| 5th Parliament of Canada | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority parliament | |||
| 8 February 1883 – 15 January 1887 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime Minister (cabinet) | Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald (3rd Canadian Ministry) 17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891 | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Edward Blake 4 May 1880 – 2 June 1887 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Conservative Party | ||
| Opposition | Liberal Party | ||
| Recognized | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| Independent | |||
| Independent Conservative | |||
| House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons  | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet 13 February 1879 – 7 February 1883 | ||
| George Airey Kirkpatrick 8 February 1883 – 12 July 1887 | |||
| Members | 242 seats MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | The Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson 19 April 1880 – 16 October 1883 | ||
| The Hon. William Miller 17 October 1883 – 3 April 1887 | |||
| Government Senate Leader | Alexander Campbell 18 October 1878 – 26 January 1887 | ||
| Opposition Senate Leader | Sir Richard William Scott 8 October 1878 – 27 April 1896 | ||
| Senators | 97 seats senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st Session 8 February 1883 – 27 May 1883 | |||
| 2nd Session 17 January 1884 – 19 April 1884 | |||
| 3rd Session 29 January 1885 – 20 July 1885 | |||
| 4th Session 25 February 1886 – 2 June 1886 | |||
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The 5th Canadian Parliament was in session from 8 February 1883, until 15 January 1887. The membership was set by the 1882 federal election on 20 June 1882. It was dissolved prior to the 1887 election. The 5th Canadian Parliament was controlled by a Conservative/Liberal-Conservative majority under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 3rd Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Edward Blake.
The Speaker was George Airey Kirkpatrick. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1882-1887 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 5th Parliament:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | February 8, 1883 | May 27, 1883 |
| 2nd | January 17, 1884 | April 19, 1884 |
| 3rd | January 29, 1885 | July 20, 1885 |
| 4th | February 25, 1886 | June 2, 1886 |
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the fifth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
British Columbia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cariboo | James Reid | Liberal-Conservative | |
| New Westminster | Joshua Homer | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Vancouver | David William Gordon | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Victoria* | Edgar Crow Baker | Conservative | |
| Noah Shakespeare | Conservative | ||
| Yale | Francis Jones Barnard | Conservative | |
Manitoba
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisgar | Arthur Wellington Ross | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Marquette | Robert Watson | Liberal | |
| Provencher | Joseph Royal | Conservative | |
| Selkirk | Hugh McKay Sutherland | Liberal | |
| Winnipeg | Thomas Scott | Conservative | |
New Brunswick
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | John Wallace (unseated 1883) | Liberal | |
| John Wallace (by-election of 1883-07-10) | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| Carleton | David Irvine | Liberal | |
| Charlotte | Arthur Hill Gillmor | Liberal | |
| City and County of St. John* | Isaac Burpee (died 1 March 1885) | Liberal | |
| Charles Wesley Weldon | Liberal | ||
| Charles Arthur Everett (by-election of 1885-10-20) | Conservative | ||
| City of St. John | Samuel Leonard Tilley (appointed New Brunswick's Lieutenant-Governor 12 November 1885) | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Frederick Eustace Barker (by-election of 1885-11-24) | Conservative | ||
| Gloucester | Kennedy Francis Burns | Conservative | |
| Kent | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Pierre Amand Landry (by-election of 1883-09-22) | Conservative | ||
| King's | George Eulas Foster (election voided 1882) | Conservative | |
| George Eulas Foster (by-election of 1882-11-07, until Ministerial appointment) | Conservative | ||
| George Eulas Foster (by-election of 1885-12-31) | Conservative | ||
| Northumberland | Peter Mitchell | Independent | |
| Queen's | George Gerald King | Liberal | |
| Restigouche | Robert Moffat | Conservative | |
| Sunbury | Charles Burpee | Liberal | |
| Victoria | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Westmorland | Josiah Wood | Conservative | |
