Drew ministry (Ontario)

Not to be confused with Drew ministry (Saint Kitts and Nevis).

Drew ministry
14th ministry of Ontario
The Hon. George A. Drew
Date formed	August 17, 1943 (1943-08-17)
Date dissolved	October 19, 1948 (1948-10-19)
People and organisations
Monarch	George VI (1948-1949)
Lieutenant Governor	Albert E. Matthews (1943-1946) Ray Lawson (1946-1948)
Premier	George A. Drew
Member party	PC Party
Status in legislature	Minority (1943-1945) Majority (1945-1948)
Opposition party	CCF, Liberal
Opposition leader	Ted Jolliffe (CCF, 1943-1945) Farquhar Oliver (Liberal, 1945-1948) Ted Jolliffe (CCF, 1948)
History
Elections	1943, 1945
Legislature term	21st Parliament of Ontario 22nd Parliament of Ontario
Incoming formation	1943 Ontario general election
Outgoing formation	resignation
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.

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

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

Notes

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

References

1. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/george-alexander-drew
2. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/thomas-laird-kennedy
3. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/leslie-egerton-blackwell
4. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/reginald-percival-vivian
5. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/russell-temple-kelley
6. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/george-henry-doucett
7. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/charles-daley
8. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/wesley-gardiner-thompson
9. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/harold-robinson-scott
10. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/leslie-miscampbell-frost
11. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/george-harrison-dunbar
12. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/dana-harris-porter
13. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-arthur-goodfellow
14. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/george-arthur-welsh
15. https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/daniel-roland-michener