3rd Canadian Parliament

Session of the Canadian Parliament (1874–1878)

3rd Canadian Parliament

Majority parliament
February 21, 1874 - August 16, 1878
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister| Hon. Alexander Mackenzie
November 7, 1873 - October 8, 1878
Cabinet| 2nd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition| Sir John A. Macdonald
Nov. 6, 1873 – Oct. 16, 1878
Party caucuses
Government| Liberal Party
Opposition| Conservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons| Timothy Warren Anglin
March 26, 1874 – February 12, 1879
Members| 206 seats MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate| The Hon. David Christie
January 9, 1874 – October 16, 1878
Government
Senate Leader| Luc Letellier de St-Just
November 5, 1873 – December 14, 1876
| Sir Richard William Scott
December 14, 1876 – October 7, 1878
Opposition
Senate Leader| Alexander Campbell
November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878
Senators| 92 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 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
| ← 2nd | → 4th

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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  | Start  | End

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1st  | March 26, 1874  | May 26, 1874
2nd  | February 4, 1875  | April 8, 1875
3rd  | February 10, 1876  | April 12, 1876
4th  | February 8, 1877  | April 28, 1877
5th  | February 7, 1878  | May 10, 1878

## List of members

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Following is a full list of members of the third 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/previously elected

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Cariboo |  | Joshua Spencer Thompson | Liberal-Conservative | 1871
New Westminster |  | James Cunningham | Liberal | 1874
| Thomas Robert McInnes from March 25, 1878  | Independent  | 1878
Vancouver |  | Arthur Bunster | Liberal | 1874
Victoria |  | Francis James Roscoe | Independent Liberal | 1874
| Amor De Cosmos | Liberal | 1871
Yale |  | Edgar Dewdney | Conservative | 1872

### Manitoba

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected/previously elected

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Lisgar |  | John Christian Schultz | Conservative | 1871
Marquette |  | Robert Cunningham, died 4 July 1874  | Liberal | 1872
| Joseph O'Connell Ryan from August 25, 1874  | Liberal | 1874
Provencher |  | Louis Riel, expelled from the House of Commons, reelected, reexpelled and banished from Canada  | Independent  | 1873
| Andrew Bannatyne from March 31, 1875  | Liberal | 1875
Selkirk |  | Donald A. Smith | Independent Conservative | 1871

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.

### New Brunswick

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected/previously elected

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Albert |  | John Wallace | Liberal | 1867
Carleton |  | Stephen Burpee Appleby | Liberal | 1872
Charlotte |  | Arthur Hill Gillmor | Liberal | 1874
City and County of St. John |  | Isaac Burpee | Liberal | 1872
| Acalus Lockwood Palmer | Liberal | 1872
City of St. John |  | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | Liberal | 1873
Gloucester |  | Timothy Warren Anglin (†) | Liberal | 1867
Kent |  | George McLeod | Independent  | 1874
King's |  | James Domville | Conservative | 1872
Northumberland |  | Peter Mitchell | Independent  | 1872
Queen's |  | John Ferris | Liberal | 1867
Restigouche |  | George Moffat | Conservative | 1870
| George Haddow from January 12, 1878  | Independent  | 1878
Sunbury |  | Charles Burpee | Liberal | 1867
Victoria |  | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Westmorland |  | Albert James Smith | Liberal | 1867
York |  | John Pickard | Independent Liberal | 1868

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.

