By-elections to the 5th Canadian Parliament were held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada between the 1882 federal election and the 1887 federal election. The Conservative Party of Canada led a majority government for the 5th Canadian Parliament.
The list includes Ministerial by-elections which occurred due to the requirement that Members of Parliament recontest their seats upon being appointed to Cabinet. These by-elections were almost always uncontested. This requirement was abolished in 1931.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haldimand | September 8, 1886 | David Thompson | Charles Wesley Colter | Death | Yes | ||||||
| Chambly | July 30, 1886 | Pierre Basile Benoit | Raymond Préfontaine | Appointed Superintendent of the Chambly Canal. | No | ||||||
| King's | December 31, 1885 | George Eulas Foster | George Eulas Foster | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. | Yes | ||||||
| City of St. John | November 24, 1885 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. | Yes | ||||||
| City and County of St. John | October 20, 1885 | Isaac Burpee | Conservative | Death | No | ||||||
| Antigonish | October 16, 1885 | Angus McIsaac | Liberal-Conservative | Appointed County Court Judge for District No. 6. | No | ||||||
| Cardwell | August 27, 1885 | Thomas White | Thomas White | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior. | Yes | |||||
| Durham East | August 24, 1885 | Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams | Henry Alfred Ward | Conservative | Death | Yes | |||||
| Grenville South | July 4, 1885 | William Thomas Benson | Walter Shanly | Conservative | Death | Yes | |||||
| Lévis | April 14, 1885 | Isidore-Noël Belleau | Pierre Malcom Guay | Unseated on a judgement of the Supreme Court. | Yes | ||||||
| Northumberland West | April 7, 1885 | George Guillet | George Guillet | Conservative | Election declared void | Yes | |||||
| Soulanges | February 5, 1885 | James William Bain | James William Bain | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes | |||||
| Lennox | January 28, 1885 | David Wright Allison | Matthew William Pruyn | Conservative | Election declared void. | No | |||||
| Maskinongé | December 22, 1884 | Frédéric Houde | Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers | Conservative | Death. | No | |||||
| Beauce | October 31, 1884 | Joseph Bolduc | Thomas Linière Taschereau | Conservative | Called to the Senate. | Yes | |||||
| Ontario West | August 22, 1884 | George Wheler | James David Edgar | Resignation | Yes | ||||||
| Queen's County | August 19, 1884 | Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken | John Theophilus Jenkins | Appointed Postmaster of Charlottetown. | Yes | ||||||
| Cape Breton | July 3, 1884 | William McDonald | Hector Francis McDougall | Called to the Senate. | Yes | ||||||
| York | June 29, 1884 | John Pickard | Independent Liberal | Thomas Temple | Conservative | Death | No | ||||
| Cumberland | June 26, 1884 | Charles Tupper | Charles James Townshend | Appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. | Yes | ||||||
| Mégantic | June 10, 1884 | Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette | François Langelier | Election declared void. | No | ||||||
| Nicolet | April 16, 1884 | François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot | Athanase Gaudet | Appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec. | No | ||||||
| Bothwell | February 25, 1884 | John Joseph Hawkins | David Mills | Election declared void. | No | ||||||
| Kent | January 29, 1884 | Henry Smyth | Henry Smyth | Election declared void. | Yes | ||||||
| Soulanges | December 27, 1883 | Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu | James William Bain | Conservative | Election declared void. | Yes | |||||
| Middlesex West | December 14, 1883 | George William Ross | Liberal | Donald Mackenzie Cameron | Liberal | Election declared void. | Yes | ||||
| Huron South | December 10, 1883 | John McMillan | Liberal | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | Resignation to provide a seat for Cartwright. | Yes | ||||
| Lennox | November 26, 1883 | John A. Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | David Wright Allison | Election voided. Macdonald was concurrently elected in Carleton and chose to sit for that riding. | No | |||||
| Lévis | October 25, 1883 | Joseph-Godéric Blanchet | Liberal-Conservative | Isidore-Noël Belleau | Appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Quebec. | Yes | |||||
| Lunenburg | October 10, 1883 | Thomas Twining Keefler | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | Election declared void. | No | ||||||
| Kent | September 22, 1883 | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | Pierre-Amand Landry | Appointed customs collector for Richibucto. | Yes | ||||||
| Halifax | July 24, 1883 | Matthew Henry Richey | John Fitzwilliam Stairs | Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. | Yes | ||||||
| Albert | July 10, 1883 | John Wallace | John Wallace | Election declared void. | No | ||||||
| King's County | April 26, 1883 | James Edwin Robertson | Augustine Colin Macdonald | Robertson disqualified as he was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly at the time of the election. The seat was adjudicated to MacDonald. | No | ||||||
| Queen's County | February 27, 1883 | John Theophilus Jenkins | Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken | Jenkins' election being declared void, the seat was adjudicated to Mr. Brecken. | Yes | ||||||
| Joliette | December 7, 1882 | Édouard Guilbault | Édouard Guilbault | Election declared void. | No | ||||||
| King's | November 7, 1882 | George Eulas Foster | George Eulas Foster | Election declared void. | Yes | ||||||
| Soulanges | October 27, 1882 | Jacques Philippe Lantier | Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert Saveuse de Beaujeu | Conservative | Death | Yes | |||||
| Bagot | September 2, 1882 | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | Flavien Dupont | Conservative | Resignation upon appointment as Premier of Quebec. | Yes | |||||
| Terrebonne | August 16, 1882 | Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau | Conservative | Resignation to provide a seat for Chapleau. | Yes | |||||