6th Canadian Parliament

6th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
7 April 1887 – 3 February 1891
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister (cabinet)	Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald (3rd Canadian Ministry) 17 October 1878 - 6 June 1891
Leader of the Opposition	Wilfrid Laurier 23 June 1887 - 10 July 1896
Party caucuses
Government	Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Third parties	Liberal-Conservative
	Independent Conservative
	Independent Liberal
	Nationalist
House of Commons
266px Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	George Airey Kirkpatrick 8 February 1883 - 12 July 1887
	Joseph-Aldric Ouimet 13 July 1887 - 28 July 1891
Members	215 MP seats List of members
Senate
Speaker of the Senate	The Hon. Josiah Burr Plumb 4 April 1887 - 12 March 1888
	The Hon. George Allan 17 March 1888 - 26 April 1891
Government Senate Leader	vacant 7 April 1887 - 11 May 1887
	Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott 12 May 1887 - 6 June 1891
	vacant 7 June 1891 - 15 June 1891
	Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott 16 June 1891 - 30 October 1893
Opposition Senate Leader	Sir Richard William Scott 8 October 1878 - 27 April 1896
Senators	81 senator seats List of senators
Sessions
1st Session 13 April 1887 – 23 June 1887
2nd Session 23 February 1888 – 22 May 1888
3rd Session 31 January 1889 – 2 May 1889
4th Session 16 January 1890 – 16 May 1890
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The 6th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 13, 1887 until February 3, 1891. The membership was set by the 1887 federal election on February 22, 1887. It was dissolved prior to the 1891 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, led first by Edward Blake, and later by Wilfrid Laurier.

The Speaker was Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1887-1892 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 6th Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	April 13, 1887	June 23, 1887
2nd	February 23, 1888	May 22, 1888
3rd	January 31, 1889	May 2, 1889
4th	January 16, 1890	May 16, 1890

List of members

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

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

British Columbia

Electoral district		Name	Party
Cariboo		James Reid (until appointed to Senate)	Liberal-Conservative
		Frank Stillman Barnard (by-election of 1888-11-22)	Conservative
New Westminster		Donald Chisholm (died 5 April 1890)	Conservative
		Gordon Edward Corbould (by-election of 1890-06-19)	Conservative
Vancouver		David William Gordon	Liberal-Conservative
Victoria*		Edgar Crow Baker (resigned 2 May 1889)	Conservative
		Noah Shakespeare (resigned June 1887 due to postmaster appointment)	Conservative
		Edward Gawler Prior (by-election of 1888-01-23, replaces Noah Shakespeare)	Conservative
		Thomas Earle (by-election of 1889-10-28, replaces Edgar Baker)	Conservative
Yale		John Andrew Mara	Conservative

Manitoba

Electoral district		Name	Party
Lisgar		Arthur Wellington Ross	Liberal-Conservative
Marquette		Robert Watson	Liberal
Provencher		Joseph Royal (until appointed North West Territories Lieutenant-Governor)	Conservative
		Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière (by-election of 1889-01-24)	Conservative
Selkirk		Thomas Mayne Daly	Liberal
Winnipeg		William Bain Scarth	Conservative

New Brunswick

Electoral district		Name	Party
Albert		Richard Chapman Weldon	Conservative
Carleton		Frederick Harding Hale	Liberal-Conservative
Charlotte		Arthur Hill Gillmor	Liberal
City and County of St. John*		Charles Nelson Skinner	Liberal
		Charles Wesley Weldon	Liberal
City of St. John		John Valentine Ellis	Liberal
Gloucester		Kennedy Francis Burns	Conservative
Kent		Pierre Amand Landry	Conservative
		Édouard H. Léger (by-election of 1890-07-31)	Conservative
King's		George Eulas Foster	Conservative
Northumberland		Peter Mitchell	Independent Liberal
Queen's		George Frederick Baird (resigned 24 November 1887 due to contested election)	Conservative
		George Frederick Baird (by-election of 1888-01-18)	Conservative
Restigouche		Robert Moffat (died 25 April 1887)	Conservative
		George Moffat (by-election of 1887-05-21)	Conservative
Sunbury		Robert Duncan Wilmot	Conservative
Victoria		John Costigan	Liberal-Conservative
Westmorland		Josiah Wood	Conservative
York		Thomas Temple	Conservative

