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William Mulock - Definition and Overview

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The Right Honourable Sir William Mulock (January 19,1844 - October 1,1944) was a Canadian politician and cabinet member.

Born in Bondhead, Canada West, he graduated from the University of Toronto in 1863 and was called to the Bar in 1867.

He won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal MP and served there from 1882 to 1905. Sir Wilfrid Laurier appointed him to the Canadian Cabinet as Postmaster General from 1896 to 1905. In 1900, Mulock established the Department of Labor, becoming its first secretary that same year and served until 1905.

In 1923, Mulock was appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario, a position he held until 1936.

From 1931 to 1932 he served as acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Mulock became rector at the University of Toronto in 1924 and served in that capacity until his death at age 100 in 1944.

The Sir William Mulock Secondary School in Newmarket, Ontario is named in his honour.

Preceded by:
William Donald Ross
List of Lieutenant Governors of OntarioSucceeded by:
Herbert Alexander Bruce
Preceded by:
Frederick William Strange, Lib.-Cons.
Member of Parliament from York North
(1882-1905)
Succeeded by:
Allen Bristol Aylesworth, Liberal


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