The 4th Parliament of Ontario was in session from June 5, 1879 until February 1, 1883, just prior to the 1883 general election. The majority party was the Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.
| Riding | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Addington | Hammel Madden Deroche | Liberal |
| Algoma | Robert Adam Lyon | Liberal |
| Brant North | James Young | Liberal |
| Brant South | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| Brockville | Christopher Finlay Fraser | Conservative |
| Bruce North | Donald Sinclair | Liberal |
| Bruce South | Rupert Mearse Wells | Liberal |
| Hamilton Parke O'Connor (1882) | Liberal | |
| Cardwell | Charles Robinson | Liberal |
| Carleton | George William Monk | Conservative |
| Cornwall | William Mack | Liberal |
| Dufferin | John Barr | Conservative |
| William Jelly (1880) | Conservative | |
| Dundas | Andrew Broder | Conservative |
| Durham East | John Rosevear | Conservative |
| Charles Herbert Brereton (1882) | Conservative | |
| Durham West | James Wellington McLaughlin | Liberal |
| Elgin East | Thomas McIntyre Nairn | Liberal |
| Elgin West | John Cascaden | Liberal |
| Essex North | Solomon White | Conservative |
| Essex South | Lewis Wigle | Conservative |
| William Douglas Balfour (1882) | Liberal | |
| Frontenac | Delino Dexter Calvin | Conservative |
| Glengarry | Donald Macmaster | Conservative |
| James Rayside (1882) | Liberal | |
| Grenville South | Frederick John French | Conservative |
| Grey East | Abram William Lauder | Conservative |
| Grey North | David Creighton | Conservative |
| Grey South | James Hill Hunter | Liberal |
| Haldimand | Jacob Baxter | Liberal |
| Halton | David Robertson | Liberal |
| Hamilton | John Morison Gibson | Liberal |
| Hastings East | Nathaniel Stephen Appleby | Independent Conservative |
| Hastings North | George Henry Boulter | Conservative |
| Hastings West | Alexander Robertson | Conservative |
| Baltis Rose (1882) | Conservative | |
| Huron East | Thomas Gibson | Liberal |
| Huron South | Archibald Bishop | Liberal |
| Huron West | Alexander McLagan Ross | Liberal |
| Kent East | Daniel McCraney | Liberal |
| Kent West | Edward Robinson | Liberal |
| Kingston | James Henry Metcalfe | Conservative |
| Lambton East | Peter Graham | Liberal |
| Lambton West | Timothy Blair Pardee | Liberal |
| Lanark North | William Clyde Caldwell | Liberal |
| Lanark South | William Lees | Independent |
| Leeds North and Grenville North | Henry Merrick | Conservative |
| Leeds South | William Richardson | Conservative |
| Lennox | George Douglas Hawley | Liberal |
| Lincoln | Sylvester Neelon | Liberal |
| London | William Ralph Meredith | Conservative |
| Middlesex East | Richard Tooley | Conservative |
| Middlesex North | John Waters | Liberal |
| Middlesex West | John Watterworth | Liberal |
| Monck | Richard Harcourt | Liberal |
| Muskoka and Parry Sound | John Classon Miller | Liberal |
| James Whitney Bettes (1882) | Liberal | |
| Norfolk North | John Bailey Freeman | Liberal |
| Norfolk South | William Morgan | Conservative |
| Northumberland East | James Marshall Ferris | Liberal |
| Northumberland West | John Collard Field | Liberal |
| Ontario North | Thomas Paxton | Liberal |
| Frank Madill (1881) | Conservative | |
| Ontario South | John Dryden | Liberal |
| Ottawa | Patrick Baskerville | Conservative |
| Oxford North | Oliver Mowat | Liberal |
| Oxford South | Adam Crooks | Liberal |
| Peel | Kenneth Chisholm | Liberal |
| Perth North | David Davidson Hay | Liberal |
| Perth South | Thomas Ballantyne | Liberal |
| Peterborough East | Thomas Blezard | Liberal |
| Peterborough West | William Hepburn Scott | Conservative |
| Robert Kincaid (1882) | Conservative | |
| Prescott | William Harkin | Conservative |
| Albert Peter Hagar | Liberal (1881) | |
| Prince Edward | Gideon Striker | Liberal |
| Renfrew North | Thomas Murray | Liberal |
| William Balmer McAllister (1882) | Conservative | |
| Renfrew South | James Bonfield | Liberal |
| Russell | Adam Jacob Baker | Conservative |
| Simcoe East | Herman Henry Cook | Liberal |
| Charles Alfred Drury (1882) | Liberal | |
| Simcoe South | William James Parkhill | Conservative |
| Simcoe West | Thomas Long | Conservative |
| Stormont | Joseph Kerr | Conservative |
| Toronto East | Alexander Morris | Conservative |
| Toronto West | Robert Bell | Conservative |
| Victoria North | Samuel Stanley Peck | Liberal |
| Victoria South | Samuel Casey Wood | Liberal |
| Waterloo North | Moses Springer | Liberal |
| Elias Weber Bingeman Snider (1881) | Liberal | |
| Waterloo South | James Livingston | Liberal |
| Isaac Master (1882) | Liberal | |
| Welland | Daniel Near | Liberal |
| Wellington Centre | Charles Clarke | Liberal |
| Wellington South | James Laidlaw | Liberal |
| Wellington West | Robert McKim | Liberal |
| Wentworth North | James McMahon | Liberal |
| Wentworth South | Nicholas Awrey | Liberal |
| York East | George Washington Badgerow | Liberal |
| York North | Joseph Henry Widdifield | Liberal |
| York West | Peter Patterson | Liberal |
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—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)