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. 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-Aldric 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 |
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the sixth 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.
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
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| Annapolis | | John Burpee Mills | Conservative | 1887 |
| Antigonish | | John Sparrow David Thompson | Liberal-Conservative | 1885 |
| Cape Breton* | | David Mackeen | Conservative | 1887 |
| Hector Francis McDougall | Liberal-Conservative | 1884 |
| Colchester | | Archibald McLelan (until unseated for bribery) | Conservative | 1867, 1881 |
| Archibald McLelan (by-election of 1887-10-27, until appointed Nova Scotia Lieutenant-Governor) | Conservative |
| Adams George Archibald (by-election of 1888-08-15) | Liberal-Conservative | 1888 |
| Cumberland | | Charles Tupper (until election voided) | Conservative | 1867 |
| Charles Tupper (by-election of 1887-11-09, until 23 May 1888 appointment as UK High Commissioner for Canada) | Conservative |
| Arthur Rupert Dickey (by-election of 1888-07-13, until election voided) | Conservative | 1888 |
| Arthur Rupert Dickey (by-election of 1888-12-26) | Conservative |
| Digby | | John Campbell (died 26 May 1887) | Conservative | 1887 |
| Herbert Ladd Jones (by-election of 1887-07-16) | Conservative | 1887 |
| Guysborough | | John Angus Kirk | Liberal | 1874, 1882 |
| Halifax* | | Alfred Gilpin Jones | Liberal | 1867, 1874, 1887 |
| Thomas Edward Kenny | Conservative | 1887 |
| Hants | | Alfred Putnam | Conservative | 1887 |
| Inverness | | Hugh Cameron | Conservative | 1867, 1882 |
| Kings | | Frederick William Borden | Liberal | 1874, 1887 |
| Lunenburg | | James Daniel Eisenhauer | Liberal | 1887 |
| Pictou* | | Charles Hibbert Tupper (until ministerial appointment) | Conservative | 1882 |
| John McDougald | Liberal-Conservative | 1881 |
| Charles Hibbert Tupper (by-election of 1888-06-18) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Queens | | Joshua Newton Freeman | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1882 |
| Richmond | | Edmund Power Flynn | Liberal | 1874, 1887 |
| Shelburne | | Thomas Robertson (until election voided 9 November 1887) | Liberal | 1878 |
| John Wimburne Laurie (by-election of 1887-12-15, until election voided) | Conservative | 1887 |
| John Wimburne Laurie (by-election of 1888-10-22) | Conservative |
| Victoria | | John Archibald McDonald (until election voided) | Conservative | 1887 |
| John Archibald McDonald (by-election of 1887-11-21) | Liberal |
| Yarmouth | | John Lovitt (until election voided 13 August 1887) | Liberal | 1887 |
| John Lovitt (by-election of 1887-12-15) | Liberal |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected |
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| Addington | | John William Bell | Conservative | 1882 |
| Algoma | | Simon James Dawson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Bothwell | | David Mills | Liberal | 1884 |
| Brant North | | James Somerville | Liberal | 1882 |
| Brant South | | William Paterson | Liberal | 1872 |
| Brockville | | John Fisher Wood | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Bruce East | | Henry Cargill (until resignation due to postmaster appointment) | Conservative | 1887 |
| Henry Cargill (by-election of 1887-04-02) | Conservative |
| Bruce North | | Alexander McNeill | Liberal-Conservative | 1882 |
| Bruce West | | Edward Blake (until resignation to become member for Durham West) | Liberal | 1867, 1879, 1887 |
| James Rowand (by-election of 1887-10-19) | Liberal | 1887 |
| Cardwell | | Thomas White (died 21 April 1888) | Conservative | 1885 |
| Robert Smeaton White (by-election of 1888-10-03) | Conservative | 1888 |
| Carleton | | John A. Macdonald (until resignation to become member for Kingston) | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| George Lemuel Dickinson (by-election of 1888-02-01) | Conservative | 1888 |
| Cornwall and Stormont | | Darby Bergin | Liberal-Conservative | 1872, 1878 |
| Dundas | | Charles Erastus Hickey | Conservative | 1882 |
| Durham East | | Henry Alfred Ward | Conservative | 1878 |
| Durham West | | Edward Blake | Liberal | 1879 |
| Elgin East | | John Henry Wilson | Liberal | 1882 |
| Elgin West | | George Elliott Casey | Liberal | 1878 |
| Essex North | | James Colebrooke Patterson | Conservative | 1872 |
| Essex South | | James Brien | Liberal | 1887 |
| Frontenac | | George Airey Kirkpatrick | Conservative | 1870 |
| Glengarry | | Patrick Purcell | Liberal | 1887 |
| Grenville South | | Walter Shanly | Conservative | 1885 |
