8th Canadian Parliament

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8th Canadian Parliament
Majority parliament
Aug. 19, 1896 – Jul. 18, 1900
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Parliament leaders
Prime
minister 		Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Jul. 11, 1896 – Oct. 6, 1911
Cabinet 8th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition 		Charles Tupper
11 July 1896 – 5 February 1901
Party caucuses
Government Liberal Party
Opposition Conservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
Crossbench Patrons of Industry
House of Commons
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Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons 		James David Edgar
August 19, 1896 – July 31, 1899
Thomas Bain
August 1, 1899 – February 5, 1901
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate 		Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
July 13, 1896 – January 28, 1901
Government
Senate leader 		Oliver Mowat
August 19, 1896 – November 17, 1897
David Mills
November 17, 1897 – February 7, 1902
Opposition
Senate leader 		Mackenzie Bowell
April 27, 1896 – March 1, 1906
Sovereign
Monarch Victoria
1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor
general 		The Earl of Aberdeen
18 Sep. 1893 – 12 Nov. 1898
The Earl of Minto
12 Nov. 1898 – 10 Dec. 1904
Sessions
1st session
August 19, 1896 – October 5, 1896
2nd session
March 25, 1897 – June 29, 1897
3rd session
February 3, 1898 – June 13, 1898
4th session
March 16, 1899 – August 11, 1899
5th session
February 1, 1900 – July 18, 1900
←  7th →  9th
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was Prime Minister during the 8th Canadian Parliament. The Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier Photo C (HS85-10-16873).jpg
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was Prime Minister during the 8th Canadian Parliament.

The 8th Canadian Parliament was in session from August 19, 1896, until October 9, 1900 (4 years and 51 days). The membership was set by the 1896 federal election on June 23, 1896. It was dissolved prior to the 1900 election.

Contents

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the 8th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative, led by Charles Tupper.

The Speaker was first James David Edgar, and later Thomas Bain. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1892-1903 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were five sessions of the 8th Parliament:

SessionStartEnd
1stAugust 19, 1896October 5, 1896
2ndMarch 25, 1897June 29, 1897
3rdFebruary 3, 1898June 13, 1898
4thMarch 16, 1899August 11, 1899
5thFebruary 1, 1900July 18, 1900

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the eighth 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
Burrard George Ritchie Maxwell Liberal 18961st term
New Westminster Aulay MacAulay Morrison Liberal 18961st term
Vancouver William Wallace Burns McInnes Liberal 18961st term
Victoria* Edward Gawler Prior Conservative 18883rd term
Thomas Earle Conservative 18893rd term
Yale—Cariboo Hewitt Bostock Liberal 18961st term

Manitoba

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Brandon Dalton McCarthy (left seat to keep Simcoe North, Ontario, riding)Independent18766th term
Clifford Sifton (by-election of 1896-11-27) Liberal 18961st term
Lisgar Robert Lorne Richardson Liberal 18961st term
Macdonald Nathaniel Boyd Conservative 18922nd term
John Gunion Rutherford (by-election of 1897-04-27) Liberal 18971st term
Marquette William James Roche Conservative 18961st term
Provencher Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière Conservative 18893rd term
Selkirk John Alexander MacDonell Liberal 18961st term
Winnipeg Hugh John Macdonald (until election voided 29 March 1897) Conservative 18912nd term
Richard Willis Jameson (by-election of 1897-04-27) Liberal 18971st term
Arthur Puttee (by-election of 1900-01-25) Labour 19001st term