| York | John Pickard | Independent Liberal | |
| Thomas Temple (by-election of 1884-06-29) | Conservative | ||
Nova Scotia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis | William Hallett Ray | Liberal | |
| Antigonish | Angus McIsaac | Liberal | |
| John Thompson (by-election of 1885-10-16) | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| Cape Breton* | Murray Dodd | Conservative | |
| William McDonald (until 1884 Senate appointment) | Conservative | ||
| Hector Francis McDougall (by-election of 1884-07-03) | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| Colchester | Archibald Woodbury McLelan | Conservative | |
| Cumberland | Charles Tupper (until 1884 High Commission appointment) | Conservative | |
| Charles James Townshend (by-election of 1884-06-26) | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| Digby | William Berrian Vail | Liberal | |
| Guysborough | John Angus Kirk | Liberal | |
| Halifax* | Malachy Bowes Daly | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Matthew Henry Richey (until 1883 Lieutenant-Governor appointment) | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| John Fitzwilliam Stairs (by-election of 1883-07-24) | Conservative | ||
| Hants | William Henry Allison | Conservative | |
| Inverness | Hugh Cameron | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Kings | Douglas Benjamin Woodworth | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Lunenburg | Thomas Twining Keefler (until 1883 voiding of election) | Liberal | |
| Charles Edwin Kaulbach (by-election of 1883-10-10) | Conservative | ||
| Pictou* | John McDougald | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Charles Hibbert Tupper | Conservative | ||
| Queens | James Fraser Forbes | Liberal | |
| Richmond | Henry Nicholas Paint | Conservative | |
| Shelburne | Thomas Robertson | Liberal | |
| Victoria | Charles James Campbell | Conservative | |
| Yarmouth | Joseph Robbins Kinney | Liberal | |
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's County* | Peter Adolphus McIntyre | Liberal | |
| James Edwin Robertson (until disqualified from office) | Liberal | ||
| Augustine Colin MacDonald (by-election of 1883-04-26) | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| Prince County* | Edward Hackett | Liberal-Conservative | |
| James Yeo | Liberal | ||
| Queen's County* | Louis Henry Davies | Liberal | |
| John Theophilus Jenkins (until election voided) | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken (by-election of 1883-02-27, until postmaster appointment) | Conservative | ||
| John Theophilus Jenkins (by-election of 1884-08-19) | Liberal-Conservative | ||
Quebec
By-elections
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haldimand | September 8, 1886 | David Thompson | Liberal | Charles Wesley Colter | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
| Chambly | July 30, 1886 | Pierre Basile Benoit | Conservative | Raymond Préfontaine | Liberal | Appointed Superintendent of the Chambly Canal. | No | ||
| King's | December 31, 1885 | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. | Yes | ||
| City of St. John | November 24, 1885 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal-Conservative | Frederick Eustace Barker | Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. | Yes | ||
| City and County of St. John | October 20, 1885 | Isaac Burpee | Liberal | Charles Arthur Everett | Conservative | Death | No | ||
| Antigonish | October 16, 1885 | Angus McIsaac | Liberal | John Sparrow David Thompson | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed County Court Judge for District No. 6. | No | ||
| Cardwell | August 27, 1885 | Thomas White | Conservative | Thomas White | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior. | Yes | ||
| Durham East | August 24, 1885 | Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams | Conservative | Henry Alfred Ward | Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
| Grenville South | July 4, 1885 | William Thomas Benson | Conservative | Walter Shanly | Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
| Lévis | April 14, 1885 | Isidore-Noël Belleau | Conservative | Pierre Malcom Guay | Liberal | Unseated on a judgement of the Supreme Court. | Yes | ||
| Northumberland West | April 7, 1885 | George Guillet | Conservative | George Guillet | Conservative | Election declared void | Yes | ||
| Soulanges | February 5, 1885 | James William Bain | Conservative | James William Bain | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes | ||
| Lennox | January 28, 1885 | David Wright Allison | Liberal | Matthew William Pruyn | Conservative | Election declared void. | No | ||
