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Frost ministry
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16th ministry of Ontario
Leslie Frost Premier of Ontario.jpg
The Hon. Leslie Miscampbell Frost
Date formedMay 4, 1949 (1949-05-04)
Date dissolvedNovember 8, 1961 (1961-11-08)
People and organisations
Monarch
Lieutenant Governor
Premier Leslie Frost
Member party PC Party
Status in legislature
Opposition party Liberal, CCF
Opposition leader
History
Elections 1951, 1955, 1959
Legislature term
Incoming formation 1949 PC leadership convention
Outgoing formationresignation
Predecessor Kennedy ministry
Successor Robarts ministry

The Frost Ministry was the combined cabinet (formally the Executive Council of Ontario) that governed Ontario from May 4, 1949, to November 8, 1961. It was led by the 16th Premier of Ontario, Leslie Frost. The ministry was made up of members of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, which commanded a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario throughout its duration.

Contents

The ministry replaced the Kennedy ministry following the 1949 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election. The Robarts ministry governed through the second part of the 23rd Parliament of Ontario, the entirety of the 24th and 25th Parliaments of Ontario, and the first part of the 26th Parliament of Ontario.

Frost resigned in 1971 and was succeeded as Premier of Ontario by John Robarts.

List of ministers

Frost ministry by portfolio
PortfolioMinisterTenure
StartEnd
Premier of Ontario Leslie Frost [1] May 4, 1949November 8, 1961
Minister of Agriculture Thomas Laird Kennedy [2] May 4, 1949January 20, 1953
Fletcher Stewart Thomas [3] January 20, 1953August 1, 1956
Bill Goodfellow [4] August 1, 1956November 8, 1961
Attorney General Dana Porter [5] May 4, 1949August 17, 1955
Kelso Roberts [6] August 17, 1955November 8, 1961
Minister Travel and Publicity Louis-Pierre Cécile [7] May 4, 1949August 17, 1955
Bryan Lewis Cathcart [8] August 17, 1955November 8, 1961
Minister of
Public Welfare 		Bill Goodfellow May 4, 1949August 17, 1955
Louis-Pierre Cécile August 17, 1955November 8, 1961
Minister of
Reform Institutions 		George Harrison Dunbar [9] May 4, 1949July 15, 1949
William Ernest Hamilton [10] July 15, 1949November 16, 1950
John Weir Foote [11] November 16, 1950July 18, 1957
Matthew Dymond [12] July 18, 1957April 28, 1958
Ray Connell [13] April 28, 1958December 22, 1958
George Wardrope [14] December 22, 1958November 8, 1961
Minister of Education Dana Porter May 4, 1949October 2, 1951
William James Dunlop [15] October 2, 1951December 17, 1959
John Robarts [16] December 17, 1959November 8, 1961
Minister of Energy Resources [a] Robert Macaulay [17] May 5, 1959November 8, 1961
Treasurer [b] Leslie Frost May 4, 1949August 17, 1955
Dana Porter August 17, 1955January 30, 1958
Leslie FrostFebruary 3, 1958April 28, 1958
James Allan [18] April 28, 1958November 8, 1961
Ministry of Highways George Doucett [19] May 4, 1949January 5, 1955
James Allan January 5, 1955April 28, 1958
Fred Cass [20] April 28, 1958November 8, 1961
Minister of
Public Works 		George Doucett May 4, 1949October 2, 1951
Fletcher Stewart Thomas October 2, 1951January 20, 1953
William Griesinger [21] January 20, 1953May 6, 1958
James Allan May 6, 1958December 22, 1958
Ray Connell December 22, 1958November 8, 1961
Minister of Health Russell Temple Kelley [22] May 4, 1949August 8, 1950
Mac Phillips [23] August 8, 1950December 22, 1958
Matthew Dymond December 22, 1958November 8, 1961
Minister of Planning and Development William Griesinger May 4, 1949January 20, 1953
Bill Warrender [24] January 20, 1953August 17, 1955
William Nickle [25] August 17, 1955November 8, 1961
Minister of Labour Charles Daley [26] May 4, 1949November 8, 1961
Minister of
Municipal Affairs 		George Dunbar May 4, 1949August 17, 1955
Bill Goodfellow August 17, 1955November 1, 1956
Bill Warrender November 1, 1956November 8, 1961
Minister of
Lands and Forests 		Harold Robinson Scott [27] May 4, 1949June 3, 1952
Welland Gemmell [28] June 3, 1952June 18, 1954
Clare Mapledoram [29] June 18, 1954July 4, 1958
Wilf Spooner [30] July 4, 1958November 8, 1961
Minister of Mines Welland Gemmell May 4, 1949June 3, 1952
Philip Kelly [31] June 3, 1952July 18, 1957
Wilf Spooner July 18, 1957December 22, 1958
James Anthony Maloney [32] December 22, 1958October 1, 1961
Minister of
Transport [c] 		James Allan June 26, 1957April 28, 1958
Matthew Dymond April 28, 1958December 22, 1958
John Yaremko [33] December 22, 1958November 21, 1960
Leslie Rowntree [34] November 21, 1960November 8, 1961
Ministers
Without Portfolios		 Bill Warrender August 17, 1955November 1, 1956
Provincial Secretary and
Registrar [d] 		George Arthur Welsh [35] May 4, 1949January 20, 1955
William Nickle January 20, 1955August 17, 1955
George Harrison Dunbar August 17, 1955December 22, 1958
Mac Phillips December 22, 1958May 26, 1960
John Yaremko May 26, 1960November 8, 1961

Notes

  1. ↑ created May 5, 1959.
  2. ↑ named "Minister in Charge of the Department of Economics" from March 28, 1956 to January 30, 1958"; named "Minister of Economics and Federal and Provincial Relations" from January 27, 1961 to November 8, 1961.
  3. ↑ created June 26, 1957.
  4. ↑ named "Provincial Secretary and Minister of Citizenship" from January 27, 1961 to November 8, 1961.

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/leslie-miscampbell-frost
  2. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/thomas-laird-kennedy
  3. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/fletcher-stewart-thomas
  4. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-arthur-goodfellow
  5. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/dana-harris-porter
  6. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/archibald-kelso-roberts
  7. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/louis-pierre-cecile
  8. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/bryan-lewis-cathcart
  9. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/george-harrison-dunbar
  10. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-ernest-hamilton
  11. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-weir-foote
  12. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/matthew-bulloch-dymond
  13. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/thomas-ray-connell
  14. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/george-calvin-wardrope
  15. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-james-dunlop
  16. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-parmenter-robarts
  17. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/robert-william-macaulay
  18. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/james-noble-allan
  19. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/george-henry-doucett
  20. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/frederick-mcintosh-cass
  21. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-griesinger
  22. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/russell-temple-kelley
  23. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/mackinnon-phillips
  24. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-kenneth-warrender
  25. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/william-mcadam-nickle
  26. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/charles-daley
  27. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/harold-robinson-scott
  28. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/welland-stewart-gemmell
  29. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/clare-edgar-mapledoram
  30. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/joseph-wilfred-spooner
  31. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/philip-timothy-kelly
  32. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/james-anthony-maloney
  33. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/john-yaremko
  34. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/henry-leslie-rowntree
  35. ↑ https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/george-arthur-welsh
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