# 3rd Canadian Ministry

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{{Short description|Government cabinet of Canada (1878–1891)}}
{{nofootnotes|date=September 2024}}
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{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_name = 3rd Canadian Ministry<br/>''3e conseil des ministres du Canada''
|cabinet_type= ministry
|cabinet_number = 3rd
|jurisdiction = Canada
|flag = Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg
|flag_border = true
|image = Macdonald1872.jpg
|date_formed = 17 October 1878
|date_dissolved= 6 June 1891
|government_head_title = Prime Minister
|government_head = [John A. Macdonald](/source/John_A._Macdonald)
|government_head_history =
|state_head_title = Monarch
|state_head =[Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria)
|represented_by_title = Governor General
|represented_by = [Marquess of Dufferin](/source/Frederick_Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Dufferin_and_Ava)<br />[Duke of Argyll](/source/John_Campbell%2C_9th_Duke_of_Argyll)<br />[Marquess of Lansdowne](/source/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice%2C_5th_Marquess_of_Lansdowne)<br />[Earl of Derby](/source/Frederick_Stanley%2C_16th_Earl_of_Derby)
|total_number=
|political_party = [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical))
|legislature_status = [Majority](/source/Majority_government)
|opposition_party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada)
|opposition_leader = {{Unbulleted list|[Alexander Mackenzie](/source/Alexander_Mackenzie_(politician)) (1878–1880)|[Edward Blake](/source/Edward_Blake) (1880–1887)|[Wilfrid Laurier](/source/Wilfrid_Laurier) (1887–1896)}}
|election = [1878](/source/1878_Canadian_federal_election), [1882](/source/1882_Canadian_federal_election), [1887](/source/1887_Canadian_federal_election), [1891](/source/1891_Canadian_federal_election)
|legislature_term = {{Unbulleted list|[4th Canadian Parliament](/source/4th_Canadian_Parliament)|[5th Canadian Parliament](/source/5th_Canadian_Parliament)|[6th Canadian Parliament](/source/6th_Canadian_Parliament)|[7th Canadian Parliament](/source/7th_Canadian_Parliament)}}
|incoming_formation = [1878 Canadian federal election](/source/1878_Canadian_federal_election)
|outgoing_formation = [Death of John A. MacDonald](/source/John_A._Macdonald)
|budget = 
|previous = [2nd Canadian Ministry](/source/2nd_Canadian_Ministry)
|successor = [4th Canadian Ministry](/source/4th_Canadian_Ministry)
}}
The '''Third Canadian Ministry''' was the second [cabinet](/source/Cabinet_of_Canada) chaired by [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada) [John A. Macdonald](/source/John_A._Macdonald).  It governed [Canada](/source/Canada) from 17 October 1878 to 6 June 1891, including the [4th](/source/4th_Canadian_Parliament), [5th](/source/5th_Canadian_Parliament), and [6th Canadian Parliament](/source/6th_Canadian_Parliament)s, as well as the first three months of the [7th](/source/7th_Canadian_Parliament).  The government was formed by the [old Conservative Party of Canada](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)).  Macdonald was also Prime Minister in the [First Canadian Ministry](/source/First_Canadian_Ministry).

