# 5th Canadian Parliament

The 5th Canadian Parliament was in session from 8 February 1883, until 15 January 1887. The membership was set by the 1882 federal election on 20 June 1882. It was dissolved prior to the 1887 election. The 5th Canadian Parliament 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 by Edward Blake.
The Speaker was George Airey Kirkpatrick. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1882-1887 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 5th Parliament:
| Session | Start | End |
| 1st | February 8, 1883 | May 27, 1883 |
| 2nd | January 17, 1884 | April 19, 1884 |
| 3rd | January 29, 1885 | July 20, 1885 |
| 4th | February 25, 1886 | June 2, 1886 |

## Notable legislation

This term was notable for passing the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 which imposed a head tax on Chinese immigrants to Canada.

## List of members

Following is a full list of members of the fifth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. Party leaders are italicized. Cabinet ministers are in boldface. The Prime Minister is both. The Speaker is indicated by "(†)".
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

### British Columbia

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Cariboo | James Reid | Liberal-Conservative | 1881 |
| New Westminster | Joshua Homer | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Vancouver | David William Gordon | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Victoria* | Edgar Crow Baker | Conservative | 1882 |
| Victoria* | Noah Shakespeare | Conservative | 1882 |
| Yale | Francis Jones Barnard | Conservative | 1879 |

### Manitoba

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Lisgar | Arthur Wellington Ross | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Marquette | Robert Watson | Liberal | 1882 |
| Provencher | Joseph Royal | Conservative | 1879 |
| Selkirk | Hugh McKay Sutherland | Liberal | 1882 |
| Winnipeg | Thomas Scott | Conservative | 1880 |

### New Brunswick

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Albert | John Wallace (unseated 1883) | Liberal | 1867, 1882 |
| Albert | John Wallace (by-election of 1883-07-10) | Liberal-Conservative | 1883 |
| Carleton | David Irvine | Liberal | 1881 |
| Charlotte | Arthur Hill Gillmor | Liberal | 1874 |
| City and County of St. John* | Isaac Burpee (died 1 March 1885) | Liberal | 1872 |
| City and County of St. John* | Charles Wesley Weldon | Liberal | 1878 |
| City and County of St. John* | Charles Arthur Everett (by-election of 1885-10-20) | Conservative | 1885 |
| City of St. John | Samuel Leonard Tilley (appointed New Brunswick's Lieutenant-Governor 12 November 1885) | Liberal-Conservative | 1873, 1878 |
| City of St. John | Frederick Eustace Barker (by-election of 1885-11-24) | Conservative | 1885 |
| Gloucester | Kennedy Francis Burns | Conservative | 1882 |
| Kent | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Kent | Pierre Amand Landry (by-election of 1883-09-22) | Conservative | 1883 |
| King's | George Eulas Foster (election voided 1882) | Conservative | 1882 |
| King's | George Eulas Foster (by-election of 1882-11-07, until Ministerial appointment) | Conservative | 1882 |
| King's | George Eulas Foster (by-election of 1885-12-31) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Northumberland | Peter Mitchell | Independent | 1872, 1882 |
| Queen's | George Gerald King | Liberal | 1878 |
| Restigouche | Robert Moffat | Conservative | 1882 |
| Sunbury | Charles Burpee | Liberal | 1867 |
| Victoria | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Westmorland | Josiah Wood | Conservative | 1882 |
| York | John Pickard | Independent Liberal | 1868 |
| York | Thomas Temple (by-election of 1884-06-29) | Conservative | 1884 |