| Maskinongé | December 22, 1884 | Frédéric Houde | Nationalist Conservative | Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers | Conservative | Death. | No | ||
| Beauce | October 31, 1884 | Joseph Bolduc | Nationalist Conservative | Thomas Linière Taschereau | Conservative | Called to the Senate. | Yes | ||
| Ontario West | August 22, 1884 | George Wheler | Liberal | James David Edgar | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
| Queen's County | August 19, 1884 | Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken | Conservative | John Theophilus Jenkins | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed Postmaster of Charlottetown. | Yes | ||
| Cape Breton | July 3, 1884 | William M. McDonald | Conservative | Hector Francis McDougall | Liberal-Conservative | Called to the Senate. | Yes | ||
| York | June 29, 1884 | John Pickard | Independent Liberal | Thomas Temple | Conservative | Death | No | ||
| Cumberland | June 26, 1884 | Charles Tupper | Conservative | Charles James Townshend | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. | Yes | ||
| Mégantic | June 10, 1884 | Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette | Conservative | François Langelier | Liberal | Election declared void. | No | ||
| Nicolet | April 16, 1884 | François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot | Independent Conservative | Athanase Gaudet | Nationalist Conservative | Appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec. | No | ||
| Bothwell | February 25, 1884 | John Joseph Hawkins | Liberal-Conservative | David Mills | Liberal | Election declared void. | No | ||
| Kent | January 29, 1884 | Henry Smyth | Conservative | Henry Smyth | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes | ||
| Soulanges | December 27, 1883 | Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu | Conservative | James William Bain | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes | ||
| Middlesex West | December 14, 1883 | George William Ross | Liberal | Donald Mackenzie Cameron | Liberal | Election declared void. | Yes | ||
| Huron South | December 10, 1883 | John McMillan | Liberal | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | Resignation to provide a seat for Cartwright. | Yes | ||
| Lennox | November 26, 1883 | John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | David Wright Allison | Liberal | Election voided. Macdonald was concurrently elected in Carleton and chose to sit for that riding. | No | ||
| Lévis | October 25, 1883 | Joseph-Godéric Blanchet | Liberal-Conservative | Isidore-Noël Belleau | Conservative | Appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Quebec. | Yes | ||
| Lunenburg | October 10, 1883 | Thomas Twining Keefler | Liberal | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | Conservative | Election declared void. | No | ||
| Kent | September 22, 1883 | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | Conservative | Pierre-Amand Landry | Conservative | Appointed customs collector for Richibucto. | Yes | ||
| Halifax | July 24, 1883 | Matthew Henry Richey | Liberal-Conservative | John Fitzwilliam Stairs | Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. | Yes | ||
| Albert | July 10, 1883 | John Wallace | Liberal | John Wallace | Liberal-Conservative | Election declared void. | No | ||
| King's County | April 26, 1883 | James Edwin Robertson | Liberal | Augustine Colin MacDonald | Liberal-Conservative | Robertson disqualified as he was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly at the time of the election. The seat was adjudicated to MacDonald. | No | ||
| Queen's County | February 27, 1883 | John Theophilus Jenkins | Liberal-Conservative | Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken | Conservative | Jenkins' election being declared void, the seat was adjudicated to Mr. Brecken. | Yes | ||
| Joliette | December 7, 1882 | Édouard Guilbault | Conservative | Édouard Guilbault | Independent Conservative | Election declared void. | No | ||
| King's | November 7, 1882 | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes | ||
| Soulanges | October 27, 1882 | Jacques Philippe Lantier | Conservative | Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu | Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
| Bagot | September 2, 1882 | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | Conservative | Flavien Dupont | Conservative | Resignation upon appointment as Premier of Quebec. | Yes | ||
| Terrebonne | August 16, 1882 | Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel | Conservative | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau | Conservative | Resignation to provide a seat for Chapleau. | Yes | ||
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