2nd Canadian Parliament

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2nd Canadian Parliament

Majority parliament
March 5, 1873 - January 2, 1874
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister| Rt Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
July 1, 1867 - November 5, 1873
| Rt Hon. Alexander Mackenzie
November 7, 1873 - October 8, 1878
Cabinets| 1st Canadian Ministry
2nd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition| Alexander Mackenzie
March 6, 1873 – November 5, 1873
| Sir John A. Macdonald
November 6, 1873 – October 16, 1878
Party caucuses
Government| Conservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
Opposition| Liberal Party*
* The Liberal Party briefly formed government at the end of the 2nd Parliament.
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons| Hon. James Cockburn
November 6, 1867 – March 5, 1874
Members| 200 seats MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate| The Hon. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
February 21, 1872 – January 8, 1874
Government
Senate Leader| Alexander Campbell
July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873
| Luc Letellier de St-Just
November 5, 1873 – December 14, 1876
Opposition
Senate Leader| Alexander Campbell
November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878
Senators| 79 seats senator seats
List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch| Victoria
1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor
General| The Earl of Dufferin
25 June 1872 – 25 Nov. 1878
Sessions
1st session
March 5, 1873 – August 13, 1873
2nd session
October 23, 1873 – November 7, 1873
| ← 1st | → 3rd

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Sir John A. Macdonald, depicted in this poster from 1891, was Prime Minister during most of the 2nd Canadian Parliament. Alexander Mackenzie and his Liberal Party briefly took power at the end of the 2nd Parliament.

The 2nd Canadian Parliament was in session from March 5, 1873, until January 2, 1874 (303 days). The membership was set by the 1872 federal election from July 20 to October 12, 1872, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1874 election. Among the by-elections were the first election of PEI MPs, PEI joining Confederation in 1873.

It was first controlled by a Conservative/Liberal-Conservative majority under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 1st Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Alexander Mackenzie. After a scandal in the Conservative Party, the Liberals took power, forming the 2nd Canadian Ministry. Alexander Mackenzie, now Prime Minister, immediately called an election.

The Speaker was James Cockburn. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1872-1873 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

The unusual case of a new party taking control of the government between elections has only happened in the federal government twice; the other occasion was in the 15th Canadian parliament.

There were 2 sessions of the 2nd Parliament:

Session  | Start  | End

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1st  | March 5, 1873  | August 13, 1873
2nd  | October 23, 1873  | November 7, 1873

## List of members

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Following is a full list of members of the second 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.

### British Columbia

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected

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Cariboo |  | Joshua Spencer Thompson | Liberal-Conservative | 1871
New Westminster |  | Hugh Nelson | Liberal-Conservative | 1871
Vancouver |  | Francis Hincks | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Victoria*  |  | Henry Nathan Jr. | Liberal | 1871
| Amor De Cosmos | Liberal | 1871
Yale |  | Edgar Dewdney | Conservative | 1872

### Manitoba

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected

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Lisgar |  | John Christian Schultz | Conservative | 1871
Marquette |  | Robert Cunningham | Liberal | 1872
Provencher |  | The Honourable Sir George-Étienne Cartier to May 20, 1873 (death)  | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
| Louis Riel from October 13, 1873  | Independent  | 1873
Selkirk |  | Donald A. Smith | Independent Conservative | 1871

### New Brunswick

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected

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Albert |  | John Wallace | Liberal | 1867
Carleton |  | The Honourable Charles Connell | Liberal | 1867
Charlotte |  | John McAdam | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
City and County of St. John*  |  | Isaac Burpee | Liberal | 1872
| Acalus Lockwood Palmer | Liberal | 1872
City of St. John |  | The Honourable Samuel Leonard Tilley to November 15, 1873
(named Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick)  | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
| Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber from December 1, 1873  | Liberal | 1873
Gloucester |  | Timothy Warren Anglin | Liberal | 1867
Kent |  | Robert Barry Cutler | Liberal | 1872
King's |  | James Domville | Conservative | 1872
Northumberland |  | The Honourable Peter Mitchell | Independent  | 1872
Queen's |  | John Ferris | Liberal | 1867
Restigouche |  | George Moffat | Conservative | 1870
Sunbury |  | Charles Burpee | Liberal | 1867
Victoria |  | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Westmorland |  | The Honourable Albert James Smith | Liberal | 1867
York |  | John Pickard | Independent Liberal | 1868

Two MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.

* Albert James Smith was reelected in Westmorland on November 28, 1873.
* Isaac Burpee was reelected in the City and County of St. John on December 1, 1873.

