Eighth Ministry
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Liberal[1]
11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911
Prime Minister
The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier[2]
The Ministry
Minister of Agriculture
Hon. Sydney Arthur Fisher
13 July 1896 - 6 Oct. 1911
Hon. William Paterson
30 June 1897 - 6 Oct.1911
Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Vacant
13 July 1896 - 19 July 1896
Hon. William Stevens Fielding
20 July 1896 - 6 Oct.1911
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[4]
Vacant
13 July 1896 - 16 July 1896
Hon. Richard William Scott Senator - Acting Minister
17 July 1896 - 16 Nov. 1896
Hon. Clifford Sifton
17 Nov. 1896 - 28 Feb. 1905
Vacant
29 Feb. 1905 - 12 Mar. 1905
Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Acting Minister
13 Mar. 1905 - 7 Apr. 1905
Hon. Frank Oliver
8 Apr. 1905 - 6 Oct. 1911
Minister of Inland Revenue
Hon. Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
30 June 1897- 21 June 1900
Hon. Michel Esdras Bernier
22 June 1900 - 18 Jan. 1904
Hon. Louis-Philippe Brodeur
[5]19 Jan. 1904 - 5 Feb 1906
Hon. William Templeman
6 Feb. 1906 - 6 Oct. 1911
Minister of the Interior[6]
Vacant
13 July 1896 - 16 July 1896
Hon. Richard William Scott Senator - Acting Minister
17 July 1896 - 16 Nov. 1896
Hon. Clifford Sifton
17 Nov.1896 - 28 Feb. 1905
Vacant
29 Feb. 1905 - 12 Mar. 1905
Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Acting Minister
13 Mar. 1905 - 7 Apr. 1905
Hon. Frank Oliver
8 Apr. 1905 - 6 Oct. 1911
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Sir Oliver Mowat Senator
13 July 1896 - 17 Nov. 1897
Hon. David Mills Senator
18 Nov. 1897 - 7 Feb. 1902
Vacant
8 Feb.1902 - 10 Feb. 1902
Hon. Charles Fitzpatrick
11 Feb. 1902 - 3 June 1906
Hon. Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth
4 June 1906 - 6 Oct. 1911
Vacant
19 May 1909 - 1 June 1909
Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King
2 June 1909 - 6 Oct. 1911
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Hon. Sir Louis Henry Davies
13 July 1896 - 24 Sept. 1901
Vacant
25 Sept. 1901 - 14 Jan. 1902
15 Jan. 1902 - 10 Nov. 1902
Hon. Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine
11 Nov. 1902 - 25 Dec. 1905
Vacant
26 Dec. 1905 - 5 Jan. 1906
Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Acting Minister
6 Jan. 1906 - 5 Feb. 1906
Hon. Louis-Philippe Brodeur
6 Feb. 1906 - 10 Aug. 1911
Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux
11 Aug 1911 - 6 Oct. 1911
Minister of Militia and Defence
Hon. Sir Frederick William Borden
13 July 1896 - 6 Oct.1911
Vacant
27 Apr. 1907 - 2 May 1907
Hon. William Templeman
3 May 1907 - 6 Oct.1911
Minister of the Naval Service[10]
Hon. Louis-Philippe Brodeur
4 May 1910 - 10 Aug. 1911
Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux
11 Aug. 1911 - 6 Oct. 1911
Postmaster General
Hon. Sir William Mulock
13 July 1896 - 15 Oct. 1905
Hon. Allen Bristol Aylesworth
[11]16 Oct. 1905 - 3 June 1906
Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux
[12]4 June 1906 - 10 Aug. 1911
Vacant
11 Aug. 1911 - 18 Aug. 1911
Hon. Henri Sévérin Béland
19 Aug. 1911 - 6 Oct. 1911
President of the Privy Council
Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
11 July 1896 - 6 Oct. 1911
Minister of Public Works
Hon. Joseph Israël Tarte
13 July 1896 - 21 Oct. 1902
Vacant
22 Oct. 1902 - 10 Nov. 1902
Hon. James Sutherland
11 Nov. 1902 - 3 May 1905
Vacant
4 May 1905 - 21 May 1905
Hon. Charles Smith Hyman
22 May 1905 - 29 Aug. 1907
Hon. William Pugsley
30 Aug. 1907 - 6 Oct. 1911
Minister of Railways and Canals
Vacant
13 July 1896 - 19 July 1896
Hon. Andrew George Blair
20 July 1896 - 20 July 1903
Hon. William Stevens Fielding Acting Minister
21 July 1903 - 14 Jan. 1904
Hon. Henry Robert Emmerson
15 Jan.1904 - 2 Apr. 1907
Vacant
3 Apr.1907 - 8 Apr. 1907
Hon. William Stevens Fielding Acting Minister
9 Apr.1907 - 29 Aug. 1907
Hon. George Perry Graham
30 Aug. 1907 - 6 Oct. 1911
Secretary of State of Canada[13]
Hon. Richard William Scott
[14] Senator13 July 1896 - 8 Oct. 1908
Hon. Charles Murphy
9 Oct. 1908 - 6 Oct. 1911
