Government in Canada from 1879 to 1882
The 4th Canadian Parliament was in session from 13 February 1879 until 18 May 1882. The membership was set by the 1878 federal election on 17 September 1878. It was dissolved prior to the 1882 election .
It was controlled by a Conservative /Liberal-Conservative majority under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 3rd Canadian Ministry . The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party , first led by Alexander Mackenzie , and then by Edward Blake .
The Speaker was Joseph Godéric Blanchet . See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1873-1882 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 4th Parliament:
Session Start End 1st 13 February 1879 15 May 1879 2nd 12 February 1880 7 May 1880 3rd 9 December 1880 21 March 1881 4th 9 February 1882 17 May 1882
Following is a full list of members of the fourth parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. 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 Addington John McRory Conservative 1878 Algoma Simon James Dawson Conservative 1878 Bothwell David Mills Liberal 1867 Brant North Gavin Fleming Liberal 1872 Brant South William Paterson Liberal 1872 Brockville William Fitzsimmons Conservative 1878 Bruce North John Gillies Liberal 1872 Bruce South Alexander Shaw Liberal-Conservative 1878 Cardwell Thomas White Conservative 1878 Carleton John Rochester Conservative 1872 Cornwall Darby Bergin , re-elected in by-election 27 January 1880 Liberal-Conservative 1872, 1878 Dundas John Sylvester Ross Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 Durham East Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams Conservative 1878 Durham West Harvey William Burk until 10 October 1879 Liberal 1874 Edward Dominick Blake , acclaimed from 17 November 1879 Liberal 1879 Elgin East Thomas Arkell Liberal-Conservative 1878 Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 1872 Essex James Colebrooke Patterson Conservative 1878 Frontenac George Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative 1870 Glengarry John McLennan Liberal-Conservative 1878 Grenville South John Philip Wiser Liberal 1878 Grey East Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative 1878 Grey North Samuel Johnathan Lane Conservative 1878 Grey South George Jackson Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 Haldimand David Thompson Liberal 1867 Halton William McDougall Liberal-Conservative 1867,[ a] 1878 Hamilton * Francis Edwin Kilvert Conservative 1878 Thomas Robertson Liberal 1878 Hastings East John White , re-elected in by-election 25 February 1879 Conservative 1871 Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell , acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878 Conservative 1867 Hastings West James Brown Conservative 1867 Huron Centre Horace Horton until 10 October 1878 Liberal 1872 Richard John Cartwright from 2 November 1878 Liberal 1878 Huron North Thomas Farrow Liberal-Conservative 1867 Huron South Malcolm Colin Cameron Liberal 1867, 1878 Kent Rufus Stephenson Conservative 1867 Kingston Alexander Gunn Liberal 1878 Lambton Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 1867 Lanark North Daniel Galbraith , died in office 17 December 1879 Liberal 1872 Donald Greenfield MacDonell from 22 January 1880 Liberal 1880 Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 1872 Leeds North and Grenville North Charles Frederick Ferguson Liberal-Conservative 1874 Leeds South David Ford Jones Conservative 1874 Lennox Edmund Hooper Liberal-Conservative 1878 Lincoln John Charles Rykert Conservative 1878 London John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 Middlesex East Duncan Macmillan Liberal-Conservative 1875 Middlesex North Timothy Coughlin Liberal-Conservative 1878 Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal 1872 Monck Lachlin McCallum Liberal-Conservative 1874 Muskoka Alexander Peter Cockburn Liberal 1872 Niagara Patrick Hughes , defeated in by-election 20 March 1879 Liberal 1878 Josiah Burr Plumb from 20 March 1879 Conservative 1879 Norfolk North John Charlton Liberal 1872 Norfolk South William Wallace Conservative 1874 Northumberland East Joseph Keeler , died in office 21 January 1881 Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 Darius Crouter , acclaimed from 25 March 1881 Independent Liberal 1881 Northumberland West James Cockburn until 14 November 1881 Conservative 1867, 1878 George Guillet from 19 December 1881 Conservative 1881 Ontario North George Wheler , until 10 June 1880, re-elected 28 August 1880 Liberal 1878 Ontario South Francis Wayland Glen Liberal 1878 Ottawa (City of) * Joseph Merrill Currier Liberal-Conservative 1867 Joseph Tassé Conservative 1878 Oxford North Thomas Oliver , died in office 8 November 1880 Liberal 1867 James Sutherland from 9 December 1880 Liberal 1880 Oxford South James Atchison Skinner Liberal 1874 Peel William Elliott Conservative 1878 Perth North Samuel Rollin Hesson Conservative 1878 Perth South James Trow Liberal 1872 Peterborough East John Burnham Conservative 1878 Peterborough West George Hilliard Liberal-Conservative 1878 Prescott Félix Routhier Conservative 1878 Prince Edward James Simeon McCuaig Conservative 1878 Renfrew North Peter White Conservative 1876 Renfrew South William Bannerman Conservative 1878 Russell John O'Connor , acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878 Conservative 1867, 1878 Simcoe North Dalton McCarthy Conservative 1872 Simcoe South William Carruthers Little , died in office 31 December 1881 Liberal-Conservative 1867 Richard Tyrwhitt , acclaimed from 16 February 1882 Conservative 1882 Stormont Oscar Fulton Liberal-Conservative 1878 Toronto Centre Robert Hay Liberal 1878 Toronto East Samuel Platt Independent 1875 Victoria North Hector Cameron Conservative 1875 Victoria South Arthur McQuade Conservative 1874 Waterloo North Hugo Kranz Conservative 1878 Waterloo South Samuel Merner Conservative 1878 Welland Christopher William Bunting Liberal-Conservative 1878 Wellington Centre George Turner Orton Liberal-Conservative 1874 Wellington North George Alexander Drew Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 Wellington South Donald Guthrie Liberal 1876 Wentworth North Thomas Bain Liberal 1872 Wentworth South Joseph Rymal Liberal 1867 West Toronto John Beverley Robinson until 30 June 1880 Conservative 1875 James Beaty, Jr. from 28 August 1880 Conservative 1880 York East Alfred Boultbee Conservative 1878 York North Frederick William Strange Liberal-Conservative 1878 York West Nathaniel Clarke Wallace Conservative 1878
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected Argenteuil Thomas Christie , defeated in by-election 12 February 1880 Liberal 1875 John Joseph Caldwell Abbott from 12 February 1880, acclaimed in by-election 17 August 1881 Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1880 Bagot Joseph-Alfred Mousseau , acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880 Conservative 1874 Beauce Joseph Bolduc Conservative 1876 Beauharnois Michael Cayley , died in office 3 December 1878 Conservative 1867, 1878 Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron from 9 January 1879 Conservative 1879 Bellechasse Achille Larue until 11 February 1881 Liberal 1878 Guillaume Amyot from 19 March 1881 Conservative 1881 Berthier Edward Octavian Cuthbert Conservative 1875 Bonaventure Théodore Robitaille Conservative 1867 Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne , acclaimed from 26 August 1879 Conservative 1879 Brome Edmund Leavens Chandler Liberal 1878 David Ames Manson from 18 October 1880 Liberal-Conservative 1880 Chambly Pierre Basile Benoit Conservative 1876 Champlain Hippolyte Montplaisir Liberal-Conservative 1874 Charlevoix Pierre Alexis Tremblay , died in office 5 January 1879 Liberal 1876 Joseph-Stanislas Perrault from 13 February 1879 Conservative 1879 Simon-Xavier Cimon from 19 March 1881 Conservative 1881 Châteauguay Luther Hamilton Holton , died in office 14 March 1880 Liberal 1867 Edward Holton from 17 April 1880 Liberal 1880 Chicoutimi—Saguenay Marie Honorius Ernest Cimon Conservative 1874 Compton John Henry Pope , acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878 Liberal-Conservative 1867 Dorchester François Fortunat Rouleau Liberal-Conservative 1874 Drummond – Arthabaska Désiré Olivier Bourbeau Conservative 1877 Gaspé Pierre Fortin Conservative 1867, 1878 Hochelaga Alphonse Desjardins Conservative 1874 Huntingdon Julius Scriver (acclaimed) Liberal 1869 Iverbville François Béchard Liberal 1867 Jacques Cartier Désiré Girouard Conservative 1878 Joliette Louis François Georges Baby , acclaimed in by-election 14 November 1878 Conservative 1872 Lewis Arthur McConville from 9 December 1880 Conservative 1880 Kamouraska Joseph Dumont Liberal 1878 L'Assomption Hilaire Hurteau Liberal-Conservative 1874 L'Islet Philippe Baby Casgrain Liberal 1872 Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault Conservative 1867 Laval Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (acclaimed) Liberal-Conservative 