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| 3rd Canadian Parliament |
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| Majority parliament |
| Feb. 21, 1874 – Aug. 16, 1878 |
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| Parliament leaders |
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Prime minister | Hon. Alexander Mackenzie Nov. 7, 1873 – Oct. 8, 1878 |
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| Cabinet | 2nd Canadian Ministry |
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Leader of the Opposition | Sir John A. Macdonald Nov. 6, 1873 – Oct. 16, 1878 |
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| Party caucuses |
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| Government | Liberal Party |
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| Opposition | Conservative Party & Liberal-Conservative |
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| 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 |
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| Members | 206 seats MP seats List of members |
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| Senate |
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Speaker of the Senate | The Hon. David Christie January 9, 1874 – October 16, 1878 |
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Government Senate leader | Luc Letellier de St-Just November 5, 1873 – December 14, 1876 |
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| Sir Richard William Scott December 14, 1876 – October 7, 1878 |
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Opposition Senate leader | Alexander Campbell November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878 |
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| Senators | 92 seats senator seats List of senators |
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| Sovereign |
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| Monarch | Victoria 1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901 |
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Governor general | The Earl of Dufferin 25 June 1872 – 25 Nov. 1878 |
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| Sessions |
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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 (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.
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
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Start
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End
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| 1st
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March 26, 1874
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May 26, 1874
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| 2nd
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February 4, 1875
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April 8, 1875
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| 3rd
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February 10, 1876
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April 12, 1876
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| 4th
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February 8, 1877
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April 28, 1877
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| 5th
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February 7, 1878
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May 10, 1878
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Following is a full list of members of the third 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.
One MP recontested his seat in a byelection, and was reelected.
- Louis Riel was reelected in Provencher on September 3, 1874, upon the passage of a motion expelling him from the House of Commons.
Two MPs recontested their seats in a byelection, and were reelected:
- Timothy Warren Anglin was reelected in Gloucester on July 2, 1877.
- Peter Mitchell was reelected in Northumberland on February 5, 1878.
Two MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.
- Thomas McKay was reelected in Colchester on December 17, 1874
- Alfred Gilpin Jones was reelected in Halifax on January 29, 1878, on being named Minister of Militia and Defence.
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Electoral district
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Name
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Party
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First elected/previously elected
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No. of terms
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Addington
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Schuyler Shibley
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Liberal-Conservative
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1872
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2nd term
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Algoma
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Edward Borron
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Liberal
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1874
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1st term
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Bothwell
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David Mills
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Liberal
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1867
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3rd term
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Brant North
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Gavin Fleming
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Brant South
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William Paterson
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Brockville
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Jacob Dockstader Buell
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Bruce North
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John Gillies
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Bruce South
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Edward Blake
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Cardwell
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John Hillyard Cameron
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Conservative
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1867
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3rd term
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Dalton McCarthy (from December 14, 1876)
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Liberal-Conservative
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1876
|
1st term
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Carleton
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John Rochester
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Conservative
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1872
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2nd term
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Cornwall
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Alexander Francis Macdonald
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Liberal
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1874
|
1st term
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Dundas
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William Gibson
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Independent Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Durham East
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Lewis Ross
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Liberal Reformer
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1872
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2nd term
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Durham West
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Edmund Burke Wood
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Liberal
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1867
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3rd term
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Harvey William Burk (from April 7, 1874)
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Liberal
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1874
|
1st term
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Elgin East
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William Harvey
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Colin MacDougall (from August 11, 1874)
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Liberal
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1874
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1st term
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Elgin West
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George Elliott Casey
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Essex
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William McGregor
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Liberal
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1874
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1st term
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Frontenac
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George Airey Kirkpatrick
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Conservative
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1870
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3rd term
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Glengarry
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Donald Alexander MacDonald
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Liberal
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1867
|
3rd term
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Archibald McNab (from July 7, 1875)
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Liberal
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1875
