Drew ministry | |
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14th ministry of Ontario | |
Date formed | August 17, 1943 |
Date dissolved | October 19, 1948 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch |
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Lieutenant Governor |
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Premier | George A. Drew |
Member party | PC Party |
Status in legislature | |
Opposition party | CCF, Liberal |
Opposition leader |
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History | |
Elections | 1943, 1945 |
Legislature term | |
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.
Portfolio | Minister | Tenure | |
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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 |
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