8th Canadian Parliament
The 8th Canadian Parliament was in session from August 19, 1896, until October 9, 1900. The membership was set by the 1896 federal election on June 23, 1896. It was dissolved prior to the 1900 election.
8th Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
August 19, 1896 – July 18, 1900 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister (cabinet) | Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier (8th Canadian Ministry) 11 July 1896 – 6 October 1911 | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Charles Tupper | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Liberal Party | ||
Opposition | Conservative Party | ||
Third parties | Liberal-Conservative | ||
Independent Conservative | |||
Independent | |||
House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Sessions | |||
1st Session August 19, 1896 – October 5, 1896 | |||
2nd Session March 25, 1897 – June 29, 1897 | |||
3rd Session February 3, 1898 – June 13, 1898 | |||
4th Session March 16, 1899 – August 11, 1899 | |||
5th Session February 1, 1900 – July 18, 1900 | |||
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It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the 8th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative, led by Charles Tupper.
The Speaker was first James David Edgar, and later Thomas Bain. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1892-1903 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were five sessions of the 8th Parliament:
Session | Start | End |
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1st | August 19, 1896 | October 5, 1896 |
2nd | March 25, 1897 | June 29, 1897 |
3rd | February 3, 1898 | June 13, 1898 |
4th | March 16, 1899 | August 11, 1899 |
5th | February 1, 1900 | July 18, 1900 |
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the eighth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
British Columbia
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Burrard | George Ritchie Maxwell | Liberal | |
New Westminster | Aulay MacAulay Morrison | Liberal | |
Vancouver | William Wallace Burns McInnes | Liberal | |
Victoria* | Edward Gawler Prior | Conservative | |
Thomas Earle | Conservative | ||
Yale—Cariboo | Hewitt Bostock | Liberal |
Manitoba
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Brandon | Dalton McCarthy (left seat to keep Simcoe North, Ontario, riding) | Independent | |
Clifford Sifton (by-election of 1896-11-27) | Liberal | ||
Lisgar | Robert Lorne Richardson | Liberal | |
Macdonald | Nathaniel Boyd | Conservative | |
John Gunion Rutherford (by-election of 1897-04-27) | Liberal | ||
Marquette | William James Roche | Conservative | |
Provencher | Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière | Conservative | |
Selkirk | John Alexander MacDonell | Liberal | |
Winnipeg | Hugh John Macdonald (until election voided 29 March 1897) | Conservative | |
Richard Willis Jameson (by-election of 1897-04-27) | Liberal | ||
Arthur Puttee (by-election of 1900-01-25) | Labour |
New Brunswick
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Albert | William James Lewis | Independent | |
Carleton | Frederick Harding Hale | Liberal-Conservative | |
Charlotte | Gilbert White Ganong | Liberal-Conservative | |
City and County of St. John | Joseph John Tucker | Liberal | |
City of St. John | John Valentine Ellis | Liberal | |
Gloucester | Théotime Blanchard | Conservative | |
Kent | George Valentine McInerney | Conservative | |
King's | James Domville | Liberal | |
Northumberland | James Robinson | Conservative | |
Restigouche | John McAlister | Liberal-Conservative | |
Sunbury—Queen's | George Gerald King (until 18 December 1896 Senate appointment) | Liberal | |
Andrew George Blair (by-election of 1896-08-25) | Liberal | ||
Victoria | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | |
Westmorland | Henry Absalom Powell | Liberal-Conservative | |
York | George Eulas Foster | Conservative |
Northwest Territories
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Alberta (Provisional District) | Frank Oliver | Liberal | |
Assiniboia East | James Moffat Douglas | Liberal | |
Assiniboia West | Nicholas Flood Davin | Liberal-Conservative | |
Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister) | Liberal | |
Thomas Osborne Davis (by-election of 1896-12-19) | Liberal |
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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East Prince | John Yeo (until 19 November 1898 Senate appointment) | Liberal | |
John Howatt Bell (by-election of 1898-12-14) | Liberal | ||
