Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald 17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891
Cabinet
3rd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition
Edward Blake 4 May 1880 – 2 June 1887
Party caucuses
Government
Conservative Party & Liberal-Conservative
Opposition
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons
Joseph-Goderic Blanchet 13 February 1879 – 7 February 1883
George Airey Kirkpatrick 8 February 1883 – 12 July 1887
Members
242 seats MP seats List of members
Senate
Speaker of the Senate
The Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson 19 April 1880 – 16 October 1883
The Hon. William Miller 17 October 1883 – 3 April 1887
Government Senate Leader
Alexander Campbell 18 October 1878 – 26 January 1887
Opposition Senate Leader
Sir Richard William Scott 8 October 1878 – 27 April 1896
Senators
97 seats senator seats List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch
Victoria 1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor General
The Duke of Argyll 25 Nov. 1878 – 23 Oct. 1883
The Marquess of Lansdowne 23 Oct. 1883 – 11 June 1888
Sessions
1st session 8 February 1883 – 27 May 1883
2nd session 17 January 1884 – 19 April 1884
3rd session 29 January 1885 – 20 July 1885
4th session 25 February 1886 – 2 June 1886
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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
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