Drew ministry (Ontario)

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Drew ministry
Flag of Ontario.svg
14th ministry of Ontario
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The Hon. George A. Drew
Date formedAugust 17, 1943 (1943-08-17)
Date dissolvedOctober 19, 1948 (1948-10-19)
People and organisations
Monarch
Lieutenant Governor
Premier George A. Drew
Member party PC Party
Status in legislature
Opposition party CCF, Liberal
Opposition leader
History
Elections 1943, 1945
Legislature term
Incoming formation 1943 Ontario general election
Outgoing formationresignation
Predecessor Nixon ministry
Successor Kennedy ministry

The Drew Ministry was the combined cabinet (formally the Executive Council of Ontario) that governed Ontario from August 17, 1943, to October 19, 1948. It was led by the 14th Premier of Ontario, George Drew. The ministry was made up of members of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, which commanded at first a minority of seats, and later a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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The ministry replaced the Nixon ministry following the 1943 Ontario general election. The Drew ministry governed through the 21st and 22nd Parliaments of Ontario.

Drew resigned after he lost his own seat in the 1948 Ontario general election, though his party sustained its parliamentary majority; he would soon go on to lead the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Drew was succeeded as Premier of Ontario by ministry colleague Thomas Laird Kennedy.

List of ministers

Drew ministry by portfolio
PortfolioMinisterTenure
StartEnd
Premier of Ontario George A. Drew [1] August 17, 1943October 19, 1948
Minister of Agriculture Thomas Laird Kennedy [2] August 17, 1943October 19, 1948
Attorney General Leslie Blackwell [3] August 17, 1943October 19, 1948
Minister of Education George A. Drew August 17, 1943October 19, 1948
Minister of Health Percy Vivian [4] August 17, 1943January 7, 1946
Russell Temple Kelley [5] January 7, 1946October 19, 1948
Ministry of Highways George Doucett [6] August 17, 1943October 19, 1948
Minister of Labour Charles Daley [7] August 17, 1943October 19, 1948
Minister of
Lands and Forests
Wesley Gardiner Thompson [8] August 17, 1943November 28, 1946
Harold Robinson Scott [9] November 28, 1946October 19, 1948
Minister of Mines Leslie Frost [10] August 17, 1943October 19, 1948
Minister of
Municipal Affairs
George Dunbar [11] August 17, 1943October 19, 1948
Minister of Planning
and Development
[a]
Dana Porter [12] May 8, 1944October 19, 1948
Minister of
Public Welfare
Percy Vivian August 17, 1943January 7, 1946
Bill Goodfellow [13] January 7, 1946October 19, 1948
Minister of
Public Works
George Doucett August 17, 1943October 19, 1948
Minister of
Reform Institutions
[b]
George Harrison Dunbar April 15, 1946October 19, 1948
Minister of
Travel and Publicity
[c]
George Arthur Welsh [14] March 25, 1946October 19, 1948
Ministers
Without Portfolios
Provincial Secretary and
Registrar
George Harrison Dunbar August 17, 1943April 15, 1946
Roland Michener [15] April 15, 1946October 19, 1948
Treasurer Leslie Frost August 17, 1943October 19, 1948

Notes

  1. created May 8, 1944.
  2. created April 15, 1946.
  3. created March 25, 1946.

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