East Queen's | Alexander Martin | Conservative | |
King's | Augustine Colin Macdonald | Conservative | |
West Prince | Edward Hackett (until election voided 24 March 1897) | Liberal-Conservative | |
Stanislaus Francis Perry (by-election of 1897-04-27, died 24 February 1898) | Liberal | ||
Bernard Donald McLellan (by-election of 1898-04-13) | Liberal | ||
West Queen's | Louis Henry Davies (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment) | Liberal | |
Louis Henry Davies (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal |
Quebec
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Argenteuil | Thomas Christie | Liberal | |
Bagot | Flavien Dupont (died in office) | Conservative | |
Joseph Edmond Marcile (by-election of 1898-12-14) | Liberal | ||
Beauce | Joseph Godbout | Liberal | |
Beauharnois | Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron | Conservative | |
Bellechasse | Onésiphore Ernest Talbot | Liberal | |
Berthier | Cléophas Beausoleil (until 1 December 1899 postmaster appointment) | Liberal | |
Joseph Éloi Archambault (by-election of 1900-01-18) | Liberal | ||
Bonaventure | William LeBoutillier Fauvel (died 8 February 1897) | Liberal | |
Jean-François Guité (by-election of 1897-03-17) | Liberal | ||
Brome | Sydney Arthur Fisher (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment) | Liberal | |
Sydney Arthur Fisher (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | ||
Chambly—Verchères | Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion (died 18 July 1899) | Liberal | |
Victor Geoffrion (by-election of 1900-01-18) | Liberal | ||
Champlain | François Arthur Marcotte (until election voided 12 January 1897) | Conservative | |
François Arthur Marcotte (by-election of 1897-04-07) | Conservative | ||
Charlevoix | Louis Charles Alphonse Angers | Liberal | |
Châteauguay | James Pollock Brown | Liberal | |
Chicoutimi—Saguenay | Paul Vilmond Savard | Liberal | |
Compton | Rufus Henry Pope | Conservative | |
Dorchester | Jean-Baptiste Morin | Conservative | |
Drummond—Arthabaska | Joseph Lavergne (until 4 August 1897 judicial appointment) | Liberal | |
Louis Lavergne (by-election of 1897-11-13) | Liberal | ||
Gaspé | Rodolphe Lemieux | Liberal | |
Hochelaga | Joseph Alexandre Camille Madore | Liberal | |
Huntingdon | Julius Scriver | Liberal | |
Jacques Cartier | Frederick Debartzch Monk | Conservative | |
Joliette | Charles Bazinet | Liberal | |
Kamouraska | Henry George Carroll | Liberal | |
Labelle | Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (resigned 26 October 1899) | Liberal | |
Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (by-election of 1900-01-18) | Independent | ||
Laprairie—Napierville | Dominique Monet | Liberal | |
L'Assomption | Joseph Gauthier | Liberal | |
Laval | Thomas Fortin | Liberal | |
Lévis | Pierre Malcom Guay (died 19 February 1899) | Liberal | |
Louis Julien Demers (by-election of 1899-03-22) | Liberal | ||
L'Islet | Alphonse Arthur Miville Déchêne | Liberal | |
Lotbinière | Côme Isaïe Rinfret (until 25 August 1899 revenue inspector appointment) | Liberal | |
Edmond Fortier (by-election of 1900-01-25) | Liberal | ||
Maisonneuve | Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine | Liberal | |
Maskinongé | Joseph Hormidas Legris | Liberal | |
Mégantic | Georges Turcot | Liberal | |
Missisquoi | Daniel Bishop Meigs | Liberal | |
Montcalm | Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas | Conservative | |
Montmagny | Philippe Auguste Choquette (until 7 July 1898 judicial appointment) | Liberal | |
Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau (by-election of 1898-12-14) | Liberal | ||
Montmorency | Thomas Chase Casgrain | Conservative | |
Nicolet | Fabien Boisvert (died 12 November 1897) | Conservative | |
Joseph Hector Leduc (by-election of 1897-12-21) | Liberal | ||
Pontiac | William Joseph Poupore | Conservative | |
Portneuf | Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (until 11 July 1896 revenue appointment) | Liberal | |
Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | ||
Quebec-Centre | François Charles Stanislas Langelier (until 14 January 1898 judicial appointment) | Liberal | |
Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (by-election of 1898-01-24) | Liberal | ||
Quebec County | Charles Fitzpatrick (until 11 July 1896 Solicitor General appointment) | Liberal | |
Charles Fitzpatrick (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | ||
Quebec East | Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister) | Liberal | |
