4th Canadian Parliament

4th Canadian Parliament
Majority parliament
Feb. 13, 1879 – May. 18, 1882
Parliament leaders
Prime
minister		Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
Oct. 17, 1878 – Jun. 6, 1891
Cabinet3rd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		Alexander Mackenzie
17 October 1878 – 27 April 1880
Edward Blake
4 May 1880 – 2 June 1887
Party caucuses
GovernmentConservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
OppositionLiberal Party
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons		Joseph Godéric Blanchet
13 February 1879 – 7 February 1883
Members206 seats MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate		The Hon. Robert Duncan Wilmot
7 November 1878 – 10 February 1880
The Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson
11 February 1880 – 15 February 1880
Amos Edwin Botsford
16 February 1880 – 18 April 1880
The Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson
19 April 1880 – 16 October 1883
Government
Senate leader		Alexander Campbell
18 October 1878 – 26 January 1887
Opposition
Senate leader		Sir Richard William Scott
8 October 1878 – 27 April 1896
Senators79 seats senator seats
List of senators
Sovereign
MonarchVictoria
1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor
general		The Earl of Dufferin
25 June 1872 – 25 Nov. 1878
The Duke of Argyll
25 Nov. 1878 – 23 Oct. 1883
Sessions
1st session
13 February 1879 – 15 May 1879
2nd session
12 February 1880 – 7 May 1880
3rd session
9 December 1880 – 21 March 1881
4th session
9 February 1882 – 17 May 1882
← 3rd → 5th

The 4th Canadian Parliament was in session from 13 February 1879 until 18 May 1882 (3 years and 94 days). The membership was set by the 1878 federal election on 17 September 1878. It was dissolved prior to the 1882 election.

It was controlled by a Conservative/Liberal-Conservative majority under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 3rd Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, first led by Alexander Mackenzie, and then by Edward Blake.

The Speaker was Joseph Godéric Blanchet. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1873-1882 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 4th Parliament:

Session Start End
1st 13 February 1879 15 May 1879
2nd 12 February 1880 7 May 1880
3rd 9 December 1880 21 March 1881
4th 9 February 1882 17 May 1882

List of members

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

Key:

  • 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.

British Columbia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Cariboo Joshua Spencer Thompson (acclaimed)
(died in office 20 December 1880) 		Liberal-Conservative 1871 4th term
James Reid (from 31 March 1881) Liberal-Conservative 1881 1st term
New Westminster Thomas Robert McInnes (until appointed to Senate 24 December 1881) Independent 1878 1st term
Joshua Homer (acclaimed) (from 9 March 1882) Liberal-Conservative 1882 1st term
Vancouver Arthur Bunster Liberal 1874 2nd term
Victoria* Sir John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Amor De Cosmos Liberal 1871 4th term
Yale Edgar Dewdney (acclaimed) (resigned 30 May 1879 to become Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and the North West Territories) Conservative 1872 3rd term
Francis Jones Barnard (from 29 September 1879) Conservative 1879 1st term

Manitoba

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Lisgar John Christian Schultz (acclaimed) Conservative 1871 4th term
Marquette Sir John A. Macdonald (acclaimed) Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Joseph O'Connell Ryan (acclaimed) (from 30 November 1878) Liberal 1874 2nd term
Provencher Joseph Dubuc (acclaimed) Conservative 1878 1st term
Joseph Royal (from 30 December 1879) Conservative 1879 1st term
Selkirk Donald A. Smith Conservative 1871 4th term
Thomas Scott (from 10 September 1880) Conservative 1880 1st term

