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 /Liberal-Conservative majority under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 3rd Canadian Ministry . The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party , led first by Edward Blake , and later by Wilfrid Laurier .
The Speaker 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:
Session Start End 1st April 13, 1887 June 23, 1887 2nd February 23, 1888 May 22, 1888 3rd January 31, 1889 May 2, 1889 4th January 16, 1890 May 16, 1890
Following is a full list of members of the sixth 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 Annapolis John Burpee Mills Conservative 1887 Antigonish John Sparrow David Thompson Liberal-Conservative 1885 Cape Breton * David Mackeen Conservative 1887 Hector Francis McDougall Liberal-Conservative 1884 Colchester Archibald McLelan Conservative 1867, 1881 Archibald McLelan Conservative Adams George Archibald (by-election of 1888-08-15) Liberal-Conservative 1888 Cumberland Charles Tupper Conservative 1867 Charles Tupper Conservative Arthur Rupert Dickey (by-election of 1888-07-13, until election voided) Conservative 1888 Arthur Rupert Dickey (by-election of 1888-12-26) Conservative Digby John Campbell (died 26 May 1887) Conservative 1887 Herbert Ladd Jones (by-election of 1887-07-16) Conservative 1887 Guysborough John Angus Kirk Liberal 1874, 1882 Halifax * Alfred Gilpin Jones Liberal 1867, 1874, 1887 Thomas Edward Kenny Conservative 1887 Hants Alfred Putnam Conservative 1887 Inverness Hugh Cameron Conservative 1867, 1882 Kings Frederick William Borden Liberal 1874, 1887 Lunenburg James Daniel Eisenhauer Liberal 1887 Pictou * Charles Hibbert Tupper Conservative 1882 John McDougald Liberal-Conservative 1881 Charles Hibbert Tupper (by-election of 1888-06-18) Conservative 1882 Queens Joshua Newton Freeman Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1882 Richmond Edmund Power Flynn Liberal 1874, 1887 Shelburne Thomas Robertson (until election voided 9 November 1887) Liberal 1878 John Wimburne Laurie (by-election of 1887-12-15, until election voided) Conservative 1887 John Wimburne Laurie (by-election of 1888-10-22) Conservative Victoria John Archibald McDonald (until election voided) Conservative 1887 John Archibald McDonald (by-election of 1887-11-21) Liberal Yarmouth John Lovitt (until election voided 13 August 1887) Liberal 1887 John Lovitt (by-election of 1887-12-15) Liberal
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected Addington John William Bell Conservative 1882 Algoma Simon James Dawson Conservative 1878 Bothwell David Mills Liberal 1884 Brant North James Somerville Liberal 1882 Brant South William Paterson Liberal 1872 Brockville John Fisher Wood Liberal-Conservative 1882 Bruce East Henry Cargill (until resignation due to postmaster appointment) Conservative 1887 Henry Cargill (by-election of 1887-04-02) Conservative Bruce North Alexander McNeill Liberal-Conservative 1882 Bruce West Edward Blake (until resignation to become member for Durham West) Liberal 1867, 1879, 1887 James Rowand (by-election of 1887-10-19) Liberal 1887 Cardwell Thomas White Conservative 1885 Robert Smeaton White (by-election of 1888-10-03) Conservative 1888 Carleton John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 1867 George Lemuel Dickinson (by-election of 1888-02-01) Conservative 1888 Cornwall and Stormont Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative 1872, 1878 Dundas Charles Erastus Hickey Conservative 1882 Durham East Henry Alfred Ward Conservative 1878 Durham West Edward Blake Liberal 1879 Elgin East John Henry Wilson Liberal 1882 Elgin West George Elliott Casey Liberal 1878 Essex North James Colebrooke Patterson Conservative 1872 Essex South James Brien Liberal 1887 Frontenac George Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative 1870 Glengarry Patrick Purcell Liberal 1887 Grenville South Walter