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% PRINTED BY S. E OTTAWA . DAWSON, PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1901 MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR WILFRID LAUR1ER OP.C., G-.C M.G-., K.C., ID.O.Ii. (Oxori) AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NINTH PARLIAMENT 1901 CABINET FORMED JULY 13, 1896 President of the Privy Council (Premier) Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, P. C., G. C. M. G., K.C., D.C.L. (Oxon.) Minister of Trade and Commerce.... Hon. Sir Richard Cartwright, G.C.M.G. Secretary of State . . . .. Hon. R. W. Scott, K.C., LL.D. Minister of Justice Hon. David Mills, K.C., LL.D. Minister of Marine and Fisheries .. Hon. Sir L. H. Davies, K.C.M.G., K.C. Minister of Militia and Defence Postmaster General Hon. Wm. Mulook, K.C.. M.A., LL.D. Minister of Agriculture Hon. S. A. Fisher, B.A. Minister of Public Works Hon. J. I. Tarte. Minister of Finance Hon. W. S. Fielding. Minister of Railways and Canals Hon. A. G. Blair. Minister of the Interior Hon. C. Sifton. Minister of Customs Minister of Inland Revenue... *With out Portfolio Hon. James Sutherland. Without Portfolio Hon. R. R. Dobell. (The above form the Cabinet.) Solicitor General * Acting Postmaster General. Clerk of the Privy Council John J. McGee. OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Hon. Louis Philippe Bbodecb Speaker. Petek Macdonald, M. P

First Session, Ninth Parliament Alcorn, George Oscar-Prince Edward. Angers, Charles-Charlevoix. Archambault, Joseph Eloi-Berthier. Ball, Georges-Nicolet. Barker, Samuel-Hamilton. Bazinet, Charles-Joliette. Belcocrt, Napoleon A.-Ottawa. Bell, John W.-Addington. Bell, Adam Care-Pictou. Bennett, William H.-Simeoe, E.R. Bernier, Hon. Michel E.- St. Hyacinthe. Bickerdike, Robert-Montreal, St. Lawrence. Birkett, Thomas-Ottawa. Blain, Richard-Peel. Blair, Hon. Andrew George-St. John (City). Borden, Hon. Frederick W-King's, N.S. Borden, Bobert L.-Halifax. Bocrassa, Henri-Labelle. Bourbonnais, Augustin-Soulanges. Botd, Nathaniel-Macdonald. Britton, Byron Mofi att-Kingston. Brock, William Rees-Toronto Centre. Broder, Andrew-Dundas. Brodeur, Hon. Louis Philippe-Rouville. Brown, James P.-Chateauguay. Bruce, Frank C.-Hamilton. Bruneau, Arthur Ai.mk-Richelieu. Bureau, Jacques-Three Rivers and St. Maurice. Calvert, William Samuel-Middlesex, W.R. Calvin, Hiram A.-Frontenac. Cargill, Henry-Bruce, E. R. Carroll, Henry G.-Kamouraska. Carscallen, Alexander W.-Hastings, N. R. Cartwright, Hon. Sib Richard, G.C.M.G.- Oxford, S.R. Casgeain, Thomas Chase-Montmorency. Champagne, Louis N.-Wright. Charlton, John-Norfolk, N.R. Christie, Thomas-Argenteuil. Clancy, James-Bothwell. Clare, George A.-Waterloo, S.R. Clarke, Edward Frederick-Toronto, West, Cochrane, Edward-Northumberland, Ont., E.R. Copp, Albert J. S.-Digby. Corby, Henry-Hastings, W.R. Costigan, Hon. John-Victoria, N.B. Cowan, Mahlon K.-Essex, S.R. Culbert, John-Brockville. Davies, Hon. Sir Louis Henry, K.C.M.G.