### Nova Scotia

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected

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Annapolis |  | William Hallett Ray | Liberal | 1867
Antigonish |  | Hugh McDonald to May 11, 1873 (appointed to Supreme Court of Nova Scotia)  | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
| Angus McIsaac from December 20, 1873  | Liberal | 1873
Cape Breton*  |  | Newton LeGayet Mackay | Conservative | 1872
| William McDonald | Conservative | 1872
Colchester |  | Frederick M. Pearson | Liberal | 1870
Cumberland |  | Charles Tupper | Conservative | 1867
Digby |  | Alfred William Savary | Conservative | 1867
Guysborough |  | Stewart Campbell | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Halifax*  |  | William Johnston Almon | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
| Stephen Tobin | Liberal | 1872
Hants |  | Joseph Howe to July 5, 1873  | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
| Monson Henry Goudge from July 5, 1873  | Liberal | 1873
Inverness |  | Samuel McDonnell | Conservative | 1872
Kings |  | Leverett de Veber Chipman | Liberal | 1870
Lunenburg |  | Charles Edward Church | Liberal | 1872
Pictou*  |  | Robert Doull | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
| James McDonald | Conservative | 1872
Queens |  | James Fraser Forbes | Liberal | 1867
Richmond |  | Isaac Le Vesconte | Conservative | 1869
Shelburne |  | Thomas Coffin | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
| Liberal
Victoria |  | William Ross to July 11, 1873 (appointment to cabinet)  | Liberal | 1867
| William Ross from December 20, 1873  | Liberal
Yarmouth |  | Frank Killam | Liberal | 1868

Two MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.

* Hugh McDonald was reelected in Antigonish on July 7, 1873, on being named Minister of Militia and Defence.
* Thomas Coffin was reelected in Shelburne on July 11, 1873, on being named Receiver-General of Canada.

