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Premier (1905-1914 : Whitney)
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The Hon. Sir James Pliny Whitney was Premier of Ontario for the period February 8, 1905 to September 25, 1914. Whitney was a member of the Conservative Party, and was succeeded as Premier by the Hon. Sir Wm. Howard Hearst.
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The Premier of the Government of Ontario is the leader of the governing political party. He or she is the First Minister of Cabinet and President of the Executive Council, the chief Government spokesperson in the Legislative Assembly, and an elected representative of a specific constituency. The Premier is the ultimate authority on government policy and the principal advisor to the Lieutenant Governor.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008). Heading based on RAD 24.20B1. We are ignoring rule 24.20C1 in establishing form of name for the individual Premiers of Ontario. This is done to more clearly represent the individual Premiers through their own separate agency histories.
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Bell, George and Andrew Pascoe. The Ontario Government: Structure and Functions (1988)
Directory and Guide to Services of the Ontario Government
Humphries, Charles W. 'Honest Enough to Be Bold' The Life and Times of Sir James Pliny Whitney (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985)
Maintenance notes
Heading not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
R. Anger