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Second Ministry |
LIBERAL
[1]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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