Hugh H. Rowatt Explained

Hugh Howard Rowatt
Office:Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
Honorific Suffix:CMG
Predecessor:William Wallace Cory
Successor:Charles Camsell
Termend:April 30, 1934
Termstart:March 31, 1931
Birth Date:August 17, 1861
Death Date:November 13, 1938
Spouse:Frances Adelaid Cummings (m. 1892)
Children:4

Hugh Howard Rowatt, CMG (August 17, 1861 – November 13, 1938) was a Canadian civil servant who served as the commissioner of the Northwest Territories between 1931 and 1934.

A civil servant with the Department of Interior, Howlatt was appointed Commissioner of the Northwest Territories on March 31, 1931, serving until April 30, 1934. At the age of 69, he remains the older person to ever be sworn into the office.[1]

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  1. https://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/related/province/lieutgov.asp?lang=E&prov=6

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