4th Canadian Parliament

Government in Canada from 1879 to 1882

4th Canadian Parliament

Majority parliament
February 13, 1879 - May 18, 1882
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister| Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
October 17, 1878 - June 6, 1891
Cabinet| 3rd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition| Alexander Mackenzie
17 October 1878 – 27 April 1880
| Edward Blake
4 May 1880 – 2 June 1887
Party caucuses
Government| Conservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
Opposition| Liberal Party
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons| Joseph Godéric Blanchet
13 February 1879 – 7 February 1883
Members| 206 seats MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate| The Hon. Robert Duncan Wilmot
7 November 1878 – 10 February 1880
| The Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson
11 February 1880 – 15 February 1880
| Amos Edwin Botsford
16 February 1880 – 18 April 1880
| The Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson
19 April 1880 – 16 October 1883
Government
Senate Leader| Alexander Campbell
18 October 1878 – 26 January 1887
Opposition
Senate Leader| Sir Richard William Scott
8 October 1878 – 27 April 1896
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
| The Duke of Argyll
25 Nov. 1878 – 23 Oct. 1883
Sessions
1st session
13 February 1879 – 15 May 1879
2nd session
12 February 1880 – 7 May 1880
3rd session
9 December 1880 – 21 March 1881
4th session
9 February 1882 – 17 May 1882
| ← 3rd | → 5th

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The 4th Canadian Parliament was in session from 13 February 1879 until 18 May 1882 (3 years and 94 days). 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

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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

## List of members

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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.

### British Columbia

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

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Cariboo |  | Joshua Spencer Thompson (acclaimed)
died in office 20 December 1880  | Liberal-Conservative | 1871
| James Reid from 31 March 1881  | Liberal-Conservative | 1881
New Westminster |  | Thomas Robert McInnes, until appointed to Senate 24 December 1881  | Independent  | 1878
| Joshua Homer (acclaimed) from 9 March 1882  | Liberal-Conservative | 1882
Vancouver |  | Arthur Bunster | Liberal | 1874
Victoria*  |  | Sir John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878
| Amor De Cosmos | Liberal | 1871
Yale |  | Edgar Dewdney (acclaimed), resigned 30 May 1879 to become Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and the North West Territories  | Conservative | 1872
| Francis Jones Barnard from 29 September 1879  | Conservative | 1879

### Manitoba

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

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Lisgar |  | John Christian Schultz (acclaimed)  | Conservative | 1871
Marquette |  | Sir John A. Macdonald (acclaimed)  | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878
| Joseph O'Connell Ryan (acclaimed) from 30 November 1878  | Liberal | 1874
Provencher |  | Joseph Dubuc (acclaimed)  | Conservative | 1878
| Joseph Royal from 30 December 1879  | Conservative | 1879
Selkirk |  | Donald A. Smith | Conservative | 1871
| Thomas Scott from 10 September 1880  | Conservative | 1880

### New Brunswick

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

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Albert |  | Alexander Rogers | Liberal | 1878
Carleton |  | George Heber Connell | Independent  | 1878
| David Irvine from 16 February 1881  | Liberal | 1881
Charlotte |  | Arthur Hill Gillmor | Liberal | 1874
City and County of St. John*  |  | Isaac Burpee | Liberal | 1872
| Charles Wesley Weldon | Liberal | 1878
City of St. John |  | Samuel Leonard Tilley (acclaimed), re-elected 4 November 1878  | Liberal-Conservative | 1873, 1878
Gloucester |  | Timothy Warren Anglin (acclaimed)  | Liberal | 1867
Kent |  | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | Liberal-Conservative | 1878
King's |  | James Domville | Conservative | 1872
Northumberland |  | Jabez Bunting Snowball | Liberal | 1878
Queen's |  | George Gerald King | Liberal | 1878
Restigouche |  | George Haddow (acclaimed)  | 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

### Nova Scotia

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

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Annapolis |  | Avard Longley | Conservative | 1878
Antigonish |  | Angus McIsaac | Liberal | 1873
Cape Breton*  |  | Hugh McLeod, died in office 5 August 1879  | Liberal-Conservative | 1878
| William McDonald | Conservative | 1872
| William Mackenzie McLeod from 23 October 1879  | Liberal-Conservative | 1879
Colchester |  | Thomas McKay | Liberal-Conservative | 1874
| Archibald McLelan from 18 June 1881  | Conservative | 1881
Cumberland |  | Charles Tupper (acclaimed), re-elected in by-election 4 November 1878  | Conservative | 1867
Digby |  | John Chipman Wade | Conservative | 1878
Guysborough |  | Alfred Ogden | Conservative | 1878
Halifax*  |  | Matthew Henry Richey | Liberal-Conservative | 1878
| Malachy Bowes Daly | Liberal-Conservative | 1878
Hants |  | William Henry Allison | Conservative | 1878
Inverness |  | Samuel McDonnell | Liberal | 1872
Kings |  | Frederick William Borden | Liberal | 1874
Lunenburg |  | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | Conservative | 1878
Pictou*  |  | James McDonald, acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878, ended term 19 May 1881  | Conservative | 1872, 1878
| Robert Doull | Liberal-Conservative | 1872, 1878
| John McDougald, acclaimed from 18 June 1881  | Liberal-Conservative | 1881
Queens |  | Silas Tertius Rand Bill | Liberal-Conservative | 1878
Richmond |  | Edmund Power Flynn | Liberal | 1874
Shelburne |  | Thomas Robertson | Liberal | 1878
Victoria |  | Duncan McDonald | Liberal | 1878
Yarmouth |  | Frank Killam | Liberal | 1868

### Ontario

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

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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

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### Prince Edward Island

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

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King's County*  |  | Augustine Colin Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | 1873, 1878
| Ephraim Bell Muttart | Conservative | 1878
Prince County*  |  | James Yeo | Liberal | 1873
| Edward Hackett | Liberal-Conservative | 1878
Queen's County*  |  | James Colledge Pope, acclaimed in by-election 9 November 1878  | Conservative | 1876
| Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken | Conservative | 1878

### Quebec

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

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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

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## By-elections

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Main article: By-elections to the 4th Canadian Parliament

By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained

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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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* "Speakers". Library of Parliament, Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2006.

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