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NUNC COCNOSCO EX PARTE THOMAS J. BATA LIBRARY TRENT UNIVERSITY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1889unse THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY COMPANION 1889. EDITED BY vT . .A.. <3- IE DVH ILL, Barrister-at-Law. AUTHOR OF THE PRACTICE OF THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA ON BILLS OF DIVORCE. ESTABLISHED 1862. OTTAWA : O'. ZDTTIRIEI Sc SON, 1889. jL s . /)<+ IW Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, by J. A. Gemmill, at the Department of Agriculture. Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, by J. A. Gemmill, at the Department of Agriculture. Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, by J. A. Gemmill, at the Department of Agriculture. MONTREAL: PRINTED BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. CCUibs in ©auacld Rideau—84 Wellington street, Ottawa. President, Mr. Sheriff Sweetland ; Secty-Treas., Mr. Edward Waldo. Toronto—York Street, Toronto. President, Mr. A. Thornton Todd ; Secty-Treas., Mr. Lyndhurst Ogden. Reform Club — Toronto. President, Sir R. J. Cart¬ wright, K.C.M.G. Hamilton—St. James Street, Hamilton. Chairman of Committee, Mr. J. J. Mason; Secty-Treas., Mr. J, B. Young. St. James's—Dorchester Street, Montreal. Mr. R. B. Angus, Chairman of Committee; Treas., Mr. John Cassils ; Secretary, Mr. G. E. Small. Quebec Garrison■—President, Lieut.-Col. T. J. Duches- nay; Secty-Treas., Lieut.-Col. G. T. Arthur Evanturel. Halifax—152 and 154 Hollis St., Halifax. President, Mr. Robib Uniacke; Secretary, Mr. H. W. Johnston. Manitoba—Winnipeg. President, Mr. C. S. Hoare; Secretary, Mr. R. T. Haslam. Union—Victoria, B.C. President, Sir M. B. Begbie; Secretary, Mr. Andrew Rome. Ottaiua—49 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa. President, Lieut.- Col. Thomas Ross ; Secty-Treas., Capt. W. L. Heron. *64262 t* £ablc of ©outcuts. A Full Alphabetical Index mil be found on the last pages of The Companion. Part I.—The Queen and Royal Family; Chief Officers of State; The Colonial Office; His Excellency the Governor-General and Staff ; the Queen’s Privy Council for the Dominion and Members of the Cabinet; Departmental Committees and Govern¬ ment Commissioners ; Members of the Privy Council who are not now members of Cabinet; Iliirh Com¬ missioner for Canada; Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court; Judge of Exchequer Court. Part II.—The Senate. Part III-—Parliamentary Expressions, etc. Part IV.—The House of Commons. Part V.—The Local Government and Legislatures, with Electoral Votes, names of Candidates, viz.: (1) On¬ tario, (2) Quebec, (3) Nova Scotia, (4) New Brunswick, (5) Manitoba, (6) British Columbia, (7) Prince Edward Island, (8) North-West Territories. Part VI.—Deputy Heads and Chief Officers of the Civil Service, etc. Part VII.—Table of Precedence for the Dominion; List of Imperial Honors borne by Canadians. Appendix. to Jitjtrreoxattous. A.B. or B.A., Bachelor of Arts; Acclam., Acclamation; Am., America or American; Apptd., Appointed; Asso., Association; Atty.-Gen., Attorney-General; B., Born; Batt., Battalion; B.C., Province of British Columbia; B. C.L., Bachelor of Civil Law; C., Conservative: Can., Canada; Capt., Captain; C.B., Compaidon of the Bath; C. M-G-, Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St George ; C.E., Civil Engineer; Co., County or Company; Coll., College; Commr., Commissioner; Dau, Daughter; D. C.L., Doctor of Civil Law; D.L.S., Dominion Land Sur¬ veyor; Dir., Director ; Dist., District; Dom., Dominion; Ed., Educated ; Eng., England ; E.R., East Riding; Ex.,. Council, Executive Council; G.C.M.G-, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; G.E., General Election; Govt., Government; Hon., Honorable; I., Independent; Insu., Insurance ; Irel., Ireland ; J.P., Justice of the Peace; G.C.B., Knight Grand Cross of the Bath; K.C.B., Knight Commander of the Bath ; K.C.M.G., Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George ; L., Liberal; L.C., Lower Canada, or Legislative Council; LL.D., Doctor of Laws; Leg. Assem., Legislative Assembly; M., Married ; M.A., Master of Arts ; Man., Province of Manitoba ; Mem., Member; M D., Doctor of Medicine; M.L C., Member of Legislative Council; M.P., Member of House of Commons; N.B., Province of New Brunswick; N.P., Notary Public; N.R., North Riding; N.S., Province of Nova Scotia; Ont., Province of Ontario ; Parlt., Parliamentary; P.C., Privy Council of Canada; P.L.S., Provincial Land Surveyor; P.E.I., Province of Prince Edward Island ; P.Q., Province of Quebec : Q-C., Queen’s Counsel; Regt, Regiment; S., Son ; S.R., South Riding; Secy., Secretary ; Scot., Scotland; Soc., Society; Sol.