8th Canadian Parliament

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

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

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

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

There were five sessions of the 8th Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	August 19, 1896	October 5, 1896
2nd	March 25, 1897	June 29, 1897
3rd	February 3, 1898	June 13, 1898
4th	March 16, 1899	August 11, 1899
5th	February 1, 1900	July 18, 1900

Following is a full list of members of the eighth 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.

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Burrard	George Ritchie Maxwell	Liberal	1896	1st term
	New Westminster	Aulay MacAulay Morrison	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Vancouver	William Wallace Burns McInnes	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Victoria*	Edward Gawler Prior	Conservative	1888	3rd term
		Thomas Earle	Conservative	1889	3rd term
	Yale—Cariboo	Hewitt Bostock	Liberal	1896	1st term

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Brandon	Dalton McCarthy (left seat to keep Simcoe North, Ontario, riding)	Independent	1876	6th term
		Clifford Sifton (by-election of 1896-11-27)	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Lisgar	Robert Lorne Richardson	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Macdonald	Nathaniel Boyd	Conservative	1892	2nd term
		John Gunion Rutherford (by-election of 1897-04-27)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Marquette	William James Roche	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Provencher	Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière	Conservative	1889	3rd term
	Selkirk	John Alexander MacDonell	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Winnipeg	Hugh John Macdonald (until election voided 29 March 1897)	Conservative	1891	2nd term
		Richard Willis Jameson (by-election of 1897-04-27)	Liberal	1897	1st term
		Arthur Puttee (by-election of 1900-01-25)	Labour	1900	1st term

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Albert	William James Lewis	Independent	1896	1st term
	Carleton	Frederick Harding Hale	Liberal-Conservative	1887, 1896	2nd term*
	Charlotte	Gilbert White Ganong	Liberal-Conservative	1896	1st term
	City and County of St. John	Joseph John Tucker	Liberal	1896	1st term
	City of St. John	John Valentine Ellis	Liberal	1887, 1896	2nd term*
	Gloucester	Théotime Blanchard	Conservative	1894	2nd term*
	Kent	George Valentine McInerney	Conservative	1892	2nd term
	King's	James Domville	Liberal	1872,[a] 1896	4th term*
	Northumberland	James Robinson	Conservative	1896	2nd term
	Restigouche	John McAlister	Liberal-Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Sunbury—Queen's	George Gerald King (until 18 December 1896 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1878, 1891	5th term*
		Andrew George Blair (by-election of 1896-08-25)	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Victoria	John Costigan	Liberal-Conservative	1867	8th term
	Westmorland	Henry Absalom Powell	Liberal-Conservative	1895	2nd term
	York	George Eulas Foster	Conservative	1882	4th term

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Alberta (Provisional District)	Frank Oliver	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Assiniboia East	James Moffat Douglas	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Assiniboia West	Nicholas Flood Davin	Liberal-Conservative	1887	3rd term
	Saskatchewan (Provisional District)	Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister)	Liberal	1874	6th term
		Thomas Osborne Davis (by-election of 1896-12-19)	Liberal	1896	1st term

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Annapolis	John Burpee Mills	Conservative	1887	3rd term
	Antigonish	Colin Francis McIsaac	Liberal	1895	2nd term
	Cape Breton*	Hector Francis McDougall	Liberal-Conservative	1884	3rd term
		Charles Tupper	Conservative	1867, 1887, 1896	8th term*
	Colchester	Wilbert David Dimock (until election voided)	Conservative	1896	1st term
		Firman McClure (by-election of 1897-04-20)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Cumberland	Hance James Logan	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Digby	Albert James Smith Copp	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Guysborough	Duncan Cameron Fraser	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Halifax*	Robert Laird Borden	Conservative	1896	1st term
		Benjamin Russell	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Hants	Allen Haley	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Inverness	Angus MacLennan	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Kings	Frederick William Borden (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1874, 1887	5th term*
		Frederick William Borden (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
	Lunenburg	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	Conservative	1882, 1883, 1891	4th term*
	Pictou*	Adam Carr Bell	Conservative	1896	1st term
		Charles Hibbert Tupper	Conservative	1882	4th term
	Richmond	Joseph Alexander Gillies	Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Shelburne and Queen's	Francis Gordon Forbes (until 18 July 1896 customs appointment)	Liberal	1891	2nd term
		William Stevens Fielding (by-election of 1896-08-05)	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Victoria	John Lemuel Bethune	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Yarmouth	Thomas Barnard Flint	Liberal	1891	2nd term

