7th Canadian Parliament


The 7th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 29, 1891, until April 24, 1896. The membership was set by the 1891 federal election on March 5, 1891. It was dissolved prior to the 1896 election.
It was controlled by a Conservative/Liberal-Conservative majority first under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 3rd Canadian Ministry, and then by Sir John Abbott and the 4th Canadian Ministry, Sir John Thompson and the 5th Canadian Ministry, Sir Mackenzie Bowell and the 6th Canadian Ministry, and finally Sir Charles Tupper and the 7th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Wilfrid Laurier.
The Speaker was Peter White. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1887-1892 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
It was the second longest parliament in Canadian history.
Having five different people serve as prime minister during one parliament is easily a record for Canada; no other parliament has had more than two.
There were six sessions of the 7th Parliament:
SessionStartEnd
1stApril 29, 1891September 30, 1891
2ndFebruary 25, 1892July 9, 1892
3rdJanuary 26, 1893April 1, 1893
4thMarch 15, 1894July 23, 1894
5thApril 18, 1895July 22, 1895
6thJanuary 2, 1896April 23, 1896

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the seventh 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]

[Northwest Territories]

[Nova Scotia]

[Ontario]

[Prince Edward Island]

[Quebec]

By-elections

Succession