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 October 1878 – 6 June 1891
Cabinet	3rd Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition	Alexander Mackenzie 17 October 1878 – 27 April 1880
	Edward Blake 4 May 1880 – 2 June 1887
Party caucuses
Government	Conservative Party & Liberal-Conservative
Opposition	Liberal Party
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Joseph Godéric Blanchet 13 February 1879 – 7 February 1883
Members	206 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
Senators	79 seats senator seats List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch	Victoria 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: