# 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:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | 13 February 1879 | 15 May 1879 |
| 2nd | 12 February 1880 | 7 May 1880 |
| 3rd | 9 December 1880 | 21 March 1881 |
| 4th | 9 February 1882 | 17 May 1882 |

## List of members

Following is a full list of members of the fourth 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.

### British Columbia

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Cariboo | Joshua Spencer Thompson (acclaimed) died in office 20 December 1880 | Liberal-Conservative | 1871 |
| Cariboo | James Reid from 31 March 1881 | Liberal-Conservative | 1881 |
| New Westminster | Thomas Robert McInnes, until appointed to Senate 24 December 1881 | Independent | 1878 |
| New Westminster | Joshua Homer (acclaimed) from 9 March 1882 | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Vancouver | Arthur Bunster | Liberal | 1874 |
| Victoria* | Sir John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Victoria* | Amor De Cosmos | Liberal | 1871 |
| Yale | Edgar Dewdney (acclaimed), resigned 30 May 1879 to become Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and the North West Territories | Conservative | 1872 |
| Yale | Francis Jones Barnard from 29 September 1879 | Conservative | 1879 |

### Manitoba

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Lisgar | John Christian Schultz (acclaimed) | Conservative | 1871 |
| Marquette | Sir John A. Macdonald (acclaimed) | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Marquette | Joseph O'Connell Ryan (acclaimed) from 30 November 1878 | Liberal | 1874 |
| Provencher | Joseph Dubuc (acclaimed) | Conservative | 1878 |
| Provencher | Joseph Royal from 30 December 1879 | Conservative | 1879 |
| Selkirk | Donald A. Smith | Conservative | 1871 |
| Selkirk | Thomas Scott from 10 September 1880 | Conservative | 1880 |

### New Brunswick

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Albert | Alexander Rogers | Liberal | 1878 |
| Carleton | George Heber Connell | Independent | 1878 |
| Carleton | David Irvine from 16 February 1881 | Liberal | 1881 |
| Charlotte | Arthur Hill Gillmor | Liberal | 1874 |
| City and County of St. John* | Isaac Burpee | Liberal | 1872 |
| City and County of St. John* | Charles Wesley Weldon | Liberal | 1878 |
| City of St. John | Samuel Leonard Tilley (acclaimed), re-elected 4 November 1878 | Liberal-Conservative | 1873, 1878 |
| Gloucester | Timothy Warren Anglin (acclaimed) | Liberal | 1867 |
| Kent | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| King's | James Domville | Conservative | 1872 |
| Northumberland | Jabez Bunting Snowball | Liberal | 1878 |
| Queen's | George Gerald King | Liberal | 1878 |
| Restigouche | George Haddow (acclaimed) | Independent | 1878 |
| Sunbury | Charles Burpee | Liberal | 1867 |
| Victoria | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Westmorland | Albert James Smith | Liberal | 1867 |
| York | John Pickard | Independent Liberal | 1868 |

### Nova Scotia

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Annapolis | Avard Longley | Conservative | 1878 |
| Antigonish | Angus McIsaac | Liberal | 1873 |
| Cape Breton* | Hugh McLeod, died in office 5 August 1879 | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Cape Breton* | William McDonald | Conservative | 1872 |
| Cape Breton* | William Mackenzie McLeod from 23 October 1879 | Liberal-Conservative | 1879 |
| Colchester | Thomas McKay | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Colchester | Archibald McLelan from 18 June 1881 | Conservative | 1881 |
| Cumberland | Charles Tupper (acclaimed), re-elected in by-election 4 November 1878 | Conservative | 1867 |
| Digby | John Chipman Wade | Conservative | 1878 |
| Guysborough | Alfred Ogden | Conservative | 1878 |
| Halifax* | Matthew Henry Richey | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Halifax* | Malachy Bowes Daly | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Hants | William Henry Allison | Conservative | 1878 |
| Inverness | Samuel McDonnell | Liberal | 1872 |
| Kings | Frederick William Borden | Liberal | 1874 |
| Lunenburg | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | Conservative | 1878 |
| Pictou* | James McDonald, acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878, ended term 19 May 1881 | Conservative | 1872, 1878 |
| Pictou* | Robert Doull | Liberal-Conservative | 1872, 1878 |
| Pictou* | John McDougald, acclaimed from 18 June 1881 | Liberal-Conservative | 1881 |
| Queens | Silas Tertius Rand Bill | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Richmond | Edmund Power Flynn | Liberal | 1874 |
| Shelburne | Thomas Robertson | Liberal | 1878 |
| Victoria | Duncan McDonald | Liberal | 1878 |
| Yarmouth | Frank Killam | Liberal | 1868 |