New Brunswick

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Albert William James Lewis Independent18961st term
Carleton Frederick Harding Hale Liberal-Conservative 1887, 18962nd term*
Charlotte Gilbert White Ganong Liberal-Conservative 18961st term
City and County of St. John Joseph John Tucker Liberal 18961st term
City of St. John John Valentine Ellis Liberal 1887, 18962nd term*
Gloucester Théotime Blanchard Conservative 18942nd term*
Kent George Valentine McInerney Conservative 18922nd term
King's James Domville Liberal 1872, [a] 18964th term*
Northumberland James Robinson Conservative 18962nd term
Restigouche John McAlister Liberal-Conservative 18912nd term
Sunbury—Queen's George Gerald King (until 18 December 1896 Senate appointment) Liberal 1878, 18915th term*
Andrew George Blair (by-election of 1896-08-25) Liberal 18961st term
Victoria John Costigan Liberal-Conservative 18678th term
Westmorland Henry Absalom Powell Liberal-Conservative 18952nd term
York George Eulas Foster Conservative 18824th term

Northwest Territories

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Alberta (Provisional District) Frank Oliver Liberal 18961st term
Assiniboia East James Moffat Douglas Liberal 18961st term
Assiniboia West Nicholas Flood Davin Liberal-Conservative 18873rd term
Saskatchewan (Provisional District) Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister) Liberal 18746th term
Thomas Osborne Davis (by-election of 1896-12-19) Liberal 18961st term

Nova Scotia

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Annapolis John Burpee Mills Conservative 18873rd term
Antigonish Colin Francis McIsaac Liberal 18952nd term
Cape Breton* Hector Francis McDougall Liberal-Conservative 18843rd term
Charles Tupper Conservative 1867, 1887, 18968th term*
Colchester Wilbert David Dimock (until election voided) Conservative 18961st term
Firman McClure (by-election of 1897-04-20) Liberal 18971st term
Cumberland Hance James Logan Liberal 18961st term
Digby Albert James Smith Copp Liberal 18961st term
Guysborough Duncan Cameron Fraser Liberal 18912nd term
Halifax* Robert Laird Borden Conservative 18961st term
Benjamin Russell Liberal 18961st term
Hants Allen Haley Liberal 18961st term
Inverness Angus MacLennan Liberal 18961st term
Kings Frederick William Borden (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment) Liberal 1874, 18875th term*
Frederick William Borden (by-election of 1896-07-30) Liberal
Lunenburg Charles Edwin Kaulbach Conservative 1882, 1883, 18914th term*
Pictou* Adam Carr Bell Conservative 18961st term
Charles Hibbert Tupper Conservative 18824th term
Richmond Joseph Alexander Gillies Conservative 18912nd term
Shelburne and Queen's Francis Gordon Forbes (until 18 July 1896 customs appointment) Liberal 18912nd term
William Stevens Fielding (by-election of 1896-08-05) Liberal 18961st term
Victoria John Lemuel Bethune Conservative 18961st term
Yarmouth Thomas Barnard Flint Liberal 18912nd term

