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Fifth Ministry |
LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David Thompson[2]
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Vacant | 5 Dec. 1892 - 6 Dec. 1892 |
| Hon. Auguste Réal Angers Senator | 7 Dec. 1892 - 12 Dec. 1894 |
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| 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.
[2] Thompson was also Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
[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.
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