Seventh Ministry
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Liberal-Conservative[1]
1 May 1896 to 8 July 1896
Prime Minister
The Honourable Sir Charles Tupper[2]
The Ministry
Minister of Agriculture
Hon. Walter Humphries Montague
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Controller of Customs
Hon. John Fisher Wood
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Hon. George Eulas Foster
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[3]
Hon. Hugh John Macdonald
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Controller of Inland Revenue
Hon. Edward Gawler Prior
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Minister of the Interior[3]
Hon. Hugh John Macdonald
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Arthur Rupert Dickey
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Hon. John Costigan
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Minister of Militia and Defence
Hon. David Tisdale
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Postmaster General
Hon. Louis-Olivier Taillon
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
President of the Privy Council
Hon. Auguste Réal Angers Senator
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Minister of Public Works
Hon. Alphonse Desjardins Senator
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. John Graham Haggart
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Secretary of State of Canada[4]
Hon. Sir Charles Tupper
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Hon. William Bullock Ives
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Donald Ferguson Senator
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Hon. John Jones Ross Senator
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Hon. Sir Frank Smith Senator
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
Not of the cabinet
Solicitor General of Canada
Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
[1] On 27 April 1896 with the resignation
of Bowell, the Governor General invited Tupper to forma Government. The Seventh Ministry,
which included twelve ministers from the Sixth Ministry, eleven of whom retained their
previous portfolios, assumed office on 1 May 1896.
[2] Tupper was also Secretary of State of
Canada.
[3] The Minister of the Interior was ex
officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[4] The Secretary of State was ex
officio, the Registrar General of Canada.
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