Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Deputy Minister

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1966-1972

      History

      The Office of the Deputy Minister was created with the Department of Agriculture and Food in 1966, replacing the same office within the former Department of Agriculture.

      In 1972, the Department of Agriculture and Food was replaced with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. With this development, the Office of the Deputy Minister, Department of Agriculture and Food ceased to exist.

      The position of Deputy Minister was held by E.M. Biggs.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Deputy Minister was the senior administrative official within the Department of Agriculture and Food, and acted as the liaison between the Minister and departmental agencies regarding policy and administrative decisions. As well, the Deputy Minister was responsible for providing the Minister with advice on policy and legislation.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food (1966-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA60

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food controls Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1966-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister (1966-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1039

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Office of the Deputy Minister (1888-1966)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1038

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Office of the Deputy Minister is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister (1972-1994)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1040

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Deputy Minister

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      Description of relationship

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      Epithet

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      Authority record identifier

      CA1039

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture and Food, 1966-1972

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Paul McIlroy