New Brunswick

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Albert Alexander Rogers Liberal 1878 1st term
Carleton George Heber Connell Independent 1878 1st term
David Irvine (from 16 February 1881) Liberal 1881 1st term
Charlotte Arthur Hill Gillmor Liberal 1874 2nd term
City and County of St. John* Isaac Burpee Liberal 1872 3rd term
Charles Wesley Weldon Liberal 1878 1st term
City of St. John Samuel Leonard Tilley (acclaimed), (re-elected 4 November 1878) Liberal-Conservative 1873, 1878 2nd term*
Gloucester Timothy Warren Anglin (acclaimed) Liberal 1867 4th term
Kent Gilbert Anselme Girouard Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
King's James Domville Conservative 1872 3rd term
Northumberland Jabez Bunting Snowball Liberal 1878 1st term
Queen's George Gerald King Liberal 1878 1st term
Restigouche George Haddow (acclaimed) Independent 1878 1st term
Sunbury Charles Burpee Liberal 1867 4th term
Victoria John Costigan Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Westmorland Albert James Smith Liberal 1867 4th term
York John Pickard Independent Liberal 1868 4th term

Nova Scotia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Annapolis Avard Longley Conservative 1878 1st term
Antigonish Angus McIsaac Liberal 1873 3rd term
Cape Breton* Hugh McLeod (died in office 5 August 1879) Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
William McDonald Conservative 1872 3rd term
William Mackenzie McLeod (from 23 October 1879) Liberal-Conservative 1879 1st term
Colchester Thomas McKay Liberal-Conservative 1874 2nd term
Archibald McLelan (from 18 June 1881) Conservative 1881 1st term
Cumberland Charles Tupper (acclaimed) (re-elected in by-election 4 November 1878) Conservative 1867 4th term
Digby John Chipman Wade Conservative 1878 1st term
Guysborough Alfred Ogden Conservative 1878 1st term
Halifax* Matthew Henry Richey Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Malachy Bowes Daly Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Hants William Henry Allison Conservative 1878 1st term
Inverness Samuel McDonnell Liberal 1872 3rd term
Kings Frederick William Borden Liberal 1874 2nd term
Lunenburg Charles Edwin Kaulbach Conservative 1878 1st term
Pictou* James McDonald (acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878, ended term 19 May 1881) Conservative 1872, 1878 2nd term*
Robert Doull Liberal-Conservative 1872, 1878 2nd term*
John McDougald (acclaimed from 18 June 1881) Liberal-Conservative 1881 1st term
Queens Silas Tertius Rand Bill Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Richmond Edmund Power Flynn Liberal 1874 2nd term
Shelburne Thomas Robertson Liberal 1878 1st term
Victoria Duncan McDonald Liberal 1878 1st term
Yarmouth Frank Killam Liberal 1868 4th term

