6th Canadian Parliament
| 6th Parliament of Canada | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| 7 April 1887 – 3 February 1891 | |||
| Parliament leaders | |||
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Prime Minister (cabinet) |
Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald (3rd Canadian Ministry) 17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891 |
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| Leader of the Opposition |
Wilfrid Laurier 23 June 1887 – 10 July 1896 |
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| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Conservative Party | ||
| Opposition | Liberal Party | ||
| Third parties | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| Independent Conservative | |||
| Independent Liberal | |||
| Nationalist | |||
| House of Commons | |||
 Seating arrangements of the House of Commons |
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| Speaker of the Commons |
George Airey Kirkpatrick 8 February 1883 – 12 July 1887 |
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Joseph-Aldric Ouimet 13 July 1887 – 28 July 1891 |
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| Members | 215 MP seats List of members |
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| Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate |
The Hon. Josiah Burr Plumb 4 April 1887 – 12 March 1888 |
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| The Hon. George Allan 17 March 1888 – 26 April 1891 |
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| Government Senate Leader |
vacant 7 April 1887 – 11 May 1887 |
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| Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott 12 May 1887 – 6 June 1891 |
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| vacant 7 June 1891 – 15 June 1891 |
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| Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott 16 June 1891 – 30 October 1893 |
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| Opposition Senate Leader |
Sir Richard William Scott 8 October 1878 – 27 April 1896 |
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| Senators | 81 senator seats List of senators |
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| Sessions | |||
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1st Session 13 April 1887 – 23 June 1887 |
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2nd Session 23 February 1888 – 22 May 1888 |
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3rd Session 31 January 1889 – 2 May 1889 |
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4th Session 16 January 1890 – 16 May 1890 |
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The 6th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 13, 1887 until February 3, 1891. The membership was set by the 1887 federal election on February 22, 1887. It was dissolved prior to the 1891 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 first by Edward Blake, and later by Wilfrid Laurier.
The Speaker was Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1887-1892 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 6th Parliament:
Following is a full list of members of the sixth 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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