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About Oliver Mowat
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 manoeuvring to build a political base around Liberals, Catholics, trade unions, and anti-French-Canadian sentiment.
Everything about Oliver Mowat →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge
- Position held
- Premier of Ontario, member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Representative of the Government in the Senate
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Born
- July 22, 1820
- Died
- April 19, 1903