Hepburn ministry | |
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11th ministry of Ontario | |
Date formed | July 10, 1934 |
Date dissolved | October 21, 1942 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | |
Lieutenant Governor |
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Premier | Mitch Hepburn |
Member party | Liberal Party |
Status in legislature | |
Opposition party | Conservative Party |
Opposition leader |
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History | |
Elections | 1934, 1937 |
Legislature term | |
Incoming formation | 1934 Ontario general election |
Outgoing formation | resignation of Hepburn |
Predecessor | Henry ministry |
Successor | Conant ministry |
The Hepburn Ministry was the combined cabinet (formally the Executive Council of Ontario) that governed Ontario from June 10, 1934, to October 21, 1942. It was led by the 11th Premier of Ontario, Mitch Hepburn. The ministry was made up of members of the Liberal Party of Ontario, which commanded a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
The ministry replaced the Henry ministry following the resignation of Premier George Stewart Henry. The Hepburn ministry governed through the 19th Parliament of Ontario, and the first half of the 20th Parliament of Ontario.
Henry resigned in 1942, though he continued serving in his successor and ministry colleague Gordon Conant's cabinet as Treasurer.
Portfolio | Minister | Tenure | |
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Start | End | ||
Premier of Ontario | Mitch Hepburn [1] | July 10, 1934 | October 21, 1942 |
Minister of Agriculture | Duncan Marshall [2] | July 10, 1934 | October 12, 1937 |
Patrick Michael Dewan [3] | October 12, 1937 | October 21, 1942 | |
Attorney General | Arthur Roebuck [4] | July 10, 1934 | April 14, 1937 |
Paul Leduc [5] interim | April 14, 1937 | October 12, 1937 | |
Gordon Conant [6] | October 12, 1937 | October 21, 1942 | |
Minister of Education | Leonard Simpson [7] | July 10, 1934 | August 18, 1940 |
Duncan McArthur [8] | August 18, 1940 | October 21, 1942 | |
Minister of Health | James Albert Faulkner [9] | July 10, 1934 | October 12, 1937 |
Harold Kirby [10] | October 12, 1937 | October 21, 1942 | |
Ministry of Highways | Thomas McQuesten [11] | July 10, 1934 | October 21, 1942 |
Minister of Labour | ??? | July 10, 1934 | May 21, 1935 |
David Croll [12] | May 21, 1935 | April 14, 1937 | |
Mitch Hepburn interim | April 14, 1937 | October 12, 1937 | |
??? | October 12, 1937 | September 2, 1938 | |
Norman Hipel [13] | September 2, 1938 | May 27, 1941 | |
??? | May 27, 1941 | October 21, 1942 | |
Minister of Lands and Forests | Peter Heenan [14] | July 10, 1934 | May 27, 1941 |
Norman Hipel | May 27, 1941 | October 21, 1942 | |
Minister of Mines | Paul Leduc | July 10, 1934 | September 30, 1940 |
Robert Laurier [15] | October 7, 1940 | October 21, 1942 | |
Minister of Municipal Affairs | David Croll | July 10, 1934 | April 14, 1937 |
Eric Cross [16] | April 14, 1937 | November 22, 1940 | |
Thomas McQuesten | November 22, 1940 | October 21, 1942 | |
Minister of Public Welfare | David Croll | July 10, 1934 | April 14, 1937 |
Mitchell Hepburn | April 14, 1937 | October, 1937 | |
Eric Cross | October, 1937 | 1940 | |
??? | 1940 | May 27, 1941 | |
Farquhar Oliver [17] | May 27, 1941 | October 21, 1942 | |
Minister of Public Works | Thomas McQuesten | July 10, 1934 | October 12, 1937 |
Colin Campbell [18] | October 12, 1937 | January 23, 1941 | |
Farquhar Oliver | January 23, 1941 | October 21, 1942 | |
Ministers Without Portfolios | |||
Provincial Secretary and Registrar | Harry Nixon [19] | July 10, 1934 | October 21, 1942 |
Treasurer | Mitch Hepburn | July 10, 1934 | October 21, 1942 |
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