8th Canadian Ministry

The Eighth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. It governed Canada from 11 July 1896 to 5 October 1911, including all of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Canadian Parliaments. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada.

The Cabinet

• Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth, Postmaster-General 1905–1906; Minister of Justice and Attorney-General 1906–1911.
• Henri Sévérin Béland, Postmaster-General August–October 1911.
• Michel Esdras Bernier, Minister of Inland Revenue 1900–1904.
• Andrew George Blair, Minister of Railways and Canals 1896–1903.
• Sir Frederick William Borden, Minister of Militia and Defence 1896–1911.
• Louis-Philippe Brodeur, Minister of Inland Revenue 1904–1906; Minister of the Marine and Fisheries 1906–1911; Minister of the Naval Service 1910–1911.
• Sir Richard John Cartwright, Minister of Trade and Commerce 1896–1911.
• Sir Louis Henry Davies, Minister of the Marine and Fisheries 1896–1901.
• Richard Reid Dobell, Minister without Portfolio 1896–1902.
• Henry Emmerson, Minister of Railways and Canals 1904–1907.
• William Stevens Fielding, Minister of Finance and Receiver-General 1896–1911; Minister of Railways and Canals (acting) 1903–1904 & (acting) April–August 1907.
• Sydney Arthur Fisher, Minister of Agriculture 1896–1911.
• Charles Fitzpatrick, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General 1902–1906.
• Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion, Minister without Portfolio 1896–1899.
• George Perry Graham, Minister of Railways and Canals 1907–1911.
• Charles Smith Hyman, Minister without Portfolio 1904–1905; Minister of Public Works 1905–1907.
• Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, Minister of Inland Revenue 1897–1900.
• William Lyon Mackenzie King, Minister of Labour 1909–1911.
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister 1896–1911; President of the Privy Council 1896–1911; Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (acting) March–April 1905; Minister of the Marine and Fisheries (acting) January–February 1906.
• Rodolphe Lemieux, Postmaster-General 1906–1911; Minister of the Marine and Fisheries and Minister of the Naval Service August–October 1911.
• David Mills, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General 1897–1902.
• Sir Oliver Mowat, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General 1896–1897.
• Sir William Mulock, Postmaster-General 1896–1905.
• Charles Murphy, Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar-General 1908–1911.
• Frank Oliver, Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs 1905–1911.
• William Paterson, Minister of Customs 1897–1911.
• Raymond Préfontaine, Minister of the Marine and Fisheries 1902–1905.
• William Pugsley, Minister of Public Works 1907–1911.
• Richard William Scott, Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar-General 1896–1908; Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (acting) July–November 1896.
• Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs 1896–1905.
• James Sutherland, Minister without Portfolio 1899–1902; Minister of the Marine and Fisheries January–November 1902; Minister of Public Works 1902–1905.
• Joseph Israël Tarte, Minister of Public Works 1896–1902.
• William Templeman, Minister without Portfolio 1902–1906; Minister of Inland Revenue 1906–1911; Minister of Mines 1907–1911.

Offices not of the Cabinet

Controller of Customs

• William Paterson, 1896–1897.

Controller of Inland Revenue

• Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 1896–1897.

Solicitor-General

• Charles Fitzpatrick, 1896–1902.
• Henry George Carroll, 1902–1904.
• Rodolphe Lemieux, 1904–1906.
• Jacques Bureau, 1907–1911.

Succession

Preceded by 7th Canadian Ministry

Canadian Ministries 1896–1911

Succeeded by 9th Canadian Ministry