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♂ Sir Oliver Mowat
aliasSir Oliver Mowat
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased
A Father of Confederation 		Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 7 0 7
Birth 22 July 1820 → 203 years + 9 months ago
Lived 82 years + 11 months
First mandate 29 November 1872 → 151 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 4 months
Death 19 July 1903 → 120 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 5 days after 14 July 1896
Conferences Confederation conferences attended
representing Canada West:
✗ Charlottetown (September 1864)
✓ Québec (October 1864)
✗ London (December 1866)
Special notes
None
 
Sir Oliver Mowat (1820–1903)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Herbert M. Mowat (1863–1928) Nephew  
 
Well that's interesting!
At 23 years and nearly 9 months, Mowat, an Ontario Liberal and one of the Fathers of Confederation, holds the record for the person having served as the province's premier the longest.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 23 7 8 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 2–8
LIB
 1 Party leader 52–75 25 Oct 1872 — 14 Jul 1896 23 8 19
2. ON 2–8
LIB
 1 Premier 52–75 25 Oct 1872 — 20 Jul 1896 23 8 25
3. CA 8
LIB
 1 Minister 75–77 13 Jul 1896 — 17 Nov 1897 1 4 4
 3. Justice and Attorney General

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
29 November 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33071(F) — 1 Oct 2021 15:51 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32818(F) — 1 Oct 2021 15:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
54
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,526 Votes: 2,305 Participation: 41.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32912(F) — 1 Oct 2021 15:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,731 75.10% +1,157 Loser:
LC
 574 24.90% N. Curry

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33000(F) — 1 Oct 2021 15:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
62
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,366 Votes: 3,138 Participation: 49.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33189(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
66
LIB
 1/2 1,981 63.31% +833 Loser:
LC
 1,148 36.69% Charles Wilson

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33281(F) — 1 Oct 2021 15:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
69
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,868 Votes: 3,776 Participation: 64.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33371(F) — 31 Dec 2022 10:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
73
LIB
 1/2 2,197 58.40% +632 Loser:
PP
 1,565 41.60% Charles Horsman
After his election:
14 Jul 1896 75
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 years 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8		 Ontario
7 September 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33732(F) — 22 Feb 2022 10:54 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
76		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Andrew Pattulo

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Oliver Mowat		 16 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Oliver Mowat		 16 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Sir Oliver Mowat, P.C., Senator		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. sir Oliver Mowat, C.P., sénateur		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Oliver Mowat		 16 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Oliver Mowat		 16 Mar 2024

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