Frank Oliver (politician)

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The Honourable Frank Oliver PC
Minister of the Interior
In office April 8, 1905 (1905-04-08) – October 6, 1911 (1911-10-06)
Preceded by	Clifford Sifton
Succeeded by	Robert Rogers
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
In office April 8, 1905 (1905-04-08) – October 6, 1911 (1911-10-06)
Preceded by	Wilfrid Laurier
Succeeded by	Robert Rogers
Member of Parliament for Alberta (provisional district)
In office June 23, 1896 (1896-06-23) – November 2, 1904 (1904-11-02)
Preceded by	Donald Watson Davis
Succeeded by	John Herron
Member of Parliament for Edmonton
In office November 3, 1904 (1904-11-03) – December 16, 1917 (1917-12-16)
Preceded by	Created
Succeeded by	Abolished
Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Northwest Territories for Edmonton
In office May 29, 1883 (1883-05-29) – January 1, 1885 (1885-01-01)
In office 1888 (1888) – May 1896 (1896-05)
Personal details
Born	Francis Robert Oliver Bowsfield (1853-09-01)September 1, 1853 Peel County, Canada West
Died	March 31, 1933(1933-03-31) (aged 79) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Relatives	Allan Bowsfield (father) and Hannah (Anna) Lundy (mother)
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Francis Oliver PC (born Francis Robert Oliver Bowsfield;^[1] September 1, 1853 – March 31, 1933) was a Canadian federal minister, politician, and journalist/publisher from the Northwest Territories and later Alberta. In 2021, following a story published in the Toronto Daily Tribune, discussion arose about Oliver's responsibility for discriminatory policies that targeted First Nations' land rights and Black immigration during his tenure as Minister of the Interior.