Oliver Mowat
Canadian lawyer and politician (1820-1903) · Canada · Politicians · Died at 82
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Something wrong?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.
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In the 1850s
With the Ontario Cabinet in 1891. Clockwise starting at centre foreground: O. Mowat, A. S. Hardy, J. M. Gibson, R. Harcourt, E.H. Bronson, J. Dryden, G. W. Ross and C. F. Fraser.
As Lieutenant-Governor in 1902
Mowat's grave at Mount Pleasant Cemetery![Walter Seymour Allward's statue of Oliver Mowat on the lawn of Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario Canada[27]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Places_toronto_queens_park_mowat.jpg/500px-Places_toronto_queens_park_mowat.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Walter Seymour Allward's statue of Oliver Mowat on the lawn of Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario Canada[27]Awards
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About this person
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.
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