|
1st term
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Grenville South
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William Henry Brouse
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Grey East
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William Kingston Flesher
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Conservative
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1872
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2nd term
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Grey North
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George Snider
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Liberal
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1867
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3rd term
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Grey South
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George Landerkin
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Haldimand
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David Thompson
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Liberal
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1867
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3rd term
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Halton
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Daniel Black Chisholm
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Liberal-Conservative
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1867
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3rd term
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William McCraney (from January 25, 1875)
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Liberal
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1875
|
1st term
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Hamilton
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Aemilius Irving
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Liberal
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1874
|
1st term
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Hamilton
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Andrew Trew Wood
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Liberal
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1874
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1st term
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Hastings East
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John White
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Conservative
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1871
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3rd term
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Hastings North
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Mackenzie Bowell
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Conservative
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1867
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3rd term
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Hastings West
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James Brown
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Conservative
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1867
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3rd term
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Huron Centre
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Horace Horton
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Huron North
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Thomas Farrow
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Liberal-Conservative
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1867
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3rd term
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Huron South
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Malcolm Colin Cameron (election overturned in 1875)
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Liberal
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1867
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3rd term
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Thomas Greenway (from 1875)
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Independent
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1875
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1st term
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Kent
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Rufus Stephenson
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Conservative
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1867
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3rd term
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Kingston
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Sir John A. Macdonald
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Liberal-Conservative
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1867
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3rd term
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|
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Lambton
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Alexander Mackenzie
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Liberal
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1867
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3rd term
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Lanark North
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Daniel Galbraith
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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Lanark South
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John Graham Haggart
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Conservative
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1872
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2nd term
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Leeds North and Grenville North
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Charles Frederick Ferguson
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
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|
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Leeds South
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David Ford Jones
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Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Lennox
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Richard John Cartwright
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
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|
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Lincoln
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James Norris
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
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London
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John Walker
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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James Harshaw Fraser (from February 18, 1875)
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
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Middlesex East
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Crowell Willson (election successfully contested 1874)
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Duncan Macmillan (from January 28, 1875)
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
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Middlesex North
|
Thomas Scatcherd
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
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Robert Colin Scatcherd (from June 7, 1876)
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Liberal
|
1876
|
1st term
|
|
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Middlesex West
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George William Ross
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Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
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Monck
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Lachlin McCallum
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Muskoka
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Alexander Peter Cockburn
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
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Niagara
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Josiah Burr Plumb
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Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Norfolk North
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John M. Charlton
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Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
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Norfolk South
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John Stuart
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
William Wallace (from December 16, 1874)
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Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Northumberland East
|
James Lyons Biggar
|
Independent Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Northumberland West
|
William Kerr
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Ontario North
|
Adam Gordon
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
William Henry Gibbs (from July 5, 1876)
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Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Ontario South
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Malcolm Cameron
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Liberal Party of Canada
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Thomas Nicholson Gibbs (from July 5, 1876)
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1876
|
1st term
|
|
|
Ottawa (City of)*
|
Pierre St. Jean
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Joseph Merrill Currier
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Oxford North
|
Thomas Oliver
|
Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Oxford South
