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
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/
Liberal-Conservative
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majority under
Prime Minister
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Sir
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that sp ...
and the
3rd Canadian Ministry. The
Official Opposition
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was the
Liberal Party
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, led by
Edward Blake
Dominick Edward Blake (October 13, 1833 – March 1, 1912), known as Edward Blake, was the second premier of Ontario, from 1871 to 1872 and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1880 to 1887. He is one of only three federal permanent Li ...
.
The
Speaker
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was
George Airey Kirkpatrick
Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick (September 13, 1841 – December 13, 1899) was a politician from Ontario, Canada.
Born in 1841 in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Thomas Kirkpatrick, George Kirkpatrick was educated at Trinity College Dublin.
Car ...
. 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:
Notable legislation
This term was notable for passing the ''
Chinese Immigration Act of 1885
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'' which imposed a head tax on Chinese immigrants to Canada.
List of members
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.
British Columbia
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Manitoba
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New Brunswick
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Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
Ontario
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Prince Edward Island
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Quebec
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By-elections
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