5th Canadian Parliament


The 5th Canadian Parliament was in session from February 8, 1883, until January 15, 1887. The membership was set by the 1882 federal election on June 20, 1882. It was dissolved prior to the 1887 election. It 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:
SessionStartEnd
1stFebruary 8, 1883May 27, 1883
2ndJanuary 17, 1884April 19, 1884
3rdJanuary 29, 1885July 20, 1885
4thFebruary 25, 1886June 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]

[Manitoba]

[New Brunswick]

[Nova Scotia]

[Ontario]

[Prince Edward Island]

[Quebec]

By-elections