The 6th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 13, 1887 until February 3, 1891. The membership was set by the 1887 federal election on February 22, 1887, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1891 election.
It 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 first by Edward Blake, and later by Wilfrid Laurier.
The Speaker was Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1887-1892 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 6th Parliament:
| Session | Start | End |
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| 1st | April 13, 1887 | June 23, 1887 |
| 2nd | February 23, 1888 | May 22, 1888 |
| 3rd | January 31, 1889 | May 2, 1889 |
| 4th | January 16, 1890 | May 16, 1890 |
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Following is a full list of members of the sixth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cariboo | James Reid (until appointed to Senate) | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Frank Stillman Barnard (by-election of 1888-11-22) | Conservative | ||
| New Westminster | Donald Chisholm (died 5 April 1890) | Conservative | |
| Gordon Edward Corbould (by-election of 1890-06-19) | Conservative | ||
| Vancouver | David William Gordon | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Victoria* | Edgar Crow Baker (resigned 2 May 1889) | Conservative | |
| Noah Shakespeare (resigned June 1887 due to postmaster appointment) | Conservative | ||
| Edward Gawler Prior (by-election of 1888-01-23, replaces Noah Shakespeare) | Conservative | ||
| Thomas Earle (by-election of 1889-10-28, replaces Edgar Baker) | Conservative | ||
| Yale | John Andrew Mara | Conservative | |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisgar | Arthur Wellington Ross | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Marquette | Robert Watson | Liberal | |
| Provencher | Joseph Royal (until appointed North West Territories Lieutenant-Governor) | Conservative | |
| Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière (by-election of 1889-01-24) | Conservative | ||
| Selkirk | Thomas Mayne Daly | Liberal | |
| Winnipeg | William Bain Scarth | Conservative | |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | Richard Chapman Weldon | Conservative | |
| Carleton | Frederick Harding Hale | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Charlotte | Arthur Hill Gillmor | Liberal | |
| City and County of St. John* | Charles Nelson Skinner | Liberal | |
| Charles Wesley Weldon | Liberal | ||
| City of St. John | John Valentine Ellis | Liberal | |
| Gloucester | Kennedy Francis Burns | Conservative | |
| Kent | Pierre Amand Landry | Conservative | |
| Édouard H. Léger (by-election of 1890-07-31) | Conservative | ||
| King's | George Eulas Foster | Conservative | |
| Northumberland | Peter Mitchell | Independent Liberal | |
| Queen's | George Frederick Baird (resigned 24 November 1887 due to contested election) | Conservative | |
| George Frederick Baird (by-election of 1888-01-18) | Conservative | ||
| Restigouche | Robert Moffat (died 25 April 1887) | Conservative | |
| George Moffat (by-election of 1887-05-21) | Conservative | ||
| Sunbury | Robert Duncan Wilmot | Conservative | |
| Victoria | John Costigan | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Westmorland | Josiah Wood | Conservative | |
| York | Thomas Temple | Conservative | |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta (Provisional District) | Donald Watson Davis | Conservative | |
| Assiniboia East | William Dell Perley (until appointed to Senate 3 August 1888) | Conservative | |
| Edgar Dewdney (by-election of 1888-09-12) | Conservative | ||
| Assiniboia West | Nicholas Flood Davin | Liberal-Conservative | |
| Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | Day Hort MacDowall | Conservative | |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's County* | James Edwin Robertson | Liberal | |
| Peter Adolphus McIntyre | Liberal | ||
| Prince County* | Stanislaus Francis Perry | Liberal | |
| James Yeo | Liberal | ||
| Queen's County* | Louis Henry Davies | Liberal | |
| William Welsh | Independent Liberal | ||
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