### Nova Scotia

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Annapolis | William Hallett Ray | Liberal | 1867, 1882 |
| Antigonish | Angus McIsaac | Liberal | 1874 |
| Antigonish | John Thompson (by-election of 1885-10-16) | Liberal-Conservative | 1885 |
| Cape Breton* | Murray Dodd | Conservative | 1882 |
| Cape Breton* | William McDonald (until 1884 Senate appointment) | Conservative | 1872 |
| Cape Breton* | Hector Francis McDougall (by-election of 1884-07-03) | Liberal-Conservative | 1884 |
| Colchester | Archibald McLelan | Conservative | 1881 |
| Cumberland | Charles Tupper (until 1884 High Commission appointment) | Conservative | 1867 |
| Cumberland | Charles James Townshend (by-election of 1884-06-26) | Liberal-Conservative | 1884 |
| Digby | William Berrian Vail | Liberal | 1874, 1882 |
| Guysborough | John Angus Kirk | Liberal | 1874, 1882 |
| Halifax* | Malachy Bowes Daly | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Halifax* | Matthew Henry Richey (until 1883 Lieutenant-Governor appointment) | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Halifax* | John Fitzwilliam Stairs (by-election of 1883-07-24) | Conservative | 1883 |
| Hants | William Henry Allison | Conservative | 1878 |
| Inverness | Hugh Cameron | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1882 |
| Kings | Douglas Benjamin Woodworth | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Lunenburg | Thomas Twining Keefler (until 1883 voiding of election) | Liberal | 1882 |
| Lunenburg | Charles Edwin Kaulbach (by-election of 1883-10-10) | Conservative | 1883 |
| Pictou* | John McDougald | Liberal-Conservative | 1881 |
| Pictou* | Charles Hibbert Tupper | Conservative | 1882 |
| Queens | James Fraser Forbes | Liberal | 1867, 1882 |
| Richmond | Henry Nicholas Paint | Conservative | 1874, 1887 |
| Shelburne | Thomas Robertson | Liberal | 1878 |
| Victoria | Charles James Campbell | Conservative | 1874, 1875, 1882 |
| Yarmouth | Joseph Robbins Kinney | Liberal | 1882 |