1873 Lévis Joseph-Goderic Blanchet Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 Lotbinière Côme Isaïe Rinfret Liberal 1878 Maskinongé Frédéric Houde Nationalist Conservative 1878 Mégantic Louis-Éphrem Olivier Liberal 1878 Missisquoi George Barnard Baker Liberal-Conservative 1878 Montcalm Firmin Dugas Conservative 1871 Montmagny Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry Conservative 1878 Montmorency Pierre-Vincent Valin until 9 January 1880, re-elected 9 December 1880 Conservative 1878, 1880 Auguste-Réal Angers from 14 February 1880 until 12 November 1880 Conservative 1880 Montreal Centre Michael Patrick Ryan Liberal-Conservative 1868 Montreal East Charles-Joseph Coursol Conservative 1878 Montreal West Matthew Hamilton Gault Conservative 1878 Napierville Sixte Coupal dit la Reine Liberal 1874 Nicolet François Xavier Ovide Méthot Independent Conservative 1877 Ottawa (County of) Alonzo Wright Liberal-Conservative 1867 Pontiac John Poupore Conservative 1878 Portneuf Roch-Pamphile Vallée Conservative 1878 Quebec County Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron , acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880 Conservative 1873 Quebec East Wilfrid Laurier Liberal 1874 Quebec West Thomas McGreevy (acclaimed) Liberal-Conservative 1867 Quebec-Centre Jacques Malouin Independent 1877 Richelieu Louis Huet Massue Liberal-Conservative 1878 Richmond—Wolfe William Bullock Ives Conservative 1878 Rimouski Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 1872 Rouville George-Auguste Gigault Conservative 1878 Saint Maurice Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers Conservative 1867, 1878 Shefford Lucius Seth Huntington Liberal 1867 Town of Sherbrooke Edward Towle Brooks (acclaimed) Conservative 1872 Soulanges Jacques-Philippe Lanthier Conservative 1872 St. Hyacinthe Louis Tellier Conservative 1878 St. John's François Bourassa Liberal 1867 Stanstead Charles Carroll Colby Liberal-Conservative 1867 Témiscouata Paul-Étienne Grandbois Conservative 1878 Terrebonne Louis-Rodrigue Masson , acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878 Conservative 1867 Three Rivers William McDougall Conservative 1868 Hector-Louis Langevin , acclaimed from 21 November 1878 Conservative 1878 Two Mountains Jean-Baptiste Daoust Conservative 1876 Vaudreuil Jean-Baptiste Mongenais Conservative 1878 Verchères Félix Geoffrion Liberal 1867 Yamaska Charles Gill Conservative 1874 Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille from 7 July 1879 Conservative 1879
By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained New Westminster March 9, 1882 Thomas Robert McInnes Independent Joshua Homer Liberal-Conservative Called to the Senate. No Simcoe South February 16, 1882 William Carruthers Little Liberal-Conservative Angus McIsaac Conservative Death Yes Northumberland West December 19, 1881 James Cockburn Conservative George Guillet Conservative Appointed Chairman of the Commission to collect, examine and classify the Statutes passed by the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, since Confederation Yes Argenteuil August 17, 1881 John Joseph Caldwell Abbott Liberal-Conservative John Joseph Caldwell Abbott Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. Yes Pictor June 18, 1881 James McDonald Conservative John McDougald Liberal-Conservative Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Yes Colchester June 18, 1881 Thomas McKay Liberal-Conservative Archibald McLelan Conservative Called to the Senate. Yes Colchester March 31, 1881 Joshua Spencer Thompson Liberal-Conservative James Reid Liberal-Conservative Death Yes Northumberland East March 25, 1881 Joseph Keeler Liberal-Conservative Darius Crouter Independent Liberal Death No Bellechasse March 19, 1881 Achille Larue Liberal Guillaume Amyot Conservative Election declared void. No Charlevoix March 19, 1881 Joseph-Stanislas Perrault Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Conservative Election declared void. Yes Carleton February 16, 1881 George Heber Connell Independent David Irvine Liberal Death No Joliette December 9, 1880 Louis François Georges Baby Conservative Lewis Arthur McConville Conservative Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec Yes Oxford North December 9, 1880 Thomas Oliver Liberal James Sutherland Liberal Death Yes Montmorency December 9, 1880 Auguste-Réal Angers Conservative Pierre-Vincent Valin Conservative Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec. Yes