1st Canadian Parliament

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The 1st Canadian Parliament was in session from November 6, 1867, until July 8, 1872 (4 years and 252 days). The membership was set by the 1867 federal election from August 7 to September 20, 1867. It was prorogued prior to the 1872 election.

It was controlled by a majority coalition between the Conservative Party and the Liberal-Conservative Party under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 1st Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Edward Blake from 1869 to 1871, followed by a vacancy in the Liberal leadership.

The Speaker was James Cockburn. See also List of Canadian electoral districts (1867–1871) for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

Members of ParliamentEdit

Following is a full list of members of the first parliament by province. Cabinet members are bolded.

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

Nova ScotiaEdit

Note:

¹ – The Anti-Confederate Party dissolved after failing to secure Nova Scotia's secession from Confederation. In 1869 its members joined other parties, or in one case sat as an independent.

New BrunswickEdit

Electoral district		Name	Party
Albert	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Wallace	Liberal
Carleton	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Connell	Liberal
Charlotte	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Bolton	Liberal
City and County of Saint John	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Hamilton Gray	Conservative
City of Saint John	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Samuel Leonard Tilley	Liberal-Conservative
Gloucester	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Timothy Warren Anglin	Liberal
Kent	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Auguste Renaud	Liberal
King's	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Ryan	Liberal
Northumberland	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Mercer Johnson to September 8, 1868 (death)	Liberal
Northumberland	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Richard Hutchison from December 24, 1868	Liberal
Queen's	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Ferris	Liberal
Restigouche	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John McMillan to February 15, 1868 (appointed Inspector of Post Offices)	Liberal
	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William Murray Caldwell from March 13, 1868, to September 29, 1870 (death)	Liberal
	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Moffat from November 29, 1870	Conservative
Sunbury	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Burpee	Liberal
Victoria	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Costigan	Liberal-Conservative
Westmorland	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Albert James Smith	Liberal
York	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Fisher to October 3, 1868 (appointed to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick)	Liberal
York	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Pickard from October 28, 1868	Independent Liberal

