Monarch Edward VII
George V Name James Whitney Preceded by George William Ross Role Filmmaker | Siblings John Whitney Sr. | |
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Lieutenant Governor William Mortimer Clark
John Morison Gibson
John Strathearn Hendrie Preceded by Theodore F. Chamberlain Died April 8, 1982, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies Lapis, Yantra, Film Exercise No. 4 Nephews Mark Whitney, John Whitney Jr., Michael Whitney | ||
Succeeded by William Howard Hearst Succeeded by Irwin Foster Hilliard | ||
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Sir James Pliny Whitney, KCMG (October 2, 1843 – September 25, 1914) was a Canadian politician in the province of Ontario. Whitney was a lawyer in eastern Ontario, Conservative member for Dundas from 1888 to 1914, and the sixth Premier of Ontario from 1905 to 1914.
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- Yantra james whitney 1957
- Early life
- Early political career
- Premier of Ontario
- Death
- References
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Early life
Whitney was born in Williamsburgh Township in 1843 and attended Cornwall Grammar School before articling the law office of John Sandfield Macdonald in the 1860s, but did not resume his legal studies until 1871. He was called to the bar in 1875, and practiced law in Morrisburg.
Early political career
Whitney was elected to the Ontario legislature in 1888. He became leader of the Conservative Party in 1896 taking it from a narrow, bigoted rump into a forward-looking party determined to build the province.
Premier of Ontario
In the 1905 election, he led the Tories to victory for the first time in 33 years by defeating the Liberal government of George William Ross.
Whitney's government laid the basis for Ontario's industrial development by creating the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, with Sir Adam Beck as its chairman and driving force. His government also passed significant temperance and workmen's compensation legislation. He also supported the anti-Catholic, anti-French-Canadian sentiments of supporters of the Orange Order in his caucus (such as George Howard Ferguson) by passing Regulation 17. This regulation banned the teaching of French in schools beyond the first three years of school. The measure inflamed French-Canadian opinion across Canada, particularly in Quebec, and split the country as it entered World War I.
Death
Whitney died in office shortly after winning the 1914 election.