5th Canadian Parliament

5th Canadian Parliament
Majority parliament
Feb. 8, 1883 – Jan. 15, 1887
Parliament leaders
Prime
minister		Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
Oct. 17, 1878 – Jun. 6, 1891
Cabinet3rd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		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-Goderic Blanchet
13 February 1879 – 7 February 1883
George Airey Kirkpatrick
8 February 1883 – 12 July 1887
Members242 seats MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate		The Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson
19 April 1880 – 16 October 1883
The Hon. William Miller
17 October 1883 – 3 April 1887
Government
Senate leader		Alexander Campbell
18 October 1878 – 26 January 1887
Opposition
Senate leader		Sir Richard William Scott
8 October 1878 – 27 April 1896
Senators97 seats senator seats
List of senators
Sovereign
MonarchVictoria
1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor
general		The Duke of Argyll
25 Nov. 1878 – 23 Oct. 1883
The Marquess of Lansdowne
23 Oct. 1883 – 11 June 1888
Sessions
1st session
8 February 1883 – 27 May 1883
2nd session
17 January 1884 – 19 April 1884
3rd session
29 January 1885 – 20 July 1885
4th session
25 February 1886 – 2 June 1886
← 4th → 6th

The 5th Canadian Parliament was in session from 8 February 1883, until 15 January 1887 (3 years and 341 days). The membership was set by the 1882 federal election on 20 June 1882. It was dissolved prior to the 1887 election. The 5th Canadian Parliament 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, led by Edward Blake.

The Speaker was George Airey Kirkpatrick. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1882-1887 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 5th Parliament:

Session Start End
1st February 8, 1883 May 27, 1883
2nd January 17, 1884 April 19, 1884
3rd January 29, 1885 July 20, 1885
4th February 25, 1886 June 2, 1886

Notable legislation

This term was notable for passing the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 which imposed a head tax on Chinese immigrants to Canada.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the fifth 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 James Reid Liberal-Conservative 1881 2nd term
New Westminster Joshua Homer Liberal-Conservative 1882 2nd term
Vancouver David William Gordon Liberal-Conservative 1882 1st term
Victoria* Edgar Crow Baker Conservative 1882 1st term
Noah Shakespeare Conservative 1882 1st term
Yale Francis Jones Barnard Conservative 1879 2nd term

Manitoba

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Lisgar Arthur Wellington Ross Liberal-Conservative 1882 1st term
Marquette Robert Watson Liberal 1882 1st term
Provencher Joseph Royal Conservative 1879 2nd term
Selkirk Hugh McKay Sutherland Liberal 1882 1st term
Winnipeg Thomas Scott Conservative 1880 2nd term

New Brunswick

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Albert John Wallace (unseated 1883) Liberal 1867, 1882 4th term*
John Wallace (by-election of 1883-07-10) Liberal-Conservative 1883 1st term
Carleton David Irvine Liberal 1881 2nd term
Charlotte Arthur Hill Gillmor Liberal 1874 3rd term
City and County of St. John* Isaac Burpee (died 1 March 1885) Liberal 1872 4th term
Charles Wesley Weldon Liberal 1878 2nd term
Charles Arthur Everett (by-election of 1885-10-20) Conservative 1885 1st term
City of St. John Samuel Leonard Tilley (appointed New Brunswick's Lieutenant-Governor 12 November 1885) Liberal-Conservative 1873, 1878 3rd term*
Frederick Eustace Barker (by-election of 1885-11-24) Conservative 1885 1st term
Gloucester Kennedy Francis Burns Conservative 1882 1st term
Kent Gilbert Anselme Girouard Liberal-Conservative 1878 2nd term
Pierre Amand Landry (by-election of 1883-09-22) Conservative 1883 1st term
King's George Eulas Foster (election voided 1882) Conservative 1882 1st term
George Eulas Foster (by-election of 1882-11-07, until Ministerial appointment) Conservative
George Eulas Foster (by-election of 1885-12-31) Conservative
Northumberland Peter Mitchell Independent 1872, 1882 3rd term*
Queen's George Gerald King Liberal 1878 2nd term
Restigouche Robert Moffat Conservative 1882 1st term
Sunbury Charles Burpee Liberal 1867 5th term
Victoria John Costigan Liberal-Conservative 1867 5th term
Westmorland Josiah Wood Conservative 1882 1st term
York John Pickard Independent Liberal 1868 5th term
Thomas Temple (by-election of 1884-06-29) Conservative 1884 1st term

