8th Canadian Parliament

8th
Monarch
8th Monarch	Victoria; 1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor; General	The Earl of Aberdeen; 18 Sep. 1893 – 12 Nov. 1898
	The Earl of Minto; 12 Nov. 1898 – 10 Dec. 1904
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
← 7th	→ 9th

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.

It was controlled by a

Liberal-Conservative, led by Charles Tupper

.

The

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
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. 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
Burrard	George Ritchie Maxwell	Liberal	1896
New Westminster	Aulay MacAulay Morrison	Liberal	1896
Vancouver	William Wallace Burns McInnes	Liberal	1896
Victoria*	Edward Gawler Prior	Conservative	1872, 1888
Victoria*	Thomas Earle	Conservative	1889
Yale—Cariboo	Hewitt Bostock	Liberal	1896

Manitoba

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Brandon	Dalton McCarthy (left seat to keep Simcoe North, Ontario, riding^{[clarification needed]})	Independent	1876
Brandon	Clifford Sifton (by-election of 1896-11-27)	Liberal	1896
Lisgar	Robert Lorne Richardson	Liberal	1896
Macdonald	Nathaniel Boyd	Conservative	1892
Macdonald	John Gunion Rutherford (by-election of 1897-04-27)	Liberal	1897
Marquette	William James Roche	Conservative	1896
Provencher	Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière	Conservative	1889
Selkirk	John Alexander MacDonell	Liberal	1896
Winnipeg	Hugh John Macdonald (until election voided 29 March 1897)	Conservative	1891
	Richard Willis Jameson (by-election of 1897-04-27)	Liberal	1897
	Arthur Puttee (by-election of 1900-01-25)	Labour	1900

New Brunswick

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Albert	William James Lewis	Independent	1896
Carleton	Frederick Harding Hale	Liberal-Conservative	1887, 1896
Charlotte	Gilbert White Ganong	Liberal-Conservative	1896
City and County of St. John	Joseph John Tucker	Liberal	1896
City of St. John	John Valentine Ellis	Liberal	1887, 1896
Gloucester	Théotime Blanchard	Conservative	1894
Kent	George Valentine McInerney	Conservative	1892
King's	James Domville	Liberal	1872, 1896
Northumberland	James Robinson	Conservative	1896
Restigouche	John McAlister	Liberal-Conservative	1891
Sunbury—Queen's	George Gerald King (until 18 December 1896 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1878, 1891
Sunbury—Queen's	Andrew George Blair (by-election of 1896-08-25)	Liberal	1896
Victoria	John Costigan	Liberal-Conservative	1867
Westmorland	Henry Absalom Powell	Liberal-Conservative	1895
York	George Eulas Foster	Conservative	1882

Northwest Territories

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Alberta (Provisional District)	Frank Oliver	Liberal	1896
Assiniboia East	James Moffat Douglas	Liberal	1896
Assiniboia West	Nicholas Flood Davin	Liberal-Conservative	1887
Saskatchewan (Provisional District)	Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister)	Liberal	1874
Saskatchewan (Provisional District)	Thomas Osborne Davis (by-election of 1896-12-19)	Liberal	1896

Nova Scotia

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Annapolis	John Burpee Mills	Conservative	1887
Antigonish	Colin Francis McIsaac	Liberal	1895
Cape Breton*	Hector Francis McDougall	Liberal-Conservative	1884
Cape Breton*	Charles Tupper	Conservative	1867, 1896
Colchester	Wilbert David Dimock (until election voided)	Conservative	1896
Colchester	Firman McClure (by-election of 1897-04-20)	Liberal	1897
Cumberland	Hance James Logan	Liberal	1896
Digby	Albert James Smith Copp	Liberal	1896
Guysborough	Duncan Cameron Fraser	Liberal	1891
Halifax*	Robert Laird Borden	Conservative	1896
Halifax*	Benjamin Russell	Liberal	1896
Hants	Allen Haley	Liberal	1896
Inverness	Angus MacLennan	Liberal	1896
Kings	Frederick William Borden (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1874, 1887
Kings	Frederick William Borden (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal	1874, 1887
Lunenburg	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	Conservative	1882, 1883, 1891
Pictou*	Adam Carr Bell	Conservative	1896
Pictou*	Charles Hibbert Tupper	Conservative	1882
Richmond	Joseph Alexander Gillies	Conservative	1891
Shelburne and Queen's	Francis Gordon Forbes (until 18 July 1896 customs appointment)	Liberal	1891
Shelburne and Queen's	William Stevens Fielding (by-election of 1896-08-05)	Liberal	1896
Victoria	John Lemuel Bethune	Conservative	1896
Yarmouth	Thomas Barnard Flint	Liberal	1891

