The Hardy ministry was the cabinet of the Government of Ontario (formally the Executive Council of Ontario) that was in office from July 21, 1896, to October 21, 1899. It was led by the 4th Premier of Ontario, Arthur Sturgis Hardy. The ministry was made up of members of the Liberal Party of Ontario.
The ministry inherited its majority governing mandate in the 8th Ontario Parliament from the Mowat ministry, following the resignation of Premier Oliver Mowat after twenty-four years of service to serve as the Ontario lieutenant in Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier's federal cabinet. The ministry renewed its governing mandate in the 1898 general election, winning the party's eighth consecutive majority mandate, and governed through part of the 9th Parliament of Ontario. Premier Hardy retired a year after, and was succeeded as Premier of Ontario by George William Ross.
List of ministers
+Hardy ministry by portfolioPortfolioMinisterTenureStartEnd Premier & President of the Council Arthur Sturgis Hardy July 21, 1896 October 21, 1899 Attorney General July 21, 1896 October 21, 1899TreasurerRichard HarcourtJuly 21, 1896October 21, 1899Provincial Secretary and Registrar William Balfour July 21, 1896 August 19, 1896 Elihu Davis August 28, 1896 October 21, 1899 Commissioner of Crown Lands John Morison Gibson July 21, 1896 October 21, 1899 Minister of Agriculture John Dryden July 21, 1896 October 21, 1899 Commissioner of Public Works William Harty July 21, 1896 October 21, 1899 Minister of Education George William Ross July 21, 1896 October 21, 1899Ministers without portfolioErskine Henry BronsonJuly 21, 1896December 16, 1898James Thompson GarrowDecember 16, 1898October 21, 1899
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