Northwest Territories

Electoral district		Name	Party
Alberta (Provisional District)		Donald Watson Davis	Conservative
Assiniboia East		William Dell Perley (until appointed to Senate 3 August 1888)	Conservative
		Edgar Dewdney (by-election of 1888-09-12)	Conservative
Assiniboia West		Nicholas Flood Davin	Liberal-Conservative
Saskatchewan (Provisional District)		Day Hort MacDowall	Conservative

Nova Scotia

Electoral district		Name	Party
Annapolis		John Burpee Mills	Conservative
Antigonish		John Sparrow David Thompson	Liberal-Conservative
Cape Breton*		David Mackeen	Conservative
		Hector Francis McDougall	Liberal-Conservative
Colchester		Archibald McLelan (until unseated for bribery)	Conservative
		Archibald McLelan (by-election of 1887-10-27, until appointed Nova Scotia Lieutenant-Governor)	Conservative
		Adams George Archibald (by-election of 1888-08-15)	Liberal-Conservative
Cumberland		Charles Tupper (until election voided)	Conservative
		Charles Tupper (by-election of 1887-11-09, until 23 May 1888 appointment as UK High Commissioner for Canada)	Conservative
		Arthur Rupert Dickey (by-election of 1888-07-13, until election voided)	Conservative
		Arthur Rupert Dickey (by-election of 1888-12-26)	Conservative
Digby		John Campbell (died 26 May 1887)	Conservative
		Herbert Ladd Jones (by-election of 1887-07-16)	Conservative
Guysborough		John Angus Kirk	Liberal
Halifax*		Alfred Gilpin Jones	Liberal
		Thomas Edward Kenny	Conservative
Hants		Alfred Putnam	Conservative
Inverness		Hugh Cameron	Conservative
Kings		Frederick William Borden	Liberal
Lunenburg		James Daniel Eisenhauer	Liberal
Pictou*		Charles Hibbert Tupper (until ministerial appointment)	Conservative
		John McDougald	Liberal-Conservative
		Charles Hibbert Tupper (by-election of 1888-06-18)	Conservative
Queens		Joshua Newton Freeman	Liberal-Conservative
Richmond		Edmund Power Flynn	Liberal
Shelburne		Thomas Robertson (until election voided 9 November 1887)	Liberal
		John Wimburne Laurie (by-election of 1887-12-15, until election voided)	Conservative
		John Wimburne Laurie (by-election of 1888-10-22)	Conservative
Victoria		John Archibald McDonald (until election voided)	Conservative
		John Archibald McDonald (by-election of 1887-11-21)	Liberal
Yarmouth		John Lovitt (until election voided 13 August 1887)	Liberal
		John Lovitt (by-election of 1887-12-15)	Liberal

