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Sixth Ministry |
LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Honourable Sir Mackenzie Bowell[2]
Senator
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Hon. Auguste Réal Angers Senator | 21 Dec. 1894 - 12 July 1895 |
| Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet Acting Minister | 13 July 1895 - 20 Dec. 1895 |
| Hon. Walter Humphries Montague | 21 Dec. 1895 - 5 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Donald Ferguson Senator - Acting Minister | 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Walter Humphries Montague | 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr 1896 |
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| Controller of Customs[3] | |
| Hon. John Fisher Wood | 24 Dec. 1895 - 5 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Sir Frank Smith Senator - Acting Minister | 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. John Fisher Wood | 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
| Hon. George Eulas Foster | 21 Dec. 1894 - 5 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell Senator - Acting Minister | 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. George Eulas Foster | 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[4] | |
| Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly | 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Controller of Inland Revenue[5] | |
| Hon. Edward Gawler Prior | 17 Dec. 1895 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Minister of the Interior[6] | |
| Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly | 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
| Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper | 21 Dec. 1894 - 5 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly Acting Minister | 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Arthur Rupert Dickey | 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Minister of Marine and Fisheries | |
| Hon. John Costigan | 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Minister of Militia and Defence | |
| Hon. James Colebrooke Patterson[7] | 21 Dec. 1894 - 25 Mar. 1895 |
| Hon. Arthur Rupert Dickey[8] | 26 Mar. 1895 - 5 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell Senator - Acting Minister | 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Alphonse Desjardins Senator | 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Postmaster General | |
| Hon. Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron | 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| President of the Privy Council | |
| Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell Senator | 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Minister of Public Works | |
| Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet | 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Minister of Railways and Canals | |
| Hon. John Graham Haggart | 21 Dec. 1894 - 5 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet Acting Minister | 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. John Graham Haggart | 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Secretary of State of Canada[9] | |
| Hon. Arthur Rupert Dickey[10] | 21 Dec. 1894 - 25 Mar. 1895 |
| Hon. Walter Humphries Montague[11] | 26 Mar 1895 - 20 Dec. 1895 |
| Vacant | 21 Dec. 1895 - 26 Dec. 1895 |
| Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet Acting Minister | 27 Dec. 1895 - 5 Jan 1896 |
| Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly Acting Minister | 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. Sir Charles Tupper | 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr 1896 |
| Minister of Trade and Commerce | |
| Hon. William Bullock Ives | 21 Dec. 1894 - 5 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. John Costigan Acting Minister | 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896 |
| Hon. William Bullock Ives | 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Hon. Walter Humphries Montague[12] | 21 Dec. 1894 - 25 Mar. 1895 |
| Hon. Sir Frank Smith Senator | 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Hon. Donald Ferguson Senator | 2 Jan. 1895 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
| Hon. James Colebrooke Patterson | 26 Mar. 1895 - 1 Sept. 1895 |
| NOT OF THE CABINET | |
| Controller of Customs[13] | |
| Hon. Nathaniel Clarke Wallace | 21 Dec. 1894 - 13 Dec. 1895 |
| Hon. John Fisher Wood Acting Minister | 14 Dec. 1895 - 16 Dec. 1895 |
| Hon. John Fisher Wood[14] | 17 Dec. 1895 - 23 Dec. 1895 |
| Controller of Inland Revenue[15] | |
| Hon. John Fisher Wood[16] | 21 Dec. 1894 - 16 Dec. 1895 |
| Solicitor General of Canada | |
| Hon. John Joseph Curran | 21 Dec. 1894 - 17 Oct. 1895 |
| Vacant | 18 Oct.1895 - 27 Apr. 1896 |
[1] On 13 Dec. 1894, the day after the death of Thompson, Bowell was invited by the Governor General to form a Government. The Sixth Ministry assumed office on 21 Dec. 1894 and included fifteen ministers from the Fifth Ministry, eleven of whom retained their previous portfolios.
[2] Bowell was also President of the Privy Council.
[3] See also NOT OF THE CABINET, Controller of Customs
[4] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[5] See also NOT OF THE CABINET, Controller of Inland Revenue.
[6] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[7] Patterson was appointed Minister Without Portfolio on 213 Mar. 1895.
[8] Dickey was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 15 Jan. 1896.
[9] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
[10] Dickey was appointed Minister of Militia and Defence on 26 Mar. 1895.
[11] Montague was appointed Minister of Agriculture on 21 Dec. 1895.
[12] Montague was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 26 Mar. 1895.
[13] See also THE MINISTRY, Controller of Customs.
[14] Wood was sworn of the Privy Council and considered of the Cabinet on 24 Dec. 1895.
[15] See also THE MINISTRY, Controller of Inland Revenue.
[16] Wood was appointed Controller of Customs on 17 Dec. 1895.
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