### Ontario

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Addington | John William Bell | Conservative | 1882 |
| Algoma | Simon James Dawson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Bothwell | John Joseph Hawkins (until 1884 voiding of election) | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Bothwell | David Mills (by-election of 1884-02-25) | Liberal | 1884 |
| Brant North | James Somerville | Liberal | 1882 |
| Brant South | William Paterson | Liberal | 1872 |
| Brockville | John Fisher Wood | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Bruce East | Rupert Mearse Wells | Liberal | 1882 |
| Bruce North | Alexander McNeill | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Bruce West | James Somerville | Liberal | 1882 |
| Cardwell | Thomas White (until 1885 ministerial nomination) | Conservative | 1878 |
| Cardwell | Thomas White (by-election of 1885-08-27) | Conservative | 1878 |
| Carleton | John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Cornwall and Stormont | Darby Bergin | Liberal-Conservative | 1872, 1878 |
| Dundas | Charles Erastus Hickey | Conservative | 1882 |
| Durham East | Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams (died 4 July 1885) | Conservative | 1878 |
| Durham East | Henry Alfred Ward (by-election of 1885-08-24) | Conservative | 1885 |
| Durham West | Edward Blake | Liberal | 1879 |
| Elgin East | John Henry Wilson | Liberal | 1882 |
| Elgin West | George Elliott Casey | Liberal | 1872 |
| Essex North | James Colebrooke Patterson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Essex South | Lewis Wigle | Conservative | 1882 |
| Frontenac | George Airey Kirkpatrick (†) | Conservative | 1870 |
| Glengarry | Donald Macmaster | Conservative | 1882 |
| Grenville South | William Thomas Benson (died 8 June 1885) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Grenville South | Walter Shanly (by-election of 1885-07-04) | Conservative | 1885 |
| Grey East | Thomas Simpson Sproule | Conservative | 1878 |
| Grey North | Benjamin Allen | Liberal | 1882 |
| Grey South | George Landerkin | Liberal | 1872, 1882 |
| Haldimand | David Thompson (died 18 April 1886) | Liberal | 1867 |
| Haldimand | Charles Wesley Colter (by-election of 1886-09-08) | Liberal | 1886 |
| Halton | William McCraney | Liberal | 1875, 1882 |
| Hamilton | Francis Edwin Kilvert | Conservative | 1878 |
| Hamilton | Thomas Robertson | Liberal | 1878 |
| Hastings East | John White | Conservative | 1871 |
| Hastings North | Mackenzie Bowell | Conservative | 1867 |
| Hastings West | Alexander Robertson | Conservative | 1882 |
| Huron East | Thomas Farrow | Conservative | 1878 |
| Huron South | John McMillan (resigned 1883) | Liberal | 1882 |
| Huron South | Richard John Cartwright (by-election of 1883-12-10) | Liberal | 1883 |
| Huron West | Malcolm Colin Cameron | Liberal | 1867, 1878 |
| Kent | Henry Smyth (until election voided 31 December 1883) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Kent | Henry Smyth (by-election of 1884-01-29) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Kingston | Alexander Gunn | Liberal | 1878 |
| Lambton East | John Henry Fairbank | Liberal | 1882 |
| Lambton West | James Frederick Lister | Liberal | 1882 |
| Lanark North | Joseph Jamieson | Conservative | 1882 |
| Lanark South | John Graham Haggart | Conservative | 1872 |
| Leeds North and Grenville North | Charles Frederick Ferguson | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Leeds South | George Taylor | Conservative | 1882 |
