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9th Parliament of Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 9th Canadian Parliament was in session from February 6, 1901, until September 29, 1904. The membership was set by the 1900 federal election on November 7, 1900. It was dissolved prior to the 1904 election.
9th Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
6 February 1901 – 29 September 1904 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister | Sir Wilfrid Laurier 11 Jul 1896 – 6 Oct 1911 | ||
Cabinet | 8th Canadian Ministry | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Sir Robert Borden Feb. 6, 1901 – Oct. 9, 1911 | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Liberal Party | ||
Opposition | Conservative Party & Liberal-Conservative Party | ||
House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Speaker of the Commons | Louis-Philippe Brodeur February 6, 1901 – January 18, 1904 | ||
Napoléon Belcourt March 10, 1904 – January 10, 1905 | |||
Senate | |||
Speaker of the Senate | Lawrence Geoffrey Power January 29, 1901 – January 8, 1905 | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Edward VII January 22, 1901 – May 6, 1910 | ||
The Earl of Minto 12 Nov. 1898 – 10 Dec. 1904 | |||
Sessions | |||
1st session February 6, 1901 – May 23, 1901 | |||
2nd session February 13, 1902 – May 15, 1902 | |||
3rd session March 12, 1903 – October 24, 1903 | |||
4th session March 10, 1904 – August 10, 1904 | |||
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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 Robert Borden.
The Speaker was first Louis Philippe Brodeur, and later Napoléon Antoine Belcourt. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1892-1903 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 9th Parliament.
Following is a full list of members of the ninth 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.
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Burrard | George Ritchie Maxwell (died 17 November 1902) | Liberal | 1896 | |
Robert George Macpherson (by-election of 1903-02-04) | Liberal | 1903 | ||
New Westminster | Aulay MacAulay Morrison | Liberal | 1896 | |
Vancouver | Ralph Smith | Liberal | 1900 | |
Victoria* | Thomas Earle | Conservative | 1889 | |
Edward Gawler Prior (until voided 2 December 1901) | Conservative | 1872, 1888 | ||
George Riley (by-election of 1902-01-28) | Liberal | 1902 | ||
Yale—Cariboo | William Alfred Galliher | Liberal | 1900 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Brandon | Clifford Sifton | Liberal | 1896 | |
Lisgar | Robert Lorne Richardson (until election voided 20 July 1901) | Independent | 1896 | |
Duncan Alexander Stewart (by-election of 1902-02-18) | Liberal | 1902 | ||
Macdonald | Nathaniel Boyd | Conservative | 1892 | |
Marquette | William James Roche | Conservative | 1896 | |
Provencher | Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière | Conservative | 1889 | |
Selkirk | William McCreary | Liberal | 1900 | |
Winnipeg | Arthur Puttee | Independent Labour | 1900 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Albert | William James Lewis | Liberal | 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 | Andrew George Blair (resigned 27 December 1903) | Liberal | 1896 | |
John Waterhouse Daniel (by-election of 1904-02-16) | Conservative | 1904 | ||
Gloucester | Onésiphore Turgeon | Liberal | 1900 | |
Kent | Olivier J. Leblanc | Liberal | 1900 | |
King's | George William Fowler | Conservative | 1900 | |
Northumberland | James Robinson | Conservative | 1896 | |
Restigouche | James Reid | Liberal | 1900 | |
Sunbury—Queen's | Robert Duncan Wilmot | Conservative | 1887, 1900 | |
Victoria | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 | |
Westmorland | Henry Emmerson (until ministerial appointment) | Liberal | 1900 | |
Henry Emmerson (by-election of 1904-01-30) | Liberal | |||
York | Alexander Gibson (until election voided 11 June 1901) | Liberal | 1900 | |
Alexander Gibson (by-election of 1901-12-28) | Liberal |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Alberta (Provisional District) | Frank Oliver | Liberal | 1896 | |
Assiniboia East | James Moffat Douglas | Liberal | 1896 | |
Assiniboia West | Thomas Walter Scott | Liberal | 1900 | |
Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | Thomas Osborne Davis | Liberal | 1896 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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East Prince | Alfred Alexander Lefurgey | Conservative | 1900 | |
East Queen's | Donald Alexander Mackinnon (until election voided 11 February 1901) | Liberal | 1900 | |
Donald Alexander Mackinnon (by-election of 1901-03-20) | Liberal | |||
King's | James Joseph Hughes | Liberal | 1900 | |
West Prince | Edward Hackett | Liberal-Conservative | 1878, 1896 | |
West Queen's | Louis Henry Davies (until 25 September 1901 judicial appointment) | Liberal | 1882 | |
Donald Farquharson (by-election of 1902-01-15, died 26 June 1903) | Liberal | 1902 | ||
Horace Haszard (by-election of 1904-02-16) | Liberal | 1904 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Yukon | James Hamilton Ross (by-election of 1902-12-02) | Liberal | 1902 |
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