Nova Scotia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Annapolis William Hallett Ray Liberal 1867, 1882 4th term*
Antigonish Angus McIsaac Liberal 1874 3rd term
John Thompson (by-election of 1885-10-16) Liberal-Conservative 1885 1st term
Cape Breton* Murray Dodd Conservative 1882 1st term
William McDonald (until 1884 Senate appointment) Conservative 1872 4th term
Hector Francis McDougall (by-election of 1884-07-03) Liberal-Conservative 1884 1st term
Colchester Archibald McLelan Conservative 1867, 1881 3nd term*
Cumberland Charles Tupper (until 1884 High Commission appointment) Conservative 1867 5th term
Charles James Townshend (by-election of 1884-06-26) Liberal-Conservative 1884 1st term
Digby William Berrian Vail Liberal 1874, 1882 2nd term*
Guysborough John Angus Kirk Liberal 1874, 1882 2nd term*
Halifax* Malachy Bowes Daly Liberal-Conservative 1878 2nd term
Matthew Henry Richey (until 1883 Lieutenant-Governor appointment) Liberal-Conservative 1878 2nd term
John Fitzwilliam Stairs (by-election of 1883-07-24) Conservative 1883 1st term
Hants William Henry Allison Conservative 1878 2nd term
Inverness Hugh Cameron Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1882 2nd term*
Kings Douglas Benjamin Woodworth Liberal-Conservative 1874 3rd term
Lunenburg Thomas Twining Keefler (until 1883 voiding of election) Liberal 1882 1st term
Charles Edwin Kaulbach (by-election of 1883-10-10) Conservative 1883 1st term
Pictou* John McDougald Liberal-Conservative 1881 2nd term
Charles Hibbert Tupper Conservative 1882 1st term
Queens James Fraser Forbes Liberal 1867, 1882 4th term*
Richmond Henry Nicholas Paint Conservative 1882 1st term
Shelburne Thomas Robertson Liberal 1878 2nd term
Victoria Charles James Campbell Conservative 1874, 1882 2nd term*
Yarmouth Joseph Robbins Kinney Liberal 1882 1st term