- Queen's West, P.E.I. Davis, Thomas Osborne-Saskatchewan. D£chene, Arthur M.-L'lslet, Delisle, Michel Simeon-Portneuf. Demers, Louis Julies-Levis. Demers, L. Philippe-St. John and Iberville. Desm.arais, Odilon-Montreal, St. James. Dobell, Hon. Richard Reid-Quebec, West. Douglas, James M.-Assiniboia, East. Dugas, Francois O.-Montcalm. Dyment, Albert Edward-Algoma. Earle, Thomas-Victoria, B.C. Edwards, William C.-Russell. Emmerson, Henry R.-Westmoreland. Erb, Dilman Kinsey-Perth, S.R. Ethier, Joseph Arthur C.-Two Mountains. Fielding, Hon. William Stevens-Shelburne and Queen's (N.S.) Fisher, Hon. Sydney Arthur-Brome. Fitzpatrick, Hon. Charles-Quebec County. Flint, Thomas Barnard-Yarmouth. Fortier, Edmond-Lotbinifee. Fortin, Thomas-Laval. Fowler, George W.-King's, N.B. Fraser, Duncan C.-Guysborough. Gallery, Daniel, Montreal, St. Anne. Galliher, William Alfred-Yale and Cariboo. Ganong, Gilbert W.-Charlotte. Gauvreau, Charles Auguste-Temiscouata. Geoffrion, Yictor-Chambly and Vereheres. German, William Manly-Welland. Gibson, Alexander, Jr.-York, N.B. Girard, Joseph-Chicoutimi and Saguenay. Gilmour, James-Middlesex, E. K. Godbout, Joseph-Beance. vm

Gould, Isaac J.-Ontario, W.R. Gourley, Seymour E.-Colchester. Guthrie, Hugh-Wellington, S.R. Hackett, Edward-Prince West, P.E.I. Haggart, Hon. John Graham-Lanark, S.R. Hale, Frederick H.-Carleton, N.B. Halliday, James-Bruce, X. R. Harwood, Henry S.-Vaudreuil. Henderson, David-Hal ton. Heyd, Charles Bernhard-Brant, S.R. Holmes, Robert-Huron, W.R. Horsey, Edward H.-Grey, N.R. Hughes, James J.-King's, P.E.I. Hughes, Samuel-Victoria, Ont., N.R. Hyman, Charles S.-London. Ingram, Andrew B.-Elgin, E.R. Johnston, Alexander-Cape Breton. Johnston, Robert-Cardwell. Johnston, Thomas George-Lambton, W.R. Kaulbach, Charles E.-Lunenburg. Kemp, Albert E.-Toronto, East. Kendall, Arthur S.-Cape Breton. Kendrey, James-Peterborough, W.R. Kidd, Edward-Carleton, Out. Lancaster, Edward A.-Lincoln and Niagara. Lang, John-Peterborough, E.R. LaRiviIsre, Alphonse A, C.-Provencher. Laurier, R. Charlemagne-L'Assomption. Laurier, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid, G.C.M.G.- Quebec, East. Lavell, John Reeve-Leeds and Grenville. Lavergne, Louis-Drummond and Arthabaska. LeBlanc, Oliver J.-Kent, N.B. Lefurgey, Alfred A.-Prince East, P.E.I. Legris, Joseph H.-Maskinonge. Lemieux, Rodolphe-Gaspe. Lennox, Haughton-Simeoe, W.R. Lewis, William J.-Albert. Logan, Hance J.-Cumberland. Lovell, Henry-Stanstead. Loy, George M.-Beauharnois. Macdonald, Peter-Huron, E.R. Maokie, Thomas-Renfrew, N.R. MaoLaren, Alexander F.-Perth, N.R. Maclaren, William Scott-Huntingdon. Maclean, William F.-York, Ont., E.R. McCarthy, Leighton Goldie-Simeoe, N.R. McColl, John B.-Northumberland, Ont., W.R, McCool, Charles Arthur-Nipissing. McCormick, George-Muskoka and Parry Sound. McCreary, William F.-Selkirk. McEwen, George-Huron, S.R. McGowan, John-Wellington, C.R. McGugan, Malcolm-Middlesex, S.R. McIntosh, John-Sherbrooke. McIsaac, Colin F.-Antigonish. McKinnon, D. A.