The 5th Canadian Parliament was in session from 8 February 1883, until 15 January 1887. The membership was set by the 1882 federal election on 20 June 1882. It was dissolved prior to the 1887 election. The 5th Canadian Parliament 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, led by Edward Blake.
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The Speaker was George Airey Kirkpatrick. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1882-1887 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 5th Parliament:
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Session |
Start |
End |
1st |
February 8, 1883 |
May 27, 1883 |
2nd |
January 17, 1884 |
April 19, 1884 |
3rd |
January 29, 1885 |
July 20, 1885 |
4th |
February 25, 1886 |
June 2, 1886 |
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This term was notable for passing the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 which imposed a head tax on Chinese immigrants to Canada.
Following is a full list of members of the fifth 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.
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Electoral district |
Name |
Party |
First elected/previously elected |
Argenteuil |
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John Abbott |
Liberal-Conservative |
1867, 1880 |
Bagot |
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Joseph Alfred Mousseau (until Quebec cabinet appointment) |
Conservative |
1874 |
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Flavien Dupont (by-election of 1882-09-02) |
Conservative |
1882 |
Beauce |
|
Joseph Bolduc (until Senate appointment) |
Conservative |
1876 |
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Thomas Linière Taschereau (by-election of 1884-10-31) |
Conservative |
1884 |
Beauharnois |
|
Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron |
Conservative |
1879 |
Bellechasse |
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Guillaume Amyot |
Conservative |
1881 |
Berthier |
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Edward Octavian Cuthbert |
Conservative |
1875 |
Bonaventure |
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Louis Joseph Riopel |
Conservative |
1882 |
Brome |
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Sydney Arthur Fisher |
Liberal |
1882 |
Chambly |
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Pierre Basile Benoit (until Chambly Canal appointment) |
Conservative |
1876 |
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Raymond Préfontaine (by-election of 1886-07-30) |
Liberal |
1886 |
Champlain |
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Hippolyte Montplaisir |
Liberal-Conservative |
1874 |
Charlevoix |
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Simon-Xavier Cimon |
Conservative |
1881 |
Chicoutimi—Saguenay |
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Jean Alfred Gagné |
Conservative |
1882 |
Châteauguay |
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Edward Holton |
Liberal |
1880 |
Compton |
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John Henry Pope |
Liberal-Conservative |
1867 |
Dorchester |
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Charles Alexander Lesage |
Conservative |
1882 |
Drummond—Arthabaska |
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Désiré Olivier Bourbeau |
Conservative |
1877 |
Gaspé |
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Pierre Fortin |
Conservative |
1867, 1878 |
Hochelaga |
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Alphonse Desjardins |
Conservative |
1874 |
Huntingdon |
|
Julius Scriver |
Liberal |
1869 |
Iberville |
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François Béchard |
Liberal |
1867 |
Jacques Cartier |
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Désiré Girouard |
Conservative |
1878 |
Joliette |
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Édouard Guilbault (until election voided 4 November 1882) |
Conservative |
1882 |
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Édouard Guilbault (by-election of 1882-12-07) |
Independent Conservative |
1882 |
Kamouraska |
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Charles Bruno Blondeau |
Conservative |
1882 |
Laprairie |
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Alfred Pinsonneault |
Conservative |
1867 |
L'Assomption |
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Hilaire Hurteau |
Liberal-Conservative |
1874 |
Laval |
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Joseph-Aldric Ouimet |
Liberal-Conservative |
1873 |
Lévis |
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Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (until Customs appointment) |
Liberal-Conservative |
1867, 1878 |
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Isidore-Noël Belleau (by-election of 1883-10-25, until unseated by court) |
Conservative |
1883 |
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Pierre Malcom Guay (by-election of 1885-04-14) |
Liberal |
1885 |
L'Islet |
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Philippe Baby Casgrain |
Liberal |
1872 |
Lotbinière |
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Côme Isaïe Rinfret |
Liberal |
1878 |
Maskinongé |
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Frédéric Houde (died 15 November 1884) |
Nationalist Conservative |
1878 |
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Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers (by-election of 1884-12-22) |
Conservative |
1884 |
Mégantic |
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Louis-Israël Côté alias Fréchette (until election voided 1 April 1884) |
Conservative |
1882 |
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François Charles Stanislas Langelier (by-election of 1884-06-10) |
Liberal |
1884 |
Missisquoi |
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George Barnard Baker |
Liberal-Conservative |
1878 |
Montcalm |
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Firmin Dugas |
Conservative |
1871 |
Montmagny |
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Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry |
Conservative |
1878 |
Montmorency |
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Pierre Vincent Valin |
Conservative |
1878, 1880 |
Montreal Centre |
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John Joseph Curran |
Conservative |
1882 |
Montreal East |
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Charles-Joseph Coursol |
Conservative |
1878 |
Montreal West |
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Matthew Hamilton Gault |
Conservative |
1878 |
Napierville |
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Médéric Catudal |
Liberal |
1882 |
Nicolet |
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François Xavier Ovide Méthot (until Quebec legislative council appointment 27 March 1884) |
Independent Conservative |
1877 |
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Athanase Gaudet (by-election of 1884-04-16) |
Nationalist Conservative |
1884 |
Ottawa (County of) |
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Alonzo Wright |
Liberal-Conservative |
1867 |
Pontiac |
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John Bryson |
Conservative |
1882 |
Portneuf |
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Joseph Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges |
Liberal |
1872, 1882 |
Quebec-Centre |
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Joseph Guillaume Bossé |
Conservative |
1882 |
Quebec County |
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Adolphe-Philippe Caron |
Conservative |
1873 |
Quebec East |
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Wilfrid Laurier |
Liberal |
1874 |
Quebec West |
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Thomas McGreevy |
Liberal-Conservative |
1867 |
Richelieu |
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Louis Huet Massue |
Liberal-Conservative |
1878 |
Richmond—Wolfe |
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William Bullock Ives |
Conservative |
1878 |
Rimouski |
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Louis Adolphe Billy |
Conservative |
1882 |
Rouville |
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Georges Auguste Gigault |
Conservative |
1878 |
Saint Maurice |
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Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers |
Conservative |
1867, 1878 |
Shefford |
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Michel Auger |
Independent Liberal |
1882 |
Town of Sherbrooke |
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Robert Newton Hall |
Liberal-Conservative |
1882 |
Soulanges |
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Jacques Philippe Lantier (died 15 September 1882) |
Conservative |
1872 |
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Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu (by-election of 1882-10-27, until unseated 11 December 1883) |
Conservative |
1882 |
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James William Bain (by-election of 1883-12-27, until election voided) |
Conservative |
1883 |
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James William Bain (by-election of 1885-02-05) |
Conservative |
1882 |
Stanstead |
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Charles Carroll Colby |
Liberal-Conservative |
1867 |
St. Hyacinthe |
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Michel Esdras Bernier |
Liberal |
1882 |
St. John's |
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François Bourassa |
Liberal |
1867 |
Terrebonne |
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Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (resigned to open seat for Chapleau) |
Conservative |
1882 |
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Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (by-election of 1882-08-16) |
Conservative |
1882 |
Three Rivers |
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Hector-Louis Langevin |
Conservative |
1867, 1876, 1882 |
Témiscouata |
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Paul Étienne Grandbois |
Conservative |
1878 |
Two Mountains |
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Jean-Baptiste Daoust |
Conservative |
1876 |
Vaudreuil |
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Hugh McMillan |
Conservative |
1882 |
Verchères |
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Félix Geoffrion |
Liberal |
1867 |
Yamaska |
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Fabien Vanasse |
Conservative |
1879 |
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By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained |
Haldimand |
September 8, 1886 |
David Thompson |
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Liberal |
Charles Wesley Colter |
|
Liberal |
Death |
Yes |
Chambly |
July 30, 1886 |
Pierre Basile Benoit |
|
Conservative |
Raymond Préfontaine |
|
Liberal |
Appointed Superintendent of the Chambly Canal. |
No |
King's |
December 31, 1885 |
George Eulas Foster |
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Conservative |
George Eulas Foster |
|
Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. |
Yes |
City of St. John |
November 24, 1885 |
Samuel Leonard Tilley |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Frederick Eustace Barker |
|
Conservative |
Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. |
Yes |
City and County of St. John |
October 20, 1885 |
Isaac Burpee |
|
Liberal |
Charles Arthur Everett |
|
Conservative |
Death |
No |
Antigonish |
October 16, 1885 |
Angus McIsaac |
|
Liberal |
John Sparrow David Thompson |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Appointed County Court Judge for District No. 6. |
No |
Cardwell |
August 27, 1885 |
Thomas White |
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Conservative |
Thomas White |
|
Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior. |
Yes |
Durham East |
August 24, 1885 |
Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams |
|
Conservative |
Henry Alfred Ward |
|
Conservative |
Death |
Yes |
Grenville South |
July 4, 1885 |
William Thomas Benson |
|
Conservative |
Walter Shanly |
|
Conservative |
Death |
Yes |
Lévis |
April 14, 1885 |