Ontario

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Addington John William Bell Conservative 1882 1st term
Algoma Simon James Dawson Conservative 1878 2nd term
Bothwell John Joseph Hawkins (until 1884 voiding of election) Liberal-Conservative 1882 1st term
David Mills (by-election of 1884-02-25) Liberal 1884 1st term
Brant North James Somerville Liberal 1882 1st term
Brant South William Paterson Liberal 1872 4th term
Brockville John Fisher Wood Liberal-Conservative 1882 1st term
Bruce East Rupert Mearse Wells Liberal 1882 1st term
Bruce North Alexander McNeill Liberal-Conservative 1882 1st term
Bruce West James Somerville Liberal 1882 1st term
Cardwell Thomas White (until 1885 ministerial nomination) Conservative 1878 2nd term
Thomas White (by-election of 1885-08-27)
Carleton John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 1867 5th term
Cornwall and Stormont Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative 1872, 1878 3rd term*
Dundas Charles Erastus Hickey Conservative 1882 1st term
Durham East Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams (died 4 July 1885) Conservative 1878 2nd term
Henry Alfred Ward (by-election of 1885-08-24) Conservative 1885 1st term
Durham West Edward Blake Liberal 1879 2nd term
Elgin East John Henry Wilson Liberal 1882 1st term
Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 1872 4th term
Essex North James Colebrooke Patterson Conservative 1878 2nd term
Essex South Lewis Wigle Conservative 1882 1st term
Frontenac George Airey Kirkpatrick (†) Conservative 1870 5th term
Glengarry Donald Macmaster Conservative 1882 1st term
Grenville South William Thomas Benson (died 8 June 1885) Conservative 1882 1st term
Walter Shanly (by-election of 1885-07-04) Conservative 1885 1st term
Grey East Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative 1878 2nd term
Grey North Benjamin Allen Liberal 1882 1st term
Grey South George Landerkin Liberal 1872, 1882 3rd term*
Haldimand David Thompson (died 18 April 1886) Liberal 1867 5th term
Charles Wesley Colter (by-election of 1886-09-08) Liberal 1886 1st term
Halton William McCraney Liberal 1875, 1882 2nd term*
Hamilton Francis Edwin Kilvert Conservative 1878 2nd term
Thomas Robertson Liberal 1878 2nd term
Hastings East John White Conservative 1871 5th term
Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell Conservative 1867 5th term
Hastings West Alexander Robertson Conservative 1882 1st term
Huron East Thomas Farrow Conservative 1878 2nd term
Huron South John McMillan (resigned 1883) Liberal 1882 1st term
Richard John Cartwright (by-election of 1883-12-10) Liberal 1883 1st term
Huron West Malcolm Colin Cameron Liberal 1867, 1878 5th term*
Kent Henry Smyth (until election voided 31 December 1883) Conservative 1882 1st term
Henry Smyth (by-election of 1884-01-29) Conservative
Kingston Alexander Gunn Liberal 1878 2nd term
Lambton East John Henry Fairbank Liberal 1882 1st term
Lambton West James Frederick Lister Liberal 1882 1st term
Lanark North Joseph Jamieson Conservative 1882 1st term
Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 1872 4th term
Leeds North and Grenville North Charles Frederick Ferguson Liberal-Conservative 1874 3rd term
Leeds South George Taylor Conservative 1882 1st term