Ontario

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Addington John William Bell Conservative 1882, 18963rd term*
Algoma Albert Dyment Liberal 18961st term
Bothwell James Clancy Conservative 18961st term
Brant South Robert Henry Conservative 18961st term
Charles Bernhard Heyd (by-election of 1897-02-04) Liberal 18971st term
Brockville John Fisher Wood Liberal-Conservative 18824th term
William Henry Comstock (by-election of 1899-04-20) Liberal 18991st term
Bruce East Henry Cargill Conservative 18922nd term
Bruce North Alexander McNeill Liberal-Conservative 18824th term
Bruce West John Tolmie Liberal 18961st term
Cardwell William Stubbs Independent Conservative 18952nd term
Carleton William Thomas Hodgins Conservative 18912nd term
Cornwall and Stormont Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative 1872, 18786th term*
John Goodall Snetsinger (by-election of 1896-12-19) Liberal 18961st term
Dundas Andrew Broder Conservative 18961st term
Durham East Thomas Dixon Craig Independent Conservative 18912nd term
Durham West Robert Beith Liberal 18912nd term
Elgin East Andrew B. Ingram Liberal-Conservative 18912nd term
Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 18785th term
Essex North William McGregor Liberal 18912nd term
Essex South Mahlon K. Cowan Liberal 18961st term
Frontenac David Dickson Rogers Patrons of Industry 18961st term
Glengarry Roderick R. McLennan Conservative 18912nd term
Grenville South John Dowsley Reid Conservative 18912nd term
Grey East Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative 18785th term
Grey North John Clark Liberal 18961st term
William Paterson (by-election of 1896-08-25) Liberal 18961st term
Grey South George Landerkin Liberal 1872, 18826th term*
Haldimand and Monck Walter Humphries Montague Conservative 1887, 18904th term*
Halton David Henderson Conservative 1887, 18884th term*
Hamilton* Andrew Trew Wood Liberal 1874, 18962nd term*
Thomas Henry Macpherson Liberal 18961st term
Hastings East Jeremiah M. Hurley Liberal 18961st term
Hastings North Alexander Augustus Williamson Carscallen Conservative 18922nd term
Hastings West Henry Corby Conservative 18883rd term
Huron East Peter Macdonald Liberal 18873rd term
Huron South John McMillan Liberal 1882, 18874th term*
Huron West Malcolm Colin Cameron (until 30 May 1898 appointment as North West Territories Lieutenant-Governor) Liberal 1867, 1891, 18968th term*
Robert Holmes (by-election of 1899-02-21) Liberal 18991st term
Kent Archibald Campbell Liberal 18873rd term
Kingston Byron Moffatt Britton Liberal 18961st term
Lambton East John Fraser Liberal 18961st term
Lambton West James Frederick Lister (until 21 June 1898 judicial appointment) Liberal 18824th term
Thomas George Johnston (by-election of 1898-12-14) Liberal 18981st term
Lanark North Bennett Rosamond Conservative 18912nd term
Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 18727th term
Leeds North and Grenville North Francis Theodore Frost Liberal 18961st term
Leeds South George Taylor Conservative 18824th term
Lennox Uriah Wilson Conservative 18922nd term
Lincoln and Niagara William Gibson Liberal 18912nd term
London Thomas Beattie Conservative 18961st term
