5th Canadian Parliament

The 5th Canadian Parliament was in session from 8 February 1883, until 15 January 1887 (3 years and 341 days). 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: SessionStartEnd 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

Notable legislation This term was notable for passing the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 which imposed a head tax on Chinese immigrants to Canada.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the fifth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Key: Party leaders are italicized. Cabinet ministers are in boldface. The Prime Minister is both. The Speaker is indicated by "()".

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

British Columbia Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsCaribooJames ReidLiberal-Conservative18812nd termNew WestminsterJoshua HomerLiberal-Conservative18822nd termVancouverDavid William GordonLiberal-Conservative18821st termVictoria*Edgar Crow BakerConservative18821st termNoah ShakespeareConservative18821st termYaleFrancis Jones BarnardConservative18792nd term

Manitoba Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsLisgarArthur Wellington RossLiberal-Conservative18821st termMarquetteRobert WatsonLiberal18821st termProvencherJoseph RoyalConservative18792nd termSelkirkHugh McKay SutherlandLiberal18821st termWinnipegThomas ScottConservative18802nd term

New Brunswick Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsAlbertJohn Wallace (unseated 1883)Liberal1867, 18824th term*John Wallace (by-election of 1883-07-10)Liberal-Conservative18831st termCarletonDavid IrvineLiberal18812nd termCharlotteArthur Hill GillmorLiberal18743rd termCity and County of St. John*Isaac Burpee (died 1 March 1885)Liberal18724th termCharles Wesley WeldonLiberal18782nd termCharles Arthur Everett (by-election of 1885-10-20)Conservative18851st termCity of St. JohnSamuel Leonard Tilley (appointed New Brunswick's Lieutenant-Governor 12 November 1885)Liberal-Conservative1873, 18783rd term*Frederick Eustace Barker (by-election of 1885-11-24)Conservative18851st termGloucesterKennedy Francis BurnsConservative18821st termKentGilbert Anselme GirouardLiberal-Conservative18782nd termPierre Amand Landry (by-election of 1883-09-22)Conservative18831st termKing'sGeorge Eulas Foster (election voided 1882)Conservative18821st termGeorge Eulas Foster (by-election of 1882-11-07, until Ministerial appointment)ConservativeGeorge Eulas Foster (by-election of 1885-12-31)ConservativeNorthumberlandPeter MitchellIndependent1872, 18823rd term*Queen'sGeorge Gerald KingLiberal18782nd termRestigoucheRobert MoffatConservative18821st termSunburyCharles BurpeeLiberal18675th termVictoriaJohn CostiganLiberal-Conservative18675th termWestmorlandJosiah WoodConservative18821st termYorkJohn PickardIndependent Liberal18685th termThomas Temple (by-election of 1884-06-29)Conservative18841st term

Nova Scotia Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsAnnapolisWilliam Hallett RayLiberal1867, 18824th term*AntigonishAngus McIsaacLiberal18743rd termJohn Thompson (by-election of 1885-10-16)Liberal-Conservative18851st termCape Breton*Murray DoddConservative18821st termWilliam McDonald (until 1884 Senate appointment)Conservative18724th termHector Francis McDougall (by-election of 1884-07-03)Liberal-Conservative18841st termColchesterArchibald McLelanConservative1867, 18813nd term*CumberlandCharles Tupper (until 1884 High Commission appointment)Conservative18675th termCharles James Townshend (by-election of 1884-06-26)Liberal-Conservative18841st termDigbyWilliam Berrian VailLiberal1874, 18822nd term*GuysboroughJohn Angus KirkLiberal1874, 18822nd term*Halifax*Malachy Bowes DalyLiberal-Conservative18782nd termMatthew Henry Richey (until 1883 Lieutenant-Governor appointment)Liberal-Conservative18782nd termJohn Fitzwilliam Stairs (by-election of 1883-07-24)Conservative18831st termHantsWilliam Henry AllisonConservative18782nd termInvernessHugh CameronLiberal-Conservative1867, 18822nd term*KingsDouglas Benjamin WoodworthLiberal-Conservative18743rd termLunenburgThomas Twining Keefler (until 1883 voiding of election)Liberal18821st termCharles Edwin Kaulbach (by-election of 1883-10-10)Conservative18831st termPictou*John McDougaldLiberal-Conservative18812nd termCharles Hibbert TupperConservative18821st termQueensJames Fraser ForbesLiberal1867, 18824th term*RichmondHenry Nicholas PaintConservative18821st termShelburneThomas RobertsonLiberal18782nd termVictoriaCharles James CampbellConservative1874, 18822nd term*YarmouthJoseph Robbins KinneyLiberal18821st term