### Nova Scotia

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected/previously elected

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Annapolis |  | William Hallett Ray | Liberal | 1867
Antigonish |  | Angus McIsaac | Liberal | 1873
Cape Breton |  | Newton LeGayet Mackay | Liberal | 1872
Cape Breton  |  | William McDonald | Conservative | 1872
Colchester |  | Thomas McKay | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
Cumberland |  | Charles Tupper | Conservative | 1867
Digby |  | Edwin Randolph Oakes | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
| William Berrian Vail from October 26, 1874  | Liberal | 1874
| John Chipman Wade from January 29, 1878  | Independent  | 1878
Guysborough |  | John Angus Kirk | Liberal | 1874
Halifax |  | Alfred Gilpin Jones | Independent  | 1867, 1874
Halifax |  | Patrick Power | Independent Liberal | 1867, 1874
Hants |  | Monson Henry Goudge | Liberal | 1873
Inverness |  | Samuel McDonnell | Liberal | 1872
Kings |  | Frederick William Borden | Liberal | 1874
Lunenburg |  | Charles Edward Church | Liberal | 1872
Pictou*  |  | James William Carmichael | Liberal | 1867, 1874
| John A. Dawson | Liberal | 1874
Queens |  | James Fraser Forbes | Liberal | 1867
Richmond |  | Edmund Power Flynn | Liberal | 1874
Shelburne |  | Thomas Coffin | Liberal | 1867
Victoria |  | William Ross | Liberal | 1867
| Charles James Campbell from December 17, 1874  | Conservative | 1874
| Barclay Edmund Tremaine from April 28, 1875  | Liberal | 1875
| Charles James Campbell from September 21, 1876  | Conservative | 1876
Yarmouth |  | Frank Killam | Liberal | 1868

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.

### Ontario

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected/previously elected

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Addington |  | Schuyler Shibley | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Algoma |  | Edward Borron | Liberal | 1874
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
| Dalton McCarthy from December 14, 1876  | Liberal-Conservative | 1876
Carleton |  | John Rochester | Conservative | 1872
Cornwall |  | Alexander Francis Macdonald | Liberal | 1874
Dundas |  | William Gibson | Independent Liberal | 1872
Durham East |  | Lewis Ross | Liberal Reformer | 1872
Durham West |  | Edmund Burke Wood | Liberal | 1867
| Harvey William Burk from April 7, 1874  | Liberal | 1874
Elgin East |  | William Harvey | Liberal | 1872
| Colin MacDougall from August 11, 1874  | Liberal | 1874
Elgin West |  | George Elliott Casey | Liberal | 1872
Essex |  | William McGregor | Liberal | 1874
Frontenac |  | George Airey Kirkpatrick | Conservative | 1870
Glengarry |  | Donald Alexander MacDonald | Liberal | 1867
| Archibald McNab from July 7, 1875  | Liberal | 1875
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 |  | Daniel Black Chisholm | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
| William McCraney from January 25, 1875  | Liberal | 1875
Hamilton |  | Aemilius Irving | Liberal | 1874
Hamilton |  | Andrew Trew Wood | Liberal | 1874
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 (election overturned in 1875)  | Liberal | 1867
| Thomas Greenway from 1875  | Independent | 1875
Kent |  | Rufus Stephenson | Conservative | 1867
Kingston |  | 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 |  | Charles Frederick Ferguson | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
Leeds South |  | David Ford Jones | Conservative | 1874
Lennox |  | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | 1867
Lincoln |  | James Norris | Liberal | 1874
London |  | John Walker | Liberal | 1874
