# 8th Canadian Parliament

The 8th Canadian Parliament was in session from August 19, 1896, until October 9, 1900. The membership was set by the 1896 federal election on June 23, 1896. It was dissolved prior to the 1900 election.
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 Charles Tupper.
The Speaker was first James David Edgar, and later Thomas Bain. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1892-1903 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were five sessions 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 |

## List of members

Following is a full list of members of the eighth 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 |
| Burrard | George Ritchie Maxwell | Liberal | 1896 |
| New Westminster | Aulay MacAulay Morrison | Liberal | 1896 |
| Vancouver | William Wallace Burns McInnes | Liberal | 1896 |
| Victoria* | Edward Gawler Prior | Conservative | 1872, 1888 |
| Victoria* | Thomas Earle | Conservative | 1889 |
| Yale—Cariboo | Hewitt Bostock | Liberal | 1896 |

### Manitoba

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Brandon | Dalton McCarthy (left seat to keep Simcoe North, Ontario, riding) | Independent | 1876 |
| Brandon | Clifford Sifton (by-election of 1896-11-27) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Lisgar | Robert Lorne Richardson | Liberal | 1896 |
| Macdonald | Nathaniel Boyd | Conservative | 1892 |
| Macdonald | John Gunion Rutherford (by-election of 1897-04-27) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Marquette | William James Roche | Conservative | 1896 |
| Provencher | Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière | Conservative | 1889 |
| Selkirk | John Alexander MacDonell | Liberal | 1896 |
| Winnipeg | Hugh John Macdonald (until election voided 29 March 1897) | Conservative | 1891 |
| Winnipeg | Richard Willis Jameson (by-election of 1897-04-27) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Winnipeg | Arthur Puttee (by-election of 1900-01-25) | Labour | 1900 |

### New Brunswick

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Albert | William James Lewis | Independent | 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 | John Valentine Ellis | Liberal | 1887, 1896 |
| Gloucester | Théotime Blanchard | Conservative | 1894 |
| Kent | George Valentine McInerney | Conservative | 1892 |
| King's | James Domville | Liberal | 1872, 1896 |
| Northumberland | James Robinson | Conservative | 1896 |
| Restigouche | John McAlister | Liberal-Conservative | 1891 |
| Sunbury—Queen's | George Gerald King (until 18 December 1896 Senate appointment) | Liberal | 1878, 1891 |
| Sunbury—Queen's | Andrew George Blair (by-election of 1896-08-25) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Victoria | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Westmorland | Henry Absalom Powell | Liberal-Conservative | 1895 |
| York | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | 1882 |

### Northwest Territories

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Alberta (Provisional District) | Frank Oliver | Liberal | 1896 |
| Assiniboia East | James Moffat Douglas | Liberal | 1896 |
| Assiniboia West | Nicholas Flood Davin | Liberal-Conservative | 1887 |
| Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister) | Liberal | 1874 |
| Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | Thomas Osborne Davis (by-election of 1896-12-19) | Liberal | 1896 |

### Nova Scotia

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Annapolis | John Burpee Mills | Conservative | 1887 |
| Antigonish | Colin Francis McIsaac | Liberal | 1895 |
| Cape Breton* | Hector Francis McDougall | Liberal-Conservative | 1884 |
| Cape Breton* | Charles Tupper | Conservative | 1867, 1896 |
| Colchester | Wilbert David Dimock (until election voided) | Conservative | 1896 |
| Colchester | Firman McClure (by-election of 1897-04-20) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Cumberland | Hance James Logan | Liberal | 1896 |
| Digby | Albert James Smith Copp | Liberal | 1896 |
| Guysborough | Duncan Cameron Fraser | Liberal | 1891 |
| Halifax* | Robert Laird Borden | Conservative | 1896 |
| Halifax* | Benjamin Russell | Liberal | 1896 |
| Hants | Allen Haley | Liberal | 1896 |
| Inverness | Angus MacLennan | Liberal | 1896 |
| Kings | Frederick William Borden (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment) | Liberal | 1874, 1887 |
| Kings | Frederick William Borden (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | 1874, 1887 |
| Lunenburg | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | Conservative | 1882, 1883, 1891 |
| Pictou* | Adam Carr Bell | Conservative | 1896 |
| Pictou* | Charles Hibbert Tupper | Conservative | 1882 |
| Richmond | Joseph Alexander Gillies | Conservative | 1891 |
| Shelburne and Queen's | Francis Gordon Forbes (until 18 July 1896 customs appointment) | Liberal | 1891 |
| Shelburne and Queen's | William Stevens Fielding (by-election of 1896-08-05) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Victoria | John Lemuel Bethune | Conservative | 1896 |
| Yarmouth | Thomas Barnard Flint | Liberal | 1891 |

