The Province of Canada was a British colony in British North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton,1st Earl of Durham,in the Report on the Affairs of British North America following the Rebellions of 1837–1838.
William McDougall was a Canadian lawyer,politician,and one of the Fathers of Confederation.
Sir Oliver Mowat was a Canadian lawyer,politician,and Ontario Liberal Party leader. He served for nearly 24 years as the third premier of Ontario. He was the eighth lieutenant governor of Ontario and one of the Fathers of Confederation. He is best known for defending successfully the constitutional rights of the provinces in the face of the centralizing tendency of the national government as represented by his longtime Conservative adversary,John A. Macdonald. This longevity and power was due to his maneuvering to build a political base around Liberals,Catholics,trade unions,and anti-French-Canadian sentiment.
The Family Compact was a small closed group of men who exercised most of the political,economic and judicial power in Upper Canada from the 1810s to the 1840s. It was the Upper Canadian equivalent of the Château Clique in Lower Canada. It was noted for its conservatism and opposition to democracy.
John Sandfield Macdonald,was the joint premier of the Province of Canada from 1862 to 1864. He was also the first premier of Ontario from 1867 to 1871,one of the four founding provinces created at Confederation in 1867. He served as both premier and attorney general of Ontario from July 16,1867,to December 20,1871.
Sir Matthew Crooks Cameron,was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1878. He represented the riding of Toronto East. He served in the cabinet of the first Premier,John Sandfield Macdonald. After Macdonald's defeat in 1871,he became leader of the Conservative Party and served as Leader of the Opposition until his retirement from politics in 1878. After the legislature,he served as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas until his death in 1887. In 1887 he was made a Knight Bachelor.
Sir William Ralph Meredith,was a Canadian lawyer,politician and judge. He served as Leader of the Ontario Conservatives from 1878 to 1894,Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1900 until his death,and Chief Justice of Ontario from 1913 until his death. Through his principles,known as the "Meredith Principles",he is regarded as the founding father of the Workers' Compensation System in Ontario,the impact of which was felt throughout Canada and the United States.
Alexander Morris was a Canadian politician. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (1869–1872),and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (1872–1877). He also served as the founder and first Lieutenant Governor of the District of Keewatin.
The Attorney General of Ontario is the chief legal adviser to His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario and,by extension,the Government of Ontario. The Attorney General is a senior member of the Executive Council of Ontario and oversees the Ministry of the Attorney General –the department responsible for the oversight of the justice system in the province of Ontario. The Attorney General is an elected Member of Provincial Parliament who is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on the constitutional advice of the Premier of Ontario.
Henry Sherwood,was a lawyer and Tory politician in the Province of Canada. He was involved in provincial and municipal politics. Born into a Loyalist family in Brockville in Augusta Township,Upper Canada,he studied law and was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1828. In 1838,he was appointed Queen's Counsel. Sherwood was part of the Family Compact,the inter-connected families of strong British and Loyalist sympathies which dominated the government of Upper Canada in the early years of the 19th century
Christopher Alexander Hagerman,was a Canadian militia officer,lawyer,administrator,politician and judge.
William Herbert Price was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1914 to 1937 who represented the Toronto riding of Parkdale. He served as Treasurer and Attorney General in the governments of Howard Ferguson and George Stewart Henry.
George D'Arcy Boulton was a lawyer,judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was a member of the Family Compact,an oligarchic political and social group which dominated the government of the province.
The 2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada was summoned in 1844,following the general elections for the Legislative Assembly in October 1844. It first met on November 28,1844. It was dissolved in December 1847. All sessions were held at Montreal,Canada East.
Francis Collier Draper was Chief Constable of Toronto beginning 16 January 1874.
The Tory movement in Upper Canada was formed from the elements of the Family Compact following the War of 1812. It was an early political party,merely a group of like minded conservative elite in the early days of Canada. The Tories would later form an alliance with the Parti bleu in Lower Canada after the Union of 1841 and finally merge as a single political party,Conservatives,after 1867.
John Hillyard Cameron,was an Ontario lawyer,businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament representing Peel from 1867 to 1872 and Cardwell from 1872 until his death.
Henry John Boulton,was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada and the Province of Canada,as well as Chief Justice of Newfoundland.
John Solomon Cartwright,was a Canadian businessman,lawyer,judge,farmer and political figure in Kingston,Upper Canada. He was a supporter of the Family Compact,an oligarchic group which had dominated control of the government of Upper Canada through their influence with the British governors. He was also a member of the Compact Tory political group,first in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada,and then in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
The Ministry of the Solicitor General is the ministry in the Government of Ontario responsible for public security,law enforcement and policing,emergency management,correctional and detention centres/jails and organizations such as the Ontario Provincial Police,Emergency Management Ontario,and the Office of the Fire Marshal.