### Ontario

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected

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Addington |  | Schuyler Shibley | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Algoma |  | John Beverley Robinson | Conservative | 1872
Bothwell |  | David Mills | Liberal | 1867
Brant North |  | Gavin Fleming | Liberal | 1872
Brant South |  | William Paterson | Liberal | 1872
Brockville |  | Jacob Dockstader Buell | Liberal | 1872
Bruce North |  | John Gillies | Liberal | 1872
Bruce South |  | Edward Blake | Liberal | 1872
Cardwell |  | John Hillyard Cameron | Conservative | 1867
Carleton |  | John Rochester | Conservative | 1872
Cornwall |  | Darby Bergin | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Dundas |  | William Gibson | Independent Liberal | 1872
Durham East |  | Lewis Ross | Liberal Reformer  | 1872
Durham West |  | Edward Blake to April 10, 1873 (dual election in Durham West and Bruce South)  | Liberal | 1867
| Edmund Burke Wood from April 10, 1873  | Liberal | 1873
Elgin East |  | William Harvey | Liberal | 1872
Elgin West |  | George Elliott Casey | Liberal | 1872
Essex |  | John O'Connor | Conservative | 1867
Frontenac |  | George Airey Kirkpatrick | Conservative | 1870
Glengarry |  | Donald Alexander Macdonald | Liberal | 1867
Grenville South |  | William Henry Brouse | Liberal | 1872
Grey East |  | William Kingston Flesher | Conservative | 1872
Grey North |  | George Snider | Liberal | 1867
Grey South |  | George Landerkin | Liberal | 1872
Haldimand |  | David Thompson | Liberal | 1867
Halton |  | John White | Liberal | 1867
Hamilton*  |  | Daniel Black Chisholm | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
| Henry Buckingham Witton | Conservative Labour | 1872
Hastings East |  | John White | Conservative | 1871
Hastings North |  | Mackenzie Bowell | Conservative | 1867
Hastings West |  | James Brown | Conservative | 1867
Huron Centre |  | Horace Horton | Liberal | 1872
Huron North |  | Thomas Farrow | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Huron South |  | Malcolm Colin Cameron | Liberal | 1867
Kent |  | Rufus Stephenson | Conservative | 1867
Kingston |  | The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Lambton |  | Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal | 1867
Lanark North |  | Daniel Galbraith | Liberal | 1872
Lanark South |  | John Graham Haggart | Conservative | 1872
Leeds North and Grenville North |  | Francis Jones | Conservative | 1867
Leeds South |  | Albert Norton Richards | Liberal | 1872
Lennox |  | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | 1867
Lincoln |  | Thomas Rodman Merritt | Liberal | 1868
London |  | John Carling | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Middlesex East |  | David Glass | Conservative | 1872
Middlesex North |  | Thomas Scatcherd | Liberal | 1867
Middlesex West |  | George William Ross | Liberal | 1872
Monck |  | James David Edgar | Liberal | 1872
Muskoka |  | Alexander Peter Cockburn | Liberal | 1872
Niagara |  | Angus Morrison | Conservative | 1867
Norfolk North |  | John Charlton | Liberal | 1872
Norfolk South |  | William Wallace | Conservative | 1872
Northumberland East |  | Joseph Keeler | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Northumberland West |  | James Cockburn (†) | Conservative | 1867
Ontario North |  | William Henry Gibbs | Conservative | 1872
Ontario South |  | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Ottawa (City of)*  |  | John Bower Lewis | Conservative | 1872
| Joseph Merrill Currier | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Oxford North |  | Thomas Oliver | Liberal | 1867
Oxford South |  | Ebenezer Vining Bodwell | Liberal | 1867
Peel |  | Robert Smith | Liberal | 1872
Perth North |  | Thomas Mayne Daly | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Perth South |  | James Trow | Liberal | 1872
Peterborough East |  | Peregrine Maitland Grover | Conservative | 1867
Peterborough West |  | John Bertram | Liberal | 1872
| William Cluxton (not elected candidate but designated by return)[1] | Conservative | 1872
Prescott |  | Albert Hagar | Liberal | 1867
Prince Edward |  | Walter Ross | Liberal | 1867
Renfrew North |  | James Findlay | Liberal | 1872
Renfrew South |  | James O'Reilly | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Russell |  | James Alexander Grant | Conservative | 1867
Simcoe North |  | Herman Henry Cook | Liberal | 1872
Simcoe South |  | William Carruthers Little | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Stormont |  | Cyril Archibald | Liberal | 1872
Toronto Centre |  | Robert Wilkes | Liberal | 1872
Toronto East |  | James Beaty | Conservative | 1867
Victoria North |  | Joseph Staples | Conservative | 1872
Victoria South |  | George Dormer | Conservative | 1872
Waterloo North |  | Isaac Erb Bowman | Liberal | 1867
Waterloo South |  | James Young | Liberal | 1867
Welland |  | Thomas Clark Street (died September 20, 1872, 22 days before the election)  | Conservative | 1867
| William Alexander Thomson from November 23, 1872  | Liberal | 1872
Wellington Centre |  | James Ross | Liberal | 1869
Wellington North |  | Nathaniel Higinbotham | Liberal | 1872
Wellington South |  | David Stirton | Liberal | 1867
Wentworth North |  | Thomas Bain | Liberal | 1872
Wentworth South |  | Joseph Rymal | Liberal | 1867
West Toronto |  | John Willoughby Crawford to November 4, 1873 (resigned)  | Conservative | 1872
| Thomas Moss from December 18, 1873  | Liberal | 1873
York East |  | James Metcalfe | Liberal | 1867
York North |  | Anson Dodge | Conservative | 1872
York West |  | David Blain | Liberal | 1872

Five MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.

* Thomas Nicholson Gibbs was reelected in Ontario South on July 7, 1873.
* Alexander Mackenzie was reelected in Lambton on November 25, 1873.
* Donald Alexander MacDonald was reelected in Glengarry on November 26, 1873.
* Richard John Cartwright was reelected in Lennox on December 3, 1873.
* Edward Blake was reelected in Bruce South on December 4, 1873.