### Ontario

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Addington | John William Bell | Conservative | 1882, 1896 |
| Algoma | Albert Dyment | Liberal | 1896 |
| Bothwell | James Clancy | Conservative | 1896 |
| Brant South | Robert Henry | Conservative | 1896 |
| Brant South | Charles Bernhard Heyd (by-election of 1897-02-04) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Brockville | John Fisher Wood | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Brockville | William Henry Comstock (by-election of 1899-04-20) | Liberal | 1899 |
| Bruce East | Henry Cargill | Conservative | 1892 |
| Bruce North | Alexander McNeill | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Bruce West | John Tolmie | Liberal | 1896 |
| Cardwell | William Stubbs | Independent Conservative | 1895 |
| Carleton | William Thomas Hodgins | Conservative | 1891 |
| Cornwall and Stormont | Darby Bergin | Liberal-Conservative | 1872, 1878 |
| Cornwall and Stormont | John Goodall Snetsinger (by-election of 1896-12-19) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Dundas | Andrew Broder | Conservative | 1896 |
| Durham East | Thomas Dixon Craig | Independent Conservative | 1891 |
| Durham West | Robert Beith | Liberal | 1891 |
| Elgin East | Andrew B. Ingram | Liberal-Conservative | 1891 |
| Elgin West | George Elliott Casey | Liberal | 1878 |
| Essex North | William McGregor | Liberal | 1891 |
| Essex South | Mahlon K. Cowan | Liberal | 1896 |
| Frontenac | David Dickson Rogers | Patrons of Industry | 1896 |
| Glengarry | Roderick R. McLennan | Conservative | 1891 |
| Grenville South | John Dowsley Reid | Conservative | 1891 |
| Grey East | Thomas Simpson Sproule | Conservative | 1878 |
| Grey North | John Clark | Liberal | 1896 |
| Grey North | William Paterson (by-election of 1896-08-25) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Grey South | George Landerkin | Liberal | 1872, 1882 |
| Haldimand and Monck | Walter Humphries Montague | Conservative | 1887, 1890 |
| Halton | David Henderson | Conservative | 1887, 1888 |
| Hamilton* | Andrew Trew Wood | Liberal | 1874, 1896 |
| Hamilton* | Thomas Henry Macpherson | Liberal | 1896 |
| Hastings East | Jeremiah M. Hurley | Liberal | 1896 |
| Hastings North | Alexander Augustus Williamson Carscallen | Conservative | 1892 |
| Hastings West | Henry Corby | Conservative | 1888 |
| Huron East | Peter Macdonald | Liberal | 1887 |
| Huron South | John McMillan | Liberal | 1882, 1887 |
| Huron West | Malcolm Colin Cameron (until 30 May 1898 appointment as North West Territories Lieutenant-Governor) | Liberal | 1882, 1896 |
| Huron West | Robert Holmes (by-election of 1899-02-21) | Liberal | 1899 |
| Kent | Archibald Campbell | Liberal | 1887 |
| Kingston | Byron Moffatt Britton | Liberal | 1896 |
| Lambton East | John Fraser | Liberal | 1896 |
| Lambton West | James Frederick Lister (until 21 June 1898 judicial appointment) | Liberal | 1882 |
| Lambton West | Thomas George Johnston (by-election of 1898-12-14) | Liberal | 1898 |
| Lanark North | Bennett Rosamond | Conservative | 1891 |
| Lanark South | John Graham Haggart | Conservative | 1872 |
| Leeds North and Grenville North | Francis Theodore Frost | Liberal | 1896 |
| Leeds South | George Taylor | Conservative | 1882 |
| Lennox | Uriah Wilson | Conservative | 1892 |
| Lincoln and Niagara | William Gibson | Liberal | 1891 |
| London | Thomas Beattie | Conservative | 1896 |
| Middlesex East | James Gilmour | Conservative | 1896 |