Lennox John A. Macdonald (until election voided) Liberal-Conservative 1867 5th term
David Wright Allison (by-election of 1883-11-26, until election voided) Liberal 1883 1st term
Matthew William Pruyn (by-election of 1885-01-28) Conservative 1885 1st term
Lincoln and Niagara John Charles Rykert Conservative 1878 2nd term
London John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 4th term*
Middlesex East Duncan Macmillan Liberal-Conservative 1875 3rd term
Middlesex North Timothy Coughlin Liberal-Conservative 1878 2nd term
Middlesex South James Armstrong Liberal 1882 1st term
Middlesex West George William Ross (until election voided October 1883) Liberal 1872 4th term
Donald Mackenzie Cameron (by-election of 1883-12-14) Liberal 1883 1st term
Monck Lachlan McCallum Liberal-Conservative 1874 3rd term
Muskoka and Parry Sound William Edward O'Brien Conservative 1882 1st term
Norfolk North John Charlton Liberal 1872 4th term
Norfolk South Joseph Jackson Liberal 1882 1st term
Northumberland East Edward Cochrane Conservative 1882 1st term
Northumberland West George Guillet (unseated 1885) Conservative 1881 2nd term
George Guillet (by-election of 1885-04-07) Conservative 1885 1st term
Ontario North Alexander Peter Cockburn Liberal 1878 2nd term
Ontario South Francis Wayland Glen Liberal 1878 2nd term
Ontario West George Wheler (resigned 1884) Liberal 1878 2nd term
James David Edgar (by-election of 1884-08-22) Liberal 1884 1st term
Ottawa (City of)* Charles Herbert Mackintosh Conservative 1882 1st term
Joseph Tassé Conservative 1878 2nd term
Oxford North James Sutherland Liberal 1880 2nd term
Oxford South Archibald Harley Liberal 1882 1st term
Peel James Fleming Liberal 1882 1st term
Perth North Samuel Rollin Hesson Conservative 1878 2nd term
Perth South James Trow Liberal 1872 4th term
Peterborough East John Burnham Conservative 1878 2nd term
Peterborough West George Hilliard Liberal-Conservative 1878 2nd term
Prescott Simon Labrosse Liberal 1882 1st term
Prince Edward John Milton Platt Liberal 1882 1st term
Renfrew North Peter White Conservative 1876 3rd term
Renfrew South Robert Campbell Liberal 1882 1st term
Russell Moss Kent Dickinson Conservative 1882 1st term
Simcoe East Hermon Henry Cook Liberal 1874, 1882 2nd term*
Simcoe North Dalton McCarthy Conservative 1872 4th term
Simcoe South Richard Tyrwhitt Conservative 1882 2nd term
Toronto Centre Robert Hay Liberal 1878 2nd term
Toronto East John Small Conservative 1882 1st term
Victoria North Hector Cameron Conservative 1875 3rd term
Victoria South Joseph Rutherford Dundas Conservative 1882 1st term
Waterloo North Hugo Kranz Conservative 1878 2nd term
Waterloo South James Livingston Liberal 1882 1st term
Welland John Ferguson Conservative 1878 2nd term
Wellington Centre George Turner Orton Liberal-Conservative 1874 3rd term
Wellington North James McMullen Liberal 1882 1st term
Wellington South James Innes Liberal 1882 1st term
Wentworth North Thomas Bain Liberal 1872 4th term
Wentworth South Lewis Springer Liberal 1882 1st term
West Toronto James Beaty Conservative 1880 2nd term
York East Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 1867 5th term
York North William Mulock Liberal 1882 1st term
York West Nathaniel Clarke Wallace Conservative 1878 2nd term

