Ontario's 6th Premier was Sir James Pliny Whitney, KCMG (October 2, 1843 – September 25, 1914)
James Pliny Whitney was born in Williamsburgh Township in 1843 and attended Cornwall Grammar School before articling the law office of John Sandfield Macdonald in the 1860s, but did not resume his legal studies until 1871. He was called to the bar in 1875, and practiced law in Morrisburg. Whitney was elected to the Ontario legislature in 1888 He became leader of the Conservative Party in 1896 taking it from a narrow, bigoted group into a forward-looking party determined to build the province. In the 1905 election, he led the Tories to victory for the first time in 33 years by defeating the Liberal government of George William Ross.
Whitney's government laid the basis for Ontario's industrial development by creating the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario with Sir Adam Beck as its chairman and driving force. His government also passed significant temperance and workmen's compensation legislation.
Whitney died in office shortly after winning the 1914 election.
In 1974 The Ontario School for the Deaf in Belleville was remaned The Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf
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