British Columbia. Treasury Dept.

Identity area

Type of entity

Government

Authorized form of name

British Columbia. Treasury Dept.

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Other form(s) of name

  • Treasury Dept.

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Description area

Dates of existence

1873-1929

History

The Ministry of Finance was first established in 1873, when an amendment to the Constitution Act (SBC 1873, c. 31) established the position of minister of finance and agriculture. Prior to 1873, the office of the Provincial Secretary administered the financial affairs of the province. In 1879, the Revenue Act was enacted and it was this act that first defined the minister’s responsibilities regarding the management and control of the revenues and expenditures of the province (SBC 1879, c. 29). Since this time, the functions were to supervise, control, administer and direct all matters relating to the financial affairs of the government.

In 1899, a further revision to the Revenue Act (SBC 1899, c. 65) established the office of the Treasury Dept., presided over by the minister of finance. Although a separate Dept. of Agriculture was established in 1894, the minister of finance continued to act as both the minister of finance and agriculture until 1916 when the ministries were fully separated (SBC 1916, c. 14)

The name of the Treasury Dept. was changed to the Dept. of Finance on March 20, 1929.

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Related entity

British Columbia. Dept. of Finance and Agriculture (1873-1916)

Identifier of related entity

95

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

British Columbia. Dept. of Finance and Agriculture

is the predecessor of

British Columbia. Treasury Dept.

Dates of relationship

Description of relationship

Related entity

British Columbia. Dept. of Finance (1929-1976)

Identifier of related entity

97

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

British Columbia. Dept. of Finance

is the successor of

British Columbia. Treasury Dept.

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Description of relationship

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Authority record identifier

96

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Michael Carter 2008-07-31
Revised: Khughes 2017-11-28
Revised: RMCRORY 2021-03-22

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Central Name Authority File

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