Guide to Canadian Ministries Since Confederation

Sixth Ministry

LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE[1]
21 December 1894 to 27 April 1896

PRIME MINISTER
The Honourable Sir Mackenzie Bowell[2] Senator

THE MINISTRY

Minister of Agriculture
Hon. Auguste Réal Angers Senator 21 Dec. 1894 - 12 July 1895
Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet Acting Minister 13 July 1895 - 20 Dec. 1895
Hon. Walter Humphries Montague 21 Dec. 1895 - 5 Jan. 1896
Hon. Donald Ferguson Senator - Acting Minister 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896
Hon. Walter Humphries Montague 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr 1896
 
Controller of Customs[3]
Hon. John Fisher Wood 24 Dec. 1895 - 5 Jan. 1896
Hon. Sir Frank Smith Senator - Acting Minister 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896
Hon. John Fisher Wood 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Hon. George Eulas Foster 21 Dec. 1894 - 5 Jan. 1896
Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell Senator - Acting Minister 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896
Hon. George Eulas Foster 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[4]
Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Controller of Inland Revenue[5]
Hon. Edward Gawler Prior 17 Dec. 1895 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Minister of the Interior[6]
Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper 21 Dec. 1894 - 5 Jan. 1896
Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly Acting Minister 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896
Hon. Arthur Rupert Dickey 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Hon. John Costigan 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Minister of Militia and Defence
Hon. James Colebrooke Patterson[7] 21 Dec. 1894 - 25 Mar. 1895
Hon. Arthur Rupert Dickey[8] 26 Mar. 1895 - 5 Jan. 1896
Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell Senator - Acting Minister 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896
Hon. Alphonse Desjardins Senator 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Postmaster General
Hon. Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
President of the Privy Council
Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell Senator 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Minister of Public Works
Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. John Graham Haggart 21 Dec. 1894 - 5 Jan. 1896
Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet Acting Minister 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896
Hon. John Graham Haggart 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Secretary of State of Canada[9]
Hon. Arthur Rupert Dickey[10] 21 Dec. 1894 - 25 Mar. 1895
Hon. Walter Humphries Montague[11] 26 Mar 1895 - 20 Dec. 1895
Vacant 21 Dec. 1895 - 26 Dec. 1895
Hon. Joseph Aldéric Ouimet Acting Minister 27 Dec. 1895 - 5 Jan 1896
Hon. Thomas Mayne Daly Acting Minister 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896
Hon. Sir Charles Tupper 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr 1896

 
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Hon. William Bullock Ives 21 Dec. 1894 - 5 Jan. 1896
Hon. John Costigan Acting Minister 6 Jan. 1896 - 14 Jan. 1896
Hon. William Bullock Ives 15 Jan. 1896 - 27 Apr. 1896

 
Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Walter Humphries Montague[12] 21 Dec. 1894 - 25 Mar. 1895
Hon. Sir Frank Smith Senator 21 Dec. 1894 - 27 Apr. 1896
Hon. Donald Ferguson Senator 2 Jan. 1895 - 27 Apr. 1896
Hon. James Colebrooke Patterson 26 Mar. 1895 - 1 Sept. 1895

 
NOT OF THE CABINET
Controller of Customs[13]
Hon. Nathaniel Clarke Wallace 21 Dec. 1894 - 13 Dec. 1895
Hon. John Fisher Wood Acting Minister 14 Dec. 1895 - 16 Dec. 1895
Hon. John Fisher Wood[14] 17 Dec. 1895 - 23 Dec. 1895

 
Controller of Inland Revenue[15]
Hon. John Fisher Wood[16] 21 Dec. 1894 - 16 Dec. 1895

 
Solicitor General of Canada
Hon. John Joseph Curran 21 Dec. 1894 - 17 Oct. 1895
Vacant 18 Oct.1895 - 27 Apr. 1896

 


[1] On 13 Dec. 1894, the day after the death of Thompson, Bowell was invited by the Governor General to form a Government. The Sixth Ministry assumed office on 21 Dec. 1894 and included fifteen ministers from the Fifth Ministry, eleven of whom retained their previous portfolios.

[2] Bowell was also President of the Privy Council.

[3] See also NOT OF THE CABINET, Controller of Customs

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

[5] See also NOT OF THE CABINET, Controller of Inland Revenue.

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

[7] Patterson was appointed Minister Without Portfolio on 213 Mar. 1895.

[8] Dickey was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 15 Jan. 1896.

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

[10] Dickey was appointed Minister of Militia and Defence on 26 Mar. 1895.

[11] Montague was appointed Minister of Agriculture on 21 Dec. 1895.

[12] Montague was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 26 Mar. 1895.

[13] See also THE MINISTRY, Controller of Customs.

[14] Wood was sworn of the Privy Council and considered of the Cabinet on 24 Dec. 1895.

[15] See also THE MINISTRY, Controller of Inland Revenue.

[16] Wood was appointed Controller of Customs on 17 Dec. 1895.

 

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