Ontario

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Addington John McRory Conservative 1878 1st term
Algoma Simon James Dawson Conservative 1878 1st term
Bothwell David Mills Liberal 1867 4th term
Brant North Gavin Fleming Liberal 1872 3rd term
Brant South William Paterson Liberal 1872 3rd term
Brockville William Fitzsimmons Conservative 1878 1st term
Bruce North John Gillies Liberal 1872 3rd term
Bruce South Alexander Shaw Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Cardwell Thomas White Conservative 1878 1st term
Carleton John Rochester Conservative 1872 3rd term
Cornwall Darby Bergin (re-elected in by-election 27 January 1880) Liberal-Conservative 1872, 1878 2nd term*
Dundas John Sylvester Ross Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 2nd term*
Durham East Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams Conservative 1878 1st term
Durham West Harvey William Burk (until 10 October 1879) Liberal 1874 2nd term
Edward Dominick Blake (acclaimed from 17 November 1879) Liberal 1879 1st term
Elgin East Thomas Arkell Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 1872 3rd term
Essex James Colebrooke Patterson Conservative 1878 1st term
Frontenac George Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative 1870 4th term
Glengarry John McLennan Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Grenville South John Philip Wiser Liberal 1878 1st term
Grey East Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative 1878 1st term
Grey North Samuel Johnathan Lane Conservative 1878 1st term
Grey South George Jackson Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 2nd term*
Haldimand David Thompson Liberal 1867 4th term
Halton William McDougall Liberal-Conservative 1867,[a] 1878 2nd term*
Hamilton* Francis Edwin Kilvert Conservative 1878 1st term
Thomas Robertson Liberal 1878 1st term
Hastings East John White (re-elected in by-election 25 February 1879) Conservative 1871 4th term
Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell (acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878) Conservative 1867 4th term
Hastings West James Brown Conservative 1867 4th term
Huron Centre Horace Horton (until 10 October 1878) Liberal 1872 3rd term
Richard John Cartwright (from 2 November 1878) Liberal 1878 1st term
Huron North Thomas Farrow Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Huron South Malcolm Colin Cameron Liberal 1867, 1878 4th term*
Kent Rufus Stephenson Conservative 1867 4th term
Kingston Alexander Gunn Liberal 1878 1st term
Lambton Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 1867 4th term
Lanark North Daniel Galbraith (died in office 17 December 1879) Liberal 1872 3rd term
Donald Greenfield MacDonell (from 22 January 1880) Liberal 1880 1st term
Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 1872 3rd term
Leeds North and Grenville North Charles Frederick Ferguson Liberal-Conservative 1874 2nd term
Leeds South David Ford Jones Conservative 1874 2nd term
Lennox Edmund Hooper Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Lincoln John Charles Rykert Conservative 1878 1st term
London John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 3rd term*
Middlesex East Duncan Macmillan Liberal-Conservative 1875 2nd term
Middlesex North Timothy Coughlin Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal 1872 3rd term
Monck Lachlin McCallum Liberal-Conservative 1874 2nd term
Muskoka Alexander Peter Cockburn Liberal 1872 3rd term
Niagara Patrick Hughes (defeated in by-election 20 March 1879) Liberal 1878 1st term
Josiah Burr Plumb (from 20 March 1879) Conservative 1879 1st term
Norfolk North John Charlton Liberal 1872 3rd term
Norfolk South William Wallace Conservative 1874 2nd term
Northumberland East Joseph Keeler (died in office 21 January 1881) Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 3rd term*
Darius Crouter (acclaimed from 25 March 1881) Independent Liberal 1881 1st term
Northumberland West James Cockburn (until 14 November 1881) Conservative 1867, 1878 3rd term*
George Guillet (from 19 December 1881) Conservative 1881 1st term
Ontario North George Wheler (until 10 June 1880, re-elected 28 August 1880) Liberal 1878 1st term
Ontario South Francis Wayland Glen Liberal 1878 1st term
Ottawa (City of)* Joseph Merrill Currier Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Joseph Tassé Conservative 1878 1st term
Oxford North Thomas Oliver (died in office 8 November 1880) Liberal 1867 4th term
James Sutherland (from 9 December 1880) Liberal 1880 1st term
Oxford South James Atchison Skinner Liberal 1874 2nd term
Peel William Elliott Conservative 1878 1st term
Perth North Samuel Rollin Hesson Conservative 1878 1st term
Perth South James Trow Liberal 1872 3rd term
Peterborough East John Burnham Conservative 1878 1st term
Peterborough West George Hilliard Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Prescott Félix Routhier Conservative 1878 1st term
Prince Edward James Simeon McCuaig Conservative 1878 1st term
Renfrew North Peter White Conservative 1876 2nd term
Renfrew South William Bannerman Conservative 1878 1st term
Russell John O'Connor (acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878) Conservative 1867, 1878 3rd term*
Simcoe North Dalton McCarthy Conservative 1872 3rd term
Simcoe South William Carruthers Little (died in office 31 December 1881) Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Richard Tyrwhitt (acclaimed from 16 February 1882) Conservative 1882 1st term
Stormont Oscar Fulton Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Toronto Centre Robert Hay Liberal 1878 1st term
Toronto East Samuel Platt Independent 1875 2nd term
Victoria North Hector Cameron Conservative 1875 2nd term
Victoria South Arthur McQuade Conservative 1874 2nd term
Waterloo North Hugo Kranz Conservative 1878 1st term
Waterloo South Samuel Merner Conservative 1878 1st term
Welland Christopher William Bunting Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Wellington Centre George Turner Orton Liberal-Conservative 1874 2nd term
Wellington North George Alexander Drew Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 2nd term*
Wellington South Donald Guthrie Liberal 1876 2nd term
Wentworth North Thomas Bain Liberal 1872 3rd term
Wentworth South Joseph Rymal Liberal 1867 4th term
West Toronto John Beverley Robinson (until 30 June 1880) Conservative 1875 2nd term
James Beaty, Jr. (from 28 August 1880) Conservative 1880 1st term
York East Alfred Boultbee Conservative 1878 1st term
York North Frederick William Strange Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
York West Nathaniel Clarke Wallace Conservative 1878 1st term
  1. ^ Lanark North