### Quebec

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected

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Argenteuil |  | John Abbott | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Bagot |  | Pierre-Samuel Gendron | Conservative | 1867
Beauce |  | Christian Pozer | Liberal | 1867
Beauharnois |  | Ulysse-Janvier Robillard | Independent Conservative | 1872
Bellechasse |  | Télesphore Fournier | Liberal | 1870
Berthier |  | Anselme-Homère Pâquet | Liberal | 1867
Bonaventure |  | Théodore Robitaille | Conservative | 1867
Brome |  | Edward Carter | Conservative | 1871
Chambly |  | Pierre Benoit | Conservative | 1867
Champlain |  | John Jones Ross | Conservative | 1867
Charlevoix |  | Pierre-Alexis Tremblay | Liberal | 1867
Châteauguay |  | Luther Hamilton Holton | Liberal | 1867
Chicoutimi—Saguenay |  | William Evan Price | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Compton |  | John Henry Pope | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Dorchester |  | Hector-Louis Langevin | Conservative | 1867
Drummond—Arthabaska |  | Pierre-Nérée Dorion | Liberal | 1872
Gaspé |  | Pierre Fortin | Conservative | 1867
Hochelaga |  | Louis Beaubien | Conservative | 1872
Huntingdon |  | Julius Scriver | Liberal | 1869
Iberville |  | François Béchard | Liberal | 1867
Jacques Cartier |  | Rodolphe Laflamme | Liberal | 1872
Joliette |  | Louis François Georges Baby | Conservative | 1872
Kamouraska |  | Charles Pelletier | Liberal | 1869
Laprairie |  | Alfred Pinsonneault | Conservative | 1867
L'Assomption |  | Louis Archambeault | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Laval |  | Joseph Bellerose to July 10, 1873 (called to the Senate)  | Conservative | 1867
| Joseph-Aldric Ouimet from October 28, 1873  | Liberal-Conservative | 1873
Lévis |  | Joseph Blanchet | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
L'Islet |  | Philippe Baby Casgrain | Liberal | 1872
Lotbinière |  | Henri Joly de Lotbinière | Liberal | 1867
Maskinongé |  | Louis-Alphonse Boyer | Liberal | 1872
Mégantic |  | Édouard-Émery Richard | Liberal | 1872
Missisquoi |  | George Baker | Liberal-Conservative | 1870
Montcalm |  | Firmin Dugas | Conservative | 1871
Montmagny |  | Henri-Thomas Taschereau | Liberal | 1872
Montmorency |  | Jean Langlois | Conservative | 1867
Montreal Centre |  | Michael Patrick Ryan | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Montreal East |  | Louis-Amable Jetté | Liberal | 1872
Montreal West |  | John Young | Liberal | 1872
Napierville |  | Antoine-Aimé Dorion | Liberal | 1872
Nicolet |  | Joseph Gaudet | Conservative | 1867
Ottawa (County of) |  | Alonzo Wright | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Pontiac |  | William McKay Wright | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Portneuf |  | Esdras Alfred de St-Georges | Liberal | 1872
Quebec-Centre |  | Joseph-Édouard Cauchon | Conservative | 1872
Quebec County |  | Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau to February 20, 1873 (called to the Senate)  | Conservative | 1867
| Adolphe-Philippe Caron from March 28, 1873  | Conservative | 1873
Quebec East |  | Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau | Conservative | 1870
Quebec West |  | Thomas McGreevy | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Richelieu |  | Michel Mathieu | Conservative | 1872
Richmond—Wolfe |  | William Hoste Webb | Conservative | 1867
Rimouski |  | Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset | Liberal | 1872
Rouville |  | Honoré Mercier | Liberal | 1872
Saint Maurice |  | Élie Lacerte | Conservative | 1868
Shefford |  | Lucius Huntington | Liberal | 1867
Town of Sherbrooke |  | Edward Towle Brooks | Conservative | 1872
Soulanges |  | Jacques-Philippe Lantier | Conservative | 1872
St. Hyacinthe |  | Louis Delorme | Liberal | 1870
St. John's |  | François Bourassa | Liberal | 1867
Stanstead |  | Charles Colby | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Témiscouata |  | Élie Mailloux | Conservative | 1872
Terrebonne |  | Louis Masson | Conservative | 1867
Three Rivers |  | William McDougall | Conservative | 1868
Two Mountains |  | Wilfrid Prévost | Liberal | 1872
Vaudreuil |  | Robert Harwood | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Verchères |  | Félix Geoffrion | Liberal | 1867
Yamaska |  | Joseph Duguay | Conservative | 1872

Three MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.

* Télesphore Fournier was reelected in Bellechasse on November 27, 1873, after being named Minister of Inland Revenue.
* Théodore Robitaille was reelected in Bonaventure on February 15, 1873, after being named Receiver-General.
* Antoine Aimé Dorion was reelected in Napierville on November 27, 1873, after being named Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

### Prince Edward Island

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Prince Edward Island joined Canada on July 1, 1873. By-elections for the House of Commons were held on September 29, 1873.

Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected

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King's County*  |  | Daniel Davies | Conservative | 1873
| Augustine Colin Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | 1873
Prince County*  |  | James Colledge Pope | Conservative | 1873
| James Yeo | Liberal | 1873
Queen's County*  |  | David Laird | Liberal | 1873
| Peter Sinclair Sr. | Liberal | 1873

## References

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* Government of Canada. "1st Ministry". Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation. Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on 2005-12-28. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
* Government of Canada. "2nd Ministry". Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation. Privy Council Office. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
* Government of Canada. "2nd Parliament". Members of the House of Commons: 1867 to Date: By Parliament. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
* Government of Canada. "Duration of Sessions". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "General Elections". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "Key Dates for each Parliament". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "Leaders of the Opposition in the House of Commons". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "Prime Ministers of Canada". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "Speakers". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2006-09-17. Retrieved 2006-05-12.

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## By-elections

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Main article: By-elections to the 2nd Canadian Parliament

## References

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