Ontario Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsAddingtonJohn William BellConservative18821st termAlgomaSimon James DawsonConservative18782nd termBothwellJohn Joseph Hawkins (until 1884 voiding of election)Liberal-Conservative18821st termDavid Mills (by-election of 1884-02-25)Liberal18841st termBrant NorthJames SomervilleLiberal18821st termBrant SouthWilliam PatersonLiberal18724th termBrockvilleJohn Fisher WoodLiberal-Conservative18821st termBruce EastRupert Mearse WellsLiberal18821st termBruce NorthAlexander McNeillLiberal-Conservative18821st termBruce WestJames SomervilleLiberal18821st termCardwellThomas White (until 1885 ministerial nomination)Conservative18782nd termThomas White (by-election of 1885-08-27)CarletonJohn A. MacdonaldLiberal-Conservative18675th termCornwall and StormontDarby BerginLiberal-Conservative1872, 18783rd term*DundasCharles Erastus HickeyConservative18821st termDurham EastArthur Trefusis Heneage Williams (died 4 July 1885)Conservative18782nd termHenry Alfred Ward (by-election of 1885-08-24)Conservative18851st termDurham WestEdward BlakeLiberal18792nd termElgin EastJohn Henry WilsonLiberal18821st termElgin WestGeorge Elliott CaseyLiberal18724th termEssex NorthJames Colebrooke PattersonConservative18782nd termEssex SouthLewis WigleConservative18821st termFrontenacGeorge Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative18705th termGlengarryDonald MacmasterConservative18821st termGrenville SouthWilliam Thomas Benson (died 8 June 1885)Conservative18821st termWalter Shanly (by-election of 1885-07-04)Conservative18851st termGrey EastThomas Simpson SprouleConservative18782nd termGrey NorthBenjamin AllenLiberal18821st termGrey SouthGeorge LanderkinLiberal1872, 18823rd term*HaldimandDavid Thompson (died 18 April 1886)Liberal18675th termCharles Wesley Colter (by-election of 1886-09-08)Liberal18861st termHaltonWilliam McCraneyLiberal1875, 18822nd term*HamiltonFrancis Edwin KilvertConservative18782nd termThomas RobertsonLiberal18782nd termHastings EastJohn WhiteConservative18715th termHastings NorthMackenzie BowellConservative18675th termHastings WestAlexander RobertsonConservative18821st termHuron EastThomas FarrowConservative18782nd termHuron SouthJohn McMillan (resigned 1883)Liberal18821st termRichard John Cartwright (by-election of 1883-12-10)Liberal18831st termHuron WestMalcolm Colin CameronLiberal1867, 18785th term*KentHenry Smyth (until election voided 31 December 1883)Conservative18821st termHenry Smyth (by-election of 1884-01-29)ConservativeKingstonAlexander GunnLiberal18782nd termLambton EastJohn Henry FairbankLiberal18821st termLambton WestJames Frederick ListerLiberal18821st termLanark NorthJoseph JamiesonConservative18821st termLanark SouthJohn Graham HaggartConservative18724th termLeeds North and Grenville NorthCharles Frederick FergusonLiberal-Conservative18743rd termLeeds SouthGeorge TaylorConservative18821st termLennoxJohn A. Macdonald (until election voided)Liberal-Conservative18675th termDavid Wright Allison (by-election of 1883-11-26, until election voided)Liberal18831st termMatthew William Pruyn (by-election of 1885-01-28)Conservative18851st termLincoln and NiagaraJohn Charles RykertConservative18782nd termLondonJohn CarlingLiberal-Conservative1867, 18784th term*Middlesex EastDuncan MacmillanLiberal-Conservative18753rd termMiddlesex