Fourth Ministry
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Liberal-Conservative[1]
16 June 1891 to 24 November 1892
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
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] Senator14 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] Senator16 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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