Table of Contents. A Full Alphabetical Index will be found on the last pages of the Companion. PART I.-His Excellency the Governor General and Staff, the PART II.-Deputy Heads and Chief Officers of the Civil Service, &c. PART III. Parliamentary Procedure. PART IV. Synopsis of Speakers' Decisions during session of 1877. PART V.-Table of Precedence for the Dominion. PART VI.-Members of the Senate. PART VII.-Members of the House of Commons. PART VIII.-Counties, Districts, Cities and Boroughs returning Members to the House of Commons, with names of Can- didates in each Constituency at last General Election, and at each subsequent Election, and the total vote polled PART IX.-Changes in the Dominion Cabinet from 1867 to 1878. PART X.-The Local Governments and Legislatures, with Electoral Votes, names of Candidates, viz: (1) Ontario, (2) Quebec, (3) Nova Scotia, (4) New Brunswick, (5) Manitoba, (6) British Columbia, (7) Prince Edward Island, (8) North- PART XI.-Summary of the Halifax Fishery Case and Award. PART XII.-Judicial Decisions in re contested elections. PART XIII.-Miscellaneous; Party "Whips"; Mover and Seconder of "Address" 1878; Chairman of Standing Committees, L'ART XIV.-Index, containing Key to each name, and subject re- OFFICE OF The Parliamentary Companion, March 1st, 1878. The Editor ventures to hope that the PARLIAMENTARY COMPANION for 1878 will be found fully equal to the volume preceding it. Two additions, which he trusts will prove useful, have been made, namely: a SUMMARY OF THE FISHERY QUESTION, and a Digest of the Award; also, an elaborate DIGEST OF ELECTION TRIALS, and practical points connected with Parliamentary Practice, from the notes of Christopher Robinson, Esq., Q.C., and F. J. Joseph, Esq., of Osgoode Hall, Barrister-at-law. The Editor would further thank the Provincial Secretaries of the various Provinces, Mr. Martin J. Griffin, of Halifax, Mr. W. Buckingham and other gentlemen for information promptly supplied; and hopes in a future edition to Still further improve what has now become a National Political Hand-Book. 171 Daly Street, Ottawa, Key to Abbreviations. E. R. signifies East Riding; W. R., West Riding; N.R., North Riding; S. R., South Riding; g.e., general election; U.C., Upper Canada; L.C., Lower Canada or Legislative Council; N.B., New Brunswick, N.S., Nova Scotia Ont, Province of Ontario; P.Q1, Province of Quebec; B.C., Province of British Columbia; Man., Province of Manitoba; P.E.I, Province of Prince Edward Island; LA., Legislative Assembly; P.C., Privy Councillor of Canada; Ex. Council, Executive Council; M.L.C., Member of the Legislative Council; M.P., Member of the House of Commons of Canada; Provl. Secy, Provincial Secretary; V.C., Victoria Cross; G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; K.C.M.G., Knight Commander of Do.; C.M.G., Companion of do.; G.C.B., Knight Grand Cross of the Bath; K.C.B., Knight Commander of Do.; C.B., Commander of do.; J.P., Justice of the Peace; N. P., Notary Public; M.D., Doctor of Medicine; LL.D., Doctor of Laws; D.C.L., Doctor of Civil (or Canon) Law; B.C.L., Bachelor of Civil Law; B.A., Bachelor of Arts; M.A., Master of Arts; B. L., Bachelor of Letters; Q. C., Queen's Counsel ;. C. E., Civil Engineer; P. L. S, Provincial Land Surveyor; Hon., Honorable; Batt, Battalion; B., born; s., son; dau., daughter; M., married; Ed, educated; Co., County or Company; V.M., Volunteer Militia; V.I., Vancouver Island or Volunteer Infantry; Sch., School; U. E., Loyalist, United Empire Loyalist; Am., America or American; Govt, Government; Parlt., Parliament; Mem., Member; Univ., Univeasity; Dir., Director. THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY COMPANION, FOR 1878. The Governor General and Staff. Governor General.-His Excellency the Right Honorable SIR FREDERICK TEMPLE, EARL OF DUFFERIN, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, and Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath. B. 21 June, 1826. Ed. at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. M., 23 October, 1862, Harriet Georgina, eld. dau. of Archibald Rowan Hamilton, Esq., of Killyleagh Castle, Co. Down. Succeeded as 5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye, in the Peerage of Ireland, on the death of his father, 21 July, 1841. Created Baron Clandeboye of the United Kingdom, 1850; and Earl of Dufferin and Viscount Clandeboye, (both of the United Kingdom), 1870. Was a Lord in Waiting to the Queen ́ from 1849 to 1852, and from 1854 to 1858; attached to Earl Russell's special mission to Vienna, Feb., 1855; British Commissioner in Syria, 1860; Under Secretary of State for India from 1864 -to 1866, and for War, from 1866 to following year; and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Paymaster General, from 1868 to *PREVIOUS GOVERNORS. 1. The Right Hon, Viscount Monck, G.C.M.G., from the Union, 1867, until Nov.. 1868. 2. Right Hon. Lord Lisgar, G.C.M.G., from latter date until May, 1872. 1872. Appointed Lord Lieutenant of the County Down, 1864; and Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada, 22 May, 1872. [Salary, £10,000 sig.] His Excellency has, since arriving in Can., done much to make himself conversant with public affairs. He has not only visited all the principal cities and towns of the Dominion, but made extended tours through the sparsely populated Free Grant Districts of Muskoka and other sections. During the year 1875 he re-visited Ireland, and in 1876 paid a lengthy visit to British Columbia, also attending the Centennial at Philedelphia. In January of the year 1877 he visited Toronto for a week, being most cordially received by the people. Visited Manitoba, accompanied by the Countess Dufferin, in the summer of 1877, where he delivered several admirable addresses. Visited Montreal in February, 1878. His Excellency is Honorary Colonel of the North Down Rifles. Author of A Tour in Ireland during the Famine, 1847; Letters from High Latitudes, 1857; Irish Emigration, and Tenure of Land in Ireland, 1867; Notes on Ancient Syria, 1867; An Examination of Mr. Mills' plan for the Pacification of Ireland, 1868; Enquiry into the state of Ireland, 1869. Residences :--"Clandeboye," Holywood, Co. Down, Ireland; Rideau Hall," New Edinburgh, Ottawa; Citadel, Quebec, STAFF: Secretary of the Governor-General.--Lieut.-Col. the Honorable EDWARD GEORGE PERCY LITTLETON, Grenadier Guards. Eld. s. of the second Baron Hatherton, by Lady Margaret Percy, youngest dau. of George, fifth Duke of Northumberland. B. 15 Aug., 1842. Ed. at Eton College. M. Charlotte Louisa, dau. of Sir Chas. Rowley, Bart., and the Hon. Lady Rowley, of Tendring Hall, Suffolk, Eng. Entered the army, 1861, and was in Can. with the Brigade of Guards, from Jan., 1862, to Sept., 1864. Is a Deputy Lieutenant and J. P. for the County of Staffordshire. Has been Supdt, of the Military Gymnasia, London, Eng.; Instructor of Musketry to 2nd Batt, Grenadier Guards; and Regimental Adjutant to the Grenadier Guards. Appointed to the present office, 27 Oct., 1875. Salary, $2,400.]-"Rideau Cottage," New Edinburgh; Travellers' Club, Pall Mall, London, Eng.; Guards' Club, do do; Eastern Departmental Building, Ottawa. Military Secretary.-Lieut.-Col. the Honorable EDWARD GEORGE PERCY LITTLE PON, Grenadier Guards, Apptd. to present office, 27 Oct, 1875. Same addresses as above. |