| James Harshaw Fraser from February 18, 1875  | Liberal-Conservative | 1875
Middlesex East |  | Crowell Willson election successfully contested 1874  | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
| Duncan Macmillan from January 28, 1875  | Liberal-Conservative | 1875
Middlesex North |  | Thomas Scatcherd | Liberal | 1867
| Robert Colin Scatcherd from June 7, 1876  | Liberal | 1876
Middlesex West |  | George William Ross | Liberal | 1872
Monck |  | Lachlin McCallum | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
Muskoka |  | Alexander Peter Cockburn | Liberal | 1872
Niagara |  | Josiah Burr Plumb | Conservative | 1874
Norfolk North |  | John M. Charlton | Liberal | 1872
Norfolk South |  | John Stuart | Liberal | 1874
| William Wallace from December 16, 1874  | Conservative | 1874
Northumberland East |  | James Lyons Biggar | Independent Liberal | 1874
Northumberland West |  | William Kerr | Liberal | 1874
Ontario North |  | Adam Gordon | Liberal | 1874
| William Henry Gibbs from July 5, 1876  | Conservative | 1874
Ontario South |  | Malcolm Cameron | Liberal Party of Canada | 1874
| Thomas Nicholson Gibbs from July 5, 1876  | Liberal-Conservative | 1876
Ottawa (City of)*  |  | Pierre St. Jean | Liberal | 1874
| Joseph Merrill Currier | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Oxford North |  | Thomas Oliver | Liberal | 1867
Oxford South |  | Ebenezer Vining Bodwell until April 1874 when he became superintendent of the Welland Canal | Liberal | 1867
| James Atchison Skinner from May 23, 1874  | Liberal | 1874
Peel |  | Robert Smith | Liberal | 1872
Perth North |  | Andrew Monteith | Conservative | 1874
Perth South |  | James Trow | Liberal | 1872
Peterborough East |  | James Hall | Liberal | 1874
Peterborough West |  | John Bertram | Liberal | 1874
Prescott |  | Albert Hagar | Liberal | 1867
Prince Edward |  | Walter Ross | Liberal | 1867
Renfrew North |  | Peter White | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
| William Murray from November 4, 1874  | Liberal | 1874
| Peter White from January 21, 1876  | Liberal-Conservative | 1876
Renfrew South |  | John Lorn McDougall | Liberal | 1867, 1874
Russell |  | Robert Blackburn | Liberal | 1874
Simcoe North |  | Hermon Henry Cook | Liberal | 1872
Simcoe South |  | William Carruthers Little | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Stormont |  | Cyril Archibald | Liberal | 1872
Toronto Centre |  | Robert Wilkes | Liberal | 1872
| John Macdonald (from May 21, 1875)  | Independent Liberal  | 1875
Toronto East |  | John O'Donohoe | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
| Samuel Platt from January 18, 1875  | Independent  | 1875
Victoria North |  | James Maclennan | Liberal | 1874
| Hector Cameron from September 17, 1875  | Conservative | 1875
Victoria South |  | Arthur McQuade | Conservative | 1874
Waterloo North |  | Isaac Erb Bowman | Liberal | 1867
Waterloo South |  | James Young | Liberal | 1867
Welland |  | William Alexander Thomson | Liberal | 1872
Wellington Centre |  | George Turner Orton | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
Wellington North |  | Nathaniel Higinbotham | Liberal | 1872
Wellington South |  | David Stirton | Liberal | 1867
| Donald Guthrie from July 5, 1876  | Liberal | 1876
Wentworth North |  | Thomas Bain | Liberal | 1872
Wentworth South |  | Joseph Rymal | Liberal | 1867
West Toronto |  | Thomas Moss | Liberal | 1873
| John Beverley Robinson from November 6, 1875  | Conservative | 1875
York East |  | James Metcalfe | Liberal | 1867
York North |  | Alfred Hutchinson Dymond | Liberal | 1874
York West |  | David Blain | Liberal | 1872

