The Second Canadian Ministry was the

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chaired by

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Alexander Mackenzie. It governed

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from 7 November 1873 to 8 October 1878, including the last two months of the

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 ...

as well as all of the

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. The government was formed by the

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Ministries

**7 November 1873 – 17 October 1878: Alexander Mackenzie *

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

**7 November 1873 – 15 December 1876:

Luc Letellier de St-Just Luc Letellier de Saint-Just, (May 12, 1820 – January 28, 1881) was a Canadian politician. He also served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1876–1879). A notary by training, Letellier belonged to a prominent family that desc ...

**15 December 1876 – 26 January 1877: Isaac Burpee (Acting) **26 January 1877 – 17 October 1878:

Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier Sir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, (January 22, 1837 – April 29, 1911) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the List of lieutenant governors of Quebec#Lieutenant Governors of Quebec, ...

Minister of Customs The Minister of Customs was a position in the Cabinet of the Government of Canada responsible for the administration of customs revenue collection in Canada. This position was originally created by Statute 31 Vict., c. 43, and assented to on 22 May ...

**7 November 1873 – 17 October 1878: Isaac Burpee *

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

**7 November 1873 – 17 October 1878:

Richard John Cartwright Sir Richard John Cartwright (December 4, 1835 – September 24, 1912) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Cartwright was one of Canada's most distinguished federal politicians during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a ...

* Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs **7 November 1873 – 17 October 1878: The Minister of the Interior (Ex officio) **7 November 1873 – 7 October 1876:

David Laird David Laird, (March 12, 1833 – January 12, 1914) was a Canadian politician. He was born in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, into a Presbyterian family noted for its civic activism. His father Alexander had been a long time Reformer and L ...

**7 October 1876 – 24 October 1876:

Richard William Scott Sir Richard William Scott, (February 24, 1825 – April 23, 1913) was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister. Early life He was born in Prescott, Ontario, in 1825, a descendant of a family from County Clare. A lawyer by training, Scott ...

(Acting) **24 October 1876 – 17 October 1878: David Mills *

Minister of Inland Revenue The 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 politicians in different countries. the offi ...

**7 November 1873 – 8 July 1874:

Télesphore Fournier Télesphore Fournier, (August 5, 1823 – May 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of Guillaume Fournier an ...

**8 July 1874 – 9 November 1876:

Félix Geoffrion Félix Geoffrion, (October 3, 1832 – August 7, 1894) was a Canadian notary and politician. Born in Varennes, Lower Canada, the son of Félix Geoffrion and Catherine Brodeur, he was trained and practised as a notary. He was elected to t ...

**9 November 1876 – 8 June 1877:

Rodolphe Laflamme Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe Laflamme, (15 May 1827 – 7 December 1893), was a French-Canadian lawyer, professor of law and politician. He received a BCL in 1856 and an honorary DCL in 1873, both from McGill University. He was a partner in a ...

**8 June 1877 – 8 October 1877: Joseph-Édouard Cauchon **8 October 1877 – 17 October 1878:

Wilfrid Laurier Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, ( ; ; November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minis ...

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

**7 November 1873 – 7 October 1876: David Laird **7 October 1876 – 24 October 1876: Richard William Scott (Acting) **24 October 1876 – 17 October 1878: David Mills *

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

**7 November 1873 – 1 June 1874:

Antoine-Aimé Dorion Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion (January 17, 1818May 31, 1891) was a French Canadian politician and jurist. Early years Dorion was born in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade into a family with liberal values that had been sympathetic to the Patriotes in 1837� ...

**1 June 1874 – 8 July 1874:

Albert James Smith Sir Albert James Smith (March 12, 1822 – June 30, 1883) was a New Brunswick politician and opponent of Canadian confederation. Smith's grandfather was a United Empire Loyalist who left Massachusetts to settle in New Brunswick after the Am ...

(Acting) **8 July 1874 – 19 May 1875: Télesphore Fournier **19 May 1875 – 8 June 1877: Dominick Edward Blake **8 June 1877 – 17 October 1878: Rodolphe Laflamme *

Attorney General of Canada The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , ''asteriskos'', "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often voc ...