| Lennox | John A. Macdonald (until election voided) | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Lennox | David Wright Allison (by-election of 1883-11-26, until election voided) | Liberal | 1883 |
| Lennox | Matthew William Pruyn (by-election of 1885-01-28) | Conservative | 1885 |
| Lincoln and Niagara | John Charles Rykert | Conservative | 1878 |
| London | John Carling | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Middlesex East | Duncan Macmillan | Liberal-Conservative | 1875 |
| Middlesex North | Timothy Coughlin | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Middlesex South | James Armstrong | Liberal | 1882 |
| Middlesex West | George William Ross (until election voided October 1883) | Liberal | 1872 |
| Middlesex West | Donald Mackenzie Cameron (by-election of 1883-12-14) | Liberal | 1883 |
| Monck | Lachlan McCallum | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Muskoka and Parry Sound | William Edward O'Brien | Conservative | 1882 |
| Norfolk North | John Charlton | Liberal | 1872 |
| Norfolk South | Joseph Jackson | Liberal | 1882 |
| Northumberland East | Edward Cochrane | Conservative | 1882 |
| Northumberland West | George Guillet (unseated 1885) | Conservative | 1881 |
| Northumberland West | George Guillet (by-election of 1885-04-07) | Conservative | 1885 |
| Ontario North | Alexander Peter Cockburn | Liberal | 1878 |
| Ontario South | Francis Wayland Glen | Liberal | 1878 |
| Ontario West | George Wheler (resigned 1884) | Liberal | 1878 |
| Ontario West | James David Edgar (by-election of 1884-08-22) | Liberal | 1884 |
| Ottawa (City of)* | Charles Herbert Mackintosh | Conservative | 1882 |
| Ottawa (City of)* | Joseph Tassé | Conservative | 1878 |
| Oxford North | James Sutherland | Liberal | 1880 |
| Oxford South | Archibald Harley | Liberal | 1882 |
| Peel | James Fleming | Liberal | 1882 |
| Perth North | Samuel Rollin Hesson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Perth South | James Trow | Liberal | 1872 |
| Peterborough East | John Burnham | Conservative | 1878 |
| Peterborough West | George Hilliard | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Prescott | Simon Labrosse | Liberal | 1882 |
| Prince Edward | John Milton Platt | Liberal | 1882 |
| Renfrew North | Peter White | Conservative | 1876 |
| Renfrew South | Robert Campbell | Liberal | 1882 |
| Russell | Moss Kent Dickinson | Conservative | 1882 |
| Simcoe East | Hermon Henry Cook | Liberal | 1874, 1882 |
| Simcoe North | Dalton McCarthy | Conservative | 1872 |
| Simcoe South | Richard Tyrwhitt | Conservative | 1882 |
| Toronto Centre | Robert Hay | Liberal | 1878 |
| Toronto East | John Small | Conservative | 1882 |
| Victoria North | Hector Cameron | Conservative | 1875 |
| Victoria South | Joseph Rutherford Dundas | Conservative | 1882 |
| Waterloo North | Hugo Kranz | Conservative | 1878 |
| Waterloo South | James Livingston | Liberal | 1882 |
| Welland | John Ferguson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Wellington Centre | George Turner Orton | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Wellington North | James McMullen | Liberal | 1882 |
| Wellington South | James Innes | Liberal | 1882 |
| Wentworth North | Thomas Bain | Liberal | 1872 |
| Wentworth South | Lewis Springer | Liberal | 1882 |
| West Toronto | James Beaty | Conservative | 1880 |
| York East | Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal | 1867 |
| York North | William Mulock | Liberal | 1882 |
| York West | Nathaniel Clarke Wallace | Conservative | 1878 |

