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2nd Canadian Parliament

Session of the Canadian Parliament (1873–1874)

Field	Value
image	Arms of Canada 1873.svg
jurisdiction	CA
#	2nd
type	Majority
houseimage	Chambre des Communes 1872.png
status	inactive
term-begin	March 5, 1873
term-end	January 2, 1874
sc	Hon. James Cockburn
scterm	November 6, 1867 – March 5, 1874
pm	Rt Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
pm-begin	1867-07-01
pm-end	1873-11-05
pm2	Rt Hon. Alexander Mackenzie
pm-begin2	1873-11-07
pm-end2	1878-10-08
lo	Alexander Mackenzie
loterm	March 6, 1873 – November 5, 1873
lo2	Sir John A. Macdonald
loterm2	November 6, 1873 – October 16, 1878
ss	The Hon. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
ssterm	February 21, 1872 – January 8, 1874
gsl	Alexander Campbell
gslterm	July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873
gsl2	Luc Letellier de St-Just
gslterm2	November 5, 1873 – December 14, 1876
osl	Alexander Campbell
oslterm	November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878
party	Conservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
party2	Liberal Party*
partyfootnote1	The Liberal Party briefly formed government at the end of the 2nd Parliament.
sessionbegin	March 5, 1873
sessionend	August 13, 1873
sessionbegin2	October 23, 1873
sessionend2	November 7, 1873
monarch	Victoria
monarchterm	1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
viceroy	The Earl of Dufferin
viceroyterm	25 June 1872 – 25 Nov. 1878
ministry	[1st Canadian Ministry](1st-canadian-ministry)
ministry2	[2nd Canadian Ministry](2nd-canadian-ministry)
ministrybegin2	November 7, 1873
ministryend2	October 8, 1878
members	200 seats
senators	79 seats
lastparl	1st
nextparl	3rd

| # = 2nd

| term-begin = March 5, 1873 | term-end = January 2, 1874

| pm-begin = 1867-07-01 | pm-end = 1873-11-05 | pm-begin2 = 1873-11-07 | pm-end2 = 1878-10-08

& Liberal-Conservative

John A. MacDonald, prime minister during most of the second Parlismrnt

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

Party	First elected	No. of terms
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	2nd term
Yale	Edgar Dewdney	Conservative	1872

Manitoba

Party	First elected	No. of terms
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	1867
Louis Riel (from October 13, 1873)	Independent	1873	1st term
Selkirk	Donald A. Smith	Independent Conservative	1871

New Brunswick

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected	No. of terms
		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	1st term
		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	1st term
		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

Party	First elected	No. of terms
	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	1st term
Cape Breton*	Newton LeGayet Mackay	Conservative	1872
William McDonald	Conservative	1872	1st term
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	1st term
Hants	Joseph Howe (to July 5, 1873)	Liberal-Conservative	1867
Monson Henry Goudge (from July 5, 1873)	Liberal	1873	1st term
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	1st term
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

Party	First elected	No. of terms
	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	1st term
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	1st term
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	2nd term
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)	Conservative	1872	1st term
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	1st term
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	1st term
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

Party	First elected	No. of terms
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	1st term
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	1st term
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.

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

References

By-elections

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

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