| Grey East | | Thomas Simpson Sproule | Conservative | 1878 |
| Grey North | | James Masson | Conservative | 1887 |
| Grey South | | George Landerkin | Liberal | 1872, 1882 |
| Haldimand | | Walter Humphries Montague | Conservative | 1887 |
| Walter Humphries Montague (by-election of 1887-11-12) | Conservative |
| Charles Wesley Colter (by-election of 1889-01-30) | Liberal | 1889 |
| Walter Humphries Montague (by-election of 1890-02-20) | Conservative | 1887, 1890 |
| Halton | | John Waldie (until 19 January 1888 unseating for bribery) | Liberal | 1887 |
| David Henderson (by-election of 1888-02-07, until unseated for corruption) | Conservative | 1888 |
| John Waldie (by-election of 1888-08-22) | Liberal | 1887, 1888 |
| Hamilton* | | Adam Brown | Conservative | 1887 |
| Alexander McKay | Conservative | 1887 |
| Hastings East | | Samuel Barton Burdett | Liberal | 1887 |
| Hastings North | | Mackenzie Bowell | Conservative | 1867 |
| Hastings West | | Alexander Robertson (died 29 February 1888) | Conservative | 1882 |
| Henry Corby (by-election of 1888-03-17) | Conservative | 1888 |
| Huron East | | Peter Macdonald | Liberal | 1887 |
| Huron South | | John McMillan | Liberal | 1882, 1887 |
| Huron West | | Robert Porter | Liberal-Conservative | 1887 |
| Kent | | Archibald Campbell (until unseated 17 November 1887) | Liberal | 1887 |
| Archibald Campbell (by-election of 1888-05-02) | Liberal |
| Kingston | | John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | 1867 |
| Lambton East | | George Moncrieff | Conservative | 1887 |
| Lambton West | | James Frederick Lister | Liberal | 1882 |
| Lanark North | | Joseph Jamieson | Conservative | 1882 |
| Lanark South | | John Graham Haggart (until 3 August 1888 Postmaster General appointment) | Conservative | 1872 |
| John Graham Haggart (by-election of 1888-08-15) | Conservative |
| Leeds North and Grenville North | | Charles Frederick Ferguson | Liberal-Conservative | 1874 |
| Leeds South | | George Taylor | Conservative | 1882 |
| Lennox | | Uriah Wilson | Conservative | 1887 |
| Lincoln and Niagara | | John Charles Rykert (resigned 2 May 1890) | Conservative | 1878 |
| John Charles Rykert (by-election of 1890-05-23) | Conservative | 1890 |
| London | | John Carling | Liberal-Conservative | 1867, 1878 |
| Middlesex East | | Joseph Henry Marshall | Conservative | 1887 |
| Middlesex North | | Timothy Coughlin | Liberal-Conservative | 1878 |
| Middlesex South | | James Armstrong | Liberal | 1882 |
| Middlesex West | | William Frederick Roome (until unseated by petition) | Conservative | 1887 |
| William Frederick Roome (by-election of 1888-03-10) | Conservative |
| Monck | | Arthur Boyle | Conservative | 1887 |
| Muskoka and Parry Sound | | William Edward O'Brien | Conservative | 1882 |
| Norfolk North | | John Charlton | Liberal | 1872 |
| Norfolk South | | David Tisdale | Conservative | 1887 |
| Northumberland East | | Albert Elhanon Mallory (until unseated for bribery) | Liberal | 1887 |
| Edward Cochrane (by-election of 1887-12-22, until election voided) | Conservative | 1887 |
| Edward Cochrane (by-election of 1888-11-21) | Conservative |
| Northumberland West | | George Guillet | Conservative | 1885 |
| Ontario North | | Frank Madill | Conservative | 1887 |
| Ontario South | | William Smith | Conservative | 1887 |
| Ontario West | | James David Edgar | Liberal | 1884 |
| Ottawa (City of)* | | William Goodhue Perley | Conservative | 1887 |
| Honoré Robillard | Liberal-Conservative | 1887 |
| Charles Herbert Mackintosh (by-election of 1890-04-26) | Conservative | 1882, 1890 |
| Oxford North | | James Sutherland | Liberal | 1880 |
| Oxford South | | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | 1867 |
| Peel | | William Armstrong McCulla | Conservative | 1887 |
| Perth North | | Samuel Rollin Hesson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Perth South | | James Trow | Liberal | 1872 |
| Peterborough East | | John Lang | Independent Liberal | 1887 |
| Peterborough West | | James Stevenson | Conservative | 1887 |
| Prescott | | Simon Labrosse | Liberal | 1882 |
| Prince Edward | | John Milton Platt (until election voided) | Liberal | 1882 |
| John Milton Platt (by-election of 1888-03-10) | Liberal |
| Renfrew North | | Peter White | Conservative | 1876 |
| Renfrew South | | Robert Campbell (died in office) | Liberal | 1882 |
| John Ferguson (by-election of 1887-08-02) | Independent Conservative | 1887 |
| Russell | | William Cameron Edwards (unseated for bribery) | Liberal | 1887 |
| William Cameron Edwards (by-election of 1888-05-07) | Liberal |
| Simcoe East | | Herman Henry Cook | Liberal | 1874, 1882 |
| Simcoe North | | Dalton McCarthy | Conservative | 1872 |
