4th Canadian Parliament

4th Parliament of Canada
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
Cabinet	3rd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the; Opposition	Alexander Mackenzie; 17 October 1878 – 27 April 1880
	Edward Blake; 4 May 1880 – 2 June 1887
Party caucuses
Government	Conservative Party; & Liberal-Conservative
Opposition	Liberal Party
House of Commons
	; Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the; Commons	Joseph Godéric Blanchet; 13 February 1879 – 7 February 1883
Members	206 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
Senators	79 seats senator seats; List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch	Victoria; 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

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.

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

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.

British Columbia

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Cariboo	Joshua Spencer Thompson (acclaimed) died in office 20 December 1880	Liberal-Conservative	1871
Cariboo	James Reid from 31 March 1881	Liberal-Conservative	1881
New Westminster	Thomas Robert McInnes, until appointed to Senate 24 December 1881	Independent	1878
New Westminster	Joshua Homer (acclaimed) from 9 March 1882	Liberal-Conservative	1882
Vancouver	Arthur Bunster	Liberal	1874
Victoria*	Sir John A. Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative	1867, 1878
Victoria*	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
Yale	Francis Jones Barnard from 29 September 1879	Conservative	1879

Manitoba

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
Marquette	Joseph O'Connell Ryan (acclaimed) from 30 November 1878	Liberal	1874
Provencher	Joseph Dubuc (acclaimed)	Conservative	1878
Provencher	Joseph Royal from 30 December 1879	Conservative	1879
Selkirk	Donald A. Smith	Conservative	1871
Selkirk	Thomas Scott from 10 September 1880	Conservative	1880

New Brunswick

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Albert	Alexander Rogers	Liberal	1878
Carleton	George Heber Connell	Independent	1878
Carleton	David Irvine from 16 February 1881	Liberal	1881
Charlotte	Arthur Hill Gillmor	Liberal	1874
City and County of St. John*	Isaac Burpee	Liberal	1872
City and County of St. John*	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

Nova Scotia

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
Colchester	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
Halifax*	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

Ontario

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
Durham West	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
Hamilton*	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
Huron Centre	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
Lanark North	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
Niagara	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
Northumberland East	Darius Crouter, acclaimed from 25 March 1881	Independent Liberal	1881
Northumberland West	James Cockburn until 14 November 1881	Conservative	1867, 1878
Northumberland West	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
Ottawa (City of)*	Joseph Tassé	Conservative	1878
Oxford North	Thomas Oliver, died in office 8 November 1880	Liberal	1867
Oxford North	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
Simcoe South	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
West Toronto	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

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
King's County*	Augustine Colin Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative	1873, 1878
King's County*	Ephraim Bell Muttart	Conservative	1878
Prince County*	James Yeo	Liberal	1873
Prince County*	Edward Hackett	Liberal-Conservative	1878
Queen's County*	James Colledge Pope, acclaimed in by-election 9 November 1878	Conservative	1876
Queen's County*	Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken	Conservative	1878

Quebec

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil	Thomas Christie, defeated in by-election 12 February 1880	Liberal	1875
Argenteuil	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
Beauharnois	Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron from 9 January 1879	Conservative	1879
Bellechasse	Achille Larue until 11 February 1881	Liberal	1878
Bellechasse	Guillaume Amyot from 19 March 1881	Conservative	1881
Berthier	Edward Octavian Cuthbert	Conservative	1875
Bonaventure	Théodore Robitaille	Conservative	1867
Bonaventure	Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, acclaimed from 26 August 1879	Conservative	1879
Brome	Edmund Leavens Chandler	Liberal	1878
Brome	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
Châteauguay	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
Joliette	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
Montmorency	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
Three Rivers	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
Yamaska	Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille from 7 July 1879	Conservative	1879

By-elections

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		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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