Vankoughnet Philip Michael Scott 1823-1869 Born In Cornwall
Ontario. Studied law and called to the bar, 1843; practised in Toronto;
appointed Q.C., 1850. In May, 1856, president of the Executive Council,
and minister of agriculture, in the Tache administration, and in
November, 1856, first member of the Legislative Council for Rideau. From
1858 to 1862 chief commissioner of crown lands in the Cartier-Macdonald
government; amongst some of his important measures was the system of
selling townships en bloc, and the opening up and improvement of
roads. In 1862 appointed chancellor of Upper Canada. =Index=: (Tilley era)
Delegate to England on Intercolonial matter, 55. =Bib.=: Morgan, Cel.
Can.; Read, Lives of the Judges; Dent, Last Forty Years.