4th Canadian Parliament

4th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
13 February 1879 – 18 May 1882
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister
Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald
17 Oct 1878 – 6 Jun 1891
Cabinet3rd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition
Alexander Mackenzie
17 October 1878 – 27 April 1880
Edward Blake
4 May 1880 – 2 June 1887
Party caucuses
GovernmentConservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
OppositionLiberal Party
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons
Joseph Godéric Blanchet
13 February 1879 – 7 February 1883
Members206 seats MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate
The Hon. Robert Duncan Wilmot
7 November 1878 – 10 February 1880
The Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson
11 February 1880 – 15 February 1880
Amos Edwin Botsford
16 February 1880 – 18 April 1880
The Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson
19 April 1880 – 16 October 1883
Government
Senate Leader
Alexander Campbell
18 October 1878 – 26 January 1887
Opposition
Senate Leader
Sir Richard William Scott
8 October 1878 – 27 April 1896
Senators79 seats senator seats
List of senators
Sovereign
MonarchVictoria
1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor
General
The Earl of Dufferin
25 June 1872 – 25 Nov. 1878
The Duke of Argyll
25 Nov. 1878 – 23 Oct. 1883
Sessions
1st session
13 February 1879 – 15 May 1879
2nd session
12 February 1880 – 7 May 1880
3rd session
9 December 1880 – 21 March 1881
4th session
9 February 1882 – 17 May 1882
← 3rd → 5th

The 4th Canadian Parliament was in session from 13 February 1879 until 18 May 1882. The membership was set by the 1878 federal election on 17 September 1878. It was dissolved prior to the 1882 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, first led by Alexander Mackenzie, and then by Edward Blake.

The Speaker was Joseph Godéric Blanchet. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1873-1882 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 4th Parliament:

Session Start End
1st 13 February 1879 15 May 1879
2nd 12 February 1880 7 May 1880
3rd 9 December 1880 21 March 1881
4th 9 February 1882 17 May 1882