2nd Canadian 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. Among the by-elections were the first election of PEI MPs, PEI joining Confederation in 1873.

2nd Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
5 March 1873 – 2 January 1874
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister		Rt Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873
Rt Hon. Alexander Mackenzie
November 7, 1873 – October 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
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.

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. 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
Cariboo Joshua Spencer Thompson Liberal-Conservative 1871
New Westminster Hugh Nelson Liberal-Conservative 1871
Vancouver Francis Hincks Liberal-Conservative 1872
Victoria* Henry Nathan Jr. Liberal 1871
Amor De Cosmos Liberal 1871
Yale Edgar Dewdney Conservative 1872

Manitoba
Electoral district Name Party First elected
Lisgar John Christian Schultz Conservative 1871
Marquette Robert Cunningham Liberal 1872
Provencher The Honourable Sir George-Étienne Cartier to May 20, 1873 (death) Liberal-Conservative 1872
Louis Riel from October 13, 1873 Independent 1873
Selkirk Donald A. Smith Independent Conservative 1871

New Brunswick
Electoral district Name Party First elected
Albert John Wallace Liberal 1867
Carleton The Honourable Charles Connell Liberal 1867
Charlotte John McAdam Liberal-Conservative 1872
City and County of St. John* Isaac Burpee Liberal 1872
Acalus Lockwood Palmer Liberal 1872
City of St. John The Honourable Samuel Leonard Tilley to November 15, 1873
(named Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick)		 Liberal-Conservative 1867
Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber from December 1, 1873 Liberal 1873
Gloucester Timothy Warren Anglin Liberal 1867
Kent Robert Barry Cutler Liberal 1872
King's James Domville Conservative 1872
Northumberland The Honourable Peter Mitchell Independent 1872
Queen's John Ferris Liberal 1867
Restigouche George Moffat Conservative 1870
Sunbury Charles Burpee Liberal 1867
Victoria John Costigan Liberal-Conservative 1867
Westmorland The Honourable Albert James Smith Liberal 1867
York John Pickard Independent Liberal 1868

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
Annapolis William Hallett Ray Liberal 1867
Antigonish Hugh McDonald to May 11, 1873 (appointed to Supreme Court of Nova Scotia) Liberal-Conservative 1867
Angus McIsaac from December 20, 1873 Liberal 1873
Cape Breton* Newton LeGayet Mackay Conservative 1872
William McDonald Conservative 1872
Colchester Frederick M. Pearson Liberal 1870
Cumberland Charles Tupper Conservative 1867
Digby Alfred William Savary Conservative 1867
Guysborough Stewart Campbell Liberal-Conservative 1867
Halifax* William Johnston Almon Liberal-Conservative 1867
Stephen Tobin Liberal 1872
Hants Joseph Howe to July 5, 1873 Liberal-Conservative 1867
Monson Henry Goudge from July 5, 1873 Liberal 1873
Inverness Samuel McDonnell Conservative 1872
Kings Leverett de Veber Chipman Liberal 1870
Lunenburg Charles Edward Church Liberal 1872
Pictou* Robert Doull Liberal-Conservative 1872
James McDonald Conservative 1872
Queens James Fraser Forbes Liberal 1867
Richmond Isaac Le Vesconte Conservative 1869
Shelburne Thomas Coffin Liberal-Conservative 1867
Liberal
Victoria William Ross to July 11, 1873 (appointment to cabinet) Liberal 1867
William Ross from December 20, 1873 Liberal
Yarmouth Frank Killam Liberal 1868

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
Addington Schuyler Shibley Liberal-Conservative 1872
Algoma John Beverley Robinson Conservative 1872
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
Carleton John Rochester Conservative 1872
Cornwall Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative 1872
Dundas William Gibson Independent Liberal 1872
Durham East Lewis Ross Liberal Reformer 1872
Durham West Edward Blake to April 10, 1873 (dual election in Durham West and Bruce South) Liberal 1867
Edmund Burke Wood from April 10, 1873 Liberal 1873
Elgin East William Harvey Liberal 1872
Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 1872
Essex John O'Connor Conservative 1867
Frontenac George Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative 1870
Glengarry Donald Alexander Macdonald Liberal 1867
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 John White Liberal 1867
Hamilton* Daniel Black Chisholm Liberal-Conservative 1872
Henry Buckingham Witton Conservative Labour 1872
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 Liberal 1867
Kent Rufus Stephenson Conservative 1867
Kingston The Right Honourable 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 Francis Jones Conservative 1867
Leeds South Albert Norton Richards Liberal 1872
Lennox Richard John Cartwright Liberal 1867
Lincoln Thomas Rodman Merritt Liberal 1868
London John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1867
Middlesex East David Glass Conservative 1872
Middlesex North Thomas Scatcherd Liberal 1867
Middlesex West George William Ross Liberal 1872
Monck James David Edgar Liberal 1872
Muskoka Alexander Peter Cockburn Liberal 1872
Niagara Angus Morrison Conservative 1867
Norfolk North John Charlton Liberal 1872
Norfolk South William Wallace Conservative 1872
Northumberland East Joseph Keeler Liberal-Conservative 1867
Northumberland West James Cockburn (†) Conservative 1867
Ontario North William Henry Gibbs Conservative 1872
Ontario South Thomas Nicholson Gibbs Liberal-Conservative 1867
Ottawa (City of)* John Bower Lewis Conservative 1872
Joseph Merrill Currier Liberal-Conservative 1867
Oxford North Thomas Oliver Liberal 1867
Oxford South Ebenezer Vining Bodwell Liberal 1867
Peel Robert Smith Liberal 1872
Perth North Thomas Mayne Daly Liberal-Conservative 1872
Perth South James Trow Liberal 1872
Peterborough East Peregrine Maitland Grover Conservative 1867
Peterborough West John Bertram Liberal 1872
William Cluxton (not elected candidate but designated by return)[1] Conservative 1872
Prescott Albert Hagar Liberal 1867
Prince Edward Walter Ross Liberal 1867
Renfrew North James Findlay Liberal 1872
Renfrew South James O'Reilly Liberal-Conservative 1872
Russell James Alexander Grant Conservative 1867
Simcoe North Herman Henry Cook Liberal 1872
Simcoe South William Carruthers Little Liberal-Conservative 1867
Stormont Cyril Archibald Liberal 1872
Toronto Centre Robert Wilkes Liberal 1872
Toronto East James Beaty Conservative 1867
Victoria North Joseph Staples Conservative 1872
Victoria South George Dormer Conservative 1872
Waterloo North Isaac Erb Bowman Liberal 1867
Waterloo South James Young Liberal 1867
Welland Thomas Clark Street (died September 20, 1872, 22 days before the election) Conservative 1867
William Alexander Thomson from November 23, 1872 Liberal 1872
Wellington Centre James Ross Liberal 1869
Wellington North Nathaniel Higinbotham Liberal 1872
Wellington South David Stirton Liberal 1867
Wentworth North Thomas Bain Liberal 1872
Wentworth South Joseph Rymal Liberal 1867
West Toronto John Willoughby Crawford to November 4, 1873 (resigned) Conservative 1872
Thomas Moss from December 18, 1873 Liberal 1873
York East James Metcalfe Liberal 1867
York North Anson Dodge Conservative 1872
York West David Blain Liberal 1872

