Charles MacNaughton

Charles Steel MacNaughton
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In office
1958–1973
Preceded by Thomas Pryde
Succeeded by Jack Riddell
Constituency Huron
Personal details
Born 1911
Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
Died 1987 (aged 7576)
Exeter, Ontario
Political party Progressive Conservative
Residence Exeter, Ontario
Occupation seed distributor
Cabinet Minister of Transportation and Communications and Minister of Highways
Treasurer and Minister of Economics (Chair of the Treasury Board and subsequently Chair of the Management Board)
Minister of Revenue
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

Charles Steel McNaughton (May 1911 – November 20, 1987) was a Canadian politician, who served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the electoral district of Huron from 1958 to 1973.

McNaughton was born in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan in 1911 and grew up and lived in Brandon, Manitoba, where he worked in the seed industry, before moving to Exeter, Ontario in 1944 as a seed distributor.[1] Before being elected in a May 1958 by-election, Charlie had been heavily involved in the community. He was a founding member of the South Huron Hospital in Exeter and served as a member of the South Huron District High School Board for nine years, including two as chairman. He was successful in being re-elected in the 1959, 1963, 1967, and 1971 general elections.

He was treasurer from 1968 to 1971 and also served as:

McNaughton died in Exeter on November 20, 1987.[2] He was married to Adeline M. W. Fulcher (1913–1997)[3] and was survived by son, the late John MacNaughton (d. 2013), a Toronto investment banker[4] and Heather MacNaughton. MacNaughton is buried in the Exeter Cemetery, Huron County, Ontario.

Legacy

MacNaughton Park and MacNaughton-Morrison section of South Huron Trail are named for the former MPP.[5]

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Government offices
Preceded by
James Allan
Treasurer of Ontario
1966–1973
Succeeded by
John White
Preceded by
William Arthur Goodfellow
Minister of Highways
1961–1962
Succeeded by
George Gomme
Preceded by
George Gomme
Minister of Transportation and Communications
1971–1972
Succeeded by
Gordon Carton
Other offices
Cabinet Post (1)
Predecessor Office Successor
none Minister of Revenue
1968
John White