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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. He was the eighth lieutenant governor of Ontario and one of the Fathers of Confederation.
Sir Oliver Mowat, homme politique, premier ministre de l'Ontario de 1872 à 1896 (Kingston, Haut-Canada, 22 juill. 1820 - Toronto, 19 avril 1903). Mowat étudie avec divers précepteurs à Kingston, avant de devenir le premier stagiaire en droit auprès de John A. MACDONALD.
Oliver Mowat [1] (né le 22 juillet 1820 et mort le 19 avril 1903) était un homme politique canadien. Il a été le troisième [ 2 ] premier ministre de l'Ontario de 1872 à 1896 , le mandat le plus long de l'histoire de l'Ontario.
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.
For more than twenty years, Mowat served as the president of the Evangelical Alliance. After careers in law, politics, and judiciary, Oliver Mowat spent his concluding years, from 1897 until his death, as the lieutenant governor of Ontario.
Oliver Mowat was a prominent politician, lawyer and author in Ontario. He served as Premier, Senator and Lieutenant Governor, and was knighted in 1892.
