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Session of the Parliament of Canada
The 5th Canadian Parliament was in session from 8 February 1883, until 15 January 1887. 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:
Session
Start
End
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 [ edit ]
This term was notable for passing the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 which imposed a head tax on Chinese immigrants to Canada.
Following is a full list of members of the fifth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
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.
Electoral district
Name
Party
First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil
John Abbott
Liberal-Conservative
1867, 1880
Bagot
Joseph Alfred Mousseau (until Quebec cabinet appointment)
Conservative
1874
Flavien Dupont (by-election of 1882-09-02)
Conservative
1882
Beauce
Joseph Bolduc (until Senate appointment)
Conservative
1876
Thomas Linière Taschereau (by-election of 1884-10-31)
Conservative
1884
Beauharnois
Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron
Conservative
1879
Bellechasse
Guillaume Amyot
Conservative
1881
Berthier
Edward Octavian Cuthbert
Conservative
1875
Bonaventure
Louis Joseph Riopel
Conservative
1882
Brome
Sydney Arthur Fisher
Liberal
1882
Chambly
Pierre Basile Benoit (until Chambly Canal appointment)
Conservative
1876
Raymond Préfontaine (by-election of 1886-07-30)
Liberal
1886
Champlain
Hippolyte Montplaisir
Liberal-Conservative
1874
Charlevoix
Simon-Xavier Cimon
Conservative
1881
Chicoutimi—Saguenay
Jean Alfred Gagné
Conservative
1882
Châteauguay
Edward Holton
Liberal
1880
Compton
John Henry Pope
Liberal-Conservative
1867
Dorchester
Charles Alexander Lesage
Conservative
1882
Drummond—Arthabaska
Désiré Olivier Bourbeau
Conservative
1877
Gaspé
Pierre Fortin
Conservative
1867, 1878
Hochelaga
Alphonse Desjardins
Conservative
1874
Huntingdon
Julius Scriver
Liberal
1869
Iberville
François Béchard
Liberal
1867
Jacques Cartier
Désiré Girouard
Conservative
1878
Joliette
Édouard Guilbault (until election voided 4 November 1882)
Conservative
1882
Édouard Guilbault (by-election of 1882-12-07)
Independent Conservative
1882
Kamouraska
Charles Bruno Blondeau
Conservative
1882
Laprairie
Alfred Pinsonneault
Conservative
1867
L'Assomption
Hilaire Hurteau
Liberal-Conservative
1874
Laval
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet
Liberal-Conservative
1873
Lévis
Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (until Customs appointment)
Liberal-Conservative
1867, 1878
Isidore-Noël Belleau (by-election of 1883-10-25, until unseated by court)
Conservative
1883
Pierre Malcom Guay (by-election of 1885-04-14)
Liberal
1885
L'Islet
Philippe Baby Casgrain
Liberal
1872
Lotbinière
Côme Isaïe Rinfret
Liberal
1878
Maskinongé
Frédéric Houde (died 15 November 1884)
Nationalist Conservative
1878
Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers (by-election of 1884-12-22)
Conservative
1884
Mégantic
Louis-Israël Côté alias Fréchette (until election voided 1 April 1884)
Conservative
1882
François Charles Stanislas Langelier (by-election of 1884-06-10)
Liberal
1884
Missisquoi
George Barnard Baker
Liberal-Conservative
1878
Montcalm
Firmin Dugas
Conservative
1871
Montmagny
Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry
Conservative
1878
Montmorency
Pierre Vincent Valin
Conservative
1878, 1880
Montreal Centre
John Joseph Curran
Conservative
1882
Montreal East
Charles-Joseph Coursol
Conservative
1878
Montreal West
Matthew Hamilton Gault
Conservative
1878
Napierville
Médéric Catudal
Liberal
1882
Nicolet
François Xavier Ovide Méthot (until Quebec legislative council appointment 27 March 1884)