Quebec County November 20, 1880 Adolphe-Philippe Caron Conservative Adolphe-Philippe Caron Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. Yes Bagot November 20, 1880 Joseph-Alfred Mousseau Conservative Joseph-Alfred Mousseau Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. Yes Brome October 18, 1880 Edmund Leavens Chandler Liberal David Ames Manson Liberal-Conservative Death No Selkirk September 10, 1880 Donald Smith Independent Conservative Thomas Scott Conservative Election declared void. No Ontario North August 28, 1880 George Wheler Liberal George Wheler Liberal Election declared void. Yes West Toronto August 28, 1880 John Beverly Robinson Conservative James Beaty, Jr. Conservative Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. Yes Châteauguay April 17, 1880 Luther Hamilton Holton Liberal Edward Holton Liberal Death Yes Montmorency February 14, 1880 Pierre-Vincent Valin Conservative Auguste-Réal Angers Conservative Election declared void. Yes Argenteuil February 12, 1880 Thomas Christie Liberal John Joseph Caldwell Abbott Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. No Cornwall January 27, 1880 Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. Yes Lanark North January 22, 1880 Daniel Galbraith Liberal Donald Greenfield MacDonell Liberal Death Yes Provencher December 30, 1879 Joseph Dubuc Conservative Joseph Royal Conservative Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench for Manitoba. Yes Durham West November 17, 1879 Harvey William Burk Liberal Edward Blake Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Blake. Yes Cape Breton October 23, 1879 Hugh McLeod Liberal-Conservative William Mackenzie McLeod Liberal-Conservative Death Yes Yale September 29, 1879 Edgar Dewdney Conservative Francis Jones Barnard Conservative Appointed Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and the North West Territories. Yes Bonaventure August 26, 1879 Théodore Robitaille Conservative Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne Conservative Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Yes Yamaska July 7, 1879 Charles-Ignace Gill Conservative Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille Conservative Appointed a judge to the Quebec Superior Court. Yes Niagara March 20, 1879 Patrick Hughes Liberal Josiah Burr Plumb Conservative Election declared void. No Hastings East February 25, 1879 John White Conservative John White Conservative Election declared void. Yes Charlevoix February 13, 1879 Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal Joseph-Stanislas Perrault Conservative Death No Beauharnois January 9, 1879 Michael Cayley Conservative Joseph Gédéon H. Bergeron Conservative Death Yes Marquette November 30, 1878 John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative Joseph O'Connell Ryan Liberal MacDonald was elected in several seats simultaneously, resigned to run in Ministerial by-election in Victoria. No Three Rivers November 21, 1878 William McDougall Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative Resignation to provide a seat for Langevin. Yes Joliette November 14, 1878 Louis François Georges Baby Conservative Louis François Georges Baby Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue. Yes Queens County November 9, 1878 James Colledge Pope Conservative James Colledge Pope Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Yes Hastings North November 6, 1878 Mackenzie Bowell Conservative Mackenzie Bowell Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs. Yes Terrebonne November 6, 1878 Louis-Rodrigue Masson Conservative Louis-Rodrigue Masson Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. Yes City of St. John November 4, 1878 Samuel Leonard Tilley Liberal-Conservative Samuel Leonard Tilley Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Finance. Yes Pictou November 4, 1878 James McDonald Conservative James McDonald Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. Yes Russell November 4, 1878 John O'Connor Conservative John O'Connor Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. Yes Compton November 4, 1878 John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture. Yes Cumberland November 4, 1878 Charles Tupper Conservative Charles Tupper Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works. Yes Huron Centre November 2, 1878 Horace Horton Liberal Richard John Cartwright Liberal Appointment in the office of the Auditor-General of Canada . Yes
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