5th Parliament of Ontario

The 5th Parliament of Ontario was in session from February 27, 1883, until November 15, 1886, just prior to the 1886 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.
Charles Clarke served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the Assembly

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Comments
Addington	George Denison	Conservative	1883		-
Algoma	Robert Adam Lyon	Liberal	1878		-
Algoma East	Robert Adam Lyon	Liberal	1878		-
Algoma West	James Conmee	Liberal	1885	elected June 26, 1885	-
Brant	James Young	Liberal	1879	Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry from June 2 to November 2, 1883	-
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal	1873	Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry	-
Brockville	Christopher Finlay Fraser	Conservative	1872	Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry	-
Bruce North	John Gillies	Independent-Liberal	1883		-
Bruce South	Hamilton Parke O'Connor	Liberal	1882		-
Cardwell	William Henry Hammell	Conservative	1883		-
Carleton	George William Monk	Conservative	1871		-
Cornwall	Alexander Peter Ross	Conservative	1883		-
Dufferin	Robert McGhee	Conservative	1883		-
Dundas	Andrew Broder	Conservative	1875		-
Durham East	Charles Herbert Brereton	Conservative	1882		-
Durham West	James Wellington McLaughlin	Liberal	1879		-
Elgin East	Charles Oaks Ermatinger	Conservative	1883		-
Elgin West	John Cascaden	Liberal	1879		-
Essex North	Solomon White	Conservative	1878		-
Essex South	William Douglas Balfour	Liberal	1882		-
Frontenac	Henry Wilmot	Conservative	1883		-
Glengarry	James Rayside	Liberal	1882		-
Grenville South	Frederick John French	Conservative	1879		-
Grey East	Abram William Lauder	Conservative	1867	died February 20, 1884	-
Grey East	Neil McColman	Conservative	1884	elected March 18, 1884	-
Grey North	David Creighton	Conservative	1875		-
Grey South	John Blythe	Conservative	1883		-
Haldimand	Jacob Baxter	Liberal	1867		-
Halton	William Kerns	Conservative	1883		-
Hamilton	John Morison Gibson	Liberal	1879		-
Hastings East	William Parker Hudson	Conservative	1883		-
Hastings North	Alpheus Field Wood	Conservative	1883		-
Hastings West	Ephraim George Sills	Liberal	1883		-
Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal	1871		-
Huron South	Archibald Bishop	Liberal	1873		-
Huron West	Alexander McLagan Ross	Liberal	1875	Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry after November 2, 1883	-
Kent East	Daniel McCraney	Liberal	1875	died February 28, 1885	-
Kent East	Robert Ferguson	Liberal	1885	elected June 20, 1885	-
Kent West	James Clancy	Conservative	1883		-
Kingston	James Henry Metcalfe	Conservative	1879		-
Lambton East	Peter Graham	Liberal	1875		-
Lambton West	Timothy Blair Pardee	Liberal	1867	Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry	-
Lanark North	William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal	1872, 1879		-
Lanark South	William Lees	Independent	1879		-
Leeds North and Grenville North	Henry Merrick	Conservative	1871		-
Leeds South	Robert Henry Preston	Conservative	1875, 1883		-
Lennox	Alexander Hall Roe	Liberal	1883	died July 12, 1884	-
Lennox	George Douglas Hawley	Liberal	1879, 1884	elected August 25, 1884	-
Lincoln	Sylvester Neelon	Liberal	1875, 1879		-
London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative	1872	Leader of the Opposition	-
Middlesex East	Donald MacKenzie	Liberal	1883		-
Middlesex North	John Waters	Liberal	1879		-
Middlesex West	Alexander Johnston	Conservative	1883	unseated November 15, 1883 after an appeal	-
Middlesex West	George William Ross	Liberal	1883	elected December 14, 1883 Minister of Education in Mowat ministry after November 23, 1883	-
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal	1879		-
Muskoka and Parry Sound	Frederick G. Fauquier	Conservative	1883	unseated November 15, 1883 after an appeal	-
Muskoka and Parry Sound	Jacob William Dill	Liberal	1884	elected July 23, 1884	-
Norfolk North	John Bailey Freeman	Liberal	1879		-
Norfolk South	William Morgan	Conservative	1879		-
Northumberland East	James Marshall Ferris	Liberal	1875		-
Northumberland West	Robert Mulholland	Conservative	1883		-
Ontario North	Isaac James Gould	Liberal	1883		-
Ontario South	John Dryden	Liberal	1879		-
Ottawa	Patrick Baskerville	Conservative	1879		-
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal	1872	Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry	-
Oxford South	Adam Crooks	Liberal	1871, 1875	Minister of Education in Mowat ministry until November 23, 1883 resigned from legislative assembly February 14, 1884	-
Oxford South	George Atwell Cooke	Liberal	1884	elected March 5, 1884	-
Peel	Kenneth Chisholm	Liberal	1873		-
Perth North	John George Hess	Conservative	1883		-
Perth South	Thomas Ballantyne	Liberal	1875		-
Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal	1879		-
Peterborough West	John Carnegie	Conservative	1867, 1883		-
Prescott	Albert Peter Hagar	Liberal	1881		-
Prince Edward	James Hart	Independent-Liberal	1883		-
Renfrew North	Thomas Murray	Liberal	1869, 1879, 1883		-
Renfrew South	John Francis Dowling	Liberal	1883		-
Russell	Honoré Robillard	Liberal-Conservative	1883		-
Simcoe East	Charles Alfred Drury	Liberal	1882		-
Simcoe South	George Prevost McKay	Conservative	1883		-
Simcoe West	Orson James Phelps	Liberal	1883		-
Stormont	Joseph Kerr	Conservative	1879		-
Toronto East	Alexander Morris	Conservative	1879		-
Toronto West	Henry Edward Clarke	Conservative	1883		-
Victoria North	John Fell	Conservative	1883		-
Victoria South	Duncan John McIntyre	Liberal	1883		-
Waterloo North	Elias Weber Bingeman Snider	Liberal	1881		-
Waterloo South	Isaac Master	Liberal	1877, 1882		-
Welland	James E. Morin	Liberal	1883		-
Wellington Centre	Charles Clarke	Liberal	1871	Speaker	-
Wellington South	James Laidlaw	Liberal	1879		-
Wellington West	Robert McKim	Liberal	1867, 1879		-
Wentworth North	James McMahon	Liberal	1875		-
Wentworth South	Nicholas Awrey	Liberal	1879		-
York East	George Badgerow	Liberal	1879		-
York North	Joseph Henry Widdifield	Liberal	1875		-
York West	John Gray	Conservative	1883		-