick Ryan Liberal-Conservative 18722nd term
Bernard Devlin (from November 26, 1875) Liberal 18751st term
Montreal East Louis-Amable Jetté Liberal 18722nd term
Montreal West Frederick Mackenzie Liberal 18741st term
Thomas Workman (from October 30, 1875) Liberal 18751st term
Napierville Antoine-Aimé Dorion Liberal 18722nd term
Sixte Coupal dit la Reine (from August 4, 1874) Liberal 18741st term
Nicolet Joseph Gaudet Conservative 18673rd term
François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot (from December 18, 1877)Independent Conservative18771st term
Ottawa (County of) Alonzo Wright Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Pontiac William McKay Wright Liberal-Conservative 18722nd term
Portneuf Esdras Alfred de St-Georges Liberal 18722nd term
Quebec-Centre Joseph-Édouard Cauchon Conservative 18722nd term
Jacques Malouin (from November 3, 1877)Independent18771st term
Quebec County Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron Conservative 18732nd term
Quebec East Isidore Thibaudeau Liberal 18741st term
Wilfrid Laurier (from November 28, 1877) Liberal 18741st term
Quebec West Thomas McGreevy Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Richelieu Georges Isidore Barthe Independent Conservative 1870, 18742nd term*
Richmond—Wolfe Henry Aylmer Liberal 18741st term
Rimouski Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 18722nd term
Rouville Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques Liberal 1867, 18742nd term*
Saint Maurice Charles Gérin-Lajoie Liberal 18741st term
Shefford Lucius Huntington Liberal 18673rd term
Town of Sherbrooke Edward Towle Brooks Conservative 18722nd term
Soulanges Jacques-Philippe Lanthier Conservative 18722nd term
St. Hyacinthe Louis Delorme Liberal 18703rd term
St. John's François Bourassa Liberal 18673rd term
Stanstead Charles Carroll Colby Liberal-Conservative 18673rd term
Témiscouata Jean-Baptiste Pouliot Liberal18741st term
Terrebonne Louis Masson Conservative 18673rd term
Three Rivers William McDougall Conservative 18683rd term
Two Mountains Wilfrid Prévost Liberal 18722nd term
Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky (from February 26, 1875)Independent18751st term
Jean-Baptiste Daoust (from March 11, 1876) Conservative 18761st term
Vaudreuil Robert Harwood Liberal-Conservative 18722nd term
Verchères Félix Geoffrion Liberal 18673rd term
Yamaska Charles Gill Conservative 18741st term

Twelve MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected:

