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 formedAugust 17, 1943 (1943-08-17)
Date dissolvedOctober 19, 1948 (1948-10-19)
People and organisations
Monarch
Lieutenant Governor
PremierGeorge A. Drew
Member partyPC Party
Status in legislature
Opposition partyCCF, Liberal
Opposition leader
History
Elections1943, 1945
Legislature term
Incoming formation1943 Ontario general election
Outgoing formationresignation
PredecessorNixon ministry
SuccessorKennedy 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