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
ue
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.