William Pearce Howland

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William Pearce Howland
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Sir William Pearce Howland, PC, KCMG, CB (May 29, 1811 – 1 January 1907), served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, from 1868 to 1873. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation.

Born in 1811 in Pawling, New York, William Howland was educated at Kinderhook Academy. In 1830 he settled in Cooksville, Upper Canada, and became a naturalized British subject in 1841. He operated Lambton Mills and later a grocery business in Toronto. In 1857, Howland became Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and later served in the cabinet as Minister of Finance, Receiver General, Postmaster General and Minister of Finance. He became a Member of Parliament in 1867 and was Minister of Inland Revenue from 1867 to 1868. Howland was appointed Ontario's second Lieutenant Governor in 1868 and served until 1873. He was knighted in 1879 and died in Toronto in 1907. He was buried in St. James Cemetery.

His sons, William Holmes Howland and Oliver Aiken Howland, served as mayors of Toronto.

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by None	Member of Parliament for York West 1867–1868	Succeeded by Amos Wright

v • d • e Ministers of Inland Revenue

Ministers of Inland Revenue (1867-1892)	Howland · Campbell (acting) · Morris · Tupper · O'Connor · Gibbs · Fournier · Geoffrion · Laflamme · Cauchon · Laurier · Baby · Aikins · Costigan

Controllers of Inland Revenue (1892-1897)	Wood · Prior · de Lotbinière

Ministers of Inland Revenue (1897-1918)	de Lotbinière · Bernier · Brodeur · Templeman · Nantel · Blondin · Patenaude · Sévigny · Sifton¹ ¹ The offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland Revenue amalgamated and the office of Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue was created by Order in Council dated May 18, 1918.

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Lieutenant Governors of Ontario

Post-Confederation (1867-present)

Stisted • Howland • Crawford • D.A. Macdonald • J.B. Robinson • Campbell • Kirkpatrick • Gzowski • Mowat • Clark • Gibson • Hendrie • Clarke • Cockshutt • Ross • Mulock • H.A. Bruce • Matthews • Lawson • Breithaupt • MacKay • Rowe • W.R. Macdonald • McGibbon • Aird • Alexander • Jackman • Weston • Bartleman • Onley

Province of Canada (1841-1866)*

Clitherow • Jackson • Bagot • Metcalfe • Cathcart • J. Bruce • E.W. Head • Monck

Upper Canada (1791-1841)

Simcoe • Russell • Hunter • Grant • Gore • Brock • Sheaffe • de Rottenburg • Drummond • Murray • F.P. Robinson • Smith • Maitland • Colborne • F.B. Head • Arthur • Sydenham

British Province of Quebec (1759-1791)*

Amherst • Murray • Carleton • Haldimand • Carleton (2nd Time)

* The Crown's representative from 1759 to 1791, and from 1841 to 1866 held the office and rank of Governor-General

Persondata
NAME	Howland, William Pearce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Father of Confederation of Canada, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
DATE OF BIRTH	May 29, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pawling, New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH	1 January 1907
PLACE OF DEATH	Toronto, Ontario, Canada