4th Canadian Parliament

The 4th Canadian Parliament was in session from 13 February 1879 until 18 May 1882. The membership was set by the 1878 federal election on 17 September 1878. It was dissolved prior to the 1882 election.

4th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
13 February 1879 – 18 May 1882
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister
Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
17 Oct 1878 – 6 Jun 1891
Cabinet3rd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition
Alexander Mackenzie
17 October 1878 – 27 April 1880
Edward Blake
4 May 1880 – 2 June 1887
Party caucuses
GovernmentConservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
OppositionLiberal Party
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons
Joseph Godéric Blanchet
13 February 1879 – 7 February 1883
Members206 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
Senators79 seats senator seats
List of senators
Sovereign
MonarchVictoria
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

It was controlled by a Conservative/Liberal-Conservative majority under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 3rd Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, first led by Alexander Mackenzie, and then by Edward Blake.

The Speaker was Joseph Godéric Blanchet. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1873-1882 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 4th Parliament:

Session Start End
1st 13 February 1879 15 May 1879
2nd 12 February 1880 7 May 1880
3rd 9 December 1880 21 March 1881
4th 9 February 1882 17 May 1882

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.

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
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
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
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
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
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
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
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
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Addington John McRory Conservative 1878
Algoma Simon James Dawson Conservative 1878
Bothwell David Mills Liberal 1867
Brant North Gavin Fleming Liberal 1872
Brant South William Paterson Liberal 1872
Brockville William Fitzsimmons Conservative 1878
Bruce North John Gillies Liberal 1872
Bruce South Alexander Shaw Liberal-Conservative 1878
Cardwell Thomas White Conservative 1878
Carleton John Rochester Conservative 1872
Cornwall Darby Bergin, re-elected in by-election 27 January 1880 Liberal-Conservative 1872, 1878
Dundas John Sylvester Ross Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878
Durham East Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams Conservative 1878
Durham West Harvey William Burk until 10 October 1879 Liberal 1874
Edward Dominick Blake, acclaimed from 17 November 1879 Liberal 1879
Elgin East Thomas Arkell Liberal-Conservative 1878
Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 1872
Essex James Colebrooke Patterson Conservative 1878
Frontenac George Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative 1870
Glengarry John McLennan Liberal-Conservative 1878
Grenville South John Philip Wiser Liberal 1878
Grey East Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative 1878
Grey North Samuel Johnathan Lane Conservative 1878
Grey South George Jackson Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878
Haldimand David Thompson Liberal 1867
Halton William McDougall Liberal-Conservative 1867,[a] 1878
Hamilton* Francis Edwin Kilvert Conservative 1878
Thomas Robertson Liberal 1878
Hastings East John White, re-elected in by-election 25 February 1879 Conservative 1871
Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell, acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878 Conservative 1867
Hastings West James Brown Conservative 1867
Huron Centre Horace Horton until 10 October 1878 Liberal 1872
Richard John Cartwright from 2 November 1878 Liberal 1878
Huron North Thomas Farrow Liberal-Conservative 1867
Huron South Malcolm Colin Cameron Liberal 1867, 1878
Kent Rufus Stephenson Conservative 1867
Kingston Alexander Gunn Liberal 1878
Lambton Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 1867