QuebecEdit

Electoral district		Name	Party
Argenteuil	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Abbott	Liberal-Conservative
Bagot	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Pierre-Samuel Gendron	Conservative
Beauce	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Christian Pozer	Liberal
Beauharnois	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Michael Cayley	Conservative
Bellechasse	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Louis Napoléon Casault to May 26, 1870 (appointed to Superior Court of Quebec)	Conservative
Bellechasse	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Télesphore Fournier from August 15, 1870	Liberal
Berthier	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Anselme Pâquet	Liberal
Bonaventure	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Théodore Robitaille	Conservative
Brome	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Christopher Dunkin⁴ to October 24, 1871 (appointed to Superior Court of Quebec)	Conservative
Brome	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Edward Carter from November 17, 1871	Conservative
Chambly	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Pierre Benoit	Conservative
Champlain	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Jones Ross	Conservative
Charlevoix	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Simon Xavier Cimon	Conservative
Châteauguay	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Luther Holton	Liberal
Chicoutimi—Saguenay	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Pierre Alexis Tremblay	Liberal
Compton	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Henry Pope⁵	Liberal-Conservative
Dorchester	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Hector-Louis Langevin	Conservative
Drummond—Arthabaska	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Louis Adélard Sénécal	Conservative
Gaspé	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Pierre Fortin	Conservative
Hochelaga	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Antoine Dorion	Liberal
Huntingdon	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Rose² to September 29, 1869 (resigned)	Liberal-Conservative
Huntingdon	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Julius Scriver from October 30, 1869	Liberal
Iberville	Template:Canadian party colour\|	François Béchard	Liberal
Jacques Cartier	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Guillaume Gaucher	Conservative
Joliette	Template:Canadian party colour\|	François Benjamin Godin	Liberal
Kamouraska		no election in 1867 due to rioting
Kamouraska	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Pelletier from February 17, 1869	Liberal
Laprairie	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Alfred Pinsonneault	Conservative
L'Assomption	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Louis Archambeault	Liberal-Conservative
Laval	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph Bellerose	Conservative
Lévis	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph Blanchet	Liberal-Conservative
L'Islet	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Barthélemy Pouliot³	Conservative
Lotbinière	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Henri Joly De Lotbinière	Liberal
Maskinongé	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Caron	Conservative
Mégantic	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Irvine	Conservative
Missisquoi	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Brown Chamberlin to June 6, 1870 (resigned to become Queen's Printer)	Conservative
Missisquoi	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Baker from July 5, 1870	Liberal-Conservative
Montcalm	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph Dufresne to July 13, 1871 (resigned)	Conservative
Montcalm	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Firmin Dugas from September 15, 1871	Conservative
Montmagny	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph-Octave Beaubien	Conservative
Montmorency	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph-Édouard Cauchon to November 1, 1867	Conservative
Montmorency	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Jean Langlois from December 11, 1867	Conservative
Montreal Centre	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Workman	Liberal
Montreal East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George-Étienne Cartier	Liberal-Conservative
Montreal West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas D'Arcy McGee to April 7, 1868 (assassinated)	Liberal-Conservative
Montreal West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Michael Patrick Ryan from April 20, 1868	Liberal-Conservative
Napierville	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Sixte Coupal dit la Reine	Liberal
Nicolet	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph Gaudet	Conservative
Ottawa (County of)	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Alonzo Wright	Liberal-Conservative
Pontiac	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Edmund Heath	Conservative
Portneuf	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Jean Brousseau	Conservative
Quebec-Centre	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Georges-Honoré Simard	Conservative
Quebec County	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau	Conservative
Quebec East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Pierre Huot to June 14, 1870 (resigned to become Postmaster of Quebec)	Liberal
Quebec East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau from July 18, 1870	Conservative
Quebec West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas McGreevy	Liberal-Conservative
Richelieu	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas McCarthy to September 23, 1870 (death)	Conservative
Richelieu	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Georges Isidore Barthe from November 18, 1870	Independent Conservative
Richmond—Wolfe	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William Hoste Webb	Conservative
Rimouski	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Sylvain	Conservative
Rouville	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques	Liberal
Saint Maurice	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Louis Léon Lesieur Desaulniers to September 29, 1868 (resigned)	Conservative
Saint Maurice	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Élie Lacerte from October 30, 1868	Conservative
Shefford	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Lucius Huntington	Liberal
Town of Sherbrooke	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Alexander Galt	Liberal-Conservative
Soulanges	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Luc Masson	Conservative
St. Hyacinthe	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Alexandre Kierzkowski to August 4, 1870 (death)	Liberal
St. Hyacinthe	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Louis Delorme from September 1, 1870	Liberal
St. John's	Template:Canadian party colour\|	François Bourassa	Liberal
Stanstead	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Colby	Liberal-Conservative
Témiscouata	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Bertrand	Conservative
Terrebonne	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Louis Masson	Conservative
Three Rivers	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Louis Boucher De Niverville to September 30, 1868 (resigned)	Conservative
Three Rivers	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William McDougall from October 17, 1868	Conservative
Two Mountains	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Jean-Baptiste Daoust	Conservative
Vaudreuil	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Donald McMillan	Conservative
Verchères	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Félix Geoffrion	Liberal
Yamaska	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Moïse Fortier	Liberal

Four Quebec members recontested their seats in byelections, and were re-elected:

² – John Rose was reelected in Huntingdon on November 28, 1867, after being named Minister of Finance.

³ – Barthélemy Pouliot was unseated on petition, but was reelected in L'Islet on July 14, 1869.

⁴ – Christopher Dunkin was reelected in Brome on November 29, 1869, after being named Minister of Agriculture.

⁵ – John Henry Pope was reelected in Compton on November 11, 1871, after being named Minister of Agriculture following Dunkin's resignation from Parliament.