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Ebenezer Vining Bodwell (until April 1874 when he became superintendent of the Welland Canal)
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
James Atchison Skinner (from May 23, 1874)
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Peel
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Robert Smith
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Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Perth North
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Andrew Monteith
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Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Perth South
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James Trow
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Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
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Peterborough East
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James Hall
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Peterborough West
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John Bertram
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Prescott
|
Albert Hagar
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
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Prince Edward
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Walter Ross
|
Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Renfrew North
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Peter White
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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William Murray (from November 4, 1874)
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Peter White (from January 21, 1876)
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1876
|
1st term
|
|
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Renfrew South
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John Lorn McDougall
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Liberal
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1867, 1874
|
2nd term*
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|
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Russell
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Robert Blackburn
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
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Simcoe North
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Hermon Henry Cook
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Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
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Simcoe South
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William Carruthers Little
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
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|
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Stormont
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Cyril Archibald
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Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
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Toronto Centre
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Robert Wilkes
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Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
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|
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John Macdonald (from May 21, 1875)
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Independent Liberal
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
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Toronto East
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John O'Donohoe
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
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|
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Samuel Platt (from January 18, 1875)
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Independent
|
1875
|
1st term
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Victoria North
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James Maclennan
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Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
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|
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Hector Cameron (from September 17, 1875)
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Conservative
|
1875
|
1st term
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|
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Victoria South
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Arthur McQuade
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Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
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|
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Waterloo North
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Isaac Erb Bowman
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
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|
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Waterloo South
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James Young
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
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Welland
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William Alexander Thomson
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Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
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|
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Wellington Centre
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George Turner Orton
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
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|
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Wellington North
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Nathaniel Higinbotham
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Liberal
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1872
|
2nd term
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|
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Wellington South
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David Stirton
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
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|
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Donald Guthrie (from July 5, 1876)
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Liberal
|
1876
|
1st term
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|
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Wentworth North
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Thomas Bain
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Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
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Wentworth South
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Joseph Rymal
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
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|
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West Toronto
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Thomas Moss
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Liberal
|
1873
|
2nd term
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|
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John Beverley Robinson (from November 6, 1875)
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Conservative
|
1875
|
1st term
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York East
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James Metcalfe
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
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York North
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Alfred Hutchinson Dymond
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Liberal
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1874
|
1st term
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|
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York West
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David Blain
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Liberal
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1872
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2nd term
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22 MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected
- William McGregor was reelected in Essex on October 22, 1874.
- John Lorn McDougall was reelected in Renfrew South on October 24, 1874, and again on February 20, 1875.
- Schuyler Shibley was reelected in Addington on October 28, 1874.
- William Kerr was reelected in Northumberland West on November 17, 1874.
- James Norris was reelected in Lincoln on November 17, 1874, and May 9, 1877.
- James Lyons Biggar was reelected in Northumberland East on December 12, 1874.
- George Turner Orton was reelected in Wellington Centre on December 13, 1874.
- Charles Frederick Ferguson was reelected in Leeds North and Grenville North on December 16, 1874.
- James MacLennan was reelected in Victoria North on December 22, 1874.
- Josiah Burr Plumb was reelected in Niagara on December 22, 1874.
- Herman Henry Cook was reelected in Simcoe North on December 26, 1874.
- Sir John A. Macdonald was reelected in Kingston on December 29, 1874.
- Nathaniel Higinbotham was reelected in Wellington North on March 18, 1875.
- Aemilius Irving was reelected in Hamilton on May 20, 1875.
- Andrew Trew Wood was reelected in Hamilton on May 20, 1875.
- Edward Blake was reelected in Bruce South on June 2, 1875, after being named Minister of Justice.
- Lachlan McCallum was reelected in Monck on June 22, 1875.
- Alfred Hutchison Dymond was reelected in York North on June 29, 1875.
- Andrew Monteith was reelected in Perth North on July 7, 1875.
- Archibald McNab was reelected in Glengarry on July 31, 1876.
- David Mills was reelected in Bothwell on November 15, 1876, after being named Minister of the Interior.
- Joseph Merrill Currier was reelected in Ottawa on May 9, 1877.
