7th Canadian Parliament


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:
SessionStartEnd
1stApril 29, 1891September 30, 1891
2ndFebruary 25, 1892July 9, 1892
3rdJanuary 26, 1893April 1, 1893
4thMarch 15, 1894July 23, 1894
5thApril 18, 1895July 22, 1895
6thJanuary 2, 1896April 23, 1896

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the seventh Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Key:
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk indicates that district was represented by two members.

[British Columbia]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CaribooFrank Stillman BarnardConservative18814th term
New WestminsterGordon Edward CorbouldConservative18882nd term
VancouverDavid William GordonLiberal-Conservative18823rd term
VancouverAndrew Haslam Conservative18931st term
Victoria*Thomas EarleConservative18892nd term
Victoria*Edward Gawler Prior Conservative18882nd term
Victoria*Edward Gawler Prior Conservative18882nd term
YaleJohn Andrew MaraConservative18872nd term

[Manitoba]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
LisgarArthur Wellington RossLiberal-Conservative18823rd term
MarquetteRobert Watson Liberal18823rd term
MarquetteNathaniel Boyd Conservative18921st term
ProvencherAlphonse Alfred Clément LarivièreConservative18892nd term
SelkirkThomas Mayne Daly Liberal-Conservative18872nd term
SelkirkThomas Mayne Daly Liberal-Conservative18872nd term
WinnipegHugh John Macdonald Liberal-Conservative18911st term
WinnipegJoseph Martin Liberal18931st term

[New Brunswick]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AlbertRichard Chapman WeldonConservative18872nd term
CarletonNewton Ramsay Colter Liberal18911st term
CarletonNewton Ramsay Colter Liberal18911st term
CharlotteArthur Hill GillmorLiberal18745th term
City and County of St. John*John Douglas HazenConservative18911st term
City and County of St. John*Charles Nelson Skinner Liberal18872nd term
City and County of St. John*John A. Chesley Conservative18921st term
City of St. JohnEzekiel McLeodConservative18911st term
GloucesterKennedy Francis Burns Conservative18823rd term
GloucesterThéotime Blanchard Conservative18941st term
KentÉdouard H. LégerConservative18902nd term
KentGeorge Valentine McInerney Liberal-Conservative18921st term
King'sGeorge Eulas FosterConservative18823rd term
NorthumberlandMichael AdamsConservative18911st term
NorthumberlandJames Robinson Conservative18961st term
Queen'sGeorge Gerald King Liberal1878, 18914th term*
Queen'sGeorge Frederick Baird Conservative1878, 18914th term*
RestigoucheJohn McAlisterLiberal-Conservative18911st term
SunburyRobert Duncan WilmotConservative18677th term
VictoriaJohn CostiganLiberal-Conservative18677th term
WestmorlandJosiah Wood Conservative18823rd term
WestmorlandHenry Absalom Powell Liberal-Conservative18951st term
YorkThomas TempleConservative18843rd term

[Northwest Territories]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Alberta (Provisional District)Donald Watson DavisConservative18872nd term
Assiniboia EastEdgar Dewdney Conservative1872, 18885th term*
Assiniboia EastWilliam Walter McDonald Conservative18921st term
Assiniboia WestNicholas Flood DavinConservative18872nd term
Saskatchewan (Provisional District)Day Hort MacDowallConservative18872nd term

