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Eighth Ministry |
LIBERAL
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier[2]
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Hon. Sydney Arthur Fisher | 13 July 1896 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of Customs[3] | |
| Hon. William Paterson | 30 June 1897 - 6 Oct.1911 |
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| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
| Vacant | 13 July 1896 - 19 July 1896 |
| Hon. William Stevens Fielding | 20 July 1896 - 6 Oct.1911 |
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| Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[4] | |
| Vacant | 13 July 1896 - 16 July 1896 |
| Hon. Richard William Scott Senator - Acting Minister | 17 July 1896 - 16 Nov. 1896 |
| Hon. Clifford Sifton | 17 Nov. 1896 - 28 Feb. 1905 |
| Vacant | 29 Feb. 1905 - 12 Mar. 1905 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Acting Minister | 13 Mar. 1905 - 7 Apr. 1905 |
| Hon. Frank Oliver | 8 Apr. 1905 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of Inland Revenue | |
| Hon. Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | 30 June 1897- 21 June 1900 |
| Hon. Michel Esdras Bernier | 22 June 1900 - 18 Jan. 1904 |
| Hon. Louis-Philippe Brodeur[5] | 19 Jan. 1904 - 5 Feb 1906 |
| Hon. William Templeman | 6 Feb. 1906 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of the Interior[6] | |
| Vacant | 13 July 1896 - 16 July 1896 |
| Hon. Richard William Scott Senator - Acting Minister | 17 July 1896 - 16 Nov. 1896 |
| Hon. Clifford Sifton | 17 Nov.1896 - 28 Feb. 1905 |
| Vacant | 29 Feb. 1905 - 12 Mar. 1905 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Acting Minister | 13 Mar. 1905 - 7 Apr. 1905 |
| Hon. Frank Oliver | 8 Apr. 1905 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
| Hon. Sir Oliver Mowat Senator | 13 July 1896 - 17 Nov. 1897 |
| Hon. David Mills Senator | 18 Nov. 1897 - 7 Feb. 1902 |
| Vacant | 8 Feb.1902 - 10 Feb. 1902 |
| Hon. Charles Fitzpatrick | 11 Feb. 1902 - 3 June 1906 |
| Hon. Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth | 4 June 1906 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of Labour[7] | |
| Vacant | 19 May 1909 - 1 June 1909 |
| Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King | 2 June 1909 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of Marine and Fisheries | |
| Hon. Sir Louis Henry Davies | 13 July 1896 - 24 Sept. 1901 |
| Vacant | 25 Sept. 1901 - 14 Jan. 1902 |
| Hon. James Sutherland[8] | 15 Jan. 1902 - 10 Nov. 1902 |
| Hon. Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine | 11 Nov. 1902 - 25 Dec. 1905 |
| Vacant | 26 Dec. 1905 - 5 Jan. 1906 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Acting Minister | 6 Jan. 1906 - 5 Feb. 1906 |
| Hon. Louis-Philippe Brodeur | 6 Feb. 1906 - 10 Aug. 1911 |
| Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux | 11 Aug 1911 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of Militia and Defence | |
| Hon. Sir Frederick William Borden | 13 July 1896 - 6 Oct.1911 |
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| Minister of Mines[9] | |
| Vacant | 27 Apr. 1907 - 2 May 1907 |
| Hon. William Templeman | 3 May 1907 - 6 Oct.1911 |
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| Minister of the Naval Service[10] | |
| Hon. Louis-Philippe Brodeur | 4 May 1910 - 10 Aug. 1911 |
| Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux | 11 Aug. 1911 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Postmaster General | |
| Hon. Sir William Mulock | 13 July 1896 - 15 Oct. 1905 |
| Hon. Allen Bristol Aylesworth[11] | 16 Oct. 1905 - 3 June 1906 |
| Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux[12] | 4 June 1906 - 10 Aug. 1911 |
| Vacant | 11 Aug. 1911 - 18 Aug. 1911 |
| Hon. Henri Sévérin Béland | 19 Aug. 1911 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| President of the Privy Council | |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier | 11 July 1896 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of Public Works | |
| Hon. Joseph Israël Tarte | 13 July 1896 - 21 Oct. 1902 |
| Vacant | 22 Oct. 1902 - 10 Nov. 1902 |
| Hon. James Sutherland | 11 Nov. 1902 - 3 May 1905 |
| Vacant | 4 May 1905 - 21 May 1905 |
| Hon. Charles Smith Hyman | 22 May 1905 - 29 Aug. 1907 |
| Hon. William Pugsley | 30 Aug. 1907 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of Railways and Canals | |
| Vacant | 13 July 1896 - 19 July 1896 |
| Hon. Andrew George Blair | 20 July 1896 - 20 July 1903 |
| Hon. William Stevens Fielding Acting Minister | 21 July 1903 - 14 Jan. 1904 |
| Hon. Henry Robert Emmerson | 15 Jan.1904 - 2 Apr. 1907 |
| Vacant | 3 Apr.1907 - 8 Apr. 1907 |
| Hon. William Stevens Fielding Acting Minister | 9 Apr.1907 - 29 Aug. 1907 |