### Ontario

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Addington | John McRory | Conservative | 1878 |
| Algoma | Simon James Dawson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Bothwell | David Mills | Liberal | 1867 |
| Brant North | Gavin Fleming | Liberal | 1872 |
| Brant South | William Paterson | Liberal | 1872 |
| Brockville | William Fitzsimmons | Conservative | 1878 |
| Bruce North | John Gillies | Liberal | 1872 |
| Bruce South | Alexander Shaw | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Cardwell | Thomas White | Conservative | 1878 |
| Carleton | John Rochester | Conservative | 1872 |
| Cornwall | Darby Bergin, re-elected in by-election 27 January 1880 | Liberal-Conservative | 1872, 1878 |
| Dundas | John Sylvester Ross | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Durham East | Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams | Conservative | 1878 |
| Durham West | Harvey William Burk until 10 October 1879 | Liberal | 1874 |
| Durham West | Edward Dominick Blake, acclaimed from 17 November 1879 | Liberal | 1879 |
| Elgin East | Thomas Arkell | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Elgin West | George Elliott Casey | Liberal | 1872 |
| Essex | James Colebrooke Patterson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Frontenac | George Airey Kirkpatrick | Conservative | 1870 |
| Glengarry | John McLennan | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Grenville South | John Philip Wiser | Liberal | 1878 |
| Grey East | Thomas Simpson Sproule | Conservative | 1878 |
| Grey North | Samuel Johnathan Lane | Conservative | 1878 |
| Grey South | George Jackson | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Haldimand | David Thompson | Liberal | 1867 |
| Halton | William McDougall | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Hamilton* | Francis Edwin Kilvert | Conservative | 1878 |
| Hamilton* | Thomas Robertson | Liberal | 1878 |
| Hastings East | John White, re-elected in by-election 25 February 1879 | Conservative | 1871 |
| Hastings North | Mackenzie Bowell, acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878 | Conservative | 1867 |
| Hastings West | James Brown | Conservative | 1867 |
| Huron Centre | Horace Horton until 10 October 1878 | Liberal | 1872 |
| Huron Centre | Richard John Cartwright from 2 November 1878 | Liberal | 1878 |
| Huron North | Thomas Farrow | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Huron South | Malcolm Colin Cameron | Liberal | 1867, 1878 |
| Kent | Rufus Stephenson | Conservative | 1867 |
| Kingston | Alexander Gunn | Liberal | 1878 |
| Lambton | Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal | 1867 |
| Lanark North | Daniel Galbraith, died in office 17 December 1879 | Liberal | 1872 |
| Lanark North | Donald Greenfield MacDonell from 22 January 1880 | Liberal | 1880 |
| Lanark South | John Graham Haggart | Conservative | 1872 |
| Leeds North and Grenville North | Charles Frederick Ferguson | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Leeds South | David Ford Jones | Conservative | 1874 |
| Lennox | Edmund Hooper | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Lincoln | John Charles Rykert | Conservative | 1878 |
| London | John Carling | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Middlesex East | Duncan Macmillan | Liberal-Conservative | 1875 |
| Middlesex North | Timothy Coughlin | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Middlesex West | George William Ross | Liberal | 1872 |
| Monck | Lachlin McCallum | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Muskoka | Alexander Peter Cockburn | Liberal | 1872 |
| Niagara | Patrick Hughes, defeated in by-election 20 March 1879 | Liberal | 1878 |
| Niagara | Josiah Burr Plumb from 20 March 1879 | Conservative | 1879 |