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
King's County* Augustine Colin Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 1873, 1878 2nd term*
Ephraim Bell Muttart Conservative 1878 1st term
Prince County* James Yeo Liberal 1873 3rd term
Edward Hackett Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Queen's County* James Colledge Pope (acclaimed in by-election 9 November 1878) Conservative 1876 2nd term
Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken Conservative 1878 1st term

Quebec

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Argenteuil Thomas Christie (defeated in by-election 12 February 1880) Liberal 1875 2nd term
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (from 12 February 1880, acclaimed in by-election 17 August 1881) Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1880 4th term*
Bagot Joseph-Alfred Mousseau (acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880) Conservative 1874 2nd term
Beauce Joseph Bolduc Conservative 1876 2nd term
Beauharnois Michael Cayley (died in office 3 December 1878) Conservative 1867, 1878 2nd term*
Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron (from 9 January 1879) Conservative 1879 1st term
Bellechasse Achille Larue (until 11 February 1881) Liberal 1878 1st term
Guillaume Amyot (from 19 March 1881) Conservative 1881 1st term
Berthier Edward Octavian Cuthbert Conservative 1875 2nd term
Bonaventure Théodore Robitaille Conservative 1867 4th term
Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne (acclaimed from 26 August 1879) Conservative 1879 1st term
Brome Edmund Leavens Chandler Liberal 1878 1st term
David Ames Manson (from 18 October 1880) Liberal-Conservative 1880 1st term
Chambly Pierre Basile Benoit Conservative 1876 2nd term
Champlain Hippolyte Montplaisir Liberal-Conservative 1874 2nd term
Charlevoix Pierre Alexis Tremblay (died in office 5 January 1879) Liberal 1876 2nd term
Joseph-Stanislas Perrault (from 13 February 1879) Conservative 1879 1st term
Simon-Xavier Cimon (from 19 March 1881) Conservative 1881 1st term
Châteauguay Luther Hamilton Holton (died in office 14 March 1880) Liberal 1867 4th term
Edward Holton (from 17 April 1880) Liberal 1880 1st term
Chicoutimi—Saguenay Marie Honorius Ernest Cimon Conservative 1874 2nd term
Compton John Henry Pope (acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878) Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Dorchester François Fortunat Rouleau Liberal-Conservative 1874 2nd term
Drummond – Arthabaska Désiré Olivier Bourbeau Conservative 1877 2nd term
Gaspé Pierre Fortin Conservative 1867, 1878 3rd term*
Hochelaga Alphonse Desjardins Conservative 1874 2nd term
Huntingdon Julius Scriver (acclaimed) Liberal 1869 4th term
Iverbville François Béchard Liberal 1867 4th term
Jacques Cartier Désiré Girouard Conservative 1878 1st term
Joliette Louis François Georges Baby (acclaimed in by-election 14 November 1878) Conservative 1872 3rd term
Lewis Arthur McConville (from 9 December 1880) Conservative 1880 1st term
Kamouraska Joseph Dumont Liberal 1878 1st term
L'Assomption Hilaire Hurteau Liberal-Conservative 1874 2nd term
L'Islet Philippe Baby Casgrain Liberal 1872 3rd term
Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault Conservative 1867 4th term
Laval Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (acclaimed) Liberal-Conservative 1873 3rd term
Lévis Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (†) Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 3rd term*
Lotbinière Côme Isaïe Rinfret Liberal 1878 1st term
Maskinongé Frédéric Houde Nationalist Conservative 1878 1st term
Mégantic Louis-Éphrem Olivier Liberal 1878 1st term
Missisquoi George Barnard Baker Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Montcalm Firmin Dugas Conservative 1871 4th term
Montmagny Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry Conservative 1878 1st term
Montmorency Pierre-Vincent Valin (until 9 January 1880, re-elected 9 December 1880) Conservative 1878 1st term
Auguste-Réal Angers (from 14 February 1880 until 12 November 1880) Conservative 1880 1st term
Montreal Centre Michael Patrick Ryan Liberal-Conservative 1868 4th term
Montreal East Charles-Joseph Coursol Conservative 1878 1st term
Montreal West Matthew Hamilton Gault Conservative 1878 1st term
Napierville Sixte Coupal dit la Reine Liberal 1874 2nd term
Nicolet François Xavier Ovide Méthot Independent Conservative 1877 2nd term
Ottawa (County of) Alonzo Wright Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Pontiac John Poupore Conservative 1878 1st term
Portneuf Roch-Pamphile Vallée Conservative 1878 1st term
Quebec County Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron (acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880) Conservative 1873 3rd term
Quebec East Wilfrid Laurier Liberal 1874 2nd term
Quebec West Thomas McGreevy (acclaimed) Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Quebec-Centre Jacques Malouin Independent 1877 2nd term
Richelieu Louis Huet Massue Liberal-Conservative 1878 1st term
Richmond—Wolfe William Bullock Ives Conservative 1878 1st term
Rimouski Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 1872 3rd term
Rouville George-Auguste Gigault Conservative 1878 1st term
Saint Maurice Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers Conservative 1867, 1878 2nd term*
Shefford Lucius Seth Huntington Liberal 1867 4th term
Town of Sherbrooke Edward Towle Brooks (acclaimed) Conservative 1872 3rd term
Soulanges Jacques-Philippe Lanthier Conservative 1872 3rd term
St. Hyacinthe Louis Tellier Conservative 1878 1st term
St. John's François Bourassa Liberal 1867 4th term
Stanstead Charles Carroll Colby Liberal-Conservative 1867 4th term
Témiscouata Paul-Étienne Grandbois Conservative 1878 1st term
Terrebonne Louis-Rodrigue Masson (acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878) Conservative 1867 4th term
Three Rivers William McDougall Conservative 1868 4th term
Hector-Louis Langevin (acclaimed from 21 November 1878) Conservative 1867, 1876, 1878 3rd term*
Two Mountains Jean-Baptiste Daoust Conservative 1876 2nd term
Vaudreuil Jean-Baptiste Mongenais Conservative 1878 1st term
Verchères Félix Geoffrion Liberal 1867 4th term
Yamaska Charles Gill Conservative 1874 2nd term
Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille (from 7 July 1879) Conservative 1879 1st term