NorthTimothy CoughlinLiberal-Conservative18782nd termMiddlesex SouthJames ArmstrongLiberal18821st termMiddlesex WestGeorge William Ross (until election voided October 1883)Liberal18724th termDonald Mackenzie Cameron (by-election of 1883-12-14)Liberal18831st termMonckLachlan McCallumLiberal-Conservative18743rd termMuskoka and Parry SoundWilliam Edward O'BrienConservative18821st termNorfolk NorthJohn CharltonLiberal18724th termNorfolk SouthJoseph JacksonLiberal18821st termNorthumberland EastEdward CochraneConservative18821st termNorthumberland WestGeorge Guillet (unseated 1885)Conservative18812nd termGeorge Guillet (by-election of 1885-04-07)Conservative18851st termOntario NorthAlexander Peter CockburnLiberal18782nd termOntario SouthFrancis Wayland GlenLiberal18782nd termOntario WestGeorge Wheler (resigned 1884)Liberal18782nd termJames David Edgar (by-election of 1884-08-22)Liberal18841st termOttawa (City of)*Charles Herbert MackintoshConservative18821st termJoseph TasséConservative18782nd termOxford NorthJames SutherlandLiberal18802nd termOxford SouthArchibald HarleyLiberal18821st termPeelJames FlemingLiberal18821st termPerth NorthSamuel Rollin HessonConservative18782nd termPerth SouthJames TrowLiberal18724th termPeterborough EastJohn BurnhamConservative18782nd termPeterborough WestGeorge HilliardLiberal-Conservative18782nd termPrescottSimon LabrosseLiberal18821st termPrince EdwardJohn Milton PlattLiberal18821st termRenfrew NorthPeter WhiteConservative18763rd termRenfrew SouthRobert CampbellLiberal18821st termRussellMoss Kent DickinsonConservative18821st termSimcoe EastHermon Henry CookLiberal1874, 18822nd term*Simcoe NorthDalton McCarthyConservative18724th termSimcoe SouthRichard TyrwhittConservative18822nd termToronto CentreRobert HayLiberal18782nd termToronto EastJohn SmallConservative18821st termVictoria NorthHector CameronConservative18753rd termVictoria SouthJoseph Rutherford DundasConservative18821st termWaterloo NorthHugo KranzConservative18782nd termWaterloo SouthJames LivingstonLiberal18821st termWellandJohn FergusonConservative18782nd termWellington CentreGeorge Turner OrtonLiberal-Conservative18743rd termWellington NorthJames McMullenLiberal18821st termWellington SouthJames InnesLiberal18821st termWentworth NorthThomas BainLiberal18724th termWentworth SouthLewis SpringerLiberal18821st termWest TorontoJames BeatyConservative18802nd termYork EastAlexander MackenzieLiberal18675th termYork NorthWilliam MulockLiberal18821st termYork WestNathaniel Clarke WallaceConservative18782nd term

Prince Edward Island Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsKing's County*Peter Adolphus McIntyreLiberal1874, 18822nd term*James Edwin Robertson (until disqualified from office)Liberal18821st termAugustine Colin Macdonald (by-election of 1883-04-26)Liberal-Conservative1873, 1878, 18833rd term*Prince County*Edward HackettLiberal-Conservative18782nd termJames YeoLiberal18734th termQueen's County*Louis Henry DaviesLiberal18821st termJohn Theophilus Jenkins (until election voided)Liberal-Conservative18821st termFrederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken (by-election of 1883-02-27, until postmaster appointment)Conservative18831st termJohn Theophilus Jenkins (by-election of 1884-08-19)Liberal-Conservative1882, 18842nd term*

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