Frank Miller (politician)
Frank Stuart Miller, O.Ont ( born May 14, 1927 in Toronto, † July 21, 2000 in Bracebridge ) was a Canadian politician and 1985 for four months the 19th Premier of the Province of Ontario.
Life
Frank Miller was born in Toronto and graduated in 1949 from McGill University in Montreal to study in chemical engineering from. After his professional career, he began his political career in 1967 as a member of the City Council of Bracebridge. In 1971 he applied for the provincial elections. He ran as the candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the electoral district of Muskoka and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. As a result, he was re-elected each in the elections in 1975, 1977, 1981 and 1985.
On February 26, 1974, he joined as Minister of Health of the government of Bill Davis. He planned a series of smaller hospitals to close and to summarize the urban health facilities, which met with strong opposition in the opposition. On February 3, 1977, Miller Minister of natural resources and on August 16, 1978 Economics and Finance. As finance minister, he opposed in 1981 the sale of Suncor and made of this question depends on his resignation.
With the resignation of Bill Davis as Prime Minister, Frank Miller was within his party over Larry Grossman, Roy McMurtry and Dennis Timbrell argue for the party presidency and inherited Davis on February 8, 1985, as Prime Minister. However, Miller had trouble to see among his followers for harmony and peace. His appearance seemed awkward and embodied for some a rustic - backward image. His party went with a comfortable margin of 55 % in the elections on May 2, 1985. However, he resolved by a television appearance with the leader of the Liberals, David Peterson, and the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP ), Bob Rae, a controversy, which damaged his public image. Added to this was that a decision by Miller Davis for the separation of government funding of Catholic separate schools had to implement. Even many party members refused Miller allegiance, so that he could claim the election in May with slim margin of four seats from the Liberals in itself. Miller could not find a coalition partner, so that after several weeks of negotiations, the NDP a US-led Liberal minority government agreed. On June 26, 1985 Miller's tenure ended after only four months by a vote of no confidence, while 42 -year dominance of the PC Party in Ontario.
A few months later, Miller also resigned his position as party leader, became his successor in November 1985 Larry Grossman. In early 1986, he was also the post on as opposition leader. After retiring from the Legislative Assembly, he was Chairman of the Muskoka District Municipality. Frank Miller died aged 73 in 2000 of heart failure.