OntarioEdit

Electoral district		Name	Party
Addington	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Lapum	Conservative
Algoma	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Wemyss Mackenzie Simpson to April 26, 1871 (appointed Indian Commissioner for Rupert's Land)	Conservative
Algoma	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Frederick William Cumberland from June 30, 1871	Conservative
Bothwell	Template:Canadian party colour\|	David Mills	Liberal
Brant North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Young Bown	Liberal-Conservative
Brant South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Edmund Burke Wood	Liberal
Brockville	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Crawford	Conservative
Bruce North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Alexander Sproat	Conservative
Bruce South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Francis Hurdon	Conservative
Cardwell	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Roberts Ferguson	Conservative
Carleton	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Holmes	Liberal-Conservative
Cornwall	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Sandfield Macdonald	Liberal
Dundas	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Sylvester Ross	Liberal-Conservative
Durham East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Francis H. Burton	Conservative
Durham West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Edward Blake	Liberal
Elgin East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas William Dobbie	Conservative
Elgin West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John H. Munroe	Conservative
Essex	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John O'Connor	Conservative
Frontenac	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Kirkpatrick to March 26, 1870 (death)	Conservative
Frontenac	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Airey Kirkpatrick from April 27, 1870	Conservative
Glengarry	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Donald Alexander Macdonald	Liberal
Grenville South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Walter Shanly	Conservative
Grey North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Snider	Liberal
Grey South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Jackson	Conservative
Haldimand	Template:Canadian party colour\|	David Thompson	Liberal
Halton	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John White	Liberal
Hamilton	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Magill	Liberal
Hastings East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Robert Read to February 24, 1871 (appointed to Senate)	Conservative
Hastings East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John White from March 20, 1871	Conservative
Hastings North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Mackenzie Bowell	Conservative
Hastings West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Brown	Conservative
Huron North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph Whitehead	Liberal
Huron South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Malcolm Colin Cameron	Liberal
Kent	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Rufus Stephenson	Conservative
Kingston	Template:Canadian party colour\|	The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada	Liberal-Conservative
Lambton	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal
Lanark North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William C.B. McDougall	Liberal-Conservative
Lanark South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Alexander Morris⁶	Conservative
Leeds North and Grenville North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Francis Jones	Conservative
Leeds South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Willoughby Crawford	Conservative
Lennox	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Richard John Cartwright	Conservative
Lennox	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Richard John Cartwright	Liberal
Lincoln	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Rea Benson to March 14, 1868 (appointed to the Senate)	Liberal-Conservative
Lincoln	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Rodman Merritt from April 13, 1868	Liberal
London	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Carling	Liberal-Conservative
Middlesex East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Crowell Willson	Liberal-Conservative
Middlesex North (federal electoral district)	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Scatcherd	Liberal
Middlesex West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Angus Peter McDonald	Conservative
Monck	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Lachlin McCallum	Liberal-Conservative
Niagara	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Angus Morrison	Conservative
Norfolk North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Aquila Walsh	Conservative
Norfolk South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Peter Lawson	Liberal
Northumberland East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph Keeler	Liberal-Conservative
Northumberland West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Cockburn	Conservative
Ontario North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Hall Thompson	Liberal
Ontario South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Nicholson Gibbs	Liberal-Conservative
City of Ottawa	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph Merrill Currier	Liberal-Conservative
Oxford North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Oliver	Liberal
Oxford South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Ebenezer Vining Bodwell	Liberal
Peel	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Hillyard Cameron	Conservative
Perth North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Redford	Liberal
Perth South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Robert MacFarlane	Liberal
Peterborough East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Peregrine Maitland Grover	Conservative
Peterborough West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Perry	Conservative
Prescott	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Albert Hagar	Liberal
Prince Edward	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Walter Ross	Liberal
Renfrew North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Rankin to October 12, 1869 (resigned)	Conservative
Renfrew North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Francis Hincks from November 13, 1869	Liberal-Conservative
Renfrew South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Daniel McLachlin to June 3, 1869 (resigned)	Liberal
Renfrew South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Lorn McDougall from July 12, 1869	Liberal
Russell	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Alexander Grant	Conservative
Simcoe North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas David McConkey	Liberal
Simcoe South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William Carruthers Little	Liberal-Conservative
Stormont	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Samuel Ault	Liberal-Conservative
Toronto East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Beaty	Conservative
Toronto West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Robert Alexander Harrison	Conservative
Victoria North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Morison	Liberal
Victoria South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Kempt	Liberal
Waterloo North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Isaac Erb Bowman	Liberal
Waterloo South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Young	Liberal
Welland	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Clark Street	Conservative
Wellington Centre	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Sutherland Parker to October 24, 1868 (death)	Liberal
Wellington Centre	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Ross from January 18, 1869	Liberal
Wellington North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	George Alexander Drew	Liberal-Conservative
Wellington South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	David Stirton	Liberal
Wentworth North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James McMonies	Liberal
Wentworth South	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph Rymal	Liberal
York East	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Metcalfe	Liberal
York North	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Pearson Wells	Liberal
York West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William Pearce Howland to July 14, 1868 (appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario)	Liberal-Conservative
York West	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Amos Wright from August 14, 1868	Liberal