Isidore-Noël Belleau |
|
Conservative |
Pierre Malcom Guay |
|
Liberal |
Unseated on a judgement of the Supreme Court. |
Yes |
Northumberland West |
April 7, 1885 |
George Guillet |
|
Conservative |
George Guillet |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void |
Yes |
Soulanges |
February 5, 1885 |
James William Bain |
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Conservative |
James William Bain |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Lennox |
January 28, 1885 |
David Wright Allison |
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Liberal |
Matthew William Pruyn |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Maskinongé |
December 22, 1884 |
Frédéric Houde |
|
Nationalist Conservative |
Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers |
|
Conservative |
Death. |
No |
Beauce |
October 31, 1884 |
Joseph Bolduc |
|
Nationalist Conservative |
Thomas Linière Taschereau |
|
Conservative |
Called to the Senate. |
Yes |
Ontario West |
August 22, 1884 |
George Wheler |
|
Liberal |
James David Edgar |
|
Liberal |
Resignation |
Yes |
Queen's County |
August 19, 1884 |
Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken |
|
Conservative |
John Theophilus Jenkins |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Appointed Postmaster of Charlottetown. |
Yes |
Cape Breton |
July 3, 1884 |
William McDonald |
|
Conservative |
Hector Francis McDougall |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Called to the Senate. |
Yes |
York |
June 29, 1884 |
John Pickard |
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Independent Liberal |
Thomas Temple |
|
Conservative |
Death |
No |
Cumberland |
June 26, 1884 |
Charles Tupper |
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Conservative |
Charles James Townshend |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. |
Yes |
Mégantic |
June 10, 1884 |
Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette |
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Conservative |
François Langelier |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
No |
Nicolet |
April 16, 1884 |
François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot |
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Independent Conservative |
Athanase Gaudet |
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Nationalist Conservative |
Appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec. |
No |
Bothwell |
February 25, 1884 |
John Joseph Hawkins |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
David Mills |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
No |
Kent |
January 29, 1884 |
Henry Smyth |
|
Conservative |
Henry Smyth |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Soulanges |
December 27, 1883 |
Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu |
|
Conservative |
James William Bain |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Middlesex West |
December 14, 1883 |
George William Ross |
|
Liberal |
Donald Mackenzie Cameron |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Huron South |
December 10, 1883 |
John McMillan |
|
Liberal |
Richard John Cartwright |
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Liberal |
Resignation to provide a seat for Cartwright. |
Yes |
Lennox |
November 26, 1883 |
John A. Macdonald |
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Liberal-Conservative |
David Wright Allison |
|
Liberal |
Election voided. Macdonald was concurrently elected in Carleton and chose to sit for that riding. |
No |
Lévis |
October 25, 1883 |
Joseph-Godéric Blanchet |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Isidore-Noël Belleau |
|
Conservative |
Appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Quebec. |
Yes |
Lunenburg |
October 10, 1883 |
Thomas Twining Keefler |
|
Liberal |
Charles Edwin Kaulbach |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Kent |
September 22, 1883 |
Gilbert Anselme Girouard |
|
Conservative |
Pierre-Amand Landry |
|
Conservative |
Appointed customs collector for Richibucto. |
Yes |
Halifax |
July 24, 1883 |
Matthew Henry Richey |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
John Fitzwilliam Stairs |
|
Conservative |
Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. |
Yes |
Albert |
July 10, 1883 |
John Wallace |
|
Liberal |
John Wallace |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
King's County |
April 26, 1883 |
James Edwin Robertson |
|
Liberal |
Augustine Colin Macdonald |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Robertson disqualified as he was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly at the time of the election. The seat was adjudicated to MacDonald. |
No |
Queen's County |
February 27, 1883 |
John Theophilus Jenkins |
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Liberal-Conservative |
Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken |
|
Conservative |
Jenkins' election being declared void, the seat was adjudicated to Mr. Brecken. |
Yes |
Joliette |
December 7, 1882 |
Édouard Guilbault |
|
Conservative |
Édouard Guilbault |
|
Independent Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
King's |
November 7, 1882 |
George Eulas Foster |
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Conservative |
George Eulas Foster |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Soulanges |
October 27, 1882 |
Jacques Philippe Lantier |
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Conservative |
Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu |
|
Conservative |
Death |
Yes |
Bagot |
September 2, 1882 |
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau |
|
Conservative |
Flavien Dupont |
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Conservative |
Resignation upon appointment as Premier of Quebec. |
Yes |
Terrebonne |
August 16, 1882 |
Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel |
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Conservative |
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
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Conservative |
Resignation to provide a seat for Chapleau. |
Yes |
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