5th Canadian Ministry

5th Canadian Ministry 5e conseil des ministres du Canada
5th ministry of Canada
Date formed	5 December 1892
Date dissolved	12 December 1894
People and organisations
Monarch	Victoria
Governor General	Earl of Derby Marquess of Aberdeen
Prime Minister	John Sparrow David Thompson
Member party	Liberal-Conservative Party
Status in legislature	135 / 215 Majority
Opposition party	Liberal Party of Canada
Opposition leader	Wilfrid Laurier
History
Legislature term(s)	7th Canadian Parliament
Predecessor	4th Canadian Ministry
Successor	6th Canadian Ministry

The Fifth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir John Sparrow Thompson. It governed Canada from 5 December 1892 to 12 December 1894, including only two years in the middle of the 7th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada.

Ministers

• Prime Minister
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
• Minister of Agriculture
  • 5 December 1892 – 7 December 1892: Vacant (John Lowe was acting)
  • 7 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Auguste-Réal Angers
• Minister of Finance
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: George Eulas Foster
• Receiver General of Canada
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: The Minister of Finance (Ex officio)
    • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: George Eulas Foster
• Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: The Minister of the Interior (Ex officio)
    • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Thomas Mayne Daly
• Minister of the Interior
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Thomas Mayne Daly
• Minister of Justice
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
• Attorney General of Canada
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: The Minister of Justice (Ex officio)
    • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
• Leader of the Government in the Senate
  • 5 December 1892 – 31 October 1893: Sir John Abbott
  • 31 October 1893 – 12 December 1894: Mackenzie Bowell
• Minister of Marine and Fisheries
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
• Minister of Militia and Defence
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: James Colebrooke Patterson
• Postmaster General
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron
• President of the Privy Council
  • 5 December 1892 – 7 December 1892: Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (acting)
  • 7 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: William Bullock Ives
• Minister of Public Works
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Joseph-Aldric Ouimet
• Minister of Railways and Canals
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: John Graham Haggart
• Secretary of State of Canada
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: John Costigan
• Registrar General of Canada
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: The Secretary of State of Canada (Ex officio)
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: John Costigan
• Minister of Trade and Commerce
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Mackenzie Bowell
• Minister without Portfolio
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Sir John Carling
  • 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Sir Frank Smith

Offices not of the Cabinet

Controller of Customs

• 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: Nathaniel Clarke Wallace

Controller of Inland Revenue

• 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: John Fisher Wood

Solicitor General of Canada

• 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894: John Joseph Curran

References

• Government of Canada. "Fifth Ministry". Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation. Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2010-07-01.

Succession

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