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Addington	John William Bell	Conservative	1882, 1896	3rd term*
	Algoma	Albert Dyment	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Bothwell	James Clancy	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Brant South	Robert Henry	Conservative	1896	1st term
		Charles Bernhard Heyd (by-election of 1897-02-04)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Brockville	John Fisher Wood	Liberal-Conservative	1882	4th term
		William Henry Comstock (by-election of 1899-04-20)	Liberal	1899	1st term
	Bruce East	Henry Cargill	Conservative	1892	2nd term
	Bruce North	Alexander McNeill	Liberal-Conservative	1882	4th term
	Bruce West	John Tolmie	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Cardwell	William Stubbs	Independent Conservative	1895	2nd term
	Carleton	William Thomas Hodgins	Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Cornwall and Stormont	Darby Bergin	Liberal-Conservative	1872, 1878	6th term*
		John Goodall Snetsinger (by-election of 1896-12-19)	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Dundas	Andrew Broder	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Durham East	Thomas Dixon Craig	Independent Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Durham West	Robert Beith	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Elgin East	Andrew B. Ingram	Liberal-Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Elgin West	George Elliott Casey	Liberal	1878	5th term
	Essex North	William McGregor	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Essex South	Mahlon K. Cowan	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Frontenac	David Dickson Rogers	Patrons of Industry	1896	1st term
	Glengarry	Roderick R. McLennan	Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Grenville South	John Dowsley Reid	Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Grey East	Thomas Simpson Sproule	Conservative	1878	5th term
	Grey North	John Clark	Liberal	1896	1st term
		William Paterson (by-election of 1896-08-25)	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Grey South	George Landerkin	Liberal	1872, 1882	6th term*
	Haldimand and Monck	Walter Humphries Montague	Conservative	1887, 1890	4th term*
	Halton	David Henderson	Conservative	1887, 1888	4th term*
	Hamilton*	Andrew Trew Wood	Liberal	1874, 1896	2nd term*
		Thomas Henry Macpherson	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Hastings East	Jeremiah M. Hurley	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Hastings North	Alexander Augustus Williamson Carscallen	Conservative	1892	2nd term
	Hastings West	Henry Corby	Conservative	1888	3rd term
	Huron East	Peter Macdonald	Liberal	1887	3rd term
	Huron South	John McMillan	Liberal	1882, 1887	4th term*
	Huron West	Malcolm Colin Cameron (until 30 May 1898 appointment as North West Territories Lieutenant-Governor)	Liberal	1867, 1891, 1896	8th term*
		Robert Holmes (by-election of 1899-02-21)	Liberal	1899	1st term
	Kent	Archibald Campbell	Liberal	1887	3rd term
	Kingston	Byron Moffatt Britton	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Lambton East	John Fraser	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Lambton West	James Frederick Lister (until 21 June 1898 judicial appointment)	Liberal	1882	4th term
		Thomas George Johnston (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Liberal	1898	1st term
	Lanark North	Bennett Rosamond	Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Lanark South	John Graham Haggart	Conservative	1872	7th term
	Leeds North and Grenville North	Francis Theodore Frost	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Leeds South	George Taylor	Conservative	1882	4th term
	Lennox	Uriah Wilson	Conservative	1892	2nd term
	Lincoln and Niagara	William Gibson	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	London	Thomas Beattie	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Middlesex East	James Gilmour	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Middlesex North	Valentine Ratz	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Middlesex South	Malcolm McGugan	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Middlesex West	William Samuel Calvert	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Muskoka and Parry Sound	George McCormick	Liberal-Conservative	1896	1st term
	Nipissing	James Bell Klock	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Norfolk North	John Charlton	Liberal	1872	7th term
	Norfolk South	David Tisdale	Conservative	1887	3rd term
	Northumberland East	Edward Cochrane	Conservative	1887	3rd term
	Northumberland West	George Guillet	Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Ontario North	John Alexander McGillivray	Liberal-Conservative	1895	2nd term
		Duncan Graham (by-election of 1897-02-04)	Independent Liberal	1897	1st term
	Ontario South	Leonard Burnett	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Ontario West	James David Edgar (died 31 July 1899) (†)	Liberal	1884	4th term
		Isaac James Gould (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Liberal	1900	1st term
	Ottawa (City of)*	Napoléon Antoine Belcourt	Liberal	1896	1st term
		William H. Hutchison	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Oxford North	James Sutherland	Liberal	1880	4th term
	Oxford South	Richard John Cartwright (until ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1867	8th term
		Richard John Cartwright (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
	Peel	Joseph Featherston	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Perth North	Alexander Ferguson Maclaren	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Perth South	Dilman Kinsey Erb	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Peterborough East	John Lang	Independent Liberal	1896	1st term
	Peterborough West	James Kendry	Conservative	1887	3rd term
	Prescott	Isidore Proulx	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Prince Edward	William Varney Pettet	Patrons of Industry	1896	1st term
	Renfrew North	Thomas Mackie	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Renfrew South	John Ferguson	Independent Conservative	1887	3rd term
	Russell	William Cameron Edwards	Liberal	1887	3rd term
	Simcoe East	William Humphrey Bennett	Conservative	1892	2nd term
		William Humphrey Bennett (by-election of 1897-02-04)	Conservative
	Simcoe North	Dalton McCarthy (died 11 May 1898)	Independent	1887	3rd term
		Leighton Goldie McCarthy (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Independent	1898	1st term
	Simcoe South	Richard Tyrwhitt	Conservative	1882	4th term
	Toronto Centre	William Lount	Liberal	1896	1st term
		George Hope Bertram (by-election of 1897-11-30)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Toronto East	John Ross Robertson	Independent Conservative	1896	1st term
	Victoria North	Sam Hughes	Liberal-Conservative	1892	2nd term
	Victoria South	George McHugh	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Waterloo North	Joseph Emm Seagram	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Waterloo South	James Livingston	Liberal	1882	4th term
	Welland	William McCleary	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Wellington Centre	Andrew Semple	Liberal	1887	3rd term
	Wellington North	James McMullen	Liberal	1882	4th term
	Wellington South	Christian Kloepfer	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Wentworth North and Brant	James Somerville	Liberal	1882	4th term
	Wentworth South	Thomas Bain (†)	Liberal	1872	7th term
	West Toronto*	Edmund Boyd Osler	Conservative	1896	1st term
		Edward Frederick Clarke	Conservative	1896	1st term
	York East	William Findlay Maclean	Conservative	1892	2nd term
	York North	William Mulock (until Postmaster General appointment)	Liberal	1882	4th term
		William Mulock (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
	York West	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	Conservative	1878	5th term

