8th Canadian Parliament

8th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
19 August 1896 – 18 July 1900
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier 11 Jul 1896 – 6 Oct 1911
Cabinet	8th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition	Charles Tupper 11 July 1896 – 5 February 1901
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Conservative Party & Liberal-Conservative
Crossbench	Patrons of Industry
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	James David Edgar August 19, 1896 – July 31, 1899
	Thomas Bain August 1, 1899 – February 5, 1901
Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier July 13, 1896 – January 28, 1901
Government Senate Leader	Oliver Mowat August 19, 1896 – November 17, 1897
	David Mills November 17, 1897 – February 7, 1902
Opposition Senate Leader	Mackenzie Bowell April 27, 1896 – March 1, 1906
Sovereign
Monarch	Victoria 1 July 1867 – 22 Jan. 1901
Governor General	The Earl of Aberdeen 18 Sep. 1893 – 12 Nov. 1898
	The Earl of Minto 12 Nov. 1898 – 10 Dec. 1904
Sessions
1st session August 19, 1896 – October 5, 1896
2nd session March 25, 1897 – June 29, 1897
3rd session February 3, 1898 – June 13, 1898
4th session March 16, 1899 – August 11, 1899
5th session February 1, 1900 – July 18, 1900
← 7th → 9th

The 8th Canadian Parliament was in session from August 19, 1896, until October 9, 1900. The membership was set by the 1896 federal election on June 23, 1896. It was dissolved prior to the 1900 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the 8th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative, led by Charles Tupper.

The Speaker was first James David Edgar, and later Thomas Bain. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1892-1903 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were five sessions of the 8th Parliament: