8th Canadian Parliament

The 8th Canadian Parliament was in session from August 19, 1896, until October 9, 1900 (4 years and 51 days). The membership was set by the 1896 federal election on June 23, 1896. It was dissolved prior to the 1900 election.

8th Canadian Parliament
Majority parliament
August 19, 1896 – July 18, 1900
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier July 11, 1896 – October 6, 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
← 7th → 9th

Sir Wilfrid Laurier was Prime Minister during the 8th Canadian Parliament.

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
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
		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
		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

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
		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
		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
		Charles Tupper	Conservative	1867, 1896
Colchester		Wilbert David Dimock (until election voided)	Conservative	1896
		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
		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
		Frederick William Borden (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
Lunenburg		Charles Edwin Kaulbach	Conservative	1882, 1883, 1891
Pictou*		Adam Carr Bell	Conservative	1896
		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
		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
		Charles Bernhard Heyd (by-election of 1897-02-04)	Liberal	1897
Brockville		John Fisher Wood	Liberal-Conservative	1882
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		Isaac James Gould (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Liberal	1900
Ottawa (City of)*		Napoléon Antoine Belcourt	Liberal	1896
		William H. Hutchison	Liberal	1896
Oxford North		James Sutherland	Liberal	1880
Oxford South		Richard John Cartwright (until ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1867
		Richard John Cartwright (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
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
		William Humphrey Bennett (by-election of 1897-02-04)	Conservative
Simcoe North		Dalton McCarthy (died 11 May 1898)	Independent	1887
		Leighton Goldie McCarthy (by-election of 1898-12-14)	Independent	1898
Simcoe South		Richard Tyrwhitt	Conservative	1882
Toronto Centre		William Lount	Liberal	1896
		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
		Edward Frederick Clarke	Conservative	1896
York East		William Findlay Maclean	Conservative	1892
York North		William Mulock (until Postmaster General appointment)	Liberal	1882
		William Mulock (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
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
		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

Quebec

Electoral district		Name	Party	First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil		Thomas Christie	Liberal	1875, 1891
Bagot		Flavien Dupont (died in office)	Conservative	1882
		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
		Joseph Éloi Archambault (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Liberal	1900
Bonaventure		William LeBoutillier Fauvel (died 8 February 1897)	Liberal	1891
		Jean-François Guité (by-election of 1897-03-17)	Liberal	1897
Brome		Sydney Arthur Fisher (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment)	Liberal	1896
		Sydney Arthur Fisher (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
Chambly—Verchères		Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion (died 18 July 1899)	Liberal	1895
		Victor Geoffrion (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Liberal	1900
Champlain		François Arthur Marcotte (until election voided 12 January 1897)	Conservative	1896
		François Arthur Marcotte (by-election of 1897-04-07)	Conservative
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
		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
		Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (by-election of 1900-01-18)	Independent
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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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	1882
		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
		Charles Fitzpatrick (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
Quebec East		Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister)	Liberal	1874
		Wilfrid Laurier (by-election of 1896-07-30)	Liberal
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
		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
		Michel Esdras Bernier (by-election of 1900-07-04)	Liberal
St. James		Odilon Desmarais	Liberal	1896
St. Johns—Iberville		François Béchard (until 17 July 1896 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1867
		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
		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
		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
		Louis Napoléon Champagne (by-election of 1897-03-23)	Liberal	1897
Yamaska		Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault	Liberal	1891

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 8th Canadian Parliament

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		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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