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5th Parliament of Canada

5th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
8 February 1883 – 15 January 1887
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
Third parties Liberal-Conservative
Independent
Independent Conservative
Independent Liberal
House of Commons
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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 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:

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.



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