| Norfolk North | John Charlton | Liberal | 1872 |
| Norfolk South | William Wallace | Conservative | 1874 |
| Northumberland East | Joseph Keeler, died in office 21 January 1881 | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Northumberland East | Darius Crouter, acclaimed from 25 March 1881 | Independent Liberal | 1881 |
| Northumberland West | James Cockburn until 14 November 1881 | Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Northumberland West | George Guillet from 19 December 1881 | Conservative | 1881 |
| Ontario North | George Wheler, until 10 June 1880, re-elected 28 August 1880 | Liberal | 1878 |
| Ontario South | Francis Wayland Glen | Liberal | 1878 |
| Ottawa (City of)* | Joseph Merrill Currier | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Ottawa (City of)* | Joseph Tassé | Conservative | 1878 |
| Oxford North | Thomas Oliver, died in office 8 November 1880 | Liberal | 1867 |
| Oxford North | James Sutherland from 9 December 1880 | Liberal | 1880 |
| Oxford South | James Atchison Skinner | Liberal | 1874 |
| Peel | William Elliott | Conservative | 1878 |
| Perth North | Samuel Rollin Hesson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Perth South | James Trow | Liberal | 1872 |
| Peterborough East | John Burnham | Conservative | 1878 |
| Peterborough West | George Hilliard | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Prescott | Félix Routhier | Conservative | 1878 |
| Prince Edward | James Simeon McCuaig | Conservative | 1878 |
| Renfrew North | Peter White | Conservative | 1876 |
| Renfrew South | William Bannerman | Conservative | 1878 |
| Russell | John O'Connor, acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878 | Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Simcoe North | Dalton McCarthy | Conservative | 1872 |
| Simcoe South | William Carruthers Little, died in office 31 December 1881 | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Simcoe South | Richard Tyrwhitt, acclaimed from 16 February 1882 | Conservative | 1882 |
| Stormont | Oscar Fulton | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Toronto Centre | Robert Hay | Liberal | 1878 |
| Toronto East | Samuel Platt | Independent | 1875 |
| Victoria North | Hector Cameron | Conservative | 1875 |
| Victoria South | Arthur McQuade | Conservative | 1874 |
| Waterloo North | Hugo Kranz | Conservative | 1878 |
| Waterloo South | Samuel Merner | Conservative | 1878 |
| Welland | Christopher William Bunting | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Wellington Centre | George Turner Orton | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Wellington North | George Alexander Drew | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Wellington South | Donald Guthrie | Liberal | 1876 |
| Wentworth North | Thomas Bain | Liberal | 1872 |
| Wentworth South | Joseph Rymal | Liberal | 1867 |
| West Toronto | John Beverley Robinson until 30 June 1880 | Conservative | 1875 |
| West Toronto | James Beaty, Jr. from 28 August 1880 | Conservative | 1880 |
| York East | Alfred Boultbee | Conservative | 1878 |
| York North | Frederick William Strange | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| York West | Nathaniel Clarke Wallace | Conservative | 1878 |
* ↑ Lanark North

### Prince Edward Island

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| King's County* | Augustine Colin Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | 1873, 1878 |
| King's County* | Ephraim Bell Muttart | Conservative | 1878 |
| Prince County* | James Yeo | Liberal | 1873 |
| Prince County* | Edward Hackett | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Queen's County* | James Colledge Pope, acclaimed in by-election 9 November 1878 | Conservative | 1876 |
| Queen's County* | Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken | Conservative | 1878 |