-Queen's, E.R. (P.E.I.) McLennan, Angus-Inverness. McLeod, Angus-Ontario, N.R. Madore, Joseph Alexandre C.-Hochelaga. Malouin, Albert-Quebec Centre. Maroil, Charles-Bonaventure. Marcil, Joseph Edmond-Bagot. Martineau, Pierre R.-Montmagny. Matheson, Joseph-Richmond, N.S. Maxwell, George Ritchie-Burrard. Meigs, Daniel B.-Missisquoi. Mignault, Roch Mo'Ise S.-Yamaska. Monet, Dominique-Laprairie and Napierville. Monk, Frederick D.-Jacques Cartier. Morin, Jean Baptiste-Dorchester. Morrison, Aulay-New Westminster. Mulock, Hon. William-York. Ont., N.R. Murray, Thomas-Pontiac. Northrup, William Barton-Hastings, E.R. Oliver, Frank-Alberta. Osler, Edmond Boyd-Toronto, West. Parmelee, Charles H.- Shefford. Paterson, Hon. William-Wentworth and N. Brant. Pope, Rufus H.-Compton. I 'kef<in'I'aine, Raymond-Maissonneuve and Terrebonne. Pringle, Robert A.-Cornwall and Stormont. Prior, Hon. Edward G.-Victoria, B.C. Proulx, Isidore-Prescott. Puttee, Arthur W.-Winnipeg. Reid, James-Restigonche. Reid, John D.-Grenville, S.R. Richardson, Matthew Kendall-Grey, S.R. Richardson, Robert L.-Lisgar. Robinson, Jabel-Elgin, W.R. Robinson, James-Northumberland, N.B. Roche, William- Halifax. Roche, William J.-Marquette. Roddick, Thomas G.-Montreal, St. Antoine. Rosamond, Bennett-Lanark, N.R. Ross, Jean Auguste-Rimouski. Ross, Hon. William-Victoria, N.S. Ross, William-Ontario, S.R. Rousseau, Jeffrey Alexandre-Champlain. Russell, Benjamin-Hants. Schell, Jacob T.-Glengarry. Scott, Walter-Assiniboia, West. Seagram, Joseph E.-Waterloo, N.R. Sherritt, John-Middlesex, N.R. Sifton, Hon. Clifford-Brandon. Simmons, Oliver-Lambton, E.R. Smith, Ernest D.-Wentworth, S.R. Smith, Ralph-Vancouver. Sproule, Thomas S.- Grey, E.R. Stephens, George-Kent, Ont.

Sutherland, Hon. James-Oxford, N.R. Sutherland, Robert Franklin-Essex, N.R. Talbot, OniSsiphore Ernest-Bellechasse. Tarte, Hon. Joseph Israel-Montreal, St. Mary. Taylor, Georoe-Leeds, S.R. Thompson, Andrew Thorburn-Haldimand and Monck. Tisdale, Hon. David-Norfolk, S.R. Tobin, Edmund William-Richmond and Wolfe. Tolmie, John-Bruce, W.R. Tolton, Edwin-Wellington, N.R. Tucker, Joseph John-St. John, N.B , City & Co. Tbpper, Hon, Sir Charles Hibbert, K.C.M.G.- Pictou. Turoot, George-Megantic. Turgeon, ONfsiPHORE-Gloucester. Vrooman, Adam E.-Victoria, Ont., S.R. Wade, Fletcher Bath-Annapolis. Wallace, N. Clarke-York, Ont., W.R. Ward, Henry Alfred-Durham, E.R. Wilmot, Robert D.-Sunbury and Queen's. Wilson, Uriah-Lennox. Wright, A. A.-Renfrew, S.R. Select Committee Appointed to Supervise the Publication of the Official Reports of the Debates of the House. Ball, Georges-Nicolet. Chahpagie, L. N.-Wright. Charlton,John-Norfolk, N. Clarke, E.F.-Toronto, W. Earle, Thcs.-Victoria, B.C. Fortin, This.-Laval. Holmes, Roit.-Huron, W. LaRiviere, A A. C.-Provencher. Macdonald, I,-Huron, E. McCreary, W. F.-Selkirk. Monet, D.-Laprairie and Napierville. Richardson, R. L.-Lisgar. Roche, Wm.-Marquette. Russell, B.-Hants. Scott, Walter-Assiniboia, W. Sutherland, R, F.-Essex, N. Taylor, Geo.-Leeds and Grenville.