Shanly Conservative 1885 Grey East Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative 1878 Grey North James Masson Conservative 1887 Grey South George Landerkin Liberal 1872, 1882 Haldimand Walter Humphries Montague Conservative 1887 Walter Humphries Montague (by-election of 1887-11-12) Conservative Charles Wesley Colter (by-election of 1889-01-30) Liberal 1889 Walter Humphries Montague (by-election of 1890-02-20) Conservative 1887, 1890 Halton John Waldie (until 19 January 1888 unseating for bribery) Liberal 1887 David Henderson (by-election of 1888-02-07, until unseated for corruption) Conservative 1888 John Waldie (by-election of 1888-08-22) Liberal 1887, 1888 Hamilton * Adam Brown Conservative 1887 Alexander McKay Conservative 1887 Hastings East Samuel Barton Burdett Liberal 1887 Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell Conservative 1867 Hastings West Alexander Robertson (died 29 February 1888) Conservative 1882 Henry Corby Jr. (by-election of 1888-03-17) Conservative 1888 Huron East Peter Macdonald Liberal 1887 Huron South John McMillan Liberal 1882, 1887 Huron West Robert Porter Liberal-Conservative 1887 Kent Archibald Campbell (until unseated 17 November 1887) Liberal 1887 Archibald Campbell (by-election of 1888-05-02) Liberal Kingston John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative 1867 Lambton East George Moncrieff Conservative 1887 Lambton West James Frederick Lister Liberal 1882 Lanark North Joseph Jamieson Conservative 1882 Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 1872 John Graham Haggart Conservative Leeds North and Grenville North Charles Frederick Ferguson Liberal-Conservative 1874 Leeds South George Taylor Conservative 1882 Lennox Uriah Wilson Conservative 1887 Lincoln and Niagara John Charles Rykert (resigned 2 May 1890) Conservative 1878 John Charles Rykert (by-election of 1890-05-23) Conservative 1890 London John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1867, 1878 Middlesex East Joseph Henry Marshall Conservative 1887 Middlesex North Timothy Coughlin Liberal-Conservative 1878 Middlesex South James Armstrong Liberal 1882 Middlesex West William Frederick Roome (until unseated by petition) Conservative 1887 William Frederick Roome (by-election of 1888-03-10) Conservative Monck Arthur Boyle Conservative 1887 Muskoka and Parry Sound William Edward O'Brien Conservative 1882 Norfolk North John Charlton Liberal 1872 Norfolk South David Tisdale Conservative 1887 Northumberland East Albert Elhanon Mallory (until unseated for bribery) Liberal 1887 Edward Cochrane (by-election of 1887-12-22, until election voided) Conservative 1887 Edward Cochrane (by-election of 1888-11-21) Conservative Northumberland West George Guillet Conservative 1885 Ontario North Frank Madill Conservative 1887 Ontario South William Smith Conservative 1887 Ontario West James David Edgar Liberal 1884 Ottawa (City of) * William Goodhue Perley Conservative 1887 Honoré Robillard Liberal-Conservative 1887 Charles Herbert Mackintosh (by-election of 1890-04-26) Conservative 1882, 1890 Oxford North James Sutherland Liberal 1880 Oxford South Richard John Cartwright Liberal 1867 Peel William Armstrong McCulla Conservative 1887 Perth North Samuel Rollin Hesson Conservative 1878 Perth South James Trow Liberal 1872 Peterborough East John Lang Independent Liberal 1887 Peterborough West James Stevenson Conservative 1887 Prescott Simon Labrosse Liberal 1882 Prince Edward John Milton Platt (until election voided) Liberal 1882 John Milton Platt (by-election of 1888-03-10) Liberal Renfrew North Peter White Conservative 1876 Renfrew South Robert Campbell (died in office) Liberal 1882 John Ferguson (by-election of 1887-08-02) Independent Conservative 1887 Russell William Cameron Edwards (unseated for bribery) Liberal 1887 William Cameron Edwards (by-election of 1888-05-07) Liberal Simcoe East Herman Henry Cook