8th Canadian Parliament

8th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
August 19, 1896 – July 18, 1900
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister (cabinet)	Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier (8th Canadian Ministry) 11 July 1896 – 6 October 1911
Leader of the Opposition	Charles Tupper
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Conservative Party
Third parties	Liberal-Conservative
	Independent Conservative
	Independent
	Patrons of Industry
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Sessions
1st Session August 19, 1896 – October 5, 1896
2nd Session March 25, 1897 – June 29, 1897
3rd Session February 3, 1898 – June 13, 1898
4th Session March 16, 1899 – August 11, 1899
5th Session February 1, 1900 – July 18, 1900
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The 8th Canadian Parliament was in session from August 19, 1896 until October 9, 1900. The membership was set by the 1896 federal election on June 23, 1896. It was dissolved prior to the 1900 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the 8th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative, led by Charles Tupper.

The Speaker was first James David Edgar, and later Thomas Bain. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1892-1903 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were five sessions of the 8th Parliament:

Following is a full list of members of the eighth 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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