Wilfrid Laurier (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | ||
Quebec West | Richard Reid Dobell | Liberal | |
Richelieu | Arthur Aimé Bruneau | Liberal | |
Richmond—Wolfe | Michael Thomas Stenson | Liberal | |
Rimouski | Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset (until 20 October 1897 Senate appointment) | Liberal | |
Jean Auguste Ross (by-election of 1897-11-06) | Liberal | ||
Rouville | Louis Philippe Brodeur | Liberal | |
St. Anne | Michael Joseph Francis Quinn | Conservative | |
St. Antoine | Thomas George Roddick | Conservative | |
St. Hyacinthe | Michel Esdras Bernier (until 22 June 1900 revenue appointment) | Liberal | |
Michel Esdras Bernier (by-election of 1900-07-04) | Liberal | ||
St. James | Odilon Desmarais | Liberal | |
St. Johns—Iberville | François Béchard (until 17 July 1896 Senate appointment) | Liberal | |
Joseph Israël Tarte (by-election of 1896-08-03) | Liberal | ||
St. Lawrence | Edward Goff Penny | Liberal | |
St. Mary | Hercule Dupré | Liberal | |
Shefford | Charles Henry Parmelee | Liberal | |
Sherbrooke (Town of) | William Bullock Ives (died 15 July 1899) | Conservative | |
John McIntosh (by-election of 1900-01-25) | Conservative | ||
Soulanges | Augustin Bourbonnais | Liberal | |
Stanstead | Alvin Head Moore | Conservative | |
Témiscouata | Charles Eugène Pouliot (died 24 June 1897) | Liberal | |
Charles Arthur Gauvreau (by-election of 1897-11-06) | Liberal | ||
Terrebonne | Léon Adolphe Chauvin | Conservative | |
Three Rivers and St. Maurice | Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron | Conservative | |
Two Mountains | Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier | Liberal | |
Vaudreuil | Henry Stanislas Harwood | Liberal | |
Wright | Charles Ramsay Devlin (until 15 March 1897 immigration appointment) | Liberal | |
Louis Napoléon Champagne (by-election of 1897-03-23) | Liberal | ||
Yamaska | Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault | Liberal |
By-elections
By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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St. Hyacinthe | July 4, 1900 | Michel-Esdras Bernier | Liberal | Michel-Esdras Bernier | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue | Yes | ||
Lotbinière | January 25, 1900 | Côme-Isaïe Rinfret | Liberal | Edmond Fortier | Liberal | Appointment as a revenue inspector | Yes | ||
Sherbrooke (Town of) | January 25, 1900 | William Bullock Ives | Conservative | John McIntosh | Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
Winnipeg | January 25, 1900 | Richard Willis Jameson | Liberal | Arthur Puttee | Labour | Death | Yes | ||
Berthier | January 18, 1900 | Cléophas Beausoleil | Liberal | Joseph Éloi Archambault | Liberal | Appointed postmaster of Montreal | Yes | ||
Labelle | January 18, 1900 | Henri Bourassa | Liberal | Henri Bourassa | Independent | Resignation to recontest in protest at Canada's participation in the Boer War | No | ||
Chambly—Verchères | January 18, 1900 | Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion | Liberal | Victor Geoffrion | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Ontario West | January 18, 1900 | James David Edgar | Liberal | Isaac James Gould | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Brockville | April 20, 1899 | John Fisher Wood | Liberal-Conservative | William Henry Comstock | Liberal | Death | No | ||
Lévis | March 22, 1899 | Pierre Malcom Guay | Liberal | Louis-Jules Demers | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Huron West | February 21, 1899 | Malcolm Colin Cameron | Liberal | Robert Holmes | Liberal | Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories | Yes | ||
East Prince | December 14, 1898 | John Yeo | Liberal | John Howatt Bell | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes | ||
Lambton West | December 14, 1898 | James Frederick Lister | Liberal | Thomas George Johnston | Liberal | Appointed to the Court of Appeal | |||
Bagot | December 14, 1898 | Flavien Dupont | Conservative | Joseph Edmond Marcile | Liberal | Death | No | ||
Montmagny | December 14, 1898 | Philippe-Auguste Choquette | Liberal | Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau | Liberal | Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec | Yes | ||
Simcoe North | December 14, 1898 | Dalton McCarthy | McCarthyite | Leighton McCarthy | Independent (McCarthyite) | Death | Yes | ||
West Prince | April 13, 1898 | Stanislaus Francis Perry | Liberal | Bernard Donald McLellan | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Quebec-Centre | January 24, 1898 | François Langelier | Liberal | Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin | Liberal | Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec | Yes | ||
