Ontario. Dept. of Commerce and Development. Office of the Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Commerce and Development. Office of the Minister

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Minister

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1961

      History

      The Office of the Minister for the Ontario Department of Commerce and Development was established in January, 1961. However, the Office only existed until December 1961, when the Department of Commerce and Development was merged with the Department of Economics and Federal and Provincial Relations to form the Ontario Department of Economics and Development.

      The position of Minister of Commerce and Development was held by William M. Nickle between January and November, 1961 and by R.W. Macaulay in November-December 1961.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Minister was the member of the Executive Council (Cabinet) who acted as the head of the Ontario Department of Commerce and Development, and was responsible to Cabinet and the Legislature for the overall direction and policies of the department.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Commerce and Development (1961)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA15

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Commerce and Development controls Ontario. Dept. of Commerce and Development. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1961

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development. Office of the Minister (1944-1961)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA867

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development. Office of the Minister is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Commerce and Development. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development. Office of the Minister (1961-1968)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA870

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Economics and Development. Office of the Minister is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Commerce and Development. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA869

      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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        Script(s)

          Sources

          Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          Robert Anger