Lanark North Daniel Galbraith, died in office 17 December 1879 Liberal 1872
Donald Greenfield MacDonell from 22 January 1880 Liberal 1880
Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 1872
Leeds North and Grenville North Charles Frederick Ferguson Liberal-Conservative 1874
Leeds South David Ford Jones Conservative 1874
Lennox Edmund Hooper Liberal-Conservative 1878
Lincoln John Charles Rykert Conservative 1878
London John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878
Middlesex East Duncan Macmillan Liberal-Conservative 1875
Middlesex North Timothy Coughlin Liberal-Conservative 1878
Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal 1872
Monck Lachlin McCallum Liberal-Conservative 1874
Muskoka Alexander Peter Cockburn Liberal 1872
Niagara Patrick Hughes, defeated in by-election 20 March 1879 Liberal 1878
Josiah Burr Plumb from 20 March 1879 Conservative 1879
Norfolk North John Charlton Liberal 1872
Norfolk South William Wallace Conservative 1874
Northumberland East Joseph Keeler, died in office 21 January 1881 Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878
Darius Crouter, acclaimed from 25 March 1881 Independent Liberal 1881
Northumberland West James Cockburn until 14 November 1881 Conservative 1867, 1878
George Guillet from 19 December 1881 Conservative 1881
Ontario North George Wheler, until 10 June 1880, re-elected 28 August 1880 Liberal 1878
Ontario South Francis Wayland Glen Liberal 1878
Ottawa (City of)* Joseph Merrill Currier Liberal-Conservative 1867
Joseph Tassé Conservative 1878
Oxford North Thomas Oliver, died in office 8 November 1880 Liberal 1867
James Sutherland from 9 December 1880 Liberal 1880
Oxford South James Atchison Skinner Liberal 1874
Peel William Elliott Conservative 1878
Perth North Samuel Rollin Hesson Conservative 1878
Perth South James Trow Liberal 1872
Peterborough East John Burnham Conservative 1878
Peterborough West George Hilliard Liberal-Conservative 1878
Prescott Félix Routhier Conservative 1878
Prince Edward James Simeon McCuaig Conservative 1878
Renfrew North Peter White Conservative 1876
Renfrew South William Bannerman Conservative 1878
Russell John O'Connor, acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878 Conservative 1867, 1878
Simcoe North Dalton McCarthy Conservative 1872
Simcoe South William Carruthers Little, died in office 31 December 1881 Liberal-Conservative 1867
Richard Tyrwhitt, acclaimed from 16 February 1882 Conservative 1882
Stormont Oscar Fulton Liberal-Conservative 1878
Toronto Centre Robert Hay Liberal 1878
Toronto East Samuel Platt Independent 1875
Victoria North Hector Cameron Conservative 1875
Victoria South Arthur McQuade Conservative 1874
Waterloo North Hugo Kranz Conservative 1878
Waterloo South Samuel Merner Conservative 1878
Welland Christopher William Bunting Liberal-Conservative 1878
Wellington Centre George Turner Orton Liberal-Conservative 1874
Wellington North George Alexander Drew Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878
Wellington South Donald Guthrie Liberal 1876
Wentworth North Thomas Bain Liberal 1872
Wentworth South Joseph Rymal Liberal 1867
West Toronto John Beverley Robinson until 30 June 1880 Conservative 1875
James Beaty, Jr. from 28 August 1880 Conservative 1880
York East Alfred Boultbee Conservative 1878
York North Frederick William Strange Liberal-Conservative 1878
York West Nathaniel Clarke Wallace Conservative 1878
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
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
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil Thomas Christie, defeated in by-election 12 February 1880 Liberal 1875
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott from 12 February 1880, acclaimed in by-election 17 August 1881 Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1880
Bagot Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880 Conservative 1874
Beauce Joseph Bolduc Conservative 1876
Beauharnois Michael Cayley, died in office 3 December 1878 Conservative 1867, 1878
Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron from 9 January 1879 Conservative 1879
Bellechasse Achille Larue until 11 February 1881 Liberal 1878
Guillaume Amyot from 19 March 1881 Conservative 1881