### Quebec

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Argenteuil | Thomas Christie, defeated in by-election 12 February 1880 | Liberal | 1875 |
| Argenteuil | John Joseph Caldwell Abbott from 12 February 1880, acclaimed in by-election 17 August 1881 | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1880 |
| Bagot | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880 | Conservative | 1874 |
| Beauce | Joseph Bolduc | Conservative | 1876 |
| Beauharnois | Michael Cayley, died in office 3 December 1878 | Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Beauharnois | Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron from 9 January 1879 | Conservative | 1879 |
| Bellechasse | Achille Larue until 11 February 1881 | Liberal | 1878 |
| Bellechasse | Guillaume Amyot from 19 March 1881 | Conservative | 1881 |
| Berthier | Edward Octavian Cuthbert | Conservative | 1875 |
| Bonaventure | Théodore Robitaille | Conservative | 1867 |
| Bonaventure | Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, acclaimed from 26 August 1879 | Conservative | 1879 |
| Brome | Edmund Leavens Chandler | Liberal | 1878 |
| Brome | David Ames Manson from 18 October 1880 | Liberal-Conservative | 1880 |
| Chambly | Pierre Basile Benoit | Conservative | 1876 |
| Champlain | Hippolyte Montplaisir | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Charlevoix | Pierre Alexis Tremblay, died in office 5 January 1879 | Liberal | 1876 |
| Charlevoix | Joseph-Stanislas Perrault from 13 February 1879 | Conservative | 1879 |
| Charlevoix | Simon-Xavier Cimon from 19 March 1881 | Conservative | 1881 |
| Châteauguay | Luther Hamilton Holton, died in office 14 March 1880 | Liberal | 1867 |
| Châteauguay | Edward Holton from 17 April 1880 | Liberal | 1880 |
| Chicoutimi—Saguenay | Marie Honorius Ernest Cimon | Conservative | 1874 |
| Compton | John Henry Pope, acclaimed in by-election 4 November 1878 | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Dorchester | François Fortunat Rouleau | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Drummond – Arthabaska | Désiré Olivier Bourbeau | Conservative | 1877 |
| Gaspé | Pierre Fortin | Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Hochelaga | Alphonse Desjardins | Conservative | 1874 |
| Huntingdon | Julius Scriver (acclaimed) | Liberal | 1869 |
| Iverbville | François Béchard | Liberal | 1867 |
| Jacques Cartier | Désiré Girouard | Conservative | 1878 |
| Joliette | Louis François Georges Baby, acclaimed in by-election 14 November 1878 | Conservative | 1872 |
| Joliette | Lewis Arthur McConville from 9 December 1880 | Conservative | 1880 |
| Kamouraska | Joseph Dumont | Liberal | 1878 |
| L'Assomption | Hilaire Hurteau | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| L'Islet | Philippe Baby Casgrain | Liberal | 1872 |
| Laprairie | Alfred Pinsonneault | Conservative | 1867 |
| Laval | Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (acclaimed) | Liberal-Conservative | 1873 |
