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The 1st Canadian Parliament was in session from November 6, 1867, until July 8, 1872 (4 years and 252 days). The membership was set by the 1867 federal election from August 7 to September 20, 1867. It was prorogued prior to the 1872 election.

It was controlled by a majority coalition between the Conservative Party and the Liberal-Conservative Party under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 1st Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Edward Blake from 1869 to 1871, followed by a vacancy in the Liberal leadership.

The Speaker was James Cockburn. See also List of Canadian electoral districts (1867–1871) for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

Members of Parliament

Following is a full list of members of the first parliament by province.

Key:

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

Nova Scotia

Electoral district Name Party First elected
Template:Canadian party colour| Annapolis William Hallett Ray Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal1
Template:Canadian party colour| Antigonish Hugh McDonald Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal-Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Cape Breton James Charles McKeagney Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal-Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Colchester Archibald McLelan (to June 21, 1869) (appointed to Senate) Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal-Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Adams George Archibald (from September 9, 1869, to May 19, 1870)
(named Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories) 		Liberal-Conservative 1869
Template:Canadian party colour| Frederick M. Pearson (from November 8, 1870) Liberal 1870
Template:Canadian party colour| Cumberland Charles Tupper Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Digby Alfred William Savary Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Guysborough Stewart Campbell Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal-Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Halifax* Alfred Gilpin Jones Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Independent
Template:Canadian party colour| Patrick Power Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal1
Template:Canadian party colour| Hants Joseph Howe Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal-Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Inverness Hugh Cameron Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal-Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Kings William Henry Chipman to (April 9, 1870) (death) Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal1
Template:Canadian party colour| Leverett de Veber Chipman (from June 23, 1870) Liberal 1870
Template:Canadian party colour| Lunenburg Edmund Mortimer McDonald Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal-Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Pictou James William Carmichael Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal1
Template:Canadian party colour| Queens James Fraser Forbes Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal1
Template:Canadian party colour| Richmond William Croke (to March 11, 1869) (death) Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Isaac Le Vesconte (from April 20, 1869) Conservative1 1869
Template:Canadian party colour| Shelburne Thomas Coffin Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal-Conservative1
Template:Canadian party colour| Victoria William Ross Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal1
Template:Canadian party colour| Yarmouth Thomas Killam (to December 15, 1868) (death) Anti-Confederate 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Frank Killam (from April 20, 1869) Liberal 1868

Note:

1 – The Anti-Confederate Party dissolved after failing to secure Nova Scotia's secession from Confederation. In 1869 its members joined other parties, or in one case sat as an independent.

New Brunswick

Electoral district Name Party First elected
Template:Canadian party colour| Albert John Wallace Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Carleton Charles Connell Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Charlotte John Bolton Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| City and County of Saint John John Hamilton Gray Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| City of Saint John Samuel Leonard Tilley Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Gloucester Timothy Warren Anglin Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Kent Auguste Renaud Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| King's George Ryan Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Northumberland John Mercer Johnson (to September 8, 1868) (death) Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Richard Hutchison (from December 24, 1868) Liberal 1868
Template:Canadian party colour| Queen's John Ferris Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Restigouche John McMillan (to February 15, 1868) (appointed Inspector of Post Offices) Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| William Murray Caldwell (from March 13, 1868, to September 29, 1870) (death) Liberal 1868
Template:Canadian party colour| George Moffat (from November 29, 1870) Conservative 1870
Template:Canadian party colour| Sunbury Charles Burpee Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Victoria John Costigan Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Westmorland Albert James Smith Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| York Charles Fisher (to October 3, 1868) (appointed to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick) Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| John Pickard (from October 28, 1868) Independent Liberal 1868

