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Sir William Mulock

The Right Honourable
Sir William Mulock
KCMG PC QC
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William Mulock, age 53 (1896)
(Acting) Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
In office
October 25, 1931 – November 1, 1932
Monarch George V
Governor General The Earl of Bessborough
Premier George Stewart Henry
Preceded by William Donald Ross
Succeeded by Herbert Alexander Bruce
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for York North
In office
1882–1905
Preceded by Frederick William Strange
Succeeded by Allen Bristol Aylesworth
Personal details
Born (1843-01-19)January 19, 1843
Bond Head, Canada West
Died October 1, 1944(1944-10-01) (aged 101)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Canadian lawyer, businessman, educator, farmer, politician, judge, and philanthropist
Known for Federation of University of Toronto, Imperial Penny Post, Canadian Department of Labour, bringing Mackenzie King into public life

Sir William Mulock KCMG PC PC QC (January 19, 1843 – October 1, 1944), was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, educator, farmer, politician, judge, and philanthropist.

He served as vice-chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1881 to 1900, negotiating the federation of denominational colleges and professional schools into a modern university.

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal Member of Parliament and served 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 Labour, bringing William Lyon Mackenzie King into public life as his Deputy Minister.

He initiated the final agreement for a transpacific cable linking Canada to Australia and New Zealand, and funded Marconi to establish the first transatlantic radio link from North America to Europe. In 1905 he chaired the parliamentary inquiry into telephones that led to regulation of Canadian telecommunications, and he participated in the negotiations that led to the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

He was Chief Justice of the Exchequer Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario from 1905 until appointed by King in 1923 as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario, a position he held until 1936. From 1931 to 1932, he served as the acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.


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