Middlesex East James Gilmour Conservative 18961st term
Middlesex North Valentine Ratz Liberal 18961st term
Middlesex South Malcolm McGugan Liberal 18961st term
Middlesex West William Samuel Calvert Liberal 18961st term
Muskoka and Parry Sound George McCormick Liberal-Conservative 18961st term
Nipissing James Bell Klock Conservative 18961st term
Norfolk North John Charlton Liberal 18727th term
Norfolk South David Tisdale Conservative 18873rd term
Northumberland East Edward Cochrane Conservative 18873rd term
Northumberland West George Guillet Conservative 18912nd term
Ontario North John Alexander McGillivray Liberal-Conservative 18952nd term
Duncan Graham (by-election of 1897-02-04)Independent Liberal 18971st term
Ontario South Leonard Burnett Liberal 18961st term
Ontario West James David Edgar (died 31 July 1899) (†) Liberal 18844th term
Isaac James Gould (by-election of 1900-01-18) Liberal 19001st term
Ottawa (City of)* Napoléon Antoine Belcourt Liberal 18961st term
William H. Hutchison Liberal 18961st term
Oxford North James Sutherland Liberal 18804th term
Oxford South Richard John Cartwright (until ministerial appointment) Liberal 18678th term
Richard John Cartwright (by-election of 1896-07-30) Liberal
Peel Joseph Featherston Liberal 18912nd term
Perth North Alexander Ferguson Maclaren Conservative 18961st term
Perth South Dilman Kinsey Erb Liberal 18961st term
Peterborough East John Lang Independent Liberal 18961st term
Peterborough West James Kendry Conservative 18873rd term
Prescott Isidore Proulx Liberal 18912nd term
Prince Edward William Varney Pettet Patrons of Industry 18961st term
Renfrew North Thomas Mackie Liberal 18961st term
Renfrew South John Ferguson Independent Conservative 18873rd term
Russell William Cameron Edwards Liberal 18873rd term
Simcoe East William Humphrey Bennett Conservative 18922nd term
William Humphrey Bennett (by-election of 1897-02-04) Conservative
Simcoe North Dalton McCarthy (died 11 May 1898)Independent18873rd term
Leighton Goldie McCarthy (by-election of 1898-12-14)Independent18981st term
Simcoe South Richard Tyrwhitt Conservative 18824th term
Toronto Centre William Lount Liberal 18961st term
George Hope Bertram (by-election of 1897-11-30) Liberal 18971st term
Toronto East John Ross Robertson Independent Conservative 18961st term
Victoria North Sam Hughes Liberal-Conservative 18922nd term
Victoria South George McHugh Liberal 18961st term
Waterloo North Joseph Emm Seagram Conservative 18961st term
Waterloo South James Livingston Liberal 18824th term
Welland William McCleary Conservative 18961st term
Wellington Centre Andrew Semple Liberal 18873rd term
Wellington North James McMullen Liberal 18824th term
Wellington South Christian Kloepfer Conservative 18961st term
Wentworth North and Brant James Somerville Liberal 18824th term
Wentworth South Thomas Bain (†) Liberal 18727th term
West Toronto* Edmund Boyd Osler Conservative 18961st term
Edward Frederick Clarke Conservative 18961st term
York East William Findlay Maclean Conservative 18922nd term
York North William Mulock (until Postmaster General appointment) Liberal 18824th term
William Mulock (by-election of 1896-07-30) Liberal
York West Nathaniel Clarke Wallace Conservative 18785th term

