| 7thCanadian Parliament | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| Apr. 25, 1891 – Apr. 24, 1896 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime minister | Rt. Hon. SirJohn A. Macdonald Oct. 17, 1878 – Jun. 6, 1891 | ||
| The Hon. SirJohn Joseph Caldwell Abbott Jun. 16, 1891 – Nov. 24, 1892 | |||
| Rt. Hon.John Sparrow David Thompson Dec. 5, 1892 – Dec. 12, 1894 | |||
| The Hon. SirMackenzie Bowell Dec. 21, 1894 – Apr. 27, 1896 | |||
| Cabinets | 3rd Canadian Ministry 4th Canadian Ministry 5th Canadian Ministry 6th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | SirWilfrid 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. SirAlexandre 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 | ||
| SirMackenzie Bowell 31 October 1893 – 12 December 1894 | |||
| Sir Mackenzie Bowell 21 December 1894 – 27 April 1896 | |||
| Opposition Senate leader | SirRichard 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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The7th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 29, 1891, until April 24, 1896 (4 years and 360 days). The membership was set by the1891 federal election on March 5, 1891. It was dissolved prior to the1896 election.
It was controlled by aConservative/Liberal-Conservative majority first underPrime Minister SirJohn A. Macdonald and the3rd Canadian Ministry, and then bySir John Abbott and the4th Canadian Ministry,Sir John Thompson and the5th Canadian Ministry,Sir Mackenzie Bowell and the6th Canadian Ministry, and finallySir Charles Tupper and the7th Canadian Ministry. TheOfficial Opposition was theLiberal Party, led byWilfrid Laurier.
TheSpeaker wasPeter White. See alsoList 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 sixsessions 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 |
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.
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cariboo | Frank Stillman Barnard | Conservative | 1881 | 4th term | |
| New Westminster | Gordon Edward Corbould | Conservative | 1888 | 2nd term | |
| Vancouver | David William Gordon | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 | 3rd term | |
| Andrew Haslam (by-election of 1893-05-02) | Conservative | 1893 | 1st term | ||
| Victoria* | Thomas Earle | Conservative | 1889 | 2nd term | |
| Edward Gawler Prior (until 17 December 1895 appointment as Controller of Inland Revenue) | Conservative | 1888 | 2nd term | ||
| Edward Gawler Prior (by-election of 1896-01-06) | Conservative | ||||
| Yale | John Andrew Mara | Conservative | 1887 | 2nd term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisgar | Arthur Wellington Ross | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 | 3rd term | |
| Marquette | Robert Watson (until resignation) | Liberal | 1882 | 3rd term | |
| Nathaniel Boyd (by-election of 1892-07-15) | Conservative | 1892 | 1st term | ||
| Provencher | Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière | Conservative | 1889 | 2nd term | |
| Selkirk | Thomas Mayne Daly (until ministerial appointment) | Liberal-Conservative | 1887 | 2nd term | |
| Thomas Mayne Daly (by-election of 1892-11-02) | Liberal-Conservative | ||||
| Winnipeg | Hugh John Macdonald (until resignation) | Liberal-Conservative | 1891 | 1st term | |
| Joseph Martin (by-election of 1893-11-22) | Liberal | 1893 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta (Provisional District) | Donald Watson Davis | Conservative | 1887 | 2nd term | |
| Assiniboia East | Edgar Dewdney (until 26 October 1892 resignation) | Conservative | 1872,[a] 1888 | 5th term* | |
| William Walter McDonald (by-election of 1892-11-21) | Conservative | 1892 | 1st term | ||
| Assiniboia West | Nicholas Flood Davin | Conservative | 1887 | 2nd term | |
| Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | Day Hort MacDowall | Conservative | 1887 | 2nd term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's County* | Augustine Colin Macdonald | Conservative | 1873, 1878, 1883, 1891 | 4th term* | |
| John McLean | Conservative | 1891 | 1st term | ||
| Prince County* | Stanislaus Francis Perry | Liberal | 1874, 1887 | 3rd term* | |
| John Yeo | Liberal | 1891 | 1st term | ||
| Queen's County* | Louis Henry Davies | Liberal | 1882 | 3rd term | |
| William Welsh | IndependentLiberal | 1887 | 2nd term |