Herbert Macdonald Mowat (April 11, 1863 – April 24, 1928) was a lawyer, jurist, and Canadian parliamentarian. A nephew of longtime

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Oliver Mowat Sir Oliver Mowat (July 22, 1820 – April 19, 1903) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Ontario Liberal Party leader. He served for nearly 24 years as the third premier of Ontario. He was the eighth lieutenant governor of Ontario and one of ...

, Herbert Mowat was elected president of the Toronto Reform Association (the Toronto wing of the Liberal Party) in 1901 and then became president of the General Reform Association of Ontario (i.e. the Ontario Liberal Party) in 1905 and served in that position until 1911. He ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals in the 1911 federal election in the riding of

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but was elected to the

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in the 1917 federal election as a Liberal-Unionist from Parkdale. He was appointed to the

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in 1921 and served on the bench until his death. A longtime member of the Canadian Militia, he was not accepted for overseas service during

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. Instead, he acted a military recruiter serving as Brigade Major of the 3rd and 8th Infantry Brigade at

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. He was also an active executive member of the

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of Canada.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mowat, Herbert Macdonald 1863 births 1928 deaths Judges in Ontario Lawyers in Ontario Liberal-Unionist MPs in Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario