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
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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
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. The
Official Opposition was the
Liberal Party
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, led first by
Edward Blake
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, and later by
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, ( ; ; November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minis ...
.
The
Speaker
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was
Joseph-Aldric 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:
List of members
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.
British Columbia
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Manitoba
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New Brunswick
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Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
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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Succession
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