3rd Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
21 February 1874 – 16 August 1878 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister | Hon. Alexander Mackenzie 7 Nov 1873 – 8 Oct 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 | |||
![]() Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Speaker of the Commons | Timothy Warren Anglin March 26, 1874 – February 12, 1879 | ||
Members | 206 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 | ||
Senators | 92 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 | |||
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The 3rd Canadian Parliament was in session from March 26, 1874, until August 17, 1878. The membership was set by the 1874 federal election on January 22, 1874. It was dissolved prior to the 1878 election.
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:
Session | Start | End |
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1st | March 26, 1874 | May 26, 1874 |
2nd | February 4, 1875 | April 8, 1875 |
3rd | February 10, 1876 | April 12, 1876 |
4th | February 8, 1877 | April 28, 1877 |
5th | February 7, 1878 | May 10, 1878 |
Following is a full list of members of the third parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. Party leaders are italicized. Cabinet ministers are in boldface. The Prime Minister is both. The Speaker is indicated by "(†)".
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Cariboo | Joshua Spencer Thompson | Liberal-Conservative | 1871 | |
New Westminster | James Cunningham | Liberal | 1874 | |
Thomas Robert McInnes from March 25, 1878 | Independent | 1878 | ||
Vancouver | Arthur Bunster | Liberal | 1874 | |
Victoria | Francis James Roscoe | Independent Liberal | 1874 | |
Amor De Cosmos | Liberal | 1871 | ||
Yale | Edgar Dewdney | Conservative | 1872 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Lisgar | John Christian Schultz | Conservative | 1871 | |
Marquette | Robert Cunningham, died 4 July 1874 | Liberal | 1872 | |
Joseph O'Connell Ryan from August 25, 1874 | Liberal | 1874 | ||
Provencher | Louis Riel, expelled from the House of Commons, reelected, reexpelled and banished from Canada | Independent | 1873 | |
Andrew Bannatyne from March 31, 1875 | Liberal | 1875 | ||
Selkirk | Donald A. Smith | Independent Conservative | 1871 |
One MP recontested his seat in a byelection, and was reelected.
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Albert | John Wallace | Liberal | 1867 | |
Carleton | Stephen Burpee Appleby | Liberal | 1872 | |
Charlotte | Arthur Hill Gillmor | Liberal | 1874 | |
City and County of St. John | Isaac Burpee | Liberal | 1872 | |
Acalus Lockwood Palmer | Liberal | 1872 | ||
City of St. John | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | Liberal | 1873 | |
Gloucester | Timothy Warren Anglin (†) | Liberal | 1867 | |
Kent | George McLeod | Independent | 1874 | |
King's | James Domville | Conservative | 1872 | |
Northumberland | Peter Mitchell | Independent | 1872 | |
Queen's | John Ferris | Liberal | 1867 | |
Restigouche | George Moffat | Conservative | 1870 | |
George Haddow from January 12, 1878 | Independent | 1878 | ||
Sunbury | Charles Burpee | Liberal | 1867 | |
Victoria | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 | |
Westmorland | Albert James Smith | Liberal | 1867 | |
York | John Pickard | Independent Liberal | 1868 |
Two MPs recontested their seats in a byelection, and were reelected:
Two MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.
22 MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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King's County* | Daniel Davies | Conservative | 1873 | |
Peter Adolphus McIntyre | Liberal | 1874 | ||
Prince County* | Stanislaus Francis Perry | Liberal | 1874 | |
James Yeo | Liberal | 1873 | ||
Queen's County* | David Laird | Liberal | 1873 | |
Peter Sinclair | Liberal | 1873 | ||
James Colledge Pope from November 22, 1876 | Conservative | 1876 |
Twelve MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected:
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