4th Canadian Parliament


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:
SessionStartEnd
1st13 February 187915 May 1879
2nd12 February 18807 May 1880
3rd9 December 188021 March 1881
4th9 February 188217 May 1882

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the fourth parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Key:
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk indicates that district was represented by two members.

[New Brunswick]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AlbertAlexander RogersLiberal18781st term
CarletonGeorge Heber ConnellIndependent18781st term
CarletonDavid Irvine Liberal18811st term
CharlotteArthur Hill GillmorLiberal18742nd term
City and County of St. John*Isaac BurpeeLiberal18723rd term
City and County of St. John*Charles Wesley WeldonLiberal18781st term
City of St. JohnSamuel Leonard Tilley, Liberal-Conservative1873, 18782nd term*
GloucesterTimothy Warren Anglin Liberal18674th term
KentGilbert Anselme GirouardLiberal-Conservative18781st term
King'sJames DomvilleConservative18723rd term
NorthumberlandJabez Bunting SnowballLiberal18781st term
Queen'sGeorge Gerald KingLiberal18781st term
RestigoucheGeorge Haddow Independent18781st term
SunburyCharles BurpeeLiberal18674th term
VictoriaJohn CostiganLiberal-Conservative18674th term
WestmorlandAlbert James SmithLiberal18674th term
YorkJohn PickardIndependent Liberal18684th term