Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation

The Ministries

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Seventh Ministry

Liberal-Conservative 1
1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896

Prime Minister
Honourable Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper 2

The Ministry
Position Title
NameService Date /
Termination Date
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 Affairs3
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 Interior3
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

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

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 Canada4
Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper 1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896

Minister of Trade and Commerce
Hon. William Bullock Ives 1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896
The Ministry
Position Title
NameService Date /
Termination Date
Solicitor General of Canada
Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper 1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896

Footnotes

  • [1] On April 27, 1896 with the resignation of Bowell, the Governor General invited Tupper to form a Government. The Seventh Ministry, which included twelve ministers from the Sixth Ministry, eleven of whom retained their previous portfolios, assumed office on May 1, 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.

The Canadian Ministry was prepared using an earlier publication (Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation) and new information compiled by the Orders in Council Division of the Privy Council Office. Any inaccuracy should be brought to the attention of Christine Moreau-Tremblay at christine.moreau-tremblay@bnet.pco-bcp.gc.ca.