Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Office of the Provincial Secretary
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary. Office of the Minister
Ontario. Office of the Provincial Secretary and Minister of Citizenship
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Description area
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History
The Provincial Secretary was also known as the Minister of the Department of the Provincial Secretary, or the Minister of Provincial Secretary and Citizenship. The Office was formed when the Department of the Provincial Secretary for Ontario was created, replacing the Provincial Secretary's Office of the Province of Canada. It ceased to exist in 1972 when the Department of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship ceased to exist.
The position of Provincial Secretary was held by the following individuals: Mathew Crooks Cameron (July 20, 1867 -July 25, 1871); Stephen Richards (July 25, 1871 - December 19, 1871)); Alexander Mackenzie (December 20, 1871 - December 21, 1871); Peter Gow (December 21, 1871 -October 25, 1872); Timothy B. Pardee (October 25, 1872 -November 25, 1873); Christopher F. Fraser (November 25, 1873 -April 4, 1873); Archibald McKellar (April 4, 1874 -July 23, 1875); Samuel C. Wood (July 23, 1875 -March 19, 1877); Arthur Sturgis Hardy (March 19, 1877 -January 18, 1889); John M. Gibson (January 18, 1889 -July 14, 1896); William D. Balfour (July 14, 1896 -August 19, 1896); Elihu J. Davis (August 28, 1896 -October 21, 1899); James R. Stratton (October 21, 1899 -November 22, 1904); George P. Graham (November 22, 1904 -February 8, 1905); Wm. J. Hanna (February 8, 1905 -December 19, 1916); Wm. D. McPherson (December 19, 1916 - November 14, 1919); Harry C. Nixon (November 14, 1919 -July 16, 1923); Lincoln Goldie (July 16, 1923 - September 9, 1930); Leopold Macaulay (September 16, 1930 -July 31, 1931); George H. Challies (July 31, 1931 - July 10, 1934); Harry Corwin Nixon (July 10, 1934 -October 21, 1942); Norman Otto Hipel (October 21, 1942 - May 18, 1943); Harry Corwin Nixon (May 18, 1943 -August 17, 1943); George Harrison Dunbar (August 17, 1943 -April 15, 1946); Daniel Roland Michener (April 15, 1946 -October 19, 1948); Dana Harris Porter (October 19, 1948 -May 4, 1949); ol. the Hon. G.A. Welsh (May 4, 1949 -January 20, 1955); William McAdam Nickle (January 20, 1955 -August 17, 1955); George Harrison Dunbar (August 17, 1955 -December 22, 1958); MacKinnon Phillips (December 22, 1958 -May 12, 1960); John Yaremko (May 26, 1960 - November 24, 1966); Robert WelchYaremko (March 1, 1971 -April 1, 1972).
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The Provincial Secretary was the elected official and member of the executive council responsible for overseeing the activities of the Ontario Department of the Provincial Secretary and later the Ontario Department of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Directory and Guide to the Services of the Ontario Government, 1960.
Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, 1970.
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana name authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
Bob Anger