Prince Edward Island

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
East Prince John Yeo (until 19 November 1898 Senate appointment) Liberal 18912nd term
John Howatt Bell (by-election of 1898-12-14) Liberal 18981st term
East Queen's Alexander Martin Conservative 18961st term
King's Augustine Colin Macdonald Conservative 1873, 1878, 1883, 18915th term*
West Prince Edward Hackett (until election voided 24 March 1897) Liberal-Conservative 1878, 18963rd term*
Stanislaus Francis Perry (by-election of 1897-04-27, died 24 February 1898) Liberal 1874, 1887, 18974th term*
Bernard Donald McLellan (by-election of 1898-04-13) Liberal 18961st term
West Queen's Louis Henry Davies (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment) Liberal 18824th term
Louis Henry Davies (by-election of 1896-07-30) Liberal

Quebec

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Argenteuil Thomas Christie Liberal 1875, 18914th term*
Bagot Flavien Dupont (died in office) Conservative 18824th term
Joseph Edmond Marcile (by-election of 1898-12-14) Liberal 18981st term
Beauce Joseph Godbout Liberal 18873rd term
Beauharnois Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron Conservative 18824th term
Bellechasse Onésiphore Ernest Talbot Liberal 18961st term
Berthier Cléophas Beausoleil (until 1 December 1899 postmaster appointment) Liberal 18824th term
Joseph Éloi Archambault (by-election of 1900-01-18) Liberal 19001st term
Bonaventure William LeBoutillier Fauvel (died 8 February 1897) Liberal 18912nd term
Jean-François Guité (by-election of 1897-03-17) Liberal 18971st term
Brome Sydney Arthur Fisher (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment) Liberal 18961st term
Sydney Arthur Fisher (by-election of 1896-07-30) Liberal
Chambly—Verchères Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion (died 18 July 1899) Liberal 18952nd term
Victor Geoffrion (by-election of 1900-01-18) Liberal 19001st term
Champlain François Arthur Marcotte (until election voided 12 January 1897) Conservative 18961st term
François Arthur Marcotte (by-election of 1897-04-07) Conservative
Charlevoix Louis Charles Alphonse Angers Liberal 18962nd term
Châteauguay James Pollock Brown Liberal 18912nd term
Chicoutimi—Saguenay Paul Vilmond Savard Liberal 18912nd term
Compton Rufus Henry Pope Conservative 18893rd term
Dorchester Jean-Baptiste Morin Conservative 18961st term
Drummond—Arthabaska Joseph Lavergne (until 4 August 1897 judicial appointment) Liberal 18824th term
Louis Lavergne (by-election of 1897-11-13) Liberal 18971st term
Gaspé Rodolphe Lemieux Liberal 18961st term
Hochelaga Joseph Alexandre Camille Madore Liberal 18961st term
Huntingdon Julius Scriver Liberal 18698th term
Jacques Cartier Frederick Debartzch Monk Conservative 18961st term
Joliette Charles Bazinet Liberal 18961st term
Kamouraska Henry George Carroll Liberal 18912nd term
Labelle Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (resigned 26 October 1899) Liberal 18961st term
Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (by-election of 1900-01-18)Independent
Laprairie—Napierville Dominique Monet Liberal 18912nd term
L'Assomption Joseph Gauthier Liberal 18922nd term
Laval Thomas Fortin Liberal 18961st term
Lévis Pierre Malcom Guay (died 19 February 1899) Liberal 18854th term
Louis Julien Demers (by-election of 1899-03-22) Liberal 18991st term
L'Islet Alphonse Arthur Miville Déchêne Liberal 18961st term
Lotbinière Côme Isaïe Rinfret (until 25 August 1899 revenue inspector appointment) Liberal 18785th term
Edmond Fortier (by-election of 1900-01-25) Liberal 19001st term
