| 5th Michigan Territorial Council | |
| Membership1: | 13 members |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | President |
| Session1 Type: | 1st |
| Session1 Start: | May 1, 1832 |
| Session1 End: | June 29, 1832 |
| Session2 Type: | 2nd |
| Session2 Start: | January 1, 1833 |
| Session2 End: | April 23, 1833 |
The Fifth Michigan Territorial Council was a meeting of the legislative body governing Michigan Territory, known formally as the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan. The council met in Detroit in two regular sessions between May 1, 1832, and April 23, 1833, during the term of George B. Porter as territorial governor.
John McDonell was president of the council, Edmund A. Brush secretary, and James T. Allen sergeant-at-arms.
A January 1827 act of the United States Congress provided for the direct election of a 13-member legislative council by the people of the territory; the same act gave the council responsibility for determining the apportionment of seats.The council apportioned the seats as follows in an 1828 act:
| 1 | Wayne | John McDonell | Democratic | ||
| Charles Moran | Democratic | ||||
| Joseph Torrey | |||||
| 2 | MacombSt. Clair | Alfred Ashley | |||
| 3 | Oakland | Charles C. Hascall | Democratic | ||
| Roger Sprague | |||||
| 4 | Washtenaw | James Kingsley | |||
| George Renwick | |||||
| 5 | LenaweeMonroe | Daniel S. Bacon | |||
| Laurent Durocher | Democratic | ||||
| 6 | CassKalamazoo | Calvin Britain | Democratic | ||
| 7 | BrownChippewa | Henry Dodge | Democratic | Did not appear at either session. | |
| Morgan L. Martin | Democratic |