| Middlesex North | Valentine Ratz | Liberal | 1896 |
| Middlesex South | Malcolm McGugan | Liberal | 1896 |
| Middlesex West | William Samuel Calvert | Liberal | 1896 |
| Muskoka and Parry Sound | George McCormick | Liberal-Conservative | 1896 |
| Nipissing | James Bell Klock | Conservative | 1896 |
| Norfolk North | John Charlton | Liberal | 1872 |
| Norfolk South | David Tisdale | Conservative | 1887 |
| Northumberland East | Edward Cochrane | Conservative | 1887 |
| Northumberland West | George Guillet | Conservative | 1891 |
| Ontario North | John Alexander McGillivray | Liberal-Conservative | 1895 |
| Ontario North | Duncan Graham (by-election of 1897-02-04) | Independent Liberal | 1897 |
| Ontario South | Leonard Burnett | Liberal | 1896 |
| Ontario West | James David Edgar (died 31 July 1899) (†) | Liberal | 1884 |
| Ontario West | Isaac James Gould (by-election of 1900-01-18) | Liberal | 1900 |
| Ottawa (City of)* | Napoléon Antoine Belcourt | Liberal | 1896 |
| Ottawa (City of)* | William H. Hutchison | Liberal | 1896 |
| Oxford North | James Sutherland | Liberal | 1880 |
| Oxford South | Richard John Cartwright (until ministerial appointment) | Liberal | 1867 |
| Oxford South | Richard John Cartwright (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | 1867 |
| Peel | Joseph Featherston | Liberal | 1891 |
| Perth North | Alexander Ferguson Maclaren | Conservative | 1896 |
| Perth South | Dilman Kinsey Erb | Liberal | 1896 |
| Peterborough East | John Lang | Independent Liberal | 1896 |
| Peterborough West | James Kendry | Conservative | 1887 |
| Prescott | Isidore Proulx | Liberal | 1891 |
| Prince Edward | William Varney Pettet | Patrons of Industry | 1896 |
| Renfrew North | Thomas Mackie | Liberal | 1896 |
| Renfrew South | John Ferguson | Independent Conservative | 1887 |
| Russell | William Cameron Edwards | Liberal | 1887 |
| Simcoe East | William Humphrey Bennett | Conservative | 1892 |
| Simcoe East | William Humphrey Bennett (by-election of 1897-02-04) | Conservative | 1892 |
| Simcoe North | Dalton McCarthy (died 11 May 1898) | Independent | 1887 |
| Simcoe North | Leighton Goldie McCarthy (by-election of 1898-12-14) | Independent | 1898 |
| Simcoe South | Richard Tyrwhitt | Conservative | 1882 |
| Toronto Centre | William Lount | Liberal | 1896 |
| Toronto Centre | George Hope Bertram (by-election of 1897-11-30) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Toronto East | John Ross Robertson | Independent Conservative | 1896 |
| Victoria North | Sam Hughes | Liberal-Conservative | 1892 |
| Victoria South | George McHugh | Liberal | 1896 |
| Waterloo North | Joseph Emm Seagram | Conservative | 1896 |
| Waterloo South | James Livingston | Liberal | 1882 |
| Welland | William McCleary | Conservative | 1896 |
| Wellington Centre | Andrew Semple | Liberal | 1887 |
| Wellington North | James McMullen | Liberal | 1882 |
| Wellington South | Christian Kloepfer | Conservative | 1896 |
| Wentworth North and Brant | James Somerville | Liberal | 1882 |
| Wentworth South | Thomas Bain (†) | Liberal | 1872 |
| West Toronto* | Edmund Boyd Osler | Conservative | 1896 |
| West Toronto* | Edward Frederick Clarke | Conservative | 1896 |
| York East | William Findlay Maclean | Conservative | 1892 |
| York North | William Mulock (until Postmaster General appointment) | Liberal | 1882 |
| York North | William Mulock (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | 1882 |
| York West | Nathaniel Clarke Wallace | Conservative | 1878 |