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Rt. Hon. Sir Richard John Cartwright Senator
13 July 1896 - 6 Oct.1911
Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Richard Reid Dobell
13 July 1896 - 11 Jan. 1902
Hon. Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion
21 Aug. 1896 - 18 July 1899
Hon. James Sutherland
[15]30 Sept. 1899 - 14 Jan.1902
Hon. William Templeman
[16] Senator25 Feb. 1902 - 5 Feb. 1906
Hon. Charles Smith Hyman
[17]5 Feb. 1904 - 21 May 1905
Not of the cabinet
Controller of Customs
Hon. William Paterson
[18]13 July 1896 - 29 June 1897
Controller of Inland Revenue
Hon. Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
[19]13 July 1896 - 29 June 1897
Solicitor General of Canada
Hon. Charles Fitzpatrick
[20]13 July 1896 - 9 Feb. 1902
Hon. Henry George Carroll
10 Feb.1902 - 28 Jan. 1904
Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux
[21]29 Jan. 1904 - 3 June 1906
Vacant
4 June 1906 - 13 Feb. 1907
Hon. Jacques Bureau
14 Feb. 1907 - 6 Oct. 1911
[1] With the defeat of the Government in
the general election of 23 June 1896 Tupper resigned from office on 8 July 1896. The next
day the Governor General invited Laurier to reform a Government. On 11 July Laurier,
acting alone as the Committee of the Privy Council, advised his own appointment as
President of the Privy Council and on 13 July the remainder of the Cabinet was appointed
to office.
[2] Laurier was also President of the
Privy Council.
[3] Statute 60-61 Vict., c. 18, assented
to on 29 June 1897, revived the offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland
Revenue, See Controller of Customs and Controller of Inland Revenue.
[4] See Note 6.
[5] Brodeur was appointed Minister Of
Marine and Fisheries on 6 Feb. 1906.
[6] The Minister of the Interior was ex
officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[7] The Department of Labour was
established pursuant to the Conciliation Act, 1900 (Statute 63-64 Vict., c. 24, assented
to on 18 July 1900). The department was under the control of the minister designated by
the Governor in Council to administer the aforesaid Act. Mulock, Aylesworth and Lemieux,
who were successively Postmasters General, were so designated during their terms in that
portfolio. The office of Minister of Labour was created by Statute 8-9 Edw. VII, c. 22,
and assented to on 19 May 1909
[8] Sutherland was appointed Minister of
Public Works on 11 Nov. 1902.
[9] The Department of Mines was created by
Statute 6-7 Edw,. VII, c. 29. and assented to on 27 Apr. 1907. The department was to be
presided over by the minister of another department who was to be named by the Governor in
Council and who was to be called "The Minister of Mines". The Minister of Inland
Revenue was the first to be named Minister of Mines.
[10] The Department of the Naval Service
was created by Statute 9-10 Edw, VII, c. 43, was assented to on 4 May 1910, and was to be
presided over by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, who was to be the Minister of the
Naval Service.
[11] Aylesworth was appointed Minister
of Justice and Attorney General on 4 June 1906.
[12] Lemieux was appointed Minister of
Marine and Fisheries on 11 Aug. 1911.
[13] The Department of External Affairs
was created by Statute 8-9 Edw. VII, c. 13, assented to on 19 May 1909, proclaimed in
force on 1 June 1909, and was to be presided over by the Secretary of State of Canada, who
was also ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
[14] Scott resigned on 16 Sept. 1908,
but on the Prime Minister's request continued to administer the department until his
successor took charge.
[15] Sutherland was appointed Minister
of Marine and Fisheries on 15 Jan. 1902.
[16] Templeman was appointed Minister of
Inland Revenue on 6 Feb. 1906.
[17] Hyman was appointed Minister of
Public Works on 22 May 1905.
[18] Paterson was appointed Minister of
Customs on 30 June 1897.
[19] Joly de Lotbiniére was appointed
Minister of Inland Revenue on 29 June 1897.
[20] Fitzpatrick was appointed Minister
of Justice and Attorney General on 11 Feb. 1902.
[21] Lemieux was appointed Postmaster
General on 4 June 1906.
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