2nd Canadian Parliament

2nd Canadian Parliament
Majority parliament
Mar. 5, 1873 – Jan. 2, 1874
Parliament leaders
Prime
minister		Rt Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
Jul. 1, 1867 – Nov. 5, 1873
Rt Hon. Alexander Mackenzie
Nov. 7, 1873 – Oct. 8, 1878
Cabinets1st Canadian Ministry
2nd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		Alexander Mackenzie
March 6, 1873 – November 5, 1873
Sir John A. Macdonald
November 6, 1873 – October 16, 1878
Party caucuses
GovernmentConservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
OppositionLiberal Party*
* The Liberal Party briefly formed government at the end of the 2nd Parliament.
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons		Hon. James Cockburn
November 6, 1867 – March 5, 1874
Members200 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
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
Sessions
1st session
March 5, 1873 – August 13, 1873
2nd session
October 23, 1873 – November 7, 1873
← 1st → 3rd

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

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

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

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

There were two 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.

Key:

  • 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

Electoral district Name Party First elected No. of terms
Cariboo Joshua Spencer Thompson Liberal-Conservative 1871 2nd term
New Westminster Hugh Nelson Liberal-Conservative 1871 2nd term
Vancouver Francis Hincks Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Victoria* Henry Nathan Jr. Liberal 1871 2nd term
Amor De Cosmos Liberal 1871 2nd term
Yale Edgar Dewdney Conservative 1872 1st term

Manitoba

Electoral district Name Party First elected No. of terms
Lisgar John Christian Schultz Conservative 1871 2nd term
Marquette Robert Cunningham Liberal 1872 1st term
Provencher The Honourable Sir George-Étienne Cartier (to May 20, 1873) (death) Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Louis Riel (from October 13, 1873) Independent 1873 1st term
Selkirk Donald A. Smith Independent Conservative 1871 2nd term

New Brunswick

Electoral district Name Party First elected No. of terms
Albert John Wallace Liberal 1867 2nd term
Carleton The Honourable Charles Connell Liberal 1867 2nd term
Charlotte John McAdam Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
City and County of St. John* Isaac Burpee Liberal 1872 1st term
Acalus Lockwood Palmer Liberal 1872 1st term
City of St. John The Honourable Samuel Leonard Tilley (to November 15, 1873)
(named Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick) 		Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber (from December 1, 1873) Liberal 1873 1st term
Gloucester Timothy Warren Anglin Liberal 1867 2nd term
Kent Robert Barry Cutler Liberal 1872 1st term
King's James Domville Conservative 1872 1st term
Northumberland The Honourable Peter Mitchell Independent 1872 1st term
Queen's John Ferris Liberal 1867 2nd term
Restigouche George Moffat Conservative 1870 2nd term
Sunbury Charles Burpee Liberal 1867 2nd term
Victoria John Costigan Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Westmorland The Honourable Albert James Smith Liberal 1867 2nd term
York John Pickard Independent Liberal 1868 2nd term

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

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

Nova Scotia

Electoral district Name Party First elected No. of terms
Annapolis William Hallett Ray Liberal 1867 2nd term
Antigonish Hugh McDonald (to May 11, 1873) (appointed to Supreme Court of Nova Scotia) Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Angus McIsaac (from December 20, 1873) Liberal 1873 1st term
Cape Breton* Newton LeGayet Mackay Conservative 1872 1st term
William McDonald Conservative 1872 1st term
Colchester Frederick M. Pearson Liberal 1870 2nd term
Cumberland Charles Tupper Conservative 1867 2nd term
Digby Alfred William Savary Conservative 1867 2nd term
Guysborough Stewart Campbell Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Halifax* William Johnston Almon Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Stephen Tobin Liberal 1872 1st term
Hants Joseph Howe (to July 5, 1873) Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Monson Henry Goudge (from July 5, 1873) Liberal 1873 1st term
Inverness Samuel McDonnell Conservative 1872 1st term
Kings Leverett de Veber Chipman Liberal 1870 2nd term
Lunenburg Charles Edward Church Liberal 1872 1st term
Pictou* Robert Doull Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
James McDonald Conservative 1872 1st term
Queens James Fraser Forbes Liberal 1867 2nd term
Richmond Isaac Le Vesconte Conservative 1869 2nd term
Shelburne Thomas Coffin Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Liberal
Victoria William Ross (to July 11, 1873) (appointment to cabinet) Liberal 1867 2nd term
William Ross (from December 20, 1873) Liberal
Yarmouth Frank Killam Liberal 1868 2nd term