### Prince Edward Island

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| East Prince | John Yeo (until 19 November 1898 Senate appointment) | Liberal | 1891 |
| East Prince | John Howatt Bell (by-election of 1898-12-14) | Liberal | 1898 |
| East Queen's | Alexander Martin | Conservative | 1896 |
| King's | Augustine Colin Macdonald | Conservative | 1873, 1878, 1883, 1891 |
| West Prince | Edward Hackett (until election voided 24 March 1897) | Liberal-Conservative | 1878, 1896 |
| West Prince | Stanislaus Francis Perry (by-election of 1897-04-27, died 24 February 1898) | Liberal | 1897 |
| West Prince | Bernard Donald McLellan (by-election of 1898-04-13) | Liberal | 1896 |
| West Queen's | Louis Henry Davies (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment) | Liberal | 1882 |
| West Queen's | Louis Henry Davies (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | 1882 |

### Quebec

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Argenteuil | Thomas Christie | Liberal | 1875, 1891 |
| Bagot | Flavien Dupont (died in office) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Bagot | Joseph Edmond Marcile (by-election of 1898-12-14) | Liberal | 1898 |
| Beauce | Joseph Godbout | Liberal | 1887 |
| Beauharnois | Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron | Conservative | 1882 |
| Bellechasse | Onésiphore Ernest Talbot | Liberal | 1896 |
| Berthier | Cléophas Beausoleil (until 1 December 1899 postmaster appointment) | Liberal | 1882 |
| Berthier | Joseph Éloi Archambault (by-election of 1900-01-18) | Liberal | 1900 |
| Bonaventure | William LeBoutillier Fauvel (died 8 February 1897) | Liberal | 1891 |
| Bonaventure | Jean-François Guité (by-election of 1897-03-17) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Brome | Sydney Arthur Fisher (until 11 July 1896 ministerial appointment) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Brome | Sydney Arthur Fisher (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Chambly—Verchères | Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion (died 18 July 1899) | Liberal | 1895 |
| Chambly—Verchères | Victor Geoffrion (by-election of 1900-01-18) | Liberal | 1900 |
| Champlain | François Arthur Marcotte (until election voided 12 January 1897) | Conservative | 1896 |
| Champlain | François Arthur Marcotte (by-election of 1897-04-07) | Conservative | 1896 |
| Charlevoix | Louis Charles Alphonse Angers | Liberal | 1896 |
| Châteauguay | James Pollock Brown | Liberal | 1891 |
| Chicoutimi—Saguenay | Paul Vilmond Savard | Liberal | 1891 |
| Compton | Rufus Henry Pope | Conservative | 1889 |
| Dorchester | Jean-Baptiste Morin | Conservative | 1896 |
| Drummond—Arthabaska | Joseph Lavergne (until 4 August 1897 judicial appointment) | Liberal | 1882 |
| Drummond—Arthabaska | Louis Lavergne (by-election of 1897-11-13) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Gaspé | Rodolphe Lemieux | Liberal | 1896 |
| Hochelaga | Joseph Alexandre Camille Madore | Liberal | 1896 |
| Huntingdon | Julius Scriver | Liberal | 1869 |
| Jacques Cartier | Frederick Debartzch Monk | Conservative | 1896 |
| Joliette | Charles Bazinet | Liberal | 1896 |
| Kamouraska | Henry George Carroll | Liberal | 1891 |
| Labelle | Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (resigned 26 October 1899) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Labelle | Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa (by-election of 1900-01-18) | Independent | 1896 |
| Laprairie—Napierville | Dominique Monet | Liberal | 1891 |
| L'Assomption | Joseph Gauthier | Liberal | 1892 |
| Laval | Thomas Fortin | Liberal | 1896 |
| Lévis | Pierre Malcom Guay (died 19 February 1899) | Liberal | 1885 |
| Lévis | Louis Julien Demers (by-election of 1899-03-22) | Liberal | 1899 |
| L'Islet | Alphonse Arthur Miville Déchêne | Liberal | 1896 |
| Lotbinière | Côme Isaïe Rinfret (until 25 August 1899 revenue inspector appointment) | Liberal | 1878 |
| Lotbinière | Edmond Fortier (by-election of 1900-01-25) | Liberal | 1900 |