[Nova Scotia]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AnnapolisJohn Burpee MillsConservative18872nd term
AntigonishJohn Thompson Liberal-Conservative18853rd term
AntigonishColin Francis McIsaac Liberal18951st term
Cape Breton*David MacKeen Conservative18872nd term
Cape Breton*Hector Francis McDougallLiberal-Conservative18843rd term
Cape Breton*Charles Tupper Conservative1867, 1887, 18967th term*
ColchesterWilliam Albert PattersonConservative18911st term
CumberlandArthur Rupert Dickey Conservative18882nd term
CumberlandArthur Rupert Dickey Conservative18882nd term
CumberlandArthur Rupert Dickey Conservative18882nd term
DigbyEdward Charles BowersLiberal18911st term
DigbyEdward Charles Bowers Liberal18911st term
GuysboroughDuncan Cameron FraserLiberal18911st term
HalifaxThomas Edward Kenny Conservative18872nd term
HalifaxJohn Fitz William Stairs Conservative1883, 18912nd term
HalifaxThomas Edward Kenny Conservative1887, 18923rd term*
HalifaxJohn Fitz William Stairs Conservative1883, 1891, 18922nd term*
HantsAlfred PutnamConservative18872nd term
InvernessHugh CameronConservative1867, 18824th term*
KingsFrederick William Borden Liberal1874, 18874th term*
KingsFrederick William Borden Liberal1874, 18874th term*
LunenburgCharles Edwin KaulbachConservative1882, 1883, 18913rd term*
Pictou*John McDougaldLiberal-Conservative18814th term
Pictou*Charles Hibbert TupperConservative18823rd term
QueensFrancis Gordon ForbesLiberal18911st term
QueensFrancis Gordon Forbes Liberal18911st term
RichmondJoseph Alexander Gillies Conservative18911st term
RichmondJoseph Alexander Gillies Conservative18911st term
ShelburneNathaniel Whitworth WhiteLiberal-Conservative18911st term
VictoriaJohn Archibald McDonald Conservative18872nd term
VictoriaJohn Archibald McDonald Conservative18872nd term
YarmouthThomas Barnard FlintLiberal18911st term