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
Argenteuil John Abbott Liberal-Conservative 1867
Bagot Pierre-Samuel Gendron Conservative 1867
Beauce Christian Pozer Liberal 1867
Beauharnois Ulysse-Janvier Robillard Independent Conservative 1872
Bellechasse Télesphore Fournier Liberal 1870
Berthier Anselme-Homère Pâquet Liberal 1867
Bonaventure Théodore Robitaille Conservative 1867
Brome Edward Carter Conservative 1871
Chambly Pierre Benoit Conservative 1867
Champlain John Jones Ross Conservative 1867
Charlevoix Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal 1867
Châteauguay Luther Hamilton Holton Liberal 1867
Chicoutimi—Saguenay William Evan Price Liberal-Conservative 1872
Compton John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative 1867
Dorchester Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative 1867
Drummond—Arthabaska Pierre-Nérée Dorion Liberal 1872
Gaspé Pierre Fortin Conservative 1867
Hochelaga Louis Beaubien Conservative 1872
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
Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault Conservative 1867
L'Assomption Louis Archambeault Liberal-Conservative 1867
Laval Joseph Bellerose to July 10, 1873 (called to the Senate) Conservative 1867
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet from October 28, 1873 Liberal-Conservative 1873
Lévis Joseph Blanchet Liberal-Conservative 1867
L'Islet Philippe Baby Casgrain Liberal 1872
Lotbinière Henri Joly De Lotbinière Liberal 1867
Maskinongé Louis-Alphonse Boyer Liberal 1872
Mégantic Édouard-Émery Richard Liberal 1872
Missisquoi George Baker Liberal-Conservative 1870
Montcalm Firmin Dugas Conservative 1871
Montmagny Henri-Thomas Taschereau Liberal 1872
Montmorency Jean Langlois Conservative 1867
Montreal Centre Michael Patrick Ryan Liberal-Conservative 1872
Montreal East Louis-Amable Jetté Liberal 1872
Montreal West John Young Liberal 1872
Napierville Antoine-Aimé Dorion Liberal 1872
Nicolet Joseph Gaudet Conservative 1867
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
Quebec County Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau to February 20, 1873 (called to the Senate) Conservative 1867
Adolphe-Philippe Caron from March 28, 1873 Conservative 1873
Quebec East Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau Conservative 1870
Quebec West Thomas McGreevy Liberal-Conservative 1867
Richelieu Michel Mathieu Conservative 1872
Richmond—Wolfe William Hoste Webb Conservative 1867
Rimouski Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal 1872
Rouville Honoré Mercier Liberal 1872
Saint Maurice Élie Lacerte Conservative 1868
Shefford Lucius Huntington Liberal 1867
Town of Sherbrooke Edward Towle Brooks Conservative 1872
Soulanges Jacques-Philippe Lantier Conservative 1872
St. Hyacinthe Louis Delorme Liberal 1870
St. John's François Bourassa Liberal 1867
Stanstead Charles Colby Liberal-Conservative 1867
Témiscouata Élie Mailloux Conservative 1872
Terrebonne Louis Masson Conservative 1867
Three Rivers William McDougall Conservative 1868
Two Mountains Wilfrid Prévost Liberal 1872
Vaudreuil Robert Harwood Liberal-Conservative 1872
Verchères Félix Geoffrion Liberal 1867
Yamaska Joseph Duguay Conservative 1872

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
King's County* Daniel Davies Conservative 1873
Augustine Colin Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 1873
Prince County* James Colledge Pope Conservative 1873
James Yeo Liberal 1873
Queen's County* David Laird Liberal 1873
Peter Sinclair Sr. Liberal 1873

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By-elections

References
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