4th Canadian Parliament

4th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
13 February 1879 – 18 May 1882
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald 17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891
Cabinet	3rd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition	Alexander Mackenzie 17 October 1878 – 27 April 1880
	Edward Blake 4 May 1880 – 2 June 1880
	Sir Wilfrid Laurier 23 June 1887 – 10 July 1896
Party caucuses
Government	Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal-Conservative
Crossbench	Liberal Party
	Independent
	Independent Conservative
	Independent Liberal
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
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.

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

British Columbia

Electoral district		Name	Party
Cariboo		Joshua Spencer Thompson (acclaimed) died in office 20 December 1880	Liberal-Conservative
		James Reid from 31 March 1881	Liberal-Conservative
New Westminster	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Thomas Robert McInnes, until appointed to Senate 24 December 1881	Independent
		Joshua Homer (acclaimed) from 9 March 1882	Liberal-Conservative
Vancouver	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Arthur Bunster	Liberal
Victoria*		Sir John Alexander Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Amor De Cosmos	Liberal
Yale	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Edgar Dewdney (acclaimed), resigned 30 May 1879 to become Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and the North West Territories	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Francis Jones Barnard from 29 September 1879	Conservative

Manitoba

Electoral district		Name	Party
Lisgar	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John Christian Schultz (acclaimed)	Conservative
Marquette		Sir John A. Macdonald (acclaimed)	Liberal-Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Joseph O'Connell Ryan (acclaimed) from 30 November 1878	Liberal
Provencher	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Joseph Dubuc (acclaimed)	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Joseph Royal from 30 December 1879	Conservative
Selkirk	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Donald A. Smith	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Thomas Scott from 10 September 1880	Conservative

New Brunswick

Electoral district		Name	Party
Albert	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Alexander Rogers	Liberal
Carleton	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	George Heber Connell	Independent
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	David Irvine from 16 February 1881	Liberal
Charlotte	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Arthur Hill Gillmor	Liberal
City and County of St. John*	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Isaac Burpee	Liberal
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Charles Wesley Weldon	Liberal
City of St. John		Samuel Leonard Tilley (acclaimed), re-elected 4 November 1878	Liberal-Conservative
Gloucester	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Timothy Warren Anglin (acclaimed)	Liberal
Kent		Gilbert Anselme Girouard	Liberal-Conservative
King's	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	James Domville	Conservative
Northumberland	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Jabez Bunting Snowball	Liberal
Queen's	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	George Gerald King	Liberal
Restigouche	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	George Haddow (acclaimed)	Independent
Sunbury	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Charles Burpee	Liberal
Victoria		John Costigan	Liberal-Conservative
Westmorland	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Albert James Smith	Liberal
York		John Pickard	Independent Liberal

Nova Scotia

Electoral district		Name	Party
Annapolis	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Avard Longley	Conservative
Antigonish	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Angus McIsaac	Liberal
Cape Breton*		Hugh McLeod, died in office 5 August 1879	Liberal-Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	William McDonald	Conservative
		William McKenzie McLeod from 23 October 1879	Liberal-Conservative
Colchester		Thomas McKay	Liberal-Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Archibald Woodbury McLelan from 18 June 1881	Conservative
Cumberland	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Charles Tupper (acclaimed), re-elected in by-election 4 November 1878	Conservative
Digby	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John Chipman Wade	Conservative
Guysborough	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Alfred Ogden	Conservative
Halifax*		Matthew Henry Richey	Liberal-Conservative
		Malachy Bowes Daly	Liberal-Conservative
Hants	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	William Henry Allison	Conservative
Inverness	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Samuel McDonnell	Liberal
Kings	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Frederick William Borden	Liberal
Lunenburg	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	Conservative
Pictou*	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	James McDonald, acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878, ended term 19 May 1881	Conservative
		Robert Doull	Liberal-Conservative
		John McDougald, acclaimed from 18 June 1881	Liberal-Conservative
Queens		Silas Tertius Rand Bill	Liberal-Conservative
Richmond	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Edmund Power Flynn	Liberal
Shelburne	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Thomas Robertson	Liberal
Victoria	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Duncan McDonald	Liberal
Yarmouth	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Frank Killam	Liberal