Quebec

Electoral district Name Party First elected
Template:Canadian party colour| Argenteuil John Abbott Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Bagot Pierre-Samuel Gendron Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Beauce Christian Pozer Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Beauharnois Michael Cayley Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Bellechasse Louis Napoléon Casault (to May 26, 1870) (appointed to Superior Court of Quebec) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Télesphore Fournier (from August 15, 1870) Liberal 1870
Template:Canadian party colour| Berthier Anselme Pâquet Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Bonaventure Théodore Robitaille Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Brome Christopher Dunkin4 (to October 24, 1871) (appointed to Superior Court of Quebec) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Edward Carter (from November 17, 1871) Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Chambly Pierre Benoit Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Champlain John Jones Ross Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Charlevoix Simon Xavier Cimon Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Châteauguay Luther Holton Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Chicoutimi—Saguenay Pierre Alexis Tremblay Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Compton John Henry Pope5 Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Dorchester Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Drummond—Arthabaska Louis Adélard Sénécal Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Gaspé Pierre Fortin Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Hochelaga Antoine Dorion Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Huntingdon John Rose2 (to September 29, 1869) (resigned) Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Julius Scriver (from October 30, 1869) Liberal 1869
Template:Canadian party colour| Iberville François Béchard Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Jacques Cartier Guillaume Gaucher Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Joliette François Benjamin Godin Liberal 1867
Kamouraska no election in 1867 due to rioting
Template:Canadian party colour| Charles Pelletier (from February 17, 1869) Liberal 1869
Template:Canadian party colour| Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| L'Assomption Louis Archambeault Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Laval Joseph Bellerose Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Lévis Joseph Blanchet Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| L'Islet Barthélemy Pouliot3 Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Lotbinière Henri Joly De Lotbinière Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Maskinongé George Caron Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Mégantic George Irvine Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Missisquoi Brown Chamberlin (to June 6, 1870) (resigned to become Queen's Printer) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| George Baker (from July 5, 1870) Liberal-Conservative 1870
Template:Canadian party colour| Montcalm Joseph Dufresne (to July 13, 1871) (resigned) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Firmin Dugas (from September 15, 1871) Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Montmagny Joseph-Octave Beaubien Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Montmorency Joseph-Édouard Cauchon (to November 1, 1867) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Jean Langlois (from December 11, 1867) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Montreal Centre Thomas Workman Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Montreal East George-Étienne Cartier Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Montreal West Thomas D'Arcy McGee (to April 7, 1868) (assassinated) Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Michael Patrick Ryan (from April 20, 1868) Liberal-Conservative 1868
Template:Canadian party colour| Napierville Sixte Coupal dit la Reine Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Nicolet Joseph Gaudet Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Ottawa (County of) Alonzo Wright Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Pontiac Edmund Heath Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Portneuf Jean Brousseau Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Quebec-Centre Georges-Honoré Simard Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Quebec County Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Quebec East Pierre Huot (to June 14, 1870) (resigned to become Postmaster of Quebec) Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau (from July 18, 1870) Conservative 1870
Template:Canadian party colour| Quebec West Thomas McGreevy Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Richelieu Thomas McCarthy (to September 23, 1870) (death) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Georges Isidore Barthe (from November 18, 1870) Independent Conservative 1870
Template:Canadian party colour| Richmond—Wolfe William Hoste Webb Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Rimouski George Sylvain Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Rouville Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Saint Maurice Louis Léon Lesieur Desaulniers (to September 29, 1868) (resigned) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Élie Lacerte (from October 30, 1868) Conservative 1868
Template:Canadian party colour| Shefford Lucius Huntington Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Town of Sherbrooke Alexander Galt Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Soulanges Luc Masson Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| St. Hyacinthe Alexandre Kierzkowski (to August 4, 1870) (death) Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Louis Delorme (from September 1, 1870) Liberal 1870
Template:Canadian party colour| St. John's François Bourassa Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Stanstead Charles Colby Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Témiscouata Charles Bertrand Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Terrebonne Louis Masson Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Three Rivers Louis Boucher De Niverville (to September 30, 1868) (resigned) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| William McDougall (from October 17, 1868) Conservative 1868
Template:Canadian party colour| Two Mountains Jean-Baptiste Daoust Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Vaudreuil Donald McMillan Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Verchères Félix Geoffrion Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Yamaska Moïse Fortier Liberal 1867

Four Quebec members recontested their seats in byelections, and were re-elected:

2 – John Rose was reelected in Huntingdon on November 28, 1867, after being named Minister of Finance.

3 – Barthélemy Pouliot was unseated on petition, but was reelected in L'Islet on July 14, 1869.

4 – Christopher Dunkin was reelected in Brome on November 29, 1869, after being named Minister of Agriculture.

5 – John Henry Pope was reelected in Compton on November 11, 1871, after being named Minister of Agriculture following Dunkin's resignation from Parliament.