By-elections

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
New Westminster March 9, 1882 Thomas Robert McInnes      Independent Joshua Homer      Liberal-Conservative Called to the Senate. No
Simcoe South February 16, 1882 William Carruthers Little      Liberal-Conservative Angus McIsaac      Conservative Death Yes
Northumberland West December 19, 1881 James Cockburn      Conservative George Guillet      Conservative Appointed Chairman of the Commission to collect, examine and classify the Statutes passed by the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, since Confederation Yes
Argenteuil August 17, 1881 John Joseph Caldwell Abbott      Liberal-Conservative John Joseph Caldwell Abbott      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Pictor June 18, 1881 James McDonald      Conservative John McDougald      Liberal-Conservative Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Yes
Colchester June 18, 1881 Thomas McKay      Liberal-Conservative Archibald McLelan      Conservative Called to the Senate. Yes
Colchester March 31, 1881 Joshua Spencer Thompson      Liberal-Conservative James Reid      Liberal-Conservative Death Yes
Northumberland East March 25, 1881 Joseph Keeler      Liberal-Conservative Darius Crouter      Independent Liberal Death No
Bellechasse March 19, 1881 Achille Larue      Liberal Guillaume Amyot      Conservative Election declared void. No
Charlevoix March 19, 1881 Joseph-Stanislas Perrault      Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Carleton February 16, 1881 George Heber Connell      Independent David Irvine      Liberal Death No
Joliette December 9, 1880 Louis François Georges Baby      Conservative Lewis Arthur McConville      Conservative Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec Yes
Oxford North December 9, 1880 Thomas Oliver      Liberal James Sutherland      Liberal Death Yes
Montmorency December 9, 1880 Auguste-Réal Angers      Conservative Pierre-Vincent Valin      Conservative Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec. Yes
Quebec County November 20, 1880 Adolphe-Philippe Caron      Conservative Adolphe-Philippe Caron      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. Yes
Bagot November 20, 1880 Joseph-Alfred Mousseau      Conservative Joseph-Alfred Mousseau      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. Yes
Brome October 18, 1880 Edmund Leavens Chandler      Liberal David Ames Manson      Liberal-Conservative Death No
Selkirk September 10, 1880 Donald Smith      Independent Conservative Thomas Scott      Conservative Election declared void. No
Ontario North August 28, 1880 George Wheler      Liberal George Wheler      Liberal Election declared void. Yes
West Toronto August 28, 1880 John Beverly Robinson      Conservative James Beaty, Jr.      Conservative Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. Yes
Châteauguay April 17, 1880 Luther Hamilton Holton      Liberal Edward Holton      Liberal Death Yes
Montmorency February 14, 1880 Pierre-Vincent Valin      Conservative Auguste-Réal Angers      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Argenteuil February 12, 1880 Thomas Christie      Liberal John Joseph Caldwell Abbott      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. No
Cornwall January 27, 1880 Darby Bergin      Liberal-Conservative Darby Bergin      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Lanark North January 22, 1880 Daniel Galbraith      Liberal Donald Greenfield MacDonell      Liberal Death Yes
Provencher December 30, 1879 Joseph Dubuc      Conservative Joseph Royal      Conservative Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench for Manitoba. Yes
Durham West November 17, 1879 Harvey William Burk      Liberal Edward Blake      Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Blake. Yes
Cape Breton October 23, 1879 Hugh McLeod      Liberal-Conservative William Mackenzie McLeod      Liberal-Conservative Death Yes
Yale September 29, 1879 Edgar Dewdney      Conservative Francis Jones Barnard      Conservative Appointed Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and the North West Territories. Yes
Bonaventure August 26, 1879 Théodore Robitaille      Conservative Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne      Conservative Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Yes
Yamaska July 7, 1879 Charles-Ignace Gill      Conservative Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille      Conservative Appointed a judge to the Quebec Superior Court. Yes
Niagara March 20, 1879 Patrick Hughes      Liberal Josiah Burr Plumb      Conservative Election declared void. No
Hastings East February 25, 1879 John White      Conservative John White      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Charlevoix February 13, 1879 Pierre-Alexis Tremblay      Liberal Joseph-Stanislas Perrault      Conservative Death No
Beauharnois January 9, 1879 Michael Cayley      Conservative Joseph Gédéon H. Bergeron      Conservative Death Yes
Marquette November 30, 1878 John A. Macdonald      Liberal-Conservative Joseph O'Connell Ryan      Liberal MacDonald was elected in several seats simultaneously, resigned to run in Ministerial by-election in Victoria. No
Three Rivers November 21, 1878 William McDougall      Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin      Conservative Resignation to provide a seat for Langevin. Yes
Joliette November 14, 1878 Louis François Georges Baby      Conservative Louis François Georges Baby      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue. Yes
Queens County November 9, 1878 James Colledge Pope      Conservative James Colledge Pope      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Yes
Hastings North November 6, 1878 Mackenzie Bowell      Conservative Mackenzie Bowell      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs. Yes
Terrebonne November 6, 1878 Louis-Rodrigue Masson      Conservative Louis-Rodrigue Masson      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. Yes
City of St. John November 4, 1878 Samuel Leonard Tilley      Liberal-Conservative Samuel Leonard Tilley      Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Finance. Yes
Pictou November 4, 1878 James McDonald      Conservative James McDonald      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. Yes
Russell November 4, 1878 John O'Connor      Conservative John O'Connor      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. Yes
Compton November 4, 1878 John Henry Pope      Liberal-Conservative John Henry Pope      Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture. Yes
Cumberland November 4, 1878 Charles Tupper      Conservative Charles Tupper      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works. Yes
Huron Centre November 2, 1878 Horace Horton      Liberal Richard John Cartwright      Liberal Appointment in the office of the Auditor-General of Canada. Yes


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Succession

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