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Fourth Ministry |
LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Honourable Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott[2]
Senator
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Hon. John Carling Senator | 16 June 1891 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister of Customs | |
| Hon. Mackenzie Bowell[3] | 16 June 1891 - 24 Jan. 1892 |
| Hon. Joseph Adolphe Chapleau | 25 Jan. 1892 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
| Hon. George Eulas Foster | 16 June 1891 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[4] | |
| Hon. Edgar Dewdney | 16 June 1891 - 16 Oct. 1892 |
| Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly | 17 Oct. 1892 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister of Inland Revenue | |
| Hon. John Costigan | 16 June 1891 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister of the Interior[5] | |
| Hon. Edgar Dewdney | 16 June 1891 - 16 Oct. 1892 |
| Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly | 17 Oct. 1892 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
| Hon. Sir John Sparrow David Thompson | 16 June 1891 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister of Marine and Fisheries | |
| Hon. Charles Hibbert Tupper | 16 June 1891 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister of Militia and Defence | |
| Hon. Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron[6] | 16 June 1891 - 24 Jan. 1892 |
| Hon. Mackenzie Bowell | 25 Jan. 1892 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Postmaster General | |
| Hon. John Graham Haggart[7] | 16 June 1891 - 10 Jan. 1892 |
| Vacant | 11 Jan. 1892 - 24 Jan. 1892 |
| Hon. Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron | 25 Jan. 1892 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| President of the Privy Council | |
| Hon. Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott Senator | 16 June 1891 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister of Public Works | |
| Hon. Sir Hector Louis Langevin | 16 June 1891 - 11 Aug. 1891 |
| Vacant | 12 Aug. 1891 - 13 Aug. 1891 |
| Hon. Frank Smith[8] Senator | 14 Aug. 1891 - 10 Jan. 1892 |
| Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet | 11 Jan. 1892 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister of Railways and Canals | |
| Vacant | 16 June 1891 |
| Hon. Mackenzie Bowell Acting Minister | 17 June 1891 - 10 Jan. 1892 |
| Hon. John Graham Haggart | 11 Jan. 1892 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Secretary of State of Canada[9] | |
| Hon. Joseph Adolphe Chapleau[10] | 16 June 1891 - 24 Jan. 1892 |
| Hon. James Colebrooke Patterson | 25 Jan. 1892 - 24 Nov. 1892 |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Hon. Frank Smith[11] Senator | 16 June 1891 - 13 Aug. 1891 |
| Hon. Frank Smith Senator | 11 Jan. 1892 - 24 Nov 1892 |
[1] The death of Macdonald on 6 June 1891 dissolved the Third Ministry ipso facto. On 15 June 1891 Abbott accepted the Governor General's invitation, to form a Government and on 16 June the Fourth Ministry assumed office. The new Cabinet was composed entirely of ministers from the Third Ministry and with the exception of Abbott, they all retained their previous portfolios.
[2] Abbott was also President of the Privy Council.
[3] Bowell was appointed Minister of Militia and Defence on 25 Jan. 1892.
[4] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[5] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[6] Caron was appointed Postmaster General on 25 Jan. 1892.
[7] Haggart was appointed Minister of Railways and Canals on 11 Jan. 1892.
[8] Smith was appointed Minister without Portfolio on 11 Jan 1892.
[9] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio, the Registrar General of Canada.
[10] Chapleau was appointed Minister of Customs on 25 Jan. 1892.
[11] Smith was appointed Minister of Public Works on 14 Aug. 1891.
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