Independent Conservative
1877
Athanase Gaudet (by-election of 1884-04-16)
Nationalist Conservative
1884
Ottawa (County of)
Alonzo Wright
Liberal-Conservative
1867
Pontiac
John Bryson
Conservative
1882
Portneuf
Joseph Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges
Liberal
1872, 1882
Quebec-Centre
Joseph Guillaume Bossé
Conservative
1882
Quebec County
Adolphe-Philippe Caron
Conservative
1873
Quebec East
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal
1874
Quebec West
Thomas McGreevy
Liberal-Conservative
1867
Richelieu
Louis Huet Massue
Liberal-Conservative
1878
Richmond—Wolfe
William Bullock Ives
Conservative
1878
Rimouski
Louis Adolphe Billy
Conservative
1882
Rouville
Georges Auguste Gigault
Conservative
1878
Saint Maurice
Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers
Conservative
1867, 1878
Shefford
Michel Auger
Independent Liberal
1882
Town of Sherbrooke
Robert Newton Hall
Liberal-Conservative
1882
Soulanges
Jacques Philippe Lantier (died 15 September 1882)
Conservative
1872
Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu (by-election of 1882-10-27, until unseated 11 December 1883)
Conservative
1882
James William Bain (by-election of 1883-12-27, until election voided)
Conservative
1883
James William Bain (by-election of 1885-02-05)
Conservative
1882
Stanstead
Charles Carroll Colby
Liberal-Conservative
1867
St. Hyacinthe
Michel Esdras Bernier
Liberal
1882
St. John's
François Bourassa
Liberal
1867
Terrebonne
Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (resigned to open seat for Chapleau)
Conservative
1882
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (by-election of 1882-08-16)
Conservative
1882
Three Rivers
Hector-Louis Langevin
Conservative
1867, 1876, 1882
Témiscouata
Paul Étienne Grandbois
Conservative
1878
Two Mountains
Jean-Baptiste Daoust
Conservative
1876
Vaudreuil
Hugh McMillan
Conservative
1882
Verchères
Félix Geoffrion
Liberal
1867
Yamaska
Fabien Vanasse
Conservative
1879
By-election
Date
Incumbent
Party
Winner
Party
Cause
Retained
Haldimand
September 8, 1886
David Thompson
Liberal
Charles Wesley Colter
Liberal
Death
Yes
Chambly
July 30, 1886
Pierre Basile Benoit
Conservative
Raymond Préfontaine
Liberal
Appointed Superintendent of the Chambly Canal.
No
King's
December 31, 1885
George Eulas Foster
Conservative
George Eulas Foster
Conservative
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries.
Yes
City of St. John
November 24, 1885
Samuel Leonard Tilley
Liberal-Conservative
Frederick Eustace Barker
Conservative
Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.
Yes
City and County of St. John
October 20, 1885
Isaac Burpee
Liberal
Charles Arthur Everett
Conservative
Death
No
Antigonish
October 16, 1885
Angus McIsaac
Liberal
John Sparrow David Thompson
Liberal-Conservative
Appointed County Court Judge for District No. 6.
No
Cardwell
August 27, 1885
Thomas White
Conservative
Thomas White
Conservative
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior.
Yes
Durham East
August 24, 1885
Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams
Conservative
Henry Alfred Ward
Conservative
Death
Yes
Grenville South
July 4, 1885
William Thomas Benson
Conservative
Walter Shanly
Conservative
Death
Yes
Lévis
April 14, 1885
Isidore-Noël Belleau
Conservative
Pierre Malcom Guay
Liberal
Unseated on a judgement of the Supreme Court.
Yes
Northumberland West
April 7, 1885
George Guillet
Conservative
George Guillet
Conservative
Election declared void
Yes
Soulanges
February 5, 1885
James William Bain
Conservative
James William Bain
Conservative
Election declared void.
Yes
Lennox
January 28, 1885
David Wright Allison
Liberal
Matthew William Pruyn
Conservative
Election declared void.