Maisonneuve Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine Liberal 18864th term
Maskinongé Joseph Hormidas Legris Liberal 18912nd term
Mégantic Georges Turcot Liberal 1887, 18962nd term*
Missisquoi Daniel Bishop Meigs Liberal 1888, 18962nd term*
Montcalm Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas Conservative 18912nd term
Montmagny Philippe-Auguste Choquette (until 7 July 1898 judicial appointment) Liberal 18873rd term
Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau (by-election of 1898-12-14) Liberal 18981st term
Montmorency Thomas Chase Casgrain Conservative 18961st term
Nicolet Fabien Boisvert (died 12 November 1897) Conservative 1888, 18962nd term*
Joseph Hector Leduc (by-election of 1897-12-21) Liberal 18971st term
Pontiac William Joseph Poupore Conservative 18961st term
Portneuf Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (until 11 July 1896 revenue appointment) Liberal 1867, 18963rd term*
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (by-election of 1896-07-30) Liberal
Quebec-Centre François Charles Stanislas Langelier (until 14 January 1898 judicial appointment) Liberal 18824th term
Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (by-election of 1898-01-24) Liberal 18981st term
Quebec County Charles Fitzpatrick (until 11 July 1896 Solicitor General appointment) Liberal 18961st term
Charles Fitzpatrick (by-election of 1896-07-30) Liberal
Quebec East Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister) Liberal 18746th term
Wilfrid Laurier (by-election of 1896-07-30) Liberal
Quebec West Richard Reid Dobell Liberal 18961st term
Richelieu Arthur Aimé Bruneau Liberal 18922nd term
Richmond—Wolfe Michael Thomas Stenson Liberal 18961st term
Rimouski Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset (until 20 October 1897 Senate appointment) Liberal 1872, 1887, 18965th term*
Jean Auguste Ross (by-election of 1897-11-06) Liberal 18971st term
Rouville Louis Philippe Brodeur Liberal 18785th term
St. Anne Michael Joseph Francis Quinn Conservative 18961st term
St. Antoine Thomas George Roddick Conservative 18961st term
St. Hyacinthe Michel Esdras Bernier (until 22 June 1900 revenue appointment) Liberal 18824th term
Michel Esdras Bernier (by-election of 1900-07-04) Liberal
St. James Odilon Desmarais Liberal 18961st term
St. Johns—Iberville François Béchard (until 17 July 1896 Senate appointment) Liberal 18678th term
Joseph Israël Tarte (by-election of 1896-08-03) Liberal 1891, 1893, 18963rd term*
St. Lawrence Edward Goff Penny Liberal 18961st term
St. Mary Hercule Dupré Liberal 18961st term
Shefford Charles Henry Parmelee Liberal 18961st term
Town of Sherbrooke William Bullock Ives (died 15 July 1899) Conservative 18824th term
John McIntosh (by-election of 1900-01-25) Conservative 19001st term
Soulanges Augustin Bourbonnais Liberal 18961st term
Stanstead Alvin Head Moore Conservative 18961st term
Témiscouata Charles Eugène Pouliot (died 24 June 1897) Liberal 18961st term
Charles Arthur Gauvreau (by-election of 1897-11-06) Liberal 18971st term
Terrebonne Léon Adolphe Chauvin Conservative 18961st term
Three Rivers and St. Maurice Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron Conservative 18678th term
Two Mountains Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier Liberal 18961st term
Vaudreuil Henry Stanislas Harwood Liberal 18912nd term
Wright Charles Ramsay Devlin (until 15 March 1897 immigration appointment) Liberal 18912nd term
Louis Napoléon Champagne (by-election of 1897-03-23) Liberal 18971st term
Yamaska Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault Liberal 18912nd term

