The Seventh Canadian Ministry was the

cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filing ...

chaired by

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Sir Charles Tupper Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, (July 2, 1821 – October 30, 1915) was a Canadian Father of Confederation who served as the sixth prime minister of Canada from May 1 to July 8, 1896. As the premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led ...

. It governed

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from 1 May to 8 July 1896. It was formed after the

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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

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

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 ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896: Walter Humphries Montague *

Controller 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 M ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

John Fisher Wood John Fisher Wood, (October 12, 1852 – March 14, 1899) was an Ontario businessman, lawyer and politician. He represented Brockville in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal-Conservative from 1882 to 1899. He was born in Addison i ...

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", " ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

George Eulas Foster Sir George Eulas Foster, GCMG, PC, PC (September 3, 1847 – December 30, 1931) was a Canadian politician and academic. Foster was a Member of Parliament (MP) and a Senator in the Canadian Parliament for a total of 45 years, 5 months and ...

Receiver General of Canada The receiver general for Canada (french: receveur général du Canada) is responsible for making payments to the Government of Canada each fiscal year, accepting payments from financial institutions and preparing the Public Accounts of Canada, co ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896: The Minister of Finance (Ex officio) ***1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

* Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs **1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896: The Minister of the Interior (Ex officio) ***1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

Hugh John Macdonald Sir Hugh John Macdonald, (March 13, 1850 – March 29, 1929) was the only surviving son of the first prime minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald. He too was a politician, serving as a member of the House of Commons of Canada and a federal cabine ...

* Controller of Inland Revenue **1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

Edward Gawler Prior Edward Gawler Prior, (21 May 1853 – 12 December 1920) was a mining engineer and politician in British Columbia. Early life Prior was born in Dallowgill, Yorkshire, England, and worked as a mining engineer in England until 1873. He then ...

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 ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

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 ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

Arthur Rupert Dickey Arthur Rupert Dickey, (August 18, 1854 – July 3, 1900) was a Canadian politician. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, the son of Robert Barry Dickey, he was a lawyer before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an 1888 by-election ...

* Attorney General of Canada **1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896: The Minister of Justice (Ex officio) ***1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

* Leader of the Government in the Senate **1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

Mackenzie Bowell Sir Mackenzie Bowell (; December 27, 1823 – December 10, 1917) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and politician, who served as the fifth prime minister of Canada, in office from 1894 to 1896. Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, E ...

* Minister of Marine and Fisheries **1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

John Costigan John Costigan (February 1, 1835 – September 29, 1916) was a Canadian judge and politician who served in the House of Commons of Canada and in the Cabinet of several Prime Ministers of Canada. Costigan was born on February 1, 1835, in ...

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 ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

David Tisdale David Tisdale, (September 8, 1835 – March 31, 1911) was a Canadian politician. Biography Born in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada, the son of Ephraim Tisdale and Hannah Price, he was educated at the Simcoe Grammar School and cal ...

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 responsib ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

Louis-Olivier Taillon Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon (September 26, 1840 – April 25, 1923) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the eighth premier of Quebec, serving two separate terms. Political career Taillon's first term of office was just four days, from J ...

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 ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

Auguste-Réal Angers Sir Auguste-Réal Angers (4 October 1837 – 14 April 1919) was a Canadian judge and parliamentarian, holding seats both as a member of the House of Commons of Canada, and as a Senator. He was born in 1837 probably in Quebec City and died in ...

Minister of Public Works This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure. See also * Public works * Ministry or Board of Public Works, the imperial Chinese ministry overseeing public projects from the Tang ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896: Alphonse Desjardins * Minister of Railways and Canals **1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

John Graham Haggart John Graham Haggart, (November 14, 1836 – March 13, 1913) was a Canadian politician. Haggart served as a Member of Parliament from 1872 to 1913. This forty-year period of service in the Commons is the second-longest in Canadian history, ...

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 ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

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 Se ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896: The Secretary of State of Canada (Ex officio) ***1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

* Minister of Trade and Commerce **1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

William Bullock Ives William Bullock Ives, PC, QC (November 17, 1841 – July 15, 1899) was a Canadian politician, who served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1878 to 1899. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, he represented the electoral districts o ...

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 ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896:

Donald Ferguson Donald Ferguson may refer to: *Donald Ferguson (politician) (1839–1909), Canadian politician *Donald Ferguson (cyclist) (born 1931), American cyclist *Donald F. Ferguson (born 1960), Dell executive See also

*Don Ferguson (disambiguation) *Fer ...

**1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896: John Jones Ross **1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896: Sir Frank Smith

Offices not of the Cabinet

* Solicitor-General **1 May 1896 – 11 July 1896: Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper

References

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