Berthier Edward Octavian Cuthbert Conservative 1875
Bonaventure Théodore Robitaille Conservative 1867
Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, acclaimed from 26 August 1879 Conservative 1879
Brome Edmund Leavens Chandler Liberal 1878
David Ames Manson from 18 October 1880 Liberal-Conservative 1880
Chambly Pierre Basile Benoit Conservative 1876
Champlain Hippolyte Montplaisir Liberal-Conservative 1874
Charlevoix Pierre Alexis Tremblay, died in office 5 January 1879 Liberal 1876
Joseph-Stanislas Perrault from 13 February 1879 Conservative 1879
Simon-Xavier Cimon from 19 March 1881 Conservative 1881
Châteauguay Luther Hamilton Holton, died in office 14 March 1880 Liberal 1867
Edward Holton from 17 April 1880 Liberal 1880
Chicoutimi—Saguenay Marie Honorius Ernest Cimon Conservative 1874
Compton John Henry Pope, acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878 Liberal-Conservative 1867
Dorchester François Fortunat Rouleau Liberal-Conservative 1874
Drummond – Arthabaska Désiré Olivier Bourbeau Conservative 1877
Gaspé Pierre Fortin Conservative 1867, 1878
Hochelaga Alphonse Desjardins Conservative 1874
Huntingdon Julius Scriver (acclaimed) Liberal 1869
Iverbville François Béchard Liberal 1867
Jacques Cartier Désiré Girouard Conservative 1878
Joliette Louis François Georges Baby, acclaimed in by-election 14 November 1878 Conservative 1872
Lewis Arthur McConville from 9 December 1880 Conservative 1880
Kamouraska Joseph Dumont Liberal 1878
L'Assomption Hilaire Hurteau Liberal-Conservative 1874
L'Islet Philippe Baby Casgrain Liberal 1872
Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault Conservative 1867
Laval Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (acclaimed) Liberal-Conservative 1873
Lévis Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (†) Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878
Lotbinière Côme Isaïe Rinfret Liberal 1878
Maskinongé Frédéric Houde Nationalist Conservative 1878
Mégantic Louis-Éphrem Olivier Liberal 1878
Missisquoi George Barnard Baker Liberal-Conservative 1878
Montcalm Firmin Dugas Conservative 1871
Montmagny Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry Conservative 1878
Montmorency Pierre-Vincent Valin until 9 January 1880, re-elected 9 December 1880 Conservative 1878, 1880
Auguste-Réal Angers from 14 February 1880 until 12 November 1880 Conservative 1880
Montreal Centre Michael Patrick Ryan Liberal-Conservative 1868
Montreal East Charles-Joseph Coursol Conservative 1878
Montreal West Matthew Hamilton Gault Conservative 1878
Napierville Sixte Coupal dit la Reine Liberal 1874
Nicolet François Xavier Ovide Méthot Independent Conservative 1877
Ottawa (County of) Alonzo Wright Liberal-Conservative 1867
Pontiac John Poupore Conservative 1878
Portneuf Roch-Pamphile Vallée Conservative 1878
Quebec County Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron, acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880 Conservative 1873
Quebec East Wilfrid Laurier Liberal 1874
Quebec West Thomas McGreevy (acclaimed) Liberal-Conservative 1867
Quebec-Centre Jacques Malouin Independent 1877
Richelieu Louis Huet Massue Liberal-Conservative 1878
Richmond—Wolfe William Bullock Ives Conservative 1878
Rimouski Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 1872
Rouville George-Auguste Gigault Conservative 1878
Saint Maurice Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers Conservative 1867, 1878
Shefford Lucius Seth Huntington Liberal 1867
Town of Sherbrooke Edward Towle Brooks (acclaimed) Conservative 1872
Soulanges Jacques-Philippe Lanthier Conservative 1872
St. Hyacinthe Louis Tellier Conservative 1878
St. John's François Bourassa Liberal 1867
Stanstead Charles Carroll Colby Liberal-Conservative 1867
Témiscouata Paul-Étienne Grandbois Conservative 1878
Terrebonne Louis-Rodrigue Masson, acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878 Conservative 1867
Three Rivers William McDougall Conservative 1868
Hector-Louis Langevin, acclaimed from 21 November 1878 Conservative 1878
Two Mountains Jean-Baptiste Daoust Conservative 1876
Vaudreuil Jean-Baptiste Mongenais Conservative 1878
Verchères Félix Geoffrion Liberal 1867
Yamaska Charles Gill Conservative 1874
Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille from 7 July 1879 Conservative 1879