Ontario

Electoral district Name Party First elected
Template:Canadian party colour| Addington James Lapum Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Algoma Wemyss Mackenzie Simpson (to April 26, 1871) (appointed Indian Commissioner for Rupert's Land) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Frederick William Cumberland (from June 30, 1871) Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Bothwell David Mills Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Brant North John Young Bown Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Brant South Edmund Burke Wood Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Brockville James Crawford Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Bruce North Alexander Sproat Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Bruce South Francis Hurdon Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Cardwell Thomas Roberts Ferguson Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Carleton John Holmes Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Cornwall John Sandfield Macdonald Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Dundas John Sylvester Ross Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Durham East Francis H. Burton Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Durham West Edward Blake Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Elgin East Thomas William Dobbie Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Elgin West John H. Munroe Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Essex John O'Connor Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Frontenac Thomas Kirkpatrick (to March 26, 1870) (death) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| George Airey Kirkpatrick (from April 27, 1870) Conservative 1870
Template:Canadian party colour| Glengarry Donald Alexander Macdonald Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Grenville South Walter Shanly Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Grey North George Snider Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Grey South George Jackson Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Haldimand David Thompson Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Halton John White Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Hamilton Charles Magill Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Hastings East Robert Read (to February 24, 1871) (appointed to Senate) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| John White (from March 20, 1871) Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Hastings West James Brown Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Huron North Joseph Whitehead Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Huron South Malcolm Colin Cameron Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Kent Rufus Stephenson Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Kingston The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Lambton Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Lanark North William C.B. McDougall Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Lanark South Alexander Morris6 Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Leeds North and Grenville North Francis Jones Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Leeds South John Willoughby Crawford Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Lennox Richard John Cartwright Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Liberal
Template:Canadian party colour| Lincoln James Rea Benson (to March 14, 1868) (appointed to the Senate) Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Thomas Rodman Merritt (from April 13, 1868) Liberal 1868
Template:Canadian party colour| London John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Middlesex East Crowell Willson Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Middlesex North Thomas Scatcherd Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Middlesex West Angus Peter McDonald Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Monck Lachlin McCallum Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Niagara Angus Morrison Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Norfolk North Aquila Walsh Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Norfolk South Peter Lawson Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Northumberland East Joseph Keeler Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Northumberland West James Cockburn <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />(†)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Ontario North John Hall Thompson Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Ontario South Thomas Nicholson Gibbs Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Ottawa (City of) Joseph Merrill Currier Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Oxford North Thomas Oliver Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Oxford South Ebenezer Vining Bodwell Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Peel John Hillyard Cameron Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Perth North James Redford Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Perth South Robert MacFarlane Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Peterborough East Peregrine Maitland Grover Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Peterborough West Charles Perry Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Prescott Albert Hagar Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Prince Edward Walter Ross Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Renfrew North John Rankin (to October 12, 1869) (resigned) Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Francis Hincks (from November 13, 1869) Liberal-Conservative 1869
Template:Canadian party colour| Renfrew South Daniel McLachlin (to June 3, 1869) (resigned) Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| John Lorn McDougall (from July 12, 1869) Liberal 1869
Template:Canadian party colour| Russell James Alexander Grant Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Simcoe North Thomas David McConkey Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Simcoe South William Carruthers Little Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Stormont Samuel Ault Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Toronto East James Beaty Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour | Toronto West Robert Alexander Harrison Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Victoria North John Morison Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Victoria South George Kempt Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Waterloo North Isaac Erb Bowman Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Waterloo South James Young Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Welland Thomas Clark Street Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Wellington Centre Thomas Sutherland Parker (to October 24, 1868) (death) Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| James Ross (from January 18, 1869) Liberal 1869
Template:Canadian party colour| Wellington North George Alexander Drew Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Wellington South David Stirton Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Wentworth North James McMonies Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Wentworth South Joseph Rymal Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| York East James Metcalfe Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| York North James Pearson Wells Liberal 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| York West William Pearce Howland (to July 14, 1868) (appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario) Liberal-Conservative 1867
Template:Canadian party colour| Amos Wright (from August 14, 1868) Liberal 1867

Note:

6 – One Ontario MP, Alexander Morris, recontested his seat in a byelection. He was reelected in Lanark South on November 29, 1869, after being appointed Minister of Inland Revenue.

Manitoba

Manitoba joined Confederation in 1870. Byelections to choose Manitoba's representatives were held on March 2 and March 3, 1871.