By-elections

By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCauseRetained
New Westminster March 25, 1878 James Cunningham      Liberal Thomas Robert McInnes      Independent ResignationNo
Northumberland February 5, 1878 Peter Mitchell      Independent Peter Mitchell      Independent Resignation to re-contest after being accused of violating the Independence of Parliament Act by leasing a building to the government while he was a senator.Yes
Halifax January 29, 1878 Alfred Gilpin Jones      Independent Alfred Gilpin Jones      Independent Resignation to re-contest because of an alleged breach of the Independence of Parliament Act.Yes
Digby January 19, 1878 William Berrian Vail      Liberal John Chipman Wade      Conservative Resignation to re-contest due to conflict of interest allegations.No
Restigouche January 12, 1878 George Moffat Sr.      Conservative George Haddow      Independent ResignationNo
Nicolet December 18, 1877 Joseph Gaudet      Conservative François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot      Independent Conservative Appointed to the Legislative Council of QuebecNo
Quebec East November 28, 1877 Isidore Thibaudeau      Liberal Wilfrid Laurier      Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Laurier.Yes
Quebec-Centre November 3, 1877 Joseph-Édouard Cauchon      Conservative Jacques Malouin      Independent Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba.No
Drummond—Arthabaska October 27, 1877 Wilfrid Laurier      Liberal Désiré Olivier Bourbeau      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue.No
Gloucester July 2, 1877 Timothy Anglin      Liberal Timothy Anglin      Liberal Resignation to re-contest after being found in violation of the Independence of Parliament Act for accepting government printing contracts, and being censured by the House of Commons Committee on Privilege.Yes
Ottawa (City of) May 9, 1877 Joseph Merrill Currier      Liberal-Conservative Joseph Merrill Currier      Liberal-Conservative Resignation to re-contest for having infringed the Independence of Parliament Act by conducting business dealings with the government while still a member.Yes
Lincoln May 9, 1877 James Norris      Liberal James Norris      Liberal Resigns in order to re-contest after acquiring a government contract. [1] Yes
Charlevoix March 23, 1877 Hector-Louis Langevin      Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin      Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Kamouraska February 19, 1877 Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier      Liberal Charles-François Roy      Conservative Called to the Senate.No
Jacques Cartier December 28, 1876 Rodolphe Laflamme      Liberal Rodolphe Laflamme      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue.Yes
Cardwell December 14, 1876 John Hillyard Cameron      Conservative Dalton McCarthy      Conservative DeathYes
Queen's County November 22, 1876 David Laird      Liberal James Colledge Pope      Conservative Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories.No
Bothwell November 15, 1876 David Mills      Liberal David Mills      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs.Yes
Beauce October 18, 1876 Christian Henry Pozer      Liberal Joseph Bolduc      Conservative Called to the Senate.No
Victoria September 21, 1876 Barclay Edmund Tremaine      Liberal Charles James Campbell      Conservative Appointed a County Court judge.No
Glengarry July 31, 1876 Archibald McNab      Liberal Archibald McNab      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Ontario South July 5, 1876 Malcolm Cameron      Liberal Thomas Nicholson Gibbs      Liberal-Conservative DeathNo
Ontario North July 5, 1876 Adam Gordon      Liberal William Henry Gibbs      Conservative DeathNo
Wellington South July 5, 1876 David Stirton      Liberal Donald Guthrie      Liberal Appointed Postmaster of Guelph.Yes
Middlesex North June 7, 1876 Thomas Scatcherd      Liberal Robert Colin Scatcherd      Liberal DeathYes.
Two Mountains March 11, 1876 Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky      Independent Jean-Baptiste Daoust      Conservative ResignationNo
Charlevoix January 22, 1876 Pierre-Alexis Tremblay      Liberal Hector-Louis Langevin      Conservative Election declared void.No
Renfrew North January 21, 1876 William Murray      Liberal Peter White      Conservative Election declared void.No
Chambly January 7, 1876 Amable Jodoin      Liberal Pierre Basile Benoit      Conservative Election declared void.No
Argenteuil December 31, 1875 Lemuel Cushing, Jr.      Liberal Thomas Christie      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Quebec-Centre December 27, 1875 Joseph-Édouard Cauchon      Conservative Joseph-Édouard Cauchon      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council.Yes
Dorchester December 14, 1875 François Fortunat Rouleau      Liberal-Conservative François Fortunat Rouleau      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Montreal Centre November 26, 1875 Bernard Devlin      Liberal Bernard Devlin      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Bellechasse November 23, 1875 Télesphore Fournier      Liberal Joseph Goderic Blanchet      Conservative Appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.No
West Toronto November 6, 1875 Thomas Moss      Liberal John Beverly Robinson      Conservative Appointed to the Court of Appeal of OntarioNo
Montreal West October 30, 1875 Frederick Mackenzie      Liberal Thomas Workman      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Victoria North September 17, 1875 James Maclennan      Liberal Hector Cameron      Conservative Court overturns result of 1874 by-election and declared Cameron seated.No
Gaspé July 10, 1875 Louis George Harper      Conservative John Short      Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Glengarry July 7, 1875 Donald Alexander Macdonald      Liberal Archibald McNab      Liberal Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.Yes
Perth North July 7, 1875 Andrew Monteith      Conservative Andrew Monteith      Conservative Election declared void.Yes
York North June 29, 1875 Alfred Hutchinson Dymond      Liberal Alfred Hutchinson Dymond      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Monck June 22, 1875 Lachlin McCallum      Liberal-Conservative Lachlin McCallum      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Napierville June 19, 1875 Sixte Coupal dit la Reine      Liberal Sixte Coupal dit la Reine      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Bruce South June 2, 1875 Edward Blake      Liberal Edward Blake      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice.Yes