| Simcoe South | | Richard Tyrwhitt | Conservative | 1882 |
| Toronto Centre | | George Ralph Richardson Cockburn | Conservative | 1887 |
| Toronto East | | John Small | Conservative | 1872 |
| Victoria North | | John Augustus Barron | Liberal | 1887 |
| Victoria South | | Adam Hudspeth (resigned) | Conservative | 1887 |
| Adam Hudspeth (by-election of 1887-04-20, died in office) | Conservative |
| Charles Fairbairn (by-election of 1890-12-18) | Liberal-Conservative | 1890 |
| Waterloo North | | Isaac Erb Bowman | Liberal | 1867, 1887 |
| Waterloo South | | James Livingston | Liberal | 1882 |
| Welland | | John Ferguson | Conservative | 1878 |
| Wellington Centre | | Andrew Semple | Liberal | 1887 |
| Wellington North | | James McMullen | Liberal | 1882 |
| Wellington South | | James Innes | Liberal | 1882 |
| Wentworth North | | Thomas Bain | Liberal | 1872 |
| Wentworth South | | Franklin Metcalfe Carpenter | Conservative | 1887 |
| West Toronto | | Frederick Charles Denison | Conservative | 1887 |
| York East | | Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal | 1867 |
| York North | | William Mulock | Liberal | 1882 |
| York West | | Nathaniel Clarke Wallace | Conservative | 1878 |
By-elections
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained |
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| Victoria South | December 18, 1890 | Adam Hudspeth | | Conservative | Charles Fairbairn | | Liberal-Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Napierville | December 9, 1890 | Louis Sainte-Marie | | Liberal | François-Xavier Paradis | | Conservative | Resigned to enter provincial politics in Quebec. | No |
| Kent | July 31, 1890 | Pierre-Amand Landry | | Conservative | Édouard H. Léger | | Conservative | Appointed a judge in the county court of Westmorland and Kent. | Yes |
| Montmorency | July 25, 1890 | Charles Langelier | | Liberal | Louis-Georges Desjardins | | Conservative | Resignation to enter provincial politics in Quebec. | No |
| New Westminster | June 19, 1890 | Donald Chisholm | | Conservative | Gordon Edward Corbould | | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Lincoln and Niagara | May 23, 1890 | John Charles Rykert | | Conservative | John Charles Rykert | | Conservative | Resignation to recontest over charges of corruption. | Yes |
| Ottawa (City of) (electoral district) | April 26, 1890 | William Goodhue Perley | | Conservative | Charles Herbert Mackintosh | | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Haldimand | February 20, 1890 | Charles Wesley Colter | | Liberal | Walter Humphries Montague | | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Stanstead | December 18, 1889 | Charles Carroll Colby | | Liberal-Conservative | Charles Carroll Colby | | Liberal-Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. | Yes |
| Victoria | October 28, 1889 | Edgar Crow Baker | | Conservative | Thomas Earle | | Conservative | Resignation. | Yes |
| Compton | May 16, 1889 | John Henry Pope | | Liberal-Conservative | Rufus Henry Pope | | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Haldimand | January 30, 1889 | Walter Humphries Montague | | Conservative | Charles Wesley Colter | | Liberal | Election declared void. | No |
| Provencher | January 24, 1889 | Joseph Royal | | Conservative | Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière | | Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories. | Yes |
| Joliette | January 16, 1889 | Édouard Guilbault | | Conservative | Hilaire Neveu | | Nationalist | Election declared void. | No |
| Cumberland | December 26, 1888 | Arthur Rupert Dickey | | Conservative | Arthur Rupert Dickey | | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Cariboo | November 22, 1888 | James Reid | | Liberal-Conservative | Francis Stillman Barnard | | Conservative | Called to the Senate. | Yes |
| Northumberland East | November 21, 1888 | Edward Cochrane | | Conservative | Edward Cochrane | | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Shelburne | October 22, 1888 | John Wimburne Laurie | | Conservative | John Wimburne Laurie | | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Cardwell | October 3, 1888 | Thomas White | | Conservative | Robert Smeaton White | | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Montreal East | September 26, 1888 | Charles-Joseph Coursol | | Conservative | Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine | | Independent Conservative | Death | No |
| Assiniboia East | September 12, 1888 | William Dell Perley | | Conservative | Edgar Dewdney | | Conservative | Called to the Senate | Yes |
