Identity area
Type of entity
Secondary Agency
Authorized form of name
North-West Territories. Department of Agriculture. Deputy Commissioner's Office
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture
- Office of the Deputy Commissioner
- North-West Territories. Dept. of Agriculture. Deputy Commissioner's Office
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1897-1905
History
On December 15, 1897, The Agriculture Department Ordinance (North-West Territories Ordinances, 1897, no. 18) received assent forming the Department of Agriculture.
On December 18, 1897, John Alexander Reid, Clerk of the Executive Council, was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture. James Hamilton Ross was Commissioner of Agriculture.
The government felt that work relating to the department could be handled by Reid in connection with his office as Clerk. In June 1898, six months later, the workload necessitated the temporary appointment of Charles Walter Peterson as a dedicated Deputy Commissioner and this position was confirmed on October 13, 1898. Peterson held the position until June 30, 1903. John Rothes Charles Honeyman took over as Deputy Commissioner on July 1, 1903 and held this post under the Territorial government until August 31, 1905 (provincial status for Saskatchewan and Alberta).
Following the creation of the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1905, responsibility devolved to the respective provincial jurisdictions. Honeyman continued to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture under the new Saskatchewan government until December 31, 1906.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The office of the Deputy Commissioner served as the highest level of the civil service within the Department of Agriculture through which flowed all functions, activities and reporting for the Department.
Mandates/sources of authority
Secondary Agency - No Enabling Agent.
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
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Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
controls
North-West Territories. Department of Agriculture. Deputy Commissioner's Office
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Occupations
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Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Rules for Archival Description (RAD)
Status
Final
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Authority record created on 2008-06-02. Approved 2012-03-06. Last modified on 2017-11-29.
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Sources
AMICUS Authorities - No entry found
Departmental Annual Reports
Saskatchewan Executive and Legislative Directory (SELD)