| Lévis | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (†) | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Lotbinière | Côme Isaïe Rinfret | Liberal | 1878 |
| Maskinongé | Frédéric Houde | Nationalist Conservative | 1878 |
| Mégantic | Louis-Éphrem Olivier | Liberal | 1878 |
| Missisquoi | George Barnard Baker | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Montcalm | Firmin Dugas | Conservative | 1871 |
| Montmagny | Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry | Conservative | 1878 |
| Montmorency | Pierre-Vincent Valin until 9 January 1880, re-elected 9 December 1880 | Conservative | 1878, 1880 |
| Montmorency | Auguste-Réal Angers from 14 February 1880 until 12 November 1880 | Conservative | 1880 |
| Montreal Centre | Michael Patrick Ryan | Liberal-Conservative | 1868 |
| Montreal East | Charles-Joseph Coursol | Conservative | 1878 |
| Montreal West | Matthew Hamilton Gault | Conservative | 1878 |
| Napierville | Sixte Coupal dit la Reine | Liberal | 1874 |
| Nicolet | François Xavier Ovide Méthot | Independent Conservative | 1877 |
| Ottawa (County of) | Alonzo Wright | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Pontiac | John Poupore | Conservative | 1878 |
| Portneuf | Roch-Pamphile Vallée | Conservative | 1878 |
| Quebec County | Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron, acclaimed in by-election 20 November 1880 | Conservative | 1873 |
| Quebec East | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | 1874 |
| Quebec West | Thomas McGreevy (acclaimed) | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Quebec-Centre | Jacques Malouin | Independent | 1877 |
| Richelieu | Louis Huet Massue | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Richmond—Wolfe | William Bullock Ives | Conservative | 1878 |
| Rimouski | Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset | Liberal | 1872 |
| Rouville | George-Auguste Gigault | Conservative | 1878 |
| Saint Maurice | Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers | Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Shefford | Lucius Seth Huntington | Liberal | 1867 |
| Town of Sherbrooke | Edward Towle Brooks (acclaimed) | Conservative | 1872 |
| Soulanges | Jacques-Philippe Lanthier | Conservative | 1872 |
| St. Hyacinthe | Louis Tellier | Conservative | 1878 |
| St. John's | François Bourassa | Liberal | 1867 |
| Stanstead | Charles Carroll Colby | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Témiscouata | Paul-Étienne Grandbois | Conservative | 1878 |
| Terrebonne | Louis-Rodrigue Masson, acclaimed in by-election 6 November 1878 | Conservative | 1867 |
| Three Rivers | William McDougall | Conservative | 1868 |
| Three Rivers | Hector-Louis Langevin, acclaimed from 21 November 1878 | Conservative | 1878 |
| Two Mountains | Jean-Baptiste Daoust | Conservative | 1876 |
| Vaudreuil | Jean-Baptiste Mongenais | Conservative | 1878 |
| Verchères | Félix Geoffrion | Liberal | 1867 |
| Yamaska | Charles Gill | Conservative | 1874 |
| Yamaska | Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille from 7 July 1879 | Conservative | 1879 |

