2nd Canadian Parliament

2nd Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
March 5, 1873  January 2, 1874
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister

(cabinet)
Rt Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
(2nd Canadian Ministry)
July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873
Rt Hon. Alexander Mackenzie
November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878
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
Opposition Liberal-Conservative
Third parties Liberal Party
Independents
Independent Conservative
Independent Liberal
Conservative Labour
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
Sessions
1st Session
March 5, 1873 – August 13, 1873
2nd Session
October 23, 1873 – November 7, 1873
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Sir John A. Macdonald 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. 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.

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

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the second parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

British Columbia

Electoral district Name Party
Cariboo Joshua Spencer Thompson Liberal-Conservative
New Westminster Hugh Nelson Liberal-Conservative
Vancouver Francis Hincks Liberal-Conservative
Victoria* Henry Nathan Jr. Liberal
Amor De Cosmos Liberal
Yale Edgar Dewdney Conservative

Manitoba

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

New Brunswick

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

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

Nova Scotia

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

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

Ontario

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

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

Quebec

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

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

Prince Edward Island

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

References

By-elections

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
Victoria December 20, 1873 William Ross      Liberal William Ross      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia Yes
Antigonish December 20, 1873 Hugh McDonald      Liberal-Conservative Angus McIsaac      Liberal Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia No
West Toronto December 18, 1873 John Willoughby Crawford      Conservative Thomas Moss      Liberal Death No
Bruce South December 14, 1873 Edward Blake      Liberal Edward Blake      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister without portfolio Yes
Shelburne December 9, 1873 Thomas Coffin      Liberal-Conservative Thomas Coffin      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Receiver-General of Canada No
Lennox December 3, 1873 Richard John Cartwright      Liberal Richard John Cartwright      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Finance Yes
Queen's County December 3, 1873 David Laird      Liberal David Laird      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior Yes
City of St. John December 1, 1873 Samuel Leonard Tilley      Liberal-Conservative Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber      Liberal Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick No
City and County of St. John December 1, 1873 Isaac Burpee      Liberal Isaac Burpee      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs Yes
Westmorland November 28, 1873 Albert James Smith      Liberal Albert James Smith      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries Yes
Bellechasse November 27, 1873 Télesphore Fournier      Liberal Télesphore Fournier      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue Yes
Napierville November 27, 1873 Antoine-Aimé Dorion      Liberal Antoine-Aimé Dorion      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice Yes
Glengarry November 26, 1873 Donald Alexander Macdonald      Liberal Donald Alexander Macdonald      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General Yes
Lambton November 25, 1873 Alexander Mackenzie      Liberal Alexander Mackenzie      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works Yes
Laval October 28, 1873 Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose      Conservative Joseph-Aldric Ouimet      Liberal-Conservative Called to the Senate Yes
Provencher October 13, 1873 George-Étienne Cartier      Liberal-Conservative Louis Riel      Independent Death No
Prince County September 29, 1873 New seat James Colledge Pope and James Yeo Conservative and Liberal Held as a result of Prince Edward Island joining Confederation. Elected 2 MPs. NA
Queen's County September 29, 1873 New seat David Laird and Peter Sinclair      Liberal Held as a result of Prince Edward Island joining Confederation. Elected 2 MPs. NA
King's County September 29, 1873 New Seat Daniel Davies and Augustine Colin Macdonald      Conservative and Liberal-Conservative Held as a result of Prince Edward Island joining Confederation. Elected 2 MPs. NA
Carleton September 18, 1873 Charles Connell      Liberal Stephen B. Appleby      Liberal Death Yes
Antigonish July 7, 1873 Hugh McDonald      Liberal-Conservative Hugh McDonald      Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council Yes
Ontario South July 7, 1873 Thomas Nicholson Gibbs      Liberal-Conservative Thomas Nicholson Gibbs      Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Secretary of State for the Provinces and Superintendent General

of Indian Affairs

Yes
Hants July 5, 1873 Joseph Howe      Liberal-Conservative Monson Henry Goudge      Liberal Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. No
Durham West April 10, 1873 Edward Blake      Liberal Edmund Burke Wood      Liberal Chose to sit for Bruce South. Yes
Quebec County March 28, 1873 Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau      Conservative Adolphe-Philippe Caron      Conservative Called to the Senate Yes
Bonaventure February 15, 1873 Théodore Robitaille      Conservative Théodore Robitaille      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Receiver-General Yes
Welland November 23, 1872 Thomas Clark Street      Conservative William Alexander Thomson      Liberal Death No

References

  1. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=cc73c1bc-f197-4dca-96a5-c71ca267a793&Language=E
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