7th Canadian Ministry
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The Seventh Canadian Ministry was the cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister
Sir Charles Tupper. It governed Canada
from 1 May to 8 July 1896. It was formed after the 7th Canadian Parliament
was dissolved, and lost the 8th Canadian federal election, so it never faced a parliament. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada
.
Cabinet of Canada
The Cabinet of Canada is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada...
chaired by Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
Sir Charles Tupper. It governed Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
from 1 May to 8 July 1896. It was formed after the 7th Canadian Parliament
7th Canadian Parliament
The 7th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 29, 1891 until April 24, 1896. The membership was set by the 1891 federal election on March 5, 1891, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1896 election.It was controlled by a...
was dissolved, and lost the 8th Canadian federal election, so it never faced a parliament. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
.
Cabinet
- Auguste-Réal AngersAuguste-Réal AngersSir Auguste-Réal Angers, KCB, PC was a Canadian judge and parliamentarian, holding seats both as a member of the Canadian House of Commons, and as a Senator...
, President of the Privy Council. - John CostiganJohn CostiganJohn Costigan was a Canadian judge and politician who served in the Canadian House of Commons and in the Cabinet of several Prime Ministers of Canada....
, Minister of the Marine and Fisheries. - Alphonse DesjardinsAlphonse Desjardins (politician)Alphonse Desjardins, PC, KPO was born in Terrebonne, Quebec and was mayor of Montreal from 1893 to 1894 and later a Canadian cabinet minister. He married Virginie Paré in 1864 and remarried Hortense Barsalou in 1880....
, Minister of Public Works. - Arthur Rupert DickeyArthur Rupert DickeyArthur Rupert Dickey, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, the son of Robert Barry Dickey, he was a lawyer before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1888 by-election in the riding of Cumberland after Charles Tupper was named High Commissioner for Canada in...
, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General. - Donald FergusonDonald FergusonDonald Ferguson, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Marshfield, Prince Edward Island, originally a livestock farmer, Ferguson spent much of his life in public service; from 1872–1873 he served as a justice of the peace, resigning that position in prior to his first of unsuccessful bid for...
, Minister without Portfolio. - George Eulas FosterGeorge Eulas FosterSir George Eulas Foster, PC, PC, GCMG was a Canadian politician and academic. He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to describe British foreign policy in the late 19th century....
, Minister of Finance and Receiver-General. - John Graham HaggartJohn Graham HaggartJohn Graham Haggart, PC was a Canadian politician.A member of the Canadian House of Commons, he was the Postmaster General and the Minister of Railways and Canals. He was Mayor of Perth, Ontario in 1867, 1869 and 1871....
, Minister of Railways and Canals. - William Bullock IvesWilliam Bullock IvesWilliam Bullock Ives, PC, QC was a Canadian politician. He was the President of the Privy Council and Minister of Trade and Commerce.-Early life:...
, Minister of Trade and Commerce. - Hugh John MacdonaldHugh John MacdonaldSir Hugh John Macdonald, PC was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.-Early...
, Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. - Walter Humphries MontagueWalter Humphries MontagueWalter Humphries Montague, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a federal cabinet minister in the governments of Mackenzie Bowell and Charles Tupper, and subsequently a provincial cabinet minister in the Manitoba government of Rodmond Palen Roblin...
, Minister of Agriculture. - Edward Gawler PriorEdward Gawler PriorEdward Gawler Prior, PC was a mining engineer and politician in British Columbia. Prior worked as a mining engineer in England until 1873 when he moved to the province where he settled in Nanaimo and took employment as assistant manager of the Vancouver Coal Mining & Land Co., Ltd...
, Controller of Inland Revenue. - John Jones RossJohn Jones RossJohn Jones Ross, PC was born in Quebec City, Canada. He was the son of a Scots-Quebecer merchant, George McIntosh Ross, and his French-Canadian wife Sophie-Éloïse Gouin.-Province of Canada Assembly:...
, Minister without Portfolio. - Sir Frank SmithFrank Smith (Canadian politician)Sir Frank Smith, PC was a Canadian businessman and senator.He was born in County Armagh in Ireland and in 1832 came to Canada with his family and his father established a farm in Etobicoke. Smith went into commerce, first working as a clerk in several Toronto stores, and then opening is own...
, Minister without Portfolio. - Louis-Olivier TaillonLouis-Olivier TaillonSir Louis-Olivier Taillon, PC was born in Terrebonne, Quebec. He twice served as the eighth Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec....
, Postmaster-General. - David TisdaleDavid TisdaleDavid Tisdale, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada, the son of Ephraim Tisdale and Hannah Price, he was educated at the Simcoe Grammar School and called to the Ontario bar in 1858. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1872...
, Minister of Militia and Defence. - Sir Charles Tupper, Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar-General.
- John Fisher WoodJohn Fisher WoodJohn Fisher Wood, PC, QC was an Ontario businessman, lawyer and politician. He represented Brockville in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal-Conservative from 1882 to 1899....
, Controller of Customs.