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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.
Feb 18, 2008 · Sir Oliver Mowat, senator, lieutentant-governor of Ontario 1897–1903, premier of Ontario 1872–96, politician, judge, lawyer (born 22 July 1820 in Kingston, Upper Canada; died 19 April 1903 in Toronto, ON).
Apr 17, 2024 · On the afternoon of 1 September, 1921, the three-masted schooner, the Oliver Mowat, set out from Picton for Oswego to collect 550 tons of coal, doing the kind of run she had done since her first launch in 1873. At the helm was the capable and careful Captain VanDusen.
Oliver Mowat was a prominent politician, lawyer and author in Ontario. He served as Premier, Senator and Lieutenant Governor, and was knighted in 1892.
Oliver Mowat remained in office as premier of Ontario for twenty-four years, longer than any other first minister in a commonwealth parliament to that date. He is perhaps best known for his successful resistance to Sir John A. MacDonald’s imposition of a strong centralist government, by advocating instead a strengthening of provincial rights.
Sir Oliver Mowat. 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).
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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.