-Gen., Solicitor-General; Tp., Township ; Treas., Trea¬ surer ; U.C., Upper Canada; U.E. Loyalists, United Em¬ pire Loyalists; U.P., United Provinces ; Univ., University; V.M. or Vol. Mil., Volunteer Militia; W.R., West Riding.’ DIED. 1889. 1 April, Hon. J. H. Pope, Minister of Railways and Canals. THE FOR 1889. £!tc (Jjuent mul the $opl Jumily. Her Majesty, Alexandrina Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, b. May 24, 1819; succeeded William IV., June 20, 1837; crowned June 28,1838; m. Feb. 10, 1840, to her cousin, H.R.H. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, who died December 14, 1861. The issue of the marriage are:— H.I.M. Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, Empress Frederick, Princess Royal, b. Nov. 21, 1840; m. Jan. 25, 1858, to I1.R.H. Prince Frederick William, of Prussia, who died Emperor of Germany, June 15, 1888, and has issue, living, two sons and four daughters. H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony. Corn¬ wall, and Rothesay, Earl of Dublin, b. Nov. 9, 1841; m. March 10, 1863, to H.R H. Princess Alexandra of Denmark ; and has issue, H.R.H. Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward, b. Jan. 8, 1861; H.R.H. Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert, b. June 3, 1865; H.R.H. Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, b. Feb. 20, 1867; H.R.H. Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary, b. July 6, 1868 ; and H.R.H. Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria, b. Nov. 26, 1869. H.R.H. Alice Maud Mary, b. April 25, 1843; m. July 1,1862, to Prince Louis of Hesse; d- Dec. 14,1878, leaving issue, living, one son and four daughters. P.R.H. Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, b. Aug. 6. 1844: in. Jan. 23,1874, to the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia; and has issue one son and four daughters. H.R.H. Helena Augusta Victoria, b. May 25, 1846; m. July 5, 1866, to H.R.H. Prince Christian of Augustenburg, and has issue, livmg, two sons and two daughters. 2 Chief Officers of State. H.R.H. Louise Caroline Alberta, b. March 18,1818 ; m. March 21, 1871, to the Marquis of Lome. H.R.H. Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught; b. May 1, 1850; m. March 18,1879, to the Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, and has issue one son and two daughters. H-R.H. Leopold George Duncan Albert, Duke of Albany, b. April 7,'1853; m. April 27 1882, to the Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont; d. March 28,1884, leaving issue one daughter and one son. H.R.H. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodora, b. April 14,1857; m. July, 1885, to Prince Henry of Battenberg, and has issue one son and one daughter. ©he (Cabinet of (Sveat Britain. Prime Minister. Rt. Hon. Marquis of Salisbury. First Lord of Treasury.Rt. Hon. W. H. Smith. Lord High Chancellor.Rt. Hon. Lord Halsbury. Lord President of the Council... .Rt. Hon. Viscount Cranbrook. Lord Privy Seal.Rt. Hon. Earl of Cadogan. Chancellor of Exchequer.Rt. Hon. G. J. Goschen. ( Home Department..Rt. Hon. Henry Matthews, Q.C. e . I Foreign Affaits... .Rt. Hon. Marquis of Salisbury, t_ecretai tes J Q0i0n^es.Rt. Hon. Lord Knutsford. ofntate. | Rt. Hon. Edward Stanhope. 1- India.Rt. Hon. Viscount Cross. First Lord of the Admiralty.Rt. Hon. Lord Geo. Hamilton. President of the Board of Trade. .Rt. Hon. Sir Michl. E. Hicks-Beach. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan- l The D k f Rutland. caster...... ^ Lord Chancellor of Ireland.Rt. Hon. Lord Ashbourne. Chief Secretary for Ireland .Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour. President Local Gov’t Board ... .Rt. Hon. C. T. Ritchie. THE COLONIAL OFFICE. Secretary of State—Lord Knutsford. Und^r-Secretaries—Baron Henry De Worms, M.P.,; Sir Robert G. W. Herbert, D.C.L., K.C.B., May 21. 1871. Assistant Under-Secretaries—Hon. Robert H. Meade, C.B., M.A., May 21, 1871; John Bramston, C.B., D.C.L., June 30, 1876; Edward Wingfield, M.A., B.C.L., July 19,1878. Governor-General and Staff. 3 gouunicm of (Mtmria Site <!5avevnor-<Sciu'ritl and Governor-General*—His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Frbdekick Arthur Stanley, G.C.B., Baron Stanley of Preston, first Baron, P. 0., second son of fourteenth Earl of Derby, K.G., b. 15 Jan., 1841; ed. at Eton; formerly Captain Grenadier Guards; is Honorary Colonel 3rd and 4th Battalion King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), a supernumerary A. D. C. to Her Majesty, and a J. P. for Lancashire and Westmoreland; was Civil Lord of the Admiralty Aug. to Nov., 1868 ; Financial Secretary to War Office 1874-7; Secretary to Treasury to 1878-8; Secre¬ tary of State for War 1878-80; Secretary of State for Colo¬ nies 1885-6, and President of Board of Trade 1886-8, since when he has been Governor-General of Canada and Com- mander-in-Chief of Prince Edward Island ; P.