| Maisonneuve | Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine | Liberal | 1886 |
| Maskinongé | Joseph Hormidas Legris | Liberal | 1891 |
| Mégantic | Georges Turcot | Liberal | 1887, 1896 |
| Missisquoi | Daniel Bishop Meigs | Liberal | 1888, 1896 |
| Montcalm | Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas | Conservative | 1891 |
| Montmagny | Philippe-Auguste Choquette (until 7 July 1898 judicial appointment) | Liberal | 1887 |
| Montmagny | Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau (by-election of 1898-12-14) | Liberal | 1898 |
| Montmorency | Thomas Chase Casgrain | Conservative | 1896 |
| Nicolet | Fabien Boisvert (died 12 November 1897) | Conservative | 1888, 1896 |
| Nicolet | Joseph Hector Leduc (by-election of 1897-12-21) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Pontiac | William Joseph Poupore | Conservative | 1896 |
| Portneuf | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (until 11 July 1896 revenue appointment) | Liberal | 1867, 1896 |
| Portneuf | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | 1867, 1896 |
| Quebec-Centre | François Charles Stanislas Langelier (until 14 January 1898 judicial appointment) | Liberal | 1882 |
| Quebec-Centre | Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (by-election of 1898-01-24) | Liberal | 1898 |
| Quebec County | Charles Fitzpatrick (until 11 July 1896 Solicitor General appointment) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Quebec County | Charles Fitzpatrick (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Quebec East | Wilfrid Laurier (until 11 July 1896 appointment as Prime Minister) | Liberal | 1874 |
| Quebec East | Wilfrid Laurier (by-election of 1896-07-30) | Liberal | 1874 |
| Quebec West | Richard Reid Dobell | Liberal | 1896 |
| Richelieu | Arthur Aimé Bruneau | Liberal | 1892 |
| Richmond—Wolfe | Michael Thomas Stenson | Liberal | 1896 |
| Rimouski | Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset (until 20 October 1897 Senate appointment) | Liberal | 1872, 1887, 1896 |
| Rimouski | Jean Auguste Ross (by-election of 1897-11-06) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Rouville | Louis Philippe Brodeur | Liberal | 1878 |
| St. Anne | Michael Joseph Francis Quinn | Conservative | 1896 |
| St. Antoine | Thomas George Roddick | Conservative | 1896 |
| St. Hyacinthe | Michel Esdras Bernier (until 22 June 1900 revenue appointment) | Liberal | 1882 |
| St. Hyacinthe | Michel Esdras Bernier (by-election of 1900-07-04) | Liberal | 1882 |
| St. James | Odilon Desmarais | Liberal | 1896 |
| St. Johns—Iberville | François Béchard (until 17 July 1896 Senate appointment) | Liberal | 1867 |
| St. Johns—Iberville | Joseph Israël Tarte (by-election of 1896-08-03) | Liberal | 1891, 1893, 1896 |
| St. Lawrence | Edward Goff Penny | Liberal | 1896 |
| St. Mary | Hercule Dupré | Liberal | 1896 |
| Shefford | Charles Henry Parmelee | Liberal | 1896 |
| Town of Sherbrooke | William Bullock Ives (died 15 July 1899) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Town of Sherbrooke | John McIntosh (by-election of 1900-01-25) | Conservative | 1900 |
| Soulanges | Augustin Bourbonnais | Liberal | 1896 |
| Stanstead | Alvin Head Moore | Conservative | 1896 |
| Témiscouata | Charles Eugène Pouliot (died 24 June 1897) | Liberal | 1896 |
| Témiscouata | Charles Arthur Gauvreau (by-election of 1897-11-06) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Terrebonne | Léon Adolphe Chauvin | Conservative | 1896 |
| Three Rivers and St. Maurice | Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron | Conservative | 1867 |
| Two Mountains | Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier | Liberal | 1896 |
| Vaudreuil | Henry Stanislas Harwood | Liberal | 1891 |
| Wright | Charles Ramsay Devlin (until 15 March 1897 immigration appointment) | Liberal | 1891 |
| Wright | Louis Napoléon Champagne (by-election of 1897-03-23) | Liberal | 1897 |
| Yamaska | Roch Moïse Samuel Mignault | Liberal | 1891 |