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
King's County* Peter Adolphus McIntyre Liberal 1874, 1882 2nd term*
James Edwin Robertson (until disqualified from office) Liberal 1882 1st term
Augustine Colin Macdonald (by-election of 1883-04-26) Liberal-Conservative 1873, 1878, 1883 3rd term*
Prince County* Edward Hackett Liberal-Conservative 1878 2nd term
James Yeo Liberal 1873 4th term
Queen's County* Louis Henry Davies Liberal 1882 1st term
John Theophilus Jenkins (until election voided) Liberal-Conservative 1882 1st term
Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken (by-election of 1883-02-27, until postmaster appointment) Conservative 1883 1st term
John Theophilus Jenkins (by-election of 1884-08-19) Liberal-Conservative 1882, 1884 2nd term*

Quebec

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected No. of terms
Argenteuil John Abbott Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1880 5th term*
Bagot Joseph Alfred Mousseau (until Quebec cabinet appointment) Conservative 1874 3rd term
Flavien Dupont (by-election of 1882-09-02) Conservative 1882 1st term
Beauce Joseph Bolduc (until Senate appointment) Conservative 1876 3rd term
Thomas Linière Taschereau (by-election of 1884-10-31) Conservative 1884 1st term
Beauharnois Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron Conservative 1879 2nd term
Bellechasse Guillaume Amyot Conservative 1881 2nd term
Berthier Edward Octavian Cuthbert Conservative 1875 3rd term
Bonaventure Louis Joseph Riopel Conservative 1882 1st term
Brome Sydney Arthur Fisher Liberal 1882 1st term
Chambly Pierre Basile Benoit (until Chambly Canal appointment) Conservative 1876 3rd term
Raymond Préfontaine (by-election of 1886-07-30) Liberal 1886 1st term
Champlain Hippolyte Montplaisir Liberal-Conservative 1874 3rd term
Charlevoix Simon-Xavier Cimon Conservative 1881 2nd term
Chicoutimi—Saguenay Jean Alfred Gagné Conservative 1882 1st term
Châteauguay Edward Holton Liberal 1880 2nd term
Compton John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative 1867 5th term
Dorchester Charles Alexander Lesage Conservative 1882 1st term
Drummond—Arthabaska Désiré Olivier Bourbeau Conservative 1877 3rd term
Gaspé Pierre Fortin Conservative 1867, 1878 4th term*
Hochelaga Alphonse Desjardins Conservative 1874 3rd term
Huntingdon Julius Scriver Liberal 1869 5th term
Iberville François Béchard Liberal 1867 5th term
Jacques Cartier Désiré Girouard Conservative 1878 2nd term
Joliette Édouard Guilbault (until election voided 4 November 1882) Conservative 1882 1st term
Édouard Guilbault (by-election of 1882-12-07) Independent Conservative 1882 1st term
Kamouraska Charles Bruno Blondeau Conservative 1882 1st term
Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault Conservative 1867 5th term
L'Assomption Hilaire Hurteau Liberal-Conservative 1874 3rd term
Laval Joseph-Aldric Ouimet Liberal-Conservative 1873 4th term
Lévis Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (until Customs appointment) (†) Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 4th term*
Isidore-Noël Belleau (by-election of 1883-10-25, until unseated by court) Conservative 1883 1st term
Pierre Malcom Guay (by-election of 1885-04-14) Liberal 1885 1st term
L'Islet Philippe Baby Casgrain Liberal 1872 4th term
Lotbinière Côme Isaïe Rinfret Liberal 1878 2nd term
Maskinongé Frédéric Houde (died 15 November 1884) Nationalist Conservative 1878 2nd term
Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers (by-election of 1884-12-22) Conservative 1884 1st term
Mégantic Louis-Israël Côté alias Fréchette (until election voided 1 April 1884) Conservative 1882 1st term
François Charles Stanislas Langelier (by-election of 1884-06-10) Liberal 1884 1st term
Missisquoi George Barnard Baker Liberal-Conservative 1878 2nd term
Montcalm Firmin Dugas Conservative 1871 5th term
Montmagny Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry Conservative 1878 2nd term
Montmorency Pierre Vincent Valin Conservative 1878, 1880 2nd term*
Montreal Centre John Joseph Curran Conservative 1882 1st term
Montreal East Charles-Joseph Coursol Conservative 1878 2nd term
Montreal West Matthew Hamilton Gault Conservative 1878 2nd term
Napierville Médéric Catudal Liberal 1882 1st term
Nicolet François Xavier Ovide Méthot (until Quebec legislative council appointment 27 March 1884) Independent Conservative 1877 3rd term
Athanase Gaudet (by-election of 1884-04-16) Nationalist Conservative 1884 1st term
Ottawa (County of) Alonzo Wright Liberal-Conservative 1867 5th term
Pontiac John Bryson Conservative 1882 1st term
Portneuf Joseph Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges Liberal 1872, 1882 3rd term*
Quebec-Centre Joseph Guillaume Bossé Conservative 1882 1st term
Quebec County Adolphe-Philippe Caron Conservative 1873 4th term
Quebec East Wilfrid Laurier Liberal 1874 3rd term
Quebec West Thomas McGreevy Liberal-Conservative 1867 5th term
Richelieu Louis Huet Massue Liberal-Conservative 1878 2nd term
Richmond—Wolfe William Bullock Ives Conservative 1878 2nd term
Rimouski Louis Adolphe Billy Conservative 1882 1st term
Rouville Georges Auguste Gigault Conservative 1878 2nd term
Saint Maurice Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers Conservative 1867, 1878 3rd term*
Shefford Michel Auger Independent Liberal 1882 1st term
Town of Sherbrooke Robert Newton Hall Liberal-Conservative 1882 1st term
Soulanges Jacques Philippe Lantier (died 15 September 1882) Conservative 1872 4th term
Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu (by-election of 1882-10-27, until unseated 11 December 1883) Conservative 1882 1st term
James William Bain (by-election of 1883-12-27, until election voided) Conservative 1883 1st term
James William Bain (by-election of 1885-02-05) Conservative 1882 1st term
Stanstead Charles Carroll Colby Liberal-Conservative 1867 5th term
St. Hyacinthe Michel Esdras Bernier Liberal 1882 1st term
St. John's François Bourassa Liberal 1867 5th term
Terrebonne Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (resigned to open seat for Chapleau) Conservative 1882 1st term
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (by-election of 1882-08-16) Conservative 1882 1st term
Three Rivers Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative 1867, 1876, 1878 4th term*
Témiscouata Paul Étienne Grandbois Conservative 1878 2nd term
Two Mountains Jean-Baptiste Daoust Conservative 1876 3rd term
Vaudreuil Hugh McMillan Conservative 1882 1st term
Verchères Félix Geoffrion Liberal 1867 5th term
Yamaska Fabien Vanasse Conservative 1879 2nd term

