Mowat. He thus became useful to the Liberals, who were able to benefit from his name without feeling pressure to alter their policies toward francophones. While the Conservatives argued for a

); Minutes of the annual meeting (Strathroy, Ont.), 1893–95. S. E. D. Shortt, “Social change and political crisis in rural Ontario: the Patrons of Industry, 1889–1896,” Oliver Mowat

in 1899 he had offered him the lieutenant governorship of Ontario, to replaced the ailing Sir Oliver Mowat, but Wood declined for personal and business reasons

Mowat, declined to interfere in the matter, and Walker never obtained his qc. Recognition came later in the form of an honorary doctorate, presumably

Mowat to the Ontario statute on regulation. Strong characteristically delivered his more elaborate opinion in the former, reserving only a few lines for a dissenting comment in the reference

 Oliver Mowat]. In an important 1904 decision, In re Vancini, he affirmed the power of the dominion to give

. Biggar, Sir Oliver Mowat . . . a biographical sketch (2v., Toronto, 1905). Can., Parl., Sessional papers, 1886, no.43: 199–209; Statutes, 1878, c.16

Oliver Mowat. In 1858 he was elected an alderman for St Patrick’s Ward, and he sat on more than a dozen

. Macdonald*. Provincially Rathbun backed the Liberal governments of Oliver Mowat and Arthur Sturgis

Mowat]. Upon the promotion of Samuel Henry Strong

appealed to provincial and federal politicians such as Sir Oliver Mowat and Sir John A

Mowat’s Reform government, which included pro-labour legislation regarding trade-dispute arbitration, mechanics’ liens, and employee profit-sharing. In the general election of 1875

Mowat to serve on the Ontario agricultural commission. At this time agriculture was trying to recover from a depression and there was a general feeling that Ontario was “indifferently farmed

Mowat in following George Brown across the floor of the assembly to form the “Great Coalition,” which proposed to break political deadlock through a confederation of British North American

, a Catholic weekly that “sustained the principles of the [Ontario] Catholic League.” It seems likely that his appointment on 1 July 1879 by the Ontario Liberal government of Oliver Mowat to the

General Oliver Mowat reported that the greater sophistication and organization of criminals required an experienced

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 Act was essentially similar to the view propounded by Oliver Mowat

of Oliver Mowat appointed him deputy minister of education for Ontario, a position he occupied until his death. While in St Thomas, he was