By-elections

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By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
New Westminster March 9, 1882 Thomas Robert McInnes      Independent Joshua Homer      Liberal-Conservative Called to the Senate. No
Simcoe South February 16, 1882 William Carruthers Little      Liberal-Conservative Angus McIsaac      Conservative Death Yes
Northumberland West December 19, 1881 James Cockburn      Conservative George Guillet      Conservative Appointed Chairman of the Commission to collect, examine and classify the Statutes passed by the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, since Confederation Yes
Argenteuil August 17, 1881 John Joseph Caldwell Abbott      Liberal-Conservative John Joseph Caldwell Abbott      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Pictor June 18, 1881 James McDonald      Conservative John McDougald      Liberal-Conservative Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Yes
Colchester June 18, 1881 Thomas McKay      Liberal-Conservative Archibald McLelan      Conservative Called to the Senate. Yes
Colchester March 31, 1881 Joshua Spencer Thompson      Liberal-Conservative James Reid      Liberal-Conservative Death Yes
Northumberland East March 25, 1881 Joseph Keeler      Liberal-Conservative Darius Crouter      Independent Liberal Death No
Bellechasse March 19, 1881 Achille Larue      Liberal Guillaume Amyot      Conservative Election declared void. No
Charlevoix March 19, 1881 Joseph-Stanislas Perrault      Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Carleton February 16, 1881 George Heber Connell      Independent David Irvine      Liberal Death No
Joliette December 9, 1880 Louis François Georges Baby      Conservative Lewis Arthur McConville      Conservative Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec Yes
Oxford North December 9, 1880 Thomas Oliver      Liberal James Sutherland      Liberal Death Yes
Montmorency December 9, 1880 Auguste-Réal Angers      Conservative Pierre-Vincent Valin      Conservative Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec. Yes
Quebec County November 20, 1880 Adolphe-Philippe Caron      Conservative Adolphe-Philippe Caron      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. Yes
Bagot November 20, 1880 Joseph-Alfred Mousseau      Conservative Joseph-Alfred Mousseau      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. Yes
Brome October 18, 1880 Edmund Leavens Chandler      Liberal David Ames Manson      Liberal-Conservative Death No
Selkirk September 10, 1880 Donald Smith      Independent Conservative Thomas Scott      Conservative Election declared void. No
Ontario North August 28, 1880 George Wheler      Liberal George Wheler      Liberal Election declared void. Yes
West Toronto August 28, 1880 John Beverly Robinson      Conservative James Beaty, Jr.      Conservative Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. Yes
Châteauguay April 17, 1880 Luther Hamilton Holton      Liberal Edward Holton      Liberal Death Yes
Montmorency February 14, 1880 Pierre-Vincent Valin      Conservative Auguste-Réal Angers      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Argenteuil February 12, 1880 Thomas Christie      Liberal John Joseph Caldwell Abbott      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. No
Cornwall January 27, 1880 Darby Bergin      Liberal-Conservative Darby Bergin      Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Lanark North January 22, 1880 Daniel Galbraith      Liberal Donald Greenfield MacDonell      Liberal Death Yes
Provencher December 30, 1879 Joseph Dubuc      Conservative Joseph Royal      Conservative Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench for Manitoba. Yes
Durham West November 17, 1879 Harvey William Burk      Liberal Edward Blake      Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Blake. Yes
Cape Breton October 23, 1879 Hugh McLeod      Liberal-Conservative William Mackenzie McLeod      Liberal-Conservative Death Yes
Yale September 29, 1879 Edgar Dewdney      Conservative Francis Jones Barnard      Conservative Appointed Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and the North West Territories. Yes
Bonaventure August 26, 1879 Théodore Robitaille      Conservative Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne      Conservative Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Yes
Yamaska July 7, 1879 Charles-Ignace Gill      Conservative Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille      Conservative Appointed a judge to the Quebec Superior Court. Yes
Niagara March 20, 1879 Patrick Hughes      Liberal Josiah Burr Plumb      Conservative Election declared void. No
Hastings East February 25, 1879 John White      Conservative John White      Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Charlevoix February 13, 1879 Pierre-Alexis Tremblay      Liberal Joseph-Stanislas Perrault      Conservative Death No
Beauharnois January 9, 1879 Michael Cayley      Conservative Joseph Gédéon H. Bergeron      Conservative Death Yes
Marquette November 30, 1878 John A. Macdonald      Liberal-Conservative Joseph O'Connell Ryan      Liberal MacDonald was elected in several seats simultaneously, resigned to run in Ministerial by-election in Victoria. No
Three Rivers November 21, 1878 William McDougall      Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin      Conservative Resignation to provide a seat for Langevin. Yes
Joliette November 14, 1878 Louis François Georges Baby      Conservative Louis François Georges Baby      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue. Yes
Queens County November 9, 1878 James Colledge Pope      Conservative James Colledge Pope      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Yes
Hastings North November 6, 1878 Mackenzie Bowell      Conservative Mackenzie Bowell      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs. Yes
Terrebonne November 6, 1878 Louis-Rodrigue Masson      Conservative Louis-Rodrigue Masson      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. Yes
City of St. John November 4, 1878 Samuel Leonard Tilley      Liberal-Conservative Samuel Leonard Tilley      Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Finance. Yes
Pictou November 4, 1878 James McDonald      Conservative James McDonald      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. Yes
Russell November 4, 1878 John O'Connor      Conservative John O'Connor      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. Yes
Compton November 4, 1878 John Henry Pope      Liberal-Conservative John Henry Pope      Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture. Yes
Cumberland November 4, 1878 Charles Tupper      Conservative Charles Tupper      Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works. Yes
Huron Centre November 2, 1878 Horace Horton      Liberal Richard John Cartwright      Liberal Appointment in the office of the Auditor-General of Canada. Yes


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Succession

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