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	East Prince	John Yeo (until 19 November 1898 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1891	2nd term
		John Howatt Bell (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Liberal	1898	1st term
	East Queen's	Alexander Martin	Conservative	1896	1st term
	King's	Augustine Colin Macdonald	Conservative	1873, 1878, 1883, 1891	5th term*
	West Prince	Edward Hackett (until election voided 24 March 1897)	Liberal-Conservative	1878, 1896	3rd term*
		Stanislaus Francis Perry (by-election of 1897-04-27, died 24 February 1898)	Liberal	1874, 1887, 1897	4th term*
		Bernard Donald McLellan (by-election of 1898-04-13)	Liberal	1896	1st term
	West Queen's	Louis Henry Davies (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1882	4th term
		Louis Henry Davies (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Argenteuil	Thomas Christie	Liberal	1875, 1891	4th term*
	Bagot	Flavien Dupont (died in office)	Conservative	1882	4th term
		Joseph Edmond Marcile (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Liberal	1898	1st term
	Beauce	Joseph Godbout	Liberal	1887	3rd term
	Beauharnois	Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron	Conservative	1882	4th term
	Bellechasse	Onésiphore Ernest Talbot	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Berthier	Cléophas Beausoleil (until 1 December 1899 postmaster appointment)	Liberal	1882	4th term
		Joseph Éloi Archambault (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Liberal	1900	1st term
	Bonaventure	William LeBoutillier Fauvel (died 8 February 1897)	Liberal	1891	2nd term
		Jean-François Guité (by-election of 1897-03-17)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Brome	Sydney Arthur Fisher (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1896	1st term
		Sydney Arthur Fisher (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
	Chambly—Verchères	Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion (died 18 July 1899)	Liberal	1895	2nd term
		Victor Geoffrion (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Liberal	1900	1st term
	Champlain	François Arthur Marcotte (until election voided 12 January 1897)	Conservative	1896	1st term
		François Arthur Marcotte (by-election of 1897-04-07)	Conservative
	Charlevoix	Louis Charles Alphonse Angers	Liberal	1896	2nd term
	Châteauguay	James Pollock Brown	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Chicoutimi—Saguenay	Paul Vilmond Savard	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Compton	Rufus Henry Pope	Conservative	1889	3rd term
	Dorchester	Jean-Baptiste Morin	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Drummond—Arthabaska	Joseph Lavergne (until 4 August 1897 judicial appointment)	Liberal	1882	4th term
		Louis Lavergne (by-election of 1897-11-13)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Gaspé	Rodolphe Lemieux	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Hochelaga	Joseph Alexandre Camille Madore	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Huntingdon	Julius Scriver	Liberal	1869	8th term
	Jacques Cartier	Frederick Debartzch Monk	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Joliette	Charles Bazinet	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Kamouraska	Henry George Carroll	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Labelle	Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (resigned 26 October 1899)	Liberal	1896	1st term
		Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Independent
	Laprairie—Napierville	Dominique Monet	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	L'Assomption	Joseph Gauthier	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Laval	Thomas Fortin	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Lévis	Pierre Malcom Guay (died 19 February 1899)	Liberal	1885	4th term
		Louis Julien Demers (by-election of 1899-03-22)	Liberal	1899	1st term
	L'Islet	Alphonse Arthur Miville Déchêne	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Lotbinière	Côme Isaïe Rinfret (until 25 August 1899 revenue inspector appointment)	Liberal	1878	5th term
		Edmond Fortier (by-election of 1900-01-25)	Liberal	1900	1st term