| Hon. George Perry Graham | 30 Aug. 1907 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Secretary of State of Canada[13] | |
| Hon. Richard William Scott[14] Senator | 13 July 1896 - 8 Oct. 1908 |
| Hon. Charles Murphy | 9 Oct. 1908 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
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| Minister of Trade and Commerce | |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Richard John Cartwright Senator | 13 July 1896 - 6 Oct.1911 |
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| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Hon. Richard Reid Dobell | 13 July 1896 - 11 Jan. 1902 |
| Hon. Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion | 21 Aug. 1896 - 18 July 1899 |
| Hon. James Sutherland[15] | 30 Sept. 1899 - 14 Jan.1902 |
| Hon. William Templeman[16] Senator | 25 Feb. 1902 - 5 Feb. 1906 |
| Hon. Charles Smith Hyman[17] | 5 Feb. 1904 - 21 May 1905 |
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| NOT OF THE CABINET | |
| Controller of Customs | |
| Hon. William Paterson[18] | 13 July 1896 - 29 June 1897 |
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| Controller of Inland Revenue | |
| Hon. Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière[19] | 13 July 1896 - 29 June 1897 |
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| Solicitor General of Canada | |
| Hon. Charles Fitzpatrick[20] | 13 July 1896 - 9 Feb. 1902 |
| Hon. Henry George Carroll | 10 Feb.1902 - 28 Jan. 1904 |
| Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux[21] | 29 Jan. 1904 - 3 June 1906 |
| Vacant | 4 June 1906 - 13 Feb. 1907 |
| Hon. Jacques Bureau | 14 Feb. 1907 - 6 Oct. 1911 |
[1] With the defeat of the Government in the general election of 23 June 1896 Tupper resigned from office on 8 July 1896. The next day the Governor General invited Laurier to reform a Government. On 11 July Laurier, acting alone as the Committee of the Privy Council, advised his own appointment as President of the Privy Council and on 13 July the remainder of the Cabinet was appointed to office.
[2] Laurier was also President of the Privy Council.
[3] Statute 60-61 Vict., c. 18, assented to on 29 June 1897, revived the offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland Revenue, See Controller of Customs and Controller of Inland Revenue.
[4] See Note 6.
[5] Brodeur was appointed Minister Of Marine and Fisheries on 6 Feb. 1906.
[6] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[7] The Department of Labour was established pursuant to the Conciliation Act, 1900 (Statute 63-64 Vict., c. 24, assented to on 18 July 1900). The department was under the control of the minister designated by the Governor in Council to administer the aforesaid Act. Mulock, Aylesworth and Lemieux, who were successively Postmasters General, were so designated during their terms in that portfolio. The office of Minister of Labour was created by Statute 8-9 Edw. VII, c. 22, and assented to on 19 May 1909
[8] Sutherland was appointed Minister of Public Works on 11 Nov. 1902.
[9] The Department of Mines was created by Statute 6-7 Edw,. VII, c. 29. and assented to on 27 Apr. 1907. The department was to be presided over by the minister of another department who was to be named by the Governor in Council and who was to be called "The Minister of Mines". The Minister of Inland Revenue was the first to be named Minister of Mines.
[10] The Department of the Naval Service was created by Statute 9-10 Edw, VII, c. 43, was assented to on 4 May 1910, and was to be presided over by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, who was to be the Minister of the Naval Service.
[11] Aylesworth was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 4 June 1906.
[12] Lemieux was appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries on 11 Aug. 1911.
[13] The Department of External Affairs was created by Statute 8-9 Edw. VII, c. 13, assented to on 19 May 1909, proclaimed in force on 1 June 1909, and was to be presided over by the Secretary of State of Canada, who was also ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
[14] Scott resigned on 16 Sept. 1908, but on the Prime Minister's request continued to administer the department until his successor took charge.
[15] Sutherland was appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries on 15 Jan. 1902.
[16] Templeman was appointed Minister of Inland Revenue on 6 Feb. 1906.
[17] Hyman was appointed Minister of Public Works on 22 May 1905.
[18] Paterson was appointed Minister of Customs on 30 June 1897.
[19] Joly de Lotbiniére was appointed Minister of Inland Revenue on 29 June 1897.
[20] Fitzpatrick was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 11 Feb. 1902.
[21] Lemieux was appointed Postmaster General on 4 June 1906.
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