Note:

⁶ – One Ontario MP, Alexander Morris, recontested his seat in a byelection. He was reelected in Lanark South on November 29, 1869, after being appointed Minister of Inland Revenue.

ManitobaEdit

Manitoba joined Confederation in 1870. Byelections to choose Manitoba's representatives were held on March 2 and March 3, 1871.

Electoral district		Name	Party
Lisgar	Template:Canadian party colour\|	John Christian Schultz from March 2, 1871	Conservative
Marquette* (both candidates declared elected due to a tie)	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James S. Lynch from March 2, 1871	Liberal
Marquette* (both candidates declared elected due to a tie)	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Angus McKay from March 2, 1871	Conservative
Selkirk	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Donald Alexander Smith from March 2, 1871	Independent Conservative
Provencher	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Pierre Delorme from March 3, 1871	Conservative

British ColumbiaEdit

British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871. Byelections to choose the province's representatives were held in November and December of that year.

Electoral district		Name	Party
Cariboo District	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joshua Spencer Thompson from December 19, 1871	Liberal-Conservative
New Westminster District	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Hugh Nelson from December 13, 1871	Liberal-Conservative
Vancouver	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Robert Wallace from December 15, 1871	Conservative
Victoria*	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Amor De Cosmos from November 24, 1871	Liberal
Victoria*	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Henry Nathan, Jr. from November 24, 1871	Liberal
Yale District	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Frederick Houghton from December 19, 1871	Liberal

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Pre-Confederation predecessorsEdit

Colony	Assembly
Province of Canada	8th Parliament
Nova Scotia	22nd General Assembly
New Brunswick	21st Legislative Assembly

By-electionsEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} By-elections to the 1st Canadian Parliament

Throne SpeechesEdit

1st SessionEdit

On Thursday November 7, 1867. The 1st session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, Charles Stanley Monck (The Viscount Monck).

In the speech, the governor general remarks the creation of the Dominion of Canada itself and the future expansion of the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. Some notable objectives for this first government would be to determine "Currency, Customs, Excise, and Revenue generally,-for the adoption of a uniform Postal System,-for the proper management and maintenance of the Public Works and Properties of the Dominion,-for the adoption of a well considered scheme of Militia Organization and Defence, for the proper administration of Indian affairs,-for the introduction of uniform Laws respecting Patents of Invention and Discovery,-the naturalization of Aliens,-and :the assimilation of the Criminal Law, and the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency." He also notes the imperative immediate construction of the intercolonial railway. As well as the protection and development of Fisheries and Marine Interests. Finally, he speaks on the necessity to establish uniform laws regarding elections.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2nd SessionEdit

On Thursday April 15, 1869. The 2nd session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, John Young (The Lord Lisgar).

