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Third Ministry |
LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald[2]
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Hon. John Henry Pope[3] | 17 Oct.1878 - 24 Sept. 1885 |
| Hon. John Carling | 25 Sept 1885 - 6 June 1891 |
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| Minister of Customs | |
| Vacant | 17 Oct.1878 - 18 Oct. 1878 |
| Hon. Mackenzie Bowell | 19 Oct. 1878 - 6 June 1891 |
| Minister of Finance[4] | |
| Hon. Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley[5] | 17 Oct. 1878 - 19 May 1879 |
| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
| Hon. Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley | 20 May 1879 - 10 Nov. 1885 |
| Vacant | 11 Nov. 1885 - 9 Dec. 1885 |
| Hon. Archibald Woodbury McLelan[6] | 10 Dec. 1885 - 26 Jan. 1887 |
| Hon. Sir Charles Tupper | 27 Jan. 1887 - 22 May 1888 |
| Vacant | 23 May 1888 - 28 May 1888 |
| Hon. George Eulas Foster | 29 May 1888 - 6 June 1891 |
| Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[7] | |
| Rt. Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald | 17 Oct. 1878 - 2 Oct. 1887 |
| Hon. Thomas White | 3 Oct.1887 - 21 Apr. 1868 |
| Vacant | 22 Apr. 1888 - 7 May 1888 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald Acting Minister | 8 May 1888 - 24 Sept. 1888 |
| Hon. Edgar Dewdney | 25 Sept. 1888 - 6 June 1891 |
| Minister of Inland Revenue | |
| Vacant | 17 Oct. 1878 - 25 Oct. 1878 |
| Hon. Louis François Georges Baby | 26 Oct. 1878 - 28 Oct. 1880 |
| Vacant | 29 Oct. 1880 - 7 Nov. 1880 |
| Hon. James Cox Aikins Senator | 8 Nov. 1880 - 22 May 1882 |
| Hon. John Costigan | 23 May 1882 - 6 June 1891 |
| Minister of the Interior[8] | |
| Rt. Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald | 17 Oct. 1878 - 16 Oct. 1883 |
| Hon. Sir David Lewis Macpherson Senator | 17 Oct. 1883 - 4 Aug. 1885 |
| Hon. Thomas White | 5 Aug. 1885 - 21 Apr. 1888 |
| Vacant | 22 Apr. 1888 - 7 May 1888 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald Acting Minister | 8 May 1888 - 24 Sept. 1888 |
| Hon. Edgar Dewdney | 25 Sept. 1888 - 6 June 1891 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
| Hon. James McDonald | 17 Oct. 1878 - 19 May 1881 |
| Hon. Sir Alexander Campbell[9] Senator | 20 May 1881 - 24 Sept. 1885 |
| Vacant | 25 Sept. 1885 |
| Hon. Sir John Sparrow David Thompson | 26 Sept. 1885 - 6 June 1891 |
| Minister of Marine and Fisheries | |
| Vacant | 17 Oct.1878 - 18 Oct. 1878 |
| Hon. James Colledge Pope | 19 Oct. 1878 - 9 July 1882 |
| Hon. Archibald Woodbury McLelan[10] | 10 July 1882 - 9 Dec. 1885 |
| Hon. George Eulas Foster[11] | 10 Dec.1885 - 28 May 1888 |
| Vacant | 29 May 1888 - 31 May 1888 |
| Hon. Charles Hibbert Tupper | 1 June 1888 - 6 June 1891 |
| Minister of Militia and Defence | |
| Vacant | 17 Oct. 1878 - 18 Oct. 1878 |
| Hon. Louis François Rodrigue Masson[12] | 19 Oct. 1878 - 15 Jan. 1880 |
| Hon. Sir Alexander Campbell[13] Senator | 16 Jan. 1880 - 7 Nov. 1880 |
| Hon. Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron | 8 Nov. 1880 - 6 June 1891 |
| Postmaster General | |
| Vacant | 17 Oct.1878 - 18 Oct. 1878 |
| Hon. Hector Louis Langevin[14] | 19 Oct.1878 - 19 May 1879 |
| Hon. Sir Alexander Campbell[15] Senator | 20 - May 1879 - 15 Jan. 1880 |
| Hon. John O'Connor[16] | 16 Jan.1880 - 7 Nov. 1880 |
| Hon. Sir Alexander Campbell[17] Senator | 8 Nov.1880 - 19 May 1881 |
| Hon. John O'Connor | 20 May 1881 - 22 May 1882 |
| Hon. John Carling[18] | 23 May 1882 - 24 Sept. 1885 |
| Hon. Sir Alexander Campbell Senator | 25 Sept. 1885 - 26 Jan. 1887 |
| Hon. Archibald Woodbury McLelan | 27 Jan. 1887 - 9 July 1888 |
| Vacant | 10 July 1888 |
| Hon. John Carling Acting Minister | 11 July 1888 - 5 Aug. 1888 |
| Hon. John Graham Haggart | 6 Aug. 1888 - 6 June 1891 |
| President of the Privy Council[19] | |
| Hon. John O'Connor[20] | 17 Oct. 1878 - 15 Jan. 1880 |
| Hon. Louis François Rodrigue Masson | 16 Jan 1880 - 31 July 1880 |
| Vacant | 1 Aug. 1880 - 7 Nov. 1880 |
| Hon. Joseph-Alfred Mousseau[21] | 8 Nov. 1880 - 19 May 1881 |
| Hon. Archibald Woodbury McLelan[22] | 20 May 1881 - 9 July 1882 |
| Vacant | 10 July 1882 - 16 Oct. 1883 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald | 17 Oct. 1883 - 27 Nov. 1889 |
| Hon. Charles Carrol Colby | 28 Nov.1889 - 30 Apr. 1891 |
| Vacant | 1 May 1891 - 6 June 1891 |
| Minister of Public Works | |
| Hon. Sir Charles Tupper[23] | 17 Oct. 1878 - 19 May 1879 |
| Hon. Sir Hector Louis Langevin | 20 May 1879 - 6 June 1891 |
| Minister of Railways and Canals[24]. | |
| Hon. Sir Charles Tupper[25] | 20 May 1879 - 28 May 1884 |
| Hon. John Henry Pope Acting Minister | 29 May 1884 - 24 Sept. 1885 |
| Hon. John Henry Pope | 25 Sept. 1885 - 1 Apr. 1889 |
