The Conant Ministry was the combined cabinet (formally the

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) that governed

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from October 21, 1942, to May 18, 1943. It was led by the 12th

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, Harry Nixon. The ministry was made up of members of the

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, which commanded a majority of the seats in the

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. The ministry replaced the Hepburn ministry following the resignation of

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Mitch Hepburn, who nevertheless remained in cabinet as

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, appointing Conant as his hand-picked successor. The Conant ministry governed through a middle part of the 20th Parliament of Ontario. Conant resigned after he lost the 1943 Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention. He was succeeded as

by his leadership rival Harry Nixon. The Conant ministry and the Kennedy ministry are the only ministries in Ontario history to neither win nor lose an election.

List of ministers

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References

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