Ontario

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Addington	John William Bell	Conservative	1882, 1896
Algoma	Albert Dyment	Liberal	1896
Bothwell	James Clancy	Conservative	1896
Brant South	Robert Henry	Conservative	1896
Brant South	Charles Bernhard Heyd (by-election of 1897-02-04)	Liberal	1897
Brockville	John Fisher Wood	Liberal-Conservative	1882
Brockville	William Henry Comstock (by-election of 1899-04-20)	Liberal	1899
Bruce East	Henry Cargill	Conservative	1892
Bruce North	Alexander McNeill	Liberal-Conservative	1882
Bruce West	John Tolmie	Liberal	1896
Cardwell	William Stubbs	Independent Conservative	1895
Carleton	William Thomas Hodgins	Conservative	1891
Cornwall and Stormont	Darby Bergin	Liberal-Conservative	1872, 1878
Cornwall and Stormont	John Goodall Snetsinger (by-election of 1896-12-19)	Liberal	1896
Dundas	Andrew Broder	Conservative	1896
Durham East	Thomas Dixon Craig	Independent Conservative	1891
Durham West	Robert Beith	Liberal	1891
Elgin East	Andrew B. Ingram	Liberal-Conservative	1891
Elgin West	George Elliott Casey	Liberal	1878
Essex North	William McGregor	Liberal	1891
Essex South	Mahlon K. Cowan	Liberal	1896
Frontenac	David Dickson Rogers	Patrons of Industry	1896
Glengarry	Roderick R. McLennan	Conservative	1891
Grenville South	John Dowsley Reid	Conservative	1891
Grey East	Thomas Simpson Sproule	Conservative	1878
Grey North	John Clark	Liberal	1896
Grey North	William Paterson (by-election of 1896-08-25)	Liberal	1896
Grey South	George Landerkin	Liberal	1872, 1882
Haldimand and Monck	Walter Humphries Montague	Conservative	1887, 1890
Halton	David Henderson	Conservative	1887, 1888
Hamilton*	Andrew Trew Wood	Liberal	1874, 1896
Hamilton*	Thomas Henry Macpherson	Liberal	1896
Hastings East	Jeremiah M. Hurley	Liberal	1896
Hastings North	Alexander Augustus Williamson Carscallen	Conservative	1892
Hastings West	Henry Corby	Conservative	1888
Huron East	Peter Macdonald	Liberal	1887
Huron South	John McMillan	Liberal	1882, 1887
Huron West	Malcolm Colin Cameron (until 30 May 1898 appointment as North West Territories Lieutenant-Governor)	Liberal	1882, 1896
Huron West	Robert Holmes (by-election of 1899-02-21)	Liberal	1899
Kent	Archibald Campbell	Liberal	1887
Kingston	Byron Moffatt Britton	Liberal	1896
Lambton East	John Fraser	Liberal	1896
Lambton West	James Frederick Lister (until 21 June 1898 judicial appointment)	Liberal	1882
Lambton West	Thomas George Johnston (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Liberal	1898
Lanark North	Bennett Rosamond	Conservative	1891
Lanark South	John Graham Haggart	Conservative	1872
Leeds North and Grenville North	Francis Theodore Frost	Liberal	1896
Leeds South	George Taylor	Conservative	1882
Lennox	Uriah Wilson	Conservative	1892
Lincoln and Niagara	William Gibson	Liberal	1891
London	Thomas Beattie	Conservative	1896
Middlesex East	James Gilmour	Conservative	1896
Middlesex North	Valentine Ratz	Liberal	1896
Middlesex South	Malcolm McGugan	Liberal	1896
Middlesex West	William Samuel Calvert	Liberal	1896
Muskoka and Parry Sound	George McCormick	Liberal-Conservative	1896
Nipissing	James Bell Klock	Conservative	1896
Norfolk North	John Charlton	Liberal	1872
Norfolk South	David Tisdale	Conservative	1887
Northumberland East	Edward Cochrane	Conservative	1887
Northumberland West	George Guillet	Conservative	1891
Ontario North	John Alexander McGillivray	Liberal-Conservative	1895
Ontario North	Duncan Graham (by-election of 1897-02-04)	Independent Liberal	1897
Ontario South	Leonard Burnett	Liberal	1896
Ontario West	James David Edgar (died 31 July 1899) (†)	Liberal	1884
Ontario West	Isaac James Gould (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Liberal	1900
Ottawa (City of) *	Napoléon Antoine Belcourt	Liberal	1896
Ottawa (City of) *	William H. Hutchison	Liberal	1896
Oxford North	James Sutherland	Liberal	1880
Oxford South	Richard John Cartwright (until ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1867
Oxford South	Richard John Cartwright (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal	1867
Peel	Joseph Featherston	Liberal	1891
Perth North	Alexander Ferguson Maclaren	Conservative	1896
Perth South	Dilman Kinsey Erb	Liberal	1896
Peterborough East	John Lang	Independent Liberal	1896
Peterborough West	James Kendry	Conservative	1887
Prescott	Isidore Proulx	Liberal	1891
Prince Edward	William Varney Pettet	Patrons of Industry	1896
Renfrew North	Thomas Mackie	Liberal	1896
Renfrew South	John Ferguson	Independent Conservative	1887
Russell	William Cameron Edwards	Liberal	1887
Simcoe East	William Humphrey Bennett	Conservative	1892
Simcoe East	William Humphrey Bennett (by-election of 1897-02-04)	Conservative	1892
Simcoe North	Dalton McCarthy (died 11 May 1898)	Independent	1887
Simcoe North	Leighton Goldie McCarthy (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Independent	1898
Simcoe South	Richard Tyrwhitt	Conservative	1882
Toronto Centre	William Lount	Liberal	1896
Toronto Centre	George Hope Bertram (by-election of 1897-11-30)	Liberal	1897
Toronto East	John Ross Robertson	Independent Conservative	1896
Victoria North	Sam Hughes	Liberal-Conservative	1892
Victoria South	George McHugh	Liberal	1896
Waterloo North	Joseph Emm Seagram	Conservative	1896
Waterloo South	James Livingston	Liberal	1882
Welland	William McCleary	Conservative	1896
Wellington Centre	Andrew Semple	Liberal	1887
Wellington North	James McMullen	Liberal	1882
Wellington South	Christian Kloepfer	Conservative	1896
Wentworth North and Brant	James Somerville	Liberal	1882
Wentworth South	Thomas Bain (†)	Liberal	1872
West Toronto*	Edmund Boyd Osler	Conservative	1896
West Toronto*	Edward Frederick Clarke	Conservative	1896
York East	William Findlay Maclean	Conservative	1892
York North	William Mulock (until Postmaster General appointment)	Liberal	1882
York North	William Mulock (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal	1882
York West	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	Conservative	1878