No
Maskinongé
December 22, 1884
Frédéric Houde
Nationalist Conservative
Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers
Conservative
Death.
No
Beauce
October 31, 1884
Joseph Bolduc
Nationalist Conservative
Thomas Linière Taschereau
Conservative
Called to the Senate.
Yes
Ontario West
August 22, 1884
George Wheler
Liberal
James David Edgar
Liberal
Resignation
Yes
Queen's County
August 19, 1884
Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken
Conservative
John Theophilus Jenkins
Liberal-Conservative
Appointed Postmaster of Charlottetown.
Yes
Cape Breton
July 3, 1884
William McDonald
Conservative
Hector Francis McDougall
Liberal-Conservative
Called to the Senate.
Yes
York
June 29, 1884
John Pickard
Independent Liberal
Thomas Temple
Conservative
Death
No
Cumberland
June 26, 1884
Charles Tupper
Conservative
Charles James Townshend
Liberal-Conservative
Appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom.
Yes
Mégantic
June 10, 1884
Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette
Conservative
François Langelier
Liberal
Election declared void.
No
Nicolet
April 16, 1884
François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot
Independent Conservative
Athanase Gaudet
Nationalist Conservative
Appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec .
No
Bothwell
February 25, 1884
John Joseph Hawkins
Liberal-Conservative
David Mills
Liberal
Election declared void.
No
Kent
January 29, 1884
Henry Smyth
Conservative
Henry Smyth
Conservative
Election declared void.
Yes
Soulanges
December 27, 1883
Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu
Conservative
James William Bain
Conservative
Election declared void.
Yes
Middlesex West
December 14, 1883
George William Ross
Liberal
Donald Mackenzie Cameron
Liberal
Election declared void.
Yes
Huron South
December 10, 1883
John McMillan
Liberal
Richard John Cartwright
Liberal
Resignation to provide a seat for Cartwright.
Yes
Lennox
November 26, 1883
John A. Macdonald
Liberal-Conservative
David Wright Allison
Liberal
Election voided. Macdonald was concurrently elected in Carleton and chose to sit for that riding.
No
Lévis
October 25, 1883
Joseph-Godéric Blanchet
Liberal-Conservative
Isidore-Noël Belleau
Conservative
Appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Quebec.
Yes
Lunenburg
October 10, 1883
Thomas Twining Keefler
Liberal
Charles Edwin Kaulbach
Conservative
Election declared void.
No
Kent
September 22, 1883
Gilbert Anselme Girouard
Conservative
Pierre-Amand Landry
Conservative
Appointed customs collector for Richibucto.
Yes
Halifax
July 24, 1883
Matthew Henry Richey
Liberal-Conservative
John Fitzwilliam Stairs
Conservative
Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
Yes
Albert
July 10, 1883
John Wallace
Liberal
John Wallace
Liberal-Conservative
Election declared void.
No
King's County
April 26, 1883
James Edwin Robertson
Liberal
Augustine Colin Macdonald
Liberal-Conservative
Robertson disqualified as he was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly at the time of the election. The seat was adjudicated to MacDonald.
No
Queen's County
February 27, 1883
John Theophilus Jenkins
Liberal-Conservative
Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken
Conservative
Jenkins' election being declared void, the seat was adjudicated to Mr. Brecken.
Yes
Joliette
December 7, 1882
Édouard Guilbault
Conservative
Édouard Guilbault
Independent Conservative
Election declared void.
No
King's
November 7, 1882
George Eulas Foster
Conservative
George Eulas Foster
Conservative
Election declared void.
Yes
Soulanges
October 27, 1882
Jacques Philippe Lantier
Conservative
Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu
Conservative
Death
Yes
Bagot
September 2, 1882
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
Conservative
Flavien Dupont
Conservative
Resignation upon appointment as Premier of Quebec.
Yes
Terrebonne
August 16, 1882
Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
Conservative
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Conservative
Resignation to provide a seat for Chapleau.
Yes
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