# 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 (his first name may be Abraham) |
| Grey East | Neil McColman (1884) | 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 (1885) | 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 (1884) | 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 (1883) | 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 Fauquier | Conservative | 1883 | unseated November 15, 1883(?) after an appeal |
| Muskoka and Parry Sound | Jacob William Dill (1884) | 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 (1884) | 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 | |