First Session, Ninth Parliament Addington-John William Bell. Albert-William J. Lewis. Alberta-Frank Oliver. Algoma- -Albert Edward Dyment. Annapolis-Fletcher Bath Wade. Antigonish-Colin F. Mclsaac. Argentecil-Thomas Christie. Assiniboia, East-James M. Douglas. Assiniboia, West-Walter Scott. Dundas-Andrew Broder. Durham, E. Biding-Henry Alfred Ward. Durham, W. Riding- Elgin, E. Biding-Andrew B. Ingram. Elgin, W. Riding-Jabel Robinson. Essex, N. Riding-Robert Franklin Sutherland. Essex, S. Riding-Mahlon K. Cowan. Frontenao-Hiram A. Calvin. Bagot-Joseph Edmond Marcil. Beacce-Joseph Godbout. Beauharnois-George M. Loy. Belleohasse-Onesiphore Ernest Talbot. Beethier-Joseph Eloi Archambault. Bonaventure-Charles Marcil. Bothwell-James Clancy. Brandon-Hon. Clifford Sifton. Brant, S. Riding-Charles Bernhard Heyd. Brookville-John Culbert. Brome-Hon. Sydney Arthur Fisher. Bruce, E. Riding- Henry Cargill. Bruce, N. Riding-James Halliday. Bruce, W. Riding-John Tolmie. Bcrrard-George Ritchie Maxwell. ~ D „ f Alexander J ohnston. Cape Breton- { Arthur s. Kendan. Cardwell-Robert J ohnston. Carleton (N.B.)-Frederick Harding Hale. Carleton (O.)-Edward Kidd. Chambly and Vercheres-Victor Geoffrion. Champlain-Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau. Charlevoix-Charles Angers. Charlotte-Gilbert W. Ganong. Chateauguay'-James P. Brown. Chicoutimi and Saguenay-Joseph Girard. Colchester-Seymour E. Gourley. Compton-Rufus Henry Pope. Cornwall and Stormont-Robert A. Pringle. Cumberland-Hance J. Logan. Digby-Albert J. S. Copp. Dorchester-Jean Baptiste Morin. Drummond and Arthabaska-Louis Lavergne. G-asp£-Rodolphe Lemieux. Glengarry-Jacob T. Schell. Gloucester-Onesiphore Turgeon. Grenville, S. Riding-John Dowsley Reid. Grey, E. Riding-Thomas S. Sproule, Grey, N. Riding-Edward H. Horsey. Grey, S. Riding-Matthew Kendall Richardson. Guysborough-Duncan C. Fraser. Haldimano and Monok -Andrew Thompson. Halifax- / Robert L. Borden. 1 William Roche. Halton-David Henderson. f Samuel Barker. \ Frank C. Bruce. Hamilton- Hants-Benjamin Russell. Thorburn Hastings, E. Riding-William B. Northrup. Hastings, N. Riding-Alexander W. Carscallen. Hastings, W. Riding-Henry Corby. Hochelaga-J. Alexandre Camille Madore. Huntingdon-William Scott Maclaren. Huron, E. Riding-Peter Macdonald. Huron, S. Riding-George McEwen. Huron, W. Riding-Robert Holmes. Inverness-Angus McLennan. Jacques Cartier-Frederick D. Monk. Joliette-Charles Bazinet. Kamouraska-Henry George Carroll. Kent (N.B.)-Oliver J. LeBlanc. Kent (O.)-George Stephens. King's (N.B.)-George W. Fowler. King's (N.S.)-Hon. Frederick W. Borden.

King's (P.E.I.)-James J. Hughes. Kingston-Byron Moffatt Britton. Labelle-Henri Bourassa. Lambton, E. Riding-Oliver Simmons. Lambton, W. Riding-Thomas George Johnston. Lanark, N. Riding-Bennett Rosamond. Lanark, S. Riding-Hon. John Graham Haggart. Laprairie and Napierville-Dominique Monet. L'Assomption-R. Charlemagne Laurier. Laval-Thomas Fortin. Leeds and Grenville, N. Riding-John Reeve Laveli. Leeds, S. Riding-George Taylor. Lennox-Uriah Wilson. Lrivis-Louis J alien Demers. Lincoln and Niagara-Edward A. Lancaster. Lisgar-Robert Lorne Richardson. L'Islet-Arthur M. Dechene. London-Charles S. Hyman. Lotbiniere-Edmond Fortier. Lunenburg-Charles Edwin Kaulbach. Macdonald-Nathaniel Boyd. Maisonneuve-Raymond Prefontaine. Marquette-William J. Roche. Maskinong£-Joseph H. Legris. Meg antic-George Turcot. Middlesex, E. Riding-James Gilmour. Middlesex, N. Riding-John Sherritt. Middlesex, S. Riding-Malcolm McGugan. Middlesex, W. Riding-William Samuel Calvert. Missisquoi-Daniel B. Meigs. Montcalm-Francois O. Dugas. Montmagny-Pierre R. Martineau. Montmorency-Thomas Chase Casgrain. Montreal, St. Anne-Daniel Gallery. Montreal, St. Antoine-Thomas G. Roddick. Montreal, St. James-Odilon Desmarais. Montreal, St. Lawrence-Robert Bickerdike. Montreal, St. Mary-Hon. Joseph Israel Tarte. Muskoka-George McCormick. New Westminster- Aulay Morrison. Nicolet-Georges Ball. Nipissing-Charles Arthur McCool. Norfolk, N. Riding-John Charlton. Norfolk, S. Riding-Hon. David Tisdale. Northum: erland (N.B.)