Second Canadian Ministry
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The Second Canadian Ministry was the cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister
Alexander Mackenzie
. It governed Canada
from 7 November 1873 to 8 October 1878, including the last two months of the 2nd Canadian Parliament
as well as all of the 3rd
. The government was formed by the Liberal 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...
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...
. 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 7 November 1873 to 8 October 1878, including the last two months of the 2nd Canadian Parliament
2nd Canadian Parliament
The 2nd Canadian Parliament was in session from March 5, 1873, until January 2, 1874. The membership was set by the 1872 federal election from July 20 to October 12, 1872, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1874 election.It was...
as well as all of the 3rd
3rd Canadian Parliament
The 3rd Canadian Parliament was in session from March 26, 1874 until August 17, 1878. The membership was set by the 1874 federal election on January 22, 1874, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1878 election.It was controlled by a...
. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
.
Ministries
- Prime MinisterPrime Minister of CanadaThe 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...
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: Alexander MackenzieAlexander MackenzieAlexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: Alexander Mackenzie
- Minister of Agriculture
- 7 November 1873 - 14 December 1876: Luc Letellier de St-JustLuc Letellier de St-JustLuc Letellier de Saint-Just, PC was a Canadian politician. He also served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Quebec ....
- 15 December 1876 - 25 January 1877: Isaac BurpeeIsaac BurpeeIsaac Burpee, was a Canadian merchant, entrepreneur, and politician.Born in Sheffield, New Brunswick, the son of Isaac Burpee and Phoebe Coban, he was elected as a Liberal to the Canadian House of Commons in 1872 representing the riding of City and County of St. John, New Brunswick...
(Acting) - 26 January 1877 - 8 October 1878: Charles Alphonse Pantaléon PelletierCharles Alphonse Pantaléon PelletierSir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, KCMG, PC was a Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec....
- 7 November 1873 - 14 December 1876: Luc Letellier de St-Just
- Minister of CustomsMinister of CustomsThe office of Minister of Customs was a position in the Cabinet of the Government of Canada responsible for the administration of customs revenue collection. This position was originally created by Statute 31 Vict., c...
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: Isaac Burpee
- Minister of Finance
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: Richard John CartwrightRichard John CartwrightSir Richard John Cartwright, PC, GCMG, PC was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario in a United Empire Loyalist family, the son of Harriet Dobbs Cartwright and the grandson of Richard Cartwright...
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: Richard John Cartwright
- Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: The Minister of the Interior (Ex officio)
- 7 November 1873 - 6 October 1876: David LairdDavid LairdDavid Laird, PC was the first resident Lieutenant Governor of Northwest Territories, Canada. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor in charge of the territory....
- 7 October 1876 - 23 October 1876: Richard William ScottRichard William ScottSir Richard William Scott, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister.He was born in Prescott, Ontario in 1825. A lawyer by training, Scott was admitted to the bar in 1848 and established a practice in Bytown...
(Acting) - 24 October 1876 - 8 October 1878: David MillsDavid Mills (Canadian politician)David Mills, PC was a Canadian politician, author, poet and jurist.He was born in Palmyra, in southwestern Ontario. His father, Nathaniel Mills, was one of the first settlers in the area. Mills served as superintendent of schools for Kent County from 1856 to 1865...
- Minister of Inland RevenueMinister of Inland RevenueThe Minister of Inland Revenue is the political office of Minister for the department of Inland Revenue which is responsible for the collection of taxes. Minister of Inland Revenue is a title held by leaders in different countries...
- 7 November 1873 - 7 July 1874: Télesphore FournierTélesphore FournierTélesphore Fournier, PC was a Canadian politician and jurist.Born in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada , the son of Guillaume Fournier and Marie-Archange Morin, he was called to the bar in 1846...
- 8 July 1874 - 8 November 1876: Félix GeoffrionFélix GeoffrionFélix Geoffrion, PC was a Canadian notary and politician.Born in Varennes, Lower Canada, the son of Félix Geoffrion and Catherine Brodeur, he was trained and practiced as a notary. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1863...
- 9 November 1876 - 7 June 1877: Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme
- 8 June 1877 - 7 October 1877: Joseph Édouard CauchonJoseph Édouard CauchonJoseph Édouard Cauchon, PC was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century...
- 8 October 1877 - 8 October 1878: Wilfrid LaurierWilfrid LaurierSir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....
- 7 November 1873 - 7 July 1874: Télesphore Fournier
- Minister of the Interior
- 7 November 1873 - 6 October 1876: David Laird
- 7 October 1876 - 23 October 1876: Richard William Scott (Acting)
- 24 October 1876 - 8 October 1878: David Mills
- Minister of Justice
- 7 November 1873 - 31 May 1874: Antoine-Aimé DorionAntoine-Aimé DorionSir Antoine-Aimé Dorion, PC was a French Canadian politician and jurist.-Early years:He was born in Lower Canada in 1818, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion, a merchant and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada who supported Louis-Joseph Papineau...
- 1 June 1874 - 7 July 1874: Albert James SmithAlbert James SmithSir Albert James Smith, PC, KCMG, QC was a New Brunswick politician and opponent of Canadian confederation...