Ontario

Electoral district		Name	Party
Addington		John William Bell	Conservative
Algoma		Simon James Dawson	Conservative
Bothwell		David Mills	Liberal
Brant North		James Somerville	Liberal
Brant South		William Paterson	Liberal
Brockville		John Fisher Wood	Liberal-Conservative
Bruce East		Henry Cargill (until resignation due to postmaster appointment)	Conservative
		Henry Cargill (by-election of 1887-04-02)	Conservative
Bruce North		Alexander McNeill	Liberal-Conservative
Bruce West		Edward Blake (until resignation to become member for Durham West)	Liberal
		James Rowand (by-election of 1887-10-19)	Liberal
Cardwell		Thomas White (died 21 April 1888)	Conservative
		Robert Smeaton White (by-election of 1888-10-03)	Conservative
Carleton		John A. Macdonald (until resignation to become member for Kingston)	Liberal-Conservative
		George Lemuel Dickinson (by-election of 1888-02-01)	Conservative
Cornwall and Stormont		Darby Bergin	Liberal-Conservative
Dundas		Charles Erastus Hickey	Conservative
Durham East		Henry Alfred Ward	Conservative
Durham West		Edward Blake	Liberal
Elgin East		John Henry Wilson	Liberal
Elgin West		George Elliott Casey	Liberal
Essex North		James Colebrooke Patterson	Conservative
Essex South		James Brien	Liberal
Frontenac		George Airey Kirkpatrick	Conservative
Glengarry		Patrick Purcell	Liberal
Grenville South		Walter Shanly	Conservative
Grey East		Thomas Simpson Sproule	Conservative
Grey North		James Masson	Conservative
Grey South		George Landerkin	Liberal
Haldimand		Walter Humphries Montague	Conservative
		Walter Humphries Montague (by-election of 1887-11-12)	Conservative
		Charles Wesley Colter (by-election of 1889-01-30)	Liberal
		Walter Humphries Montague (by-election of 1890-02-20)	Conservative
Halton		John Waldie (until 19 January 1888 unseating for bribery)	Liberal
		David Henderson (by-election of 1888-02-07, until unseated for corruption)	Conservative
		John Waldie (by-election of 1888-08-22)	Liberal
Hamilton*		Adam Brown	Conservative
		Alexander McKay	Conservative
Hastings East		Samuel Barton Burdett	Liberal
Hastings North		Mackenzie Bowell	Conservative
Hastings West		Alexander Robertson (died 29 February 1888)	Conservative
		Henry Corby (by-election of 1888-03-17)	Conservative
Huron East		Peter Macdonald	Liberal
Huron South		John McMillan	Liberal
Huron West		Robert Porter	Liberal-Conservative
Kent		Archibald Campbell (until unseated 17 November 1887)	Liberal
		Archibald Campbell (by-election of 1888-05-02)	Liberal
Kingston		John A. Macdonald	Liberal-Conservative
Lambton East		George Moncrieff	Conservative
Lambton West		James Frederick Lister	Liberal
Lanark North		Joseph Jamieson	Conservative
Lanark South		John Graham Haggart (until 3 August 1888 Postmaster General appointment)	Conservative
		John Graham Haggart (by-election of 1888-08-15)	Conservative
Leeds North and Grenville North		Charles Frederick Ferguson	Liberal-Conservative
Leeds South		George Taylor	Conservative
Lennox		Uriah Wilson	Conservative
Lincoln and Niagara		John Charles Rykert (resigned 2 May 1890)	Conservative
		John Charles Rykert (by-election of 1890-05-23)	Conservative
