George A. Drew
George Alexander Drew, PC, CC, QC ( born May 7, 1894 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, † January 4, 1973 in Toronto ) was a Canadian politician and diplomat.
Life
Advance to the Prime Minister of Ontario
After his school education at Upper Canada College and an undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, he studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto. During World War II he served his military service in the Canadian Field Artillery, in which he was brought after the war to lieutenant colonel in the 11th Field Brigade, as well as an honorary colonel of the 11th Field Regiment. In 1920 admitted to the bar.
Drew worked as city councilor ( Alderman ) for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario municipal politically active and was elected in 1925 as mayor of his hometown of Guelph.
1938 Chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and held this office until 1948 and elected as such in 1939 for the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. On 17 August 1943, he was the successor of Prime Minister of Ontario Harry Nixon. At the same time he held during his last until October 19, 1948 term of office, the Office of the Minister of Education (Minister of Education). With it, an era of conservative exercise of power in Ontario, which did not end until the mid-1980s began. 1943 won Drews Progressive Conservative Party narrowly against the socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF ). He criticized that the government was delaying the general mobilization for too long. 1945 led an anti-communist campaign at a recent election victory, but lost his own constituency Drew 1948 Toronto.
Leader of the Opposition in the House of
In 1948 he withdrew from the province of politics after he was elected to succeed John Bracken as Chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada on October 2, 1948. As a leading candidate of his party he reached a crushing defeat in which the Progressive Conservatives declining as 25 of its 66 seats and Louis Saint -Laurent of the Liberal Party again Canadian Prime Minister was at the general election in 1949. He was elected a deputy of the lower house in the constituency of Carleton, which he represented until 1957.
When his party are added won ten seats even at the general election in 1953, but still well behind Saint- Laurent's Liberal Party remained, he resigned as chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party on 29 November 1956. Successor was then on December 14, 1956 John Diefenbaker.
When he became prime minister in 1957 after the victory in the general election, he was appointed by Drew High Commissioner of Canada in London. A post he held until 1964.
Upon his return to Canada he was from 1965 to 1971 Chancellor of the University of Guelph. For his political services he was, among other things Companion of the Order of Canada.