## By-elections

| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained |
| St. Hyacinthe | July 4, 1900 | Michel-Esdras Bernier | Liberal | Michel-Esdras Bernier | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue | Yes |
| Lotbinière | January 25, 1900 | Côme Isaïe Rinfret | Liberal | Edmond Fortier | Liberal | Appointment as a revenue inspector | Yes |
| Town of Sherbrooke | January 25, 1900 | William Bullock Ives | Conservative | John McIntosh | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Winnipeg | January 25, 1900 | Richard Willis Jameson | Liberal | Arthur Puttee | Labour | Death | Yes |
| Berthier | January 18, 1900 | Cléophas Beausoleil | Liberal | Joseph Éloi Archambault | Liberal | Appointed postmaster of Montreal | Yes |
| Labelle | January 18, 1900 | Henri Bourassa | Liberal | Henri Bourassa | Independent | Resignation to recontest in protest at Canada's participation in the Boer War | No |
| Chambly—Verchères | January 18, 1900 | Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion | Liberal | Victor Geoffrion | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Ontario West | January 18, 1900 | James David Edgar | Liberal | Isaac James Gould | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Brockville | April 20, 1899 | John Fisher Wood | Liberal-Conservative | William Henry Comstock | Liberal | Death | No |
| Lévis | March 22, 1899 | Pierre Malcom Guay | Liberal | Louis-Jules Demers | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Huron West | February 21, 1899 | Malcolm Colin Cameron | Liberal | Robert Holmes | Liberal | Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories | Yes |
| East Prince | December 14, 1898 | John Yeo | Liberal | John Howatt Bell | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes |
| Lambton West | December 14, 1898 | James Frederick Lister | Liberal | Thomas George Johnston | Liberal | Appointed to the Court of Appeal |
| Bagot | December 14, 1898 | Flavien Dupont | Conservative | Joseph Edmond Marcile | Liberal | Death | No |
| Montmagny | December 14, 1898 | Philippe-Auguste Choquette | Liberal | Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau | Liberal | Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec | Yes |
| Simcoe North | December 14, 1898 | Dalton McCarthy | McCarthyite | Leighton McCarthy | Independent (McCarthyite) | Death | Yes |
| West Prince | April 13, 1898 | Stanislaus Francis Perry | Liberal | Bernard Donald McLellan | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Quebec-Centre | January 24, 1898 | François Langelier | Liberal | Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin | Liberal | Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec | Yes |
| Nicolet | December 21, 1897 | Fabien Boisvert | Conservative | Joseph Hector Leduc | Liberal | Death | No |
| Toronto Centre | November 30, 1897 | William Lount | Liberal | George Hope Bertram | Liberal | Resignation | Yes |
| Drummond—Arthabaska | November 13, 1897 | Joseph Lavergne | Liberal | Louis Lavergne | Liberal | Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec | Yes |
| Témiscouata | November 6, 1897 | Charles-Eugène Pouliot | Liberal | Charles Arthur Gauvreau | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Rimouski | November 6, 1897 | Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset | Liberal | Jean Auguste Ross | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes |
| West Prince | April 27, 1897 | Edward Hackett | Liberal-Conservative | Stanislaus Francis Perry | Liberal | Election declared void | No |