### Prince Edward Island

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| King's County* | Peter Adolphus McIntyre | Liberal | 1874, 1882 |
| King's County* | James Edwin Robertson (until disqualified from office) | Liberal | 1882 |
| King's County* | Augustine Colin Macdonald (by-election of 1883-04-26) | Liberal-Conservative | 1873, 1878, 1883 |
| Prince County* | Edward Hackett | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Prince County* | James Yeo | Liberal | 1873 |
| Queen's County* | Louis Henry Davies | Liberal | 1882 |
| Queen's County* | John Theophilus Jenkins (until election voided) | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Queen's County* | Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken (by-election of 1883-02-27, until postmaster appointment) | Conservative | 1883 |
| Queen's County* | John Theophilus Jenkins (by-election of 1884-08-19) | Liberal-Conservative | 1882, 1884 |

### Quebec

| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
| Argenteuil | John Abbott | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1880 |
| Bagot | Joseph Alfred Mousseau (until Quebec cabinet appointment) | Conservative | 1874 |
| Bagot | Flavien Dupont (by-election of 1882-09-02) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Beauce | Joseph Bolduc (until Senate appointment) | Conservative | 1876 |
| Beauce | Thomas Linière Taschereau (by-election of 1884-10-31) | Conservative | 1884 |
| Beauharnois | Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron | Conservative | 1879 |
| Bellechasse | Guillaume Amyot | Conservative | 1881 |
| Berthier | Edward Octavian Cuthbert | Conservative | 1875 |
| Bonaventure | Louis Joseph Riopel | Conservative | 1882 |
| Brome | Sydney Arthur Fisher | Liberal | 1882 |
| Chambly | Pierre Basile Benoit (until Chambly Canal appointment) | Conservative | 1876 |
| Chambly | Raymond Préfontaine (by-election of 1886-07-30) | Liberal | 1886 |
| Champlain | Hippolyte Montplaisir | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Charlevoix | Simon-Xavier Cimon | Conservative | 1881 |
| Chicoutimi—Saguenay | Jean Alfred Gagné | Conservative | 1882 |
| Châteauguay | Edward Holton | Liberal | 1880 |
| Compton | John Henry Pope | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Dorchester | Charles Alexander Lesage | Conservative | 1882 |
| Drummond—Arthabaska | Désiré Olivier Bourbeau | Conservative | 1877 |
| Gaspé | Pierre Fortin | Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Hochelaga | Alphonse Desjardins | Conservative | 1874 |
| Huntingdon | Julius Scriver | Liberal | 1869 |
| Iberville | François Béchard | Liberal | 1867 |
| Jacques Cartier | Désiré Girouard | Conservative | 1878 |
| Joliette | Édouard Guilbault (until election voided 4 November 1882) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Joliette | Édouard Guilbault (by-election of 1882-12-07) | Independent Conservative | 1882 |
| Kamouraska | Charles Bruno Blondeau | Conservative | 1882 |
| Laprairie | Alfred Pinsonneault | Conservative | 1867 |
| L'Assomption | Hilaire Hurteau | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Laval | Joseph-Aldric Ouimet | Liberal-Conservative | 1873 |
| Lévis | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (until Customs appointment) (†) | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Lévis | Isidore-Noël Belleau (by-election of 1883-10-25, until unseated by court) | Conservative | 1883 |
| Lévis | Pierre Malcom Guay (by-election of 1885-04-14) | Liberal | 1885 |
| L'Islet | Philippe Baby Casgrain | Liberal | 1872 |
| Lotbinière | Côme Isaïe Rinfret | Liberal | 1878 |
| Maskinongé | Frédéric Houde (died 15 November 1884) | Nationalist Conservative | 1878 |
| Maskinongé | Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers (by-election of 1884-12-22) | Conservative | 1884 |
| Mégantic | Louis-Israël Côté alias Fréchette (until election voided 1 April 1884) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Mégantic | François Charles Stanislas Langelier (by-election of 1884-06-10) | Liberal | 1884 |
| Missisquoi | George Barnard Baker | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Montcalm | Firmin Dugas | Conservative | 1871 |
| Montmagny | Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry | Conservative | 1878 |
| Montmorency | Pierre Vincent Valin | Conservative | 1878, 1880 |
| Montreal Centre | John Joseph Curran | Conservative | 1882 |
| Montreal East | Charles-Joseph Coursol | Conservative | 1878 |
| Montreal West | Matthew Hamilton Gault | Conservative | 1878 |
| Napierville | Médéric Catudal | Liberal | 1882 |
| Nicolet | François Xavier Ovide Méthot (until Quebec legislative council appointment 27 March 1884) | Independent Conservative | 1877 |
| Nicolet | Athanase Gaudet (by-election of 1884-04-16) | Nationalist Conservative | 1884 |
| Ottawa (County of) | Alonzo Wright | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Pontiac | John Bryson | Conservative | 1882 |
| Portneuf | Joseph Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges | Liberal | 1872, 1882 |
| Quebec-Centre | Joseph Guillaume Bossé | Conservative | 1882 |
| Quebec County | Adolphe-Philippe Caron | Conservative | 1873 |
| Quebec East | Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal | 1874 |
| Quebec West | Thomas McGreevy | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Richelieu | Louis Huet Massue | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Richmond—Wolfe | William Bullock Ives | Conservative | 1878 |
| Rimouski | Louis Adolphe Billy | Conservative | 1882 |
| Rouville | Georges Auguste Gigault | Conservative | 1878 |
| Saint Maurice | Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers | Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Shefford | Michel Auger | Independent Liberal | 1882 |
| Town of Sherbrooke | Robert Newton Hall | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Soulanges | Jacques Philippe Lantier (died 15 September 1882) | Conservative | 1872 |
| Soulanges | Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu (by-election of 1882-10-27, until unseated 11 December 1883) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Soulanges | James William Bain (by-election of 1883-12-27, until election voided) | Conservative | 1883 |
| Soulanges | James William Bain (by-election of 1885-02-05) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Stanstead | Charles Carroll Colby | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| St. Hyacinthe | Michel Esdras Bernier | Liberal | 1882 |
| St. John's | François Bourassa | Liberal | 1867 |
| Terrebonne | Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (resigned to open seat for Chapleau) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Terrebonne | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (by-election of 1882-08-16) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Three Rivers | Hector-Louis Langevin | Conservative | 1867, 1876, 1882 |
| Témiscouata | Paul Étienne Grandbois | Conservative | 1878 |
| Two Mountains | Jean-Baptiste Daoust | Conservative | 1876 |
| Vaudreuil | Hugh McMillan | Conservative | 1882 |
| Verchères | Félix Geoffrion | Liberal | 1867 |
| Yamaska | Fabien Vanasse | Conservative | 1879 |

