Gordon Daniel Conant
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12th Premier of Ontario
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| In office October 21, 1942 – May 18, 1943 |
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| Preceded by | Mitchell Hepburn |
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| Succeeded by | Harry Nixon |
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| Born | January 11, 1885 Cedar Dale, East Whitby Township, Ontario |
| Died | January 02, 1953 (aged 67) Oshawa, Ontario |
| Political party | Ontario Liberal Party |
| Religion | United Church |
Gordon Daniel Conant (January 11, 1885 – January 2, 1953) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Premier of Ontario.
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[edit] Early life
Born in Cedar Dale, East Whitby Township (now part of the City of Oshawa) in Ontario, he was educated at the University of Toronto and called to the Ontario Bar in 1912. He practiced law in Oshawa. In 1933, he was made a King's Counsel.
[edit] Municipal politics
In 1914, he was Deputy Reeve of Oshawa and Reeve in 1915. In 1916 and 1917, he was the Mayor of Oshawa. In 1934, he became Crown Attorney for Ontario County.
[edit] Provincial politics
In 1937 elections, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the electoral district of Ontario. A Liberal, he was appointed Attorney-General of Ontario in 1937 in the government of Mitchell Hepburn.
Hepburn resigned suddenly, in October 1942, due to his feud with Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King that split Hepburn's cabinet and threatened the unity of his party. Hepburn announced that he was remaining leader of the party and selected Conant as the new Premier. The party, led by King's supporters, demanded a leadership convention and Conant and Hepburn were forced to acquiesce resulting in the election of Harry Nixon as the new Liberal leader and Premier in May 1943.
[edit] Later life
From 1943 to 1951, he was a Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario. In 1944, he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Toronto.
[edit] References
- Conant, Gordon, 1885-1953. Archives of Ontario. Retrieved on June 29, 2006.
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| Preceded by Mitchell Hepburn |
Premier of Ontario 1942-1943 |
Succeeded by Harry Nixon |
| Preceded by Mitchell Hepburn |
Ontario Liberal leaders 1942-1943 |
Succeeded by Harry Nixon |
| Leaders of the Ontario Liberal Party | |||
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| Brown | McKellar | Blake | Mowat | Hardy | Ross | Graham | MacKay | Rowell | Proudfoot | Dewart | Hay | Sinclair | Hepburn | Conant | H. Nixon | Hepburn | Oliver | Thomson | Oliver | Wintermeyer | Thompson | R. Nixon | Smith | Peterson | R. Nixon | Elston | Bradley | McLeod | McGuinty | |||
| Premiers of Ontario |  |
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| Macdonald | Blake | Mowat | Hardy | Ross | Whitney | Hearst | Drury | Ferguson | Henry | Hepburn | Conant | Nixon | Drew | Kennedy | Frost | Robarts | Davis | Miller | Peterson | Rae | Harris | Eves | McGuinty |
