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Guide to Canadian Ministries Since Confederation

Second Ministry

LIBERAL[1]
7 November 1873 to 8 October 1878

PRIME MINISTER
The Honourable Alexander Mackenzie[2]

THE MINISTRY

Minister of Agriculture
Hon. Luc Letellier de St-Just Senator 7 Nov. 1873 - 14 Dec. 1876
Hon. Isaac Burpee Acting Minister 15 Dec. 1876 - 25 Jan. 1877
Hon. Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier Senator 26 Jan. 1877 - 8 Oct. 1878

Minister of Customs
Hon. Isaac Burpee 7 Nov. 1873 - 8 Oct. 1878

Minister of Finance
Hon. Richard John Cartwright 7 Nov. 1873 - 8 Oct. 1878

Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs [3]
Hon. David Laird 7 Nov. 1873 - 6 Oct.1876
Hon. Richard William Scott Senator - Acting Minister 7 Oct. 1876 - 23 Oct. 1876
Hon. David Mills 24 Oct. 1876 - 8 Oct. 1878

Minister of Inland Revenue
Hon. Télesphore Fournier [4] 7 Nov. 1873 - 7 July 1874
Hon. Félix Geoffrion 8 July 1874 - 8 Nov.1876
Hon. Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme [5] 9 Nov. 1876 - 7 June 1877
Hon. Joseph Édouard Cauchon 8 June 1877 - 7 Oct.1877
Hon. Wilfrid Laurier 8 Oct. 1877 - 8 Oct. 1878

Minister of the Interior [6]
Hon. David Laird 7 Nov. 1873 - 6 Oct. 1876
Hon. Richard William Scott Senator - Acting Minister 7 Oct. 1876 - 23 Oct. 1876
Hon. David Mills 24 Oct. 1876 - 8 Oct. 1878

Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Antoine-Aimé Dorion 7 Nov. 1873 - 31 May 1874
Hon. Sir Albert James Smith Acting Minister 1 June 1874 - 7 July 1874
Hon. Télesphore Fournier[7] 8 July 1874 - 18 May 1875
Hon. Dominick Edward Blake[8] 19 May 1875 - 7 June 1877
Hon. Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme 8 June 1877 - 8 Oct. 1878

Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Hon. Sir Albert James Smith 7 Nov. 1873 - 8 Oct. 1878

Minister of Militia and Defence
Hon. William Ross 7 Nov. 1873 - 29 Sept. 1874
Hon. William Berrian Vail 30 Sept. 1874 - 20 Jan. 1878
Hon. Alfred Gilpin Jones 21 Jan. 1878 - 8 Oct. 1878

Postmaster General
Hon. Donald Alexander Macdonald 7 Nov.1873 - 17 May 1875
Vacant 18 May 1875
Hon. Télesphore Fournier 19 May 1875 - 7 Oct. 1875
Vacant 8 Oct. 1875
Hon. Lucius Seth Huntington 9 Oct. 1875 - 8 Oct.1878

President of the Privy Council
Vacant 7 Nov. 1873 - 19 Jan. 1874
Hon. Lucius Seth Huntington[9] 20 Jan. 1874 - 8 Oct. 1875
Vacant 9 Oct. 1875 - 6 Dec. 1875
Hon. Joseph Édouard Cauchon[10] 7 Dec. 1875 - 7 June 1877
Hon. Dominick Edward Blake 8 June 1877 - 17 Jan. 1878
Vacant 18 Jan. 1878 - 8 Oct. 1878

Minister of Public Works
Hon. Alexander Mackenzie 7 Nov. 1873 - 8 Oct. 1878

Receiver General
Hon. Thomas Coffin 7 Nov. 1873 - 8 Oct. 1878

Secretary of State of Canada[11]
Hon. David Christie Senator 7 Nov. 1873 - 8 Jan. 1874
Hon. Richard William Scott Senator 9 Jan. 1874 - 8 Oct.1878

Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Dominick Edward Blake[12] 7 Nov. 1873 - 13 Feb. 1874
Hon. Richard William Scott[13] 7 Nov. 1873 - 8 Jan. 1874

 

[1] On 5 Nov. 1873 Macdonald resigned and the Governor General invited Mackenzie to form a Government. The Second Ministry assumed office on 7 Nov. 1873.

[2] Mackenzie was also Minister of Public Works.

[3] See Minister of the Interior.

[4] Fournier was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 3 July 1874.

[5] Laflamme was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 8 July 1877.

[6] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.

[7] Fournier was appointed Postmaster General on 19 May 1875.

[8] Blake was appointed President of the Privy Council on 8 June 1877.

[9] Huntington was appointed Postmaster General on 9 Oct. 1875.

[10] Cauchon was appointed Minister of Inland Revenue on 8 June 1877.

[11] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.

[12] Blake resigned from the ministry on 13 Feb. 1874, but subsequently rejoined it as Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 19 May 1875.

[13] Scott was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 9 Jan. 1874.

 

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