London		John Carling	Liberal-Conservative
Middlesex East		Joseph Henry Marshall	Conservative
Middlesex North		Timothy Coughlin	Liberal-Conservative
Middlesex South		James Armstrong	Liberal
Middlesex West		William Frederick Roome (until unseated by petition)	Conservative
		William Frederick Roome (by-election of 1888-03-10)	Conservative
Monck		Arthur Boyle	Conservative
Muskoka and Parry Sound		William Edward O'Brien	Conservative
Norfolk North		John Charlton	Liberal
Norfolk South		David Tisdale	Conservative
Northumberland East		Albert Elhanon Mallory (until unseated for bribery)	Liberal
		Edward Cochrane (by-election of 1887-12-22, until election voided)	Conservative
		Edward Cochrane (by-election of 1888-11-21)	Conservative
Northumberland West		George Guillet	Conservative
Ontario North		Frank Madill	Conservative
Ontario South		William Smith	Conservative
Ontario West		James David Edgar	Liberal
Ottawa (City of)*		William Goodhue Perley	Conservative
		Honoré Robillard	Liberal-Conservative
		Charles Herbert Mackintosh (by-election of 1890-04-26)	Conservative
Oxford North		James Sutherland	Liberal
Oxford South		Richard John Cartwright	Liberal
Peel		William Armstrong McCulla	Conservative
Perth North		Samuel Rollin Hesson	Conservative
Perth South		James Trow	Liberal
Peterborough East		John Lang	Independent Liberal
Peterborough West		James Stevenson	Conservative
Prescott		Simon Labrosse	Liberal
Prince Edward		John Milton Platt (until election voided)	Liberal
		John Milton Platt (by-election of 1888-03-10)	Liberal
Renfrew North		Peter White	Conservative
Renfrew South		Robert Campbell (died in office)	Liberal
		John Ferguson (by-election of 1887-08-02)	Independent Conservative
Russell		William Cameron Edwards (unseated for bribery)	Liberal
		William Cameron Edwards (by-election of 1888-05-07)	Liberal
Simcoe East		Herman Henry Cook	Liberal
Simcoe North		Dalton McCarthy	Conservative
Simcoe South		Richard Tyrwhitt	Conservative
Toronto Centre		George Ralph Richardson Cockburn	Conservative
Toronto East		John Small	Conservative
Victoria North		John Augustus Barron	Liberal
Victoria South		Adam Hudspeth (resigned)	Conservative
		Adam Hudspeth (by-election of 1887-04-20, died in office)	Conservative
		Charles Fairbairn (by-election of 1890-12-18)	Liberal-Conservative
Waterloo North		Isaac Erb Bowman	Liberal
Waterloo South		James Livingston	Liberal
Welland		John Ferguson	Conservative
Wellington Centre		Andrew Semple	Liberal
Wellington North		James McMullen	Liberal
Wellington South		James Innes	Liberal
Wentworth North		Thomas Bain	Liberal
Wentworth South		Franklin Metcalfe Carpenter	Conservative
West Toronto		Frederick Charles Denison	Conservative
York East		Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal
York North		William Mulock	Liberal
York West		Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district		Name	Party
King's County*		James Edwin Robertson	Liberal
		Peter Adolphus McIntyre	Liberal
Prince County*		Stanislaus Francis Perry	Liberal
		James Yeo	Liberal
Queen's County*		Louis Henry Davies	Liberal
		William Welsh	Independent Liberal

Quebec

Electoral district		Name	Party
Argenteuil		James Crocket Wilson	Liberal-Conservative
Bagot		Flavien Dupont	Conservative
Beauce		Joseph Godbout	Independent Liberal
Beauharnois		Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron	Independent Conservative
Bellechasse		Guillaume Amyot	Nationalist
Berthier		Cléophas Beausoleil	Liberal
Bonaventure		Louis Joseph Riopel	Conservative
Brome		Sydney Arthur Fisher	Liberal
Chambly		Raymond Préfontaine	Liberal
Champlain		Hippolyte Montplaisir	Liberal-Conservative
Charlevoix		Simon Xavier Cimon (died 26 June 1887)	Conservative
		Simon Xavier Cimon, Jr. (by-election of 1887-09-28)	Conservative
Chicoutimi—Saguenay		Paul Couture	Independent
Châteauguay		Edward Holton	Liberal
Compton		John Henry Pope (died 1 April 1889)	Liberal-Conservative
		Rufus Henry Pope (by-election of 1889-05-16)	Conservative
Dorchester		Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay (died 6 July 1887)	Nationalist
		Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard (by-election of 1888-01-07)	Conservative
Drummond—Arthabaska		Joseph Lavergne	Liberal
Gaspé		Louis Zéphirin Joncas	Conservative
Hochelaga		Alphonse Desjardins	Independent Conservative
Huntingdon		Julius Scriver	Liberal
Iberville		François Béchard	Liberal
Jacques Cartier		Désiré Girouard	Conservative
Joliette		Édouard Guilbault (until election voided 6 November 1888)	Conservative
		Hilaire Neveu (by-election of 1889-01-16)	Nationalist
Kamouraska		Alexis Dessaint	Liberal
Laprairie		Cyrille Doyon	Independent Liberal
L'Assomption		Joseph Gauthier (unseated 3 March 1888)	Liberal
		Joseph Gauthier (by-election of 1888-04-03)	Liberal
Laval		Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet	Liberal-Conservative
Lévis		Pierre Malcom Guay	Liberal
L'Islet		Philippe Baby Casgrain	Liberal
Lotbinière		Côme Isaïe Rinfret	Liberal
Maskinongé		Charles Jérémie Coulombe	Conservative
Mégantic		Georges Turcot	Liberal
Missisquoi		George Clayes (died 3 March 1888)	Liberal
		Daniel Bishop Meigs (by-election of 1888-03-27)	Liberal
Montcalm		Olaüs Thérien	Conservative
Montmagny		Philippe Auguste Choquette	Liberal
Montmorency		Charles Langelier (resigned 10 June 1890)	Liberal
		Louis-Georges Desjardins (by-election of 1890-07-25)	Conservative
Montreal Centre		John Joseph Curran	Conservative
Montreal East		Charles-Joseph Coursol (died 4 August 1888)	Conservative
		Alphonse Télesphore Lépine (by-election of 1888-09-26)	Independent Conservative
Montreal West		Donald Alexander Smith	Independent Conservative
Napierville		Louis Ste-Marie	Liberal
		François-Xavier Paradis (by-election of 1890-12-09)	Conservative
Nicolet		Athanase Gaudet (died 29 April 1888)	Nationalist Conservative
		Fabien Boisvert (by-election of 1888-07-17)	Independent Conservative
Ottawa (County of)		Alonzo Wright	Liberal-Conservative
Pontiac		John Bryson	Conservative
Portneuf		Joseph Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges	Liberal
Quebec-Centre		François Charles Stanislas Langelier	Liberal
Quebec County		Adolphe-Philippe Caron	Conservative
Quebec East		Wilfrid Laurier	Liberal
Quebec West		Thomas McGreevy	Liberal-Conservative
Richelieu		Jean-Baptiste Labelle (died 3 August 1887)	Conservative
		Joseph-Aimé Massue (by-election of 1887-10-18)	Conservative
Richmond—Wolfe		William Bullock Ives	Conservative
Rimouski		Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset	Liberal
Rouville		Georges Auguste Gigault	Conservative
St. Hyacinthe		Michel Esdras Bernier	Liberal
St. John's		François Bourassa	Liberal
Saint Maurice		François Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers	Conservative
Shefford		Antoine Audet	Conservative
Sherbrooke (Town of)		Robert Newton Hall	Liberal-Conservative
Soulanges		James William Bain	Conservative
Stanstead		Charles Carroll Colby (until 28 November 1889 appointment as President of Privy Council)	Liberal-Conservative
		Charles Carroll Colby (by-election of 1889-12-18)	Liberal-Conservative
Témiscouata		Paul Étienne Grandbois	Conservative
Terrebonne		Joseph Adolphe Chapleau	Conservative
Three Rivers		Hector-Louis Langevin	Conservative
Two Mountains		Jean-Baptiste Daoust	Conservative
Vaudreuil		Hugh McMillan	Conservative
Verchères		Félix Geoffrion	Liberal
Yamaska		Fabien Vanasse	Conservative