Toronto Centre May 21, 1875 Robert Wilkes      Liberal John Macdonald      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Hamilton May 20, 1875 Andrew Trew Wood and Aemilius Irving      Liberal Aemilius Irving and Andrew Trew Wood      Liberal Double member constituency - elections declared void.Yes
Victoria April 28, 1875 Charles James Campbell      Conservative Barclay Edmund Tremaine      Liberal Campbell unseated by decision of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia., 28 February 1875; Tremaine declared duly elected by decision of Election Court, 28 April 1875No
Provencher March 31, 1875 Louis Riel      Independent Andrew Bannatyne      Liberal Unseated from the House of Commons and declared an outlaw, 25 February 1875No
Wellington North March 18, 1875 Nathaniel Higinbotham      Liberal Nathaniel Higinbotham      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Berthier February 27, 1875 Anselme-Homère Pâquet      Liberal Edward Octavian Cuthbert      Conservative Called to the Senate.No
Two Mountains February 26, 1875 Wilfrid Prévost      Liberal Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky      Independent Election declared voidNo
Renfrew South February 20, 1875 John Lorn McDougall      Liberal John Lorn McDougall      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
London February 18, 1875 John Walker      Liberal James Harshaw Fraser      Liberal-Conservative Election declared voidNo
Huron South February 11, 1875 Malcolm Colin Cameron      Liberal Thomas Greenway      Independent Election declared void.No
Middlesex East January 28, 1875 Crowell Willson      Liberal-Conservative Duncan Macmillan      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Halton January 25, 1875 Daniel Black Chisholm      Liberal-Conservative William McCraney      Liberal Election declared void.No
Toronto East January 18, 1875 John O'Donohoe      Liberal-Conservative Samuel Platt      Independent Election declared void.No
L'Assomption January 16, 1875 Hilaire Hurteau      Liberal-Conservative Hilaire Hurteau      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Montreal Centre January 12, 1875 Michael Patrick Ryan      Liberal-Conservative Bernard Devlin      Liberal Election declared void.No
Chambly December 30, 1874 Pierre Basile Benoit      Conservative Amable Jodoin      Liberal Election declared void.No
Kingston December 29, 1874 John A. Macdonald      Liberal-Conservative John A. Macdonald      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Simcoe North December 26, 1874 Herman Henry Cook      Liberal Herman Henry Cook      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Victoria North December 22, 1874 James Maclennan      Liberal James Maclennan      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Niagara December 22, 1874 Josiah Burr Plumb      Conservative Josiah Burr Plumb      Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Victoria December 17, 1874 William Ross      Liberal Charles James Campbell      Conservative Appointed to Collector of Customs at Halifax.No
Colchester December 17, 1874 Thomas McKay      Liberal-Conservative Thomas McKay      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Leeds North and Grenville North December 16, 1874 Charles Frederick Ferguson      Liberal-Conservative Charles Frederick Ferguson      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Norfolk South December 16, 1874 John Stuart      Liberal William Wallace      Conservative Election declared void.No
Wellington Centre December 13, 1874 George Turner Orton      Liberal-Conservative George Turner Orton      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Northumberland East December 12, 1874 James Lyons Biggar      Independent Liberal James Lyons Biggar      Independent Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Joliette December 10, 1874 Louis François Georges Baby      Conservative Louis François Georges Baby      Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Montreal West December 10, 1874 Frederick Mackenzie      Liberal Frederick Mackenzie      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Richmond—Wolfe December 4, 1874 Henry Aylmer      Liberal Henry Aylmer      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Northumberland West November 17, 1874 William Kerr      Liberal William Kerr      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Lincoln November 17, 1874 James Norris      Liberal James Norris      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Argenteuil November 4, 1874 John Abbott      Liberal-Conservative Lemuel Cushing, Jr.      Liberal Election declared void.No
Renfrew North November 4, 1874 Peter White      Conservative William Murray      Liberal Election declared void.No
Addington October 28, 1874 Schuyler Shibley      Conservative Schuyler Shibley      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void.Yes
Digby October 26, 1874 Edwin Randolph Oakes      Liberal-Conservative William Berrian Vail      Liberal Appointed to the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia.No
Renfrew South October 24, 1874 John Lorn McDougall      Liberal John Lorn McDougall      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Essex October 22, 1874 William McGregor      Liberal William McGregor      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Cornwall October 20, 1874 Alexander Francis Macdonald      Liberal Alexander Francis Macdonald      Liberal Election declared void.Yes
Provencher September 3, 1874 Louis Riel      Independent Louis Riel      Independent Expelled from the House of CommonsYes
Marquette August 25, 1874 Robert Cunningham      Liberal Joseph O'Connell Ryan      Liberal Death, Ryan awarded seat upon re-examination of votes cast.Yes
Elgin East August 11, 1874 William Harvey      Liberal Colin MacDougall      Liberal DeathYes
Napierville August 4, 1874 Antoine-Aimé Dorion      Liberal Sixte Coupal dit la Reine      Liberal Appointed Chief Justice of Quebec.Yes
Verchères July 25, 1874 Félix Geoffrion      Liberal Félix Geoffrion      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue.Yes
Oxford South May 23, 1874 Ebenezer Vining Bodwell      Liberal James Atchison Skinner      Liberal Appointed Superintendent of the Welland Canal.Yes
Durham West April 7, 1874 Edmund B. Wood      Liberal Harvey William Burk      Liberal Appointed Chief Justice of Manitoba.Yes

References

  1. ↑ Canada. Parliament. House of Commons (1877). Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada. Vol. 11. p. 264. Retrieved 2015-06-24.

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