== Ministries ==

[[File:Sir John Alexander Macdonald Nov 1833 Topley portrait.jpg|150px|thumb|right|PM [John A. Macdonald](/source/John_A._Macdonald) in November 1883.]]
*[Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada)
**17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891: [John A. Macdonald](/source/John_A._Macdonald)
*[Minister of Agriculture](/source/Minister_of_Agriculture_(Canada))
**17 October 1878 – 25 September 1885: [John Henry Pope](/source/John_Henry_Pope)
**25 September 1885 – 6 June 1891: [John Carling](/source/John_Carling)
*[Minister of Customs](/source/Minister_of_Customs)
**17 October 1878 – 19 October 1878: Vacant (James Johnson was acting)
**19 October 1878 – 6 June 1891: [Mackenzie Bowell](/source/Mackenzie_Bowell)
*[Minister of Finance](/source/Minister_of_Finance_(Canada))
**17 October 1878 – 11 November 1885: [Samuel Leonard Tilley](/source/Samuel_Leonard_Tilley)
**11 November 1885 – 10 December 1885: Vacant ([John Mortimer Courtney](/source/John_Mortimer_Courtney) was acting)
**10 December 1885 – 27 January 1887: [Archibald McLelan](/source/Archibald_McLelan)
**27 January 1887 – 29 May 1888: [Charles Tupper](/source/Charles_Tupper)
**29 May 1888 – 6 June 1891: [George Eulas Foster](/source/George_Eulas_Foster)
*[Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs](/source/Minister_of_Crown%E2%80%93Indigenous_Relations)
**17 October 1878 – 17 October 1883: The Minister of the Interior (Ex Officio)
***17 October 1878 – 17 October 1883: John A. Macdonald
**17 October 1883 – 3 October 1887: The President of the Privy Council (Ex officio)
***17 October 1883 – 3 October 1887: John A. Macdonald
**3 October 1887 – 6 June 1891: The Minister of the Interior (Ex Officio)
***3 October 1887 – 22 April 1888: [Thomas White](/source/Thomas_White_(Canadian_politician))
***22 April 1888 – 8 May 1888: Vacant (Alexander Mackinnon Burgess was acting)
***8 May 1888 – 25 September 1888: John A. Macdonald (Acting)
***25 September 1888 – 6 June 1891: [Edgar Dewdney](/source/Edgar_Dewdney)
*[Minister of Inland Revenue](/source/Minister_of_Inland_Revenue_(Canada))
**17 October 1878 – 26 October 1878: Vacant (Alfred Brunel was acting)
**26 October 1878 – 8 November 1880: [Louis François Georges Baby](/source/Louis_Fran%C3%A7ois_Georges_Baby)
**8 November 1880 – 23 May 1882: [James Cox Aikins](/source/James_Cox_Aikins)
**23 May 1882 – 6 June 1891: [John Costigan](/source/John_Costigan)
*[Minister of the Interior](/source/Minister_of_the_Interior_(Canada))
**17 October 1878 – 17 October 1883: John A. Macdonald
**17 October 1883 – 4 August 1885: [David Lewis Macpherson](/source/David_Lewis_Macpherson)
**5 August 1885 – 21 April 1888: Thomas White
**22 April 1888 – 7 May 1888: Vacant (Alexander Mackinnon Burgess was acting)
**8 May 1888 – 24 September 1888: John A. Macdonald (acting)
**25 September 1888 – 6 June 1891: Edgar Dewdney
*[Minister of Justice](/source/Minister_of_Justice_(Canada))
**17 October 1878 – 20 May 1881: [James McDonald](/source/James_McDonald_(Canadian_politician))
**20 May 1881 – 26 September 1885: [Alexander Campbell](/source/Alexander_Campbell_(Canadian_senator))
**26 September 1885 – 6 June 1891: [John Sparrow David Thompson](/source/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson)
*[Attorney General of Canada](/source/Minister_of_Justice_(Canada))
**17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891: The Minister of Justice (Ex officio)
***17 October 1878 – 20 May 1881: [James McDonald](/source/James_McDonald_(Canadian_politician))
***20 May 1881 – 26 September 1885: Alexander Campbell
***26 September 1885 – 6 June 1891: John Sparrow David Thompson
*[Leader of the Government in the Senate](/source/Representative_of_the_Government_in_the_Senate)
**17 October 1878 – 7 February 1887: Alexander Campbell
**7 February 1887 – 12 May 1887: [Frank Smith](/source/Frank_Smith_(Canadian_politician)) (acting)
**12 May 1887 – 6 June 1891: [John Abbott](/source/John_Abbott)
*[Minister of Marine and Fisheries](/source/Minister_of_Fisheries%2C_Oceans%2C_and_the_Canadian_Coast_Guard)
**17 October 1878 – 19 October 1878: Vacant (William Smith was acting)
**19 October 1878 – 10 July 1882: [James Colledge Pope](/source/James_Colledge_Pope)
**10 July 1882 – 10 December 1885: Archibald McLelan
**10 December 1885 – 1 June 1888: [George Eulas Foster](/source/George_Eulas_Foster)
**1 June 1888 – 6 June 1891: [Charles Hibbert Tupper](/source/Charles_Hibbert_Tupper)
*[Minister of Militia and Defence](/source/Minister_of_Militia_and_Defence_(Canada))
**17 October 1878 – 19 October 1878: Vacant ([Charles-Eugène Panet](/source/Charles-Eug%C3%A8ne_Panet) was acting)
**19 October 1878 – 16 January 1880: [Louis François Rodrigue Masson](/source/Louis-Rodrigue_Masson)
**16 January 1880 – 8 November 1880: Alexander Campbell
**8 November 1880 – 6 June 1891: [Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron](/source/Adolphe-Philippe_Caron)
*[Postmaster General](/source/Postmaster_General_of_Canada)