By-elections

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
Haldimand September 8, 1886 David Thompson      Liberal Charles Wesley Colter      Liberal Death Yes
Chambly July 30, 1886 Pierre Basile Benoit      Conservative Raymond Préfontaine      Liberal Appointed Superintendent of the Chambly Canal. No
King's December 31, 1885 George Eulas Foster      Conservative George Eulas Foster      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Yes
City of St. John November 24, 1885 Samuel Leonard Tilley      Liberal-Conservative Frederick Eustace Barker      Conservative Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. Yes
City and County of St. John October 20, 1885 Isaac Burpee      Liberal Charles Arthur Everett      Conservative Death No
Antigonish October 16, 1885 Angus McIsaac      Liberal John Sparrow David Thompson      Liberal-Conservative Appointed County Court Judge for District No. 6. No
Cardwell August 27, 1885 Thomas White      Conservative Thomas White      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior. Yes
Durham East August 24, 1885 Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams      Conservative Henry Alfred Ward      Conservative Death Yes
Grenville South July 4, 1885 William Thomas Benson      Conservative Walter Shanly      Conservative Death Yes
Lévis April 14, 1885 Isidore-Noël Belleau      Conservative Pierre Malcom Guay      Liberal Unseated on a judgement of the Supreme Court. Yes
Northumberland West April 7, 1885 George Guillet      Conservative George Guillet      Conservative Election declared void Yes
Soulanges February 5, 1885 James William Bain      Conservative James William Bain      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Lennox January 28, 1885 David Wright Allison      Liberal Matthew William Pruyn      Conservative Election declared void. No
Maskinongé December 22, 1884 Frédéric Houde      Nationalist Conservative Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers      Conservative Death. No
Beauce October 31, 1884 Joseph Bolduc      Nationalist Conservative Thomas Linière Taschereau      Conservative Called to the Senate. Yes
Ontario West August 22, 1884 George Wheler      Liberal James David Edgar      Liberal Resignation Yes
Queen's County August 19, 1884 Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken      Conservative John Theophilus Jenkins      Liberal-Conservative Appointed Postmaster of Charlottetown. Yes
Cape Breton July 3, 1884 William McDonald      Conservative Hector Francis McDougall      Liberal-Conservative Called to the Senate. Yes
York June 29, 1884 John Pickard      Independent Liberal Thomas Temple      Conservative Death No
Cumberland June 26, 1884 Charles Tupper      Conservative Charles James Townshend      Liberal-Conservative Appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. Yes
Mégantic June 10, 1884 Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette      Conservative François Langelier      Liberal Election declared void. No
Nicolet April 16, 1884 François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot      Independent Conservative Athanase Gaudet      Nationalist Conservative Appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec. No
Bothwell February 25, 1884 John Joseph Hawkins      Liberal-Conservative David Mills      Liberal Election declared void. No
Kent January 29, 1884 Henry Smyth      Conservative Henry Smyth      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Soulanges December 27, 1883 Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu      Conservative James William Bain      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Middlesex West December 14, 1883 George William Ross      Liberal Donald Mackenzie Cameron      Liberal Election declared void. Yes
Huron South December 10, 1883 John McMillan      Liberal Richard John Cartwright      Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Cartwright. Yes
Lennox November 26, 1883 John A. Macdonald      Liberal-Conservative David Wright Allison      Liberal Election voided. Macdonald was concurrently elected in Carleton and chose to sit for that riding. No
Lévis October 25, 1883 Joseph-Godéric Blanchet      Liberal-Conservative Isidore-Noël Belleau      Conservative Appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Quebec. Yes
Lunenburg October 10, 1883 Thomas Twining Keefler      Liberal Charles Edwin Kaulbach      Conservative Election declared void. No
Kent September 22, 1883 Gilbert Anselme Girouard      Conservative Pierre-Amand Landry      Conservative Appointed customs collector for Richibucto. Yes
Halifax July 24, 1883 Matthew Henry Richey      Liberal-Conservative John Fitzwilliam Stairs      Conservative Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Yes
Albert July 10, 1883 John Wallace      Liberal John Wallace      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. No
King's County April 26, 1883 James Edwin Robertson      Liberal Augustine Colin Macdonald      Liberal-Conservative Robertson disqualified as he was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly at the time of the election. The seat was adjudicated to MacDonald. No
Queen's County February 27, 1883 John Theophilus Jenkins      Liberal-Conservative Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken      Conservative Jenkins' election being declared void, the seat was adjudicated to Mr. Brecken. Yes
Joliette December 7, 1882 Édouard Guilbault      Conservative Édouard Guilbault      Independent Conservative Election declared void. No
King's November 7, 1882 George Eulas Foster      Conservative George Eulas Foster      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Soulanges October 27, 1882 Jacques Philippe Lantier      Conservative Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu      Conservative Death Yes
Bagot September 2, 1882 Joseph-Alfred Mousseau      Conservative Flavien Dupont      Conservative Resignation upon appointment as Premier of Quebec. Yes
Terrebonne August 16, 1882 Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel      Conservative Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau      Conservative Resignation to provide a seat for Chapleau. Yes


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