| Macdonald | April 27, 1897 | Nathaniel Boyd | Conservative | John Gunion Rutherford | Liberal | Election declared void | No |
| Winnipeg | April 27, 1897 | Hugh John Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | Richard Willis Jameson | Liberal | Election declared void | No |
| Colchester | April 20, 1897 | Wilbert David Dimock | Conservative | Firman McClure | Liberal | Election declared void | No |
| Champlain | April 7, 1897 | François-Arthur Marcotte | Conservative | François-Arthur Marcotte | Conservative | Election declared void | Yes |
| Wright | March 23, 1897 | Charles Ramsay Devlin | Liberal | Louis Napoléon Champagne | Liberal | Appointed Canadian trade commissioner to Ireland | Yes |
| Bonaventure | March 17, 1897 | William LeBoutillier Fauvel | Liberal | Jean-François Guité | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Simcoe East | February 4, 1897 | William Humphrey Bennett | Conservative | William Humphrey Bennett | Conservative | Election declared void | Yes |
| Ontario North | February 4, 1897 | John Alexander McGillivray | Conservative | Duncan Graham | Independent Liberal | Election declared void | No |
| Brant South | February 4, 1897 | Robert Henry | Conservative | Charles Bernhard Heyd | Liberal | Election declared void | No |
| Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | December 19, 1896 | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | Thomas Osborne Davis | Liberal | Laurier was elected to two seats, resigned to run in ministerial by-election in Quebec East | Yes |
| Cornwall and Stormont | December 19, 1896 | Darby Bergin | Liberal-Conservative | John Goodall Snetsinger | Liberal | Death | No |
| Brandon | November 27, 1896 | Dalton McCarthy | McCarthyite | Clifford Sifton | Liberal | Chose to sit for Simcoe North | No |
| Sunbury—Queen's | August 25, 1896 | George G. King | Liberal | Andrew George Blair | Liberal | Called to Senate | Yes |
| Grey North | August 25, 1896 | John Clark | Liberal | William Paterson | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Shelburne and Queen's | August 5, 1896 | Francis Gordon Forbes | Liberal | William Stevens Fielding | Liberal | Appointed Sub-Collector of Customs | Yes |
| St. Johns—Iberville | August 3, 1896 | François Béchard | Liberal | Joseph Israël Tarte | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes |
| Quebec County | July 30, 1896 | Charles Fitzpatrick | Liberal | Charles Fitzpatrick | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor General | Yes |
| Kings | July 30, 1896 | Frederick William Borden | Liberal | Frederick William Borden | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence | Yes |
| Oxford South | July 30, 1896 | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Trade and Commerce | Yes |
| West Queen's | July 30, 1896 | Louis Henry Davies | Liberal | Louis Henry Davies | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries | Yes |
| Brome | July 30, 1896 | Sydney Arthur Fisher | Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture | Yes |
| Portneuf | July 30, 1896 | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | Liberal | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Inland Revenue | Yes |
| York North | July 30, 1896 | William Mulock | Liberal | William Mulock | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General | Yes |
| Quebec East | July 30, 1896 | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | Recontested upon appointment as Prime Minister | Yes |