Prince Edward Island
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Electoral district
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Name
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Party
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First elected/previously elected
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No. of terms
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|
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Argenteuil
|
John Abbott
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Liberal-Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
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Lemuel Cushing (from November 4, 1874)
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Liberal
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1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Thomas Christie (from December 31, 1875)
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Liberal
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
|
Bagot
|
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
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Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Beauce
|
Christian Pozer
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Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Joseph Bolduc (from October 18, 1876)
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Conservative
|
1876
|
1st term
|
|
|
Beauharnois
|
Ulysse-Janvier Robillard
|
Independent Conservative
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Bellechasse
|
Télesphore Fournier
|
Liberal
|
1870
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (from November 23, 1875)
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Conservative
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
|
Berthier
|
Anselme Homère Pâquet
|
Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Edward Octavian Cuthbert (from February 27, 1875)
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Conservative
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
|
Bonaventure
|
Théodore Robitaille
|
Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Brome
|
Nathaniel Pettes
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Chambly
|
Amable Jodoin
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Pierre-Basile Benoit (from January 7, 1876)
|
Conservative
|
1876
|
1st term
|
|
|
Champlain
|
Hippolyte Montplaisir
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Charlevoix
|
Pierre-Alexis Tremblay
|
Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Hector-Louis Langevin (from January 22, 1876)
|
Conservative
|
1876
|
1st term
|
|
|
Châteauguay
|
Luther Hamilton Holton
|
Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Chicoutimi—Saguenay
|
Ernest Cimon
|
Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Compton
|
John Henry Pope
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Dorchester
|
François Fortunat Rouleau
|
Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Drummond—Arthabaska
|
Wilfrid Laurier
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Désiré Olivier Bourbeau (from October 27, 1877)
|
Conservative
|
1877
|
1st term
|
|
|
Gaspé
|
Louis George Harper
|
Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
John Short (from July 10, 1875)
|
Conservative
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
|
Hochelaga
|
Alphonse Desjardins
|
Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Huntingdon
|
Julius Scriver
|
Liberal
|
1869
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Iberville
|
François Béchard
|
Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Jacques Cartier
|
Rodolphe Laflamme
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Joliette
|
Louis François Georges Baby
|
Conservative
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Kamouraska
|
Charles Pelletier
|
Liberal
|
1869
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Charles-François Roy (from February 19, 1877)
|
Conservative
|
1877
|
1st term
|
|
|
Laprairie
|
Alfred Pinsonneault
|
Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
L'Assomption
|
Hilaire Hurteau
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Laval
|
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1873
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Lévis
|
Louis-Honoré Fréchette
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
L'Islet
|
Philippe Baby Casgrain
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Lotbinière
|
Henri Bernier
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Maskinongé
|
Louis-Alphonse Boyer
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Mégantic
|
Édouard-Émery Richard
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Missisquoi
|
William Donahue
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Montcalm
|
Firmin Dugas
|
Conservative
|
1871
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Montmagny
|
Henri-Thomas Taschereau
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Montmorency
|
Jean Langlois
|
Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Montreal Centre
|
Michael Patrick Ryan
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Bernard Devlin (from November 26, 1875)
|
Liberal
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
|
Montreal East
|
Louis-Amable Jetté
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Montreal West
|
Frederick Mackenzie
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Thomas Workman (from October 30, 1875)
|
Liberal
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
|
Napierville
|
Antoine-Aimé Dorion
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Sixte Coupal dit la Reine (from August 4, 1874)
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Nicolet
|
Joseph Gaudet
|
Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot (from December 18, 1877)
|