[Ontario]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AddingtonGeorge Walker Wesley DawsonLiberal18911st term
AlgomaGeorge Hugh MacdonellConservative18911st term
BothwellDavid MillsLiberal18843rd term
Brant NorthJames SomervilleLiberal18823rd term
Brant SouthWilliam PatersonLiberal18726th term
BrockvilleJohn Fisher Wood Liberal-Conservative18823rd term
BrockvilleJohn Fisher Wood Liberal-Conservative18823rd term
Bruce EastReuben Eldridge Truax Liberal18911st term
Bruce EastHenry Cargill Conservative18921st term
Bruce NorthAlexander McNeillLiberal-Conservative18823rd term
Bruce WestJames RowandLiberal18872nd term
CardwellRobert Smeaton White Conservative18882nd term
CardwellWilliam Stubbs Independent Conservative18951st term
CarletonWilliam Thomas HodginsConservative18911st term
Cornwall and StormontDarby BerginLiberal-Conservative1872, 18785th term*
DundasHugo Homer RossConservative18911st term
Durham EastThomas Dixon CraigIndependent Conservative18911st term
Durham WestRobert BeithLiberal18911st term
Elgin EastAndrew B. Ingram Liberal-Conservative18911st term
Elgin EastAndrew B. Ingram Liberal-Conservative18911st term
Elgin WestGeorge Elliott CaseyLiberal18784th term
Essex NorthWilliam McGregorLiberal18911st term
Essex SouthHenry William AllanLiberal18911st term
FrontenacGeorge Airey Kirkpatrick Conservative18707th term
FrontenacHiram Augustus Calvin Independent Conservative18921st term
GlengarryRoderick R. McLennan Conservative18911st term
GlengarryRoderick R. McLennan Conservative18911st term
Grenville SouthJohn Dowsley ReidConservative18911st term
Grey EastThomas Simpson SprouleConservative18784th term
Grey NorthJames MassonConservative18872nd term
Grey SouthGeorge LanderkinLiberal1872, 18825th term*
HaldimandWalter Humphries Montague Conservative1887, 18903rd term*
HaldimandWalter Humphries Montague Conservative1887, 18903rd term*
HaltonDavid HendersonConservative1887, 18883rd term*
HaltonDavid Henderson Conservative1887, 18883rd term*
Hamilton*Alexander McKayConservative18872nd term
Hamilton*Samuel Shobal RyckmanConservative18911st term
Hastings EastSamuel Barton Burdett Liberal18872nd term
Hastings EastWilliam Barton Northrup Conservative18921st term
Hastings NorthMackenzie Bowell Conservative18677th term
Hastings NorthAlexander Augustus Williamson Carscallen Conservative18921st term
Hastings WestHenry Corby Jr. Conservative18882nd term
Hastings WestHenry Corby Jr. Conservative18882nd term
Huron EastPeter MacdonaldLiberal18872nd term
Huron SouthJohn McMillanLiberal1882, 18873rd term*
Huron WestMalcolm Colin Cameron Liberal1867, 18916th term*
Huron WestJames Colebrooke Patterson Conservative1878, 18924th term*
Huron WestMalcolm Colin Cameron Liberal1867, 1891, 18967th term*
KentArchibald CampbellLiberal18872nd term
KingstonJohn A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative18677th term
KingstonJames Henry Metcalfe Conservative18921st term
Lambton EastGeorge MoncrieffConservative18872nd term
Lambton WestJames Frederick ListerLiberal18823rd term
Lanark NorthJoseph Jamieson Conservative18823rd term
Lanark NorthBennett Rosamond Conservative18911st term
Lanark SouthJohn Graham HaggartConservative18726th term
Leeds North and Grenville NorthCharles Frederick FergusonLiberal-Conservative18745th term
Leeds SouthGeorge TaylorConservative18823rd term
LennoxDavid Wright Allison Liberal1883, 18912nd term*
LennoxUriah Wilson Conservative18921st term
Lincoln and NiagaraWilliam Gibson Liberal18911st term
Lincoln and NiagaraWilliam Gibson Liberal18911st term
LondonCharles Smith Hyman Liberal18911st term