## By-elections

| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained |
| Haldimand | September 8, 1886 | David Thompson | Liberal | Charles Wesley Colter | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Chambly | July 30, 1886 | Pierre Basile Benoit | Conservative | Raymond Préfontaine | Liberal | Appointed Superintendent of the Chambly Canal. | No |
| King's | December 31, 1885 | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. | Yes |
| City of St. John | November 24, 1885 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal-Conservative | Frederick Eustace Barker | Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. | Yes |
| City and County of St. John | October 20, 1885 | Isaac Burpee | Liberal | Charles Arthur Everett | Conservative | Death | No |
| Antigonish | October 16, 1885 | Angus McIsaac | Liberal | John Sparrow David Thompson | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed County Court Judge for District No. 6. | No |
| Cardwell | August 27, 1885 | Thomas White | Conservative | Thomas White | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior. | Yes |
| Durham East | August 24, 1885 | Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams | Conservative | Henry Alfred Ward | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Grenville South | July 4, 1885 | William Thomas Benson | Conservative | Walter Shanly | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Lévis | April 14, 1885 | Isidore-Noël Belleau | Conservative | Pierre Malcom Guay | Liberal | Unseated on a judgement of the Supreme Court. | Yes |
| Northumberland West | April 7, 1885 | George Guillet | Conservative | George Guillet | Conservative | Election declared void | Yes |
| Soulanges | February 5, 1885 | James William Bain | Conservative | James William Bain | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Lennox | January 28, 1885 | David Wright Allison | Liberal | Matthew William Pruyn | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Maskinongé | December 22, 1884 | Frédéric Houde | Nationalist Conservative | Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers | Conservative | Death. | No |
| Beauce | October 31, 1884 | Joseph Bolduc | Nationalist Conservative | Thomas Linière Taschereau | Conservative | Called to the Senate. | Yes |
| Ontario West | August 22, 1884 | George Wheler | Liberal | James David Edgar | Liberal | Resignation | Yes |
| Queen's County | August 19, 1884 | Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken | Conservative | John Theophilus Jenkins | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed Postmaster of Charlottetown. | Yes |
| Cape Breton | July 3, 1884 | William McDonald | Conservative | Hector Francis McDougall | Liberal-Conservative | Called to the Senate. | Yes |
| York | June 29, 1884 | John Pickard | Independent Liberal | Thomas Temple | Conservative | Death | No |
| Cumberland | June 26, 1884 | Charles Tupper | Conservative | Charles James Townshend | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. | Yes |
| Mégantic | June 10, 1884 | Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette | Conservative | François Langelier | Liberal | Election declared void. | No |
| Nicolet | April 16, 1884 | François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot | Independent Conservative | Athanase Gaudet | Nationalist Conservative | Appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec. | No |
| Bothwell | February 25, 1884 | John Joseph Hawkins | Liberal-Conservative | David Mills | Liberal | Election declared void. | No |
| Kent | January 29, 1884 | Henry Smyth | Conservative | Henry Smyth | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Soulanges | December 27, 1883 | Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu | Conservative | James William Bain | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Middlesex West | December 14, 1883 | George William Ross | Liberal | Donald Mackenzie Cameron | Liberal | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Huron South | December 10, 1883 | John McMillan | Liberal | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | Resignation to provide a seat for Cartwright. | Yes |
| Lennox | November 26, 1883 | John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | David Wright Allison | Liberal | Election voided. Macdonald was concurrently elected in Carleton and chose to sit for that riding. | No |
| Lévis | October 25, 1883 | Joseph-Godéric Blanchet | Liberal-Conservative | Isidore-Noël Belleau | Conservative | Appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Quebec. | Yes |
| Lunenburg | October 10, 1883 | Thomas Twining Keefler | Liberal | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Kent | September 22, 1883 | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | Conservative | Pierre-Amand Landry | Conservative | Appointed customs collector for Richibucto. | Yes |
| Halifax | July 24, 1883 | Matthew Henry Richey | Liberal-Conservative | John Fitzwilliam Stairs | Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. | Yes |
| Albert | July 10, 1883 | John Wallace | Liberal | John Wallace | Liberal-Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| King's County | April 26, 1883 | James Edwin Robertson | Liberal | Augustine Colin Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | Robertson disqualified as he was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly at the time of the election. The seat was adjudicated to MacDonald. | No |
| Queen's County | February 27, 1883 | John Theophilus Jenkins | Liberal-Conservative | Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken | Conservative | Jenkins' election being declared void, the seat was adjudicated to Mr. Brecken. | Yes |
| Joliette | December 7, 1882 | Édouard Guilbault | Conservative | Édouard Guilbault | Independent Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| King's | November 7, 1882 | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Soulanges | October 27, 1882 | Jacques Philippe Lantier | Conservative | Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Bagot | September 2, 1882 | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | Conservative | Flavien Dupont | Conservative | Resignation upon appointment as Premier of Quebec. | Yes |
| Terrebonne | August 16, 1882 | Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel | Conservative | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau | Conservative | Resignation to provide a seat for Chapleau. | Yes |