Nicolet | December 21, 1897 | Fabien Boisvert | Conservative | Joseph Hector Leduc | Liberal | Death | No | ||
Toronto Centre | November 30, 1897 | William Lount | Liberal | George Hope Bertram | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
Drummond—Arthabaska | November 13, 1897 | Joseph Lavergne | Liberal | Louis Lavergne | Liberal | Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec | Yes | ||
Témiscouata | November 6, 1897 | Charles-Eugène Pouliot | Liberal | Charles Arthur Gauvreau | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Rimouski | November 6, 1897 | Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset | Liberal | Jean Auguste Ross | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes | ||
West Prince | April 27, 1897 | Edward Hackett | Liberal-Conservative | Stanislaus Francis Perry | Liberal | Election declared void | No | ||
Macdonald | April 27, 1897 | Nathaniel Boyd | Conservative | John Gunion Rutherford | Liberal | Election declared void | No | ||
Winnipeg | April 27, 1897 | Hugh John Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | Richard Willis Jameson | Liberal | Election declared void | No | ||
Colchester | April 20, 1897 | Wilbert David Dimock | Conservative | Firman McClure | Liberal | Election declared void | No | ||
Champlain | April 7, 1897 | François-Arthur Marcotte | Conservative | François-Arthur Marcotte | Conservative | Election declared void | Yes | ||
Wright | March 23, 1897 | Charles Ramsay Devlin | Liberal | Louis Napoléon Champagne | Liberal | Appointed Canadian trade commissioner to Ireland | Yes | ||
Bonaventure | March 17, 1897 | William LeBoutillier Fauvel | Liberal | Jean-François Guité | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Simcoe East | February 4, 1897 | William Humphrey Bennett | Conservative | William Humphrey Bennett | Conservative | Election declared void | Yes | ||
Ontario North | February 4, 1897 | John Alexander McGillivray | Conservative | Duncan Graham | Independent Liberal | Election declared void | No | ||
Brant South | February 4, 1897 | Robert Henry | Conservative | Charles Bernhard Heyd | Liberal | Election declared void | No | ||
Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | December 19, 1896 | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | Thomas Osborne Davis | Liberal | Laurier was elected to two seats, resigned to run in ministerial by-election in Quebec East | Yes | ||
Cornwall and Stormont | December 19, 1896 | Darby Bergin | Liberal-Conservative | John Goodall Snetsinger | Liberal | Death | No | ||
Brandon | November 27, 1896 | Dalton McCarthy | McCarthyite | Clifford Sifton | Liberal | Chose to sit for Simcoe North | No | ||
Sunbury—Queen's | August 25, 1896 | George G. King | Liberal | Andrew George Blair | Liberal | Called to Senate | Yes | ||
Grey North | August 25, 1896 | John Clark | Liberal | William Paterson | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Shelburne and Queen's | August 5, 1896 | Francis Gordon Forbes | Liberal | William Stevens Fielding | Liberal | Appointed Sub-Collector of Customs | Yes | ||
St. Johns—Iberville | August 3, 1896 | François Béchard | Liberal | Joseph Israël Tarte | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes | ||
Quebec County | July 30, 1896 | Charles Fitzpatrick | Liberal | Charles Fitzpatrick | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor General | Yes | ||
Kings | July 30, 1896 | Frederick William Borden | Liberal | Frederick William Borden | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence | Yes | ||
Oxford South | July 30, 1896 | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Trade and Commerce | Yes | ||
West Queen's | July 30, 1896 | Louis Henry Davies | Liberal | Louis Henry Davies | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries | Yes | ||
Brome | July 30, 1896 | Sydney Arthur Fisher | Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture | Yes | ||
Portneuf | July 30, 1896 | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | Liberal | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Inland Revenue | Yes | ||
York North | July 30, 1896 | William Mulock | Liberal | William Mulock | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General | Yes | ||
Quebec East | July 30, 1896 | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Prime Minister | Yes |
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