Sixth Ministry
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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
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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