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25th Legislative Assembly Of Ontario
The 25th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 9, 1955, until May 4, 1959, just prior to the 1959 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party led by Leslie Frost Leslie Miscampbell Frost (September 20, 1895 – May 4, 1973) was a politician in Ontario, Canada, who served as the province's 16th premier from May 4, 1949, to November 8, 1961. Due to his lengthy tenure, he gained the nickname "Old Man O .... Alfred Wallace Downer served as speaker for the assembly. Members elected to the Assembly Timeline External links Members in Parliament 25 References {{DEFAULTSORT:25th Legislative Assembly Of Ontario Terms of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1955 establishments in Ontario 1959 disestablishments in Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Ontario General Election
The 1959 Ontario general election was held on June 11, 1959, to elect the 98 members of the 26th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by Leslie Frost, won a sixth consecutive term in office, and maintained its majority in the legislature, although it lost 12 of the 83 seats it had won in the previous election. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by John Wintermeyer, increased its caucus from 11 to 22 members, and continued in the role of official opposition. Liberal-Labour MPP Albert Wren was re-elected and continued to sit with the Liberal caucus. Wren died in 1961 and was succeeded in a by-election by Robert Gibson. The social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), led by Donald C. MacDonald, won two additional seats, for a total of five. Results , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Political party ! rowspan=2 , Party leader ! colspan=5 , MPPs ! co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Whicher
Ross MacKenzie Whicher (February 13, 1918 – April 19, 2002) was a Canadian politician and businessman. Whicher served in World War II with the 4th anti-tank regiment of the Canadian military. Following the war, he returned home and opened the Wiarton Dairy, operating it for several decades. Whicher served as mayor of Wiarton, Ontario from 1953 until 1955 when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Bruce. In 1958, he was a candidate for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party, but received only 39 votes and dropped off after the first ballot at the party's leadership convention. Whicher was re-elected to the legislature in 1959 and 1963 and served as the Liberals' finance critic. During this period, the Progressive Conservative government of John Robarts was often to the left of the Liberals, and Whicher often criticised it for overspending. Following his provincial career, Whicher served two terms in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eglinton (provincial Electoral District)
Eglinton was a provincial electoral district located in Toronto, Ontario. From 1926 until 1999 it elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. At its abolishment in 1999 it consisted of the neighbourhoods of Davisville and Lawrence Park in the north end of the old city of Toronto. It was abolished into Eglinton—Lawrence, Don Valley West Don Valley West (french: Don Valley-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 115,539. 13.6% of the population is Muslim, t ... and St. Paul's. Members of Provincial Parliament Election results 1926 boundaries 1934 boundaries 1966 boundaries 1974 boundaries 1987 boundaries References Notes Citations {{DEFAULTSORT:Eglinton (provincial electoral district) Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario Provincial electoral districts o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weir Foote
John Weir Foote, (May 5, 1904 – May 2, 1988) was a Canadian military chaplain and politician. He received the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid in 1942. Foote is the only Canadian chaplain to be awarded the Victoria Cross. After the war he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and served as a Progressive Conservative member from 1948 to 1959. He represented the riding of Durham. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Leslie Frost. Early life Foote was born in Madoc in eastern Ontario on May 5, 1904. He was educated at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and at Presbyterian College and McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He entered the Presbyterian ministry in 1934, serving congregations in Fort-Coulonge, Quebec, and Port Hope, Ontario. In 1934 it is recorded that Rev. John Weir Foote joined the Loyal Orange Association, being initiated into Frase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham (provincial Electoral District)
Durham is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999 and from 1926 to 1975. The Durham provincial riding was created in 1999 when Ontario adopted federal riding boundaries for provincial elections purposes. It was created from Durham East and Oshawa It consisted initially of the Township of Scugog, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the Town of Clarington, and the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North, and east along King Street East. In 2007, the riding gained the Township of Uxbridge Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxb ... but lost all of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Wallace Downer
