- 3rd Canadian Parliament
The 3rd Canadian Parliament was in session from
March 26 ,1874 untilAugust 17 ,1878 . The membership was set by the 1874 federal election onJanuary 22 ,1874 , and it changed only somewhat due to resignations andby-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1878 election.It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister
Alexander Mackenzie and the2nd Canadian Ministry . The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative , first led by SirJohn A. Macdonald .The Speaker was
Timothy Warren Anglin . See alsoList of Canadian electoral districts 1873-1882 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.There were 5 sessions of the 3rd Parliament:
One MP recontested his seat in a byelection, and was reelected.
*Louis Riel was reelected in "Provencher" onSeptember 3 ,1874 upon the passage of a motion expelling him from the House of Commons.New Brunswick
22 MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected
*William McGregor was reelected in "Essex" onOctober 22 ,1874 .
*John Lorn McDougall was reelected in "Renfrew South" onOctober 24 1874 and again onFebruary 20 1875 .
*Schuyler Shibley was reelected in "Addington" onOctober 28 ,1874 .
*William Kerr was reelected in "Northumberland West" onNovember 17 ,1874 .
*James Norris was reelected in "Lincoln" onNovember 17 ,1874 andMay 9 1877 .
*James Lyons Biggar was reelected in "Northumberland East" onDecember 12 ,1874 .
*George Turner Orton was reelected in "Wellington Centre" onDecember 13 1874 .
*Charles Frederick Ferguson was reelected in "Leeds North and Grenville North" onDecember 16 1874 .
*James MacLennan was reelected in "Victoria North" onDecember 22 1874 .
*Josiah Burr Plumb was reelected in "Niagara" onDecember 22 1874 .
*Herman Henry Cook was reelected in "Simcoe North" onDecember 26 1874 .
*Sir John A. Macdonald was reelected in "Kingston" onDecember 29 1874 .
*Nathaniel Higinbotham was reelected in "Wellington North" onMarch 18 1875 .
*Aemilius Irving was reelected in "Hamilton" onMay 20 1875 .
*Andrew Trew Wood was reelected in "Hamilton" onMay 20 1875 .
*Edward Blake was reelected in "Bruce South" onJune 2 1875 after being named Minister of Justice.
*Lachlan McCallum was reelected in "Monck" onJune 22 1875 .
*Alfred Hutchison Dymond was reelected in "York North" onJune 29 1875 .
*Andrew Monteith was reelected in "Perth North" onJuly 7 1875 .
*Archibald McNab was reelected in "Glengarry" onJuly 31 1876 .
*David Mills was reelected in "Bothwell" onNovember 15 1876 after being named Minister of the Interior.
*Joseph Merrill Currier was reelected in "Ottawa" onMay 9 1877 .Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Twelve MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected:
*Félix Geoffrion was reelected in "Verchères" onJuly 25 ,1874 after being namedMinister of Inland Revenue .
*Henry Aylmer was reelected in "Richmond—Wolfe" onDecember 4 ,1874 after being named Receiver-General.
*Louis François George Baby was reelected in "Joliette" onDecember 10 ,1874 .
*Frederick Mackenzie was reelected in "Montreal West" onDecember 10 ,1874 .
*Amable Jodoin was reelected in "Chambly" onDecember 30 ,1874 .
*Hilaire Hurteau was reelected in "L'Assomption" onJanuary 16 1875 .
*Sixte Coupal dit la Reine was reelected in "Napierville" onJune 19 1875 .
*Bernard Devlin was reelected in "Montreal Centre" onNovember 26 1875 .
*François Fortunat Rouleau was reelected in "Dorchester" onDecember 14 1875 .
*Joseph Édouard Cauchon was reelected in "Quebec Centre" onDecember 27 1875 after being named President of the Privy Council.
*Rodolphe Laflamme was reelected in "Jacques Cartier" onDecember 28 1876 after being namedMinister of Inland Revenue .
*Hector-Louis Langevin was reelected in "Charlevoix" onMarch 23 1877 .References
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