Publications

Minister of Agriculture
Vacant	5 Dec. 1892 - 6 Dec. 1892
Hon. Auguste Réal Angers Senator	7 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Hon. George Eulas Foster	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs^[3]
Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Minister of the Interior^[4]
Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Rt. Hon. Sir John Sparrow David Thompson	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Minister of Militia and Defence
Hon. James Colebrooke Patterson	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Postmaster General
Hon. Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

President of the Privy Council
Vacant	5 Dec. 1892 - 6 Dec. 1892
Hon. William Bullock Ives	7 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Minister of Public Works
Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet	5 Dec.1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. John Graham Haggart	5 Dec 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Secretary of State of Canada^[5]
Hon. John Costigan	5 Dec.1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Minister of Trade and Commerce^[6]
Hon. Mackenzie Bowell Senator	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Sir John Carling	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894
Hon. Sir Frank Smith Senator	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

NOT OF THE CABINET
Controller of Customs^[7]
Hon. Nathaniel Clarke Wallace	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Controller of Inland Revenue
Hon. John Fisher Wood	5 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

Solicitor General of Canada^[8]
Hon. John Joseph Curran	5 Dec.1892 - 12 Dec. 1894

[1] On 25 Nov. 1892, the day after the resignation of Abbott, the Governor General invited Thompson to form a Government. The Fifth Ministry assumed office on 5 Dec. 1892. Eleven ministers from the Fourth Ministry continued during the Fifth, with Thompson and eight of the ministers retaining the same portfolios.

[3] The Minister of the Interior was, ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.

[4] The Minister of the Interior was, ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.

[5] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.

[6] The office of Minister of Trade and Commerce was created by Statute 50-51 Vict., c. 10, assented to on 23 June 1887, and proclaimed in force on 3 Dec. 1892.

[7] Statute 50-51 Vict., c. 11, assented to on 23 June 1887 and proclaimed in force on 3 Dec. 1892, abolished the offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland Revenue and created the positions of Controller of Customs and Controller of Inland Revenue. These latter offices were not Cabinet portfolios per se, though considered of the ministry.

[8] The office of Solicitor General of Canada was created by Statute 50-51 Vict, c. 14, assented to on 23 June 1887 and proclaimed in force on 3 Dec. 1892. By this Act the Solicitor General was designated an officer to assist the Minister of Justice. The office was not a Cabinet portfolio per se, though considered of the ministry.