## By-elections

| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained |
| New Westminster | March 9, 1882 | Thomas Robert McInnes | Independent | Joshua Homer | Liberal-Conservative | Called to the Senate. | No |
| Simcoe South | February 16, 1882 | William Carruthers Little | Liberal-Conservative | Angus McIsaac | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Northumberland West | December 19, 1881 | James Cockburn | Conservative | George Guillet | Conservative | Appointed Chairman of the Commission to collect, examine and classify the Statutes passed by the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, since Confederation | Yes |
| Argenteuil | August 17, 1881 | John Joseph Caldwell Abbott | Liberal-Conservative | John Joseph Caldwell Abbott | Liberal-Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Pictor | June 18, 1881 | James McDonald | Conservative | John McDougald | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. | Yes |
| Colchester | June 18, 1881 | Thomas McKay | Liberal-Conservative | Archibald McLelan | Conservative | Called to the Senate. | Yes |
| Colchester | March 31, 1881 | Joshua Spencer Thompson | Liberal-Conservative | James Reid | Liberal-Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Northumberland East | March 25, 1881 | Joseph Keeler | Liberal-Conservative | Darius Crouter | Independent Liberal | Death | No |
| Bellechasse | March 19, 1881 | Achille Larue | Liberal | Guillaume Amyot | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Charlevoix | March 19, 1881 | Joseph-Stanislas Perrault | Conservative | Simon-Xavier Cimon | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Carleton | February 16, 1881 | George Heber Connell | Independent | David Irvine | Liberal | Death | No |
| Joliette | December 9, 1880 | Louis François Georges Baby | Conservative | Lewis Arthur McConville | Conservative | Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec | Yes |
| Oxford North | December 9, 1880 | Thomas Oliver | Liberal | James Sutherland | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Montmorency | December 9, 1880 | Auguste-Réal Angers | Conservative | Pierre-Vincent Valin | Conservative | Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec. | Yes |
| Quebec County | November 20, 1880 | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | Conservative | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. | Yes |
| Bagot | November 20, 1880 | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | Conservative | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. | Yes |
| Brome | October 18, 1880 | Edmund Leavens Chandler | Liberal | David Ames Manson | Liberal-Conservative | Death | No |
| Selkirk | September 10, 1880 | Donald Smith | Independent Conservative | Thomas Scott | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Ontario North | August 28, 1880 | George Wheler | Liberal | George Wheler | Liberal | Election declared void. | Yes |
| West Toronto | August 28, 1880 | John Beverly Robinson | Conservative | James Beaty, Jr. | Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. | Yes |
| Châteauguay | April 17, 1880 | Luther Hamilton Holton | Liberal | Edward Holton | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Montmorency | February 14, 1880 | Pierre-Vincent Valin | Conservative | Auguste-Réal Angers | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Argenteuil | February 12, 1880 | Thomas Christie | Liberal | John Joseph Caldwell Abbott | Liberal-Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Cornwall | January 27, 1880 | Darby Bergin | Liberal-Conservative | Darby Bergin | Liberal-Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Lanark North | January 22, 1880 | Daniel Galbraith | Liberal | Donald Greenfield MacDonell | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Provencher | December 30, 1879 | Joseph Dubuc | Conservative | Joseph Royal | Conservative | Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench for Manitoba. | Yes |
| Durham West | November 17, 1879 | Harvey William Burk | Liberal | Edward Blake | Liberal | Resignation to provide a seat for Blake. | Yes |
| Cape Breton | October 23, 1879 | Hugh McLeod | Liberal-Conservative | William Mackenzie McLeod | Liberal-Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Yale | September 29, 1879 | Edgar Dewdney | Conservative | Francis Jones Barnard | Conservative | Appointed Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and the North West Territories. | Yes |
| Bonaventure | August 26, 1879 | Théodore Robitaille | Conservative | Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne | Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. | Yes |
| Yamaska | July 7, 1879 | Charles-Ignace Gill | Conservative | Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille | Conservative | Appointed a judge to the Quebec Superior Court. | Yes |
| Niagara | March 20, 1879 | Patrick Hughes | Liberal | Josiah Burr Plumb | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Hastings East | February 25, 1879 | John White | Conservative | John White | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Charlevoix | February 13, 1879 | Pierre-Alexis Tremblay | Liberal | Joseph-Stanislas Perrault | Conservative | Death | No |
| Beauharnois | January 9, 1879 | Michael Cayley | Conservative | Joseph Gédéon H. Bergeron | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Marquette | November 30, 1878 | John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | Joseph O'Connell Ryan | Liberal | MacDonald was elected in several seats simultaneously, resigned to run in Ministerial by-election in Victoria. | No |
| Three Rivers | November 21, 1878 | William McDougall | Conservative | Hector-Louis Langevin | Conservative | Resignation to provide a seat for Langevin. | Yes |
| Joliette | November 14, 1878 | Louis François Georges Baby | Conservative | Louis François Georges Baby | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue. | Yes |
| Queens County | November 9, 1878 | James Colledge Pope | Conservative | James Colledge Pope | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. | Yes |
| Hastings North | November 6, 1878 | Mackenzie Bowell | Conservative | Mackenzie Bowell | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs. | Yes |
| Terrebonne | November 6, 1878 | Louis-Rodrigue Masson | Conservative | Louis-Rodrigue Masson | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. | Yes |
| City of St. John | November 4, 1878 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal-Conservative | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal-Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Finance. | Yes |
| Pictou | November 4, 1878 | James McDonald | Conservative | James McDonald | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. | Yes |
| Russell | November 4, 1878 | John O'Connor | Conservative | John O'Connor | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. | Yes |
| Compton | November 4, 1878 | John Henry Pope | Liberal-Conservative | John Henry Pope | Liberal-Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture. | Yes |
| Cumberland | November 4, 1878 | Charles Tupper | Conservative | Charles Tupper | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works. | Yes |
| Huron Centre | November 2, 1878 | Horace Horton | Liberal | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | Appointment in the office of the Auditor-General of Canada. | Yes |