3rd Parliament of Canada

3rd Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
February 21, 1874 – August 16, 1878
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister (cabinet)	Rt. Hon. Alexander Mackenzie (2nd Canadian Ministry) November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878
Leader of the Opposition	Sir John A. Macdonald November 6, 1873 – October 16, 1878
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Conservative Party
Third parties	Liberal-Conservative
	Independents
	Independent Liberal
	Independent Conservative
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Timothy Warren Anglin March 26, 1874 – February 12, 1879
Members	206 seats MP seats List of members
Senate
Speaker of the Senate	The Hon. David Christie January 9, 1874 – October 16, 1878
Government Senate Leader	Luc Letellier de St-Just November 5, 1873 – December 14, 1876
	Sir Richard William Scott December 14, 1876 – October 7, 1878
Opposition Senate Leader	Alexander Campbell November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878
Senators	92 seats senator seats List of senators
Sessions
1st Session March 26, 1874 – May 26, 1874
2nd Session February 4, 1875 – April 8, 1875
3rd Session February 10, 1876 – April 12, 1876
4th Session February 8, 1877 – April 28, 1877
5th Session February 7, 1878 – May 10, 1878
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The 3rd Canadian Parliament was in session from March 26, 1874 until August 17, 1878. The membership was set by the 1874 federal election on January 22, 1874. It was dissolved prior to the 1878 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie and the 2nd Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative, first led by Sir John A. Macdonald.

The Speaker was Timothy Warren Anglin. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1873-1882 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were 5 sessions of the 3rd Parliament:

Following is a full list of members of the third parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

One MP recontested his seat in a byelection, and was reelected.

Two MPs recontested their seats in a byelection, and were reelected:

Two MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected.

22 MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected

Twelve MPs recontested their seats in byelections, and were reelected:

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