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
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
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 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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