Ontario

Electoral district		Name	Party
Addington	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John McRory	Conservative
Algoma	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Simon James Dawson	Conservative
Bothwell	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	David Mills	Liberal
Brant North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Gavin Fleming	Liberal
Brant South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	William Paterson	Liberal
Brockville	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	William Fitzsimmons	Conservative
Bruce North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	John Gillies	Liberal
Bruce South		Alexander Shaw	Liberal-Conservative
Cardwell	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Thomas White	Conservative
Carleton	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John Rochester	Conservative
Cornwall		Darby Bergin, re-elected in by-election 27 January 1880	Liberal-Conservative
Dundas		John Sylvester Ross	Liberal-Conservative
Durham East	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams	Conservative
Durham West	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Harvey William Burk until 10 October 1879	Liberal
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Edward Dominick Blake, acclaimed from 17 November 1879	Liberal
Elgin East		Thomas Arkell	Liberal-Conservative
Elgin West	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	George Elliott Casey	Liberal
Essex	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	James Colebrooke Patterson	Conservative
Frontenac	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	George Airey Kirkpatrick	Conservative
Glengarry		John McLennan	Liberal-Conservative
Grenville South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	John Philip Wiser	Liberal
Grey East	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Thomas Simpson Sproule	Conservative
Grey North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Samuel Johnathan Lane	Conservative
Grey South		George Jackson	Liberal-Conservative
Haldimand	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	David Thompson	Liberal
Halton		William McDougall	Liberal-Conservative
Hamilton*	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Francis Edwin Kilvert	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Thomas Robertson	Liberal
Hastings East	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John White, re-elected in by-election 25 February 1879	Conservative
Hastings North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Mackenzie Bowell, acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878	Conservative
Hastings West	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	James Brown	Conservative
Huron Centre	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Horace Horton until 10 October 1878	Liberal
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Richard John Cartwright from 2 November 1878	Liberal
Huron North		Thomas Farrow	Liberal-Conservative
Huron South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Malcolm Colin Cameron	Liberal
Kent	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Rufus Stephenson	Conservative
Kingston	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Alexander Gunn	Liberal
Lambton	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal
Lanark North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Daniel Galbraith, died in office 17 December 1879	Liberal
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Donald Greenfield MacDonell from 22 January 1880	Liberal
Lanark South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John Graham Haggart	Conservative
Leeds North and Grenville North		Charles Frederick Ferguson	Liberal-Conservative
Leeds South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	David Ford Jones	Conservative
Lennox		Edmund Hooper	Liberal-Conservative
Lincoln	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John Charles Rykert	Conservative
London		John Carling	Liberal-Conservative
Middlesex East		Duncan Macmillan	Liberal-Conservative
Middlesex North		Timothy Coughlin	Liberal-Conservative
Middlesex West	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	George William Ross	Liberal
Monck		Lachlin McCallum	Liberal-Conservative
Muskoka	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Alexander Peter Cockburn	Liberal
Niagara	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Patrick Hughes, defeated in by-election 20 March 1879	Liberal
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Josiah Burr Plumb from 20 March 1879	Conservative
Norfolk North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	John Charlton	Liberal
Norfolk South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	William Wallace	Conservative
Northumberland East		Joseph Keeler, died in office 21 January 1881	Liberal-Conservative
		Darius Crouter, acclaimed from 25 March 1881	Independent Liberal
Northumberland West	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	James Cockburn until 14 November 1881	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	George Guillet from 19 December 1881	Conservative
Ontario North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	George Wheler, until 10 June 1880, re-elected 28 August 1880	Liberal
Ontario South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Francis Wayland Glen	Liberal
Ottawa (City of)*		Joseph Merrill Currier	Liberal-Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Joseph Tassé	Conservative
Oxford North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Thomas Oliver, died in office 8 November 1880	Liberal
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	James Sutherland from 9 December 1880	Liberal
Oxford South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	James Atchison Skinner	Liberal
Peel	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	William Elliott	Conservative
Perth North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Samuel Rollin Hesson	Conservative
Perth South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	James Trow	Liberal
Peterborough East	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John Burnham	Conservative
Peterborough West		George Hilliard	Liberal-Conservative
Prescott	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Félix Routhier	Conservative
Prince Edward	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	James Simeon McCuaig	Conservative
Renfrew North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Peter White	Conservative
Renfrew South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	William Bannerman	Conservative
Russell	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John O'Connor, acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878	Conservative
Simcoe North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Dalton McCarthy	Conservative
Simcoe South		William Carruthers Little, died in office 31 December 1881	Liberal-Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Richard Tyrwhitt, acclaimed from 16 February 1882	Conservative
Stormont		Oscar Fulton	Liberal-Conservative
Toronto Centre	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Robert Hay	Liberal
Toronto East	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Samuel Platt	Independent
Victoria North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Hector Cameron	Conservative
Victoria South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Arthur McQuade	Conservative
Waterloo North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Hugo Kranz	Conservative
Waterloo South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Samuel Merner	Conservative
Welland		Christopher William Bunting	Liberal-Conservative
Wellington Centre		George Turner Orton	Liberal-Conservative
Wellington North		George Alexander Drew	Liberal-Conservative
Wellington South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Donald Guthrie	Liberal
Wentworth North	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Thomas Bain	Liberal
Wentworth South	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Joseph Rymal	Liberal
West Toronto	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John Beverley Robinson until 30 June 1880	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	James Beaty, Jr. from 28 August 1880	Conservative
York East	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Alfred Boultbee	Conservative
York North		Frederick William Strange	Liberal-Conservative
York West	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district		Name	Party
King's County*		Augustine Colin Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Ephraim Bell Muttart	Conservative
Prince County*	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	James Yeo	Liberal
		Edward Hackett	Liberal-Conservative
Queen's County*	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	James Colledge Pope, acclaimed in by-election 9 November 1878	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken	Conservative