Independent Conservative
|
1877
|
1st term
|
|
|
Ottawa (County of)
|
Alonzo Wright
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Pontiac
|
William McKay Wright
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Portneuf
|
Esdras Alfred de St-Georges
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Quebec-Centre
|
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon
|
Conservative
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Jacques Malouin (from November 3, 1877)
|
Independent
|
1877
|
1st term
|
|
|
Quebec County
|
Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron
|
Conservative
|
1873
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Quebec East
|
Isidore Thibaudeau
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Wilfrid Laurier (from November 28, 1877)
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Quebec West
|
Thomas McGreevy
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Richelieu
|
Georges Isidore Barthe
|
Independent Conservative
|
1870, 1874
|
2nd term*
|
|
|
Richmond—Wolfe
|
Henry Aylmer
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Rimouski
|
Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Rouville
|
Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques
|
Liberal
|
1867, 1874
|
2nd term*
|
|
|
Saint Maurice
|
Charles Gérin-Lajoie
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Shefford
|
Lucius Huntington
|
Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Town of Sherbrooke
|
Edward Towle Brooks
|
Conservative
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Soulanges
|
Jacques-Philippe Lanthier
|
Conservative
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
St. Hyacinthe
|
Louis Delorme
|
Liberal
|
1870
|
3rd term
|
|
|
St. John's
|
François Bourassa
|
Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Stanstead
|
Charles Carroll Colby
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Témiscouata
|
Jean-Baptiste Pouliot
|
Liberal
|
1874
|
1st term
|
|
|
Terrebonne
|
Louis Masson
|
Conservative
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Three Rivers
|
William McDougall
|
Conservative
|
1868
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Two Mountains
|
Wilfrid Prévost
|
Liberal
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky (from February 26, 1875)
|
Independent
|
1875
|
1st term
|
|
|
Jean-Baptiste Daoust (from March 11, 1876)
|
Conservative
|
1876
|
1st term
|
|
|
Vaudreuil
|
Robert Harwood
|
Liberal-Conservative
|
1872
|
2nd term
|
|
|
Verchères
|
Félix Geoffrion
|
Liberal
|
1867
|
3rd term
|
|
|
Yamaska
|
Charles Gill
|
Conservative
|
1874
|
1st term
|
Twelve MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected:
- Félix Geoffrion was reelected in Verchères on July 25, 1874, after being named Minister of Inland Revenue.
- Henry Aylmer was reelected in Richmond—Wolfe on December 4, 1874, after being named Receiver-General.
- Louis François George Baby was reelected in Joliette on December 10, 1874.
- Frederick Mackenzie was reelected in Montreal West on December 10, 1874.
- Amable Jodoin was reelected in Chambly on December 30, 1874.
- Hilaire Hurteau was reelected in L'Assomption on January 16, 1875.
- Sixte Coupal dit la Reine was reelected in Napierville on June 19, 1875.
- Bernard Devlin was reelected in Montreal Centre on November 26, 1875.
- François Fortunat Rouleau was reelected in Dorchester on December 14, 1875.
- Joseph-Édouard Cauchon was reelected in Quebec Centre on December 27, 1875, after being named President of the Privy Council.
- Rodolphe Laflamme was reelected in Jacques Cartier on December 28, 1876, after being named Minister of Inland Revenue.
- Hector-Louis Langevin was reelected in Charlevoix on March 23, 1877.
| By-election |
Date |
Incumbent |
Party |
Winner |
Party |
Cause |
Retained
|
| New Westminster
|
March 25, 1878
|
James Cunningham
|
|
Liberal
|
Thomas Robert McInnes
|
|
Independent
|
Resignation
|
No
|
| 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
|
Resignation
|
No
|
| Nicolet
|
December 18, 1877
|
Joseph Gaudet
|
|
Conservative
|
François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot
|
|
Independent Conservative
|
Appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec
|
No
|
| 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
|
Death
|
Yes
|
| 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
|
Death
|
No
|
| Ontario North
|
July 5, 1876
|
Adam Gordon
|
|
Liberal
|
William Henry Gibbs
|
|
Conservative
|
Death
|
No
|
| 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
|
Death
|
Yes.
|
| Two Mountains
|
March 11, 1876
|
Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky
|
|
Independent
|
Jean-Baptiste Daoust
|
|
Conservative
|
Resignation
|
No
|
| 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 Ontario
|
No
|
| 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 1875
|
No
|
| Provencher
|
March 31, 1875
|
Louis Riel
|
|
Independent
|
Andrew Bannatyne
|
|
Liberal
|
Unseated from the House of Commons and declared an outlaw, 25 February 1875
|
No
|
| 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 void
|
No
|
| 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 void
|
No
|
| 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.
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Yes
|
| Norfolk South
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December 16, 1874
|
John Stuart
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|
Liberal
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William Wallace
|
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Conservative
|
Election declared void.
|
No
|
| Wellington Centre
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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 Commons
|
Yes
|
| 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
|
Death
|
Yes
|
| 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
|