Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald 17 Oct. 1878 – 6 June 1891
The Hon. Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott 16 June 1891 – 24 Nov. 1892
Rt. Hon. John Sparrow David Thompson 5 Dec. 1892 – 12 Dec. 1894
The Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell 21 Dec. 1894 – 27 Apr. 1896
Cabinets
3rd Canadian Ministry 4th Canadian Ministry 5th Canadian Ministry 6th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition
Sir Wilfrid Laurier 23 June 1887 – 10 June 1896
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-Aldric Ouimet 13 July 1887 – 28 July 1891
Peter White 29 July 1891 – 18 August 1896
Members
215 MP seats List of members
Senate
Speaker of the Senate
The Hon. Sir Alexandre Lacoste 27 April 1891 – 13 September 1891
The Hon. John Jones Ross 14 September 1891 – 12 July 1896
Government Senate Leader
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott 16 June 1891 – 30 October 1893
Sir Mackenzie Bowell 31 October 1893 – 12 December 1894
Sir Mackenzie Bowell 21 December 1894 – 27 April 1896
Opposition Senate Leader
Sir Richard William Scott 8 October 1878 – 27 April 1896
Senators
81 senator seats List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch
Victoria 1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor General
The Earl of Derby 11 June 1888 – 18 Sep. 1893
The Earl of Aberdeen 18 Sep. 1893 – 12 Nov. 1898
Sessions
1st session 29 April 1891 – 30 September 1891
2nd session 25 February 1892 – 9 July 1892
3rd session 26 January 1893 – 1 April 1893
4th session 15 March 1894 – 23 July 1894
5th session 18 April 1895 – 22 July 1895
6th session 2 January 1896 – 23 April 1896
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The 7th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 29, 1891, until April 24, 1896. The membership was set by the 1891 federal election on March 5, 1891. It was dissolved prior to the 1896 election.
It was controlled by a Conservative/Liberal-Conservative majority first under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 3rd Canadian Ministry, and then by Sir John Abbott and the 4th Canadian Ministry, Sir John Thompson and the 5th Canadian Ministry, Sir Mackenzie Bowell and the 6th Canadian Ministry, and finally Sir Charles Tupper and the 7th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Wilfrid Laurier.
The Speaker was Peter White. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1887-1892 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
It was the second longest parliament in Canadian history.
Having five different people serve as prime minister during one parliament is easily a record for Canada; no other parliament has had more than two.
There were six sessions of the 7th Parliament:
Session
Start
End
1st
April 29, 1891
September 30, 1891
2nd
February 25, 1892
July 9, 1892
3rd
January 26, 1893
April 1, 1893
4th
March 15, 1894
July 23, 1894
5th
April 18, 1895
July 22, 1895
6th
January 2, 1896
April 23, 1896
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