Quebec

Electoral district		Name	Party
Argenteuil	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Thomas Christie, defeated in by-election 12 February 1880	Liberal
		John Joseph Caldwell Abbott from 12 February 1880, acclaimed in by-election 17 August 1881	Liberal-Conservative
Bagot	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880	Conservative
Beauce	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Joseph Bolduc	Conservative
Beauharnois	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Michael Cayley, died in office 3 December 1878	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron from 9 January 1879	Conservative
Bellechasse	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Achille Larue until 11 February 1881	Liberal
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Guillaume Amyot from 19 March 1881	Conservative
Berthier	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Edward Octavian Cuthbert	Conservative
Bonaventure	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Théodore Robitaille	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, acclaimed from 26 August 1879	Conservative
Brome	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Edmund Leavens Chandler	Liberal
		David Ames Manson from 18 October 1880	Liberal-Conservative
Chambly	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Pierre Basile Benoit	Conservative
Champlain		Hippolyte Montplaisir	Liberal-Conservative
Charlevoix	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Pierre Alexis Tremblay, died in office 5 January 1879	Liberal
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Joseph Stanislas Perrault from 13 February 1879	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Simon-Xavier Cimon from 19 March 1881	Conservative
Châteauguay	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Luther Hamilton Holton, died in office 14 March 1880	Liberal
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Edward Holton from 17 April 1880	Liberal
Chicoutimi - Saguenay	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Marie Honorius Ernest Cimon	Conservative
Compton		John Henry Pope, acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878	Liberal-Conservative
Dorchester		François Fortunat Rouleau	Liberal-Conservative
Drummond - Arthabaska	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Désiré Olivier Bourbeau	Conservative
Gaspé	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Pierre Fortin	Conservative
Hochelaga	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Alphonse Desjardins	Conservative
Huntingdon	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Julius Scriver (acclaimed)	Liberal
Iverbville	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	François Béchard	Liberal
Jacques Cartier	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Désiré Girouard	Conservative
Joliette	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Louis François Georges Baby, acclaimed in by-election 14 November 1878	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Lewis Arthur McConville from 9 December 1880	Conservative
Kamouraska	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Joseph Dumont	Liberal
L'Assomption		Hilaire Hurteau	Liberal-Conservative
L'Islet	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Philippe Baby Casgrain	Liberal
Laprairie	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Alfred Pinsonneault	Conservative
Laval		Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet (acclaimed)	Liberal-Conservative
Lévis		Joseph-Godéric Blanchet	Liberal-Conservative
Lotbinière	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Côme-Isaïe Rinfret	Liberal
Maskinongé		Frédéric Houde	Nationalist Conservative
Mégantic	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Louis-Éphrem Olivier	Liberal
Missisquoi		George Barnard Baker	Liberal-Conservative
Montcalm	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Firmin Dugas	Conservative
Montmagny	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Auguste-Charles-Philippe-Robert Landry	Conservative
Montmorency	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Pierre-Vincent Valin until 9 January 1880, re-elected 9 December 1880	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Auguste-Réal Angers from 14 February 1880 until 12 November 1880	Conservative
Montreal Centre		Michael Patrick Ryan	Liberal-Conservative
Montreal East	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Charles-Joseph Coursol	Conservative
Montreal West	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Matthew Hamilton Gault	Conservative
Napierville	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Sixte Coupal dit la Reine	Liberal
Nicolet	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	François Xavier Ovide Méthot	Independent Conservative
Ottawa (County of)		Alonzo Wright	Liberal-Conservative
Pontiac	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	John Poupore	Conservative
Portneuf	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Roch-Pamphile Vallée	Conservative
Quebec County	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron, acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880	Conservative
Quebec East	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Wilfrid Laurier	Liberal
Quebec West		Thomas McGreevy (acclaimed)	Liberal-Conservative
Quebec-Centre	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Jacques Malouin	Independent
Richelieu		Louis Huet Massue	Liberal-Conservative
Richmond—Wolfe	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	William Bullock Ives	Conservative
Rimouski	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset	Liberal
Rouville	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	George Auguste Gigault	Conservative
Saint Maurice	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers	Conservative
Shefford	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Lucius Seth Huntington	Liberal
Sherbrooke (Town of)	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Edward Towle Brooks (acclaimed)	Conservative
Soulanges	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Jacques-Philippe Lanthier	Conservative
St. Hyacinthe	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Louis Tellier	Conservative
St. John's	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	François Bourassa	Liberal
Stanstead		Charles Carroll Colby	Liberal-Conservative
Témiscouata	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Paul-Étienne Grandbois	Conservative
Terrebonne	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Louis-François-Rodrigue Masson, acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878	Conservative
Three Rivers	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	William McDougall	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Hector Louis Langevin, acclaimed from 21 November 1878	Conservative
Two Mountains	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Jean-Baptiste Daoust	Conservative
Vaudreuil	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Jean Baptiste Mongenais	Conservative
Verchères	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Félix Geoffrion	Liberal
Yamaska	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Charles Gill	Conservative
	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille from 7 July 1879	Conservative

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 4th Canadian Parliament

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		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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