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
East Prince	John Yeo (until 19 November 1898 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1891
East Prince	John Howatt Bell (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Liberal	1898
East Queen's	Alexander Martin	Conservative	1896
King's	Augustine Colin Macdonald	Conservative	1873, 1878, 1883, 1891
West Prince	Edward Hackett (until election voided 24 March 1897)	Liberal-Conservative	1878, 1896
	Stanislaus Francis Perry (by-election of 1897-04-27, died 24 February 1898)	Liberal	1897
	Bernard Donald McLellan (by-election of 1898-04-13)	Liberal	1896
West Queen's	Louis Henry Davies (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1882
West Queen's	Louis Henry Davies (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal	1882

Quebec

Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil	Thomas Christie	Liberal	1875, 1891
Bagot	Flavien Dupont (died in office)	Conservative	1882
Bagot	Joseph Edmond Marcile (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Liberal	1898
Beauce	Joseph Godbout	Liberal	1887
Beauharnois	Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron	Conservative	1882
Bellechasse	Onésiphore Ernest Talbot	Liberal	1896
Berthier	Cléophas Beausoleil (until 1 December 1899 postmaster appointment)	Liberal	1882
Berthier	Joseph Éloi Archambault (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Liberal	1900
Bonaventure	William LeBoutillier Fauvel (died 8 February 1897)	Liberal	1891
Bonaventure	Jean-François Guité (by-election of 1897-03-17)	Liberal	1897
Brome	Sydney Arthur Fisher (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1896
Brome	Sydney Arthur Fisher (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal	1896
Chambly—Verchères	Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion (died 18 July 1899)	Liberal	1895
Chambly—Verchères	Victor Geoffrion (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Liberal	1900
Champlain	François Arthur Marcotte (until election voided 12 January 1897)	Conservative	1896
Champlain	François Arthur Marcotte (by-election of 1897-04-07)	Conservative	1896
Charlevoix	Louis Charles Alphonse Angers	Liberal	1896
Châteauguay	James Pollock Brown	Liberal	1891
Chicoutimi—Saguenay	Paul Vilmond Savard	Liberal	1891
Compton	Rufus Henry Pope	Conservative	1889
Dorchester	Jean-Baptiste Morin	Conservative	1896
Drummond—Arthabaska	Joseph Lavergne (until 4 August 1897 judicial appointment)	Liberal	1882
Drummond—Arthabaska	Louis Lavergne (by-election of 1897-11-13)	Liberal	1897
Gaspé	Rodolphe Lemieux	Liberal	1896
Hochelaga	Joseph Alexandre Camille Madore	Liberal	1896
Huntingdon	Julius Scriver	Liberal	1869
Jacques Cartier	Frederick Debartzch Monk	Conservative	1896
Joliette	Charles Bazinet	Liberal	1896
Kamouraska	Henry George Carroll	Liberal	1891
Labelle	Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (resigned 26 October 1899)	Liberal	1896
Labelle	Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Independent	1896
Laprairie—Napierville	Dominique Monet	Liberal	1891
L'Assomption	Joseph Gauthier	Liberal	1892
Laval	Thomas Fortin	Liberal	1896
Lévis	Pierre Malcom Guay (died 19 February 1899)	Liberal	1885
Lévis	Louis Julien Demers (by-election of 1899-03-22)	Liberal	1899
L'Islet	Alphonse Arthur Miville Déchêne	Liberal	1896
Lotbinière	Côme Isaïe Rinfret (until 25 August 1899 revenue inspector appointment)	Liberal	1878
Lotbinière	Edmond Fortier (by-election of 1900-01-25)	Liberal	1900
Maisonneuve	Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine	Liberal	1886
Maskinongé	Joseph Hormidas Legris	Liberal	1891
Mégantic	Georges Turcot	Liberal	1887, 1896
Missisquoi	Daniel Bishop Meigs	Liberal	1888, 1896
Montcalm	Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas	Conservative	1891