**17 October 1878 – 19 October 1878: Vacant (William Henry Griffin was acting)
**19 October 1878 – 20 May 1879: [Hector Louis Langevin](/source/Hector_Louis_Langevin)
**20 May 1879 – 16 January 1880: Alexander Campbell
**16 January 1880 – 8 November 1880: [John O'Connor](/source/John_O'Connor_(Canadian_politician))
**8 November 1880 – 20 May 1881: Alexander Campbell
**20 May 1881 – 23 May 1882: John O'Connor
**23 May 1882 – 25 September 1885: [John Carling](/source/John_Carling)
**25 September 1885 – 27 January 1887: Alexander Campbell
**27 January 1887 – 11 July 1888: Archibald McLelan
**11 July 1888 – 6 August 1888: [John Carling](/source/John_Carling) (Acting)
**6 August 1888 – 6 June 1891: [John Graham Haggart](/source/John_Graham_Haggart)
*[President of the Privy Council](/source/President_of_the_Queen's_Privy_Council_for_Canada)
**17 October 1878 – 16 January 1880: John O'Connor
**16 January 1880 – 1 August 1880: [Louis François Rodrigue Masson](/source/Louis-Rodrigue_Masson)
**1 August 1880 – 8 November 1880: John A. Macdonald (acting)
**8 November 1880 – 20 May 1881: [Joseph-Alfred Mousseau](/source/Joseph-Alfred_Mousseau)
**20 May 1881 – 10 July 1882: Archibald McLelan
**10 July 1882 – 17 October 1883: John A. Macdonald (acting)
**17 October 1883 – 28 November 1889: John A. Macdonald
**28 November 1889 – 1 May 1891: [Charles Carroll Colby](/source/Charles_Carroll_Colby)
**1 May 1891 – 6 June 1891: John A. Macdonald (acting)
*[Minister of Public Works](/source/Minister_of_Public_Works_(Canada))
**17 October 1878 – 20 May 1879: Charles Tupper
**20 May 1879 – 6 June 1891: [Hector Louis Langevin](/source/Hector_Louis_Langevin)
*[Minister of Railways and Canals](/source/Minister_of_Railways_and_Canals_(Canada))
**20 May 1879 – 29 May 1884: Charles Tupper
**29 May 1884 – 25 September 1885: John Henry Pope (Acting)
**25 September 1885 – 1 April 1889: John Henry Pope
**1 April 1889 – 10 April 1889: Vacant (Toussaint Trudeau was acting)
**10 April 1889 – 28 November 1889: John A. Macdonald (acting)
**28 November 1889 – 6 June 1891: John A. Macdonald
*[Receiver General of Canada](/source/Receiver_General_for_Canada)
**17 October 1878 – 8 November 1878: Vacant ([John Mortimer Courtney](/source/John_Mortimer_Courtney) was acting)
**8 November 1878 – 20 May 1879: Alexander Campbell
**20 May 1879 – 6 June 1891: The Minister of Finance (Ex officio)
***20 May 1879 – 11 November 1885: Samuel Leonard Tilley
***11 November 1885 – 10 December 1885: Vacant (John Mortimer Courtney (acting)
***10 December 1885 – 27 January 1887: Archibald McLelan
***27 January 1887 – 29 May 1888: Charles Tupper
***29 May 1888 – 6 June 1891: [George Eulas Foster](/source/George_Eulas_Foster)
*[Secretary of State of Canada](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Canada)
**17 October 1878 – 19 October 1878: Vacant (Edouard-Joseph Langevin (acting)
**19 October 1878 – 8 November 1880: James Cox Aikins
**8 November 1880 – 20 May 1881: John O'Connor
**20 May 1881 – 29 July 1882: [Joseph-Alfred Mousseau](/source/Joseph-Alfred_Mousseau)
**29 July 1882 – 6 June 1891: [Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau](/source/Joseph-Adolphe_Chapleau)
*[Registrar General of Canada](/source/Registrar_General_of_Canada)
**17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891: The Secretary of State of Canada (Ex officio)
***17 October 1878 – 19 October 1878: Vacant (Edouard-Joseph Langevin was acting)
***19 October 1878 – 8 November 1880: James Cox Aikins
***8 November 1880 – 20 May 1881: John O'Connor
***20 May 1881 – 29 July 1882: Joseph-Alfred Mousseau
***29 July 1882 – 6 June 1891: Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
*[Minister without Portfolio](/source/Minister_without_portfolio)
**8 November 1878 – 11 February 1880: [Robert Duncan Wilmot](/source/Robert_Duncan_Wilmot)
**11 February 1880 – 17 October 1883: [David Lewis Macpherson](/source/David_Lewis_Macpherson)
**2 August 1882 – 6 June 1891: [Frank Smith](/source/Frank_Smith_(Canadian_politician))
**13 May 1887 – 6 June 1891: John Abbott

==References==
*{{cite web|author=Government of Canada|publisher=Privy Council Office|title=Third Ministry|work=Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation|url=http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/mgm/dtail.asp?lang=eng&mstyid=3&mbtpid=1|access-date=2010-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501192806/http://pco-bcp.gc.ca/mgm/dtail.asp?lang=eng&mstyid=3&mbtpid=1|archive-date=2017-05-01|url-status=dead}}

==Succession==
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{{s-other|Ministries of Canada}}
{{s-bef|before=[2nd Canadian Ministry](/source/2nd_Canadian_Ministry)}}
{{s-ttl|title=3rd Canadian Ministry|years=1878–1891}}
{{s-aft|after=[4th Canadian Ministry](/source/4th_Canadian_Ministry)}}
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