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

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

Ontario

Electoral district Name Party First elected No. of terms
Addington Schuyler Shibley Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Algoma John Beverley Robinson Conservative 1872 1st term
Bothwell David Mills Liberal 1867 2nd term
Brant North Gavin Fleming Liberal 1872 1st term
Brant South William Paterson Liberal 1872 1st term
Brockville Jacob Dockstader Buell Liberal 1872 1st term
Bruce North John Gillies Liberal 1872 1st term
Bruce South Edward Blake Liberal 1872 1st term
Cardwell John Hillyard Cameron Conservative 1867 2nd term
Carleton John Rochester Conservative 1872 1st term
Cornwall Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Dundas William Gibson Independent Liberal 1872 1st term
Durham East Lewis Ross Liberal Reformer 1872 1st term
Durham West Edward Blake (to April 10, 1873) (dual election in Durham West and Bruce South) Liberal 1867 2nd term
Edmund Burke Wood (from April 10, 1873) Liberal 1873 1st term
Elgin East William Harvey Liberal 1872 1st term
Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 1872 1st term
Essex John O'Connor Conservative 1867 2nd term
Frontenac George Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative 1870 2nd term
Glengarry Donald Alexander Macdonald Liberal 1867 2nd term
Grenville South William Henry Brouse Liberal 1872 1st term
Grey East William Kingston Flesher Conservative 1872 1st term
Grey North George Snider Liberal 1867 2nd term
Grey South George Landerkin Liberal 1872 1st term
Haldimand David Thompson Liberal 1867 2nd term
Halton John White Liberal 1867 2nd term
Hamilton* Daniel Black Chisholm Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Henry Buckingham Witton Conservative Labour 1872 1st term
Hastings East John White Conservative 1871 2nd term
Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell Conservative 1867 2nd term
Hastings West James Brown Conservative 1867 2nd term
Huron Centre Horace Horton Liberal 1872 1st term
Huron North Thomas Farrow Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Huron South Malcolm Colin Cameron Liberal 1867 2nd term
Kent Rufus Stephenson Conservative 1867 2nd term
Kingston The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Lambton Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 1867 2nd term
Lanark North Daniel Galbraith Liberal 1872 1st term
Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 1872 1st term
Leeds North and Grenville North Francis Jones Conservative 1867 2nd term
Leeds South Albert Norton Richards Liberal 1872 1st term
Lennox Richard John Cartwright Liberal 1867 2nd term
Lincoln Thomas Rodman Merritt Liberal 1868 2nd term
London John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Middlesex East David Glass Conservative 1872 1st term
Middlesex North Thomas Scatcherd Liberal 1867 2nd term
Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal 1872 1st term
Monck James David Edgar Liberal 1872 1st term
Muskoka Alexander Peter Cockburn Liberal 1872 1st term
Niagara Angus Morrison Conservative 1867 2nd term
Norfolk North John Charlton Liberal 1872 1st term
Norfolk South William Wallace Conservative 1872 1st term
Northumberland East Joseph Keeler Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Northumberland West James Cockburn (†) Conservative 1867 2nd term
Ontario North William Henry Gibbs Conservative 1872 1st term
Ontario South Thomas Nicholson Gibbs Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Ottawa (City of)* John Bower Lewis Conservative 1872 1st term
Joseph Merrill Currier Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Oxford North Thomas Oliver Liberal 1867 2nd term
Oxford South Ebenezer Vining Bodwell Liberal 1867 2nd term
Peel Robert Smith Liberal 1872 1st term
Perth North Thomas Mayne Daly Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Perth South James Trow Liberal 1872 1st term
Peterborough East Peregrine Maitland Grover Conservative 1867 2nd term
Peterborough West John Bertram Liberal 1872 1st term
William Cluxton (not elected candidate but designated by return)[1] Conservative 1872 1st term
Prescott Albert Hagar Liberal 1867 2nd term
Prince Edward Walter Ross Liberal 1867 2nd term
Renfrew North James Findlay Liberal 1872 1st term
Renfrew South James O'Reilly Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Russell James Alexander Grant Conservative 1867 2nd term
Simcoe North Herman Henry Cook Liberal 1872 1st term
Simcoe South William Carruthers Little Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Stormont Cyril Archibald Liberal 1872 1st term
Toronto Centre Robert Wilkes Liberal 1872 1st term
Toronto East James Beaty Conservative 1867 2nd term
Victoria North Joseph Staples Conservative 1872 1st term
Victoria South George Dormer Conservative 1872 1st term
Waterloo North Isaac Erb Bowman Liberal 1867 2nd term
Waterloo South James Young Liberal 1867 2nd term
Welland Thomas Clark Street (died September 20, 1872, 22 days before the election) Conservative 1867 2nd term
William Alexander Thomson (from November 23, 1872) Liberal 1872 1st term
Wellington Centre James Ross Liberal 1869 2nd term
Wellington North Nathaniel Higinbotham Liberal 1872 1st term
Wellington South David Stirton Liberal 1867 2nd term
Wentworth North Thomas Bain Liberal 1872 1st term
Wentworth South Joseph Rymal Liberal 1867 2nd term
West Toronto John Willoughby Crawford (to November 4, 1873) (resigned) Conservative 1872 1st term
Thomas Moss (from December 18, 1873) Liberal 1873 1st term
York East James Metcalfe Liberal 1867 2nd term
York North Anson Dodge Conservative 1872 1st term
York West David Blain Liberal 1872 1st term

