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16. In 1884, when the federal government urged that Ontario transfer to the Teme-Augama Anishnabai indigenous people all or some of the 2,770 square miles as a reserve, for which that band's head chief, Ignace Tonene, had campaigned with the federal authorities for many years, Oliver Mowat blocked the land transfer, primarily concerned about the value of the red and white pine lumber at the ...
Sir Oliver Mowat (July 22, 1820 – April 19, 1903) is a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Liberal Party leader, introduced in Season 6 of Murdoch Mysteries, portrayed by David C. Onley. One of the Fathers of Confederation, Sir Oliver Mowat is best known for successfully defending the constitutional rights of the provinces in the face of the centralizing tendency of the national government as ...
Mowat is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Mowat (1935–1995), ... Oliver Mowat (1820–1903), Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario 1872–1896; Vicki Mowat, Canadian provincial politician in Saskatchewan; See also.
9 de sept. de 2021 · The front page of the May 4, 1896, edition of the Globe brought exciting news for Liberals as the federal-election campaign shifted into high gear: if Wilfrid Laurier led the party to victory on June 23, Oliver Mowat — who’d served as premier of Ontario for the previous 24 years — would enter federal politics. It was a move designed to build Liberal support among an electorate tired of ...
Of the first three Premiers of Ontario after 1867, two were Macdonald stalwarts and one — Oliver Mowat (1820-1903) — was himself a father of Confederation. Despite all of this, or perhaps because of it, Ontario emerged as the leading force in favour of limiting federal strength and empowering the provinces.
Sir Oliver Mowat received his knighthood in 1892. The year after he was appointed to the Canadian Senate, Mowat was chosen to be Ontario’s eighth lieutenant-governor on November 18, 1897. When Mowat died on April 19, 1903 he was succeeded as the King’s representative in Ontario by William Mortimer Clark (Plot I, Lot 14).
Few political leaders in Ontario's history have had as lasting an impact on the province, and perhaps on the nation, as Oliver Mowat, premier from 1872 to 1896. Under his leadership Ontario flourished economically, socially, and politically. Among the many political skills that Mowat brought to office, one of the most useful was pragmatism.