Liberal 1874, 1882 Simcoe North Dalton McCarthy Conservative 1872 Simcoe South Richard Tyrwhitt Conservative 1882 Toronto Centre George Ralph Richardson Cockburn Conservative 1887 Toronto East John Small Conservative 1872 Victoria North John Augustus Barron Liberal 1887 Victoria South Adam Hudspeth (resigned) Conservative 1887 Adam Hudspeth (by-election of 1887-04-20, died in office) Conservative Charles Fairbairn (by-election of 1890-12-18) Liberal-Conservative 1890 Waterloo North Isaac Erb Bowman Liberal 1867, 1887 Waterloo South James Livingston Liberal 1882 Welland John Ferguson Conservative 1878 Wellington Centre Andrew Semple Liberal 1887 Wellington North James McMullen Liberal 1882 Wellington South James Innes Liberal 1882 Wentworth North Thomas Bain Liberal 1872 Wentworth South Franklin Metcalfe Carpenter Conservative 1887 West Toronto Frederick Charles Denison Conservative 1887 York East Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 1867 York North William Mulock Liberal 1882 York West Nathaniel Clarke Wallace Conservative 1878
By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained Victoria South December 18, 1890 Adam Hudspeth Conservative Charles Fairbairn Liberal-Conservative Death Yes Napierville December 9, 1890 Louis Sainte-Marie Liberal François-Xavier Paradis Conservative Resigned to enter provincial politics in Quebec. No Kent July 31, 1890 Pierre-Amand Landry Conservative Édouard H. Léger Conservative Appointed a judge in the county court of Westmorland and Kent. Yes Montmorency July 25, 1890 Charles Langelier Liberal Louis-Georges Desjardins Conservative Resignation to enter provincial politics in Quebec. No New Westminster June 19, 1890 Donald Chisholm Conservative Gordon Edward Corbould Conservative Death Yes Lincoln and Niagara May 23, 1890 John Charles Rykert Conservative John Charles Rykert Conservative Resignation to recontest over charges of corruption. Yes Ottawa (City of) (electoral district) April 26, 1890 William Goodhue Perley Conservative Charles Herbert Mackintosh Conservative Death Yes Haldimand February 20, 1890 Charles Wesley Colter Liberal Walter Humphries Montague Conservative Election declared void. No Stanstead December 18, 1889 Charles Carroll Colby Liberal-Conservative Charles Carroll Colby Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. Yes Victoria October 28, 1889 Edgar Crow Baker Conservative Thomas Earle Conservative Resignation. Yes Compton May 16, 1889 John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative Rufus Henry Pope Conservative Death Yes Haldimand January 30, 1889 Walter Humphries Montague Conservative Charles Wesley Colter Liberal Election declared void. No Provencher January 24, 1889 Joseph Royal Conservative Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière Conservative Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories . Yes Joliette January 16, 1889 Édouard Guilbault Conservative Hilaire Neveu Nationalist Election declared void. No Cumberland December 26, 1888 Arthur Rupert Dickey Conservative Arthur Rupert Dickey Conservative Election declared void. Yes Cariboo November 22, 1888 James Reid Liberal-Conservative Francis Stillman Barnard Conservative Called to the Senate. Yes Northumberland East November 21, 1888 Edward Cochrane Conservative Edward Cochrane Conservative Election declared void. Yes Shelburne October 22, 1888 John Wimburne Laurie Conservative John Wimburne Laurie Conservative Election declared void. Yes Cardwell October 3, 1888 Thomas White Conservative Robert Smeaton White Conservative Death Yes Montreal East September 26, 1888 Charles-Joseph Coursol Conservative Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine Independent Conservative Death No Assiniboia East September 12, 1888 William Dell Perley Conservative Edgar Dewdney Conservative Called to the Senate Yes Halton August 22, 1888 John Waldie Conservative David