(Acting) - 8 July 1874 - 18 May 1875: Télesphore Fournier
- 19 May 1875 - 7 June 1877: Dominick Edward Blake
- 8 June 1877 - 8 October 1878: Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme
- 7 November 1873 - 31 May 1874: Antoine-Aimé Dorion
- Attorney General of Canada
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: The Minister of Justice (Ex officio)
- 7 November 1873 - 31 May 1874: Antoine-Aimé DorionAntoine-Aimé DorionSir Antoine-Aimé Dorion, PC was a French Canadian politician and jurist.-Early years:He was born in Lower Canada in 1818, the son of Pierre-Antoine Dorion, a merchant and member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada who supported Louis-Joseph Papineau...
- 1 June 1874 - 7 July 1874: Albert James SmithAlbert James SmithSir Albert James Smith, PC, KCMG, QC was a New Brunswick politician and opponent of Canadian confederation...
(Acting) - 8 July 1874 - 18 May 1875: Télesphore Fournier
- 19 May 1875 - 7 June 1877: Dominick Edward Blake
- 8 June 1877 - 8 October 1878: Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme
- 7 November 1873 - 31 May 1874: Antoine-Aimé Dorion
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: The Minister of Justice (Ex officio)
- Minister of Marine and Fisheries
- 7 Nov. 1873 - 8 Oct. 1878: Albert James Smith
- Minister of Militia and Defence
- 7 November 1873 - 29 September 1874: William RossWilliam Ross (Canadian politician)William Ross was a Canadian politician.Born in Boularderie, Nova Scotia, the son of John Ross, a Scottish immigrant, and Robina McKenzie, Ross was a merchant and shipbuilder. In 1855, he married Eliza Moore. He represented Victoria County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1857 to 1867...
- 30 September 1874 - 20 January 1878: William Berrian VailWilliam Berrian VailWilliam Berrian Vail, PC was a Canadian businessman and politician.Vail was born in Sussex Vale, New Brunswick, the son of John Cougle Vail and Charlotte Hannah Arnold. In 1850, he married Charlotte Leslie Jones. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1867 to 1874...
- 21 January 1878 - 8 October 1878: Alfred Gilpin JonesAlfred Gilpin JonesAlfred Gilpin Jones, PC was a Canadian businessman, politician, and seventh Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia....
- 7 November 1873 - 29 September 1874: William Ross
- Postmaster GeneralPostmaster General of CanadaThe Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for the Post Office Department . In 1851, management of the post office was transferred from Britain to the provincial governments of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward...
- 7 November 1873 - 17 May 1875: Donald Alexander MacdonaldDonald Alexander MacdonaldDonald Alexander Macdonald, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in 1817 in St. Raphael's, Ontario, Donald Alexander Macdonald studied at St Raphael's College under the first Catholic Bishop of Ontario, Alexander Macdonell...
- 18 May 1875: Vacant
- 19 May 1875 - 7 October 1875: Télesphore Fournier
- 8 October 1875: Vacant
- 9 October 1875 - 8 October 1878: Lucius Seth HuntingtonLucius Seth HuntingtonLucius Seth Huntington, PC was a Quebec lawyer, journalist and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Shefford from 1867 to 1882. He also served as President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Postmaster General.He was born in Compton,...
- 7 November 1873 - 17 May 1875: Donald Alexander Macdonald
- President of the Privy Council
- 7 November 1873 - 19 January 1874: Vacant
- 20 January 1874 - 8 October 1875: Lucius Seth Huntington
- 9 October 1875 - 6 December 1875: Vacant
- 7 December 1875 - 7 June 1877: Joseph Édouard Cauchon
- 8 June 1877 - 17 January 1878: Dominick Edward Blake
- 18 January 1878 - 8 October 1878: Vacant
- Minister of Public WorksMinister of Public Works (Canada)The position of Minister of Public Works existed as part of the Cabinet of Canada from Confederation to 1995.As part of substantial governmental reorganization, the position was merged with that of the Minister of Supply and Services to create the position of Minister of Public Works and Government...
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: Alexander Mackenzie
- Receiver GeneralReceiver GeneralA Receiver General is an officer responsible for accepting payments on behalf of a government, and for making payments to a government on behalf of other parties. Receiver General is an alternative title for a Treasurer.-See also:...
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: Thomas CoffinThomas Coffin (Canadian politician)Thomas Coffin, was a Canadian businessman and politician.He was born in Barrington, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia in 1817. He owned a general store and with his brother and other partners operated a sawmill and shipbuilding yard on the Clyde River from 1854 until late in the 1870s...
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: Thomas Coffin
- Secretary of State of Canada
- 7 November 1873 - 8 January 1874: David ChristieDavid ChristieDavid Christie, was a Canadian politician.Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he came to Canada with his family in 1833....
- 9 January 1874 - 8 October 1878: Richard William Scott
- 7 November 1873 - 8 January 1874: David Christie
- Registrar General of CanadaRegistrar General of CanadaThe Registrar General of Canada is responsible for registering all letters patent, commissions, instruments, proclamations, and any other documents that may, from time to time, be issued under the Great Seal of Canada or the Privy Seal of Canada...
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: The Secretary of State of Canada (Ex officio)
- 7 November 1873 - 8 January 1874: David ChristieDavid ChristieDavid Christie, was a Canadian politician.Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he came to Canada with his family in 1833....
- 9 January 1874 - 8 October 1878: Richard William Scott
- 7 November 1873 - 8 January 1874: David Christie
- 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878: The Secretary of State of Canada (Ex officio)
- Minister without PortfolioMinister without PortfolioA minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry...
- 7 November 1873 - 13 February 1874: Dominick Edward Blake
- 7 November 1873 - 8 January 1874: Richard William Scott