| Halton | August 22, 1888 | John Waldie | | Conservative | David Henderson | | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Lanark South | August 15, 1888 | John Graham Haggart | | Liberal | John Graham Haggart | | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General. | Yes |
| Colchester | August 15, 1888 | Archibald McLelan | | Conservative | Adams George Archibald | | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. | Yes |
| Nicolet | July 17, 1888 | Athanase Gaudet | | Nationalist Conservative | Fabien Boisvert | | Independent Conservative | Death | No |
| Cumberland | July 13, 1888 | Charles Tupper | | Conservative | Arthur Rupert Dickey | | Conservative | Appointed Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. | Yes |
| Pictou | June 18, 1888 | Charles Hibbert Tupper | | Conservative | Charles Hibbert Tupper | | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. | Yes |
| Russell | May 7, 1888 | William C. Edwards | | Liberal | William C. Edwards | | Liberal | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Kent | May 2, 1888 | Archibald Campbell | | Liberal | Archibald Campbell | | Liberal | Election declared void. | Yes |
| L'Assomption | April 3, 1888 | Joseph Gauthier | | Liberal | Joseph Gauthier | | Liberal | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Missisquoi | March 27, 1888 | George Clayes | | Liberal | Daniel Bishop Meigs | | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Prince Edward | March 19, 1888 | John Milton Platt | | Liberal | John Milton Platt | | Liberal | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Hastings West | March 17, 1888 | Alexander Robertson | | Conservative | Henry Corby, Jr. | | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Middlesex West | March 10, 1888 | William Frederick Roome | | Conservative | William Frederick Roome | | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Halton | February 7, 1888 | John Waldie | | Liberal | David Henderson | | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Carleton | February 1, 1888 | John A. Macdonald | | Liberal-Conservative | George Lemuel Dickinson | | Conservative | Chose to sit for Kingston. | Yes |
| Victoria | January 23, 1888 | Noah Shakespeare | | Conservative | Edward Gawler Prior | | Conservative | Appointed Postmaster of Victoria. | Yes |
| Queen's | January 18, 1888 | George Gerald King | | Liberal | George Frederick Baird | | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Dorchester | January 7, 1888 | Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay | | Nationalist Conservative | Honoré-Julien-Jean-Baptiste Chouinard | | Conservative | Death | No |
| Northumberland East | December 22, 1887 | Albert Mallory | | Liberal | Edward Cochrane | | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Shelburne | December 15, 1887 | Thomas Robertson | | Liberal | John Wimburne Laurie | | Conservative | Election declared void. | No |
| Yarmouth | December 15, 1887 | John Lovitt | | Liberal | John Lovitt | | Liberal | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Victoria | November 21, 1887 | Charles James Campbell | | Conservative | John Archibald McDonald | | Liberal | Election declared void. | No |
| Haldimand | November 12, 1887 | Walter Humphries Montague | | Conservative | Walter Humphries Montague | | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Cumberland | November 9, 1887 | Charles Tupper | | Conservative | Charles Tupper | | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Colchester | October 27, 1887 | Archibald McLelan | | Conservative | Archibald McLelan | | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes |
| Bruce West | October 19, 1887 | Edward Blake | | Liberal | James Rowand | | Liberal | Chose to sit for Durham West. | Yes |
| Richelieu | October 18, 1887 | Jean-Baptiste Labelle | | Conservative | Joseph-Aimé Massue | | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Charlevoix | September 28, 1887 | Simon-Xavier Cimon | | Conservative | Simon Cimon | | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Renfrew South | August 2, 1887 | Robert Campbell | | Liberal | John Ferguson | | Independent | Death | No |
| Digby | July 16, 1887 | John Campbell | | Conservative | Herbert Ladd Jones | | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Restigouche | May 21, 1887 | Robert Moffat | | Conservative | George Moffat Jr. | | Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Victoria South | April 20, 1887 | Adam Hudspeth | | Conservative | Adam Hudspeth | | Liberal-Conservative | Seeks re-election due to holding the office of revising officer. | Yes |
| Bruce East | April 2, 1887 | Henry Cargill | | Conservative | Henry Cargill | | Conservative | Seeks re-election due to holding the position of postmaster. | Yes |
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