Committee on the Organization of Government in Ontario

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Committee on the Organization of Government in Ontario

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    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Committee on the Organization of Government in Ontario

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1958-1959

      History

      The Committee on the Organization of Government in Ontario was established on June 12, 1958. Walter Lockhart Gordon was appointed chair of the committee, and the other committee members were William Mackintosh and Clifford Magone. The Committee reported to the Provincial Secretary.

      The need for such a committee had become apparent as the scope and complexity of government in Ontario increased substantially following the second world war. This issue had already been examined by a Standing Committee of the Legislature, but it was felt that a more thorough investigation should occur.

      The Committee did not make recommendations. Rather, it outlined four broad standards which it felt should guide the administration of government. These were: ministerial responsibility, which meant clear lines of authority and that the minister responsible must accept full accountability for the actions of the Department; financial accountability; grouping of related functions so as to reduce the number of bodies which require administration; and the provision for appeals for decisions made by ministers, officials, boards and commissions.

      The Committee was dissolved in 1959.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Committee on the Organization of Government in Ontario examined the administrative and executive problems of the Government of Ontario and the relationship of Boards and Commissions to the government.

      Address

      Order-in-Council 1920/58

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary (1867-1961)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA27

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary controls Committee on the Organization of Government in Ontario

      Dates of relationship

      1958-1959

      Description of relationship

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA745

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24

          Archives of Ontario, Series RG18-512

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          B. Krawczyk, R. Anger