Frank Oliver | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
In office April 8, 1905 – October 6, 1911 | |
Preceded by | Clifford Sifton |
Succeeded by | Robert Rogers |
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs | |
In office April 8, 1905 – October 6, 1911 | |
Preceded by | Wilfrid Laurier |
Succeeded by | Robert Rogers |
Member of Parliament for Alberta (provisional district) | |
In office June 23, 1896 – November 2, 1904 | |
Preceded by | Donald Watson Davis |
Succeeded by | John Herron |
Member of Parliament for Edmonton | |
In office November 3, 1904 – December 16, 1917 | |
Preceded by | Created |
Succeeded by | Abolished |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Northwest Territories for Edmonton | |
In office May 29, 1883 – January 1, 1885 | |
In office 1888 – May 1896 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Francis Robert Oliver Bowsfield September 1, 1853 Peel County, Canada West |
Died | March 31, 1933 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | (aged 79)
Relatives | Parents Allan Bowsfield and Hannah (Anna) Lundy |
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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. As Minister of the Interior, he was responsible for discriminatory Canadian government policies that targeted First Nations' land rights and Black immigration.