LondonJohn Carling Liberal-Conservative1867, 1878, 18926th term*
Middlesex EastJoseph Henry Marshall Conservative18872nd term
Middlesex EastJoseph Henry Marshall Conservative18872nd term
Middlesex NorthWilliam Henry HutchinsConservative18911st term
Middlesex SouthJames Armstrong Liberal18823rd term
Middlesex SouthRobert Boston Liberal18931st term
Middlesex WestWilliam Frederick RoomeConservative18872nd term
MonckJohn Brown Liberal18911st term
MonckArthur Boyle Conservative18921st term
Muskoka and Parry SoundWilliam Edward O'BrienConservative18823rd term
Norfolk NorthJohn CharltonLiberal18726th term
Norfolk SouthDavid TisdaleConservative18872nd term
Northumberland EastEdward CochraneConservative18872nd term
Northumberland WestJohn Hargraft Liberal18911st term
Northumberland WestGeorge Guillet Conservative18921st term
Ontario NorthFrank Madill Conservative18872nd term
Ontario NorthJohn Alexander McGillivray Liberal-Conservative18951st term
Ontario SouthJames Ironside Davidson Liberal18911st term
Ontario SouthWilliam Smith Conservative18921st term
Ontario WestJames David EdgarLiberal18843rd term
Ottawa (City of)*Charles Herbert Mackintosh Conservative1882, 18903rd term*
Ottawa (City of)*Honoré RobillardLiberal-Conservative18872nd term
Ottawa (City of)*James Alexander Grant Conservative18931st term
Oxford NorthJames SutherlandLiberal18804th term
Oxford SouthRichard John CartwrightLiberal18677th term
PeelJoseph Featherston Liberal18911st term
PeelJoseph Featherston Liberal18911st term
Perth NorthJames Nicol Grieve Liberal18911st term
Perth NorthJames Nicol Grieve Liberal18911st term
Perth SouthJames Trow Liberal18726th term
Perth SouthWilliam Pridham Conservative18921st term
Peterborough EastJohn BurnhamConservative1878, 18913rd term*
Peterborough WestJames StevensonConservative18872nd term
PrescottIsidore Proulx Liberal18911st term
PrescottIsidore Proulx Liberal18911st term
Prince EdwardArchibald Campbell Miller Conservative18911st term
Prince EdwardArchibald Campbell Miller Conservative18911st term
Renfrew NorthPeter White Conservative18765th term
Renfrew SouthJohn FergusonIndependent Conservative18872nd term
RussellWilliam Cameron EdwardsLiberal18872nd term
Simcoe EastPhilip Howard Spohn Liberal18911st term
Simcoe EastWilliam Humphrey Bennett Conservative18921st term
Simcoe NorthDalton McCarthyIndependent18872nd term
Simcoe SouthRichard TyrwhittConservative18823rd term
Toronto CentreGeorge Ralph Richardson CockburnConservative18872nd term
Toronto EastEmerson CoatsworthConservative18911st term
Victoria NorthJohn Augustus Barron Liberal18872nd term
Victoria NorthSam Hughes Liberal-Conservative18921st term
Victoria SouthCharles Fairbairn Liberal-Conservative18902nd term
Victoria SouthCharles Fairbairn Liberal-Conservative18902nd term
Waterloo NorthIsaac Erb BowmanLiberal1867, 18875th term*
Waterloo SouthJames LivingstonLiberal18823rd term
WellandWilliam Manley German Liberal18911st term
WellandJames A. Lowell Liberal18921st term
Wellington CentreAndrew SempleLiberal18872nd term
Wellington NorthJames McMullenLiberal18823rd term
Wellington SouthJames InnesLiberal18823rd term
Wentworth NorthThomas BainLiberal18726th term
Wentworth SouthFranklin Metcalfe CarpenterConservative18872nd term
West TorontoFrederick Charles DenisonConservative18872nd term
York EastAlexander Mackenzie Liberal18677th term
York EastWilliam Findlay Maclean Conservative18921st term
York NorthWilliam MulockLiberal18823rd term
York WestNathaniel Clarke WallaceConservative18784th term
York WestNathaniel Clarke Wallace Conservative18784th term