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 6th Canadian Parliament

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Victoria South	December 18, 1890	Adam Hudspeth		Conservative	Charles Fairbairn		Liberal-Conservative	Death	Yes
Napierville	December 9, 1890	Louis Ste-Marie		Liberal	François-Xavier Paradis		Conservative	Resigned to enter provincial politics in Quebec.	No
Kent	July 31, 1890	Pierre-Amand Landry		Conservative	Édouard H. Léger		Conservative	Appointed a judge in the county court of Westmorland and Kent.	Yes
Montmorency	July 25, 1890	Charles Langelier		Liberal	Louis-Georges Desjardins		Conservative	Resignation to enter provincial politics in Quebec.	No
New Westminster	June 19, 1890	Donald Chisholm		Conservative	Gordon Edward Corbould		Conservative	Death	Yes
Lincoln and Niagara	May 23, 1890	John Charles Rykert		Conservative	John Charles Rykert		Conservative	Resignation to recontest over charges of corruption.	Yes
Ottawa (City of)	April 26, 1890	William Goodhue Perley		Conservative	Charles Herbert Mackintosh		Conservative	Death	Yes
Haldimand	February 20, 1890	Charles Wesley Colter		Liberal	Walter Humphries Montague		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Stanstead	December 18, 1889	Charles Carroll Colby		Liberal-Conservative	Charles Carroll Colby		Liberal-Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council.	Yes
Victoria	October 28, 1889	Edgar Crow Baker		Conservative	Thomas Earle		Conservative	Resignation.	Yes
Compton	May 16, 1889	John Henry Pope		Liberal-Conservative	Rufus Henry Pope		Conservative	Death	Yes
Haldimand	January 30, 1889	Walter Humphries Montague		Conservative	Charles Wesley Colter		Liberal	Election declared void.	No
Provencher	January 24, 1889	Joseph Royal		Conservative	Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière		Conservative	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories.	Yes
Joliette	January 16, 1889	Édouard Guilbault		Conservative	Hilaire Neveu		Nationalist	Election declared void.	No
Cumberland	December 26, 1888	Arthur Rupert Dickey		Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Cariboo	November 22, 1888	James Reid		Liberal-Conservative	Francis Stillman Barnard		Conservative	Called to the Senate.	Yes
Northumberland East	November 21, 1888	Edward Cochrane		Conservative	Edward Cochrane		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Shelburne	October 22, 1888	John Wimburne Laurie		Conservative	John Wimburne Laurie		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Cardwell	October 3, 1888	Thomas White		Conservative	Robert Smeaton White		Conservative	Death	Yes
Montreal East	September 26, 1888	Charles-Joseph Coursol		Conservative	Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine		Independent Conservative	Death	No
Assiniboia East	September 12, 1888	William Dell Perley		Conservative	Edgar Dewdney		Conservative	Called to the Senate	Yes
Halton	August 22, 1888	John Waldie		Conservative	David Henderson		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Lanark South	August 15, 1888	John Graham Haggart		Liberal	John Graham Haggart		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General.	Yes
Colchester	August 15, 1888	Archibald Woodbury McLelan		Conservative	Adams George Archibald		Liberal-Conservative	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.	Yes
Nicolet	July 17, 1888	Athanase Gaudet		Nationalist Conservative	Fabien Boisvert		Independent Conservative	Death	No
Cumberland	July 13, 1888	Charles Tupper		Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey		Conservative	Appointed Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.	Yes
Pictou	June 18, 1888	Charles Hibbert Tupper		Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries.	Yes
Russell	May 7, 1888	William C. Edwards		Liberal	William C. Edwards		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Kent	May 2, 1888	Archibald Campbell		Liberal	Archibald Campbell		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
L'Assomption	April 3, 1888	Joseph Gauthier		Liberal	Joseph Gauthier		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Missisquoi	March 27, 1888	George Clayes		Liberal	Daniel Bishop Meigs		Liberal	Death	Yes
Prince Edward	March 19, 1888	John Milton Platt		Liberal	John Milton Platt		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Hastings West	March 17, 1888	Alexander Robertson		Conservative	Henry Corby, Jr.		Conservative	Death	Yes
Middlesex West	March 10, 1888	William Frederick Roome		Conservative	William Frederick Roome		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Halton	February 7, 1888	John Waldie		Liberal	David Henderson		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Carleton	February 1, 1888	John A. Macdonald		Liberal-Conservative	George Lemuel Dickinson		Conservative	Chose to sit for Kingston.	Yes
Victoria	January 23, 1888	Noah Shakespeare		Conservative	Edward Gawler Prior		Conservative	Appointed Postmaster of Victoria.	Yes
Queen's	January 18, 1888	George Gerald King		Liberal	George Frederick Baird		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Dorchester	January 7, 1888	Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay		Nationalist Conservative	Honoré-Julien-Jean-Baptiste Chouinard		Conservative	Death	No
Northumberland East	December 22, 1887	Albert Mallory		Liberal	Edward Cochrane		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Shelburne	December 15, 1887	Thomas Robertson		Liberal	John Wimburne Laurie		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Yarmouth	December 15, 1887	John Lovitt		Liberal	John Lovitt		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Victoria	November 21, 1887	Charles James Campbell		Conservative	John Archibald McDonald		Liberal	Election declared void.	No
Haldimand	November 12, 1887	Walter Humphries Montague		Conservative	Walter Humphries Montague		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Cumberland	November 9, 1887	Charles Tupper		Conservative	Charles Tupper		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Colchester	October 27, 1887	Archibald Woodbury McLelan		Conservative	Archibald Woodbury McLelan		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Bruce West	October 19, 1887	Edward Blake		Liberal	James Rowand		Liberal	Chose to sit for Durham West.	Yes
Richelieu	October 18, 1887	Jean-Baptiste Labelle		Conservative	Joseph-Aimé Massue		Conservative	Death	Yes
Charlevoix	September 28, 1887	Simon-Xavier Cimon		Conservative	Simon Cimon		Conservative	Death	Yes
Renfrew South	August 2, 1887	Robert Campbell		Liberal	John Ferguson		Independent	Death	No
Digby	July 16, 1887	John Campbell		Conservative	Herbert Ladd Jones		Conservative	Death	Yes
Restigouche	May 21, 1887	Robert Moffat		Conservative	George Moffat Jr.		Conservative	Death	Yes
Victoria South	April 20, 1887	Adam Hudspeth		Conservative	Adam Hudspeth		Liberal-Conservative	Seeks re-election due to holding the office of revising officer.	Yes
Bruce East	April 2, 1887	Henry Cargill		Conservative	Henry Cargill		Conservative	Seeks re-election due to holding the position of postmaster.	Yes