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

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

Quebec

Electoral district Name Party First elected No. of terms
Argenteuil John Abbott Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Bagot Pierre-Samuel Gendron Conservative 1867 2nd term
Beauce Christian Pozer Liberal 1867 2nd term
Beauharnois Ulysse-Janvier Robillard Independent Conservative 1872 1st term
Bellechasse Télesphore Fournier Liberal 1870 2nd term
Berthier Anselme-Homère Pâquet Liberal 1867 2nd term
Bonaventure Théodore Robitaille Conservative 1867 2nd term
Brome Edward Carter Conservative 1871 2nd term
Chambly Pierre Benoit Conservative 1867 2nd term
Champlain John Jones Ross Conservative 1867 2nd term
Charlevoix Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal 1867 2nd term
Châteauguay Luther Hamilton Holton Liberal 1867 2nd term
Chicoutimi—Saguenay William Evan Price Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Compton John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Dorchester Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative 1867 2nd term
Drummond—Arthabaska Pierre-Nérée Dorion Liberal 1872 1st term
Gaspé Pierre Fortin Conservative 1867 2nd term
Hochelaga Louis Beaubien Conservative 1872 1st term
Huntingdon Julius Scriver Liberal 1869 2nd term
Iberville François Béchard Liberal 1867 2nd term
Jacques Cartier Rodolphe Laflamme Liberal 1872 1st term
Joliette Louis François Georges Baby Conservative 1872 1st term
Kamouraska Charles Pelletier Liberal 1869 2nd term
Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault Conservative 1867 2nd term
L'Assomption Louis Archambeault Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Laval Joseph Bellerose (to July 10, 1873) (called to the Senate) Conservative 1867 2nd term
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (from October 28, 1873) Liberal-Conservative 1873 1st term
Lévis Joseph Blanchet Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
L'Islet Philippe Baby Casgrain Liberal 1872 1st term
Lotbinière Henri Joly de Lotbinière Liberal 1867 2nd term
Maskinongé Louis-Alphonse Boyer Liberal 1872 1st term
Mégantic Édouard-Émery Richard Liberal 1872 1st term
Missisquoi George Baker Liberal-Conservative 1870 2nd term
Montcalm Firmin Dugas Conservative 1871 2nd term
Montmagny Henri-Thomas Taschereau Liberal 1872 1st term
Montmorency Jean Langlois Conservative 1867 2nd term
Montreal Centre Michael Patrick Ryan Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Montreal East Louis-Amable Jetté Liberal 1872 1st term
Montreal West John Young Liberal 1872 1st term
Napierville Antoine-Aimé Dorion Liberal 1872 1st term
Nicolet Joseph Gaudet Conservative 1867 2nd term
Ottawa (County of) Alonzo Wright Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Pontiac William McKay Wright Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Portneuf Esdras Alfred de St-Georges Liberal 1872 1st term
Quebec-Centre Joseph-Édouard Cauchon Conservative 1872 1st term
Quebec County Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (to February 20, 1873) (called to the Senate) Conservative 1867 2nd term
Adolphe-Philippe Caron (from March 28, 1873) Conservative 1873 1st term
Quebec East Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau Conservative 1870 2nd term
Quebec West Thomas McGreevy Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Richelieu Michel Mathieu Conservative 1872 1st term
Richmond—Wolfe William Hoste Webb Conservative 1867 2nd term
Rimouski Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 1872 1st term
Rouville Honoré Mercier Liberal 1872 1st term
Saint Maurice Élie Lacerte Conservative 1868 2nd term
Shefford Lucius Huntington Liberal 1867 2nd term
Town of Sherbrooke Edward Towle Brooks Conservative 1872 1st term
Soulanges Jacques-Philippe Lantier Conservative 1872 1st term
St. Hyacinthe Louis Delorme Liberal 1870 2nd term
St. John's François Bourassa Liberal 1867 2nd term
Stanstead Charles Colby Liberal-Conservative 1867 2nd term
Témiscouata Élie Mailloux Conservative 1872 1st term
Terrebonne Louis Masson Conservative 1867 2nd term
Three Rivers William McDougall Conservative 1868 2nd term
Two Mountains Wilfrid Prévost Liberal 1872 1st term
Vaudreuil Robert Harwood Liberal-Conservative 1872 1st term
Verchères Félix Geoffrion Liberal 1867 2nd term
Yamaska Joseph Duguay Conservative 1872 1st term

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

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

Prince Edward Island

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

Electoral district Name Party First elected No. of terms
King's County* Daniel Davies Conservative 1873 1st term
Augustine Colin Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 1873 1st term
Prince County* James Colledge Pope Conservative 1873 1st term
James Yeo Liberal 1873 1st term
Queen's County* David Laird Liberal 1873 1st term
Peter Sinclair Sr. Liberal 1873 1st term

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By-elections

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

References

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