Montmagny	Philippe-Auguste Choquette (until 7 July 1898 judicial appointment)	Liberal	1887
Montmagny	Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Liberal	1898
Montmorency	Thomas Chase Casgrain	Conservative	1896
Nicolet	Fabien Boisvert (died 12 November 1897)	Conservative	1888, 1896
Nicolet	Joseph Hector Leduc (by-election of 1897-12-21)	Liberal	1897
Pontiac	William Joseph Poupore	Conservative	1896
Portneuf	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (until 11 July 1896 revenue appointment)	Liberal	1867, 1896
Portneuf	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal	1867, 1896
Quebec-Centre	François Charles Stanislas Langelier (until 14 January 1898 judicial appointment)	Liberal	1882
Quebec-Centre	Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (by-election of 1898-01-24)	Liberal	1898
Quebec County	Charles Fitzpatrick (until 11 July 1896 Solicitor General appointment)	Liberal	1896
Quebec County	Charles Fitzpatrick (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal	1896
Quebec East	Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister)	Liberal	1874
Quebec East	Wilfrid Laurier (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal	1874
Quebec West	Richard Reid Dobell	Liberal	1896
Richelieu	Arthur Aimé Bruneau	Liberal	1892
Richmond—Wolfe	Michael Thomas Stenson	Liberal	1896
Rimouski	Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset (until 20 October 1897 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1872, 1887, 1896
Rimouski	Jean Auguste Ross (by-election of 1897-11-06)	Liberal	1897
Rouville	Louis Philippe Brodeur	Liberal	1878
St. Anne	Michael Joseph Francis Quinn	Conservative	1896
St. Antoine	Thomas George Roddick	Conservative	1896
St. Hyacinthe	Michel Esdras Bernier (until 22 June 1900 revenue appointment)	Liberal	1882
St. Hyacinthe	Michel Esdras Bernier (by-election of 1900-07-04)	Liberal	1882
St. James	Odilon Desmarais	Liberal	1896
St. Johns—Iberville	François Béchard (until 17 July 1896 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1867
St. Johns—Iberville	Joseph Israël Tarte (by-election of 1896-08-03)	Liberal	1891, 1893, 1896
St. Lawrence	Edward Goff Penny	Liberal	1896
St. Mary	Hercule Dupré	Liberal	1896
Shefford	Charles Henry Parmelee	Liberal	1896
Town of Sherbrooke	William Bullock Ives (died 15 July 1899)	Conservative	1882
Town of Sherbrooke	John McIntosh (by-election of 1900-01-25)	Conservative	1900
Soulanges	Augustin Bourbonnais	Liberal	1896
Stanstead	Alvin Head Moore	Conservative	1896
Témiscouata	Charles Eugène Pouliot (died 24 June 1897)	Liberal	1896
Témiscouata	Charles Arthur Gauvreau (by-election of 1897-11-06)	Liberal	1897
Terrebonne	Léon Adolphe Chauvin	Conservative	1896
Three Rivers and St. Maurice	Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron	Conservative	1867
Two Mountains	Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier	Liberal	1896
Vaudreuil	Henry Stanislas Harwood	Liberal	1891
Wright	Charles Ramsay Devlin (until 15 March 1897 immigration appointment)	Liberal	1891
Wright	Louis Napoléon Champagne (by-election of 1897-03-23)	Liberal	1897
Yamaska	Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault	Liberal	1891

By-elections

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		Cause	Retained
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
Town of Sherbrooke	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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v t e Lists of past and present members of the House of Commons of Canada
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v t e Federal parliaments in Canada
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Senate members	1st … 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd current
Women	14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th–32nd … 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th