Henderson Conservative Election declared void. No Lanark South August 15, 1888 John Graham Haggart Liberal John Graham Haggart Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General. Yes Colchester August 15, 1888 Archibald McLelan Conservative Adams George Archibald Liberal-Conservative Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia . Yes Nicolet July 17, 1888 Athanase Gaudet Nationalist Conservative Fabien Boisvert Independent Conservative Death No Cumberland July 13, 1888 Charles Tupper Conservative Arthur Rupert Dickey Conservative Appointed Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom . Yes Pictou June 18, 1888 Charles Hibbert Tupper Conservative Charles Hibbert Tupper Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Yes Russell May 7, 1888 William C. Edwards Liberal William C. Edwards Liberal Election declared void. Yes Kent May 2, 1888 Archibald Campbell Liberal Archibald Campbell Liberal Election declared void. Yes L'Assomption April 3, 1888 Joseph Gauthier Liberal Joseph Gauthier Liberal Election declared void. Yes Missisquoi March 27, 1888 George Clayes Liberal Daniel Bishop Meigs Liberal Death Yes Prince Edward March 19, 1888 John Milton Platt Liberal John Milton Platt Liberal Election declared void. Yes Hastings West March 17, 1888 Alexander Robertson Conservative Henry Corby, Jr. Conservative Death Yes Middlesex West March 10, 1888 William Frederick Roome Conservative William Frederick Roome Conservative Election declared void. Yes Halton February 7, 1888 John Waldie Liberal David Henderson Conservative Election declared void. No Carleton February 1, 1888 John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative George Lemuel Dickinson Conservative Chose to sit for Kingston. Yes Victoria January 23, 1888 Noah Shakespeare Conservative Edward Gawler Prior Conservative Appointed Postmaster of Victoria. Yes Queen's January 18, 1888 George Gerald King Liberal George Frederick Baird Conservative Election declared void. No Dorchester January 7, 1888 Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay Nationalist Conservative Honoré-Julien-Jean-Baptiste Chouinard Conservative Death No Northumberland East December 22, 1887 Albert Mallory Liberal Edward Cochrane Conservative Election declared void. No Shelburne December 15, 1887 Thomas Robertson Liberal John Wimburne Laurie Conservative Election declared void. No Yarmouth December 15, 1887 John Lovitt Liberal John Lovitt Liberal Election declared void. Yes Victoria November 21, 1887 Charles James Campbell Conservative John Archibald McDonald Liberal Election declared void. No Haldimand November 12, 1887 Walter Humphries Montague Conservative Walter Humphries Montague Conservative Election declared void. Yes Cumberland November 9, 1887 Charles Tupper Conservative Charles Tupper Conservative Election declared void. Yes Colchester October 27, 1887 Archibald McLelan Conservative Archibald McLelan Conservative Election declared void. Yes Bruce West October 19, 1887 Edward Blake Liberal James Rowand Liberal Chose to sit for Durham West. Yes Richelieu October 18, 1887 Jean-Baptiste Labelle Conservative Joseph-Aimé Massue Conservative Death Yes Charlevoix September 28, 1887 Simon-Xavier Cimon Conservative Simon Cimon Conservative Death Yes Renfrew South August 2, 1887 Robert Campbell Liberal John Ferguson Independent Death No Digby July 16, 1887 John Campbell Conservative Herbert Ladd Jones Conservative Death Yes Restigouche May 21, 1887 Robert Moffat Conservative George Moffat Jr. Conservative Death Yes Victoria South April 20, 1887 Adam Hudspeth Conservative Adam Hudspeth Liberal-Conservative Seeks re-election due to holding the office of revising officer. Yes Bruce East April 2, 1887 Henry Cargill Conservative Henry Cargill Conservative Seeks re-election due to holding the position of postmaster. Yes
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