**7 November 1873 – 17 October 1878: The Minister of Justice (Ex officio) ***7 November 1873 – 1 June 1874: Antoine-Aimé Dorion ***1 June 1874 – 8 July 1874: Sir Albert James Smith (Acting) ***8 July 1874 – 19 May 1875: Télesphore Fournier ***19 May 1875 – 8 June 1877: Dominick Edward Blake ***8 June 1877 – 17 October 1878: Rodolphe Laflamme * Leader of the Government in the Senate **7 November 1873 – 14 December 1876: Luc Letellier de St-Just **14 December 1876 – 17 October 1878: Richard William Scott *

Minister of Marine and Fisheries The minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard () is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet responsible for supervising the fishing industry, administrating all navigable waterways in the country, and overseeing the o ...

**7 November 1873 – 17 October 1878: Albert James Smith *

Minister of Militia and Defence The Minister of Militia and Defence was the federal government minister in charge of the volunteer army units in Canada, the Canadian Militia. From 1855 to 1906, the minister was responsible for Canadian militia units only, as the British Army wa ...

**7 November 1873 – 30 September 1874: William Ross **30 September 1874 – 21 January 1878:

William Berrian Vail William Berrian Vail, (December 19, 1823 – April 10, 1904) was a Canadians, 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 Ch ...

**21 January 1878 – 17 October 1878:

Alfred Gilpin Jones Alfred Gilpin Jones, (September 28, 1824 – March 15, 1906) was a Canadians, Canadian businessman, politician, and List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia#Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia, 1867-present, eighth Lieutenant Governor of N ...

Postmaster General A Postmaster General, in Anglosphere countries, is the chief executive officer of the postal service of that country, a ministerial office responsible for overseeing all other postmasters. The practice of having a government official respons ...

**7 November 1873 – 19 May 1875:

Donald Alexander Macdonald Donald Alexander Macdonald (February 17, 1817 – June 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician. Born in 1817 in St. Raphael's, Upper Canada, Donald Alexander Macdonald studied at St Raphael's College under the first Catholic Bishop of Ontar ...

**19 May 1875 – 9 October 1875: Télesphore Fournier **9 October 1875 – 17 October 1878:

Lucius Seth Huntington Lucius Seth Huntington, (May 26, 1827–May 19, 1886) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Shefford from 1867 to 1882. He also served as President o ...

President of the Privy Council In the Canadian cabinet, the president of the King's Privy Council for Canada (french: président du Conseil privé du Roi pour le Canada) is nominally in charge of the Privy Council Office. The president of the Privy Council also has the larg ...

**7 November 1873 – 20 January 1874: Alexander Mackenzie (acting) **20 January 1874 – 9 October 1875:

**9 October 1875 – 7 December 1875: Alexander Mackenzie (acting) **7 December 1875 – 8 June 1877:

Joseph-Édouard Cauchon Joseph-Édouard Cauchon, (December 31, 1816 – February 23, 1885) was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century. Although he held a variety of portfolios at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, h ...

**8 June 1877 – 18 January 1878: Edward Blake **18 January 1878 – 17 October 1878: Alexander Mackenzie (acting) *

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**7 November 1873 – 17 October 1878: Alexander Mackenzie *

Receiver General A receiver general (or 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. See also * Treasurer * Receiver General for Canada * Recei ...

**7 November 1873 – 17 October 1878: Thomas Coffin *

Secretary of State of Canada The Secretary of State for Canada, established in 1867 with a corresponding department, was a Canadian Cabinet position that served as the official channel of communication between the Dominion of Canada and the Imperial government in London. Sco ...

**7 November 1873 – 9 January 1874: David Christie **9 January 1874 – 17 October 1878: Richard William Scott *

Registrar General of Canada The registrar general of Canada (french: registraire général du 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 Sea ...

**7 November 1873 – 17 October 1878: The Secretary of State of Canada (Ex officio) ***7 November 1873 – 9 January 1874: David Christie ***9 January 1874 – 17 October 1878: Richard William Scott *

Minister without Portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet w ...

**7 November 1873 – 14 February 1874: Dominick Edward Blake **7 November 1873 – 9 January 1874: Richard William Scott

References

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