Mowat ministry

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Mowat ministry
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3rd ministry of Ontario
Oliver Mowat.jpg
Portrait as premier in 1873
Date formedOctober 25, 1872 (1872-10-25)
Date dissolvedJuly 21, 1896 (1896-07-21)
People and organisations
Monarch
Lieutenant Governors
Lieutenant
Governor
Premier Oliver Mowat
No. of ministers8
Total no. of members17
Member party Liberal Party
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition party Conservative
Opposition leader
History
Elections 1875, 1879, 1883,
1886, 1890, 1894
Legislature terms 2nd (ministry formed
mid term), 3rd, 4th,
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Parliaments of Ontario
Incoming formationResignation (Edward Blake)
Outgoing formationResignation
Predecessor Blake ministry
Successor Hardy ministry

The Mowat ministry was the combined cabinet (formally the Executive Council of Ontario) that governed Ontario from October 25, 1872, to July 21, 1896. It was led by the 3rd Premier of Ontario, Oliver Mowat. The ministry was made up of members of the Liberal Party of Ontario, which commanded a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Contents

The ministry replaced the Blake ministry following the resignation of Premier Edward Blake, who departed in 1872 to pursue a career in federal politics. The Mowat Hardy ministry governed through the second half of the 2nd Parliament of Ontario, as well as every parliament from the 3rd to the 7th, then the first half of the 8th Parliament of Ontario. It was the longest-lived Ontario ministry, nearly ten years longer than the second longest ministry Davis ministry.

Mowat resigned in 1896 to serve in Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier's federal cabinet. He was succeeded as Premier of Ontario by Arthur Sturgis Hardy.

List of ministers

By order of precedence

MinisterTenureElectoral DistrictFirst
Elected
StartEnd
Oliver Mowat [1] 1872-10-251896-07-21 Oxford North 1872 [a]
Archibald McKellar [2] 1872-10-25 [b] 1875-07-23 Bothwell 1867
Adam Crooks [3] 1872-10-25 [b] 1883-11-23 Toronto West;
Oxford South 		1871
Richard Scott [4] 1872-10-25 [b] 1873-12-04 Ottawa 1867
Timothy Pardee [5] 1872-10-251889-01-18 Lambton;
Lambton West 		1867
Christopher Fraser [6] 1873-11-251894-05-30 Grenville South;
Brockville 		1872 [a]
Samuel Wood [7] 1875-07-231883-06-02 Victoria South 1871
Arthur Sturgis Hardy [8] 1877-03-191896-07-21 Brant South 1873 [a]
James Young [9] 1883-06-021883-11-01 Brant North 1879
Alexander Ross [10] 1883-11-021890-09-16 Huron West 1875
George Ross [11] 1883-11-231896-07-21 [c] Middlesex West 1883 [a]
Charles Drury [12] 1888-05-011890-09-29 Simcoe East 1882 [a]
John Gibson [13] 1889-01-181896-07-21 [c] Hamilton;
Hamilton West 		1879
Erskine Henry Bronson 1890-09-161896-07-21 Ottawa 1886
Richard Harcourt [14] 1890-09-161896-07-21 [c] Monck 1878 [a]
John Dryden [15] 1890-09-301896-07-21 [c] Ontario South 1879
William Harty [16] 1894-05-301896-07-21 Kingston 1892 [a]

By portfolio

PortfolioMinisterTenure
StartEnd
Premier &
President of the Council [d] 		Oliver Mowat October 25, 1872July 21, 1896
Attorney General
Treasurer Adam Crooks October 25, 1872March 19, 1877
Samuel Wood March 19, 1877June 2, 1883
James Young June 2, 1883November 1, 1883
Alexander Ross November 1, 1883September 16, 1890
Richard Harcourt September 16, 1890July 21, 1896
Provincial Secretary
and Registrar 		Timothy Pardee October 25, 1872November 25, 1873
Christopher Fraser November 25, 1873April 4, 1874
Archibald McKellar April 4, 1874July 23, 1875
Samuel Wood July 23, 1875March 19, 1877
Arthur Sturgis Hardy March 19, 1877January 18, 1889
John Gibson January 18, 1889July 21, 1896
Commissioner of
Crown Lands 		Richard Scott October 25, 1872December 4, 1873
Timothy Pardee December 4, 1873January 18, 1889
Arthur Sturgis Hardy January 18, 1889July 21, 1896
Commissioner of
Agriculture & Public Works [e] 		Archibald McKellar October 25, 1872March 24, 1874
Commissioner of
Agriculture		March 24, 1874July 23, 1875
Samuel Wood July 23, 1875June 2, 1883
James Young June 2, 1883November 2, 1883
Alexander Ross November 2, 1883May 1, 1888
Charles Drury May 1, 1888September 16, 1890
John Dryden September 16, 1890April 16, 1895
Minister of Agriculture [f] April 16, 1895July 21, 1896
Commissioner of
Public Works [g] 		Christopher Fraser April 4, 1874May 30, 1894
William Harty May 30, 1894October 21, 1896
Minister of Education [h] Adam Crooks February 19, 1876November 23, 1883
George Ross November 23, 1883July 21, 1896
Minister without
Portfolio		 Erskine Henry Bronson September 16, 1890July 21, 1896

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Elected in a byelection.
  2. 1 2 3 McKellar, Crooks and Scott served in Blake ministry, with Crooks amd McKellar having sworn in on December 20, 1871, and Scott having sworned one day later.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Continued to serve in Hardy ministry
  4. ↑ Premier was an informal title for the person invited to form and then to lead the government, and was used interchangeably with the title "Prime Minister of Ontario". President of the Council was a formal title/office but one without its own department until 1905. In contemporary official documentation, Mowat was formally referred as Attorney General, his ministerial office.
  5. ↑ On March 24, 1874, An Act to Amend the Act entitled "An Act Respecting the Public Works of Ontario" came into force, formally split off the public works portion into a standalone department with its own commissioner. [17]
  6. ↑ On April 16th 1895, An Act respecting the Department of Agriculture came into force, which create the new department and the new ministerial title of Minister of Agriculture [18]
  7. ↑ combined with Agriculture as "Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works" from October 25, 1872 to March 24, 1874.
  8. ↑ Upon the retirement of Egerton Ryerson, an education department headed by a minister in the legislation was formally established upon the coming into force of An Act respecting the Education Department [19]

References

  1. ↑ "Oliver Mowat | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  2. ↑ "Archibald McKellar | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  3. ↑ "Adam Crooks | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  4. ↑ "Richard William Scott | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  5. ↑ "Timothy Blair Pardee | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  6. ↑ "Christopher Finlay Fraser | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  7. ↑ "Samuel Casey Wood | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  8. ↑ "Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  9. ↑ "James Young | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  10. ↑ "Alexander McLagan Ross | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  11. ↑ "George William Ross | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  12. ↑ "Charles Alfred Drury | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  13. ↑ "John Morison Gibson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  14. ↑ "Richard Harcourt | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  15. ↑ "John Dryden | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  16. ↑ "William Harty | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org.
  17. ↑ An Act to Amend the Act entitled "An Act Respecting the Public Works of Ontario" , 37 Victoria 1874, c. 26
  18. ↑ An Act respecting the Department of Agriculture , 58 Victoria 1895, c. 10
  19. ↑ An Act respecting the Education Department , 39 Victoria 1875-76 1875-76, c. 16
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