In the speech, the governor general speaks on confederation and the initiatives to bring parts of the Hudson Bay Company (The Northwest Territory) and Newfoundland into the union. He also speaks on the assimilation of provincial criminal laws into federal criminal laws. He also touches on future bills focusing on Elections, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, and Patents of invention and discovery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

3rd SessionEdit

On Tuesday February 15, 1870. The 3rd session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, John Young (The Lord Lisgar).

In the speech, he remarks the growing economy of the Dominion - specifically noting the fisheries. He also speaks on the difficulties faced in acquiring the Northwest Territory and the desire to go through with the assimilation. He continues in speaking on making the election process uniform among the country. He also notes the necessity to create a Court of Appeal as well as the need to prepare for the upcoming 1871 census.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

4th SessionEdit

On Wednesday February 15, 1871. The 4th session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, John Young (The Lord Lisgar).

In the speech, he highlights the menace of invasion from the United States. He also celebrates the creation of the province of Manitoba and looks forward to the same from British Columbia. On that topic, he speaks on the importance of the interoceanic railway to be created. He encourages more immigration to these new territories. He recommends the swift standardization of currency to not fall into the divisiveness seen in Europe. He says the census will occur on April 3, 1971. He briefly touches on some future bills pertaining to Parliamentary Elections, Weights and Measures, Insurance Companies, Savings Banks, and for the Consolidation and amendment of the Inspection Laws.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

5th SessionEdit

On Thursday April 11, 1872. The 5th session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, John Young (The Lord Lisgar).

In the speech, he highlights the threat of invasion of Manitoba from the United States. He remarks on a conference held in Ottawa in September 1871 on the subject of immigration. He recognizes the adoption of British Columbia into the union and the continuation of the railway project. He encourages the development of canals and a direct water communication between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy. He notes that the census has taken place. He briefly mentions future bills pertaining to Judges of Superior Courts-to the regulation and management of the Public Lands and Mines of the Dominion in Manitoba and the North West Territories, aid for the amendment of the laws relating to the Public Health.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Template:Canada parliaments

Electoral district			Name	Party
Annapolis	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William Hallett Ray	Anti-Confederate then Liberal¹
Antigonish	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Hugh McDonald	Anti-Confederate then Liberal-Conservative¹
Cape Breton	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Charles McKeagney	Anti-Confederate then Liberal-Conservative¹
Colchester	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Archibald McLelan to June 21, 1869 (appointed to Senate)	Anti-Confederate then Liberal-Conservative¹
	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Adams George Archibald from September 9, 1869, to May 19, 1870 (named Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories)	Liberal-Conservative
	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Frederick M. Pearson from November 8, 1870	Liberal
Cumberland	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Charles Tupper	Conservative
Digby	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Alfred William Savary	Anti-Confederate then Conservative¹
Guysborough	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Stewart Campbell	Anti-Confederate then Liberal-Conservative¹
Halifax*	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Alfred Gilpin Jones	Anti-Confederate then Independent
Halifax*	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Patrick Power	Anti-Confederate then Liberal¹
Hants	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Joseph Howe	Anti-Confederate then Liberal-Conservative¹
Inverness	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Hugh Cameron	Anti-Confederate then Liberal-Conservative¹
Kings	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William Henry Chipman to April 9, 1870 (death)	Anti-Confederate then Liberal¹
Kings	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Leverett de Veber Chipman from June 23, 1870	Liberal
Lunenburg	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Edmund Mortimer McDonald	Anti-Confederate then Liberal-Conservative¹
Pictou	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James William Carmichael	Anti-Confederate then Liberal¹
Queens	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	James Fraser Forbes	Anti-Confederate then Liberal¹
Richmond	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William Croke to March 11, 1869 (death)	Anti-Confederate then Conservative¹
Richmond	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Isaac Le Vesconte from April 20, 1869	Conservative¹
Shelburne	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Coffin	Anti-Confederate then Liberal-Conservative¹
Victoria	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	William Ross	Anti-Confederate then Liberal¹
Yarmouth	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Thomas Killam to December 15, 1868 (death)	Anti-Confederate
Yarmouth	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Template:Canadian party colour\|	Frank Killam from April 20, 1869	Liberal