Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Office of the Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Office of the Minister

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Minister

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1994-

      History

      The Ministry of Agriculture and Food was replaced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on March 9, 1994. With this change, the title of Minister of Agriculture and Food was changed to that of Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The Office of the Minister consists of a Secretary to the Minister, an Executive Assistant and several Special Assistants, along with two Parliamentary Assistants - one responsible for Agriculture and Food, and the other for Rural Affairs.

      The position of Minister has been held by Elmer Buchanan (1994-1995) and Noble Villeneuve (1995- ).

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      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Minister holds the senior office within the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affiars, and is ultimately accountable to the Legislature for the Ministry's activities. The Office of the Minister provides administrative and political support for the Minister's duties and activities.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (1994-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA69

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs controls Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1994-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

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

      Identifier of related entity

      CA181

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Office of the Minister is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Office of the Minister

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      Description of relationship

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA182

      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

          KWIC Index, 1995

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, 1995-1996

          Maintenance notes

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

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger