Alexander Mackenzie Liberal Alexander Mackenzie Liberal The 1874 Canadian federal election was held on January 22, 1874, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 3rd Parliament of Canada.

Sir John A. Macdonald, who had recently been forced out of office as prime minister, and his Conservatives were defeated by the Liberal Party under their new leader Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie.

The Liberals under Mackenzie had formed a government on November 7 and than called an election for January.

He promised to reform election laws in other ways too, including the introduction of simultaneous voting (all seats filled at once instead of successively in long-drawn-out election period), judicial consideration of contested electíons, and extension of the franchise.

[2] Notes: 1 Liberal-Conservatives sat with the Conservative caucus in the House of Commons.