Howland Sir William Pearce 1811-1907 Born At Paulings New York


Came to Canada in 1830. Represented West York in the Legislature,

1857-1868. Member of Macdonald-Sicotte ministry, 1862, as minister of

finance; receiver-general, 1863-1864; postmaster-general, 1864-1866;

minister of finance, 1866-1867. Minister of inland revenue in first

Dominion Cabinet, 1867. Appointed lieutenant-governor of Ontario, 1868;

retired, 1873; knighted, 1879. =Index=: (Sir John A Macdonald era) Minister of inland reve
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in first Dominion Cabinet, 134; defends his political attitude, 137;

becomes lieutenant-governor of Ontario, 138; heads syndicate offering to

build Canadian Pacific Railway, 237. (George Brown Era) Presents address to Elgin, 36;

his connection with reciprocity negotiations in 1865, 193-196; defends

his action in remaining in coalition ministry after Confederation, 202,

209; becomes lieutenant-governor of Ontario, 202. (Tilley era) Invited to join

first Dominion ministry, 128; minister of inland revenue, 129. =Bib.=:

Dent, Can. Por.; Morgan, Can. Men; Read, Lieutenant-Governors of

Upper Canada.



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