8th Canadian Parliament
8th Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
19 August 1896 – 18 July 1900 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister | Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 11 Jul 1896 – 6 Oct 1911 | ||
Cabinet | 8th Canadian Ministry | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Charles Tupper 11 July 1896 – 5 February 1901 | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Liberal Party | ||
Opposition | Conservative Party & Liberal-Conservative | ||
Crossbench | Patrons of Industry | ||
House of Commons | |||
![]() Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Speaker of the Commons | James David Edgar August 19, 1896 – July 31, 1899 | ||
Thomas Bain August 1, 1899 – February 5, 1901 | |||
Senate | |||
Speaker of the Senate | Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier July 13, 1896 – January 28, 1901 | ||
Government Senate Leader | Oliver Mowat August 19, 1896 – November 17, 1897 | ||
David Mills November 17, 1897 – February 7, 1902 | |||
Opposition Senate Leader | Mackenzie Bowell April 27, 1896 – March 1, 1906 | ||
Sovereign | |||
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 | |||
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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 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
[edit]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.
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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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 | |
Thomas Earle | Conservative | 1889 | ||
Yale—Cariboo | Hewitt Bostock | Liberal | 1896 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Brandon | Dalton McCarthy (left seat to keep Simcoe North, Ontario, riding[clarification needed]) | Independent | 1876 | |
Clifford Sifton (by-election of 1896-11-27) | Liberal | 1896 | ||
Lisgar | Robert Lorne Richardson | Liberal | 1896 | |
Macdonald | Nathaniel Boyd | Conservative | 1892 | |
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 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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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 | |
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 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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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 | |
Thomas Osborne Davis (by-election of 1896-12-19) | Liberal | 1896 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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East Prince | John Yeo (until 19 November 1898 Senate appointment) | Liberal | 1891 | |
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 | |
Louis Henry Davies (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal |
By-elections
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References
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