| Vacant | 2 Apr. 1889 - 9 Apr. 1889 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald Acting Minister | 10 Apr. 1889 - 27 Nov. 1889 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald | 28 Nov. 1889 - 6 June 1891 |
| Receiver General | |
| Vacant | 17 Oct. 1878 - 7 Nov. 1878 |
| Hon. Alexander Campbell [26] Senator | 8 Nov.1878 - 19 May 1879 |
| Secretary of State of Canada[27] | |
| Vacant | 17 Oct.1878 - 18 Oct. 1878 |
| Hon. James Cox Aikins [28] Senator | 19 Oct.1878 - 7 Nov. 1880 |
| Hon. John O'Connor[29] | 8 Nov.1880 - 19 May 1881 |
| Hon. Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | 20 May 1881 - 28 July 1882 |
| Hon. Joseph Adolphe Chapleau | 29 July 1882 - 6 June 1891 |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Hon. Robert Duncan Wilmot Senator | 8 Nov.1878 - 10 Feb. 1880 |
| Hon. David Lewis Macpherson[30] Senator | 11 Feb. 1880 - 16 Oct. 1883 |
| Hon. Frank Smith Senator | 2 Aug.1882 - 6 June 1891 |
| Hon. John Joseph Caldwell Abbott Senator | 13 May 1887 - 6 June 1891 |
[1] The Mackenzie Government was defeated in the general election of 17 Sept. 1878. On 8 Oct. Mackenzie resigned and the next day Macdonald was invited to form a Government. Eight days later, on 17 Oct., six members of the Third Ministry assumed office. Five more portfolios were filled on 19 Oct., one on 26 Oct. and two on 8 Nov.
[2] During the Third Ministry Macdonald held successively the portfolios of the Interior, Privy Council, and Railways and Canals.
[3] Pope was appointed Minister of Railways and Canals on 25 Sept. 1885.
[4] Under the provisions of Statute 42 Vict., c. 7, assented to on 15 May 1879 and proclaimed in force on 20 May 1879, the Minister of Finance was to be ex officio the Receiver General of Canada
[5] Tilley was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 20 May 1879.
[6] McLelan was appointed Postmaster General on 27 Jan. 1887.
[7] See Minister of the Interior.
[8] Until 1883 the Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. In that year Statute 46 Vict., c. 6, assented to on 25 May 1883, provided for the Minister of the Interior, or the head of any other department appointed for that purpose by the Governor in Council, to hold the office ex officio. By Order in Council dated 17 Oct. 1883 the President of the Privy Council was designated to be Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. On 3 Oct. 1887 the office was transferred back to the Minister of the Interior, who then, except for a brief period in 1930, continued to hold the office ex officio until its abolition in 1936. The Department of Indian Affairs was created by Statute 43 Vict., c. 28, assented to on 7 May 1880.
[9] Campbell was appointed Postmaster General on 25 Sept. 1885.
[10] McLelan was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 10 Dec. 1885.
[11] Foster was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 29 May 1885.
[12] Masson was appointed President cf the Privy Council on 16 Jan. 1880.
[13] Campbell was appointed Postmaster General on 8 Nov. 1880.
[14] Langevin was appointed Minister of Public Works on 20 May 1879.
[15] Campbell was appointed Minister of Militia and Defence on 16 Jan. 1880.
[16] O'Connor was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 8 Nov. 1880.
[17] Campbell was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 20 May 1881.
[18] Carling was appointed Minister of Agriculture on 25 Sept. 1885.
[19] See Note 8.
[20] O'Connor was appointed Postmaster General on 16 Jan 1880.
[21] Mousseau was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 20 May 1881.
[22] McLelan was appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries on 10 July 1882.
[23] Tupper was appointed Minister of Railways and Canals on 20 May 1879.
[24] The Office of Minister of Railways and Canals was created by Statute 42 Vict., c. 7, assented to on 15 May 1879, and proclaimed in force on 20 May 11879.
[25] On 30 May 1883 Sir Charles Tupper was appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, but an arrangement was made whereby he would serve in this capacity without salary. He continued to hold the portfolio of Minister of Railways and Canals until 28 May 1884 when a new commission was issued to him granting a salary as High Commissioner. This effected his resignation from the ministry. On 27 Jan. 1887 Tupper resigned as High Commissioner and re-entered the ministry as Minister of Finance.
[26] Campbell was appointed Postmaster General on 20 May 1879.
[27] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
[28] Aikins was appointed Minister of Inland Revenue on 8 Nov. 1880.
[29] O'Connor was appointed Postmaster General on 20 May 1881.
[30] Macpherson was appointed Minister of the Interior on 17 Oct. 1883.
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