	Maisonneuve	Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine	Liberal	1886	4th term
	Maskinongé	Joseph Hormidas Legris	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Mégantic	Georges Turcot	Liberal	1887, 1896	2nd term*
	Missisquoi	Daniel Bishop Meigs	Liberal	1888, 1896	2nd term*
	Montcalm	Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas	Conservative	1891	2nd term
	Montmagny	Philippe-Auguste Choquette (until 7 July 1898 judicial appointment)	Liberal	1887	3rd term
		Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Liberal	1898	1st term
	Montmorency	Thomas Chase Casgrain	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Nicolet	Fabien Boisvert (died 12 November 1897)	Conservative	1888, 1896	2nd term*
		Joseph Hector Leduc (by-election of 1897-12-21)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Pontiac	William Joseph Poupore	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Portneuf	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (until 11 July 1896 revenue appointment)	Liberal	1867, 1896	3rd term*
		Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
	Quebec-Centre	François Charles Stanislas Langelier (until 14 January 1898 judicial appointment)	Liberal	1882	4th term
		Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (by-election of 1898-01-24)	Liberal	1898	1st term
	Quebec County	Charles Fitzpatrick (until 11 July 1896 Solicitor General appointment)	Liberal	1896	1st term
		Charles Fitzpatrick (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
	Quebec East	Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister)	Liberal	1874	6th term
		Wilfrid Laurier (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
	Quebec West	Richard Reid Dobell	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Richelieu	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	Liberal	1892	2nd term
	Richmond—Wolfe	Michael Thomas Stenson	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Rimouski	Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset (until 20 October 1897 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1872, 1887, 1896	5th term*
		Jean Auguste Ross (by-election of 1897-11-06)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Rouville	Louis Philippe Brodeur	Liberal	1878	5th term
	St. Anne	Michael Joseph Francis Quinn	Conservative	1896	1st term
	St. Antoine	Thomas George Roddick	Conservative	1896	1st term
	St. Hyacinthe	Michel Esdras Bernier (until 22 June 1900 revenue appointment)	Liberal	1882	4th term
		Michel Esdras Bernier (by-election of 1900-07-04)	Liberal
	St. James	Odilon Desmarais	Liberal	1896	1st term
	St. Johns—Iberville	François Béchard (until 17 July 1896 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1867	8th term
		Joseph Israël Tarte (by-election of 1896-08-03)	Liberal	1891, 1893, 1896	3rd term*
	St. Lawrence	Edward Goff Penny	Liberal	1896	1st term
	St. Mary	Hercule Dupré	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Shefford	Charles Henry Parmelee	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Town of Sherbrooke	William Bullock Ives (died 15 July 1899)	Conservative	1882	4th term
		John McIntosh (by-election of 1900-01-25)	Conservative	1900	1st term
	Soulanges	Augustin Bourbonnais	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Stanstead	Alvin Head Moore	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Témiscouata	Charles Eugène Pouliot (died 24 June 1897)	Liberal	1896	1st term
		Charles Arthur Gauvreau (by-election of 1897-11-06)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Terrebonne	Léon Adolphe Chauvin	Conservative	1896	1st term
	Three Rivers and St. Maurice	Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron	Conservative	1867	8th term
	Two Mountains	Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier	Liberal	1896	1st term
	Vaudreuil	Henry Stanislas Harwood	Liberal	1891	2nd term
	Wright	Charles Ramsay Devlin (until 15 March 1897 immigration appointment)	Liberal	1891	2nd term
		Louis Napoléon Champagne (by-election of 1897-03-23)	Liberal	1897	1st term
	Yamaska	Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault	Liberal	1891	2nd term

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

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