By-elections

By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCauseRetained
St. Hyacinthe July 4, 1900 Michel-Esdras Bernier      Liberal Michel-Esdras Bernier      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland RevenueYes
Lotbinière January 25, 1900 Côme Isaïe Rinfret      Liberal Edmond Fortier      Liberal Appointment as a revenue inspectorYes
Town of Sherbrooke January 25, 1900 William Bullock Ives      Conservative John McIntosh      Conservative DeathYes
Winnipeg January 25, 1900 Richard Willis Jameson      Liberal Arthur Puttee      Labour DeathYes
Berthier January 18, 1900 Cléophas Beausoleil      Liberal Joseph Éloi Archambault      Liberal Appointed postmaster of MontrealYes
Labelle January 18, 1900 Henri Bourassa      Liberal Henri Bourassa      Independent Resignation to recontest in protest at Canada's participation in the Boer War No
Chambly—Verchères January 18, 1900 Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion      Liberal Victor Geoffrion      Liberal DeathYes
Ontario West January 18, 1900 James David Edgar      Liberal Isaac James Gould      Liberal DeathYes
Brockville April 20, 1899 John Fisher Wood      Liberal-Conservative William Henry Comstock      Liberal DeathNo
Lévis March 22, 1899 Pierre Malcom Guay      Liberal Louis-Jules Demers      Liberal DeathYes
Huron West February 21, 1899 Malcolm Colin Cameron      Liberal Robert Holmes      Liberal Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories Yes
East Prince December 14, 1898 John Yeo      Liberal John Howatt Bell      Liberal Called to the SenateYes
Lambton West December 14, 1898 James Frederick Lister      Liberal Thomas George Johnston      Liberal Appointed to the Court of Appeal
Bagot December 14, 1898 Flavien Dupont      Conservative Joseph Edmond Marcile      Liberal DeathNo
Montmagny December 14, 1898 Philippe-Auguste Choquette      Liberal Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau      Liberal Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of QuebecYes
Simcoe North December 14, 1898 Dalton McCarthy      McCarthyite Leighton McCarthy     Independent (McCarthyite)DeathYes
West Prince April 13, 1898 Stanislaus Francis Perry      Liberal Bernard Donald McLellan      Liberal DeathYes
Quebec-Centre January 24, 1898 François Langelier      Liberal Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin      Liberal Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of QuebecYes
Nicolet December 21, 1897 Fabien Boisvert      Conservative Joseph Hector Leduc      Liberal DeathNo
Toronto Centre November 30, 1897 William Lount      Liberal George Hope Bertram      Liberal ResignationYes
Drummond—Arthabaska November 13, 1897 Joseph Lavergne      Liberal Louis Lavergne      Liberal Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of QuebecYes
Témiscouata November 6, 1897 Charles-Eugène Pouliot      Liberal Charles Arthur Gauvreau      Liberal DeathYes
Rimouski November 6, 1897 Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset      Liberal Jean Auguste Ross      Liberal Called to the SenateYes
West Prince April 27, 1897 Edward Hackett      Liberal-Conservative Stanislaus Francis Perry      Liberal Election declared voidNo
Macdonald April 27, 1897 Nathaniel Boyd      Conservative John Gunion Rutherford      Liberal Election declared voidNo
Winnipeg April 27, 1897 Hugh John Macdonald      Liberal-Conservative Richard Willis Jameson      Liberal Election declared voidNo
Colchester April 20, 1897 Wilbert David Dimock      Conservative Firman McClure      Liberal Election declared voidNo
Champlain April 7, 1897 François-Arthur Marcotte      Conservative François-Arthur Marcotte      Conservative Election declared voidYes
Wright March 23, 1897 Charles Ramsay Devlin      Liberal Louis Napoléon Champagne      Liberal Appointed Canadian trade commissioner to IrelandYes
Bonaventure March 17, 1897 William LeBoutillier Fauvel      Liberal Jean-François Guité      Liberal DeathYes
Simcoe East February 4, 1897 William Humphrey Bennett      Conservative William Humphrey Bennett      Conservative Election declared voidYes
Ontario North February 4, 1897 John Alexander McGillivray      Conservative Duncan Graham      Independent Liberal Election declared voidNo
Brant South February 4, 1897 Robert Henry      Conservative Charles Bernhard Heyd      Liberal Election declared voidNo
Saskatchewan (Provisional District) December 19, 1896 Wilfrid Laurier      Liberal Thomas Osborne Davis      Liberal Laurier was elected to two seats, resigned to run in ministerial by-election in Quebec EastYes
Cornwall and Stormont December 19, 1896 Darby Bergin      Liberal-Conservative John Goodall Snetsinger      Liberal DeathNo
Brandon November 27, 1896 Dalton McCarthy      McCarthyite Clifford Sifton      Liberal Chose to sit for Simcoe North No
Sunbury—Queen's August 25, 1896 George G. King      Liberal Andrew George Blair      Liberal Called to SenateYes
Grey North August 25, 1896 John Clark      Liberal William Paterson      Liberal DeathYes
Shelburne and Queen's August 5, 1896 Francis Gordon Forbes      Liberal William Stevens Fielding      Liberal Appointed Sub-Collector of CustomsYes
St. Johns—Iberville August 3, 1896 François Béchard      Liberal Joseph Israël Tarte      Liberal Called to the SenateYes
Quebec County July 30, 1896 Charles Fitzpatrick      Liberal Charles Fitzpatrick      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor GeneralYes
Kings July 30, 1896 Frederick William Borden      Liberal Frederick William Borden      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and DefenceYes
Oxford South July 30, 1896 Richard John Cartwright      Liberal Richard John Cartwright      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Trade and CommerceYes
West Queen's July 30, 1896 Louis Henry Davies      Liberal Louis Henry Davies      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and FisheriesYes
Brome July 30, 1896 Sydney Arthur Fisher      Liberal Sydney Arthur Fisher      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of AgricultureYes
Portneuf July 30, 1896 Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière      Liberal Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Inland RevenueYes
York North July 30, 1896 William Mulock      Liberal William Mulock      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-GeneralYes
Quebec East July 30, 1896 Wilfrid Laurier      Liberal Wilfrid Laurier      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Prime MinisterYes

Notes

  1. ↑ First elected as Conservative

References

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