William Pearce Howland

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William Pearce Howland
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Sir William Pearce Howland, PC, KCMG, CB (May 29, 1811 – 1 January 1907), served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, from 1868 to 1873. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation.

Born in 1811 in Pawling, New York, William Howland was educated at Kinderhook Academy. In 1830 he settled in Cooksville, Upper Canada, and became a naturalized British subject in 1841. He operated Lambton Mills and later a grocery business in Toronto. In 1857, Howland became Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and later served in the cabinet as Minister of Finance, Receiver General, Postmaster General and Minister of Finance. He became a Member of Parliament in 1867 and was Minister of Inland Revenue from 1867 to 1868. Howland was appointed Ontario's second Lieutenant Governor in 1868 and served until 1873. He was knighted in 1879 and died in Toronto in 1907. He was buried in St. James Cemetery.

His son, William Holmes Howland, served as Mayor of Toronto.

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by None	Member of Parliament for York West 1867–1868	Succeeded by Amos Wright
Political offices
Preceded by None	Minister of Inland Revenue 1867–1868	Succeeded by Alexander Campbell
Government offices
Preceded by Henry William Stisted	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1868–1873	Succeeded by John Willoughby Crawford

	Lieutenant-Governors of Ontario
Post-Confederation (1867-present) Stisted \| Howland \| Crawford \| D.A. Macdonald \| J.B. Robinson \| Campbell \| Kirkpatrick \| Gzowski \| Mowat \| Clark \| Gibson \| Hendrie \| Clarke \| Cockshutt \| Ross \| Mulock \| H.A. Bruce \| Matthews \| Lawson \| Breithaupt \| MacKay \| Rowe \| W.R. Macdonald \| McGibbon \| Aird \| Alexander \| Jackman \| Weston \| Bartleman Province of Canada (1841-1866) Clitherow \| Jackson \| Bagot \| Metcalfe \| Cathcart \| J. Bruce \| E.W. Head \| Monck Upper Canada (1791-1841) Simcoe \| Russell \| Hunter \| Grant \| Gore \| Brock \| Sheaffe \| de Rottenburg \| Drummond \| Murray \| F.P. Robinson \| Smith \| Maitland \| Colborne \| F.B. Head \| Arthur \| Sydenham