The 5th Parliament of Ontario was in session from February 27, 1883 until November 15, 1886, just prior to the 1886 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.
| Riding | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Addington | George Denison | Conservative |
| Algoma East | Robert Adam Lyon | Liberal |
| Algoma West | James Conmee | Liberal |
| Brant North | James Young | Liberal |
| Brant South | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| Brockville | Christopher Finlay Fraser | Conservative |
| Bruce North | John Gillies | Independent Liberal |
| Bruce South | Hamilton Parke O'Connor | Liberal |
| Cardwell | William Henry Hammell | Conservative |
| Carleton | George William Monk | Conservative |
| Cornwall | Alexander Peter Ross | Conservative |
| Dufferin | Robert McGhee | Conservative |
| Dundas | Andrew Broder | Conservative |
| Durham East | Charles Herbert Brereton | Conservative |
| Durham West | James Wellington McLaughlin | Liberal |
| Elgin East | Charles Oaks Ermatinger | Conservative |
| Elgin West | John Cascaden | Liberal |
| Essex North | Solomon White | Conservative |
| Essex South | William Douglas Balfour | Liberal |
| Frontenac | Henry Wilmot | Conservative |
| Glengarry | James Rayside | Liberal |
| Grenville South | Frederick John French | Conservative |
| Grey East | Abram William Lauder | Conservative |
| Neil McColman (1884) | Conservative | |
| Grey North | David Creighton | Conservative |
| Grey South | John Blythe | Conservative |
| Haldimand | Jacob Baxter | Liberal |
| Halton | William Kerns | Conservative |
| Hamilton | John Morison Gibson | Liberal |
| Hastings East | William Parker Hudson | Conservative |
| Hastings North | Alpheus Field Wood | Conservative |
| Hastings West | Ephraim George Sills | Liberal |
| Huron East | Thomas Gibson | Liberal |
| Huron South | Archibald Bishop | Liberal |
| Huron West | Alexander McLagan Ross | Liberal |
| Kent East | Daniel McCraney | Liberal |
| Robert Ferguson (1885) | Liberal | |
| Kent West | James Clancy | Conservative |
| 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 | Robert Henry Preston | Conservative |
| Lennox | Alexander Hall Roe | Liberal |
| George Douglas Hawley (1886) | Liberal | |
| Lincoln | Sylvester Neelon | Liberal |
| London | William Ralph Meredith | Conservative |
| Middlesex East | Donald MacKenzie | Liberal |
| Middlesex North | John Waters | Liberal |
| Middlesex West | Alexander Johnston | Conservative |
| George William Ross (1883) | Liberal | |
| Monck | Richard Harcourt | Liberal |
| Muskoka and Parry Sound | Frederick G. Fauquier | Conservative |
| Jacob William Dill (1884) | Liberal | |
| Norfolk North | John Bailey Freeman | Liberal |
| Norfolk South | William Morgan | Conservative |
| Northumberland East | James Marshall Ferris | Liberal |
| Northumberland West | Robert Mulholland | Conservative |
| Ontario North | Isaac James Gould | Liberal |
| Ontario South | John Dryden | Liberal |
| Ottawa | Patrick Baskerville | Conservative |
| Oxford North | Oliver Mowat | Liberal |
| Oxford South | Adam Crooks | Liberal |
| George Atwell Cooke (1884) | Liberal | |
| Peel | Kenneth Chisholm | Liberal |
| Perth North | John George Hess | Conservative |
| Perth South | Thomas Ballantyne | Liberal |
| Peterborough East | Thomas Blezard | Liberal |
| Peterborough West | John Carnegie | Conservative |
| Prescott | Albert Peter Hagar | Liberal |
| Prince Edward | James Hart | Liberal |
| Renfrew North | Thomas Murray | Liberal |
| Renfrew South | John Francis Dowling | Liberal |
| Russell | Honoré Robillard | Liberal-Conservative |
| Simcoe East | Charles Alfred Drury | Liberal |
| Simcoe South | George Prevost McKay | Conservative |
| Simcoe West | Orson James Phelps | Liberal |
| Stormont | Joseph Kerr | Conservative |
| Toronto East | Alexander Morris | Conservative |
| Toronto West | Henry Edward Clarke | Conservative |
| Victoria North | John Fell | Conservative |
| Victoria South | Duncan John McIntyre | Liberal |
| Waterloo North | Elias Weber Bingeman Snider | Liberal |
| Waterloo South | Isaac Master | Liberal |
| Welland | James E. Morin | 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 | John Gray | Conservative |
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—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)
“There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)