Show 1 SIR OLIVER MO WAT DEAD Tho LioutenantGovernor of Ontario Passes Away at the Government Govern-ment House in Ottawa 1 f t Ottawa Ont April 19811 Oliver t Ucwat LieutenantGovernor of Ontario i On-tario died today at Government house i aged 83 years Sir Oliver had been In 1 feeble health for some time but the accident In which he broke his leg last Sunday night hastened the end Sir Oliver was Premier of Ontario from I 1S72 to ISJfi twentyfour years thus earning the distinction of having had thu longest continuous term of ofllce as i Premier ever accorded to any man by J the people of any province or colony In tho British Empire 1 In 18DC he rftgn jd to become Minla a j ter of Justice in the Dominion Cabinet In 1897 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Ho was one of V the fathers of confederation |