-James Robinson. Northumberland (0.) E.R.-Edward Cochrane. Northumberland (0.) W.R.-John B. McColl. Ontario, N. Riding-Angus McLeod. Ontario, S. Riding-William Ross. Ontario, W. Riding-Isaac J. Gould. Ottawa (Oity){^XkeU.100Urt Oxford, N. Riding-Hon. James Sutherland. Oxford, S. Riding-Hon. Sir Richard Cartwright G.C.M.G. Peel-Richard Blain. Perth, N. Riding-Alexander Ferguson MacLaren. Perth, S. Riding-Dilman Kinsey Erb. Peterborough, E. Riding-John Lang. Peterborough, W. Riding-James Kendrey. f Adam Carr Bell. Pictou Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper. { K.C.M.G. Pontiac-Thomas Murray. Portneuf-Michel Simeon Delisle. Prescott-Isidore Proulx. Prince, East (P.E.I.)-Alfred A. Lefurgey. Phince, West (P.E.I.)-Edward Hackett. Prince Edward-George Oscar Alcorn. Provencher-Alphonse A. C. LaRiviere. Quebec, Centre-Albert Malouin. Quebec, East-Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, G.C.M.G. Quebec, West-Hon. Richard Reid Dobell. Quebec (County)-Hon. Charles Fitzpatrick. Queen's, East (P.E.I.)-D. A McKinnon. Queen's, West (P.E.I.)-Hon. Sir Louis Henry Davies, K.C.M.G. Renfrew, N. Riding-Thomas Mackie. Renfrew, S. Riding-A. A. Wright. Restigouche-James Reid. Richelieu-Arthur Aime Bruneau. Richmond (N.S.)-Joseph Matheson. Richmond and Wolfe (Q.)-Edmund William Tobin. Rimouski-Jean Auguste Ross. Rouville-Hon. Louis Philippe Brodeur. Russell-William C. Edwards. St. Hyacinth e-Hon. Michel E. Bernier. St. John (N. B.), City-Hon. Andrew George Blair. St. John (N.B.), City & Co.-Joseph John Tucker. St. John and Iberville-L. Philippe Demers. Saskatchewan-Thomas Osborne Davis. Selkirk-William F. McCreary. Shefford-Charles H. Parmelee. Shelburne and Queen's, N.S.-Hon. William Stevens Fielding. Sherbrooke-John McIntosh. Simcoe, E. Riding-William Henry Bennett. Simcoe, N. Riding-Leighton Goldie McCarthy. Simcoe, S. Riding-Haughton Lennox. Soulanges-Augustin Bourbonnais. Sta >tead-Henry Lovell. Sunbury and Queen's (N. B )-Robert D. Wilmot. Temiscouata-Charles Auguste Gauvreau. Terrebonne-Raymond Prefon taine. Three Rivers and St. Maurice-Jacques Bureau. Toronto, Centre-William Rees Brock. Toronto, East-Albert E. Kemp. Toronto, West /^dward l^rederick Clarke. I Edmond Boyd Osier. Two Mountains-Joseph Arthur C. Ethier. Vancouver-Ralph Smith-Vaudreuil-Henry S. Harwood. Victoria (B.C.) {^EdSc. Prior. I

Victokia (N.B.)-Hon. John Costigan. Victoria (N.S.)-Hon. William Boss. Victoria (O.), N. Biding-Samuel Hughes. Victoria (O,), S. Biding-Adam E. Vrooman. Waterloo, N. Biding-Joseph E. Seagram. Waterloo, S. Biding-George A. Clare. Welland-William Manly German. Wellington, C. Biding-John McGowan. Wellington, N. Biding-Edwin Tolton. Wellington, S. Biding-Hugh Guthrie. Wentworth and Brant, N. Biding-Hon. William Paterson. Wentworth, S. Biding-Ernest D. Smith. Westmoreland-Henry B. Emmerson. Winnipeg-Arthur W. Pnttee. Wright-Louis N. Champagne. Yale and Cariboo-William Alfred Galliher. Yamaska-Boch Moise S. Mignault. Yarmouth-Thomas Barnard Flint. York (N.B.)-Alexander Gibson, jr. York (0.), E. Biding-William F. Maclean. York (0.), N. Biding-Hon. William Mulock. York (0.), W. Biding-N. Clarke Wallace. *