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Sir Oliver Mowat, GCMG, PC, QC war ein kanadischer Politiker. Er gehört zu den Mitbegründern der Liberalen Partei Kanadas. Als einer der Väter der Konföderation gehört er zu den Wegbereitern des 1867 gegründeten kanadischen Bundesstaates. Vom 25. Oktober 1872 bis zum 21. Juli 1896 war Mowat Premierminister Ontarios. Seine Amtszeit von ...
Sir Oliver Mowat GCMG PC QC (July 22, 1820 – April 19, 1903) 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.
18. Feb. 2008 · Sir Oliver Mowat played an instrumental role in Confederation, participating in the Québec Conference of 1864 and setting the stage for the decentralization of federal power. Though not a chief architect of Confederation, Mowat mounted a campaign that spanned a quarter-century to help define Canada’s Constitution .
The main business of equity was the determination and enforcement of property rights, a field that could be expected to flourish as the provincial economy grew. By 1850 Mowat was the busiest equity practitioner in the province and was being retained in cases of the highest value.
Oliver Mowat was a prominent politician, lawyer and author in Ontario. He served as Premier, Senator and Lieutenant Governor, and was knighted in 1892.
1872. Following Edward Blake’s resignation, Oliver Mowat is sworn in as Ontario Premier. Along with his reputation as a lawyer and as a Father of Confederation, his many reforms would shape the province with programs such as worker’s compensation and children’s aid.
Mowat, Sir Oliver (1820-1903), statesman, was born in Kingston, Upper Canada, the eldest son of John Mowat and Helen Levack, natives of Caithnessshire, Scotland. He was educated at private schools in Kingston, and in 1841 was called to the bar of Upper Canada (Q.C., 1856).