[Prince Edward Island]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
King's County*Augustine Colin MacdonaldConservative1873, 1878, 1883, 18914th term*
King's County*John McLeanConservative18911st term
Prince County*Stanislaus Francis PerryLiberal1874, 18873rd term*
Prince County*John YeoLiberal18911st term
Queen's County*Louis Henry DaviesLiberal18823rd term
Queen's County*William WelshIndependent Liberal18872nd term

[Quebec]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
ArgenteuilThomas ChristieLiberal1875, 18913rd term*
BagotFlavien DupontConservative18823rd term
BeauceJoseph GodboutLiberal18872nd term
BeauharnoisJoseph Gédéon Horace BergeronConservative18823rd term
BellechasseGuillaume AmyotNationalist Conservative18814th term
BerthierCléophas BeausoleilLiberal18823rd term
BonaventureWilliam LeBoutillier FauvelLiberal18911st term
BromeEugène Alphonse Dyer Conservative18911st term
BromeEugène Alphonse Dyer Conservative18911st term
ChamblyRaymond PréfontaineLiberal18863rd term
ChamplainOnésime CarignanConservative18911st term
CharlevoixHenry Simard Liberal18911st term
CharlevoixLouis Charles Alphonse Angers Liberal18961st term
Chicoutimi—SaguenayPaul Vilmond Savard Liberal18911st term
Chicoutimi—SaguenayLouis de Gonzague Belley Conservative18921st term
ChâteauguayJames Pollock BrownLiberal18911st term
ComptonRufus Henry PopeConservative18892nd term
DorchesterCyrille Émile VaillancourtNationalist18911st term
Drummond—ArthabaskaJoseph LavergneLiberal18823rd term
GaspéLouis Zéphirin JoncasConservative18823rd term
HochelagaAlphonse Desjardins Conservative18745th term
HochelagaSévérin Lachapelle Conservative18921st term
HuntingdonJulius ScriverLiberal18697th term
IbervilleFrançois BéchardLiberal18677th term
Jacques CartierDésiré Girouard Conservative18784th term
Jacques CartierNapoléon Charbonneau Liberal18951st term
JolietteUrbain LippéConservative18911st term
KamouraskaHenry George CarrollLiberal18911st term
LaprairieLouis Conrad PelletierConservative18911st term
L'AssomptionJoseph Gauthier Liberal18872nd term
L'AssomptionHormidas Jeannotte Conservative18921st term
LavalJoseph-Aldric Ouimet Liberal-Conservative18736th term
LavalJoseph-Aldric Ouimet Liberal-Conservative18736th term
LévisPierre Malcom GuayLiberal18853rd term
L'IsletLouis-Georges Desjardins Conservative18902nd term
L'IsletJoseph Israël Tarte Independent18931st term
LotbinièreCôme Isaïe RinfretLiberal18784th term
MaskinongéJoseph Hormidas LegrisLiberal18911st term
MéganticLouis-Israël Côté alias FréchetteConservative1882, 18912nd term*
MissisquoiGeorge Barnard BakerLiberal-Conservative18911st term
MontcalmJoseph Louis Euclide Dugas Conservative18911st term
MontcalmJoseph Louis Euclide Dugas Conservative18911st term
MontmagnyPhilippe-Auguste ChoquetteLiberal18872nd term
MontmorencyJoseph Israël Tarte Conservative18911st term
MontmorencyArthur Joseph Turcotte Conservative18921st term
Montreal CentreJohn Joseph Curran Conservative18823rd term
Montreal CentreJohn Joseph Curran Conservative18823rd term
Montreal CentreJames McShane Liberal18951st term
Montreal EastAlphonse Télesphore LépineIndependent Conservative18882nd term
Montreal WestDonald Alexander SmithIndependent Conservative1871, 18876th term*
NapiervilleDominique MonetLiberal18911st term
NicoletJoseph Hector LeducLiberal18911st term
Ottawa (County of)Charles Ramsay DevlinLiberal18911st term
PontiacThomas Murray Liberal18911st term
PontiacJohn Bryson Conservative18921st term
PortneufArthur DelisleLiberal18911st term
Quebec-CentreFrançois Charles Stanislas LangelierLiberal18823rd term
Quebec CountyJules Joseph Taschereau FrémontLiberal18911st term
Quebec EastWilfrid LaurierLiberal18745th term
Quebec WestThomas McGreevy Liberal-Conservative18677th term
Quebec WestJohn Hearn Conservative18921st term
Quebec WestThomas McGreevy Liberal-Conservative1867, 18958th term*
RichelieuHector-Louis Langevin Conservative1867, 1876, 1878,8th term*
RichelieuArthur Aimé Bruneau Liberal18921st term
Richmond—WolfeClarence Chester ClevelandConservative18911st term
RimouskiJoseph Philippe René Adolphe CaronConservative18872nd term
RouvilleLouis Philippe BrodeurLiberal18784th term
St. HyacintheMichel Esdras BernierLiberal18823rd term
St. John'sFrançois BourassaLiberal18677th term
Saint MauriceFrançois Sévère Lesieur DesaulniersConservative18872nd term
SheffordJohn Robbins SanbornLiberal18911st term
Town of SherbrookeWilliam Bullock Ives Conservative18823rd term
Town of SherbrookeWilliam Bullock Ives Conservative18823rd term
SoulangesJoseph Octave Mousseau Independent18911st term
SoulangesJames William Bain Conservative18921st term
SoulangesJames William Bain Conservative18921st term
StansteadTimothy Byron RiderLiberal18911st term
TémiscouataPaul Étienne GrandboisConservative18784th term
TerrebonneJoseph-Adolphe Chapleau Conservative18823rd term
TerrebonnePierre-Julien Leclair Conservative18931st term
Three RiversHector-Louis LangevinConservative1867, 1876, 1878, 18826th term*
Two MountainsJean-Baptiste Daoust Conservative18765th term
Two MountainsJoseph Girouard Conservative18921st term
VaudreuilHenry Stanislas Harwood Liberal18911st term
VaudreuilHenry Stanislas Harwood Liberal18911st term
VaudreuilHugh McMillan Conservative18921st term
VerchèresFélix Geoffrion Liberal18677th term
VerchèresChristophe Alphonse Geoffrion Liberal18951st term
YamaskaRoch Moïse Samuel MignaultLiberal18911st term