Alfred Wallace Downer (May 1, 1904 – August 3, 1994) was a Canadian politician and longtime member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Background Downer was born near Penetanguishene in Simcoe County, Ontario. He was educated at Cookstown Continuation School, Alliston High School, the University of Toronto and Wycliffe College. After completing his schooling, he was ordained an Anglican priest. He was a vicar and then a canon in the Anglican Church of Canada and a member of the Conservative Party. Politics He ran unsuccessfully in the provincial riding of Wellington Northeast in 1929 and then was first elected to the legislature as the member for Dufferin—Simcoe in the 1937 election. He served as Member of Provincial Parliament until 1975, winning a provincial record of ten consecutive elections. While an elected MPP, he also served in the military during World War II, serving as chaplain of the Queen's York Rangers in North Africa and Europe. From 1955 until 1959, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dufferin–Simcoe (provincial Electoral District)
Dufferin–Simcoe was an electoral riding in Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ..., Canada. It was created in 1934 during a major redistribution of Ontario ridings. It was abolished in 1986 before the 1987 election and merged into Simcoe West. Members of Provincial Parliament References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dufferin-Simcoe (provincial electoral district) Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kerr (Ontario Politician)
David McMaster Kerr (15 May 1900 – 19 April 1978) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1959 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Dovercourt. Background Kerr was born in Ballyclare, Ireland on 15 May 1900. He emigrated to Canada in 1925. He graduated from McGill University in 1926 and went on to study at Presbyterian Theological College where he graduated in 1936. He became a Presbyterian minister and worked in small Ontario towns of Shakespeare and Waterloo. He became the pastor of Royce Presbyterian Church in west Toronto in 1941. In 1950 he was appointed as the moderator of the West Toronto Presbytery. He and his wife raised five children. Politics McMaster served as a school trustee from 1947 to 1951. He was elected in the 1951 provincial election in the riding of Dovercourt. He defeated CCF incumbent George Eamon Park by 256 votes. He was re-elected in 1955. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dovercourt (provincial Electoral District)
Dovercourt is a small seaside town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harwich, in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England. It is older than its smaller but better-known neighbour, the port of Harwich, and appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. Today the towns are contiguous. In 1921 the parish had a population of 7695. Dovercourt is a seaside resort which offers shops and cafes for visitors and residents. The main shopping area is The High Street, with shops from independents to the national chains. The town is served by Dovercourt railway station. History The Saxon lord Wulwin/Ulwin was lord in 1066; by 1086 the estate was in possession of Aubrey de Vere I and remained part of the barony of his descendants the Earls of Oxford until the 16th century. It formed part of the dowry of Juliana de Vere when she married Hugh Bigod in the mid-12th century, and the sub-tenancy passed to the Bigod earls of Norfolk who held it as one knight's fee of the Veres. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilf Spooner
Joseph Wilfred Spooner (February 8, 1910 – February 14, 2001) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1967 who represented the northern Ontario riding of Cochrane South. He was a cabinet minister in the governments of Leslie Frost and John Robarts. Prior to his provincial role he served as a municipal councillor for Timmins City Council from 1939 to 1951 and then as mayor of Timmins from 1952 to 1955. Background Outside politics Spooner was an accountant and worked for an insurance agency serving clients in northeastern Ontario. Spooner was one of the charter members of the Rotary Club of Timmins. Politics He was considered an extremely influential voice for Northern Ontario during his time at Queen's Park. He held three different ministerial positions, including serving as Minister of Lands and Forests, Minister of Mines and Minister of Municipal Affairs. As Minister of Mines, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane South
Cochrane South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ... from 1926 to 1999. It encompassed the southern part of the Cochrane District, including the city of Timmins. For the 1999 election, in which all electoral districts in the province were realigned to match their federal counterparts, Cochrane South was divided between the new districts of Timmins—James Bay and Timiskaming—Cochrane. Members of Provincial Parliament Election results References {{DEFAULTSORT:CochraneSouth (provincial electoral district) Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Kelly (Canadian Politician)
Philip Timothy Kelly (August 29, 1901 – July 24, 1985) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1958 who represented the northern Ontario riding of Cochrane North. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Leslie Frost. He was implicated in the Northern Ontario Natural Gas and was forced to resign from cabinet. Background Kelly was born in Baysville in Northern Ontario, the son of Timothy Kelly and Mary Tooke. He went to school in Bracebridge and worked as an accountant for Abitibi Power and Paper Company for twenty years. He and his wife Ethel raised four children. Politics He was elected in the 1951 provincial election in the riding of Cochrane North. He defeated Liberal candidate J.A. Habel by 476 votes. He was re-elected in 1955. In 1952, he was appointed as Minister of Mines by Premier Leslie Frost during a minor cabinet shuffle. Northern Ontario Natural Gas In the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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