A CANADIAN STATESMAN.
DEAT H OF SIR OLIVER MOWAT. (Per R.M.S. .Sierra at Auckland.) Ottawa (Oat.), April 10Sir Oliver Mowat, Lientcnant-Govcraor of Ontario, died to-day at Government House, aged 73 years. Sir Oliver had been in feeble health for some. tune, but an accident in which he moke ins leg «»t Sunday night hastened tho end. Su Oliver was 'Premier of Ontario from 18(2 to igqg twontv-four years, thus causing the distinction of having had the longest continuous term of office as J. icimer over recorded to any man by the people of any c-ovineo or colony m the British Empire. In mii ho resigned to become Munster of Justice in tiie Dominion Cabinet. In loJ( HU ..nnointeJ Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. P Ho was one of the fathers of the Confederation. At tho time of Sir Oliver s retirement from Sir Wilfred Launor s Cabinet, which marked ins practical retiremeut'from active politics, ho was regarded j , . „ U , OH (; experienced politician u. IV,it c had held most of the nuporVOTli't, cu..trolii,.a T policy of Canada tor over a quartet, oi -enturv. lie had been in turn alderman n’oronto, member oi Parliament, Iretiier Judge of lire Court of Chancer j. \ ‘ . ' . VI J Minister of Justice. ELL home had" always been in Ontario.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 889, 12 May 1903, Page 3
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210A CANADIAN STATESMAN. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 889, 12 May 1903, Page 3
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