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  | Name  | Party  | First elected/previously elected

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King's County*  |  | Daniel Davies | Conservative | 1873
| Peter Adolphus McIntyre | Liberal | 1874
Prince County*  |  | Stanislaus Francis Perry | Liberal | 1874
| James Yeo | Liberal | 1873
Queen's County*  |  | David Laird | Liberal | 1873
| Peter Sinclair | Liberal | 1873
| James Colledge Pope from November 22, 1876  | Conservative | 1876

### Quebec

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party  | First elected/previously elected

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Argenteuil |  | John Abbott | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
| Lemuel Cushing from November 4, 1874  | Liberal | 1874
| Thomas Christie from December 31, 1875  | Liberal | 1875
Bagot |  | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | Conservative | 1874
Beauce |  | Christian Pozer | Liberal | 1867
| Joseph Bolduc from October 18, 1876  | Conservative | 1876
Beauharnois |  | Ulysse-Janvier Robillard | Independent Conservative | 1872
Bellechasse |  | Télesphore Fournier | Liberal | 1870
| Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (from November 23, 1875)  | Conservative | 1875
Berthier |  | Anselme Homère Pâquet | Liberal | 1867
| Edward Octavian Cuthbert from February 27, 1875  | Conservative | 1875
Bonaventure |  | Théodore Robitaille | Conservative | 1867
Brome |  | Nathaniel Pettes | Liberal | 1874
Chambly |  | Amable Jodoin | Liberal | 1874
| Pierre-Basile Benoit from January 7, 1876  | Conservative | 1876
Champlain |  | Hippolyte Montplaisir | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
Charlevoix |  | Pierre-Alexis Tremblay | Liberal | 1867
| Hector-Louis Langevin from January 22, 1876  | Conservative | 1876
Châteauguay |  | Luther Hamilton Holton | Liberal | 1867
Chicoutimi—Saguenay |  | Ernest Cimon | Conservative | 1874
Compton |  | John Henry Pope | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Dorchester |  | François Fortunat Rouleau | Conservative | 1874
Drummond—Arthabaska |  | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | 1874
| Désiré Olivier Bourbeau from October 27, 1877  | Conservative | 1877
Gaspé |  | Louis George Harper | Conservative | 1874
| John Short from July 10, 1875  | Conservative | 1875
Hochelaga |  | Alphonse Desjardins | Conservative | 1874
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
| Charles-François Roy from February 19, 1877  | Conservative | 1877
Laprairie |  | Alfred Pinsonneault | Conservative | 1867
L'Assomption |  | Hilaire Hurteau | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
Laval |  | Joseph-Aldric Ouimet | Liberal-Conservative | 1873
Lévis |  | Louis-Honoré Fréchette | Liberal | 1874
L'Islet |  | Philippe Baby Casgrain | Liberal | 1872
Lotbinière |  | Henri Bernier | Liberal | 1874
Maskinongé |  | Louis-Alphonse Boyer | Liberal | 1872
Mégantic |  | Édouard-Émery Richard | Liberal | 1872
Missisquoi |  | William Donahue | Liberal | 1874
Montcalm |  | Firmin Dugas | Conservative | 1871
Montmagny |  | Henri-Thomas Taschereau | Liberal | 1872
Montmorency |  | Jean Langlois | Conservative | 1867
Montreal Centre |  | Michael Patrick Ryan | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
| Bernard Devlin from November 26, 1875  | Liberal | 1875
Montreal East |  | Louis-Amable Jetté | Liberal | 1872
Montreal West |  | Frederick Mackenzie | Liberal | 1874
| Thomas Workman from October 30, 1875  | Liberal | 1875
Napierville |  | Antoine-Aimé Dorion | Liberal | 1872
| Sixte Coupal dit la Reine from August 4, 1874  | Liberal | 1874
Nicolet |  | Joseph Gaudet | Conservative | 1867
| François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot from December 18, 1877  | Independent Conservative  | 1877
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
| Jacques Malouin from November 3, 1877  | Independent  | 1877
Quebec County |  | Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron | Conservative | 1873
Quebec East |  | Isidore Thibaudeau | Liberal | 1874
| Wilfrid Laurier from November 28, 1877  | Liberal | 1874
Quebec West |  | Thomas McGreevy | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Richelieu |  | Georges Isidore Barthe | Independent Conservative | 1870, 1874
Richmond—Wolfe |  | Henry Aylmer | Liberal | 1874
Rimouski |  | Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset | Liberal | 1872
Rouville |  | Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques | Liberal | 1867, 1874
Saint Maurice |  | Charles Gérin-Lajoie | Liberal | 1874
Shefford |  | Lucius Huntington | Liberal | 1867
Town of Sherbrooke |  | Edward Towle Brooks | Conservative | 1872
Soulanges |  | Jacques-Philippe Lanthier | Conservative | 1872
St. Hyacinthe |  | Louis Delorme | Liberal | 1870
St. John's |  | François Bourassa | Liberal | 1867
Stanstead |  | Charles Carroll Colby | Liberal-Conservative | 1867
Témiscouata |  | Jean-Baptiste Pouliot | Liberal  | 1874
Terrebonne |  | Louis Masson | Conservative | 1867
Three Rivers |  | William McDougall | Conservative | 1868
Two Mountains |  | Wilfrid Prévost | Liberal | 1872
| Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky from February 26, 1875  | Independent  | 1875
| Jean-Baptiste Daoust from March 11, 1876  | Conservative | 1876
Vaudreuil |  | Robert Harwood | Liberal-Conservative | 1872
Verchères |  | Félix Geoffrion | Liberal | 1867
Yamaska |  | Charles Gill | Conservative | 1874

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.

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## By-elections

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Main article: By-elections to the 3rd Canadian Parliament

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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.  | Yes
Norfolk South | December 16, 1874  | John Stuart |  | Liberal | William Wallace |  | Conservative | Election declared void.  | No
Wellington Centre | 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

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