Electoral district Name Party First elected
Template:Canadian party colour| Lisgar John Christian Schultz (from March 2, 1871) Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Marquette*
(both candidates declared elected due to a tie) 		James S. Lynch (from March 2, 1871) Liberal 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Angus McKay (from March 2, 1871) Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Selkirk Donald Alexander Smith (from March 2, 1871) Independent Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Provencher Pierre Delorme (from March 3, 1871) Conservative 1871

British Columbia

British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871. Byelections to choose the province's representatives were held in November and December of that year.

Electoral district Name Party First elected
Template:Canadian party colour| Cariboo District Joshua Spencer Thompson (from December 19, 1871) Liberal-Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| New Westminster District Hugh Nelson (from December 13, 1871) Liberal-Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Vancouver Robert Wallace (from December 15, 1871) Conservative 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Victoria* Amor De Cosmos (from November 24, 1871) Liberal 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Henry Nathan, Jr. (from November 24, 1871) Liberal 1871
Template:Canadian party colour| Yale District Charles Frederick Houghton (from December 19, 1871) Liberal 1871

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Pre-Confederation predecessors

Colony Assembly
Province of Canada 8th Parliament
Nova Scotia 22nd General Assembly
New Brunswick 21st Legislative Assembly

By-elections

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Throne Speeches

1st Session

On Thursday November 7, 1867. The 1st session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, Charles Stanley Monck (The Viscount Monck).

In the speech, the governor general remarks the creation of the Dominion of Canada itself and the future expansion of the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. Some notable objectives for this first government would be to determine "Currency, Customs, Excise, and Revenue generally,-for the adoption of a uniform Postal System,-for the proper management and maintenance of the Public Works and Properties of the Dominion,-for the adoption of a well considered scheme of Militia Organization and Defence, for the proper administration of Indian affairs,-for the introduction of uniform Laws respecting Patents of Invention and Discovery,-the naturalization of Aliens,-and :the assimilation of the Criminal Law, and the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency." He also notes the imperative immediate construction of the intercolonial railway. As well as the protection and development of Fisheries and Marine Interests. Finally, he speaks on the necessity to establish uniform laws regarding elections.[1]

2nd Session

On Thursday April 15, 1869. The 2nd session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, John Young (The Lord Lisgar).

In the speech, the governor general speaks on confederation and the initiatives to bring parts of the Hudson Bay Company (The Northwest Territory) and Newfoundland into the union. He also speaks on the assimilation of provincial criminal laws into federal criminal laws. He also touches on future bills focusing on Elections, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, and Patents of invention and discovery.[2]

3rd Session

On Tuesday February 15, 1870. The 3rd session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, John Young (The Lord Lisgar).

In the speech, he remarks the growing economy of the Dominion – specifically noting the fisheries. He also speaks on the difficulties faced in acquiring the Northwest Territory and the desire to go through with the assimilation. He continues in speaking on making the election process uniform among the country. He also notes the necessity to create a Court of Appeal as well as the need to prepare for the upcoming 1871 census.[3]

4th Session

On Wednesday February 15, 1871. The 4th session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, John Young (The Lord Lisgar).

In the speech, he highlights the menace of invasion from the United States. He also celebrates the creation of the province of Manitoba and looks forward to the same from British Columbia. On that topic, he speaks on the importance of the interoceanic railway to be created. He encourages more immigration to these new territories. He recommends the swift standardization of currency to not fall into the divisiveness seen in Europe. He says the census will occur on April 3, 1971. He briefly touches on some future bills pertaining to Parliamentary Elections, Weights and Measures, Insurance Companies, Savings Banks, and for the Consolidation and amendment of the Inspection Laws.[4]

5th Session

On Thursday April 11, 1872. The 5th session of the 1st parliament of the Dominion of Canada opened with a speech from the throne by the governor general, John Young (The Lord Lisgar).

In the speech, he highlights the threat of invasion of Manitoba from the United States. He remarks on a conference held in Ottawa in September 1871 on the subject of immigration. He recognizes the adoption of British Columbia into the union and the continuation of the railway project. He encourages the development of canals and a direct water communication between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy. He notes that the census has taken place. He briefly mentions future bills pertaining to Judges of Superior Courts-to the regulation and management of the Public Lands and Mines of the Dominion in Manitoba and the North West Territories, aid for the amendment of the laws relating to the Public Health.[5]

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