The Honourable Sir Oliver Mowat

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 2 p.m.

Location: Mount Pleasant Cemetery Visitation Centre, 375 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto

Directions: Enter through the cemetery’s east gate on Mount Pleasant Road. Turn right at the cemetery office and then take the first left. This road leads directly to the visitation centre and parking area.Mount Pleasant Cemetery is fully accessible by public transit. Visit this gravesite

Bio: A lawyer from Kingston, The Honourable Sir Oliver Mowat was the third premier of Ontario. He served in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and he would later become a Father of Confederation at the Quebec Conference of 1864. In 1872, he began his 24-year service as premier, and fought vigorously for provincial rights. In 1897, he accepted an appointment to Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, a post he held until his death in Toronto in 1903.