Faris Spavin

Faris "Spout-Hole" Spavin was Minister for Magic from 1865 to 1903. He was most likely the Minister against whom there was an assassination attempt made by a centaur.

Spavin's term was also notable for introducing some reforms to the game of Quidditch: on the night of 21 June, 1884, the Department of Magical Games and Sports decreed the institutionalization of the Stooging Penalty in Quidditch. This announcement caused widespread discontent among British Quidditch players and fans, who demonstrated profusely at the Ministry of Magic Headquarters: the assembled crowd bombared a Departmental representative with Quaffles, as well as threatened to stooge Minister Spavin himself. Wizards from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement were duly dispatched there and the crowd reluctantly dispersed.

This was not without precedent: just over a year before, another riot had broken out at the Ministry as the Department of Magical Games and Sprots had decided to get rid of goals baskets in favor of the modern goalposts.