| 8thCanadian Parliament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority parliament | |||
| Aug. 19, 1896 – Jul. 18, 1900 | |||
| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime minister | Rt. Hon. SirWilfrid Laurier Jul. 11, 1896 – Oct. 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 | |||
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The8th Canadian Parliament was in session from August 19, 1896, until October 9, 1900 (4 years and 51 days). The membership was set by the1896 federal election on June 23, 1896. It was dissolved prior to the1900 election.
It was controlled by aLiberal Party majority underPrime Minister SirWilfrid Laurier and the8th Canadian Ministry. TheOfficial Opposition was theConservative/Liberal-Conservative, led byCharles Tupper.
TheSpeaker was firstJames David Edgar, and laterThomas Bain. See alsoList of Canadian electoral districts 1892-1903 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were fivesessions 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 |
Following is a full list of members of the eighth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Key:
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrard | George Ritchie Maxwell | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | |
| New Westminster | Aulay MacAulay Morrison | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | |
| Vancouver | William Wallace Burns McInnes | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | |
| Victoria* | Edward Gawler Prior | Conservative | 1888 | 3rd term | |
| Thomas Earle | Conservative | 1889 | 3rd term | ||
| Yale—Cariboo | Hewitt Bostock | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | Dalton McCarthy (left seat to keep Simcoe North, Ontario, riding) | Independent | 1876 | 6th term | |
| Clifford Sifton (by-election of 1896-11-27) | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | ||
| Lisgar | Robert Lorne Richardson | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | |
| Macdonald | Nathaniel Boyd | Conservative | 1892 | 2nd term | |
| John Gunion Rutherford (by-election of 1897-04-27) | Liberal | 1897 | 1st term | ||
| Marquette | William James Roche | Conservative | 1896 | 1st term | |
| Provencher | Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière | Conservative | 1889 | 3rd term | |
| Selkirk | John Alexander MacDonell | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | |
| Winnipeg | Hugh John Macdonald (until election voided 29 March 1897) | Conservative | 1891 | 2nd term | |
| Richard Willis Jameson (by-election of 1897-04-27) | Liberal | 1897 | 1st term | ||
| Arthur Puttee (by-election of 1900-01-25) | Labour | 1900 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | William James Lewis | Independent | 1896 | 1st term | |
| Carleton | Frederick Harding Hale | Liberal-Conservative | 1887, 1896 | 2nd term* | |
| Charlotte | Gilbert White Ganong | Liberal-Conservative | 1896 | 1st term | |
| City and County of St. John | Joseph John Tucker | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | |
| City of St. John | John Valentine Ellis | Liberal | 1887, 1896 | 2nd term* | |
| Gloucester | Théotime Blanchard | Conservative | 1894 | 2nd term* | |
| Kent | George Valentine McInerney | Conservative | 1892 | 2nd term | |
| King's | James Domville | Liberal | 1872,[a] 1896 | 4th term* | |
| Northumberland | James Robinson | Conservative | 1896 | 2nd term | |
| Restigouche | John McAlister | Liberal-Conservative | 1891 | 2nd term | |
| Sunbury—Queen's | George Gerald King (until 18 December 1896 Senate appointment) | Liberal | 1878, 1891 | 5th term* | |
| Andrew George Blair (by-election of 1896-08-25) | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | ||
| Victoria | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 | 8th term | |
| Westmorland | Henry Absalom Powell | Liberal-Conservative | 1895 | 2nd term | |
| York | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | 1882 | 4th term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta (Provisional District) | Frank Oliver | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | |
| Assiniboia East | James Moffat Douglas | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | |
| Assiniboia West | Nicholas Flood Davin | Liberal-Conservative | 1887 | 3rd term | |
| Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister) | Liberal | 1874 | 6th term | |
| Thomas Osborne Davis (by-election of 1896-12-19) | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Prince | John Yeo (until 19 November 1898 Senate appointment) | Liberal | 1891 | 2nd term | |
| John Howatt Bell (by-election of 1898-12-14) | Liberal | 1898 | 1st term | ||
| East Queen's | Alexander Martin | Conservative | 1896 | 1st term | |
| King's | Augustine Colin Macdonald | Conservative | 1873, 1878, 1883, 1891 | 5th term* | |
| West Prince | Edward Hackett (until election voided 24 March 1897) | Liberal-Conservative | 1878, 1896 | 3rd term* | |
| Stanislaus Francis Perry (by-election of 1897-04-27, died 24 February 1898) | Liberal | 1874, 1887, 1897 | 4th term* | ||
| Bernard Donald McLellan (by-election of 1898-04-13) | Liberal | 1896 | 1st term | ||
| West Queen's | Louis Henry Davies (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment) | Liberal | 1882 | 4th term | |
| Louis Henry Davies (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal |